Fantasy Draft III Commentary

[ultimate7]

Will mclane try to field a team with 5 OFs again?

[ultimate7]

I have no idea why my post has nothing to do about the draft

[fightonusc]

Will I select Ryne Sandberg with my first pick just to piss Ryno off?

[BDawk]

I'm the GM for the OC--see how that sit's with everyone's strategy.

[Gerlost]

Where's Boomer?

[BeefMaster]

The OC is doomed.

[fightonusc]

I'll take even money that fknmclane tries to draft Eric Moulds.

[BDawk]

No, He'll draft Strawberry and then trade him for Moulds

[TβG]

i hope defen comes around today.   and somebody should track down baines.  i cannot stress enough how important it is to get your proxy picks to sc to speed up this process.

[ultimate7]

Good thing we got this thing going with 3 quick picks, thanks a lot mclane. 

Seriously, I think once everyone realizes that it has started, it'll move quickly, probably will take a couple of week days.

[Shooty]

Mclane spends 12 hours a day here and he makes this the time to take a break from posting.  Damn you Mclame, damn you.

Anyway, my first 2 rounds of proxy picks are into fighton.  Hopefulyl others will do likewise.

[fknmclane]

Guys, I"m sorry.  I'm terribly fucking busy at work this week.  Our CEO is in town all week and he's totally nuts/hyper and it's just crazy.  Anyway, I did make my first pick.  I'll check in again in a bit.  Methinks he's leaving around 2 or so my time to go do rich people stuff.

[ultimate7]

Holy cow, this is gonna be thin with 10 teams.

[fightonusc]

Like I said, there are no free agents (exactly the same number of teams as in the original game). Meaning two things:

- I expect to see a lot more trades this season (since you can't just dip into the free agent market for players
- Somebody's going to have Stinky Sullivan on their team

[Attezzobal]

In watch mode you guys are aware I assume that the fourth pinch hitter never plays?

[ultimate7]

In watch mode you guys are aware I assume that the fourth pinch hitter never plays?

Not true

The CPU will PH for the 8 hitter and the 9 hitter

[TβG]

i honestly can't remember from the games i saw last year.  do we have proof of this from a boxscore or any stats from last season?

[ultimate7]

i honestly can't remember from the games i saw last year. do we have proof of this from a boxscore or any stats from last season?

Yes, by #4 PH got 3 ABs including a GW 3 run HR.

I could be wrong but I think I remember all 4 PHs being used in the same inning once, maybe not in fantasy though.  PH for 8, 9, bat around PH for 8 again, but I think maybe won't PH for 9 the 2nd time since lead is usually big enough that it thinks it want to leave the pitcher (although the 9 spot is no longer the pitcher) in.

[TβG]

ok, i'll believe you.  i thought i'd seen it too.  this had the controversial makings of a pitcher hr.  unbelievably, it was quelled within three posts.

[Attezzobal]

The 4th PH will only bat when the game goes into extra innings, and then it's for the 8 hitter. How many total at bats did the 4th PH have last season?