Fantasy Draft III Commentary

[ultimate7]

Which teams should have less than 4 reserves?

[Shooty]

Which teams should have less than 4 reserves?

Yours

[BDawk]

I think those teams with less than 4 reserves should get a completely random pick of all the batters already drafted. so you could actually have Jim Rice as your fourth bench guy. Just a thought

[fknmclane]

I'm dumb

[fightonusc]

Here's how it will work - if there are two teams left that each only have drafted three IF, then we don't allow other teams to draft IF once there are only two left.

[RedBarron]

Yes, we draft all 16 players, so you may have 5 or 6 OFs but some will be on your bench.

The real question is, what happens if you only draft 3 IF or no C, are you kicked out of the league?

in this case, you allow pedro to play 1B

[ultimate7]

One interesting thing we can start considering is if some players are just good fantasy players.   Blank Morris had a very solid season last year, if he does it again is it still a fluke?  I've considered last seasons sucess/failure with many of my picks.  Can Dawson hit over .700 again? 

[BDawk]

He'd better

[TβG]

discostu is efforting gerlost right now.  it's gerlost for 2 and back to baines.

[BeefMaster]

discostu is efforting gerlost right now. it's gerlost for 2 and back to baines.

I do not believe this is a word.  Or, at least, it shouldn't be.

[ultimate7]

If it is a word, I don't think I want to know what it means, or how Teddy knows that Gerlost is doing it with Stu.

[fightonusc]

discostu is efforting gerlost right now.

Pics?

[ultimate7]

Ultimate angry, ultimate about to piss people off with his pick.

[ultimate7]

Why does mclane always leave the forums right when it is his turn to pick?

[TβG]

Ultimate angry, ultimate about to piss people off with his pick.

just punch yourself in the face, man.... everything will be alright.

[BeefMaster]

Ultimate angry, ultimate about to piss people off with his pick.

With the 8th pick of round 8, ultimate7 selects Stevo.

[TβG]

i'm going home.  i should be back on by 4:30 pacific.  if not, i'll definitely be on tonight to make my wraparound picks, so don't worry too much, ult.

[fightonusc]

Why do I always leave the forums right when it is my turn to pick?

[fightonusc]

Welcome back to ESPN's exclusive coverage of the Fantasy RBI Baseball Draft. Brought to you by McDonald's: "Heart disease? I'm lovin' it!" And by Squirt cola: "With a name like Squirt, it has to be good."


Chris Berman: Welcome back to coverage of the Fantasy RBI Baseball Draft. Now, there's been quite a bit of controversy about The Nimrods' selection of Tony Pena "Colada". I'm joined by ESPN's expert in all drafts, Mel Kiper, Jr. Mel, what's the issue here?


Mel Kiper: Chris, the issue is that Nimrods GM Ultimate7 went ahead and drafted Pena even though he already had a starting catcher on his roster. And in doing so, he passed up other position players that rated higher that could have gone on his bench. The suspicion is that he did this to keep The Unholy Legions of Doom and The OC from getting Pena, forcing them to start a much weaker catcher.


Berman: But this is all within the rules, right?


Kiper: It is, but is it against the spirit of the rules? In my mind, you should be trying to better your team, not make other teams worse. He left quality players on the table – including some elite starting pitchers – to go after a catcher when that really only impacted two teams.


Berman: RBI Baseball Tonight analyst and RBI player John "I Am Not A" Kruk has a different take on this. John?


John Kruk: First off, I'm an infielder, not an outfielder. I can't believe that the commissioner's office blew something that basic. But in terms of Ultimate7's actions, I think that's just good, solid GMing. If you can damage two of your rivals, why not do it? Pena's not a bad addition to your bench, and perhaps you can deal a crippling blow to a couple of teams, including the defending champion. And by the way, this two GM thing is not working – how do two GMs let themselves get worked out of a chance of having any decent starting catcher?


Berman: Let's go now via the OnStar Hotline to The Unholy Legions of Doom's GM and owner Beefmaster. Beefy, what's your opinion on what Ultimate7 did?


Beefmaster: It's just outrageous, Chris. I mean, this fuc...excuse me, flippin' guy comes along and drafts a second catcher right before I'm going to take Tony Pena. There's no reason for him to do that, unless he's trying to damage my team and The OC. I just think it's sad that Ultimate7 has to try and hurt other teams because he knows that his team, once again, will choke in the clitch.


Berman: Strong words there. I should point out that he contacted Ultimate7 for an interview, but we were told he was busy in the Nimrods war room punching himself in the face.


Kiper: Let me just jump in here, Chris. Beefmaster, I have to say that the biggest problem I see with what happened is how you reacted? I mean, Marc Sullivan? That's a complete panic selection, in my opinion, and that's the reason that you're drafting where you are instead of where The Nimrods draft.


Beefmaster: Mel, my postman knows more about Fantasy RBI Baseball than you do. I mean, have you ever worn a jockstrap before while playing RBI Baseball? Well I have! Marc Sullivan was our best option at catcher – it was either him or Alan Ashby!


Kiper: What about Bill Schroder? What about Steve Lake?


Beefmaster: What, they were available too? Jesus Chr – um..., I have to go now.

<Beefmaster takes off his earpiece and runs off-screen. Very soon after, he is heard screaming that he is going to "fucking rip the head off of the player personnel director and personally shit down his throat.">


Berman: Um, well, things are certainly getting heat here. More picks are coming, and we will be back soon with more from the draft.

[BeefMaster]

I mean, have you ever worn a jockstrap before while playing RBI Baseball?

How did you find out about that?