Official 2006 Fantasy Draft Comments

[TβG]

nacho, ryno, then attarack are up.

[Darky]

Darkside's Fantasy Watch

So far, ATTARACK seems to have the edge with his first two picks. This unprecedented speed and power package is lethal and unmatched in dee nee.
THE FRANK TANANA ALL-STARS went for great contact hitters with strong muscle power in Mark McGwire and Mike Schmidt. Wise picks.
GDavis made prudent choices in Bell and Armas. Both with consistent above average power.
THE BUTTE CHEEKS going with Canseco and Burks is a brilliant choice. They can hit for average, superman power, and can run a bit.

The rest of the first two picks lacked imagination and were uhm.............so-so.

Updates to come.

[Gerlost]

The Hip Young Popes:
Don Baylor - 924 power / 136 speed
Darryl Strawberry - 909 power / 138 speed

No love.

[fknmclane]

Darkside's Fantasy Watch

So far, ATTARACK seems to have the edge with his first two picks. This unprecedented speed and power package is lethal and unmatched in dee nee.
THE FRANK TANANA ALL-STARS went for great contact hitters with strong muscle power in Mark McGwire and Mike Schmidt. Wise picks.
GDavis made prudent choices in Bell and Armas. Both with consistent above average power.
THE BUTTE CHEEKS going with Canseco and Burks is a brilliant choice. They can hit for average, superman power, and can run a bit.

The rest of the first two picks lacked imagination and were uhm.............so-so.

Updates to come.

You the man, thanks Darkside.

With the first pick, imagination is something you want to stay away from.  The Hawk has the highest power rating in the game and decent speed/contact.  Absolute no-brainer.

TBG fucked me on my second pick.  Well, not really, I was just hoping Brunansky was going to keep falling right into my lap.  Still happy with Rupperto and Brookens. 

I'm wondering where my co-counsel is.  I'm sure he'll be happy to see Rupperto on our squad.  As well as the moustache king.

[Darky]

The Hip Young Popes:
Don Baylor - 924 power / 136 speed
Darryl Strawberry - 909 power / 138 speed

No love.

I have my own rating system on how I judge the players in RBI. I have a system for determining the contact-average, contact-power, and contact-consistency elements. Some players have bigger sweet spots or happy zones if you will.
Those first two picks were  borderline from being a top choice on my list.
However, Strawberry and Baylor are very streaky hitters.

[TβG]

fighton, just for accuracy's sake on the list thread:

brunansky is an OF, sorry i didn't specify in my post.

and canseco is an OF (no position listed on the team list.

[TβG]

gerlost, in my opinion, if you're not going to pick til 6 pm pacific, and assuming rack and attezz aren't going to be on tonight, maybe you should wait til tomorrow to pick.  just saying.

[Gerlost]

I can wait, but I also wanted to leave it open for as many people to make off-the-clock picks as possible.

[TβG]

attez just logged in

[Gantry]

With the first pick, imagination is something you want to stay away from.  The Hawk has the highest power rating in the game and decent speed/contact.  Absolute no-brainer.

TBG fucked me on my second pick.  Well, not really, I was just hoping Brunansky was going to keep falling right into my lap.  Still happy with Rupperto and Brookens. 

I'm wondering where my co-counsel is.  I'm sure he'll be happy to see Rupperto on our squad.  As well as the moustache king.

I approve of both picks...  Sorry, but out at customers all day and was a bit behind.  Mclane came through and took care of business.  We have the best player, the bench pinch hitter, the best third baseman and the best mustache in the game.  Lookin good!

[TβG]

guys, i'll be in about 8:30 or 9am (pacific) tomorrow morning.  i'll try to get to work sooner, but i haven't been feeling very chipper at all this week.  sorry if that will cause any delays...

bdawk, message me or email me and let me know what you think our status is and if we should still pick the guy we talked about.

[BDawk]

good stuff...I was at a work dinner, but was able to consult with TBG via blackberry...yeah technology!

[TβG]

hey guys, i'm here.  bdawk, i still need to hear from you...

[BeefMaster]

With the first pick, imagination is something you want to stay away from.  The Hawk has the highest power rating in the game and decent speed/contact.  Absolute no-brainer.

TBG fucked me on my second pick.  Well, not really, I was just hoping Brunansky was going to keep falling right into my lap.  Still happy with Rupperto and Brookens. 

I'm wondering where my co-counsel is.  I'm sure he'll be happy to see Rupperto on our squad.  As well as the moustache king.

I approve of both picks...  Sorry, but out at customers all day and was a bit behind.  Mclane came through and took care of business.  We have the best player, the bench pinch hitter, the best third baseman and the best mustache in the game.  Lookin good!

You're not actually going to put Rupperto on the bench, are you?

[TβG]

i say if fighton isn't here and gerlost hasn't picked by 10 after 9AM pacific, ultimate should pick.

but i don't know if that will help since the next pick goes right back to gerlost...  should we just wait til 10 am pacific?  i hate all this crap.  you want to follow the rules, but you don't want people to get screwed over. 

get your proxy picks in, people.

[BeefMaster]

Looks like the run on catchers has started... too bad AttaRack already has Laudner, or I'd recommend they grab Nokes.

[Mr. Blubbo]

Question about bench spots.  I know you can only start 3 OF'ers in the starting lineup, but how do bench players get in the game?  Do they only get subbed in for the pitcher?  Can we decide what subs can be made prior to the game>  How does that work?

[ultimate7]

The games are played by the CPU.  If the pitcher comes to bat in the top of the 5th or bottom of the 4th and you are losing, or up by less than 3, the CPU will PH(with rare exceptions)

Same goes for the pitchers spot in the bottom of 7 or top of 8.  And same goes for the 8 and 9 spots in the 8th inning on for both teams as PH's remain.

This maybe should go in a FAQ or something

[fknmclane]

Rack, you also get to set which order the bench players should be in, not that it really matters all that much.  But you would of course put Santana dead fucking last if you had him.

[TβG]

good description, ult.  i'll also add.... in this league you can fill your bench with whatever players you want.  you can have 4 outfielders on your bench if you'd like.

but keep this in mind:  if you don't like the performance of one of your guys and you'd like to take a guy from your bench and put him in the starting lineup, you can do that for the next weeks games.  since we have ten teams in the league, there will be no free agents, so if you can't use a guy off your bench, you'll have to make a trade.