Official Fantasy RBI Week 6 Thread

[TbT]

can we get a line-up change?  lots o movement here.

Coleman
Bergman
Hernandez
Rice
Evans
Henderson
Boone
Gaetti

[fightonusc]

The Nimrods Rally to Take Down The Frank Tanana All-Stars in Ten Innings, 19-17

DEE-NEE CITY - Davey Lopes hit a dramatic, three-run home run to cap a two-out, five run rally off of Bret Saberhagen in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift The Nimrods to a 19-17 victory over The Frank Tanana All-Stars in a Fantasy RBI League game played on Tuesday afternoon at Tengen Stadium.

"We had this game won," said Frank Tanana All-Stars manager Shooty Babbit after the game. "But just when we needed it the most, there was Bret Saberhagen coming out of the bullpen, just like The Family Circus in the Sunday funnies, just waiting to suck."

The Frank Tanana All-Stars (2-4) had taken an early eight run lead, only to see The Nimrods (2-4) claw their way back into the game. However, they still trailed by five in the ninth inning before making a furious rally. They had a chance to win the game, but Doug DeCinces was thrown out trying to score on Eric Davis' RBI single.

Lopes homered and drove in four for The Nimrods, while DeCinces added five hits and four RBI. Mark McGwire homered and drove in five for The Frank Tanana All-Stars in defeat.

[Shooty]

I forget who offered me Cox for Saberhagen....but I'll take it.

[ultimate7]

That wasn't Saberhagen's fault, that was all Chili Davis.  Actually you should fire the manager for playing Chili in CF while Kirby Puckett plays LF.

[Darky]

Shooty has some talent on his team. To be put it in a nice way, Canadians should just stick with hockey and curling.

I'm tempting to investigate to see if The OC isn't trying to throw the season to get the first pick in next year's draft. But I trust the team's integrity, so I'll approve the trade.

Trust me, The OC wants to win. They made offers to me last night during the negotiations which had nothing to do  with the currently  approved package-trade.

I did present the stats and facts, and the fuckin trade is a bilateral deal. Some of you meatheads need to separate hype from hope, and look at the stats for this season as well as figure out the contact-power formula which reveals a whole lot about a player's productivity when he hits the ball, how hard, and where. RBI has it's own life Force and nothing is as unsure as a sure thing.
The OC knows what they are doing, and I know what I am doing. Time will tell.
My impression is that TBG and BDawk are doing everything in their power to 3 peat...and there is still a lot of baseball left.

Anyways, Huge error by Chili Davis in the ninth with two outs. The FTAS had the game won, but a routine fly ball leads to extra innings and a walk off in favor of the Nimrods. Nothing is as unsure as a sure thing and this post is too fuckin long.

[TβG]

The OC and the FT All-Stars have agreed to terms on a deal and are awaiting the commissioner's approval.

[Nacho]

I'm tempting to investigate to see if The OC isn't trying to throw the season to get the first pick in next year's draft.

This is an interesting concept.  It would be cool to turn this into a keeper league with a draft including a pool of unprotected players.

[fightonusc]

Trade denied. I've made it clear since the beginning that you must have two SPs and two RPs. The issue is more with the advantage (setting match-ups, extra inning games) that The OC would get by having a third SP and less the disadvantage the FTAS would have from only having one SP.

I'm willing to hear an appeal if one is made.

[BDawk]

Trade denied. I've made it clear since the beginning that you must have two SPs and two RPs. The issue is more with the advantage (setting match-ups, extra inning games) that The OC would get by having a third SP and less the disadvantage the FTAS would have from only having one SP.

I'm willing to hear an appeal if one is made.

Here's my appeal:


Lick my asshole



Thank you

[TβG]

i was hoping this deal wouldn't have to go public, (please be sure to keep the players names private)...

i understand the rule and it makes sense for the draft, but after the draft if someone wants to do their rotation however they wish, they're already allowed to do that.

for instance, shooty has berenguer throwing second out of the bullpen.  so if he wants three relievers and one starter, it seems ok with him.

i'll understand your ruling either way, but it seems more like a competition committee decision, rather than like what a hard and fast league rule should be.

i totally agree that the draft should go with two starters and two relievers, but after the draft i think it gives owners more flexibility to do what they wish.  (note: this makes sense to me for the pitchers, but not fielders... i think the rules on the fielders should remain the same.)

so that is my appeal.  you can take more time to decide and the oc will accept your decision as final.

[BDawk]

Lick my asshole



Thank you

[Darky]

The Darkside disapproves of this trade. It would not be fair for any team to have three starters.

[fightonusc]

i was hoping this deal wouldn't have to go public, (please be sure to keep the players names private)...

i understand the rule and it makes sense for the draft, but after the draft if someone wants to do their rotation however they wish, they're already allowed to do that.

for instance, shooty has berenguer throwing second out of the bullpen.  so if he wants three relievers and one starter, it seems ok with him.

i'll understand your ruling either way, but it seems more like a competition committee decision, rather than like what a hard and fast league rule should be.

i totally agree that the draft should go with two starters and two relievers, but after the draft i think it gives owners more flexibility to do what they wish.  (note: this makes sense to me for the pitchers, but not fielders... i think the rules on the fielders should remain the same.)

so that is my appeal.  you can take more time to decide and the oc will accept your decision as final.

This is a fair point. I'll make a final ruling after the final game of the week is played today.

[TβG]

ps. on the competition side:

if you rule that all teams must remain two starters and two relievers, then i contest that all pitching rotations must remain in natural order as well (SP1, SP2, RP1, RP2), because of the way watch games work out.  the way that the computer manager handles the bullpens it makes more sense to do it uniformly across all teams.

my point is that if the trade is accepted, i would agree that all teams should have to have at least 1 starting pitcher because he's gauranteed to go 4 innings.  that's the only thing that is for sure.  after that it's pretty much a toss-up as far as how many innings you get out of whom.  the allowance of more relievers and whatever can give more flexibility to people looking to trade.  it makes more package deals available.

again, we will go with your final decision after appeals.  i don't think this needs to go to a vote because we're in season and i would like to hear your explanation/reasoning.  this is actually a good discussion and one that's worthwile in my opinion.

[Nacho]

For the record, I stand with USC's decision.  League rules state 2 SP, 2 RP.  Given the obvious differences in stamina between the two, I think that this rule should stand beyond merely the draft.  After all, we can't trade away our outfield after the draft and play infielders there, can we?

[Nacho]

if you rule that all teams must remain two starters and two relievers, then i contest that all pitching rotations must remain in natural order as well (SP1, SP2, RP1, RP2), because of the way watch games work out.  the way that the computer manager handles the bullpens it makes more sense to do it uniformly across all teams.

I think this is also a fair rule.

[TβG]

if you rule that all teams must remain two starters and two relievers, then i contest that all pitching rotations must remain in natural order as well (SP1, SP2, RP1, RP2), because of the way watch games work out.  the way that the computer manager handles the bullpens it makes more sense to do it uniformly across all teams.

I think this is also a fair rule.

so you are a totalitarian!  come on man, i thought you were more liberal... think outside the box.  just so everyone knows, i don't want that to have to be the rule.  i think being looser with this rule will allow owners to be more free to run teams the way they wish and to expand their thinking.

[Darky]

Having three starters on one team goes against nature. The RBI Gods did not intend to have it that way.

2sp, 2 relief pitchers
I also think that no starting pitcher should be allowed to have 2 consecutive starts. But this can be voted on next season.

[BeefMaster]

if you rule that all teams must remain two starters and two relievers, then i contest that all pitching rotations must remain in natural order as well (SP1, SP2, RP1, RP2), because of the way watch games work out.  the way that the computer manager handles the bullpens it makes more sense to do it uniformly across all teams.

I think this is also a fair rule.

Honestly, I thought this was already a rule until Shooty changed his order up - had I known this was an option when I was in the league, I would've also set my pitching order up SP-RP-RP-SP.  Can I use this as my excuse for why I lost the World Series in three of the four seasons I played?

[BeefMaster]

I also think that no starting pitcher should be allowed to have 2 consecutive starts. But this can be voted on next season.

I like that idea, but that's a lot of extra fiddling with the ROM - you'd have to change it every week even if there were no trades.