MoFo Fantasy Baseball 2012 - The Regular Season

[DexterRiley]

Allrighty Carl Crawford do your thing. I'm lookin for a decent average and a stolen base or 2, but dont do so much that the red sox actually win the game.

[Powdered Water]

Is he really going to take the field? I tried and tried to hold onto that guy and they just kept pushing him back. I'm sure he'll be terrific for ya. That's just my luck.

[DexterRiley]

So far he hit a single and came around to score. So far so good. I was a lil surprised the Bosox have Ellsbury in the leadoff with Crawford going second, id have thought it would be the other way around.

[Powdered Water]

Hope he breaks his sternum.

[DexterRiley]

Who? Ellsbury? that wouldnt bother me that much.

:D

[TONGO]

Ha! I just noticed your quotation PW. Im honored. ;)

Lance Berkmans back, and Allen Craigs batting average has cooled this last month so there may be a quandry. Craigs slugging homers well though. Never thought Id have to keep an eye on that slot. St Louis should just chuck their 2nd baseman Tyler Green, and make Craig their 2nd base guy. Thats the position he played last year till he broke his kneecap.

[TONGO]

Chris Tillman just got crushed by the Twins, 8 runs in 2 innings. He too will be available on waivers tomorrow. Jeff Karstens #'s now will be nothing but damage control at best. Ever since I went so heavy on Rays pitchers my numbers have gone down the toilet. Must change trend....

[TONGO]

Yodas Joey Votto is out for 3-4 weeks, and now it looks like Dexters Jose Bautista has a wrist injury. Somewhere a Clown and a Dodger in a Chevelle are grinning.

[Sedai]

Oh my...

:D

[rauldc14]

my team has been bad lately. really bad.

[DexterRiley]

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/23582448.jpg

:D

[DexterRiley]

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/23582448.jpg

:D

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http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/23583083.jpg

[Yoda]

Yeah, I saw the Votto thing. Guess I'm glad it's not worse, but it's still pretty lame.

[Powdered Water]

Thanks so much Jair Jurgens. Ass clown.

Oh and Dex, your buddy Edwin is still available. He might come in handy now that Bautista is on the shelf for a little while.

[Yoda]

Andrew McCutchen has 50 hits in his last 102 at bats.

[Sedai]

I am just hoping me team actually starts showing up sometime this week...

[rauldc14]

I am just hoping me team actually starts showing up sometime this week...

Ditto. It's been a bad week.

[Yoda]

Since we all like to feel sorry for ourselves (me too!), a conceptual question. Which makes you feel worse about a should I/shouldn't I starting pitcher decision: benching them and seeing them throw well, or playing them and seeing them get killed? Clearly the latter is worse for your team, but I'm amazed at how almost-as-bad the former feels.

[rauldc14]

More than often I've played a pitcher with a great matchup and they've been killed. On the contrary i've benched them against tough matchups and they've done well. I'll start them more often than not, since I'm in no danger of the innings limit. They are on my team for a reason, that reason being I think they are worthy of a roster spot.

[Sedai]

Since we all like to feel sorry for ourselves (me too!), a conceptual question. Which makes you feel worse about a should I/shouldn't I starting pitcher decision: benching them and seeing them throw well, or playing them and seeing them get killed? Clearly the latter is worse for your team, but I'm amazed at how almost-as-bad the former feels.

I hate seeing a guy like Dickey get blown up. You watch someone masterfully pick apart the best line-ups a few starts in a row, and then he gets on the mound and you can tell he just isn't home that day. I feel like, when this happens, it just trashes my hopes for my team, because my "best" guy is getting destroyed. So yeah, seeing a top pitcher get creamed really hurts.

[TONGO]

Since we all like to feel sorry for ourselves (me too!), a conceptual question. Which makes you feel worse about a should I/shouldn't I starting pitcher decision: benching them and seeing them throw well, or playing them and seeing them get killed? Clearly the latter is worse for your team, but I'm amazed at how almost-as-bad the former feels.

I howl the loudest when I dont slot a guy that has a great game. I feel like I failed as a coach to not slot correctly, but if they get beat up when I slot them then thats on them. :)

[TONGO]

Hellickson vs Masterson tonight, and I got them both. I had decided to go with Jeremy since he has shown good form the last 2 starts, and Masterson got beat up for 8 runs by the Rays in their last matchup. Now Im wondering if I should go with both of them. Why? Cause Clayton Richard had 2 K's in his win today in 8.1 innings! 2! :mad: Francisco Rodriguez had 2 in his lone 9th inning close today.

I need more K's, and sadly the Rays have provided strikeouts for many pitchers this season. For example Chris Sale got 15 K's on us. :facepalm: Hes good, but not that good. The Rays have had an incredible ability to make good pitchers look great, bad pitchers look good, but then we beat great pitchers outright. Like Verlander who we beat twice, and Justin Masterson. I dont know what to do.

[Yoda]

D'oh. Spot-started Wandy...matchup was good. Perfect through three and really good through four. Then completely implodes in the fifth, but by being pecked to death with tons of singles, walks, etc. So very close.

I think my team's ERA would drop half a run if I had the option of slicing a single inning off of a handful of their starts.

[rauldc14]

D'oh. Spot-started Wandy...matchup was good. Perfect through three and really good through four. Then completely implodes in the fifth, but by being pecked to death with tons of singles, walks, etc. So very close.

I think my team's ERA would drop half a run if I had the option of slicing a single inning off of a handful of their starts.

I'm spot starting Liriano, so things could go all kind of wrong for me. Actually not sure why I'm doing it, but I am.

[DexterRiley]

Since we all like to feel sorry for ourselves (me too!), a conceptual question. Which makes you feel worse about a should I/shouldn't I starting pitcher decision: benching them and seeing them throw well, or playing them and seeing them get killed? Clearly the latter is worse for your team, but I'm amazed at how almost-as-bad the former feels.

this is a bit of a copout perhaps, but for me i guess it depends on who killed em, or often has been teh case, how it was done.

I've been fortunate i suppose, in that the only 2 times my starters got completely slammed was Morrow and Weaver, both @ the Rangers during that 16 day stretch or so that J. Hamilton seemed to be cracken 2 homers a game every game. So in those instances, it was more a.."hey dummy what were u thinken " sorta things, which doesnt bug me near as much as :

having Your starter pitch effectively for 6 1/3 with say, 1 earned run allowed, but with his team up by 5. So the ballclubs relief pitchers are all weary from the starter that got blown up in the 2nd inning the day before or whatever, so my guy is asked to log as many innings as he can.

And then it happens. A lil squibber that splits the infield, a seeing eye flare that drops, a couple of walks maybe, and then a homer. Yeah its a team game and all that, and blah blah blah, but fantasy wise, thats just a killer. That very situation seemed to happen to me, like everytime i streamed a spot starter in the first month, and this was totally cherry picking the opponent ( padres, mariners, cubs etc.)

Having said that, if i dont start a guy and he pitches lights out, all things being equal, that stings, stings bad.

Equally crappy is when u slot your lineup, the team scratches him, and he comes on as a pinch hitter and goes 0-1, bubye avg for the day, thanks a bunch. (sure if he goes 1-1 the reverse is true, but when that happens, its because we are brilliant awesome managers dontcha know :D )

Or i bench a guy who is a career sub .150 hitter against lefties, and he ends up getten walked twice and steals 4 bases, which happened to me earlier in the week.

that shat drives me mental.

[rauldc14]

well Liriano already given up 2 runs in his first .1 innings pitched. Yay go me!

[Sedai]

Tongo, did you really group Verlander and MASTERSON as "great pitchers" in your comments above? Masterson isn't anywhere near the level of Verlander. Not even close. Definitely not a great pitcher, and never really has been.


Also - calling shenanigans on the waiver manipulation. Why would you pick up a claim (keeping others off a pitcher), then wait just enough time to drop him so he goes on waivers again, without ever using him at all to play? People stream players all the time, but they actually slot them when they pick them up, using them to get points.

Seems fishy!

[TONGO]

Tongo, did you really group Verlander and MASTERSON as "great pitchers" in your comments above? Masterson isn't anywhere near the level of Verlander. Not even close. Definitely not a great pitcher, and never really has been.


Also - calling shenanigans on the waiver manipulation. Why would you pick up a claim (keeping others off a pitcher), then wait just enough time to drop him so he goes on waivers again, without ever using him at all to play? People stream players all the time, but they actually slot them when they pick them up, using them to get points.

Seems fishy!

It might loook that way, but in actuality I was wishy-washy, and have picked up and dropped so many pitchers Im not 100% sure which instance youre speaking of. This last time I had dropped Jarrod Parker for Milone, then regretted it. So since nobody picked Parker up on waivers -whew!- I nabbed him again.

[TONGO]

I decided to go with another new kid on the A's, Travis Blackley. So Jarrod Parkers available again, and since it was a same day drop theres no waiver trouble ;)

[TONGO]

There! I finally figured out my backup pitcher strategy for this week. Decided to go with Collmenter, Homer Baily, and Leake as all 3 pitch vs the Houston Astros. whew. Baily has a matchup with the Brewers tonight but on the pine he'll stay as they got 13 hits off him in their last meeting. He'll face the Astros his next game.

[Sedai]

Haha nice. The Twins and Astros have been great for pitchers this year. I streamed a chump from the orioles last night, and even though he looked bad at the start, he eventually got under control and locked the Twins down to give me a win and a few more Ks on the week.

[DexterRiley]

Since we all like to feel sorry for ourselves (me too!), a conceptual question. Which makes you feel worse about a should I/shouldn't I starting pitcher decision: benching them and seeing them throw well, or playing them and seeing them get killed? Clearly the latter is worse for your team, but I'm amazed at how almost-as-bad the former feels.

I'm sitting both Dempster vs teh Cards and Weaver vs the Rangers, so this will be tested.

My thinking is law of averages dictates that Dempster is gonna get rocked eventually, why risk his last start with teh Dextroyas

and as for Weaver, as much as i love him, its the Rangers.

[DexterRiley]

Ricky Romero = back on Dex's radar.

Sonar is more accurate.

:laugh:

Yeah so anyway, I benched both Weaver and Dempster, and really the results were terrific.

Dempster did get whacked about a bit, which he was due for, and Weaver displayed why he is in the conversation for Cy Young.

Rangers lineup skerred me, but now i know i can slot him in against anyone, now that hes excorsised that demon of getten shellacked earlier.

oh and Flash, activate Kemp for cripes sake already.

[Yoda]

McCann goes deep; that's 7 in his last 10 games now. Nice power surge. If he gets his average up a couple dozen points he'll be right in line with his regular numbers; above, actually, in the power department.

[TONGO]

TONGO strategy change # 345302418

http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Jarrod+Parker+Oakland+Athletics+v+Arizona+5gjWC02_r-Rl.jpg Jarrod Parker

Saw that Jarrod Parker and Tommy Milone whooped on the Yankees, and I remember when Parker shut down the BoSox 2 times. I cant let talent like that go unowned.........

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/001/678/490/143147330_crop_exact.jpg?w=650&h=440&q=75 Tommy Milone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af-KO1VcyT4

[DexterRiley]

Well Darn. I thought Jon Lester was on Yodas staff.

:D

[Yoda]

Oof, hadn't seen that. Wow.

Still afraid of me, eh, even 40 points back? ;D

I didn't have particularly great luck; Sabathia pitched pretty well but the Yanks blew the save and he missed the win. Oh well. Pitchers were solid, though, and the team average keeps climbing. I'll be genuinely surprised if I don't run away with that category. Guess I should trade some of the excess there, even.

Slow but steady progress since the break. Might have a real second half gem on my hands with Sheets, too. We'll see.

[DexterRiley]

I wasnt that worried, but with Dionne, Tongs' buddy and Vonny not bothering to set their lineups half the time, the logjam in many a category will be less challenging.

[TONGO]

Got to hand it to Dexter for being so strong on pitching, and his only ace was Weaver. As for Toronto Im not looking forward to putting my new A's pitchers up against them. They just cranked out 15 runs without Bautista!? :nope: Pineride!

Marks a rock. I still think hes the one to beat.

Yodas roster has to come thru for him eventually. When it finally does, and if it does suddenly like Dexters did (yeah the Topes have that potential) then I think Chris will float in a relieful glee.

I see Adams Chevelles eventually sliding further.

Zimmermans rocking it for PWs Roiders right now, and I think it possible Pujols will have a megasurge sometime.

If you look at the last 30 days for Sedais Clowns pitching, a staggering comeback in that dept for Mikes squad. :up:

As for me I will hurt myself less with bad pitching matchups, and have more cushion for the future with Weaver. That sounds small but its huge. Pitching is underated, and my crap pitching was hurting me more than anyone elses production. If that has ended, I will whoop you all :)

[rauldc14]

Desmond to the DL. That paired with Stanton out gets rid of my 2 main threats, save for Beltran who is a walking injury in himself. Unless some crazy stuff happens I probably have reached my end of the climb, in the 9th place position.

[Yoda]

Getting word that Ichiro might be traded to the Yankees, and Anibal Sanchez might be headed to Detroit.

[TONGO]

Whoa! Those trades would do wonders for both those players careers, especially Sanchez. I dont know how many times he threw a gem and the Marlin bats tanked the game for him.

[rauldc14]

Yes, as far as I know the Tigers just grabbed Infante and Sanchez. Prospects in return for my Marlins, welcome to rebuild mode.

[Yoda]

Maybe. Detroit's offense is much better, so that's more win potential. But their defense is horrid, so it probably hurts him in ERA and WHIP.

[Powdered Water]

It took Ichiro being traded to New York to get the guy to bat 9th. Where he belongs. The guy's been here for 12 damn years and he still uses an interpreter to do his press conferences. I mean, I liked his play on the field fine, but he's a stuck up little prick. Just sayin'.

[TONGO]

Gah! Wandy Rodriguez is going to the Pirates, and Yoda beat me to him. Fitting though, he should do well for you and your team Chris.
Gah!

[DexterRiley]

Well that was noice. Saw Kershaw got blowed up mere minutes before the Yankee game was to start, pulled Garcia just in the nick of time.

[Yoda]

Why would one affect the other? Confoosed.

[DexterRiley]

ERA my good man, with a side of Whip.

Mark is numero uno while i am nippen at his heels.

[Yoda]

Yeah, but Garcia is either a good play or not independent of what anyone else does. Except for the last days of the season, I suppose.

[TONGO]

Houston closer Francisco Cordero & Milwaukee closer Francisco Rodriguez are available on waivers. Screw that ERA killing nonsense. :sick:

[DexterRiley]

yeah thanks for the bulletin tongs.

:D

[Yoda]

Hehehe.

ERA keeps dropping...pretty soon it'll be Vaguely Respectable, and as we all know vague respectability is the first step towards Total Domination.

[Sedai]

Thank You Felix H! Breaking A-rod's poor wittle hand is the best thing to happen in baseball all year! ;)

I loved that part where he took it like a little whine-ass with a skinned knee.

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[Yoda]

That Stephen Strasburg fella' is awfully good at making those dudes with sticks swing their sticks and not hit the ball with them when they swing them.

[Sedai]

LaRoche continues to play above and beyond his ability. Cracked a homer last night and just slapped a two-run shot over the wall this afternoon, as well. Not the guy I was expecting a ton of power from, but I will take what I can get with my three big guns ALL slumping right now. :-/

It's slow at work and the boss is away, so i think I will watch some games on the tracker for a bit. ;)

[DexterRiley]

Thank You Felix H! Breaking A-rod's poor wittle hand is the best thing to happen in baseball all year! ;)

I loved that part where he took it like a little whine-ass with a skinned knee.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/483203_10151056628784936_1806708977_n.jpg

thats the funniest thing since curt schillings theatrics with the bloody sock.

[Powdered Water]

Felix is the man. He hit Ichiro and Jeter too. :yup:

[Powdered Water]

Oh, and get your internal dialogue going Dex. I probably can't keep Romero on my team much longer (even on my bench). You know you WANT to sign him up, but you just can't sign him up. That would be crazy town. That dude is, uh... awful.

[DexterRiley]

The Window on Romero positive returns has closed.

I traded him straight up for Anibal Sanchez because Rob was looking for Wins. and his schedule in the 1st half was juicy.

Rob dumped him on waivers, and he won the start while nobody could use him. then u snapped him up, but he was on the bench when he went 7 strong and winnen again.

He hasnt won since, not to mention barely made it thru to 6 ip i think once.

nahh the Blue Jay starter to have at the moment is Carlos Villaneueva.

[Powdered Water]

What's the deal Chris? You sign up the kid Marte after he hits a tater on his very FIRST BIG LEAGUE PITCH. And then the next day you dump the kid? Say it ain't so!

[DexterRiley]

Oh, and get your internal dialogue going Dex. I probably can't keep Romero on my team much longer (even on my bench). You know you WANT to sign him up, but you just can't sign him up. That would be crazy town. That dude is, uh... awful.

I wouldnt trust Ricky Romero to pitch a tent.

having said that, his name is cuban, so maybe the jays can flip him to the marlins for Stanton and Johnson.

:D

[Yoda]

Another gem of a start for Sheets. It's early, but there's a non-zero chance he could be one of the biggest second-half pickups. Here's hoping.

Votto and Werth are coming back soon, too, and Haren's had two good starts since his DL stint. Everything's comin' up Milhouse! Except for the actual standings, I mean.

[TONGO]

Now Francisco Liriano has gone to the White Sox. I wouldve grabbed him but the Arroyo vs Pads matchup should be sweeter, and Liriano can be hitter friendly at times. Seems like a way more active trading period this season.

[Powdered Water]

It seems some guy named 'Ike', hit 3 taters tonight. I like Ike!

[DexterRiley]

Nothen like haven a burner up from the farm to light the fire under the regulars.

Rajai Davis swiped another one, thats 3 in the last 2 games ..so far.

Strangely i went for Reyes for this purpose, and he hits HR go figure.

[Yoda]

I'm guessing you'll tolerate his insolence. :D

[Yoda]

Apparently my entire outfield (and my catcher) is out of the lineup today.

[DexterRiley]

I'm guessing you'll tolerate his insolence. :D

hahahahaha

yes.

:D

[DexterRiley]

Oh, and get your internal dialogue going Dex. I probably can't keep Romero on my team much longer (even on my bench). You know you WANT to sign him up, but you just can't sign him up. That would be crazy town. That dude is, uh... awful.

He's horrible. On the other hand he's facing the Mariners at Safeco.

The irony was too delicious to pass up.

[Powdered Water]

We shall see grasshopper. M's have been playing pretty damn good lately.

[Yoda]

Well, Hunter Pence has been officially traded to the Giants, and I officially have no reaction, positive or negative, to the news.

[TONGO]

Well, Hunter Pence has been officially traded to the Giants, and I officially have no reaction, positive or negative, to the news.

Yeah I was shocked to see his teammate Victorino go to the Dodgers. Whoa! Im sure this will help Pence & Shanes #'s for the year going forward.

[rauldc14]

And.....one of my closers gets traded and I don't think he's a closer anymore

[rauldc14]

Thanks Homer Bailey..............fantasy baseball is ridiculous

[DexterRiley]

WaWa is maken his move. Can see him comen fast in the rear view mirror.

[Powdered Water]

Ssssshhhhhh!

[DexterRiley]

it sucks haven days of reds while everyone else pretty much is green..

Stop that. My comfort zone of 30 pts over the field has bin widdled down to 20 in like 4 days.

I'm starting to feel like Jim Kelly.

:D

[Sedai]

4 points today? Woot!

[Yoda]

GRAND SLAM Robinson Cano, the beautiful man with two last names.

[TONGO]

Pittsburghs 2nd baseman Neil Walker hooked me up with a grand slam last night, and an extra ribbie after to boot. I like him. :)

[Yoda]

So do we, Rob. So do we.

[TONGO]

The Philadelphia Phillies have put Cliff Lee to waivers.

http://cdn.mdjunction.com/components/com_joomlaboard/uploaded/images/hell_frozen_over.jpg

:eek:

[Yoda]

It's not as weird as it sounds. It's not like being released. He makes a lot of money and probably won't be claimed, and if he is, the Phillies can withdraw the waiver.

[mark f]

The whole point is that if he clears waivers now, they can try to trade him.

[TONGO]

Ah, ok. Not up to speed on all the schematics in MLB waiver/trading policies. Thank you.

I hope the Yankees or Red Sox dont get him :facepalm:

[DexterRiley]

Can u imagine a universe where Rob wins the powerball and buys a major league baseball club, and treats the waiver wire like fantasy baseball.

:laugh:

[TONGO]

George Steinbrenner style! ;)

[DexterRiley]

Theres a movie in there somewhere.

get Adam Sandler on the phone, we can hash out a treatment in no time flat.

:rotfl:

[TONGO]

Ryan Dempster just got soundly thumped by the (*Edit In) LA Angels. 15.43 ERA, and Tims SSqueeze played him. Ouchie hurty.

[DexterRiley]

Ryan Dempster just got soundly thumped by the Texas Rangers. 15.43 ERA, and Tims SSqueeze played him. Ouchie hurty.

He plays for the Rangers, so unless u mean during batting practise, ima guessen u mean the Angels of California did the damage.

[DexterRiley]

Crazy awesome day yesterday for the Dextroyas. It seemed like everytime i glanced at the Stat tracker thing, i had 3 guys at the plate, and 2 of em got on base.

The 3/3 wins with 17 K's and 1.29 era was saweet as well.

[TONGO]

He plays for the Rangers, so unless u mean during batting practise, ima guessen u mean the Angels of California did the damage.

Er, ......yeah.

http://files-cdn.formspring.me/photos/20120719/n50085b0751d3e.jpg

Scratch that - reverse it.

[mark f]

My players have been dropping like flies. What else is new?

[rauldc14]

Edwin and Hanram has brought nearly next to nothing for my team.

[Yoda]

Well, I just made a last-ditch offer for HanRam, anyway.

[rauldc14]

mulling the trade over. I mean obviously I get the better end of the deal, but I just don't know where Pence slots once Stanton is back.

[Powdered Water]

Sigh. Lost almost all the spots I'd made up in one night last night. Back to 27.5 out of first. Just not my year. Although this latest surge has been my best of the year, I doubt it will get me back in contention. Unless I get an even bigger surge starting like, right now. Dex's team is just too far ahead.

[TONGO]

My squad tanked tonight big time. Helickson pitched 4 innings and got yanked as Baltimore got 4 runs off him, Zimmermann pitched 5 and got the hook too. Maholm actually struck 8 batters out, but wont get the win as the Braves have trailed throughout. :sick:

http://mlblogsraysrenegade.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/9eb2f34c095a0a657226f4906edb63b1-getty-117541710.jpg

[DexterRiley]

Sigh. Lost almost all the spots I'd made up in one night last night. Back to 27.5 out of first. Just not my year. Although this latest surge has been my best of the year, I doubt it will get me back in contention. Unless I get an even bigger surge starting like, right now. Dex's team is just too far ahead.

thankfully the season ends soon. You totally caught me off guard passing me in Runs. I'd put that baby down as locked down a few weeks ago.

My squad tanked tonight big time. Helickson pitched 4 innings and got yanked as Baltimore got 4 runs off him, Zimmermann pitched 5 and got the hook too. Maholm actually struck 8 batters out, but wont get the win as the Braves have trailed throughout. :sick:

http://mlblogsraysrenegade.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/9eb2f34c095a0a657226f4906edb63b1-getty-117541710.jpg

and Rob beat me to it, though when i googled hell boy facepalm this is what i got

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DW-CS4paWMs/TjnaRtjDiOI/AAAAAAAAAWs/ijXWYYXKx-A/s1600/hellboy%2Bfacepalm.jpg

On the bright side, as a Rays fan, Matt Moore looked good the other night.

so theres that Rob.

[TONGO]

Evan Longoria is due back tuesday


F I N A L L Y !

[Powdered Water]

Is that, a good?

[TONGO]

Hell if he bats .150 its an improvement on how weve been doing. 23 innings with no run scored! David Price threw a 8 inning 2 hitter, and we couldnt muster even 1 run. Pathetic.

[TONGO]

Jordan Zimmermann is the man!




That is all.

[DexterRiley]

2 great starts from Rays (Shield, Moore) but at the expense of the suddenly weak hitting Bluejays.

http://mrbarlow.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/worlds-collide.jpeg

I'd switch places with Yodes in a heartbeat.

I'd much rather the world where my team is in position for post-season good times than the world where ive only the slightest chance at winning fantasy baseball.

[DexterRiley]

which isnt too say i'm not looking forward to the dvd's in the mail of course.

i am.

incidentally who signed on for that this year anyway? I've plum forgot.

[TONGO]

which isnt too say i'm not looking forward to the dvd's in the mail of course.

i am.

incidentally who signed on for that this year anyway? I've plum forgot.

http://realdealtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Counting-chickens-B4-Hatched.jpg

[Yoda]

2 great starts from Rays (Shield, Moore) but at the expense of the suddenly weak hitting Bluejays.

http://mrbarlow.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/worlds-collide.jpeg

I'd switch places with Yodes in a heartbeat.

I'd much rather the world where my team is in position for post-season good times than the world where ive only the slightest chance at winning fantasy baseball.
This is true. I can't complain too much. I still can't believe the Pirates are good this year. It doesn't feel entirely real.


which isnt too say i'm not looking forward to the dvd's in the mail of course.

i am.

incidentally who signed on for that this year anyway? I've plum forgot.
I'm not sure anyone did, actually. A few of us were interested but generally under the caveat that we'd dive in if more than one or two others did. I'll make a point to go back and check when the time comes, though.

[rauldc14]

my offense is looking pretty good right now. Weiters has heated up, Beltran, Encarnacion, Morse, and Stanton can hit homers and drive in runs at any given bat. And the unwanted Chase Headley has put himself into the top 75.

[rauldc14]

I know everybody's thinking, where did this Dynamic Dynamite team come from? Well, it's the team that was in last at the beginning of July, that has now decide to rocket up (6th currently, though nipping at Tongs heels). Watch out, folks. And thanks to everyone who turned down trades including Headley, yeah the guy is pretty good.

[mark f]

I personally accept full responsibility for your team's improvement, although you never offered me Headley, whom I've had parts of the last two years. :cool:

[TONGO]

Ha! Yeah I said no to him. Chase Headleys gonna be a constant on your roster. 3rd is a lonely position for talent. Cling to him :yup:

Picked up new Dodger aquisition Joe Blanton, and nervous even though hes pitching against the fish. Blantons a competent strikeout pitcher, his ERA is 2.79 this past month, has a good team backing him up now, but hes far from indestructible. His season ERA is 4.52, and the Marlins have averaged 8 hits a game off him.

Hoping Albert Pujols continues at this last months pace healthily till seasons end. His "pop" will be welcome, but Ive had a couple of good days without him. With him, plus Ellsbury and Longo, I may go on a surge and finally break into the "big boys club" with Dex and Mark. Its possible as this is the first time Ive had first round picks on my roster all season.

[Yoda]

Votto gets another minor procedure just when he looked like he was about ready to come back, and Sabathia hits the DL. Ouch.

Just when I was starting to get a little forward momentum the last couple weeks.

[DexterRiley]

That blows Yodes. With Freeman breaking out, you could have leveraged Votto for pretty much anything you wanted.

meanwhile..mark just got shellacked with Santana on the mound. 9 runs allowed thru 2 innings. ouch.

on the flipside Medlen of the Braves is pretty much assured the W in allowing just the one run and fanning 7.

Edit: oh Haren...when did the Mariners become murderer row...wowzA

[Powdered Water]

Marinators on the road are much better than Marinators at home.

[DexterRiley]

meanwhile Beltre has been slumping a bit, so with Verlander on the hill i sit him and slot Trumbo there.

Which of course means that Beltre is batten 1.000 and Trumbo was a late healthy scratch.

baseball sometimes rhymes with ducking cupid.

[TONGO]

They say Votto is only gonna be out an extra week, but yeah that sucks about CC.

Had a funny thing happen with a couple of my closers tonight. Both clubs were using their closers the last 2 innings, Wilton Lopez & Jim Henderson. Lopez gave up a run to bring them to extra innings, but Henderson gave up the one to let Lopez get the win. His second win in 2 days. Course my ERA looks like ass because on top of that I used Blanton vs the fish and they did a big mechanical shark act on his ass. :sick:

[DexterRiley]

hey mark, back off bub.

5 pts is too close for comfort.

maybe this will distract you :

http://us9.memecdn.com/mind-blown_c_546391.jpg

[rauldc14]

Eric Bedard :facepalm:. Time to make another cut.

[Yoda]

Ugh. Bucs need to come back or this'll be four losses in a row and five of six.

Granted, teams have bad stretches, and we're still well over .500 and in line for a playoff spot, but I really hope this is a blip, even though it's happening against a pretty bad Padres team. My inner panicky Pirate fan is definitely threatening to come out, though.

[rauldc14]

And then Scott Diamond gives up a game opening homer. I can see my pitching is going to implode today. On the bright side, the offense is still hot.

[DexterRiley]

Ugh. Bucs need to come back or this'll be four losses in a row and five of six.

Granted, teams have bad stretches, and we're still well over .500 and in line for a playoff spot, but I really hope this is a blip, even though it's happening against a pretty bad Padres team. My inner panicky Pirate fan is definitely threatening to come out, though.

if snider comes off the bench and steals a bunch of bags and leads the comeback i may have an anyeurism embelism thing.

Rob im counten on you to call Rampart.

:D

[Yoda]

BARMES!!!!!!!!!

Whew.

True story: earlier this year I was listening to the broadcast and heard "bases loaded for..." and got momentarily excited, and then heard "...Clint Barmes," and I immediately went "Awwww."

Not this time. Grand slam. Pirates fell behind 5-0 early, and they've come all the way back, 6-5. Still nobody out, too.

[Yoda]

MORE! Cutch doubles, Jones triples, McKenry singles. 9-running inning, two outs. Barmes up AGAIN; he's the 14th batter of the inning.

Awesome.

[TONGO]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the most explosive 2nd baseman in Major League Baseball. He plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and his name is Neil Walker. Today went 5/5, 2 runs, a homer, and 2 ribbies....

http://binaryapi.ap.org/fe6a1a45e6ae4ed78ade96727be4f8eb/512x.jpg


....this is the sound of "Boosh!" ;)

[Yoda]

I think Cano still holds that title with room to spare...but Walker is definitely making a name for himself. So cool that he basically resurrected his career with a position change.

[DexterRiley]

weird how things work out. i had Neil Walker but he slumped hard for a 2 week stretch which meant i went out and got Kinsler, and soon after NW picked up the pace.

Which isnt to say id ever consider trading kinsler for Walker straight up of course.

Also i cant hardly believe it but the wolverine batman thingy actually worked ! back to a comfy 9pt cushion.

:D

[DexterRiley]

BARMES!!!!!!!!!

Whew.

True story: earlier this year I was listening to the broadcast and heard "bases loaded for..." and got momentarily excited, and then heard "...Clint Barmes," and I immediately went "Awwww."

Not this time. Grand slam. Pirates fell behind 5-0 early, and they've come all the way back, 6-5. Still nobody out, too.

MORE! Cutch doubles, Jones triples, McKenry singles. 9-running inning, two outs. Barmes up AGAIN; he's the 14th batter of the inning.

Awesome.

http://www.guiltybit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/shottas2.gif

happy birthday yodes.

[Yoda]

Ugh. You know that thing where you have a couple of guys and you have to decide who to play? I've got that with Utley and Gordon right now. Both playing MORE than well enough to start, but just one slot, yeah? So naturally, I've guessed wrong each of the last three days: Utley when it should have been Gordon, Gordon instead of Utley the next day, then Utley instead of Gordon again. Benched the better numbers all three times, costing me 3 homers (2 from Gordon in one game).

Blergh.

[DexterRiley]

Casey Jansen, why you do me like that. Went ahead and ruined a perfectly fine start from Villenueva.

:facepalm:

You better redeem yourself and be the pitcher of record for the win.

[rauldc14]

Dear Mr. Fiers. You fail.

[7thson]

Hey all sorry I have been absent for a bit because of moving and family stuff. Been able to do a few things via phone, but I finally got a computer up with internet again. Sry if anyone sent trade offers or pms was not ignoring you just cant really access the forum with my cheesy phone.

[Yoda]

No worries, it happens. Hope things are otherwise cool. :)

[TONGO]

Felix Hernandez just threw a perfect game!!!

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17w2xgiy0xrunpng/original.png


Against the Rays!!! :eek: Oh #$%@! :(

[Yoda]

I saw he had one through five, then like seven. When I saw seven, I just assumed he'd do it. Cool.

[DexterRiley]

Drew Storen managed to compile a line of 1/3 of an inning, 108 era with whip of 12.

there really oughta be a mercy rule or somethen.

:D

[Powdered Water]

I'm almost ready to start calling him 'King'.

[Sedai]

Something....went wrong. NONE of my players registered any points yesterday, but they played...They ALL have X next to their name? Was my entire team really scratched yesterday? lol

[Powdered Water]

Same here. Some kind of Yahoo glitch I reckon.

[Yoda]

Yeah, I assume it's processing or something.

[Yoda]

Whew, what a day yesterday. Strasburg struck out 10, and Wainwright 12 en route to another shutout. Total statistics: 18.1 IP, 23 Ks, 0.49 ERA, 0.71 WHIP, two Wins, two Saves.

Now all I need is, like, nine more days like this. :D

[DexterRiley]

there really oughta be a mercy rule or somethen.

:D

Something....went wrong. NONE of my players registered any points yesterday, but they played...They ALL have X next to their name? Was my entire team really scratched yesterday? lol

:rotfl:

[TONGO]

James Shields is back (to his old form)! Evan Longoria is back! Even Luke Scotts is back! The Rays are rolling, absolutely buzzsawing thru the Angels, and whodahell saw Jered Weaver giving up 8 earned runs to the Rays?! Felix Hernandez probably did us a big favor making us the victims of perfection, but heck our guys hit so bad it was probably nothin but a thang to them.

Trading is done, and now its a pure coach vs coach contest. Im sure Marks glad about that. :laugh: Right now Im 4th place, and not giving up.....

http://showmeyourindies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3554264957_59133f1c82_o.jpg

[Powdered Water]

Weaver has been shelled the last two times he's pitched. He pitches in Boston tonight. He's been terrible there for his entire career. So, obviously, he's going to pitch a no hitter tonight.

[Yoda]

Well, that was fun. Watching three of my starters going simultaneously, and they just combined to strike out five guys in a row.

[DexterRiley]

With 3 starters going tonight i figured i had a decent chance of making up some ground in the K department, and i did, to an extent, notching 19 on the evening.

The fly in the ointment is the guy above the guy im chasing also racked up 19 (albeit with a hideous era).

oh and nice haven Joey Bats back in the lineup, the 0fer notwithstanding.

[Powdered Water]

And once again a great pitching night by a starter goes by the wayside because two closers in one game get completely obliterated. That's my year in a nutshell.

[DexterRiley]

How many more weeks to the season. I'm growen weary of counting my chickens, thought maybe i'd start naming em.

[DexterRiley]

And once again a great pitching night by a starter goes by the wayside because two closers in one game get completely obliterated. That's my year in a nutshell.

yeah i think thats known as the Wilhelmson scream.

:laugh:

[TONGO]

Just a reminder to everyone since this is the draft day for fantasy football....baseball season is still ongoing! The fantasy baseball season hasnt ended. ;)

That is all.

[Powdered Water]

The Eff you of the day goes to one Jared Weaver, who has been an unmitigated disaster since joining my squad.

Eff you pal... eff you so much.

[Sedai]

My ace got clobbered last night, too. What can ya do? *Shrugs*

[Yoda]

All our aces are jokers.

[Sedai]

So, you want to play me at a game a caravan, eh. If only I had a deck... ;)

[Sedai]

Chris - the 2-bagger from your favorite home team just put your catcher on the DL.

Bummer!

[Yoda]

I traded Molina awhile back, actually. But the irony is the same, because I traded him to fellow Pirates fan Tim! Mwahahaha.

[Yoda]

Oh, by the way, Tim and I started a Pirates blog together not too long ago:

There Was No Doubt About It (http://www.therewasnodoubtaboutit.com/)

Don't think there are any other Bucco fans here, but there ya' go.

[DexterRiley]

The Eff you of the day goes to one Jared Weaver, who has been an unmitigated disaster since joining my squad.

Eff you pal... eff you so much.

Jered is a Disaster. I am no longer acknowledging the Surname.

Weaver is for Winners only.

:D

[rauldc14]

is your name Tim Weaver or Dexter? Pretty soon it will be like Raul/Dustin

[DexterRiley]

Tim Weaver is my name.

My internet handle is Dexter Riley

http://www.dvdizzy.com/images/q-s/strongest2.jpg

[Sedai]

<---Mike

[DexterRiley]

yeah thanks for clearing that up. i thought it was Seds.

:D

[Sedai]

No problem, Scott! That's what I like about you Bill - sharp as a tack! Have a good day Sam!

http://www.movieactors.com/freezes1/Hotshots38.jpeg

[DexterRiley]

this just in, Ryan Braun is legit.

also always kinda nice when you plug in a matchup play off the wire and he delivers bigtime. Which is fitting with his name.

David DeJesus getten er done.

also mike as an aside, my brother just got back from a family vacation in your neck of the woods. Kids had an absolute ball.

[DexterRiley]

Oh my goodness it finally happened. After chasing Mark all season long, ive finally snatched the top position in era. Its been my white whale since forever.

[Powdered Water]

How nice for you. :(

[DexterRiley]

isnt it though. Im comen for the SB crown next Senor waWas.

[DexterRiley]

by crown i mean 2nd best. Dionne is runnen away with top spot.

[TONGO]

Lost 6 points in the last 2 days, and have fallen to 6th place. :( My end strategy is to drop some closers and just run with my starters and Sergio Romo. This will allow me to get a few extra batters for when alot of my players have the day off. My inning cap will be met probably by the last week of the season, and I wont have to slot my pitchers anymore.

[Sedai]

Made some slight adjustments to my team, as a couple guys were really falling off. The changes seemed to get me back on track. :)

[TONGO]

Carlos Ruiz is now on The Naturals :)

http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/13/72/37/3123196/3/628x471.jpg

Just activated from the DL, and this is the best best find since....aw the hell with it. Just this last week Ive plummeted in the rankings, and no waiver magic could stop the bleeding. This is a hard season to lose with all the work I put in, but its been a great time nonetheless.

[DexterRiley]

Does this mean i can start to count my chickens yet?

:laugh:

[TONGO]

Does this mean i can start to count my chickens yet?

:laugh:

No! Hmph.

[TONGO]

Im hoping to get 3rd. If youre third then your on the podium at least :) Cutch has been hitting homers frequently now, thats always nice. 4.5 points in last 2 days, and maybe, just maybe Ill be able to maintain it, or perhaps..... keep gaining points?! Is it possible?! :laugh: What a numeric ballbreaker this seasons been.

[Powdered Water]

Screw Baseball.

[Yoda]

Yeah, ditto.

Check this out: my pitching has been awesome in the second half and has come all the way back, basically. But now my offense has gone down (though not as much). My lineup still looks sick on paper, but apparently the bigger names have slumped at the wrong time and/or gotten injured (losing Votto was huge). So now my pitching is getting me more points than my hitting, amazingly.

But yeah, I had the narrative down months ago: dug myself too deep a hole. A few more weeks and I think I'd have been able to dig myself out of it completely, but I'm just gonna run out of time, most likely. Nice that it still started to happen, though. A month ago I'd pretty much given up on the idea.

[DexterRiley]

Home stretch. Are we there yet?

Man i should have listened to you guys. Last week , or Last month, i cant remember which, i went ahead and started to count the eggs hatching thing.

Well Suffice to say that backfired.
















http://craziestgadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/morkegg.jpg

[Yoda]

By the by, I did some calculations and if Dan Haren had been roughly what everyone thought he would be (and not even as good as he was last year), I'd still be three spots higher in ERA and probably another in WHIP. D'oh.

[Yoda]

Nah, you're still in good shape. There's time, to be sure, but it'd take a lot at this point.

The only thing I've realized is that it wasn't over 3-4 weeks ago, like I'd assumed. But it probably is now.

[Sedai]

When is the final day of scoring?

[mark f]

One week from today, October 3.

[Yoda]

Top right of the lineup page; October 3rd. IE: one week.

[Sedai]

Ha, well look at that sittin right out there in the open and stuff... Whoops!

[Yoda]

I have to do everything for you silly people!

What? Yes, of course I'll cut the crusts off of the bread. I know you'll only eat it that way.

[DexterRiley]

http://thebigahole.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/beaver.jpg

Leave it to Weaver.

Yanno i just might have to get me a non-jays jersey.

And so it came to pass

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=9417&d=1348704194

Sorta.

I went on a NFL jersey shopping spree, and so to hedge against my wife freaking out, i bought her an Angels Weaver Jersey.

:D

[Powderfinger]

I have to do everything for you silly people!

What? Yes, of course I'll cut the crusts off of the bread. I know you'll only eat it that way.

Yoda, do you watch this program about fantasy baseball? For the life of me I can't the name of it?????? But I was cracking up! Because the wife fingers the guy in bed! Then the lawyer guy wanted a trade of fantasy baseball pick, so they downsided the charge from 10 years to 6 years.....lol!!!! :D

[DexterRiley]

You are in the wrong thread. Its called the league and its about fantasy football

[Yoda]

Gap between Dex and Mark is down to 6. Only a few more days...

[DexterRiley]

http://s3.hubimg.com/u/5473930_f520.jpg

[Yoda]

Hehehe. I'm sure that's what it feels like. But it'd still be fairly tough for you to lose that much ground in just a few days. Not impossible, but definitely unlikely.

[DexterRiley]

I've been in the lead for so long now, to fold over the weekend would be crushing.

Its so weird really. I was in the bottem third for most of the first month, and then Chevelles stumbled a bit, Matt Kemp got hurt, and i strung together ridiculous days at the plate for 8 or 9 straight, with David Ortiz hitting at a completely unsustainable .500 clip.

Sure i had a plan and it came together but man oh man, i never thought it would happen in such a quick fashion what with all the moons alignen just so.

[DexterRiley]

http://s3.hubimg.com/u/5473930_f520.jpg

http://dan4kent.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/are-we-there-yet-simpsons.jpg

http://www.mydietingresource.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hanging-on-by-a-thread.jpg

[Powdered Water]

Hehe, I think you'll be fine. You did a great job this year. Congrats. I hope you suck big time next year. Yes I do. :yup:

[TONGO]

Yeah good win Dex! :)

mumble grumble

[Sedai]

Good job, Dex! I am struggling to keep third for 2 more days! I have Dickey (today), Verlander and Morrow (tomorrow) still to go, so we shall see what happens.

[DexterRiley]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_cSyUqU2W_Q/TbXcPv4WBCI/AAAAAAAABFg/5jG2IDYvh-M/s1600/marathon-recovery-triathalon+dead+owned+tired+fatigued+exhausted+biking+cycling+triathlete+postrace+exhaustion+beat+pe rsonal+record+finish+boston+marathon+legs+back+stiff+sore+pain+inflammation+ice+sleep.jpg

only to recently learn the mofo baseball champeenship doesnt come with neither a trophy nor a bounty of DVD's.

Equal parts elated and sad.

:D

[Yoda]

Close; two more days.

I'll send you a DVD anyway.

[DexterRiley]

http://cdn.eurweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/jimmie_jj_walkerundated-dyn-o-mite-med-wide.jpg

[Sedai]

This is it! MIL went and pulled Gallardo for his final start, so I went ahead and slotted the rook they are starting instead. Mistake? Time will tell! Not much time...as the season ends in mere hours....

Will Sedai keep 3rd for the bronze??

[Yoda]

You probably will.

I guess I should be happy; my pitching's come all the way back. It's top five every pitching category and the ERA that was over 5 for something like half the year's all the way down to 3.80. But my offense fell off in the second half. Looks more and more like the Votto injury really killed me; missed that production, and he hasn't been the same since coming back, either, so I basically lost half a season from one of the 4 or 5 best hitters in the game. Combine that with Upton and Haren both falling off, and there was just no way. You have to be good to win, but you also have to dodge those kinds of injuries and surprises, to say nothing of 3 or 4 of them.

Anyway, a challenging season, but under the circumstances I guess I can't be too displeased with third or fourth. :)

[Sedai]

Yep, I feel the same. I had serious pitching problems early, and I decided that I would concentrate on really learning how to work the roster with a specific goal in mind for the season (making my pitching better). I feel like I achieved my goal, although i also lost a bit of offense along the way. Still, I don't see those 1s and 2s I had for points in the pitching categories anymore, so I think I learned something along the way.

[mark f]

Congrats, Dex! I'm not sure what else to say. I waited too long to try to gain in the offensive categories I could have, and my pitching was good, but overall I couldn't ever get much higher with the pitching because it was TOO good. I kept thinking the Wins would come, but even that last week, they never showed. Next year, I'll have to pick up a little more sock, but not at the price of my pitching?!? It's a fine line to walk. Congrats to the DEXTROYAS!

[Sedai]

A good season!

(Did I mention I took bronze?) ;)

Yes, yes....thank you all MoFos! This is a great honor. I am also glad to be part of the experimental DVD betting system that states the following:

"All players will send a DVD to the third place winner this year. Forget first, that guy already has DVDs from football."

[Yoda]

Congrats Dex!

Some tightening late season, predictably, but actually fairly little drama overall. I think I've just given you all a warped view of Roto, because it's fairly unusual for two teams to sit on top all year like that, particularly in a league this engaged. But then, we did have a few owners who were largely absent, so we need some tweaking. But I thought it went well and am looking forward to next year already. :)

And yes, congrats to Mike for hanging onto third, he said reluctantly.

[TONGO]

Yeah I was hoping to catch up with Dexter, but his 2-3 week surge bumped him so high in points it sustained him for 2 months after. I went into a nasty dip for a good month there.

Really thought Mark was gonna overtake Dex as his pitching made his numbers strong and steady, but he never got the offensive pop necessary. Cargo going down was probably the last nail in the coffin.

Really am looking forward to next year, and am bummed the Rays missed the playoffs. They beat themselves with the atrocious hitting. I guess that Miguel Cabrera being ranked 1st the last 2 years in FBB was spot-on after all.

Great win again Tim. It was bound to happen as you have the smarts, and dillegence to win a league. Seds and PW are very due. :yup:

[DexterRiley]

Thanks Tongs.

Let me go on the record here and now, Mike can finish 3rd next year as well.

[DexterRiley]

bumpen this for tongsake.

Oh boy. Longoria out 4-8 weeks. :eek: Huge news in general, and even huge-r given the not-quite-trade machinations recently.


Days of future past indeed

:D