Fantasy League, or Baseball Pokemon
by can of corn on Feb 5, 2010 7:43 PM PST
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So, uh, I've never played fantasy baseball before. But I thought I might like to try this year. Anybody here planning on starting a league with room for a beginner that y'all can easily beat?
And to complete the 75 word minimum, I'd like to offer this:
If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, "Sorry, Mom," but nobody beats me. -Leo Durocher
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Or if Timmy would throw down some reefer
I'm the B to the O, W-K-E-R and if I wasn't I'd be nailin balls off chevron cars
by TheBigLeBowker on Feb 5, 2010 9:40 PM PST up reply actions
Well I live in Humboldt County so.......
Chick's dig the long ball.
by The Montana Giant on Feb 6, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
I bet we could find 10 McCoven that wanna throw down some cash
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Feb 7, 2010 2:39 AM PST up reply actions
I'm down!
Chick's dig the long ball.
by The Montana Giant on Feb 8, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Last year, we had two leagues. I’ve started a league the last two years, and I’ll probably do one again this year. And I’m sure there’ll be enough space for you if you if you keep paying attention before the season starts!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
That was my downfall last year – I got around to it too late.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I might join
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
I got your back
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
I’ve never done it before – does it require a lot of work and/or time and/or attention? If not, I think I can be pretty good at it.
I was promised lasagna.
It kind of requires as much or as little attention as you want to give it. If you’re anal like me, you can micromanage, but you don’t need to.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Basically there’s a drat, and then you can do trades if you want, right? Anything else you have to do?
I was promised lasagna.
Well, you can also pick up “free agents” – that is, players nobody else has picked up yet. Also, you want to keep an eye on your lineup – if someone is injured or getting benched (or just sucks), you want to take them out of your lineup and replace them with someone who is playing and/or is better.
Oh, and aside from that you usually have more pitchers than you have space on the active roster – you have a limited number of “lineup” spots, and then you have other players on your bench, where they’re on your team, but their stats don’t count towards your total – so you want to check in every few days at least to set pitching spots.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
I am a veteran fantasy player
And I would love to be in a league with MCC folks, especially this newbie here.
Besides, you are all massive homers and will probably take all the Giants, while I draft all the good fantasy players.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
If there's one impression I've gotten from this site...
… it’s that the McCoven are all massive homers who think the Giants players and front office can do no wrong…
no, our true homerness comes out in fantasy baseball. None of us want to take Dodgers and Tim Lincecum goes #1 overall.
FU, FO
In our league Timmy went 3rd.
But Pablo fell to PICK 94!!!
I got Cain at 119!!!
Bengie the round after. Come on B league!
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Feb 7, 2010 2:29 AM PST up reply actions
Lincecum didn't go #1 overall in Dingerz.exe last year!
I know this because he was my first pick, and I didn’t go first. I think I went like fifth or sixth.
Turned out pretty well for me, too!
The only other Giants I had for extended periods of time, though, were Matt Cain….and Fred Lewis.
/ducks
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
one year, though, pre-MCC
I had Eric Gagne, Mariano Rivera, and John Smoltz when they were the closers for the Dodgers, Yankees, and Braves. It was really annoying, because I benefitted from my three least favorite teams winning.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
im sure we’ll do the dingerz.exe league again, but im gonna win it every year so make sure you’re prepared for disappointment if you join
Les Plack = more chicks
Dingerz.exe League Champs 2009- The Rile Rods...managed by yours truly.
by Headhunter Rollins on Feb 6, 2010 8:40 AM PST via mobile reply actions
what site is it run on?
I am experienced with both Yahoo and ESPN.com fantasy leagues. I’d be highly interested in joining such a league.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
We’ve used Yahoo in the past. The league I’ve run the past two years (The Kevin Frandsen Memorial League in 2008 and Dingerz.exe in 2009) was rotisserie-style with all MLB players and 5×5 stats, except with OPS instead of batting average.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
since this is MCC
I’d half expect you nerds to use UZR and WAR as official stats.
If it is Yahoo, I’m definitely in assuming there’s a spot for me.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Fantasy baseball is my favorite of all the fantasies. I’d be in.
It's spelled "R-E-D-V-I-N-E-S"
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
Addicted to Quack, the home of Tako Tuesdays
That would be my preference, if so.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
If money ISNT involved, can we make league have other incentives like...
Whoever is the biggest loser each week has to change their McC Signature to whatever the winner picks for the next week?
If someone gets shutout in any week, he must post “I love Brian Sabean” as the subject line for every comment he makes for a month
etc etc
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
You know… everytime I read Baseball Pokemon… I start humming those words to the tune of “Baseball Altamont” which is sad.
The Nightmares: Baseball Altamont
This makes me sad
Niblets is going to turn into one of those people that can’t shutup about their baseball pokemonz now. =(
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 8, 2010 9:45 AM PST reply actions
I’ll be so sucky that I’ll be very very quiet while I go about it.
TWSS!!
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I'm interested.
I joined some lame public league last year, people wouldn’t trade, a typical trade transaction would be:
I offer:
Zach Grienke and Youk for Tex and Utley
Counter Offer:
Greinke/Youk/Braun for Utley.
I lost interest really quickly.
My career path, have you seen it?
I have never done fantasy baseball before. But I would like to give it a try. Then I can be like the rest of you this season and go “Well he killed the Giants but at least _______ helped my fantasy numbers!”
Then I can be told to shut up like everyone else.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
#2 in Fanshots
I definitely want to do one
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I don’t know squat about organizing this stuff, but it seems like there’s a bit of interest. Is there a way to set up …what am I trying to ask here? … one league with 2 or 3 eight team divisions? That way everyone could play together [so to speak] but the numbers wouldn’t be overwhelming. Top 2 from each division makes the “playoffs” ?
That sounds good. I’d offer to help administrate, even though I have zero experience.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I don’t think it can work that way. But we can just have a few different leagues – it worked fine last year.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
how do we distinguish intermediate from experienced?
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Feb 9, 2010 12:53 AM PST up reply actions
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