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2011 MLB Season, Fantasy Baseball, Official Topic!
« on: March 27, 2011, 08:33:37 pm »
EDIT - NEW IDEA for this season, see post below!
« Last Edit: April 14, 2011, 11:50:51 pm by Jimbo »

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Re: Where's MLB Fantasy Topic :'(
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2011, 09:19:43 pm »
I'll play if Boss and wheat play.
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Re: Where's MLB Fantasy Topic :'(
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2011, 08:56:11 am »
I'll play, and hopefully it's head-to-head this year!

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Re: Where's MLB Fantasy Topic :'(
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2011, 02:38:17 pm »
Last night there was a mindblowing brainstorm session and unless there is strong opposition, we'll be doing something like this this year:

Auction draft Wednesday night at 10pm Eastern. Most caring 7 to sign up are in, could do 10 if people can make their case.  Everyone gets $100, draft four teams each.  Winner is the person who ends up with the highest total sum of team wins at the end of the year.  Playoff wins counting or not could be decided as well.

There's not really enough interest or care among most fantasy owners from last season to put together and manage teams for the long season. This is a quick way to give you something to root for all year long.

SO IN:
Thingy
QB
Ngamer
wiff
Boss

Waiting to hear:
wheat
drag
Youse
« Last Edit: March 30, 2011, 07:06:47 pm by Ngamer »

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Re: Where's MLB Fantasy Topic :'(
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2011, 05:44:42 pm »
Seems simple enough. Sign me up.

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Re: Where's MLB Fantasy Topic :'(
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2011, 12:21:09 am »
Interested, but probably couldn't do Wednesday night. I'm not sure yet.
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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Wed Night [sign up!]
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2011, 05:12:14 pm »
How long would this take?  Count me in if it isn't too long.

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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Wed Night [sign up!]
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2011, 06:58:47 pm »
Around an hour should be enough time with only 30 teams.

10PM eastern/9PM central tomorrow night!

If we got to perhaps 10 interested players, we could consider something like letting each team be drafted twice or anything along those lines. With just 2-3 teams per player it might not be a very interesting game.  I think 4-6 teams per player would be a better number to shoot for.

Could set it up something like:

Seven players:
Draft 8 teams total, can be Wins or Losses.
There are 60 teams in the pool, the Wins and Losses for each of the 30 teams.

So the first time through you try to get the winners and the second time through you try to get the losers. Who knows! Since there's only one draft for the whole year (trades will be allowed, I think), we'll have to figure out something that will be fun to follow all year.  This way we could have a Wins Champ, Losses Champ, and Overall Champ.

So then once a (day? week? month?) you'll be able to pick up the "free agent" teams or trade (with approval, I suppose) teams with other managers.

Does it sound like this will work?
« Last Edit: March 29, 2011, 07:06:17 pm by TheFlash »

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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Wed Night [sign up!]
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2011, 10:01:16 am »
I like this fresh spin on fantasy baseball this year. It wasn't what I expected or wanted, but it should be fun.

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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Wed Night [sign up!]
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2011, 06:23:13 pm »
I won't be available for the draft.
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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Wed Night [sign up!]
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2011, 07:30:00 pm »
Okay, everyone that wants in better be in CHAT tonight at 10eastern/9central.  We'll take care of specifics at that time.

See you there!

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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Wed Night 10 PM Eastern in CHAT [sign up!]
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2011, 12:10:28 am »
A great draft!

The final player list was:
Thingy
Boss
Ngamer
Goose
Gabby
Shadow
Wiff
drag

Here are the draft results!

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?hl=en&hl=en&key=tbjo2Cj5oeKKHwedYlSRyaw&authkey=CKa8_qIB#gid=0

QB and Wheat will be commenting on these in the next two days.

No trades for the first two weeks!
« Last Edit: March 31, 2011, 11:52:04 pm by TheFlash »

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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Wed Night 10 PM Eastern in CHAT [sign up!]
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2011, 09:25:47 pm »
So who's in for a real league?  We can do weekly roster editing for the uninitiated.

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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Wed Night 10 PM Eastern in CHAT [sign up!]
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2011, 11:37:15 pm »
Ouch, my team was that bad that I don't get included in the list?
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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Wed Night 10 PM Eastern in CHAT [sign up!]
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2011, 11:52:36 pm »
So who's in for a real league?  We can do weekly roster editing for the uninitiated.
No one.  In 4 days had 0 interest from anyone in a regular league so we did this. You seem to have missed the draft too. Could have taken Goose's spot.

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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Game on!
« Reply #15 on: April 01, 2011, 12:06:01 am »
I was interested!

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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Game on!
« Reply #16 on: April 01, 2011, 02:02:24 pm »
Cardinals suck. I hate Pujols.
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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Game on!
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2011, 12:15:45 am »
Okay, owners.  The standings are now available on the google spreadsheet for all to see.  If you ever want to make a trade, post it here like this AFTER you've gotten approval from the other manager involved:

Trade Request: Fargo Wildcats (Thingy) for Indiana Halfwits (Free Agents)

Then we just need 2 other managers to okay it to make sure you're not trying to trade Philly W for Texas L or something ridiculous like that.  Trades will take effect AFTER Sunday games in the week trade was accepted.

Current standings:

ManagerTeam NameBitcoinsTotal PointsWin PointsLoss Points# Moves
GabbyDolorado Sita Mets43118130
ThingyCarnal Widgets02812160
BossTeam Boss0249150
wiffCorduroy Pillows172211110
ShadowShadow's Slapbunters0221840
dragdrag's Dugout0208120
GooseGoose's Aces0181440
NgamerNg's Lil' Sluggers1416880
FreeFree Agents0150150
« Last Edit: April 09, 2011, 12:21:55 am by TheFlash »

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Re: MLB Fantasy (team) Draft - Game on!
« Reply #18 on: April 14, 2011, 11:13:34 pm »
ManagerTeam NameBitcoinsTotal PointsWin PointsLoss Points# Moves
ThingyCarnal Widgets04719280
GabbyDolorado Sita Mets44628180
ShadowShadow's Slapbunters0453780
wiffCorduroy Pillows174422220
BossTeam Boss03913260
dragdrag's Dugout03914250
GooseGoose's Aces0372890
NgamerNg's Lil' Sluggers143718190
FreeFree Agents0240240

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Re: 2011 MLB Season, Fantasy Baseball, Official Topic!
« Reply #19 on: April 16, 2011, 10:41:27 pm »
Free Agent Pickup
Gabby drops San Francisco L, picks up Boston L, effective AFTER games played on Sunday 17 April.

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Re: 2011 MLB Season, Fantasy Baseball, Official Topic!
« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2011, 03:01:34 pm »


And here's an Easter Update!

ManagerTeam NameBitcoinsTotal PointsWin PointsLoss Points# Moves
wiffCorduroy Pillows177634420
ThingyCarnal Widgets07630460
dragdrag's Dugout07430440
GabbyDolorado Sita Mets47345280
ShadowShadow's Slapbunters07361120
BossTeam Boss07027430
NgamerNg's Lil' Sluggers146730370
GooseGoose's Aces06649170
FreeFree Agents0370370
« Last Edit: April 24, 2011, 03:32:02 pm by TheFlash »
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Re: 2011 MLB Season, Fantasy Baseball, Official Topic!
« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2011, 04:50:06 pm »
lol @ ponies :)
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Re: 2011 MLB Season, Fantasy Baseball, Official Topic!
« Reply #22 on: May 03, 2011, 01:38:54 pm »
And now time for a thrilling update to mark the first month of competition!

ManagerTeam NameBitcoinsTotal PointsWin PointsLoss Points# Moves
dragdrag's Dugout010545600
ThingyCarnal Widgets010545600
GabbyDolorado Sita Mets410363402
wiffCorduroy Pillows1710242600
ShadowShadow's Slapbunters010082180
GooseGoose's Aces09470240
BossTeam Boss09233590
NgamerNg's Lil' Sluggers149142490
FreeFree Agents0520520

The race is tight, with a 2 way tie for first in total points and several close behind. In addition the losses battle features a 3-way tie at the top. Meanwhile, Ngamer is still doing worse than Goose.

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Re: 2011 MLB Season, Fantasy Baseball, Official Topic!
« Reply #23 on: May 14, 2011, 08:17:30 pm »
The two week update...

ManagerTeam NameBitcoinsTotal PointsWin PointsLoss Points# Moves
ShadowShadow's Slapbunters0144119250
GabbyDolorado Sita Mets414285572
ThingyCarnal Widgets014157840
dragdrag's Dugout013959800
wiffCorduroy Pillows1713758790
GooseGoose's Aces013193380
BossTeam Boss013052780
NgamerNg's Lil' Sluggers1412456680
FreeFree Agents0700700

Still close at the top, while Ngamer continues to fall behind.

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Re: 2011 MLB Season, Fantasy Baseball, Official Topic!
« Reply #24 on: July 20, 2011, 06:44:03 pm »
Update?

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Re: 2011 MLB Season, Fantasy Baseball, Official Topic!
« Reply #25 on: July 20, 2011, 08:39:40 pm »
ManagerTeam NameBitcoinsTotal PointsWin PointsLoss Points# Moves
dragdrag's Dugout03661542120
BossTeam Boss03541452090
NgamerNg's Lil' Sluggers143471462010
GabbyDolorado Sita Mets43442121320
ThingyCarnal Widgets03431382050
GooseGoose's Aces0335239960
wiffCorduroy Pillows173321421900
ShadowShadow's Slapbunters0328277510
FreeFree Agents015701570

Good thing all I have to do to update this is copy and paste.

After seeing how this has gone, I think if we do this again next year we need to redraft during the season.  Maybe every 50 games, or every 40.

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Re: 2011 MLB Season, Fantasy Baseball, Official Topic!
« Reply #26 on: July 21, 2011, 03:09:39 am »
Wow, what a fantastic turnaround by the Lil' Sluggers!
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Re: 2011 MLB Season, Fantasy Baseball, Official Topic!
« Reply #27 on: July 21, 2011, 02:39:13 pm »
Wow, what a fantastic turnaround by the Lil' Sluggers!


I like how going from 20 points out of first to 19 points out of first is considered a fantastic turnaround.  Someone's been a Brewers fan way too long.

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Re: 2011 MLB Season, Fantasy Baseball, Official Topic!
« Reply #28 on: July 21, 2011, 05:00:55 pm »
I think 2 drafts would be good enough, like the 2nd one during the AS break or something.

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Re: 2011 MLB Season, Fantasy Baseball, Official Topic!
« Reply #29 on: August 26, 2011, 11:02:06 pm »
ManagerTeam NameBitcoinsTotal PointsWin PointsLoss Points# Moves
dragdrag's Dugout04882012870
NgamerNg's Lil' Sluggers144782052730
ThingyCarnal Widgets04651902750
BossTeam Boss04601882720
GooseGoose's Aces04573191380
ShadowShadow's Slapbunters0457382750
GabbyDolorado Sita Mets44552831720
wiffCorduroy Pillows174401892510
FreeFree Agents021402140