Fantasy Baseball

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3726
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 12:34 am:

Season is gonna be starting in like a month, we doin an Ecoustics league again? If so we should contact some of the qu3ers who don't frequent E as much anymore, i.e. Brad Foreign, Chad Flee, and Yanks Ran... that is if they're willing to show their cowardly faces around here!

Gold Member

Username: Loudon

Post Number: 2877
Registered: Jun-04

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 08:28 am:

u know im in so i can work whoever comes in my path lol

Chad Lee

Diamond Member

Username: Bestmankind

Post Number: 23260
Registered: Oct-05

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 12:25 pm:

lol pit. chad flee. hahaha.

anyways i am out on this one. i am not good with fantasy baseball. even football. heck i suck at anything fantasy.

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3728
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 12:29 pm:

"i am out on this one."

NOOOOOOO!!!!! :-(

Chad Lee

Diamond Member

Username: Bestmankind

Post Number: 23261
Registered: Oct-05

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 12:31 pm:

alright i'll see what i can do. lol.

Gold Member

Username: Bonhamd

Traverse City, MI

Post Number: 1736
Registered: Nov-07

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 12:41 pm:

thats sweet you brought this up - i was thinking about this yesterday

i am definately in

Gold Member

Username: Snowball123

West Allis, WI

Post Number: 2328
Registered: Oct-07

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 01:51 pm:

ill do it.

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3729
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 08:35 pm:

So far that's 4...

Myself
Loudon
Daniel
Snow

...Chad I was only kidding. You're in if you'd like to be :-)

, but at the same time if you're not that into it we don't want someone flaking out and not managing their team.

That goes for everyone, if you're not gonna manage your lineup, don't join please.

I pm'ed Johnboi, Brad, and Reece who have all played in the past. If Brad is gonna play he can be commish, he has done so in the other E-fantasy leagues.

Platinum Member

Username: Nyyfan13

Northern VA

Post Number: 11124
Registered: Jul-06

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 11:04 pm:

Yea no doubt I'm in Pit. My email is y2kmonkey33@aol.com bud. For as much as I love baseball, I suck at fantasy baseball lol.

Gold Member

Username: Bonhamd

Traverse City, MI

Post Number: 1744
Registered: Nov-07

Posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 11:12 am:

i thought i had a great squad last year until the tigers blew the fat cack

Gold Member

Username: Bonhamd

Traverse City, MI

Post Number: 1751
Registered: Nov-07

Posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 - 11:06 am:

up for more interest

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3736
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 - 12:27 pm:

Johnboi do you wanna text or call Brad Lee and find out if he's in or not? I pm'ed him a couple days ago but he hasn't posted here so I dunno if he didn't get it or he's just too busy or what. Once we know if he's in or not we can decide who's gonna set up the league and whatnot.

No rush though we still have plenty o' time til the season starts

Gold Member

Username: Snowball123

West Allis, WI

Post Number: 2370
Registered: Oct-07

Posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 - 03:32 pm:

nsnow70@yahoo.com is my email.

Platinum Member

Username: Nyyfan13

Northern VA

Post Number: 11152
Registered: Jul-06

Posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 - 09:40 pm:

Yea Pit, I can call Brad and see whats up. I'll try to hit him up tomorrow.

Gold Member

Username: Hittin1

TEAM REVOLUTION
Lake Charles...

Post Number: 2618
Registered: May-07

Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 12:19 am:

FU<K YEAH!. I've never done FB b4, but I'll be happy to kick the fu<k outta yall AL nuthuggin' fuggers!

Gold Member

Username: The_image_dynamic

San Diego, California

Post Number: 5084
Registered: Dec-06

Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 08:34 am:

Ok guys the league is now up with the same settings as last year. Yanks and Snow are in so there are now 7 slots available. Post your email addy's here and I will send you an invite.

Regular E members, and people that aren't going to flake out only. We had a few people join the football league last season that promised up and down that they would stick it out all season and they didn't. Having a losing team does not mean you can't take the time to manage your team. I will screen the applicants one by one as they come in. I reserve the right to deny anyone I deem probable of flaking out.

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3738
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 10:26 am:

If my making this thread and pm'ing ppl wasn't enough of an indication, let me clarify, I WANT IN! :-)

pitbullwrangler at yahoo

Gold Member

Username: Loudon

Post Number: 2881
Registered: Jun-04

Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 01:06 pm:

binny816 at yahoo.com

defending champion

Gold Member

Username: Hittin1

TEAM REVOLUTION
Lake Charles...

Post Number: 2626
Registered: May-07

Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 04:22 pm:

hittin100@yahoo.com

next champion

Go 'STROS

Gold Member

Username: The_image_dynamic

San Diego, California

Post Number: 5085
Registered: Dec-06

Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 05:34 pm:

Pit, Mike and Mark are in

4 more slots to go

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3739
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 10:09 pm:

On the day the draft is scheduled I get home from work at like 6:45pm Central, so if we could push it back an hour or so that'd be fantabulous.

Platinum Member

Username: Nyyfan13

Northern VA

Post Number: 11153
Registered: Jul-06

Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 10:54 pm:

Signed up. Good looks.

Gold Member

Username: Denali_on_22s

Post Number: 6335
Registered: Feb-06

Posted on Sunday, March 01, 2009 - 01:36 pm:

I'm still in if you wanna shoot me an invite. lbsfinest2001@yahoo.com

Gold Member

Username: The_image_dynamic

San Diego, California

Post Number: 5086
Registered: Dec-06

Posted on Monday, March 02, 2009 - 03:03 am:

Pit, the draft day and time are just preliminary.

Reece is in, 3 slots left.

Gold Member

Username: Bonhamd

Traverse City, MI

Post Number: 1752
Registered: Nov-07

Posted on Monday, March 02, 2009 - 11:46 am:

dshnizzle@yahoo.com

Gold Member

Username: The_image_dynamic

San Diego, California

Post Number: 5087
Registered: Dec-06

Posted on Monday, March 02, 2009 - 08:22 pm:

Dan is in, 2 slots left.

Chad Lee

Diamond Member

Username: Bestmankind

Post Number: 23284
Registered: Oct-05

Posted on Monday, March 02, 2009 - 08:28 pm:

sup brad. long time no see buddy.

anyways you know me man. i'm a flake so i'll sit out this one. you probably wasn't going to give me a chance anyways.

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3750
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 - 10:02 am:

"Reece is in"

Perfect. Gotta have at least one chump who drafts pitchers too early :-)

Gold Member

Username: Denali_on_22s

Post Number: 6339
Registered: Feb-06

Posted on Saturday, March 07, 2009 - 05:35 pm:

who finished first during the regular season, pit? i change my strategy all the time.

Gold Member

Username: Loudon

Post Number: 2905
Registered: Jun-04

Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 02:27 pm:

<<<<<<<<<<<<< the champ

Gold Member

Username: The_image_dynamic

San Diego, California

Post Number: 5095
Registered: Dec-06

Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 06:01 pm:

We need two more teams guys.

Or -- we could just go with 8. We also need to start discussing what is a good day and time for everyone to make the draft. As is stands now, it is scheduled for Sat Mar 28 at 4:00pm PDT. Will this work for everyone if I push the time back an hour or two?

Gold Member

Username: Snowball123

West Allis, WI

Post Number: 2500
Registered: Oct-07

Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 06:02 pm:

do it at night, I have work all day on saturday most likely.

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3784
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 07:16 pm:

Saturday should be okay for me if it's like 6:45pm CDT or later. Sunday it'd have to be like 4pm CDT or earlier. I have 2 other drafts for this season, both on Sunday, and they're both money leagues so I ain't missin em.

Platinum Member

Username: Nyyfan13

Northern VA

Post Number: 11220
Registered: Jul-06

Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 11:25 pm:

That time should work for me. I'm pretty flexible

Gold Member

Username: Bonhamd

Traverse City, MI

Post Number: 1834
Registered: Nov-07

Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 10:07 am:

i would prefer to do the draft on a weeknight sometime but ill go with whatever is best for everyone else

with all of the college basketball and beer this weekend - it may slip my mind

Gold Member

Username: The_image_dynamic

San Diego, California

Post Number: 5098
Registered: Dec-06

Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 09:56 pm:

OK how about Monday the 30th at 6PM PST/ 9PM EST?

Or we could leave it on Saturday and push it back to between 6-8 PST.

Whats better for everyone?

Platinum Member

Username: Nyyfan13

Northern VA

Post Number: 11233
Registered: Jul-06

Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 10:42 pm:

Monday please.

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3790
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 10:58 pm:

quote:
OK how about Monday the 30th at 6PM PST/ 9PM EST?

Or we could leave it on Saturday and push it back to between 6-8 PST.

Whats better for everyone?

Either of those would work for me.

Gold Member

Username: Loudon

Post Number: 2918
Registered: Jun-04

Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 11:30 pm:

whichever

Gold Member

Username: The_image_dynamic

San Diego, California

Post Number: 5099
Registered: Dec-06

Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 - 12:57 am:

Monday at 6PST it is.

Platinum Member

Username: Nyyfan13

Northern VA

Post Number: 11234
Registered: Jul-06

Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 - 08:05 am:

Thanks Brad.

Gold Member

Username: Snowball123

West Allis, WI

Post Number: 2514
Registered: Oct-07

Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 - 11:34 am:

wtf, now we're gonna miss the first week. Said we needed it to be before the 29th.

Gold Member

Username: The_image_dynamic

San Diego, California

Post Number: 5100
Registered: Dec-06

Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 - 06:16 pm:

Snow is right. Even though the first game isn't until April 5th, Yahoo has it set up so you have to draft before the 29th in order for the scoring the first week to be counted. So... Saturday (tomorrow) at say 7PST/10EST? Everyone chime in here, it's almost go-time. Tomorrow night is fine with me.

Gold Member

Username: Loudon

Post Number: 2920
Registered: Jun-04

Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 - 10:42 pm:

cant do it tommorow gotta game to work

monday would be better for me

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3794
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 02:11 am:

quote:
So... Saturday (tomorrow) at say 7PST/10EST?

Works fer me.

Platinum Member

Username: Nyyfan13

Northern VA

Post Number: 11235
Registered: Jul-06

Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 08:23 am:

I should be there tonight. One of you basturds text me 10 minutes before and remind me lol

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3824
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 - 04:24 pm:

DONT FORGET TO SET YOUR LINEUPS YOU FLAKERS!!!

Eat em up tigers you have 2 empty starting slots in your lineup today, and 3 guys benched who have games today.

If you don't have time to check it every day, just log in and set your lineup for several days or a week at a time so you're at least starting guys.

Gold Member

Username: Denali_on_22s

Post Number: 6345
Registered: Feb-06

Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 08:02 pm:

no joke, and hey yanks... still think chein ming wrong is a top 5 pitcher? didn't think so.

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3826
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 09:19 pm:

HA, that's funny Reece... I glanced at some game stats today at work to see how my guys were doing, and when I saw that Chien Ming Wang had completed his third ABYSMAL start of the season, I thought, "I wonder if Johnboi still thinks he's better than DiceK?"

hehe sorry john.

Gold Member

Username: Hittin1

TEAM REVOLUTION
Lake Charles...

Post Number: 2988
Registered: May-07

Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 10:00 pm:

that joker cost me BIG. I dumped him after his last start.

Gold Member

Username: Denali_on_22s

Post Number: 6346
Registered: Feb-06

Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 10:06 pm:

Just glad my point was proven that not only is Wang not top 5, he's not even top 50 material...

Gold Member

Username: Hittin1

TEAM REVOLUTION
Lake Charles...

Post Number: 2991
Registered: May-07

Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 11:25 pm:

He obviously is not doing what he normally does, I would have never agreed that he is top 5 in mlb, but I would have NEVER thought that he would get hammered this hard. Yanks put millions on this guy and it obviously was not the right choice. lol Good thing He only burned me for one start. I am glad to have dumped him. I see them sending him to the minors till he gets his sh!t straight. That has to be one of the worst starts to a season in hisory. I can't see the yanks putting him in until something changes. N.Y. Media WILL have a feild day with this! GO YANKS.... NOT! lol sorry, but I hate the yanks.

Platinum Member

Username: Nyyfan13

Northern VA

Post Number: 11339
Registered: Jul-06

Posted on Sunday, April 19, 2009 - 11:13 pm:

You can't try and call me out a year later Reece. He had back to back 19 game winning season with ERA's around 3.6. And last year before he got hurt, he was 8-2 through 15 starts and could have easily won close to 20 games. It's completely obvious that his injury from last year is affecting him, and right now, he isn't the same pitcher.

Gold Member

Username: Denali_on_22s

Post Number: 6347
Registered: Feb-06

Posted on Sunday, April 19, 2009 - 11:59 pm:

He was 8-2 with a 4.07 ERA (not impressive). You still haven't grasped the fact that Wang won so many games because of the offense behind him. He faces 2nd and 3rd tier pitchers as opponents and the offense supporting him wails on them, as a result, Wang gets wins. It doesn't mean he's a top 5 pitcher or that his name should be mentioned anywhere near the names of top 5 pitchers. He has a career ERA of 4.08 and has 283 strikeouts in over 630 innings pitched. He is not dominant in ANY facet of the game and never will be. He is always gonna be a 2nd or 3rd tier pitcher, and just because he is a Yankee won't change that. Is Andy Pettitte one of your top 5 this year?

Platinum Member

Username: Nyyfan13

Northern VA

Post Number: 11344
Registered: Jul-06

Posted on Monday, April 20, 2009 - 11:43 pm:

Well let's be serious Reece, you and I and everyone else who knows baseball know that he is not a strikeout pitcher. You say he doesn't dominate any facet of the game, I'll give you one area where he does. It's called Wins and its the only stat that matters. Maybe he's doesn't have the best pitches, maybe he isn't as skilled as others, maybe he would lose every game on a different team with less run support, but at the end of the game, it comes down to if he won or lost, and so far in his career, he has proven to stand out in the most important stat. He was tied for the league lead in '06 and was one win off the lead in '07. He's doing something right...

Who are your top five pitchers right now Reece?

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3829
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 01:01 am:

quote:
It's called Wins and its the only stat that matters.

Oh dear... No you didn't John!

That is an old school way of looking at things, and I think you know as well as I do that it's BS. Wins and losses give you a general idea, at best, of how good or bad a pitcher is. Era, whip, strikeout-to-walk ratio etc. are a million times more relevant in assessing a pitchers individual performance.

Platinum Member

Username: Nyyfan13

Northern VA

Post Number: 11346
Registered: Jul-06

Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 02:20 am:

Oh I did Pit, bet your azz I did lol.

Nah, let me further explain myself on this cause I know I'm going to take some heat on it. Straight up, if a pitcher goes 20-4 but has an ERA of 10.00, who cares? Seriously, would you complain about it if he was on your favorite team? It won't make him a Top 5 pitcher but I'm past defending that statement cause we have different views and won't give in on our opinions. Now going 20-4 with an ERA of 2.75 makes you a top 5 pitcher. I feel like I'm all over the place with this post but I blame it on it being late. All I'm saying is that a win is a win. To quote a terrible movie, "it doesn't matter if you win by an inch or by a mile, winning is winning."

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3830
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 12:12 pm:

Omg Chad would be devastated if he knew you called that movie terrible LOL.

I think you're talking about 2 different things John. When assessing a TEAM, in any sport, the end all be all most important stat, is wins and losses. When assessing an individual's performance for the team they play for, other stats become much more telling.

If a pitcher goes 20-4 with an ERA of 10.00, the pitcher is terrible, period. That would be a statistical anomaly, and a case where the team happened to win in spite of the pitcher, not because of the pitcher.

BTW I'm just debating this for the sake of debating, I'm not on Reece's side or w/e. Wang is obviously a solid (not elite by any means) big league pitcher outside of this ridiculous slump he's in. A 4.08 career ERA isn't bad, and strikeouts aren't everything. Strikeouts don't suit every pitcher's style. And technically you could argue that guys who get hitters to ground into lots of double plays are more dominant anyway as that's better than a strikeout.

Gold Member

Username: Denali_on_22s

Post Number: 6348
Registered: Feb-06

Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 01:15 am:

"I think you're talking about 2 different things John. When assessing a TEAM, in any sport, the end all be all most important stat, is wins and losses. When assessing an individual's performance for the team they play for, other stats become much more telling.

If a pitcher goes 20-4 with an ERA of 10.00, the pitcher is terrible, period. That would be a statistical anomaly, and a case where the team happened to win in spite of the pitcher, not because of the pitcher.

BTW I'm just debating this for the sake of debating, I'm not on Reece's side or w/e. Wang is obviously a solid (not elite by any means) big league pitcher outside of this ridiculous slump he's in. A 4.08 career ERA isn't bad, and strikeouts aren't everything. Strikeouts don't suit every pitcher's style. And technically you could argue that guys who get hitters to ground into lots of double plays are more dominant anyway as that's better than a strikeout."

X2, well minus the not being on my own side part, haha. I'm not dogging Chein Ming Wang, he is solid when he is playing in top form, but he is still no where near top 5 and that's all i was saying. It was just hard for me to believe you thought that. Now I understand.

I know my top five would include Johan Santana, Roy Halladay, and Tim Lincecum, but I couldn't really tell you beyond that.

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3833
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 12:32 pm:

Toss in Peavy and Webb and you've got a pretty solid top 5.

Gold Member

Username: The_image_dynamic

San Diego, California

Post Number: 5115
Registered: Dec-06

Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 01:07 pm:

Peavy and Webb are no longer Top 5 IMO...

I would add CC Sabathia and Josh Beckett to Reeces list.

Gold Member

Username: Denali_on_22s

Post Number: 6351
Registered: Feb-06

Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 02:04 pm:

Beckett is really injury prone, but he is great when he's healthy. CC looked incredible at the end of last year, but my verdict on him being top 5 is still out. Consistency is a key for me.

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3834
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 06:03 pm:

CC is a proven choker come playoff time. Thanks but no thanks.

Beckett is good. The dude is clutch too. But I'd leave him out of my top five because he misses so many starts due to injury, like Reece said.

Gold Member

Username: Pitbullguy

The Chicago area

Post Number: 3847
Registered: Oct-06

Posted on Sunday, May 03, 2009 - 03:34 pm:

Yanks, wtf is up with your lineup man? You have DL slots... use them... STEP YOUR GAME UP!!

Gold Member

Username: Snowball123

West Allis, WI

Post Number: 2660
Registered: Oct-07

Posted on Monday, May 04, 2009 - 12:03 pm:

my team's starting to do decent.