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Subject: RIBC AA Texas League
Posted by: Jaydog
- [491262615] Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 07:24
Here is the draft selection order. When your turn is up, fill your name in on the blank line to indicate which draft pick you would like in the first round. Remember that the draft rounds snake, meaning if you have the first pick in the first round, you will have the last pick in the second round and vice versa.
If there are any questions please let me know. Once we have made our selections and all teams are registered in kafenatid, the draft will begin.
1 wolfer
2 KSOLOIVE
3 Joe
4 kooldad
5 philflyboy
6 Jason
7 frew
8 adamtkay
9 Vampire Weekend
10 twarpy
11 beastiemiked
12 hose
13 nando
14 SamP
15 judy
16 Jeremy Toce
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Wolfer, you're up. |
| 1 | wolfer
ID: 24148211
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 08:57
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1 - wolfer
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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| 2 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 09:09
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KSOLOIVE is up
Joe on deck
KoolDad in the hole
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| 3 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 22152711
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 09:34
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1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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| 4 | Nando
ID: 3213889
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 09:50
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Funny story... the ID for this league is 140467
...yahoo makes 6s look like 5s because the default font is small, so I went to 140457, put in the password "santana," and somehow got entered in a Twins league. Maybe that's just a common password this year...
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| 5 | Joe
ID: 5615289
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 10:06
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1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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| 6 | judy
ID: 7771722
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 10:42
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When it gets to my turn...
I'll take the highest slot left, so anyone can fill it in for me. What a
crummy start -- knocks out several of my possible choices already
so I need to dig deeper for my #1...
Phooey!
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| 7 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 11:12
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Interresting to see the top 3 picks go right off the bat.
Kooldad is up
Fhilpfyboy on deck
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| 8 | judy
ID: 7771722
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 13:07
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Jason,
It looks like three more managers need to sign up for Yahoo.
Where are they in the draft selection order? How is the Kafenatid
sign up going?
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| 9 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 15:00
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I'm going to e-mail kooldad and see if he can hustle it along. All but two have signed up for kafenatid... thats the most pressing issue since we can't start the draft without everyone signed up at kafenatid and the selection order finished.
Hopefully after kooldad picks we'll be on our way.
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| 10 | SamP
ID: 451162814
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 15:22
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Jaydog, what's up man. I had a quick inquiry for ya. You don't wanna use the Yahoo live draft even though it's not a keeper league? Not that it makes a difference to me either way, and I am def one of those people who would be annoyed with a computer-drafted team if I missed the draft, but you know, just a speed inquiry.
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| 11 | judy
ID: 7771722
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 18:44
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Kafenatid is a really great drafting site. You won't be disappointed.
The key is that the managers pay attention and check their
computers regularly -- every 2/3 hours -- or set a queue if they
are going to be away from the computer.
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| 12 | Kooldad
ID: 521152718
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 20:38
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Sorry for the delay. I'll take lucky number 7
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| 13 | Kooldad
ID: 521152718
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 20:40
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Oops. I mean...
1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4
5
6
7 - Kooldad
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9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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| 14 | philflyboy
ID: 11352619
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 21:00
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1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4
5
6
7 - Kooldad
8
9
10
11
12 Philflyboy
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14
15
16
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| 15 | judy
ID: 7771722
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 22:05
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Helpful hint:
After you pick, email the next person on the list. Emails are in the
original RIBC thread:
http://rotoguru1.com/cgi-bin/read.pl?
board=base&thread=19465&last=1204082140
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| 16 | Jaydog
ID: 491262615
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 22:55
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1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4
5 - Jaydog
6
7 - Kooldad
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9
10
11
12 Philflyboy
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14
15
16
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| 17 | Jaydog
ID: 491262615
Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 22:56
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BTW, everyone is signed up at kafenatid, so once we select the draft order we can start picking.
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| 19 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 08:30
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SamP, I love a life draft but the logistics behind trying to get 16 people together for a 25 round draft are nearly impossible considereing schedules and time zones. A live draft would take around 5-6 hours at a minimum and would be nearly impossible to scheudle with everyone. The kafenatid format allows for a slower draft and because of the draft queue and designated picker functionality allows for the draft to progress steadily.
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| 20 | adamtkay
ID: 371152713
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 08:49
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1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4
5 - Jaydog
6 - adamtkay
7 - Kooldad
8 - Frew
9
10
11
12 Philflyboy
13
14
15
16
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| 21 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 08:50
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Sorry, I misread frew's e-mail. He actually wanted the 6th pick.
Adamtkay up,
VampireWeekend on Deck,
Twarpy in the hole.
Here's the correct slots:
1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4
5 - Jaydog
6 - Frew
7 - Kooldad
8
9
10
11
12 Philflyboy
13
14
15
16
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| 22 | adamtkay
ID: 371152713
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 08:54
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OK, I will take #4 then:
1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4 - adamtkay
5 - Jaydog
6 - Frew
7 - Kooldad
8
9
10
11
12 Philflyboy
13
14
15
16
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| 23 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 08:55
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Adam,
Sorry, I messed up. I read Frew's e-mail too quickly and entered him in the 8th slot instead of 6th. He requested the 6th pick so I'll need you to pick again.
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| 24 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 08:56
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VampireWeekend up
Twarpy on Deck
Beastiemiked in the hole
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| 25 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 09:44
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Vampire weekend takes the 8th pick.
Twarpy is up
Beastiemiked is on deck
hose is up third
1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4 - adamtkay
5 - Jaydog
6 - Frew
7 - Kooldad
8 - vampireweekend
9
10
11
12 Philflyboy
13
14
15
16
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| 26 | judy
ID: 7771722
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 10:33
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I'll be away from the computer for a few hours -- just give me the
highest slot left.
Thanks.
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| 27 | Twarpy
Leader
ID: 386242821
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 11:27
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1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4 - adamtkay
5 - Jaydog
6 - Frew
7 - Kooldad
8 - vampireweekend
9
10
11 Twarpy
12 Philflyboy
13
14
15
16
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| 28 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 11:40
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beastiemiked
hose
nando
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| 29 | philflyboy
ID: 101432712
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 14:04
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Jaydog I will be gone for the weekend but I left you an email with my cell number so you can reach me for my picks. You should have access to my teams for picking since you are the commish. I can not set you as a dp yet because the draft has not started. I will be home around 3:30 est on Sunday
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| 30 | beastiemiked
ID: 65112917
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 14:52
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1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4 - adamtkay
5 - Jaydog
6 - Frew
7 - Kooldad
8 - vampireweekend
9 - beastiemiked
10
11 Twarpy
12 Philflyboy
13
14
15
16
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| 31 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 15:07
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hose
nando
SamP
Home stretch now. Once we've all picked the draft will start.
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| 32 | hose
ID: 301552316
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 15:08
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working from phone-I'll take 10.
thanks....
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| 33 | judy
ID: 597401015
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 15:14
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1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4 - adamtkay
5 - Jaydog
6 - Frew
7 - Kooldad
8 - vampireweekend
9 - beastiemiked
10 - hose
11 Twarpy
12 Philflyboy
13
14
15
16
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| 34 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 15:33
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nando
samp
judy
then Toce gets what ever is left.
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| 35 | Nando
ID: 3213889
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 16:59
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1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4 - adamtkay
5 - Jaydog
6 - Frew
7 - Kooldad
8 - vampireweekend
9 - beastiemiked
10 - hose
11 Twarpy
12 Philflyboy
13
14 - Nando
15
16
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| 36 | Jaydog
ID: 491262615
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 17:18
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SamP
Judy
Jeremy Toce
Then we can let the games begin.
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| 38 | judy
ID: 597401015
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 17:24
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All we really need is SamP...
I am out until about 9, so give me the highest slot and we are
ready to go!
The other AA is going great guns without a clock -- let's try and
keep up with their pace!
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| 39 | judy
ID: 7771722
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 21:01
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Anyone else having a problem logging on to our Yahoo League?
I get this message:
There was a problem
You are not allowed to view this page because you are not in this
league. (Error #152
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| 40 | judy
ID: 7771722
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 21:10
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OK, I re-logged into my Yahoo account and signed from there
again and now it is OK.
HMMMM.
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| 41 | SamP
ID: 171432921
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 22:43
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Hey everybody! Sorry for the hold up! I'm real sorry I was visiting a college for the day, just got home. I'm taking slot 16.
1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4 - adamtkay
5 - Jaydog
6 - Frew
7 - Kooldad
8 - vampireweekend
9 - beastiemiked
10 - hose
11 Twarpy
12 Philflyboy
13
14 - Nando
15
16 - SamP
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| 42 | judy
ID: 7771722
Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 23:18
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I took #13, that leaves #15 for Jeremy
1 - wolfer
2 - KSOLOIVE
3 - Joe
4 - adamtkay
5 - Jaydog
6 - Frew
7 - Kooldad
8 - vampireweekend
9 - beastiemiked
10 - hose
11 Twarpy
12 Philflyboy
13 - Judy
14 - Nando
15 - Jeremy
16 - SamP
We are ready to roll --
JayDog -- let us know when the draft is open for business!
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| 43 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Sat, Mar 01, 2008, 02:20
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The order is set and the draft has begun. We will start the clock sometime on monday. If you have any questions about how the draft works or how the kafenatid web site works, please let me know.
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| 44 | judy
ID: 7771722
Sun, Mar 02, 2008, 00:03
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Set Q for round #1 only. DP are Jaydog, Wolfer, and Nando.
WIll set Q for round #2 after I see who I get in round #1.
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| 45 | philflyboy
ID: 11352619
Sun, Mar 02, 2008, 17:04
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just got home I was away for the weekend. Will update my cheat sheets and pick in 10 minutes
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| 46 | judy
ID: 487162821
Sun, Mar 02, 2008, 17:17
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I am SO excited to get Ryan Howard!
I can't believe he got to me at #13!
WHAHOOOOOOOOO!!
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| 47 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Mon, Mar 03, 2008, 10:50
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I am new at these kind of drafts... do i need to wait until my 6 hours is up to make my pick?
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| 48 | philflyboy
ID: 101432712
Mon, Mar 03, 2008, 11:10
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nope faster is better!!
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| 49 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Mon, Mar 03, 2008, 11:16
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and I can set up a queue of players and if I am not at my computer I can jsut have Jdogg take my top player in the queue?
Wow, this site is great, this draft should go fast assuming everyone stays on their game.
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| 50 | philflyboy
ID: 101432712
Mon, Mar 03, 2008, 11:37
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you are correct!! As long as people use the queue it goes quickly. On a normal basis I am at my computer most of the day so if people need a designated picker let me know and I can give you a hand.
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| 51 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Mon, Mar 03, 2008, 11:43
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Please, please, please set up a queue and make sure that it has a lot of players in it. I am going to pause the first round untill SamP picks. I have said in all of my e-mails that the first round will be untimed, so I cannot change that now, but for here on out the clock will be honored. We need to finish on average about 8 rounds per week to be finished by opening day so please everyone do your part to make your picks quickly or have a full queue set up so the DP's can select for you.
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| 52 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 03, 2008, 11:50
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my Q is set for round #2. Philflyboy, I'll DP you as well as the guy
below me.
I sure hope that SamP/spetes726 doesn't lose his first two picks. I
wonder where he is??
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| 53 | Kooldad
ID: 521152718
Mon, Mar 03, 2008, 13:52
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Is there an "easy" way or a shortcut to load players into my queue? Or to modify the order of the list? It seems a bit "manual"? Maybe it's just me... I'll quit whining now.
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| 54 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 03, 2008, 14:54
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keep whining, there are no shortcuts -- that's the way it is! Slow
and steady with a link up to the server each time you make a move
-- that's the slowdown point.
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| 55 | TD
Sustainer
ID: 036331011
Mon, Mar 03, 2008, 16:19
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kafenatid has a Suggestion Box forum. If you have a suggestion for a better way to handle queues, you can submit it. I have never submitted a suggestion, so I don't know if it would have much chance of being implemented.
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| 56 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Mon, Mar 03, 2008, 18:24
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I waited 20 hours for Victor Martinez to be taken 3 rounds too early???
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| 57 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 03, 2008, 21:44
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I strongly dislike my drafting position -- I am now sitting and
watching my Q be deleted and it is a LONG LONG time until I pick
again...
I guess I'll save my research until it gets to the mid 3rd round the
way "my guys" are being picked off the board!
Sigh!
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| 58 | judy
ID: 7771722
Tue, Mar 04, 2008, 10:56
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Jason,
How about a new thread to discuss the draft?
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| 59 | beastiemiked
ID: 65112917
Tue, Mar 04, 2008, 11:53
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Very nice run you guys made this morning. Keep it up.
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| 60 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Tue, Mar 04, 2008, 13:07
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I set up my queue last night and my designated pickers were able to make both of my picks for me while I was out at meetings. I'm happy with both picks. This site is great.
We sould be flying along. I have a feeling though the people that check this thread already know about the positive aspects of the site though. If not, set up your queue and make a DP aware. We should cruise from here on out.
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| 61 | judy
ID: 7771722
Tue, Mar 04, 2008, 14:24
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Let's do our drafting discussions here -- or a new thread -- that
way others in GURU can see our thoughts --as we can see theirs --
I check them often to get some hints...!
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| 65 | Nando
ID: 37248418
Tue, Mar 04, 2008, 19:50
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Sorry for the 90 minute gap there...it caught me on my commute
home/trip to ShopRite...
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| 66 | judy
ID: 7771722
Tue, Mar 04, 2008, 20:26
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oops -- Figgins is for 3B.
Jason, you can fix that when he gets put into Yahoo.
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| 67 | judy
ID: 7771722
Tue, Mar 04, 2008, 21:28
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dug a little deeper and just discovered that figgins can be played at
2B, 3B, OF, MI, CI and UT
hmmm.
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| 68 | judy
ID: 7771722
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 08:51
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What is the OPS stat?
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| 69 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 09:43
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OPS is On Base Perentage + Slugging Percentage. Anyhitng over a 1.000 is outstanding and anything over .900 is very good.
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| 70 | judy
ID: 7771722
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 10:08
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we don't use it -- correct?
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| 71 | judy
ID: 7771722
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 10:53
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I will be out from 11:30 to about 3:30. I have set up a Q for
ROUND #5 ONLY.
I will need to reset it after that.
Thanks.
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| 72 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 11:07
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The league counts OBP and Slug as two seperate categories so indirectly yes we use OPS.
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| 73 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 11:36
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Correct frew, OBP and SLG are two separate categories.
The draft is progressing nicely now and we are on pace to finish before the March 25th opening day. As long as there are no long delays we shouldn't need to take any action to move the draft along.
Thanks for everyones cooperation, its been a fun and interresting draft so far and I'm looking forwrad to finishing up and starting the season.
I was waiting for a run on closers and it looks like its come, who has the stones to pass on a closer this round!!
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| 74 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 12:32
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Me, adamtkay, Wolfer, Joe and Ksolo(though they got one the round before).
Hope youre not a market analyst Jaydog......
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| 75 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 12:49
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add Kooldad to my list...
Keep it going drafters! Dont let Jaydog strongarm you and pigeon hole you into taking a closer! Have a mind of your own!
Oldest trick in the book Jaydog. I see right through your games. try to start a trend and hope it works so the player you really want makes it back.
This league is too good for that!
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| 76 | judy
ID: 7771722
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 16:10
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I am back, but if a DP'r gets to my list before I do, that's OK. Take
the pick that shows up. I'll reset for round #6.
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| 77 | jaydog
ID: 51228516
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 17:30
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Or just let me get another top tier closer next round and wrap
up the category. That'd work to, always love grabbing a top
rank in one of the categories by round 6.
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| 78 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 23:37
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on the defensive eh Jaydog? I notice you didnt make the comment on the front side of your picks....
Wily Taveras is on the high side of the steals category.. should i take him with my next pick?
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| 79 | judy
ID: 7771722
Thu, Mar 06, 2008, 10:24
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no influence at all -- a closer was next on my list of needs -- while
there were still some good ones to be had -- back to position
players for a while...
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| 80 | judy
ID: 7771722
Thu, Mar 06, 2008, 22:11
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It seems pretty clear that we are an evening (5 pm to midnight) and
morning (6 am to noon) drafting group, but people STILL need to
leave Q's so that we can make progress.
Hopefully, people will leave Q's over the weekend when there is no
clock so that we keep moving along...
If you are going to be out, leave a message here so folks are not
waiting and checking in without knowing...
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| 81 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 08:45
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Good point Judy.
A few of us are taking advantage of the draft queues but most are not.
The sooner the draft is over the more time we have for wheeling and dealing. We are in good shape time wise but the end of the drafts typically move slower as the player pool gets thinner so we need to make as much progress now as possible.
I'm always available to pick for people even if they do not have a queue set up as well so if you are going to be unavailable for any extended period of time and would like to send in your picks through my e-mail address... feel free.
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| 82 | judy
ID: 7771722
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 10:12
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My DP'ers, please use list only for ROUND #7. I will need to
readjust the list after I see whom I get.
Thanks.
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| 83 | judy
ID: 597401015
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 14:21
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We need to speed this up. We didn't even finish one round on
Thursday. Trust the Q system -- or check your computer more
often.
If you don't leave a Q and are going to be out of touch, please
post it here so we don't keep wasting time checking in to see if
any picks have been made!
I worry that we will be even slower this weekend... and that
would NOT be good!
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| 84 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 15:42
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I'm going to send out a mass e-mail re-encouraging people to use the Queue system.
Even if we continue at this pace however we are still in good shape. We have over two weeks untill the 25th and we're almost a third finished with the draft. I'd obviously like to finish as soon as possible so that there is time to work the waiver wire, but I am not concerned with the current progress.
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| 86 | judy
ID: 7771722
Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 06:50
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Q is set for round #8.
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| 88 | judy
ID: 597401015
Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 22:25
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InfernO -- where are you? -- Just because the draft is paused
does not mean you shouldn't continue to make picks!
Please be considerate and make a pick and then set a 3 person Q
for your next turn.
The rest of us are waiting for you to act!
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| 89 | beastiemiked
ID: 65112917
Sun, Mar 09, 2008, 14:48
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Why is the draft paused on the weekends? I think we should unpause it and move the clock to 4 hours.
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| 90 | Twarpy
ID: 11044810
Sun, Mar 09, 2008, 14:53
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at least have a 12 hour clock on weekends.
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| 91 | judy
ID: 7771722
Sun, Mar 09, 2008, 18:23
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beastie -- I agree -- we need to move to a 4 hour clock to force
people to use Q's. RIBC is a league that REQUIRES respect of its
participants and that includes:
making timely picks,
using Q's and/or
at least letting the others know what your timing plans are!
Since Thursday morning, we have made a total of 14 picks. We
need to be completing at least 2-4 rounds per day to finish on
time without too much stress.
We have wasted this entire weekend and I am sure there are
more teams managers who have been checking into Kafenatid
on a regular basis to see if there has been any movement.
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| 92 | Kooldad
ID: 521152718
Sun, Mar 09, 2008, 18:31
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Judy, Jaydog, et al - I didn't see a request for a vote, but you've got mine. Let's commit to keep this moving for all our sakes!
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| 93 | jaydog
ID: 51228516
Sun, Mar 09, 2008, 19:14
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Hey all. I understand the frustration but the weekend pause is
there so people can take time off of checking websites, player
lists, etc... Some people take time off on the weekends and do
not have access to a computer so while its unfair to keep
everyone waiting, its also unfair to force people to be glued to a
computer during a weekend. I realize that everyone should have
a queue set up for this reason but if we make good progress
during the week, the weekend pause should not matter.
I'm going to reduce the clock to 4 hours and will consider
reducing it further if we cannot make better progress during the
week.
The karenatid site does not allow you to set different clocks for
different time periods so the pause is the only way to give
people a chance to sleep.
If we can finish 2-3 rounds per day over the next 7-8 days we
will be just about finished with plenty of time to spare.
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| 94 | beastiemiked
ID: 65112917
Sun, Mar 09, 2008, 21:07
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Well there no point in moving it to 4 hours if you aren't going to change the weekend to at least 8 hours. My weekdays are more hectic then weekends and I'm sure a lot of people are in the same boat.
Just change the clock back to 8 hours on Friday night and back to 4 on Sunday night(or probably keep it at 8 for next Monday since it's st. patty's day). That should take care of not being able to set different clocks for different periods.
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| 95 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 07:10
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I'll see how much progress we make this week. If we need to keep the clock going over the weekend I'll do it. I'd probably just leave the clock at 4 hours and just tell people to use a queue if they don't think they'll be around.
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| 96 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 11:16
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InfernO -- did you not leave a 3 player Q for your next pick,
making us wait another 4 hours? Where is the RIBC courtesy?
Please set up Q's and assign DPers to make picks for you!
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| 97 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 22152711
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 13:28
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I for one, am in no rush (just today in particular). I left my cheat sheet at home, and work until 7pm EST. I do have a 3 man queue which I will select from provided they do not get picked in the next 14 picks.
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| 98 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 14:08
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Infern0 is a turd and ruining the fun and rhythym these drafts usually have.
Thanks buddy!
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| 99 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 14:46
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Ksoloive (what does that stand for???)
at least you are near the top and can do the quick turnaround thing
tonight...
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| 100 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 14:52
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go for it difinof. lets make a quck run of picks so whenever inferno makes his pick it hurts a bit.
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| 101 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 22152711
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 15:19
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K-SOLO -- my nickname -- k as in Kevin, and solo as in one. Perfectly content in a world of my own (among other solo references). IVE - is my underground entertainment label, Inner Vision Entertainment. Anyone into hiphop may enjoy our feature artist, Noah Jones... www.myspace.com/noahjones. Thanks for asking. :)
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| 102 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 15:20
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Frew - who are you when drafting??
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| 103 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 15:32
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Thanks to everyone in the last stretch for using the queue system. As I expected, the last few picks flew by.
I can't emphasize to the rest of the league how much this helps. We could easily go through 3 or 4 rounds a day if everyone was using the queue's. You may think that you are a observant drafter, but even saving 20 minutes here or there because someone has a queue set up will help out tremendously.
If you are not going to be actively sitting in front of the draft hitting refresh (like I know many of us are) please set up a queue and make sure you keep enough players in it so that you can make your picks in a timely fashion.
Again, thanks to all who are helping keep this thing moving.
Jason
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| 104 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 15:49
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who am i when i am drafting? I dont get your question.
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| 105 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 15:58
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what is your kafenatid name?
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| 106 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 15:58
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Jaydog has been discussing your league’s draft situation with me. I usually don’t intercede in the affairs of RIBC qualifying leagues, but in this instance, some counsel seems warranted.
The draft software at kafenatid has served us well for many years. For the past few years, a typical draft has averaged approx 24 picks per day. At that pace, a 16-manager 25-round draft should require about 17 days to complete. On that basis, your draft was started in plenty of time to finish in advance of opening day.
AA leagues tend to have a fair number of new managers who are unfamiliar with the normal expectations for these drafts, or the mechanics of the kafenatid system, or both. Usually, after a round or two, people get the hang of it, and the draft progresses without significant incidents. Occasionally, though, one or two managers are habitual offenders, creating a widespread sense of agitation for the rest of the league.
So first, let me state the general expectations for this type of draft:
1. The clock will generally be set in the range of 4-8 hours. Please understand that the purpose of the clock is not to allow that amount of time per pick. It is only to give everyone ample notice when a pick is due, or about to be due. A manager should only be taking advantage of the full clock when the draft has been moving quickly, and thereby getting to his/her pick earlier than expected.
2. The system allows for each manager to establish a queue, which – if made available – can be used by the commish and any designated pickers to make a pick when that manager is unlikely to be present. It is not generally expected that a manager will set up a queue 10 picks in advance of his pick; most managers would want to be able to react to more recent developments. However, when a pick will be due within the next 2 or 3, it is reasonable (and expected) to make use of that feature if the picker may not be available when the pick is due.
3. If a manager knows of certain limitations on availability, he/she should make other managers aware of the potential delay, and efforts should be made to work around those situations – via use of telephone, or even contingent instructions to a designated picker via email. This forum is the best place to post those notices, and to solicit others to help out in those instances.
Looking at your league’s situation, things seemed to be going well until Thursday, when the draft bogged down. Turning off the clock for the weekend was obviously not a good idea. Some managers may have even considered that as a suggestion that the draft would not resume until Monday. Since this morning, however, the person who failed to appear this weekend also failed to set up a queue after his 7th rounder, and once again timed out immediately after the turn. Whether that was due to ignorance, or inconsideration, or circumstances beyond his control is unknown. Fortunately, you’ve recently had a burst of activity, much of that stimulated via queues. Single time-outs can slow things down, but multiple time-outs are real draft killers.
I do not think that is it a good idea to shorten the clock to less than four hours – yet. But I do think that you could implement some agreements that would help keep these blockages from recurring.
1. Eliminate the weekend pause.
2. In the event that a pick is skipped, the following rules will apply
(a) The skipped manager will continue to be skipped until all picks have been made up.
(b) A skipped manager who has made up the skipped picks will have future clocks reduced by one hour for each time-out, subject to a minimum limit of one hour per pick.
(c) In addition to allowing 4 hours per pick, a second clock will be monitored such that two consecutive picks must be made within 5 hours, three successive picks must be made within 6 hours, etc. This will need to be administered manually by the commissioner. In no event, however will any manager (who is otherwise current) have less than one hour to pick.
I know that last item seems complex, but let me explain by example.
If manager A exhausts his 4 hour clock, then manager B will have only 1 additional hour to make his pick. When waiting for manager A to pick, manager B should be setting up a 2-player queue if he/she might be unavailable after the timeout. Similarly, manager C will have at least one hour to pick, but no more time than that if the cumulative time for picks 1, 2 and 3 would be more than 6 hours. Again, this is because that manager has had ample opportunity to set up a short queue.
Stated another way, if you are second in line, you know that you have at least 5 hours to get your pick done. If you are third in line, you know you have at least 6 hours. And if you are 4th in line, you should have at least 7 hours. You have plenty of time to notice that your pick is approaching, and you have plenty of time to construct a reasonable length queue if your availability is questionable.
The purpose is not to “punish” those who come after laggards, but rather to try to enforce the use of queues when the list would be short.
Hopefully, these situations would be rare. (Usually, they are unnecessary!) But they would at least ensure that timeouts do not multiply and compound. And in the event that the draft pace picks up, the commish could relax implementation of these cumulative standards. In particular, if a historically conscientious manager can see in advance that he has a potential problem, he could appeal to the commish for an appropriate accommodation.
Slow drafts like this provide an opportunity for everyone to be able to make thoughtful picks on a schedule that should be workable for everyone. Hopefully, with better awareness of established expectations and protocols, you'll get this back on track without further snags.
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| 107 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 16:10
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judy,
Frew's kafenatid name is "dave".
As for Guru's post, I will open the floor to comunication/vote.
Would everyone be in favor of keeping the draft going over the weekend?
What is everyone's though regarding the points in line two of his suggestions?
I'm open to suggestions.
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| 108 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 16:15
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Dave Frew is in fact my name.
As for the draft, it is harder for me to draft on the weekends, but it doesn't mean i am opposed. I would rather be slightly inconvenienced on the weekend if that means i have more time to trade and waiver before the season starts.
I like the idea of the punishment of clock too.
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| 109 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 16:34
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you dog Jaydog -- Burrell was high on my waiting list!
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| 110 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 16:46
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You should have taken him last round!!! I almost took him in round 7 but had my fingers crossed all day that he would get back to me.
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| 111 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 17:04
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It was between him and Matsui... If Burrell has a monster year...
My "wish list" is getting creamed!
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| 112 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 17:15
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ksoloive -- did we "cream" your Q as well?
Nando and Jaydog -- I am out from 6 until ~9 pm, so my Q is good
ONLY FOR ROUND #9. I will rearrange and pick immediately when I
get home.
Thanks.
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| 113 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 22152711
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 17:26
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actually you did! taking matsui -- so I had to do a lil more research before making the pick this round. I will be back on track tomorrow, and going forward when i get a chance to review my notes, and refill my queue. :)
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| 114 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 17:47
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KSOLOIVE
Are you going to wait untill after you get home from work (after 7pm) to make this pick? If so I'm going to head to the gym, if you are going to make the pick before then, let me know and I'll stick around to make my pick before heading out.
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| 115 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 17:51
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he picked -- some guy I never heard of -- but that is true of a lot
of the players being picked in these rounds...
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| 116 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 17:56
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Oh thats right. Matt Cain. He's a good starting pitcher for the Giants. Either their 1 or 2 starter.
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| 117 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 22152711
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 17:56
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Jaydog -- Go to the gym. I am sitting in front of a computer until 7pm EST, if you want a DP'er...
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| 118 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 18:49
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Wow! I make a guest appearance, and suddenly you guys rattle off 17 picks in a little over three hours!
Nice job!
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| 119 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 20:53
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I'm back and will make my pick for round #9.
Keep it up! InfernO gets skipped this time, so we can zoom past
him and get deep into round #10.
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| 120 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 21:18
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Does anyone remember if Inferno (JeremyToce) was ever signed up in the yahoo league. I seem to remember that when I checked last week we had 14 teams signed up and when I checked today there were only 13. This may mean that he pulled himself out. I have another team waiting in the wings to pick up if he withdraws but I'm going to give him untill tomorrow afternoon to get back to me. If I don't hear from him by then, we'll make the switch.
Jason
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| 121 | wolfer
ID: 24238210
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 21:43
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Re 120
I'd shoot him an email tonight (See post 110 - Judy has experience in this) just to see what his plans are.
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| 122 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 21:43
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Jason,
Why not bring the new guy in at a specific round # -- say for round
#10. It'll give him some time to get ready before he has to draft.
How will kafenatid handle that? Ask Fred. I think once the draft
positions are set, they might not be able to be changed. You might
need to DP all his choices.
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| 123 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 21:50
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ah yes, Wolfer -- you remember... but at least our guy got himself
through the draft (with long annoying time outs...) and crashed
during the season.
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| 124 | beastiemiked
ID: 65112917
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 22:15
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We definitely need to pause it after round 9 to get a replacement. IMO, if he doesn't check in by tonight he gets the boot.
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| 125 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 22:30
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I have e-mailed inferno and explained to him that if I do not hear from him by tomorrow afternoon he will be replaced.
In the meantime I am going to have his replacement manager make picks for inferno through me so he does not get too far behind.
We will not need to pause the draft as the replacement manager will be making picks untill he can be fully integrated into the system.
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| 126 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 22:34
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jason --
how soon can your guy come on board? If we do go to a new
guy we don't want to punish HIM too much. I would say that if
InfernO misses his round #9 that we pause after Spetes726
makes picks (it'll be night anyway) and let your guy make some
picks to get caught up to round #10.
keep us posted here and via email!
Thanks for your efforts to keep us going on! We did a good job
once we got restarted!
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| 127 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 22:35
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AHA -- good idea jason -- our posts crossed in the wires!
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| 128 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 22:40
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He's already taken Soria (a closer) with his 8th pick and I'm going to get a queue of 5-10 players from him so that I can make his 9th and 10th round picks for him. By the time it comes back to the 11th round, we should have him fully integrated into the draft.
This is all assuming inferno doesn't e-mail me tonight/tomorrow am with an apology and explanation of where he was and how he'll do better.
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| 129 | judy
ID: 7771722
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 22:43
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GREAT JOB!
I just need philflyboy to pick so I can go to bed sad or happy...
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| 130 | judy
ID: 7771722
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 07:41
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Happy? sad? don't know yet -- gotta go out -- back ~10 am, Q is
Ok for whomever shows up in the box rounds 9 and 10
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| 131 | judy
ID: 7771722
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 07:42
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VERY, VERY HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| 132 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 22152711
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 11:41
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So what is the verdict with inferno? How does a replacement manager work, mid-draft?
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| 133 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 11:55
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Flyboy is killing the buzz... we had a nice run going. kudos to the new inferno
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| 134 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 11:56
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comment rescinded
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| 135 | philflyboy
ID: 101432712
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 13:18
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for the record I did have 2 players in my queue that could have been made by the dp's.
The draft picking up steam has been nice!! Let's keep it going
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| 136 | judy
ID: 7771722
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 13:27
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brian -- did you turn the Q on? I was here (as your DP) but the
selection box did not come up for me. PS I am also going to make
you a DP for me, but please always check the thread first for any
instruction/changes.
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| 137 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 13:34
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no real complaints phily-- i agree, the moemntum has been good
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| 138 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 14:15
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Yeah, philflyboy,
double check that your queue is available. I could see that there were players in it but unless your queue is available no one can pick from it.
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| 139 | philflyboy
ID: 101432712
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 14:20
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it is on now. Not sure when I turned it off. I try to leave it on and players in it if I am going to be around.
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| 140 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 14:34
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Just so everyone knows, Inferno has been replaced. The new manager is currently getting added to the kafenatid site and will start his own drafting starting with round 11. Once he is fully added into kafenatid, I will direct him to this site where we can welcome him and show him the ropes.
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| 141 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 22152711
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 15:27
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Does the new inferno inherit the old infernos previously selected players?
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| 142 | judy
ID: 7771722
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 15:34
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GREAT TURNAROUND - the only "problem" is that no one is being
"stolen" from my Q -- HMMMMM...
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| 143 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 16:49
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Yes, he will keep inferno's team and resume drafting from this point.
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| 144 | judy
ID: 7771722
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 16:55
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JAYDOG,
I am making you my only DP 'cause I have special instructions
for tonight. I am going out now until about 9 pm EDT.
Round #11 is fine, take whomever shows up in the box.
BUT, if it gets to round #12 take the guy in the box ONLY if he is
playing a DIFFERENT POSITION than the guy I/you took in Round
#11.
I am sorry if this will delay the draft, but I will run up to the
computer as soon as I get home and make a pick.
THANKS! Hope everyone understands the reason for the possible
delay...
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| 145 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 22152711
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 17:07
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Thanks for the update Jaydog -- Judy, no prob with me.. Short delays are acceptable IMO, if one makes attempts at queues, and also advises the group not to check every 5 mins..
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| 146 | judy
ID: 7771722
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 20:34
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I'm back -- will be checking in every 20 min or so. looks like we've
slowed down a bit...
Round 11 is all set for my DP's if I'm not looking at it: Brian, Jaydog
and Nando.
I reset for round #12.
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| 148 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 22:39
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Judy,
If only the first player only is shown in the queue I can only see the top. Free form lets me draft anyone but I will not be able to see your queue.
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| 150 | judy
ID: 7771722
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 23:42
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Ok --I am all set for Round #12, many thanks to Nando and Brian
who made me their DPer.
I doubt we will get to round #13 before 1 pm tomorrow.
Jaydog --you'll be my only DP on Weds -- Round #12 only please.
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| 151 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 10:09
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Anyone heard from Twarpy?
I'd hate for him to miss two picks?
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| 152 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 22152711
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 10:15
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Do we have to wait 4 hours to find out?
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| 153 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 10:19
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Nope,
As Guru stated above, if you miss one pick, all subsequent picks are skipped untill you make them up.
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| 154 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 22152711
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 10:53
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Good one -- (Slowey)
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| 155 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 12:20
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any queue set up for the beastie one?
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| 157 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 16:30
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A couple of questions have come up that I wanted to address.
You do not need to draft a player for every roster slot. For example, if you want to draft 8 outfielders and no catcher you are more than welcome to do so but you would need to either pick up a catcher on waivers or not start someone in that slot. Same goes with pitchers, you do not need to draft a relief pitcher, but if you do not you will forfeit that roster spot untill you pick up one on waivers.
You may draft someone that is not in the yahoo player pool, but you will need to leave a roster spot open for that player until he is added. For example, if you would like to draft Jed Lowrie (red sox), make an announcement to the forum that you are taking him and draft some schmuck in kafenatid as a placeholder. This schmuch must stay on your roster until lowrie becomes available. If at any time you drop the schmuck, you lose the rights to lowrie and he eters the standard waiver pool.
There is no DL slot in this league. You have 4 bench spots and if a player enters the DL and you wish to keep him on your team, he must take up one of your bench slots.
I guess thats all for now, if anyone has any other questions, let me know. We're making great progress everyone... keep it up and we should have this thing finished early next week with plenty of time to spare.
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| 158 | judy
ID: 7771722
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 18:24
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Hmm. Very confused by #157. So if I don't draft or play a C (for
example), those stats (obviously) don't count..., so the scores
are the averages of the the others in my lineup??? So if there is
a really lousy guy -(low R, H, OBP etc), I can just not play him??
Also do we have a DH position?
I sense this is going to be a long learning curve for me.
By the way I am back for the night, but DPer's can pick away at
whomever shows up in the list - I am going downstairs to
watch the Villanova/Syracuse BBall game which I TIVO'd. Be nice
and don't tell me the score yet...
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| 159 | judy
ID: 7771722
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 19:41
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Yea -- Villanova won!
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| 160 | judy
ID: 7771722
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 20:33
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Twarpy,
I'm one of your DPers. did you forget to turn your Q on?
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| 161 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 20:38
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Twarpy has his queue active but unfortunately it's empty.
Yes you can decide to not start a catcher if you want. This won't hurt your average but will hurt your Runs, RBI's, and Steals.
Generally speaking, a single run or RBI is more valuable than a slightly under average obp or slugging. But its your call as a manager.
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| 162 | judy
ID: 7771722
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 20:43
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Brian, Nando, ltran, spetes
I will be up until Twarpy picks or times out -- BUT I think the
pause might hit when he has 3 minutes left! --if you want to
leave Q's with or with out instructions.
I also get up at 7 and can make moves for people then. Just
leave instructions in this thread.
NB I asked Fred about the no change for DST and he said it all
runs on EST but it does stop at midnight for the DST. So it does
work although the clock shows EST.
Judy
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| 163 | judy
ID: 7771722
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 20:44
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Jaydog
DH position?
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| 164 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 532191219
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 21:21
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DH = Util -- and we get one, per the league settings: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/140467/settings
As a Util/DH -- You can plug in a player of any position. (IE: OF for example)
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| 165 | judy
ID: 7771722
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 23:08
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Q good for both #13 and #14
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| 166 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 09:27
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Also, some players are only available as Util, for example Jim Thome and Frank Thomas are only available in the utility spot.
Any position player can play there (no pitchers).
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| 167 | judy
ID: 7771722
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 12:02
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we have hit our mid day lull...
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| 168 | judy
ID: 7771722
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 12:26
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SPOKE TOO SOON...
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| 170 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 14:24
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beastie doesn't have a queue. I'll pick for you Judy when your time comes. Is your queue good for round 15 and 16?
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| 173 | judy
ID: 7771722
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 18:58
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This is REALLY SPOOKY. I have this really long Q list and since
round 14.01 only one player has been taken off of it by one
of you guys...
I am beginning to think I REALLY don't know what I am doing!
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| 174 | beastiemiked
ID: 65112917
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 19:49
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The 2nd half of the draft goes on insane runs so it's pretty hard to leave queues. We should finish well ahead of schedule but I'll try to keep a better eye out from now on. Picking in a sec.
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| 176 | Jaydog
ID: 491262615
Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 07:28
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So the draft progress was great this week. If we stay on pace we should be into or at least close to round 19 by the end of the day. This puts us on pace to have the draft wrapped up by about Wednesday.
I'm going to keep the draft going during the weekend but I'm going to extend the draft clock to 6 hours. If you are not planning on being available to pick this weekend, please either set up a queue or at least post a message to this forum so I can take that into consideration.
Let me know if there are any questions/concerns.
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| 181 | Jaydog
ID: 491262615
Sat, Mar 15, 2008, 06:04
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FYI,
The daily (nightly) pause is still in effect over the weekends from 12am - 6am eastern time.
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| 182 | Jason
ID: 330592710
Sat, Mar 15, 2008, 17:37
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Twarpy has two picks to make up since he's been skipped twice today. I will consider holding the draft up if we get too far ahead so that he doesn't fall too far behind, but hopefully he'll get in touch with me soon so he can make up these choices.
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| 183 | Twarpy
Leader
ID: 386242821
Sat, Mar 15, 2008, 18:51
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Sorry guys the weeks are tough for me I had a queue but it was depleted, Im caught up, feel free to skip me if you guys really want to finish up fast.
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| 184 | Kooldad
ID: 56257161
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 03:58
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Wow! I gotta 44 player queue. I don't know exactly what that says about my current state of mind. Oh... yeah I do. I'm tired and brain-dead!
G'night to all.
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| 185 | judy
ID: 7771722
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 08:30
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My Q is actually short now and I don't know anything about any of
them - except stats and most are buried in their lineups. If it gets
emptied, I am not sure who I'll be picking! There is almost no one
left!
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| 186 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 532191219
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 13:06
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Im not particularly thrilled with the commish selecting a player for me by my queue without a request to do so. (Rd. 17) I left instructions with another manager, offline (maybe that was my mistake) and the DP'er was informed of my instructions. I apologize for not using the board to update the group, as it was a last minute trip (and i could not get internet connection in the hotel, as I expected) - But please do not DP for me again, unless requested.
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| 187 | judy
ID: 7771722
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 13:15
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KSOLOIVE --who did you want -- if they have not been taken, ask
Jason to repick for you. Or post here who you wanted and we will
respect that and not pick that person!!
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| 188 | Jaydog
ID: 491262615
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 16:05
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I appologize for that. When I see a queue full and there are no instructions as far as who to select I assume that its fair game. Since I am an automatic designated picker for everyone there is no way to know if someone chose to have me select or not.
I will not pick from your queue again unless you instruct me to.
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| 189 | judy
ID: 7771722
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 16:29
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See post # 182 and 183
Let's give Twarpy a couple of hours (4?) to fill his Q -- he left a
note about how hard it was to draft on weekends and I think we
should reward his courtesy.
Any thoughts?
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| 190 | beastiemiked
ID: 36428317
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 18:05
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He's fine, he's probably out day drinking.
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| 191 | judy
ID: 7771722
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 19:09
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maybe his team didn't make the "Big Dance".
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| 192 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 532191219
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 19:10
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No prob, I understand. Just an FYI, as my DP'er was kinda worried that I might be upset. I do not know (nor am I going to check) who I might have taken in that round, or subsequent rounds, but I do know I wanted a shot at Bonds, and Randy Johnson. Both of whom I got anyway. If Pena was still around, theres a good chance I might have taken him after them two. So, no harm no foul. On a side note, who ever heard of a hotel (in Atlantic city no less) that only offers dial up, w/ associated long distance charges, etc... That was the most dissappointing part. :)
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| 193 | judy
ID: 7771722
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 19:35
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jason,
can we help you put our players onto our YAHOO teams or is this
something only the commish can do? (In AOL, each manager can
do his/her own.)
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| 194 | Jaydog
ID: 491262615
Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 22:00
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No,
Only the commissioner can do it. It's fine though, I've done it before and it doesn't take too long. Hoefully we can be all wrapped up by Tuesday and hit the seasson running on Wednesday with a week before opening day. Great job everyone.
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| 195 | Frew
ID: 561362615
Mon, Mar 17, 2008, 10:59
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Is beastiemiked actually Mike Hargrove aka the Human Rain Delay?
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| 196 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Tue, Mar 18, 2008, 10:00
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As we post our final picks I thought I'd let you know what our next steps are.
After the draft is complete (today hopefully) we will retire this thread and start up another thread that periodically updates the standings to that the other RIBC leagues can keep track of our progress. We can also use the standings page to discuss trades, trash talk, etc...
I plan on having the league entered into Yahoo tonight. When the rosters are finalized in yahoo each undrafted player automatically goes into waivers for two days. Waiver priority is assigned in reverse order of draft selection. If you select someone that is on waivers, you will be moved to the lowest priority. After the two day waiver period, each player goes into the unrestricted free agent pool and can be selected by anyone without affecting their waiver priority.
Trades can take place at any time untill the late august trading deadline. All trades will be reviewed and accepted/veto'ed by myself. I will pass approval onto the RotoGuru in the event that I am involved in a trade or cannot make an appropriate or unbiased decision.
Other than that... good luck and here's to a competitive season!
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| 197 | judy
ID: 7771722
Tue, Mar 18, 2008, 10:41
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Congrats to everyone for a great draft -- we really moved once we
deleted the slow guy!
Now onto the learning curve for how to actually PLAY fantasy
baseball...
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| 198 | KSOLOIVE
ID: 22152711
Mon, Mar 24, 2008, 10:25
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hey -- did we start a new thread yet?
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| 199 | Jaydog
ID: 398351014
Mon, Mar 24, 2008, 15:07
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Starting one right now... Keep posted. It will be called RIBC AA Texas League Regular Season
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