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Subject: 2002 pol guru fantasy baseball
Posted by: Nerveclinic
- [4111541122] Thu, Jan 10, 2002, 00:54
O.K.
It's a long way off but in football we talked about starting a thread to discuss this years political guru baseball league.
Here are some of the issues.
Keeper league? There has been some intrest in this and as we go strong into year two it may make sense. Changes the drafting strategy.
New Commish? While I would be very willing to continue, I certainly would be willing to step down if the league agrees on someone new. Baldwin would seem like an obvious choice to me if we wanted to rotate.
New members. Obviously old members who stayed active are welcome. We have also talked about expanding size to 14 teams.
Format...Roto? number of players per team, starting and bench. Scoring catagories etc...
We can set up the league as soon as it opens but I think we all agree we should draft about a week before the season. We need to decide the commish issue early though because you have to jump on a league as soon as they are offered so you can get a live draft when you want.
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| 49 | Greenishness
ID: 23128150
Sat, Mar 02, 2002, 11:50
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The number between 1 and 45 should be two numbers between 1 and 45. What if two of us pick the same number and there is tie? I think using a state lottery is a fine idea. I do this often for Football pools.
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| 50 | rockafellerskank
Donor
ID: 359283123
Sat, Mar 02, 2002, 12:28
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In order to make draft order, we could use this random dice rolling site
Results are verifiable via e-mail.
The commissioner rolls four (4) die per member. Adds the total. The lowest total gets 1st pick.... up to highest total gets last pick. Just an option.
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| 51 | Baldwin
ID: 4261155
Sat, Mar 02, 2002, 13:46
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Everytime he uses the randomizer It pickes me first or second. I think he is just desperate for any way to beat me. 8]
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| 52 | Nerveclinic
ID: 4111541122
Sat, Mar 02, 2002, 13:48
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skank that is too cool, that is how we should do it.
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| 53 | rockafellerskank
Donor
ID: 359283123
Tue, Mar 12, 2002, 23:38
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Not much feedback on this in past 10 days....
Are we going live-slow or yahoo-fast on 3/30? I need to now as have to make some plans that w/e.
Keeper? Not keeper?
We have 11 teams. Are more expected?
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| 54 | Baldwin
ID: 4261155
Tue, Mar 12, 2002, 23:54
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It is Keeper 4 SURE. That's been stated with finality. My understanding is we will do it both ways in case the slow draft gets hung up.
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| 55 | Madman
ID: 21020124
Sun, Mar 17, 2002, 02:39
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I've been too busy to write much or even read much here. But I wanted to post about the baseball rules . . .
It's not sufficient to simply state that it's a "keeper" league, IMO. What are the RULES for keeping players? Can we keep an unlimited number of players? Top 6? Etc.? This is important for draft strategy, obviously.
Also, I would appreciate clarification on late season trading rules. How do we prevent "sell-offs" or do we not worry about it? Can we trade players away for future draft picks?
What are the mechanics of a keeper league? Does Yahoo keep that information? How will we do next year's draft? I don't want to do a lot of extra work -- i.e., manually track who is supposed to be on who's roster and who's a restricted free agent vs. unrestricted, etc., etc. If someone else is willing to do the work, I have no particular aversion to complicated rules as long as they have a purpose. But I think we should have some idea how the whole league will play out before we commit to players.
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| 57 | Greenishness
ID: 5325108
Mon, Mar 18, 2002, 02:51
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I think most of you know that N.C. is out of town right now. I don't think he has ever partaken in a keeper league, I know I have not. If some of you have done a keeper before please educate us on what might be the best way to go with it. How many players should we keep? 2,3,4 or more? Should there be a certain amount of position players, pitchers and reliever(s) that we can keep or should it be just any players at any positions? If we can get some chatter going before he gets back then a decision can be made quicker and we can go about our Baseball business. Understand it is a business.
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| 58 | Baldwin
ID: 4261155
Mon, Mar 18, 2002, 06:53
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Since there is no money involved in the valuations it would prolly be limited to a certain number of players kept. Possibly five or six players, no limit regarding position.
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| 59 | sarge33rd
ID: 46231913
Mon, Mar 18, 2002, 09:18
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dont participate if fantasy baseball anymore. (havent even watched a game since the strike of '93)...used to run 3 keeper leagues though way-back when.
we did our initial draft rotisserie auction style. Each manager started with $46 I think it was (which was the annual entry fee btw) and then in order each manager would name a player, that player then going on the block and the high bidding manager got them. As for who was eligible and how they were retained, each manager had to field a roster of 20. 5 OF, 5 1-3 Basemen, 5 St Pitchers, 3 Relievers and 2 Catchers. Each manager was then able to designate 5 players as 'under contract'. 1st player named, was under a '5 yr' deal, 2nd was under a 4 yr, 3rd was a 3yr, 4th and 5th were 2 yr. NO contract was renewable/extendable. When a players contract expired, that manager could name any other member of their squad as 'under contract' for the same time period as the expiring players contract. (contracts could be for less than the max amount of time, but had to be so stated upfront.)
As for trading, the manager receiving the 'contracted' player, HAD to assume the balance of that players committment. This was the ONLY exception to renewing a contract. If you traded for a guy with lets say, 2 of his original 5 yr contract remaining, you could renew that contract upon expiration, for 3 yrs. (The diff between the 2 he played for you and the 3 from his original contract.)
Yes, it WAS alot of work. *shrug* Anyway, thats how we did it. Just thought I'd toss it oout since some had asked about 'how to' ....
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| 60 | Baldwin
ID: 4261155
Mon, Mar 18, 2002, 16:39
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The more I think about it we need a lot of keeper slots or there will be no advantage in picking future stars in the making. You wouldn't be able to gamble on unproven players if it meant dropping your sixth best player. Prospecting the minors is a huge part of a keeper league so I feel we need a huge number of keeper slots. Maybe be forced to throw back 5 players at most. Money limiting keepers and an auction are far more interesting ways of doing things but I don't see that as an option in an automated draft league even tho theoretically we could hold a chatroom auction next year for the available players instead of a suplemental draft.
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| 61 | biliruben
Sustainer
ID: 3502218
Mon, Mar 18, 2002, 17:25
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That would make next year's draft (often the most fun) boring as heck. Some of your most intriquing questions would be "Should I pick up Mark Grudzilanek or Dante Bichette?"
Better would be a two tier system. Be able to hold any 4 players, then have 3 additional slots you can hold that can only be players with less than 100 major league ABs. That would provide the impetus for scouting minor leaguers, but not destroy the draft.
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| 62 | Baldwin
ID: 4261155
Mon, Mar 18, 2002, 19:04
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Love the 2 tier idea. 8] Give me more room to play in the lower tier, hmmmm? 8]
Five an five would be too many?
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| 63 | Madman
ID: 21020124
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 00:15
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Is there an easy way to do the two-tier thing with Yahoo's system? I.e., do we have to have our second tier on our Yahoo roster???
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| 64 | biliruben
Sustainer
ID: 231045110
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 00:26
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Dunno, Madman. Never played yahoo. We seem a bit rudderless right now. Unless someone steps up with some experience and decisiveness, I fear for this league.
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| 65 | nerveclinic
Donor
ID: 36249190
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 00:56
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Answers to some of the questions above.
With Yahoo, we can start over each year. We just start a brand new league. I someone quits person taking over team starts with his own password. The commishioner can fill in "all" players onto teams just as I will this year. So say we start draft on this sunday. We will hold draft right here on a thread. When the draft is complete, I go to the yahoo league and manuelly enter all the info.
Next year I will fill in everyones keepers before the draft or after, doesn't really matter.
All the questions raised above are very simply solved with Yahoo, it's why I like it so much.
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| 66 | Madman
ID: 21020124
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 01:00
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I guess my question was really about the roster space on Yahoo teams. I.e., can we secure our minor-leaguers on reserve slots? Or does all that have to be done manually?
It could get confusing if a minor leaguer gets called up and someone, unaware of who or IF he is owned, simply acquires him right away.
The Yahoo system would work well for a simple "reserve 6 player" keeper league. I understand that. I was wondering more about the two-tier system, and if it would be flexible enough to do that.
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| 67 | nerveclinic
Donor
ID: 36249190
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 01:03
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Rockefellar has a great way to come up with draft order. Go to the link above and check it out. Every time the dice is rolled it sends an email telling the whole league.
Skank since I am on the other side of the planet, could you please rollm the dice? I think we talked about starting draft on Sunday the 24th? Let's say noon east coast time 9 am west coast. Try to get as much done as possible that day.
Sounds like we like 4 players you can keep as well as 3 players with, can we say less then 200 AB's 100 is so easy to go over.
I will also have 4 slots for injured reservers so you don't have to get rid of players to make room when someone gets hurt. (I do this because it's a sleeper league.
Please fill the remaining 3 slots if possible. you are welcome to give password to trustworthy people.
Nerve
From a beach in Thailand. (Eat your hearts out)
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| 68 | nerveclinic
Donor
ID: 36249190
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 01:10
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So is the live draft a no go. We will definately do a slow draft as the main draft, but should I delete the live draft league or is there intrest to keep as a non keeper league?
Either way the slow draft will be the "official and keeper league.
Nerve
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| 69 | Madman
ID: 21020124
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 02:07
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200 AB's, 75 IP????
I won't be back from church until probably 1:30 PM EST. Is that a big deal with the slow draft? Or do I need to be there right away?
I can go either way with the live draft league. I gotta start doing some research either way here . . .
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| 70 | biliruben
Sustainer
ID: 231045110
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 02:11
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Not that it was clear if there was room for me to be in or not, but if it's Sunday, don't try and make room for me. I'm up in the interior BC snowboarding all weekend, and won't be back until Monday.
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| 71 | rockafellerskank
Donor
ID: 432451418
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 09:06
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Nerveclinic: RE: post #67.
I can roll the dice whenever is needed, but...
1) If we end up live fast draft on Yahoo!, don't they have a randomizer?
2) If we do slow draft, I'd prefer to roll the dice after we get the other (3?) owners in on the league, otherwise, I'll have to make a slot for Ghost Owner #1, Ghost Owner #2, etc....
3) Some owners surpressed their e-mail addresses on the yahoo sign-up page, so I can't get them a dice roll result unless they change that feature or trust that it was legit.
4) The dice roll is immediate, it could be executed as late as 1 hour before draft, although, I'd prefer to have it done at least 24 hours before draft kickoff.
I have someone to invite, but would prefer to have the other details such as keeper parameters and draft type/time firm before I was him to commit.
As far as the details, I'm OK with any of the above proposals, but someone needs to make some decisions for the rest of us lemmimgs to follow ;)
rfs ®
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| 72 | Madman
ID: 21020124
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 13:56
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I'd prefer to have knowledge about my draft position as early as possible, actually. Whenever is convenient.
I think I left my email on the yahoo pages; either way, I trust you and it might be a good idea to publish the draft list here for easy reference / historical interest.
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| 73 | Toral
Sustainer
ID: 2111201313
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 14:03
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I'm interested in the league if there are any slots open but I would like to know the settings. Is it straight Roto (yick)? Head-to-head or season totals? I played a Yahoo! hockey league this year and it went just fine, even without the pleasure of whuppin' liberals.
I suppose even with the problems getting everybody together at the same time you-all are against an auto-draft?
Toral
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| 74 | nerveclinic
Donor
ID: 36249190
Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 07:16
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Toral: I am not against a live draft but everyone else seems to want the slow so the majority has ruled. I have heard noone else ask for live or auto.
As far as minor leaguer's goes. I can increase the number of players we may have on our teams so you can in effect hold a minor leaguer in an unused slot.
I don't think anyone should be able to claim a minor leaguer until he is called up but there is a two day waiver period so everyone would have a shot. It would go to the player with the lowest waiver number which will make retaining good waiver position all the more valuable.
I agree we can't roll the dice until everyone is in league...can you guys dig up three more? Someone give Toral the password he wants in.
We could make it a 12 team league if Toral joins. Then Skank could do the dice roll. But wait, I forgot, Billiburn wants in also that makes 13 so we would just need one more. Could someone get the two of them the password? It's my last night in Thailand and I can't deal with it. 8)
Yes it's a straight 5x5 roto Billibrn. Thought it would be best to keep it traditional since the gurus are a mostly stodgy conservative group 8)
Skank so far everyone has left an adress and we should make it a requirement of joining the league. No good reson I know of not to provide a email address. I someone doesn't want to give their main one they can get a new on at hotmail to use very easily.
Oh well, I got to get going, I can't even begin to describe what I am experienceing in Thailand. Sounds like Baldwin knows.
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| 75 | rockafellerskank
Donor
ID: 359283123
Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 07:38
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Toral: I'm sending you the password. The league settings will be in the e-mail.
blockaa has also contacted me about the league. I'm sending it to him too. This will bring us to 13 owners.
biliruben: Are you #14?
To All: If we are going to do a slow draft, we need to get going. As far as minor leagues, why don't we agree to execute the major league draft (22 players), and get it entered on Yahoo. The minor league part could be done in Phase II in 30 days or so. If there is a rookie you want such as Beckett or Burroughs, you'll just have to take him in Phase I, If you want someone like Jack Cust, you could wait until Phase II since he won't be in the majors on 4/1/02 anyway.
I'd suggest that we can "keep" 7 of our 22 major leaguers to be named as a "keeper" before the ASB and all ouf our minor leaguers (those that fit the above criteria). The minor league keepers may have to be kept off the yahoo site- no big deal. After 2 years, you have to promote your minor leaguer to the majors or release him.
If you go to the baseball standings boards, you will see several drafts. Some got butchered, some went smooth. The WPFB draft was smooth as silk (12 guys x 25 rounds) and still took us 2 weeks to complete. I'd like to see us start Thursday morning -- 48 yours from now.
I'm not trying to take charge here, but I am trying t move things along. Feedback welcome....
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| 76 | biliruben
Sustainer
ID: 231045110
Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 09:39
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rfs -nope. I'm gone for the next 5 days. Take toral.
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| 77 | Toral
Sustainer
ID: 2111201313
Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 11:23
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I wouldn't want to take biliruben's place but I see my signup makes me #12 so there is still room. I hope you can make it in, biliruben, whether through autopicking early or a delayed start or whatever.
As a late entrant I will take whatever I get rules and timing-wise, but it looks like I will be away tomorrow in the day (so I expect) so I would like to know definitively when the slow draft is to start so I can rank for autodrafting through the night if necessary. I had to put my Yahoo! autopick hockey list together in 2 hours so it should work OK.
Toral
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| 78 | rockafellerskank
Donor
ID: 432451418
Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 11:25
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blockaa is in. He only has room for one more Yahoo! team (you are limited to 4), so he will sign in as soon as we decide which league we are using. So, keep one space open for him.
Most of you may know blockaa by his frequently used team name: I'm Tiger Woods
rfs ®
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| 79 | biliruben
Sustainer
ID: 231045110
Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 12:00
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Sorry, Toral; too much on my plate right now to do any research.
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| 80 | Seattle Zen
ID: 411302615
Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 12:26
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I can't participate if it is a slow draft that starts this week or weekend. I haven't made my queue, done any research, and I am leaving Thursday. I like live drafts, 2 weeks for a slow draft is simply ridiculous.
I don't mind bowing out, but unless we wait until Monday, I can't be in.
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| 81 | Toral
Sustainer
ID: 2111201313
Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 18:32
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Well, it wouldn't be much of a balanced political league without representatives of the anti-corporate left, would it? And it looks like they need till Monday.
Just an observation.
Toral
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| 82 | rockafellerskank
Donor
ID: 359283123
Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 20:52
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SZ, I don't mind waiting, I was just trying to move things along. FWIW, don't back out. I don't think you can remove your team from Yahoo! once you join, thus if you back out we will all have to go to a new league ID and sign up -- too much work!
To All: Do some research soon, get prepared, rate your players, be ready to go. It's really only courteous to be prepared when the draft does get here.
rfs ®
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| 83 | Toral
Sustainer
ID: 2111201313
Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 21:04
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Good work, rockafellerskank. The fact is that someone needeed to take charge in a borderline-authoritarian (or real authoritarian) way. If we all prepare and rank, we should be ready on Monday or soon thereafter for the fate Providence befalls us.
If the liberals in the 19th century had been left to "design baseball", we would still be debating how far apart the bases should be.
Toral
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| 84 | nerveclinic
Donor
ID: 34229210
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 00:44
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Sorry guys. I would have tryed to be more on top of this but not easy with all the distractions in SE Asia.
I personally don't like the idea of being able to take minor leaguers until they are called up. I just think it should be only players who are currently in the game. You still have to research minor leaguers so that when they get called up in Sept or whenever you are ready to pounce. It just seems really complicated to also have a minor league draft. How many do you get? Can't we limit to players currently in the game and make the waiver order the determineing factor on who gets players as they are called up?
We should take a vote on this aspect very soon.
If the majority wants to however I would ask that we not have that portion of the draft until say April or May so I and others have additional time for research. I wasn't prepared for that aspect of the game.
Zen. If you want out of the slow draft league simply go to team edit and remove your team from league. That would give us 12 and you can stay in the other league. Anyone who does not want to do the fast draft next weekend, please also remove your team from that league.
Starting Monday is fine except I remind you Zen and I am on the west coast and won't get home till 10pm east coast time. I really had hoped we could do much of the draft Sunday so we would concievably be around the house and get allot done. We could say that the following Saturday we all have to be home to do the slow draft and finish.
This is what I don't like about the slow drafts. Everyone has their own schedule. The fast draft worked great last year and I don't really understand why we wouldn't use again. I forsee many problems especially with west coast east coast times. The speed of the fast draft means a new pressure that is part of the appeal.
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| 85 | nerveclinic
Donor
ID: 34229210
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 00:48
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Skank you have my blessing to take charge. It's just to difficult to stay on line over here.
I have always said the league is a pure democracy anyway so whatever is decided I will go along with. My opinion's above and is just one vote.
I will be home Friday night 8( and I will be in an airport all day Thursday night and will have access to a free internet.
Gotta love that. Free Internet in the Korean airport.
If you can get the league filled and roll the dice that would be great. Go look at the league and make suggestions on wether there are enough player slots etc.
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| 86 | Madman
ID: 21020124
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 01:00
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Slow, fast, whatever will work.
Regarding the minor league draft, these are some of the problems that I was worried about. It will be a ton of work to keep track of our own lists and players for a minor league draft. And I'm not really sure it's worth it.
We have larger roster spaces, so you should have room to snag new players when they come out. If there's an easy way to do it [minor league draft], I'd go for it. But there are some serious logistical issues that really have to be answered. And whatever we do / don't do really needs to be decided very quickly . . .
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| 87 | Perm Dude
Leader
ID: 46132213
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 01:04
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I agree. So long as it's not confusing I'll go along with the group.
pd
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| 88 | rockafellerskank
Donor
ID: 359283123
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 02:00
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Alright, RE: post #85, I'm going to point out and summarize a few things:
Here are the owners so far..... There are 13. I will recruit a solid #14 or perhaps biliruben or perhaps someone else has a contact? Let's get this person ASAP.
Seattle Zen
Madcity Maniacs
Myboyjack
deepsnapper
Toral Tories
Action Figures
Black Project - nerveclinic * (commissioner)
Stars Upon Thars - permdude
Baldwin's Berserkers
CCRider
Potomac Mustangs - BlueBalls
Political Skank - rockafellerskank
I am Tiger woods - blockaa (RESERVED)
SPEAK NOW IF YOU NEED TO BOW OUT RE: post #84, I checked the edit team info and didn't see a way to delete a team, perhaps I missed it? Or perhaps only the commissioner has that ability?
I'm reading from above, although there have been many opinions expressed, I am trying to state the majority opinion(s) here. If you object, speak now and make a strong argument or hold your peace. The first owners signed on to the league 30 days ago, so everyone should have had ample opportunity to speak up.
Draft: Looks like the best place to start is Monday @ Noon EST with a slow draft. Let's use the Political Board as it is less cluttered with all the other drafts going on. If we don't get near fnished by 3/30/02, we can vote on whether to continue or shift to the live draft on Yahoo on 3/30/02. If the slow draft dies, be prepared to have your players pre-ranked if you can not make the 3/30/02 live draft. That's 10 days from now! SZ, although you say that you think 2 weeks is long for a slow draft, my experience tells me that is pushing it.
Courtesy : Since we have a lot to get done and everyone has their priorities (life, work, family, eat, sleep, etc..), please try to post when you can be online and leave a short queue with someone if you are out to keep things moving. Realistically, we have 6 days to get through 14 x 22 picks = 308 players, so we need to knock off 51 picks per day!!!! One tardy owner can stall the entire draft.
Rules: Please read the Yahoo rules. Since this has been designated a "keeper" league and many theories have been proposed about minor leagues and who/what to "keep", there is no consensous. I think since we are pressed for time..... we will deal with prospects later (perhaps as late as the ASB). Draft your major league team (22 players) with the thought in mind that you can keep any 10 (out of 22) of your draftees. You must name yor "keepers" by the ASB. I know there are better and more involved ways to do keeper leagues, but there really isn't time to debate this. Otherwise we will be debating it on 3/31/02 ! The "keeper" rules can be revised by vote next year. Don't worry about what has to be kept offline. I can do it, or we can get a site to do it next year. that's really not a problem.
Draft Order I'll use this random number-dice rolling site to select the draft order as soon as the 14th manager is found. Everyone will get a copy of the results via e-mail.
I'll field responses to this message until Noon EST on Thursday. At that time, I'll e-mail this post to everyone in the league. If no objections ae posted, we will begin @ Noon EST Monday 3/25/02 with the first pick.
If anyone feels I amout of line, speak up and take over the ship.
rfs ®
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| 89 | biliruben
Sustainer
ID: 231045110
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 02:15
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Ok - I won't have any time to prepare, but I arrive in SeaTac at 8AM PST, and should be in my office by 12:30est, latest, so I am in.
If someone would send my the password and anything else I need, I am #14.
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| 90 | Toral
Sustainer
ID: 2111201313
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 02:19
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Good work, rfs. That's what this league, and indeed our society needs, Authority!.
Somehow I feel that this league, like our society, is headed for the tank...but I'll be with them both all the way!
Since we're not starting till Monday, I think that biliruben, probably now blissfully playing in the snow with ski bunnies, can be #14, and since we can't contact him, we don't really need to move fast till then.
Then it will be Raus, Raus!
Toral
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| 91 | Perm Dude
Leader
ID: 46132213
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 02:23
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Way to go rfs. Or should I say, "baaaah!"
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| 92 | Madman
ID: 21020124
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 03:10
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22 picks * 14 teams . . . that's 308 picks in let's say 6 days. . . that means 51 picks per day, or hopefully 4 picks PER TEAM per day. That means we all need to check in a MINIMUM of 4 times over the course of a day . . .
Just posting those stats to give us an idea of what we are up against. This is going to be tough.
How about one thread to list picks, and another thread to post when you'll next check in, etc.? That could really clutter the main draft thread.
And regarding the start of the draft, once you get the dice rolling, why wait???? I mean, if I'm #1 or #2 I know who I want. Granted, I may not be ready for pick #10. But how about "no pressure" until Monday, but go ahead and whoever gets whatever pick go ahead and start listing their picks? Even if we can only get 10 picks done before Monday, that would still be 3% of what we need to get done. Just an idea.
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| 93 | Baldwin
ID: 4261155
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 04:33
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I can truly say I have never been as pumped about a fantasy sport competition as I am today about this one. Many thanks to the Skankster for takin the bull by the horns.
You can expect me to be hanging on the internet at least once an hour 20 hours each day so it won't hang up on my account. [altho I may have to do it on my son's computer as usual. Draft test in the fast draft league is still not working despite several download attempts. By all means use the test now and make sure you can enter the fast draft.] If there is anyone who won't move heaven and earth to check in four times a day for the slow draft please speak up now.
I expect we could easily keep a list of reserved minor leaguers and even tho few of you hang on the WW as tenaciously as I do I would prefer that not to be such a factor and would like a more orderly way of landing the minor leaguers of our choice.
Nerve....tsk tsk....these kids, you warn em, you try and steer em in the right direction but do they ever listen? *sigh* 8] - 8/
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| 94 | rockafellerskank
Donor
ID: 359283123
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 08:26
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biliruben, Password sent. I'll make sure blockaa gets into the league ASAP and that gets us to 14 owners.
Remember, speak up now if there is a problem. Another Gurupie has even IM'd me, so we have a back up if there is a problem.
There are two Yahoo leagues set (one live-fast, one slow) It's Political Junkies (League ID# 24840) that we will be using if all goes well.
Madman, RE #92, you are right, now that we have all 14 owners in place, I'll roll them dice by noon today.... still leaving until Noon today for any objections. If you are one of the first picks, go ahead and pick! If you cannot be available, then we will wait until the official draft start date before pelting you with offensive e-mails. Madman is right, if we can get a few picks in, it will help. To those who have schedule issues until Monday, the first few picks are often no-brainers maybe you can e-mail a queue until you can get back to do more research? I'd be happy to accept any queues and execute your picks if this works.
I'll e-mail all owners an alert in a few minutes in case some haven't been checking here in the past 48 hours.
In order to make things easier (and to prevent duplicate picks) I'll create a draft thread for picks only and a discussion thread for discussion and also for each of us to leave availibility times / AIM screen names, etc...
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| 95 | Seattle Zen
Donor
ID: 37241120
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 10:48
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I'm in. I'll be ready by Monday.
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| 96 | Blueballs
ID: 595183011
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 18:29
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here i am© greetings©
just to clear this up, our slow draft starts Monday, March 25 ?!?
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| 97 | rockafellerskank
Sustainer
ID: 432451418
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 18:31
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BlueBalls- Welcome. Yes. 3/25/02, but since you are here there is "voluntary" drafting going on early. Just FYI, you are up # 1.04 if you care to select. We are trying to get 1 round in ahead of schedule.
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| 98 | nerveclinic
Donor
ID: 542542118
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 19:08
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Have you rolled the dice?
If so can you post the draft order.
Also I now realise that since we are doing the draft on roto guru I can probably get on line to make picks a couple of times during the day. Work computer won't let me log into yahoo fantasy sports but guru site shouldn't be a problem.
Rock, thanks for picking up the ball.
Madman, the league will not tank it just needed someone who wasn't up to his eyeballs in chaos on the other side of the planet to help get things moving.
I am home Friday night and can make any changes to the league deemed necessary.
Yes you definately can remove yourself from a league up until the time the draft takes place.
On the main page that shows all your leagues there is a button above the list of your leagues that says edit. Click on it, it will relist leagues with a delete option.
Nerve
Somewhere in an airport in South Korea.
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| 99 | rockafellerskank
Sustainer
ID: 432451418
Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 19:18
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THE DRAFT HAS STARTED IN THIS LINK - optional picks for those who can make them before Monday
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