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| Posted by: Guru
- [330592710] Tue, Mar 04, 2008, 21:37
The draft will be activated shortly, although the clock will not be turned on until after the completion of the first round (or Friday morning, if we haven't completed the first round by then.)
We will once again use a 6 hour clock. The clock will pause between 1am and 7am ET. I know that the pause times extend late for easterners and end early for westerners, but with a 6 hour pause, this still provides a 12 hour window for any pick which extends through the pause period, which should be ample.
If you time out, the draft will move on. Skipped picks can be made up at any time thererafter. If your turn arises and you still have an outstanding skipped pick, I will probably move the draft on to the next picker. If we get well ahead of pace, I may relax that stance. But hopefully it will not become an issue. This also means that people on the turn have a single clock period to make their first pick, or both picks will be skipped.
Although the clock will be set at 6 hours, we cannot make satisfactory progress if many managers use much of that allowance. We need to average about 1.5 rounds per day, so please do your best to keep up the pace. If we fall behind, managers who are chronically slow may be put on an shorter clock.
We will use this thread for logistical communications, to help others anticipate potential delays, to recruit someone to accept a queue, to announce or solicit trades, to coordinate changes in the clock for weekends, etc. Please check this thread regularly throughout the draft, as we will rely on it as the primary means of communication among RIBC managers.
Established draft etiquette is that no undrafted player names should be mentioned either here or in the rationale threads, and in the event of an infraction, should be edited out.
After two rounds have been completed, a separate draft rationale thread will be started. We will try to keep that thread on a 2 round lag. Therefore, after you make your pick in round 3, please immediately post your round 1 pick rationale, and so forth. I usually draft my rationales as I make picks, so that all I need to do when the time comes is copy and paste. I recommend that approach for everyone.
You may draft a player even if he is not currently listed on Yahoo. In that event, you will have the first rights to claim that player when he is listed, as long as you preserve that roster slot for him.
Once the draft is completed, you will no longer be able to protect a slot for any unlisted player. At that point, unlisted players will only be available through the standard Yahoo waiver/free agent process.
When you select a player, please list him at the position that you primarily expect to use him. Of course, these positions are not binding, and are only indicative of your anticipated usage. Yahoo position eligibilities will be used throughout the season.
The draft software allows you to set up a queue, and to make that queue available to any other manager who you authorize as a designated picker. Be aware that, as commish, I am automatically authorized as a DP for everyone. Your queue will not be visible to your DPs until it is your turn to pick, and you may specify whether the entire queue should be visible, or only the top name. However, if you do not make your queue "available", then no one will be able to see it when it is your turn. If you want your queue to be used, then please be sure that you have it set as available. If you do not want your queue used, then be sure to make it unavailable. If it is your turn and a queue is available to me, I will make that pick for you unless you have posted explicit instructions to the contrary in this thread.
In order to keep the draft moving at an acceptable pace, please make active use of queues if you expect to be unavailable when it is your turn. Recent drafts have gone very smoothly due primarily to the active use of queues.
The draft will last for 25 rounds. You are not required to draft a player for every position. |
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| | | 2 | Building 7
ID: 48033121
Tue, Mar 04, 2008, 22:36
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OK. The draft has started. Good luck to everyone.
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| | | 3 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Tue, Mar 04, 2008, 22:52
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Very cool. Looking forward to a competitive season. Just set up my 17-man queue for picks 16/17. Of course Building7 just 'stole' my top choice ;)
Good luck all!
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| | | 4 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 11:08
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Anyone interested in trading up for a certain pitcher? Send me an e-mail.
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| | | 5 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 12:03
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Gonna hit lunch and make my decision there. I'm down to 3 players (ugh!). I'll pick as soon as I'm back.
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| | | 6 | dror
ID: 5283329
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 17:59
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I'm looking to make a couple of trades, if anyone is interested please e-mail me.
1. I want to trade down in the 2nd round. my pick is 2.06 (22nd overall), and in return I'm looking for a pick towards the end of the 2nd round, and also a 10th rounder. I will add my 23rd rounder to make it 2 for 2. according to the pick value analyzer it's about even.
2. I'm looking to swich 3rd and 4th rounders (mine are 3.11 and 4.06) with someone below me in the draft order.
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| | | 7 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 19:29
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I am usually near a comp weekdays and evenings, so if someone needs a DP or any assistance during the draft, I am available. Also, if I can assist any of you who maybe want a text message with an update of where things stand so we can maybe prevent unneeded delays to keep the draft moving, feel free to contact me.
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| | | 8 | RoBoGuRu
ID: 53123191
Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 23:49
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sorry for that long delay everyone...i was stuck driving from boston to danbury, ct and back today...i will do my best to not let that happen again...
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| | | 9 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Thu, Mar 06, 2008, 00:41
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I am on deck but turning in for the night. I made Slackjawed Yokel my DP and made my queue available. If he is ready to post pick 1.15, he can post 1.16 and 2.01 for me and it will be right back at him. I've shuffled my 3-player queue around so many times in the last 30 minutes, I've had enough.
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| | | 10 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Mar 06, 2008, 12:28
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I just emailed slackjawed yokel to make sure he's aware that he's been up for awhile. If we had activated the clock for the first round, we'd have had two skipped picks already. Hopefully, once we clear this round, everyone will be attentive. Kudos to most of you for keeping the overall pace moving along.
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| | | 11 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Mar 06, 2008, 15:35
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I see that slackjawed yokel posted the following several weeks ago:I'm in a training class the week of March 3-7, and it'll be very difficult for me to make picks during the day that week. I'll have access at night, and wouldn't be opposed to starting earlier without a clock... So it sounds like we may not get moving again until this evening.
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| | | 12 | Taxman
SuperDude
ID: 029463114
Thu, Mar 06, 2008, 20:09
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Thanks Guru
...for me, draft delays always feel shorter when there is an advance post notifying the others of a potential/certain time that requires one to not have internet access. Sometimes others in the league can offer alternative solutions such as phone or text messaging. It just helps to know.
And speaking of that: I will be on a road trips beginning next Monday (March 11th) @3 PM CST thru 1oish, then again either Tuesday night (March 12th) or early Wednesday morning returning home @ midnite Wednesday (13th). I hope to have a laptop with an uplink card with me. In the alternative, except during meetings, I can use my cell phone if some one is willing to call me.
Leave me an e-mail address and I will send my cell number.
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| | | 13 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Thu, Mar 06, 2008, 20:24
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Ugh. I feel like I'm watching paint dry...
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| | | 14 | Slackjawed Yokel
ID: 425869
Thu, Mar 06, 2008, 22:20
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Sorry for holding things up guys, I didn't get back to the hotel until 8pm local time. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance at all yesterday to check in (and was in no state to be be making picks last night anyway - you know how road trips can be...)
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| | | 15 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Mar 06, 2008, 22:28
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6-hour clock is now on.
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| | | 16 | dror
ID: 5283329
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 01:37
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me and JeffG have agreed on a small deal
He will take my 3.11 and 4.06 and I will go to the corner for 3.16 and 4.01
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| | | 17 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 01:39
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Deal confirmed.
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| | | 18 | Uptown Bombers
Donor
ID: 035616416
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 05:59
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I've set up a 10 man queue for rounds 2 and 3. In both rounds, please just take the top name available. Thanks.
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| | | 19 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 11:53
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[16-17] Trade has been processed in kafenatid
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| | | 20 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 13:21
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FYI - it's gonna be about 90 minutes before I pick. I just got back from lunch and I have a meeting right now. I haven't had a chance to load the recent picks into my spreadsheet and I don't want to make a pick on the fly.
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| | | 21 | Uptown Bombers
Donor
ID: 035616416
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 15:28
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Thanks to my Dp'ers for making my picks.
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| | | 26 | JL
ID: 22226718
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 19:27
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I'm around, but I'm still thinking about which direction I want to go with this pick. I'll choose in the next thirty minutes or so.
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| | | 27 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 19:29
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Just to throw this out there to the teams at the bottom of the draft. I may be looking to move up in the 4th round depending on the availability of someone. If you're interested in trading down in the 4th shoot me an e-mail.
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| | | 29 | Taxman
SuperDude
ID: 029463114
Fri, Mar 07, 2008, 23:33
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Thinking..will pick in a few
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| | | 30 | Taxman
SuperDude
ID: 029463114
Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 00:32
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Sorry for delay...I hate it when your 5 person queue is picked clean in 6 picks. I owe some posts.
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| | | 31 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 00:55
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Again, I am on deck but calling it a night. I set SANFORDORS/Dave R who is up right after me as my DP (how many Daves do we have in the league this year?) and my Q is set.
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| | | 34 | Uptown Bombers
Donor
ID: 035616416
Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 07:49
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Looks like a mistake on Kafenatid. I don't think JeffG's pick should be skipped. Shouldn't the weekend draft pause be set the same as the daily draft pause? Either way, considering JeffG's post (31), we should wait until he or a DP'er gets his pick in.
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| | | 35 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 08:16
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Yeah, BH took Tejada at 1:11am. So JeffG should only be an hour into his clock right now.
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| | | 36 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 08:50
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Just woke up and made my pick so we are back on track. I'll email kafenatid admin (KKB) with a description of what happened. Maybe it was the combo of the traded pick and the weekend draft pause. OTC is currently prompting me to pick again.
Reminder that Daylight Savings Time is tonight so the overnight draft pause, if it works, is an hour shorter.
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| | | 38 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 09:33
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JeffG made his 4.06 pick (Beckett), even though it still shows it as overdue.
Dave, as long as you can make your 4.07 pick (I assume you have a text window available to make it in), go ahead. I'm sure KKB will sort out the software glitch at some point.
Although the site says there is no weekend pause, that really means no additional pause. The regular daily pause should continue to be active on weekends as well.
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| | | 39 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 10:55
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Hope this does not come into play but, OTC has Sanfordors 4.07 pic expiring at 1:12 PM ET which is 6 hours after my 4.06 pick "expired", instead of 2:34 PM which is 6 hours after my 4.06 selection was posted.
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| | | 40 | Dave R
SuperDude
ID: 3010361110
Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 11:06
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I just picked Jeff. It was strange this morning, when I got up, the draft showed my pick was available, and your pick of Beckett was available.
I wasn't sure what to do, and by the time I visited here, read your post, and got back to the draft , it then showed your pick as " missed ".
So obviously I waited. Just got home a bit ago and saw it all sorted out.
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| | | 45 | blue hen
ID: 0022514
Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 22:15
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Well I'll be. Chone Figgins started 6 games at second base in 2007, yet is eligible there for 2008 on Yahoo. I had no idea.
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| | | 46 | StLCards
Dude
ID: 31010716
Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 22:30
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You're right bh, and that is who I was referring too in my 'other option' in my rationale for Papelbon. When it was my pick my computers where in use for a project and I tried to check yahoo for position eligibility on Figgins from a different computer as I thought he might be available there, but I couldn't log in to yahoo, and he wasn't nearly as interesting as a 3B, so I took Papelbon.
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| | | 54 | dror
ID: 5283329
Sun, Mar 09, 2008, 16:04
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I'm looking to trade up in the 7th round, if somebody from the top of the order want to swich 7th and 8th rounders with me (mine are 7.11 and 8.06), shoot me an e-mail.
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| | | 55 | Uptown Bombers
Donor
ID: 035616416
Sun, Mar 09, 2008, 16:15
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Just as a heads up for those of us drafting at the top, I am a DPer for STLCards, but his queue is unavailable/empty. Not sure if he is around or not.
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| | | 58 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Sun, Mar 09, 2008, 22:22
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I'm heading to bed and leaving a one-player queue. If nobody is in the queue, then I agree to trade 7.07 and 8.10 to Dror for 7.11 and 8.06.
He is looking for a specific player, so there's a chance that he doesn't want to make the trade. In that event I'll pick first thing in the morning.
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| | | 59 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 00:02
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If it gets to me at 7.16, I'll pick first thing in the AM, which for me would be a little after 7AM Eastern time.
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| | | 61 | blue hen
Leader
ID: 710321114
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 00:27
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This draft is getting pretty interesting. And fast - I blinked and it was back to me. Fortunately, it looks like my team is off to a great start and I took forward to dusting all of you during the season.
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| | | 67 | Bash Brothers
ID: 59147244
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 13:21
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Please use my Q for Rd 8 but not Rd 9. Thanks
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| | | 68 | RoBoGuRu
ID: 53123191
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 13:49
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y are rationales being posted here instead of on the rationale thread?...missed rationales i understand...but these last 2 couldve been put into the rationale thread with placeholders for any that are not there yet...
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| | | 69 | Tosh
Leader
ID: 057721710
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 15:04
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Re: 68 - I was waiting for Guru to start a new thread for rounds 7-12.
Now that I've had a cup of coffee and actually woke up, I see that Round 6 rationales should probably go in the Round 1-6 thread. ;-) My bad.
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| | | 70 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 15:13
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Rationales should be posted here only if they are overdue - or if the poster knows he will be away when it is due.
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| | | 73 | JL
ID: 522321014
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 16:32
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Sorry, fellas. I got held up for much longer than expected today. I will pick shortly.
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| | | 76 | Uptown Bombers
Donor
ID: 035616416
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 20:22
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One thing I have noticed this year that seems different is a larger difference in the draft positions of players across all the RIBC drafts. I keep checking to see where guys are being drafted and it seems the other leagues offer less predictability for my choices. I haven't formally charted it or anything, just the guys I'm looking to draft and to see where I can expect them to fall. I keep finding 2,3,4 round differences on a lot of guys. Seems odd, otherwise I never noticed it as much in past years. Not sure what it means if anything, but I'll be looking forward to this years consolidated draft pick chart that Guru always posts.
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| | | 77 | Bash Brothers
ID: 23755618
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 20:36
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Please pick for me (Rd 9) if there are players available in my Q. Otherwise I'll pick in about 8 hours. (Something emergent. Sorry for the delay)
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| | | 79 | Species
Dude
ID: 07724916
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 21:22
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A true "lol" moment reading Buiding 7's Renteria 'rationale', ending with "that's not much of an analysis" - lmfao
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| | | 80 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 22:02
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Gonna be about 90 minutes before I pick. Just got done with class and my queue is empty. It'll take me an hour to drive home and sort out the recent picks.
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| | | 81 | StLCards
Dude
ID: 31010716
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 23:20
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Burrell and Youkilis, might as well just assign those guys to Guru on a permanent basis ;)
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| | | 82 | Taxman
SuperDude
ID: 029463114
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 02:01
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drore-mail sent..look at it befoe you make a round 9 selection
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| | | 83 | blue hen
ID: 16322314
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 09:58
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Slight problem here. I think Taxman put the wrong guy in his queue. I never heard of this guy, and he has the same last name as another guy on the same team.
I'm going to wait a bit and let him pick someone else if he wants. Or someone convince me to take the guy from his queue.
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| | | 84 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 09:59
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I am one of Taxman's DP's but am wondering if he wants me to admin his pick based on prior post [82] and my unfamiliarity with the player in his queue. I have his phone number, please stand by.
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| | | 85 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 10:06
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I left a voice message and sent an email. Lets give Taxman a little time to have a chance to straighten this out.
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| | | 86 | Dave R
SuperDude
ID: 3010361110
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 10:19
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I also got the designated picker email for taxman and for the same reasons did not pull the trigger on making the choice.
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| | | 91 | JL
ID: 302131111
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 13:13
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I've left a queue with several players that I'm not excited about. Feel free to use it.
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| | | 94 | Bash Brothers
ID: 59147244
Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 19:44
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I'm looking to trade down in the 11th round, if somebody from the bottom of the order want to switch 11th and 12th rounders with me (mine are 11.05 and 12.12), shoot me an e-mail. (I'll leave in about 60 minutes)
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| | | 111 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 18:05
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A plea for some support!
Yesterday, when I made my 10.11 pick, I had to fill in 8 placeholders (from 8.03) before I could post 8.11.
Now, I'm about to do the same thing, getting ready to post the 10.11 rationale, but the latest rationale post is only 10.03.
Please - if you make a pick, post a rationale or a placeholder. And if you need to add a placeholder or two to catch up, please do that. We should never get 8 posts behind - especially two days in a row.
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| | | 116 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 22:03
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I'm going to bed. I left an 8-person queue. Hopefully that will be enough to move things along.
I'll catch up my rationales tomorrow, it's been a crazy couple days.
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| | | 118 | JL
ID: 352111222
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 00:11
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Anyone heard from coldwater?
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| | | 122 | JL
ID: 4255137
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 09:55
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I've left a queue. Use it for one round only.
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| | | 123 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 12:31
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Our overall pace is right on target, at 1:02 per pick, even including the much-slower opening round. If we keep to this standard, we will finish on Saturday, March 22. I think there's a better than even chance that we'll actually finish on Thursday or Friday.
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| | | 124 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 14:04
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Wow I'm surprised we're on track. This draft seems to be taking a longer than last year.
I like to go to bed early. Last night I stayed awake an extra 60 minutes trying to configure my queue so the draft would keep moving. It's frustrating to know I could have just gone to bed and not worried about it.
If you're not going to be around for a while and for some reason can't leave a queue it's okay. But please post a message here and let us know. It seems like common courtesy for me.
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| | | 125 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 14:16
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I know that coldwater coyotes has been attending to some rather untimely and sudden personal issues, so he's been very good about leaving queues.
As commish, I can see that he does have a queue set up with at least one name in it, but he did not make it "available", so I can't see it. I wonder if he simply forgot to do that.
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| | | 129 | Uptown Bombers@work
ID: 8956216
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 15:14
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I will be without access for most of tomorrow, until around 8 pm at least. I was hoping that the draft could make as much progress as possible today to get it close to my next two picks. Doesn't look that way now. I will be sure to leave a lengthy queue by late tonight, but it will be extremely hard to do that. I don't think I could put 25 guys in there right now, for instance, and be truly happy about taking them them in rounds 14 & 15. But I'll wait and see, and hopefully everyone else is ready to pick and we get some good movement by late tonight.
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| | | 130 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 15:36
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If CC times out, that will be at 5pm. I will be able to make a pick for Bash from his queue, and then I'll make my pick. So Flying Polack, you should assume that you'll be able to pick by shortly after 5:00. RoBoGuRu, you should also plan accordingly. And then, 2 of the next 3 have also set up queues. So if FP and RoboGuru are prompt, we can go through a flurry of activity in short order.
Uptown, if it would be helpful, I can call you during the day tomorrow when your pick comes up, in case you want to be able to react. Send me an email if that is of any benefit.
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| | | 131 | Taxman
SuperDude
ID: 029463114
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 15:38
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Dave...I think you are correct. He forgot to flip the switch.
I did same yesterday in Poli draft (having left the internet for a bit and failing to activate the DP to see/select the 15 name queue). I mention this because CC follows me in that draft and he did activate me as a DP for his queue.
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| | | 132 | Uptown Bombers@work
ID: 5191415
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 15:42
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I'll likely take you up on that offer, Guru. I'll send you an email tonight with specific queue instructions and such after seeing how far we get. I'm optimistic about our movement considering the info you posted and that the delay should have most ready.
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| | | 133 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 15:43
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Going into a meeting now, I'll be back around 4:30pm and ready to pick when it's my turn.
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| | | 139 | dror
ID: 5283329
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 19:51
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sorry about that, the placeholders weren't there when I started to write...
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| | | 140 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 20:21
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I was able to get KKB to look up the top name in Coldwater Coyote's queue, and I just made that pick for him, since everyone else has already finished their 13th round pick.
I'm pretty sure he intended to activate his queue.
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| | | 162 | blue hen
Leader
ID: 710321114
Sat, Mar 15, 2008, 02:58
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Rolling rolling rolling. It's starting to get pretty thin. Which is interesting. I'm quite happy with how my draft is progressing.
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| | | 164 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Sat, Mar 15, 2008, 05:32
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Queue left for the 17th round. Please don't use for the 18th round.
I'll be back online at 6pm to refill. I should be able to check in once or twice this afternoon too.
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| | | 186 | dror
ID: 5283329
Sat, Mar 15, 2008, 19:13
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there is a problem with my 13th round rationale, for some reason the title says Evan Longoria when it should be Jeff Francis (the content itself is the right one).
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| | | 206 | blue hen
ID: 16322314
Mon, Mar 17, 2008, 19:05
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Man, we really not finish this before I leave for Arizona in five days...
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| | | 207 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Mon, Mar 17, 2008, 19:41
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At our current pace, we should finish on Thursday afternoon. We are now averaging a pick every 56 minutes.
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| | | 211 | blue hen
Leader
ID: 710321114
Tue, Mar 18, 2008, 00:40
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Guru [207] - That includes our fast start, so we've been at worse than that lately. That's fine - I just get aggravated when it goes all day without a pick and then I have to pick at night, where I'm not as organized. No matter, we're almost done and I am exceptionally happy with my team.
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| | | 212 | RoBoGuRu
ID: 53123191
Tue, Mar 18, 2008, 00:43
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Taxman, do u realize that ur predicting disgustingly high WHIPs for all ur pitchers?! Would you really be happy with 2.5?
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| | | 216 | Uptown Bombers
Donor
ID: 035616416
Tue, Mar 18, 2008, 05:23
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I've set a short queue for round 22 only. I'll be able to check in around 1pm.
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| | | 218 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Tue, Mar 18, 2008, 11:23
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JL and Dave R - why didn't you guys put in placeholders? Please see Guru post 111
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| | | 219 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Tue, Mar 18, 2008, 11:41
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[211] - You're dead wrong, BH. That average includes our SLOW start. Remember that we had a 22 hour gap near the end of round one.
As of post 123, we were at an average of 1:03 per pick. Now we are down to a cumulative average 0:56 per pick. So our recent pace has been faster than 0:56.
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| | | 220 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Tue, Mar 18, 2008, 12:01
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To be fair to BH, the last several days have been modestly slower than the several days prior to that.
But our recent pace has not been slow. As of Blue Hen's Round #22 pick, our previous 4 rounds (64 picks) were accomplished in about 56 hours.
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| | | 221 | Uptown Bombers@work
ID: 377403010
Tue, Mar 18, 2008, 13:08
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My queue is updated and available for round 23.
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| | | 223 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Tue, Mar 18, 2008, 19:40
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I just made Slackjawed Yokel's round 23 pick as DP. Not sure if the queue is for round 24 also.
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| | | 227 | JL
ID: 592391821
Tue, Mar 18, 2008, 23:42
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Well, Guru put in a placeholder while I was typing my rationale.
And I have Mike Cameron as still playing for the Padres...
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| | | 235 | Uptown Bombers
Donor
ID: 035616416
Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 05:23
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Queue is set for rounds 24 and 25.
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| | | 236 | blue hen
ID: 16322314
Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 09:46
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I guess we're going to finish on time. Good work this week guys. Well, except with leaving players I want on the board. You were terrible at that, collectively.
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| | | 244 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 10:55
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It looks like we will finish the draft today. Tomorrow at the latest.
Please post your overdue rationales in this thread. You may post your rationales for rounds 24-25 here as well.
I hope to have all players loaded onto your Yahoo rosters by the end of tomorrow. Once they have been reviewed, we will have a 2-day waiver period, during which undrafted players may be claimed. Waiver priorities will be in the inverse order of Round 1 of the draft.
I know of at least one drafted player who is not yet listed in Yahoo - and there may be others. I will assign a placeholder player in those instances. Can anyone suggest some Yahoo-listed players who could safely be used for this purpose? These are typically players who have retired, or who are expected to be out for the entire season due to injury.
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| | | 247 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 11:21
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For a placeholder - The only one I could find who is listed on Yahoo is Casey Janssen who will miss entire season. There is also Rocco Baldelli who's baseball future is very uncertain.
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| | | 248 | StLCards
Dude
ID: 31010716
Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 11:30
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Troy Patton
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| | | 249 | blue hen
ID: 16322314
Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 12:35
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Shawn Green is retired.
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| | | 261 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 22:07
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The draft has been entered in Yahoo. Check you team
I had to use two placeholders.
Casey Janssen is the placeholder for Clayton Kershaw (Bash Bros)
Troy Patton is the placeholder for Johnny Cueto (RotoGuru)
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| | | 263 | StLCards
Dude
ID: 31010716
Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 22:48
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Not a substitute for everyone checking their own team, but I did a comparison of all the teams entered into yahoo against the kafenatid selections and they all appear right to me.
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| | | 277 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Mar 20, 2008, 17:05
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Good job on rationales. Keep em comin'
About half of you are done with them. The rest of you have some catching up to do.
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| | | 278 | Building 7
ID: 471052128
Thu, Mar 20, 2008, 17:27
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My team looks OK in Yahoo. Thanks.
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| | | 279 | Uptown Bombers
Donor
ID: 035616416
Thu, Mar 20, 2008, 19:05
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My team is OK as well.
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| | | 280 | Dave R
SuperDude
ID: 3010361110
Thu, Mar 20, 2008, 20:24
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Great rational for pick 25.06, Guru. Classic.
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Donor
ID: 035616416
Thu, Mar 20, 2008, 22:40
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Great rational for pick 25.06, Guru. Classic.
I liked Guru's rationale for round 24 more myself. It has a familiar ring to it, but I can't place it.
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| | | 287 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Fri, Mar 21, 2008, 10:06
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I also like the rationale for 25.06. But a "bullseye" ?
How about:
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