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 In years to come, stories were told among the local villages about a burning iceberg wandering the Barents Sea, always barely visible on the horizon, with ethereal, haunting cries of "save!" echoing across the lonely floes, the distant crack of the bat resounding off the walls of the fjords. These were among the more cheerful Russian folk stories in existence. Reardon back to closer, Orosco up to short relief; Hoyt in for Willis. The Postmodernists request the Office of the Commissar refer to Joe Kelley in any further derisive comparisons as "Hall of Famer Joe Kelley." I invite IceMole to trade me Valenzuela/Falkenberg/Cedeno for Bonds.
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cbx posted:Don't worry. If I really wanted to mess with ya, they'd both be Out for Season. I was joking, no worries. 
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cbx posted:EC Injury Update #2 aggggggggggggg If Felix is back, put him back in the rotation, DL Carlton, put Shane Reynolds in at 4th starter, and keep Briles as 5th starter
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quote:Analysis  He deserves a reward for his lonely, hard work in finding the answers in those sordid, dark corners of Add Slaught as personal catcher for Sal "The Barber" Maglie, because that seems thematically appropriate.
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Expansion Cup VII - May EVERYBODY READ THIS!!! As we get deeper into the season, fatigue becomes more and more of an issue. As players fatigue, they become ineffective, and more likely to get hurt. Many of you have players that have (tired) or (sore) next to their names. A tired player will usually return to full health with a day or two off; you can get by with platooning him for a while, and he'll be fine. A sore player, however, needs at least a week of rest to get back into shape; you should consider benching him or sending him down to the minors for a month. Remember: During the actual Super League, you'll be able to make lineup changes on a week-to-week, rather than month-to-month, basis. Games of the Week quote:SPOONERS GUN DOWN BARONS IN WILD SHOOTOUT  quote:UTTERLY PREDICTABLE DEFEAT BEFALLS PESSIMISTS YET AGAIN AS TECHNOCRACY CONTINUES INEXORABLE MARCH TOWARD GLOBAL DOMINATION  quote:GLORIOUS COMMUNISM TRIUMPHS OVER SHODDY AMERICAN MACHINERY  quote:FLYING DUTCHMEN WEATHER THE STORM, UPEND TORNADOS  Numbers!!! Catalina 2 Fish, 1 Bubble    You appear to have four really good starting pitchers. The rest...well... Spokane Air Raids    Remember last month, when I said your pitching would probably get better? Well, it didn't. But I still think it probably will. New England Arguments    Nomar will get better. You need to find a catcher and like a dozen pitchers, though. Providence Barons    Your pitchers have been just decent enough to keep you afloat thus far, but I don't think it can continue. Web 2.0 Bloggers BETA    You only have four good hitters, but at least you're smart enough to bat them 1-4. Cleveland Commies    Playing Alexei Ramirez over Brian Roberts might have made some sense when you tried it, but it makes no sense to continue doing so. Florida Dickshots    Well, Cal Ripken's batting .268, so he's off to a bit of a slow sta--wait, that's his OBP? Jesus. San Juan Elephants    The bad news is that Joe Torre's sore and needs time off. The worse news is that Joe Torre is like your second-best hitter. Wow. Philadelphia Failures    Kevin Youkilis can't stay healthy or hit well if he's playing third, and Carl Crawford sucks and got hurt. Some things never change. Flushing Flying Dutchmen    You have two very obvious weak spots, one of which will probably get better. So that's good. New Orleans Mashers    I'm kinda sad that Carl Everett will never be in the Super League. Smasher would have a field day with him. (Seriously, don't take Carl Everett into the Super League.) Albany Pessimists    Bob Brenly might be an alright manager, but he shouldn't be your catcher if you want to go anywhere. Cuba Smokers    Why isn't JD Drew better? I want JD Drew to be better.  Norfolk Splinter Cells  cbx just sent me this; he didn't include the individual stats. It's better that you don't see them. Oneida Spooners    Having two guys with over-.400 OBPs at the top of your order covers up a lot of faults, mainly in the pitching staff. Seattle Suicides    You have Babe Ruth, playing like Babe Ruth, and you still suck. That's incredible. Venice Beach Surf    See now this is the Carl Crawford that I thought the Red Sox were signing. Cancun Tornados    Mike Magnante isn't this good. The rest of your pitchers, though? They just might be. Hartford Whalers    Bernie Williams is your cleanup hitter. That's not...you know...good. Wausau Woodchucks    Maybe it's good that the Mooglies and Superstars are doomed. If they weren't, it would feel much worse when Smasher killed them for this.
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On the one hand, I am glad the next update's up. On the other hand, The Goog referred to the leader of a communist organization as 'czar'. Perhaps, if I am being kind, The Goog is simply ignorant. But I doubt that, I believe that The Goog is making a provocative statement that conflates the excesses of Marxism-Leninism with the Imperialist regime that it overthrew. This is not a novel argument, of course, dating back in literature to at least Orwell's Animal Farm, where Napoleon, the allegorical counterpart to Stalin, is ultimately seen adopting the same mannerisms and style of dress as those characters that represent the oppressive and callous leaders of capitalist nations. But, people of the thread, no matter how much The Goog, black-hearted capitalist that he is, wishes to invite the comparison, the dream of a stateless society where workers own the means of productions will survive even this latest slander. Workers of the world, unite!
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 Well, time for a shakeup. New lineup, vs both lefties and righties. Send Joe Torre down to the minors for a month. #1 Joe Ferguson, CF #2 Davey Lopes, C #3 Felipe Alou, SS #4 Denis Menke, RF #5 Jimmy Wynn, 3B #7 Steve Garvey, 2B #8 Joe Carter, LF Rotation SP #1 Clay Carroll SP #2 Dr. Mike Marshall SP #3 Ron Reed SP #4 Larry Andersen SP #5 Jim Kern
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 Well everything is going pretty well for me all things considered. Old Wade Boggs is playing out of his mind for me which is better then what I could have ever hoped for, Schmidt is mashing taters, and our rotation has been solid. Also by some grace of god, Dave Cash has not been awful, which is borderline amazing. 3rd best record in the league two months in is much better then what I was expecting. Unfortunately we are in the same division as the Splinter Cells, who have apparently gone the Kyle Lohse route and made a deal with the devil for elite baseball skills. If we are going to close the gap a bit, we are going to have to make a few adjustments. First things first, we gotta do something about Bernie, he is not getting on base and he is not hitting for contact, it might be time to bench... cbx posted:Garry Maddox - Hartford Whalers - 35 days ...gently caress. Well that came at a bad time. Drop Maddox to the DL, and call up Randy Valverde. Murcer being sore also is worrying, but it is only the EC, and I am willing to gamble on him. But to be safe I am going to platoon him at DH for the month. My new outfield is going to be as follows: LF: Roy White CF: Bernie Williams RF: Paul O'Neill And my DH platoon: RHP: Bobby Mercer LHP: Greg Luzinski As for the infield, less needs to be changed, but it is clear that Derek Jeter is not ready to be a full time SS. So I am going to go ahead and platoon him with Larry Bowa for the next month and see what happens. My batting order should now be as follows: RHP 1: Wade Boggs 2: Roy White 3: Bobby Mercer 4: Paul O'Neill 5: Mike Schmidt 6: Dave Cash 7: Thurman Munson 8: Bernie Williams 9: Larry Bowa LHP 1: Wade Boggs 2: Roy White 3: Greg Luzinski 4: Mike Schmidt 5: Paul O'Neill 6: Derek Jeter 7: Dave Cash 8: Thurman Munson 9: Bernie Williams Pitching should remain untouched. Paul Zuvella fucked around with this message at 05:53 on Oct 30, 2012 |
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 We're going to shuffle things a bit, too. Lineup vs RHP SS Wagner CF Lynn LF Musial DH J. Rice 1B Yastrzemski C Fisk RF Slaughter 3B Bell 2B Schoendiest Lineup vs LHP SS Wagner CF Wilson LF Musial DH J. Rice 1B Yastrzemski C D. Rice RF Evans 3B Bell 2B Hemus Pitching SP1 Adams SP2 Cooper SP3 Leifield SP4 Torrez SP5 O'Toole CL Campbell SU Eckersley SR Stanley SR Hassler MR Drago MR Hendrix LR Camnitz
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 My tanking strategy is working perfectly, that's what I'm doing yep Rest Tim Raines, replace him with Ken Singleton edit: also, my new lineup doesn't seem to have been put in Monicro posted:New Lineup: Monicro fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Oct 30, 2012 |
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Quite frankly, the fact that the Spooners have a winning record at all is a miracle considering the hilariously bad pitching staff I assembled.
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mks5000 posted:
The splinter cells are a filler team - I'd be optimistic that CBX will zero out their wins so they don't get into the playoffs.
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We are confident that Comrade Goog was not slanderously implying a lineage from Ohio imperialism and simply misspoke. If I am incorrect... measures shall be taken.   New vs RHP 1. Brian Roberts 2B 2. Bryce Harper CF 3. Paul Konerko 1B 4. Roberto Clemente RF 5. Melvin Mora DH 6. Ryan Zimmerman 3B 7. Willie Stargell LF 8. Miguel Tejada SS 9. Javy Lopez C vs LHP 1. Brian Roberts 2B 2. Melvin Mora DH 3. Paul Konerko 1B 4. Roberto Clemente RF 5. Ryan Zimmerman 3B 6. Miguel Tejada SS 7. Mike Morse LF 8. Javy Lopez C 9. Jayson Werth CF
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  worst team in existence with Babe Ruth, as expectedNew lineups until Pudge gets back or something Jesus Christ 1. 2006 Placido Palanco, 2B 2. 1999 Jonny Damon, LF 3. 1999 Mike Sweeney, 1B 4. 1918 Babe Ruth, RF 5. 1999 Jermaine Dye, DH 6. 2006 Brandon Inge, 3B 7. 1999 Carlos Beltran, CF 8. 2006 Carlos Guillen, SS 9. 1999 Chad Krueter holy loving poo poo this may be the worst thing ever, C Pitching Rotation: 1. 1918 Carl Mays 2. 1918 Bullet Joe Bush 3. 2006 Justin Verlander 4. 1918 Dutch Leonard 5. 1999 Kevin Appier who the gently caress is Joe Allen. if he's a real person, move Joe Allen to the bullpen until Nate Robertson comes off the DL, and put him in Long Relief. Also, if I could get some help with this soreness issue with Guillen and Sweeney, that'd be awesome why the gently caress did I leave Ordonez off my 28-man roster. my pitching situation would still be the worst thing ever but at least Sweeney being sore wouldn't be an issue. I have so many problems that even getting first pick in the dispersal draft would barely help
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Pungry posted:
STOP PUTTING BRANDON INGE AT 3B!
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 vs. Righties C Bresnahan SS Sewell 1B Kelley RF Snider CF Speaker 2B Cronin 3B Robinson LF Johnson vs. Lefties LF Kelley CF Speaker 2B Stephenson 1B Hodges C Campanella SS Cronin 3B Robinson RF Selbach
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Smasher Dynamo posted:STOP PUTTING BRANDON INGE AT 3B! But Joe Randa is sore and I have no other backup infielders. What am I supposed to do then?
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Pungry posted:But Joe Randa is sore and I have no other backup infielders. What am I supposed to do then? Even putting Giambi at 3B and Sweeney at 1B would probably be better.
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Why is Jeremy Giambi a better 3rd baseman than Brandon Inge? What makes Inge so godawful? He was pretty good in 2006!
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Pungry posted:Why is Jeremy Giambi a better 3rd baseman than Brandon Inge? What makes Inge so godawful? He was pretty good in 2006! Oh, that's right, you have Jeremy Giambi, not Jason Giambi. Okay, I think I know what your first dispersal draft pick should be now.
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NotThatSamBeckett posted:
 Since you leave which Falkenberg open to interpretation, I'll assume the '03 one and accept.
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IceMole posted:
Trade approved! Fernando Valenzuela has been freed! Time to move onto my next cause... Free Billy Herman!
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It would be pretty rad if the EC could get standings along with their scores, not sayin' just sayin'. e: Injury/tiredness lineups! vs RHP C Bill Freehan 1B George Grantham LF Boog Powell ?F Kirby Puckett ?F Lenny Dykstra 2B Dick McAuliffe SS Luis Aparicio 3B Brooks Robinson P vs LHP C Bill Freehan LF Barry Bonds 3B Brooks Robinson ?F Kirby Puckett 1B George Grantham ?F Lenny Dykstra SS Luis Aparicio 2B Freddy Sanchez P Instructions - I listed Puckett and Dykstra as ?F. Please either use your judgement as to which should be CF and which RF, or tell me their defensive ratings so I can figure it out. - Make Ernie Lombardi personal catcher for Milt Pappas and Red Lucas. - Once Bonds is rested, make the 3-5 hitters vs RHP Dykstra-Bonds-Puckett - Once Herman is healthy (and presumably not tired), put my OF back to Bonds-Puckett-Herman. Against RHP, he should hit 2nd behind Grantham, dropping Freehan to 5th and moving Puckett to 3rd. Against LHP he should hit 5th between Puckett and Grantham. - Once Hrbek is healthy, put him at 1B against RHP and move Grantham back to 2B. Bat him 6th where McAuliffe currently sits. - It would be cool if, when you reorganize me for guys coming back from injury, you could see if Barrold is tired. If so, let Dykstra hit for him against RHP for a week, swapping him with Puckett in the order. Mornacale fucked around with this message at 07:59 on Oct 30, 2012 |
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 Well it's not like I didn't know pitching was going to be a problem. HELP! Important Roster Stuff: Take Jim Bouton out and shoot him. Let Derek Lowe take his place  It's Hatteberg Time! Lets see just how bad Hatteberg will stink up the place. Swap Hatteberg in for Howard as day-to-day catcher. Howard becomes Whitey Ford's personal catcher, and plays versus lefties. And, ugh, 3B. Valentin needs a week off...so please put Malzone in for him for 7 games, then platoon them if possible:- 4 games Valentin : 2 Malzone.  Hitting Order vs RHP: 1. Stirnweiss 2B 2. Garciaparra SS 3. Williams DH 4. Mantle CF 5. Vaughn 1B 6. Maris RF 7. Keller LF 8. Hatteberg C 9. Malzone 3B may God have mercy on him and us all, at least until Valentin recovers. Vs LHP: 1. Stirnweiss 2B 2. Garciaparra SS 3. Williams DH 4. Mantle CF 5. Vaughn 1B 6. Maris RF 7. Keller LF 8. Howard C 9. Malzone 3B (until the glorious return of John Valentin) And for the love of the tiny baby Jesus, somebody trade me a pitcher...
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I included the standings with the screenshots I sent to Goog, not sure why they're not posted. I'll see if I can get them up myself but a lot of sites are down for me today. Probably that Sandy chick's fault.
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Well, I think I was in completely over my head when I decided to enter this league. I have absolutely no idea as to what I'm doing, and my personal life has taken a strange turn. cbx, Smasher, I am seriously considering dropping out of the league. I think I should take my time and research things like stats/strategies/whatever, and maybe try entering when the next expansion sign-up occurs. I'm really sorry about this, but I think I wasn't ready. Again, I'm sorry for any trouble this may cause.
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 Let's alter my vs RHP lineup to give Cronin/Big Hurt some extra rest this week. vs RHP LF Speaker 2B Rose RF Robinson CF Charleston 1B Youkilis C Torre/Martinez 3B Ventura SS Tejada P Pitcher
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 Yikes. Ok, with the pitching injuries, make Livan Hernandez and Danny Haren starters, call up Putz and Walden and have them in the bullpen As for lineups: Vs. RHP: RF Gerarldo Parra 2B Jeff Kent DH Barry Bonds 1B Albert Pujols LF Ellis Burks C Miguel Montero CF Torii Hunter 3B Mark Trumbo SS Rich Aurelia Vs. LHP CF Mike Trout 2B Jeff Kent DH Barry Bonds 1B Albert Pujols LF Ellis Burks RF Justin Upton C Bobby Estallella 3B Ryan Roberts SS Rich Aurelia That should help with the fatigue a bit, hopefully.
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cbx posted:I included the standings with the screenshots I sent to Goog, not sure why they're not posted. I'll see if I can get them up myself but a lot of sites are down for me today. Probably that Sandy chick's fault. drat it. I knew I forgot to do something.   This early in the season, every team still has some semblance of a chance to compete. Laissez Faire Division, remember that the Splinter Cells are skewing your standings really hard, but also remember that they're the kind of team you're going to be up against when this is all for real.
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BearDrivingTruck posted:Well, I think I was in completely over my head when I decided to enter this league. I have absolutely no idea as to what I'm doing, and my personal life has taken a strange turn. If it's a personal issue, then I understand, because a fantasy fantasy baseball league should run about 815th in your list of priorities. But if you're just feeling outclassed, don't be. The Super-League really doesn't require that much knowledge of baseball. I mean, yes, you look at someone like CthulhuDreams, who is some sort of sentient spreadsheet, and you think 'wow, that guy really knows what he's doing...except about Riggs Stephenson, I'm not sure what that's about', but most owners aren't like that. The Pessimists are currently running over .500. That says to me that you have a better idea of what you're doing than half of the owners. Dynamo League Week 19 Injury Report No new champions Burma Imperialists Placido Polanco (IF) (That's right! Another injury to a middle infielder! You'll play Matt Williams at SS whether you like it our not! Laugh with me!) - 11 days Lombard St. Gumshoes Rickey Henderson (LF) (Detective Don Slaught took another drag off of his cigarette. He knew the how, he knew the who, he knew the where and the when and what....but one question nagged at him...why would Harold Baines, a respectable outfielder, break Rickey Henderson's back with a crowbar? This was going to be one hell of a case...) - Out for Season Old Hoss Radbourns Goose Gossage (RP) (You try living in Raleigh during the heat of the summer with no air conditioning!) - 10 days Polyarny Postmodernists Rick Reuschel (SP) (They thought they were done with Denny Rainwater forever...) - 20 days Jesse Orosco (RP) (They were wrong...dead wrong...) - 11 days Portland Bulldogs Mark McGwire (1B) (So, which one of these new owners is your alt account this time?) - 15 days Rochester Generics Luis Tiant (SP) (Threnody for the Generics) - Out for Season Second City Saints Pedro Martinez (SP) (Shell-shocked on top of the cell!) - 12 days
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BearDrivingTruck posted:Well, I think I was in completely over my head when I decided to enter this league. I have absolutely no idea as to what I'm doing, and my personal life has taken a strange turn. I'm as new to SuperLeague as you, but if you ever want to talk baseball in general, you should hop on IRC or the SAS baseball newbie thread. e: Probably the most important thing to remember is that you're not running a baseball team, you're running a Baseball Mogul team. Given that BM is designed to give reasonable results, baseball knowledge helps, but ultimately even baseball experts have to learn to play to the sim. Mornacale fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Oct 30, 2012 |
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Smasher Dynamo posted:But if you're just feeling outclassed, don't be. The Super-League really doesn't require that much knowledge of baseball. I mean, yes, you look at someone like CthulhuDreams, who is some sort of sentient spreadsheet, and you think 'wow, that guy really knows what he's doing...except about Riggs Stephenson, I'm not sure what that's about', but most owners aren't like that. To take me as an example, I showed up with no baseball knowledge and some cricket knowledge, nearly damned a play-off team and have now lucked into a team composition that's winning my division by seventeen. If I can do it, anyone can!
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Except me! I'd like to think I know stuff about baseball(not as much as the SAS regulars do. Those are smart dudes.), but I haven't picked the right guys for the sim, which is why I'm facing relegation for a third time. Some of those guys really do sound good on paper, like the '85 Blue Jays. Future owners lurking the thread, take it from me, don't pick the '85 Blue Jays. Just don't. You will absolutely get relegated. Armitage fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Oct 30, 2012 |
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Armitage posted:Except me! Please don't slander Jimmy loving Key
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tatankatonk posted:Please don't slander Jimmy loving Key I lost him before I could get a chance to! At least I think I found Dave Stieb a good role as long relief. Guy never really worked that well in the SL.
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