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 Let's listen to Smasher, Ruth to DH and Moseby to RF! Play-off Roster Batting: #1: John Olerud (1B) #2: Duke Snider (CF) #3: Lou Whitaker (2B) #4: Babe Ruth (DH) #5: Scott Rolen (3B) #6: Lloyd Moseby (RF) #7: Asdrubal Cabrera (SS) #8: Al Simmons (LF) #9: Ted Simmons (C) Daulton will catch for Cy Young still. Bench Mark Grace (1B) Saint Bellhorn (IF) Jose Cruz (OF) Darren Daulton (C) Howard Johnson (3B/Lefty pinch hitter) Pitching #1: Jack McDowell (R) #2: Sandy Koufax (L) #3: Cy Young (R) #4: Jeff Tesreau (R) Closer: Rob Dibble Setup: Rob Nenn SR: Dave Smith SR: Kazuhiro Sasaki MR: Eri Yoshida LR: Burleigh Grimes May I wish good luck to all those competing in the gauntlet, I've been there and I wouldn't wish it on anyone!
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Oh, poo poo, my picks! Pick the winners, games (out of 5) and final score! Burma Imperialists vs. Rockford Losers. Losers in 5, 5-1 Fukuoka Finger-Bangers vs. Dubai Dervishes. Finger-Bangers in 5, 2-0 Finger Lakes Phoenixes vs. Ryleh Cultists. Cultists in 3, 7-4 South Bolton Eazy W's vs. Chicago Bobbleheads. Eazy W's in 5, 6-4 Pick two teams to advance! Idaho Potatoes Old Hoss Radbourns Poughkeepsie Superbas Rated R Superstars
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 Uh, picks: Rockford Losers in 5, 6-2 final Fukuoka Finger-Bangers in 4, 6-4 final Ryleh Cultists in 5, 3-2 final Chicago Bobbleheads in 3, 4-1 final The Rated R Superstars and the Old Hoss Radbourns advance. And then for actual team stuff: Take Crawford off the DL and put him in the minors. Set the lineup to: 1. CF - Ellsbury 2. 2B - Biggio 3. LF - Berkman 4. DH - Ortiz 5. 1B - Platoon Gonzalez/Gilkey 6. 3B - Youkilis 7. SS - Pedroia 8. RF - Flack 9. C - O'Farrell Finally, make Salty the personal catcher for Oswalt. e: I'm a moron. mentholmoose fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Nov 17, 2012 |
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gingemidget posted:Pick the winners, games (out of 5) and final score! e: oops im retarded, fixed Monicro fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Nov 17, 2012 |
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Nov 17, 2012 03:41
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Senerio posted:Next time, show some respect. Smasher Dynamo posted:Super-League VII Awards ToiletofSadness fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Nov 17, 2012 |
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Nov 17, 2012 03:42
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It's just an accurate reflection of the BBWAA process. It's the intangibles man!
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Something I've been thinking about for EC7: assuming the sims go smoothly up til the final month, it would be pretty cool to sim week-by-week at the end in order to heighten the drama (and give owners more control over) the playoff and first-pick races. Wouldn't even have to make full posts, just updated standings and lists of injured/tired players.
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EC Update in mini form The results are in, and well, bad luck to the Hartford Whalers. The lead changed hand s frequently in the final month in one of the greatest pennant races of all time. Due to a fuckup on my part, the screenshots are corrupt. I have to go out for a bit now, so I will fix that later (ETA, 6 hours), but as an interim measure, here are the results.     And the playoff teams I need rosters for, here are your lineups, minus your pitchers because that is what is corrupt. Please give me both DH and no DH lineups. Please highlight changes in bold.                             Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Nov 17, 2012 |
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Nov 17, 2012 05:37
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So here's the dispersal draft tentative standings? 1. Catalina (.393) 1. Spokane (.393) 3. Seattle (.436) 4. Florida (.442) 5. New England (.448) 6. Cuba (.454) 6. Venice Beach (.454) 8. Flushing (.470) 9. Philadelphia (.472) 10. San Juan (.479) 11. Oneida (.506) 12. New Orleans (.515) 13. Wausau (.519) 14. Hartford (.528) 15. Cleveland (.540) 16. Albany (.543) 17. Providence (.546) 18. Web 2.0 (.564) 19. Cancun (.636) Only nineteen teams because Cells are ineligible tatankatonk fucked around with this message at 07:25 on Nov 17, 2012 |
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tatankatonk posted:So here's the dispersal draft tentative standings? SmasherDyanamo, these two pairs are exactly tied for win loss - what do you want as a tie breaker? I'm inclined to say the teams in the no DH league are actually worse because they didn't have to play the splinter cells and posted those win/loss totals.
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:SmasherDyanamo, these two pairs are exactly tied for win loss - what do you want as a tie breaker? I'm inclined to say the teams in the no DH league are actually worse because they didn't have to play the splinter cells and posted those win/loss totals. No! That is not how we break ties in Super-League! Owners of the teams in ties! Make your best case for why you deserve preferential treatment in the draft! Remember, just like in real life, the more hyperbolic your argument, the better you're doing.
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I'm not in a tie, but I want to point out that teams at the bottom of the draft should be redistributed based on playoffs, e.g. the champion and runner up should be the last two picks and the other two playoff teams should be the picks before them.
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Champ & runner-up get preferential picks, actually. I should know, I sucked, picked 3rd in the expansion draft to get Pujols and then magically turned it around to win my division & get Willie Mays for losing in the Finals.
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Mornacale posted:I'm not in a tie, but I want to point out that teams at the bottom of the draft should be redistributed based on playoffs, e.g. the champion and runner up should be the last two picks and the other two playoff teams should be the picks before them. That I disagree with, because the relative talent level of a team is much more likely to come out over 162 games rather than a five or seven-game playoff series.
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 How awful were RFs in the Smasher League that 37 year-old Gary Sheffield is Gold Glove worthy? Play-off Roster Line-up 1.) SS: Derek Jeter '06 2.) 1B: Mark Grace 3.) DH: Babe Ruth 4.) CF: Josh Hamilton 5.) 3B: Alex Rodriguez 6.) LF: Brian Giles 7.) C: Rudy York (Jorge Posada catches for Tom Glavine) 8.) RF: Bobby Abreu 9.) 2B: Charlie Gehringer (vs. RHP)/Craig Biggio (vs. LHP) Bench Jorge Posada Craig Biggio Hank Greenberg Jason Giambi Andruw Jones Derek Jeter '10 Pitching 1.) Greg Maddux 2.) Curt Schilling 3.) Jason Schmidt 4.) Tom Glavine CL: Rich Gossage SU: Mariano Rivera SR: Larry Andersen SR: Norm Charlton MR: Craig Lefferts LR/Mopup: Mike Mussina
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Emperors In addition to Collins and Cobb playing full time for the gauntlet, let's also change to a 4-man rotation and put in THE Thornton Lee for Johnson as the 4th Starter.
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Hey, gingemidget, before I forget, thanks for the new banners, they're great and I really do think that add something to the thread. Also, while I'm remembering things, it's that time of season again... This Time! As you know, the winner of the Super-League is entitled to demand a best-of-nine challenge series with the Macho Men, the invincible warriors crafted by my own hand to ensure that no team ever grows too dominant in the Super-League. If you win the challenge series, your team will have achieved the impossible, and be forever known as the team that conquerable the unconquerable, if you lose, your team is immediately permanently retired. The owner will be given a chance to build a new team out of the scraps of the last feeder team list published, and will be allowed to retain three players from their old team, but the team will be weaker that the championship club you just lost. So, do any of you have the raw courage to take on this challenge if you win the Super-League? You don't have to decide today, but it's something to consider.
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Oooooooooooooh. What does this team look like? Or can you not tell us because it's a secret?
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CraigK posted:Oooooooooooooh. What does this team look like? Or can you not tell us because it's a secret? You can go find their roster from the latest Macho Men challenge in the OP. But you won't beat them.
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Smasher Dynamo posted:That I disagree with, because the relative talent level of a team is much more likely to come out over 162 games rather than a five or seven-game playoff series. Yeah, but any team good enough to make the playoffs, that then gets to guarantee adding an elite player with their #1 pick, is probably going to leapfrog the teams that don't. Let alone if Cleveland makes the finals and is still picking before a non-playoff team.
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tatankatonk posted:You can go find their roster from the latest Macho Men challenge in the OP. But you won't beat them. I can't beat the other Expansion League teams, but yeah, I can totally take on that team of scrubs  Cool to see Eddie Joost on it; one of the most underappreciated shortstops ever. Had he been born 60 years later with his skill set, he'd have been a star.
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CraigK posted:I can't beat the other Expansion League teams, but yeah, I can totally take on that team of scrubs Yeah, it's a cool team with some underrated players. Smasher built it out of the remaining feeder teams a bunch of seasons ago, so it's basically a bunch of guys from one and two point teams and a few players taken from teams they've relegated.
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Mornacale posted:Yeah, but any team good enough to make the playoffs, that then gets to guarantee adding an elite player with their #1 pick, is probably going to leapfrog the teams that don't. Let alone if Cleveland makes the finals and is still picking before a non-playoff team. Yeah, I think a decent compromise would be that, since the 18th and 19th picks are going to be traded for 19th century stars anyway, they get moved down to the bottom of the draft board, and the 16th and 17th picks stay as-is. So if it's Cleveland and Providence in the finals, their picks get moved to the bottom, and the draft order looks like 1. Catalina (.393) 1. Spokane (.393) 3. Seattle (.436) 4. Florida (.442) 5. New England (.448) 6. Cuba (.454) 6. Venice Beach (.454) 8. Flushing (.470) 9. Philadelphia (.472) 10. San Juan (.479) 11. Oneida (.506) 12. New Orleans (.515) 13. Wausau (.519) 14. Hartford (.528) 15. Albany (.543) 16. Web 2.0 (.564) 17. Cancun (.636) 18. Cleveland (.540) 19. Providence (.546) And draft order isn't even affected since the last two picks are going to be given up for the rights to like Dan Brouthers and King Kelly anyway. I mean, I totally understand Smasher's point of 162 > 5 or 7, and yeah, for the teams that will actually be picking there, leave it like that, but it would be pretty unbalanced for Cleveland to be picking up a 19th C. star and getting the 34th and 53rd overall picks, while someone like the hypothetical Cancun team gets picks #19, #38, and #57 despite a much better W-L record. TL;DR: put the two World Series at the bottom since they're each getting A 19th Century Guy anyway, let the losers of the LCS pick as is since they're not. The fact that they're getting what's the equivalent of like a Top-5 pick in the first is more than balanced out by the few-slot-drop they're getting. They're basically trading their 2nd and 3rd rounders down a few slots to move up 15 slots in the first. CraigK fucked around with this message at 11:40 on Nov 17, 2012 |
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CraigK posted:Yeah, I think a decent compromise would be that, since the 18th and 19th picks are going to be traded for 19th century stars anyway, they get moved down to the bottom of the draft board, and the 16th and 17th picks stay as-is. So if it's Cleveland and Providence in the finals, their picks get moved to the bottom, and the draft order looks like You're missing the point that the whole reason the EC playoff teams get special picks is so there's some sort of reward for doing well in the Expansion Cup. In the absence of that, there would be a theoretical incentive to tank as much as possible to ensure a high pick. While that has not generally been a problem in the past, this is how we've been doing things for four or five seasons now (I don't think the first EC had prize picks). Also, 19th century players aren't even the best prizes we've had. None of them are going to have any power, as far as Mogul is concerned. So they're at max four-tool players. Edit: And while this is slightly less true with the larger expansion cups lately, pretty much every first round pick is a top end player, considering the pool for the dispersal draft is four entire teams. Yes, a team getting a prize pick is going to get a better player than they otherwise would, the difference is generally not going to be that huge. Besides, if you're so worried about a team getting slightly advantageous picks, win the pick 'em. That's what the Dervishes did on top of going to the EC playoffs, netting Buck Leonard (the Black Lou Gehrig) from the prize pick and a prime Bob Gibson with the sandwich pick (which happened to be the next consecutive pick. Then again, that was also when we had only two single-division leagues so the two playoff teams were generally the teams with the two best records. Anyhow, jesus that was a lot of words. In summary, it's not nearly as big of an advantage as you think it is. Look at last season's EC, three of the playoff teams are in the Gauntlet after their first Super League campaign. Beet fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Nov 17, 2012 |
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 Nooooooooooo. Oh well, 14th pick in the dispersal draft is not bad. Pretty cool that we were tied with 2 games to go in the season too. Congrats on the win Commies.  I did not think that this team would have ever competed for the EC playoffs, so this is making me feel pretty good about how we are going to fend in the Super League. There are some pretty big holes on my team, but I've already started addressing them with the Super Auction. Harmon Killebrew gives me a slugging 1B, and Vernon Wells allows me to fire Bernie Williams into the sun. Still need to do something about Dave Cash and Paul O'Neill though...
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Okay, let's get crackin' With DH SS Wagner RF Evans LF Musial DH Rice 1B Yastrzemski CF Lynn C Fisk 3B Bell 2B Schoendienst No DH SS Wagner RF Evans LF Musial 1B Rice CF Lynn C Fisk 2B Schoendienst 3B Bell Pitcher
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 I almost forgot to actually post a roster for the DLDS. That wouldn't do at all. Lineup (same vs. both): 1. LF Joe Jackson 2. RF Stan Musial 3. 2B Joe Morgan 4. 1B Buck Leonard 5. C Johnny Bench 6. CF Earl Averill 7. 3B Tony Perez 8. SS Ozzie Smith Bench: C Carlton Fisk IF Dave Concepcion 3B Willie Kamm 3B Eddie Yost (I assume the auction trades aren't going through till after the postseason at this point) C/IF Gene Tenace OF Curtis Granderson Rotation -- It says Perry is my next starter, which means Gibson pitched the last game of the season. What does that mean for my rotation for the series? How many days off are there before the start? In any event, assuming it starts the first day of October and there are travel days, we'll go like this: SP1: Gaylord Perry SP2: Burleigh Grimes SP3: Bob Gibson SP4: Roy Oswalt Mopup: Wes Ferrell If Gibson can actually pitch earlier, go for it, though I don't think anyone but Perry would be rested for game 5... Bullpen: CL: Rollie Fingers SU: Hoyt Wilhelm SR: John D'Acquisto SR: Tom Hall MR: Clay Carroll LR: Gary Nolan Also, if you don't mind, could you push up the Defensive Replacements slider to +4? I figure if I get a lead going in late innings my best bet is to try and stop them from scoring any more runs.
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Gold Glove Gary Sheffield, huh?  :Haply for you are Beet, And have not those hard parts of power baseball That the Bangers have; for you shall decline Into the vale of seasons— and all too soon. Be gone. I am abused, and my relief Must be to loathe you. DLDS Roster 2B Nap Lajoie CF Duke Snider (discontinue the platoon) RF Ted Williams 1B Frank Thomas LF Barrificent Bonds 3B Edgar Martinez C Yogi Berra/Thurman Munson SS Pop Lloyd UT Lance Berkman IF Placido Polanco 1B John Olerud PH Paul Konerko OF Eric Davis SP Addie Joss SP Curt Schilling SP Nolan Ryan SP Joe Williams CL '75 Rollie SU '82 Rollie SR Kerry Wood SR John Hiller MR Terry Mulholland LR Dazzy Vance Mop Orel Hershiser  Christ, I'm relying on my middle infield for offensive production. I can't trust Ortiz, sadly. SLDS Roster LF Rickey Henderson 2B Roberto Alomar DH Lou Gehrig RF Brian Giles CF Max Carey C Bill Dickey/Mike Piazza 1B Adrian Gonzalez SS Barry Larkin 3B Red Rolfe SS Jimmy Rollins 2B Joe Gordon 1B David Ortiz OF Chet Lemon SP Jim Bunning SP Curt Schilling SP Don Sutton SP Carl Mays CL '70 Rollie SU Trevor Hoffman SR Ed Roebuck SR Alan Embree MR Bobby Schantz LR Lefty Gomez Mop Chris Young
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Pick Em! Pick the winners, games (out of 5) and final score! second team in each matchup has home-field advantage Burma Imperialists vs. Rockford Losers in 4, 3-2 Fukuoka Finger-Bangers vs. Dubai Dervishes in 5, 5-1 Finger Lakes Phoenixes vs. Ryleh Cultists in 4, 5-3 South Bolton Eazy W's vs. Chicago Bobbleheads in 5, 4-2 Pick two teams to advance! Old Hoss Radbourns Poughskeepie Superbas tatankatonk fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Nov 17, 2012 |
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Pick Em! Pick the winners, games (out of 5) and final score! second team in each matchup has home-field advantage Burma Imperialists vs. Rockford Losers in 5, 2-1 Fukuoka Finger-Bangers vs. Dubai Dervishes in 4, 5-1 Finger Lakes Phoenixes vs. Ryleh Cultists in 4, 5-4 South Bolton Eazy W's vs. Chicago Bobbleheads in 5, 5-1 Pick two teams to advance! Idaho Potatoes Poughskeepie Superbas BrooklynBruiser fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Nov 17, 2012 |
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BrooklynBruiser posted:Pick Em! Despite voting against me, I feel compelled to tell you that the Bobbleheads winning in 6 games in a 5 game series is pretty loving unlikely...
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Pick Em! Pick the winners, games (out of 5) and final score! second team in each matchup has home-field advantage Burma Imperialists vs. Rockford Losers in 5, 3-1 Fukuoka Finger-Bangers vs. Dubai Dervishes in 5, 2-1 Finger Lakes Phoenixes vs. Ryleh Cultists in 4, 5-2 South Bolton Eazy W's vs. Chicago Bobbleheads in 4, 2-0 Pick two teams to advance! Idaho Potatoes Rated R Superstars
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  The Gauntlet: Where those teams who have failed themselves and the Super-League are pitted against each other in a multi-round race for survival. The winner is forgiven his sins and granted a place in Super-League VIII, where he once more has the chance to lead his team to a championship. But those who fall here are lost forever, cast in the darkness, never to rise again. The meek may inherit the Earth, but only the strong will survive the The Gauntlet. Judgment!       : Hello, Grinnblade, it's me, the ghost of Ronald Reagan. You know, as I look back on my life, there are a few things that I'm pretty sure about. First, that trickle down economics is still a viable way of organizing the economy, as long as you're willing to accept that some poor people aren't going to make it. Second, that the Contras were really just freedom fighters, and their death squads really should have been called "life squads", as they were saving the Nicaraguan people from those Commie Sandinistas. And third, and this is probably most important to you, that Grover CLeveland Alexander, who I portrayed in 1952's The Winning Team, is a drat fine pitcher, and should be part of your Gauntlet rotation going forward. Well, thanks for listening to this old coot ramble on, it's been a pleasure. This is Dutch, signing off.   He who believeth in James Coburn can never die.    It was the last warm day in Poughkeepsie, at least that's what the papers said. Everett Thompson, shook his head, how could summer have come and gone this quickly? Still, it was warm now, and he was going to make the best of it, as winter would be here before too long.    Putting Ted Williams in a platoon, eh? Not the smartest thing you've ever done, The Goog. Next Time!  Pick 'Em Never Dies! Pick TWO! Idaho Potatoes Madison Mudholes Poughkeepsie Superbas Vice City Goose Eggs
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Hey, I totally thought these were seven game series. Whoops. I updated my predictions. And it's nice to see I went 0-2 on the Gauntlet so far. Let's see if I can go 0-4. Round 2 predictions: Poughkeepsie Superbas and Madison Mudholes advance.
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2 - 0 in pick 'em so far  Madison Mudholes and the Vice City Goose Eggs advance!
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Alas. If I thought for even a moment that the Superstars might have had a prayer against stiffer competition, I would be upset that they were relegated and a team with an identical record went on to play again. This grand experiment, that started with such promise and optimism, has come to an end. Goodbye, Superstars. Through your death, I hope you will bring my team new life. On this day...I see clearly...
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