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 Return Smoltz from the DL, fire JJ Putz into the sun or send him to AAA South Beloit (whichever is a more painful fate). Bullpen with Smoltz back: CL Smoltz SU Wetteland SR Bentancourt SR Myers MR Rhodes LR Sabathia Replace Youkilis with Rose at 3B for now. Voting C for the obit story.
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B, double down and see this poo poo through to the end... 
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Cyros wait... And I have to ask, just read the last few pages. Why is a singular gyro pluralized? If he gonna eat 3? And the ones I make don't get onion. Some nice Romaine heart instead. To each their own. E: And cucumber yogurt is called tzatziki. cucka fucked around with this message at 14:02 on Dec 25, 2012 |
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cucka posted:Cyros We eat donner meat with chips and garlic mayo/chilli sauce, sometimes with a pita bread. It's traditionally viewed as a late night take-away food for drunks, used to fill the body with fat, grease and food in a vain attempt to stave off the drunken munchies and an inevitable hangover. All it really does is make the hangover vomiting the next day have some content, so it's less painful than bile-heaving. 
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I vote C for the obit. Let's get Mark and his coon some gyros.
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C Damnit! Mark Grace wants Gyros for Christmas!
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cucka posted:wait... Because γύρος ends with an 's' sound, and Greek folks will look at you tiredly if you ask for a "jy-row."  Ugh. OK, Porter becomes Sutton's (oy, Sutton, break out the coarse grit stuff, eh?) personal catcher, Fisk starts. Send down Renteria, call up teenage Ybin Rnt (he's Welsh) to start. Despair at bullpen. Time to get centered, A.
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 Mark Grace needs gyros ASAP. Voting C. Some stuff for the Failures, too: Send down Roy Oswalt, recall Robin Roberts. Set the rotation to Alexander-Clemens-Vaughn-Lester-Roberts. Set the lineup back to: code:mentholmoose fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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pilllllllmaaaaaan B New rotation: Clemens Ellis Brown Martinez Santana Lineup needs more work. Hit the goddamn ball!
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 Ok, so, Damon getting injured is annoying, since he was part of my reshuffle plans here. Oh well. Votto goes down to the bench. Cabrera takes his place as 1B vs. righties. Beltran takes his place at DH vs. righties. And Elliott back in from the bench to CF. Also, gyros. Revenant Threshold fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Dec 25, 2012 |
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Dynamo League Week 6 Injury Report Dubai Dervishes John D'Acquisto (RP) (Not the worst thing that happened to you this week) - 15 days Gaylord Perry (SP) (This would be the worst thing) - 21 days Mighty Oneida Spooners Pete Alexander (SP) (Yuri Gellared! You know, because he bent spoons with his mind...supposedly.) - 9 days
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ForeverBWFC posted:We eat donner meat with chips and garlic mayo/chilli sauce, sometimes with a pita bread. It's traditionally viewed as a late night take-away food for drunks, used to fill the body with fat, grease and food in a vain attempt to stave off the drunken munchies and an inevitable hangover. All it really does is make the hangover vomiting the next day have some content, so it's less painful than bile-heaving. I prefer my donner kebab served the Rusholme way: on a naan bread, with red onions, garlic sauce and - best of all - mango chutney. Mark Grace takes his the same way option c
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 Super-League VIII, Smasher League Week 6: Words Hard! Games of the Week Don May posted:
Box Score   Don May posted:
Box Score   Television on TV!  : A lot of people wonder if I'm really this angry in real life. In fact, I'm even angrier. : You sure are! And welcome to another edition of TV Title Defenses! I'm Adam Dunn, and we've got quite the show for you tonight-: Why are you here?: Christmas Miracle, baby! Now, the Gumshoes came into this week as TV Champs, and they're slated to face the Philadelphia Failures in a four-game set.: And the Failures lose Game 1, and that means they'd have to win the next three games in a row to win the belt. Which probably isn't going to happen.: Well, if their players can start hitting and pitching and fielding better, there's no telling what they could accomplish. : Yeah, well, they won't accomplish a TV Title when here, as they drop another game to the Failures.: But, if they can mount a big enough comeback, then they can win the Larkin-Downing heroism award.: Wouldn't that require someone from Philly to be heroic?: Rocky was heroic! : Rocky wasn't even real! And the Failures win a game, but not heroically, so they'll get nothing.: You know what their lineup needs? A little vitamin D! : Gumshoes win, they defend the title, but at least the Failures put up a little fight. Also, Vitamin D? Are you saying they need more sunlight?: Well, no, I meant 'D' for 'Dunn'. Their lineup needs more Dunn.: Why, not enough strikeouts? : And here we are with the second defense of the week, the Gumshoes will take on the Arguments, who really want their TV Title back. But they'll face an uphill battle, as the Gumshoes take Game 1.: And, just to give you a little background, Robert_Deadford, owner of the team, recently announced that he likes mango chutney on a doner kebab. Fascinating stuff, there.: Mango chutney is never fascinating.  : Arguments even the series at one apiece, and so the winner of the final game will get the TV Title.: The Arguments won in 16 innings, is that enough to win then the Larkin-Downing award?: They didn't come back, really, so, no. : And the Arguments have a strong Game 3, and they'll win their second Television Title! : So, wait, Rick Reuschel gave up seven runs in the first two innings, and the AI still let him through almost 150 pitches? Is this something you should be investigating?: Why? All the cool kids like complete games, and the vast majority of Super-League teams have lovely bullpens anyway.  : And that will be all for today. Arguments take back the TV Title, and they'll face the Landers. If they win, they'll take on the Suicides later that week. If they lose, then the Landers and Gumshoes will have a three-title showdown on the moon! Team Statistics       Analysis Barons have the power, and that's been doing well by that so far. That said, they haven't had many games against good teams yet, so it's hard to say just how good they are.       Analysis Well, you've got Raffy and Morse, surely one of them can do better than Konerko, can't they?       Analysis Mays should come around, but Harder and Kaat? I'm not as sanguine about them.       Analysis Jack Cust, 56 ABs, 25 Ks. This can't surprise you.       Analysis I don't like Luzinski, and I think you need to replace him. As far your lefty-heavy rotation, well, it's going to make your life interesting at least.       Analysis Watch the fatigue of your players, and consider platooning Baines and Baylor.       Analysis Clemens is having a bad season, which, I guess, happens from time-to-time in the Super-League. I still think that Tejada is the bigger concern.       Analysis Well, Tim Wakefield is you ace. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that that's a bad omen for your team. But hey, TV Champs again!       Analysis Craig Biggio is the harbinger of sorrow. Accept that.      Analysis The Mathematicians are having one of their inexplicable rallies!       Analysis Robin Roberts might help your team! Or at least he can't make things worse.       Analysis The Cultists fall into 2nd Place! Panic time! Panic time! Also, I demand that you officially recognize that I was right about Luke Sewell.       Analysis At least it can't get much worse.       Analysis Your A.I. decided to let Kenny Rogers pitch 140 pitches in a game last week, and, well, that pretty much slagged his arm. You can take him out now, or when his arm finally explodes in a week or two, but he's not long for the Super-League.       Analysis The W's glide into first place, though they'll need to start giving their guys days off relatively soon.       Analysis Ford is great, Greinke is okay, the rest of your rotation is trash. Standings and Leaders      A. Realize that raising animals to fight each other for his own material gain is wrong and head to an Ashram in order to find some sort of spiritual redemption? - 1 vote B. Enter li'l Brian Pillman in the Rank D Coyotecon Tournament! - 4 votes C. Wait, if we're back on Earth-1, then we have money, and so can just get that gyros! - 9 votes Okay, enough of this nonsense. It's time to get back to work here. Training li'l Brian Pillman might have made sense, except for the fact that, on Earth-1, Mark Grace had plenty of money with which to buy a drat gyros. Grace and Pillman got in his Mazda and started heading up McCormick once more. Except this time, they were on Mark Grace's home turf now, Earth-1, and that meant that he could pay in dollars, which he had plenty of. Once again parking and Hub's, he and Pillman entered the restaurant and walked up to the counter. The cashier, confused, asked, "We don't allow animals in here...and what kind of animal is that, anyway?" "It's a coyotecoon, they're...oh, right, we're on Earth-1, and they don't have those here." Grace tried to respond. The cashier seemed even more confused, "Earth-1? What are you talking about? I'm going to go get the manager." But, before she could take three steps, li'l Brian Pillman had already jumped onto the counter and picked up a plastic fork, which he then stabbed right into the arm of the cashier. It was classic Pillman. But it did create certain problems regarding the acquisition of a gyros. DECISION TIME! Will Mark Grace... A. [Renegade] Intimidate the cashier into giving Mark Grace a gyros for free and an Italian Beef sandwich for li'l Brian Pillman. B. [Paragon] Apologize profusely and try and make things right. C. Flee! VOTE!
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B You are a good man Mark Grace.
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A Grace is not a man to let someone bully his coyotecoon, no matter how much of a monstrosity it is in his native ecosystem.
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Let's send Sale to AAA, and call up Palmeiro Lineup vs. RHP 2B Morgan CF Averill RF Clemente DH Stargell SS Ramirez LF Harper 3B Mora 1B Palmeiro C Burgess vs. LHP 1B Morse RF Clemente C Lopez DH Stargell SS Mora 2B Morgan LF Werth CF Averill 3B Zimmerman Can I get some more numbers for Maddux (and if it's not a problem, Brown)? It'd be nice to know if he's got something going on with his control (in which case, I'd have to consider some sort of challenge) or if the lovely ERA/W-L are just a small slump in strikeouts combining with a horrible defense. C - RUN FOR IT, MARK!
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I'm going to start arbitrarily making lineup changes just to give you more work  B.
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Faustoan Bargain posted:
Here are the only helpful numbers you don't currently have. Maddux: 7 HR allowed, 27/6 K/BB, 4.22 DICE Brown: 2 HR allowed, 27/12 K/BB, 3.28 DICE
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 It's time... for Kevin "Apples" Appier to make his debut! Slide Appier into the 5th slot. Let's give Rodriguez a break and put in Bill Dickey, with the same batting order, just him at 5th for now. If Jermiane Dye could play 1B then substitute out Sweeney for him for a week or something, but I doubt he can. If only Babe loving Ruth could start hitting one of these days. Also, B.
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Well done lads, now let me gently caress it up for you! Move Daulton in for Simmons for one whole week, make Daulton personal catcher for Young and Koufax hereafter! Bellhorn takes over at SS for a week again, Cabrera to the bench. Delahanty to 2B, Whitaker to DH. Bench Snider for this week, move in Moseby. Move Jose Cruz to LF, Al Simmons to the bench, Grace to the minors. Again, all of this is JUST for this week! Also, has Daulton not been being used as Young's personal catcher already? Seems he hasn't been used yet this season... ForeverBWFC fucked around with this message at 09:48 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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Smasher Dynamo posted:Clemens is having a bad season, which, I guess, happens from time-to-time in the Super-League. I still think that Tejada is the bigger concern. Agreed. I'll probably challenge Clemens in a couple weeks when he has a statistically significant innings count (assuming he doesn't improve), but I don't think any challenge in the world is going to save poor Mr. Tejada. Lineup: LF Raines 2B Collins CF DiMaggio C Gibson (Bailey for Richard) DH Ramirez RF Aaron 3B Brett 1B Garciaparra SS Joost With Joost in the starting lineup, I need a backup 3rd baseman. Send Tejada to AAA and call up either Bellhorn or Yost, whoever's better defensively at 3rd, to the bench.
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Smasher Dynamo posted:
If I've got Luke Sewell playing shortstop, then yeah, but seriously Joe Sewell shouldn't be playing this bad. If he was hitting .300 with some walks and no power like he's supposed to, then I'd be totally happy with things, but come on. He's even got a caddy for lefties. Him, Walker and Hartnett (and to a lesser extent Mel Ott) are all hitting like garbage, and Walker is further pissing me off by forgetting that he's a gold glove defender. This is further compounded by Big Train and Big Six sucking it up at the head of the rotation. They are both pitching worse than league average, despite the fact that my infield defense has to be one of, if not the, best in the league. Atleast Carlton is having a good season.  More seriously, let's make a couple of changes and I'll have to type up the rather tedious rating challenge for Ser Walker of Coors Field next month. Lineup Changes Call up Pedro for Tanana Call up Stan Musial for Mel Ott Call up Yount the Older for Yount the Younger. Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:my infield defense has to be one of, if not the, best in the league. I couldn't hear this over the sound of how awesome my infield is
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a Bully NOT Thine Coyotecoon, lest you invite disaster into your life.
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ForeverBWFC posted:I couldn't hear this over the sound of how awesome my infield is And further more, let's consider my outfield defense. We have, in right field, Larry walker, who is sabremetrically one of the best defensive right fielders to have a 10 season+ career (like top 10), platooning with Carlos Beltran who won multiple fielding bible awards for Centre Field which is more demanding than right. In Centre field, we have Tris Speaker, who is one of the greatest defensive Centre Fielders ever, though he's getting dinged for his deadball glove which is fine, he is still elite. Left Field has the weakest link, Billy Williams was only a league average left fielder, though probably deserving of two gold gloves as best defensive left fielder, but Bill James notes that his platoon partner Bob Johnson had the best outfield arm (of any position!) of the 30s and a good glove. They should be elite defensively, but they are failing to deliver for me!   More seriously, poo poo happens and I'll get you later gadget! Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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Bedrosian pitching four innings in relief? Goodness. And then there's the Reuschel thing. Let's dial back our "high pitch counts" slider to -1, please. Let me actually send down Don Baylor for the moment, call up Dwight Evans and platoon he and Baines in right. See if Evans has anything in the tank this year. Don Slaught should be catching for Ryan as well as Rijo, I suppose. Mogul doesn't like young, awesome Willie Mays again. Sigh. At least THE Thornton Lee has turned it around a bit. I need to rest more players, but I don't feel I can pull Grich and/or Larkin before a four game Landers series. Hang in there 'til next week, guys! Archie Goodwin fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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quote:Analysis Nope. But he lasted a month, which is more than I expected. Fire Jack Cust back into the CYOA, call up Papi to DH. Rollie is really outdoing himself, three losses already, my my. A, of course. Renegade interrupts are the best.
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Sometimes I feel like we need to broaden our audience base a bit. Smasher League Week 6 Injury Report New Orleans Mashers Steve Carlton (SP) (Roster changes to bug me? No, dear boy, you'll be making some roster changes to keep hope alive!) - 10 days Oxbridge Mathematicians Matt Cain (SP) (Ironically, ran into the real Cain on the road, and kicked him in the shin which, by Biblical prescription, inflicted a seven-fold worse kick on his own shin) - 29 days Seattle Suicides Ted Williams (LF) (Golf!) - 9 days South Bolton Eazy W's Jeff Tesreau (SP) (  : I'm super-available! Come on! Put me in, coach!) - 7 daysSpokane Air Raids Felix Rodriguez (RP) (Undercooked Pork) - 8 days C.J. Wilson (SP) (Also at the undercooked pork) - 29 days
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 Man, a little bit of whiskey for the holidays and Gaylord Perry breaks something. Bah. I guess having semi-useful pitching depth is good. Put Gary Nolan in his place for the month. I'll give the offense another few weeks to pick it up before I begin to countenance any reconfiguration. And we will vote B on the question before us. No need to go pushing people out windows.
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