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 We continue to tread water, and John Smoltz hasn't disappointed so far. All seems to be well. I will, however ask that you have Tony Perez play 3B against lefties. While this doesn't really help Kamm, he's getting on base and playing superior defense well enough 7 days out of 7, he'll do the latter just as well in 5, and a slight hitting decline isn't the end of the world. Plus Tony Perez against exclusively lefties should round out my lineup's home run potential. Also we will vote A for despair, since one would assume some sort of homesickness sets in even when reincarnated in a robot body long into the future. That's a lot of time. Not to mention the difficulty of enjoying gyros. Also, Shadow gamer of the Cuba Smokers, kw0134's post wasn't the most clear thing in the world, but they made their selection and you are on the clock as of 18:55 CST. Stealth edit: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhZIXpc5ryLodE5JM1FmZmhQQzlVVnBaQWdXVnZLbFE#gid=2 spreadsheet for new page.
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Shadow gamer of the Cuba Smokers you are on the clock as of 18:55 CSTSmasher Dynamo posted:All-Star Ballot Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 11:03 on Jan 6, 2013 |
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 Let's try this: Bullpen: CL Keith Foulke (2001) SU Takashi Saito (2007) SR Hong-Chih Kuo* (2007) SR Ugueth Urbina (2003) MR Virgil Barnes (1924) LR Derek Lowe (2007) And Grace Mk. 7 should despair, for he will never be allowed to obtain a gyros. IceMole fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Jan 6, 2013 |
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 My condolences to the Elephants. I shall remember you each time I play billiards with my ivory set painted in your colors. Martín Dihigo in for Bob Feller, please. He had his run. Bagwell continues to sadden me, let's try a platoon of Berkman and Bagwell at 1B. C, clearly.
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 Bring up Cobb for Eric Davis, mostly because I want to see 40 year old Ty coming in as a defensive replacement for Ted Williams. Bench Pop Lloyd for the week, which is a shame, but I want to shake things up a bit, send down Berkman, call up Boudreau and start him at short.
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Mornacale posted:If I understand correctly, Shadow Gamer is now skipped and it should be blaklemenakle's turn. I'm inclined to give him a bit more time, until later tonight at least. Also, I'll close All-Star Voting tomorrow, but there's still enough time to make Marauder manager of both teams! Dynamo League Week 12 Injury Report Antarctica Unspecifieds John Wetteland (RP) (I promise to never use psychic powers to destroy the elbow of someone you care about right....now!) - 8 days Dubai Dervishes Hoyt Wilhelm (RP) (The Dervishes are going to the top, but Wilhelm can't follow them there...) - 13 days Portland Bulldogs Joe Medwick (OF) (Sprained Ankle) - 14 days Rockford Losers Joe Torre (C) (Another casualty of the bloodfeud with the Bangers) - 8 days
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Mornacale posted:If I understand correctly, Shadow Gamer is now skipped and it should be blaklemenakle's turn. The League Commissioner has [n behalf of the Cuba Smokers drafted Fred "Crime Dog" McGriff, so it's now the Saturn Biospark's pick. Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 02:28 on Jan 7, 2013 |
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 Super-League VIII, Smasher League Week 11: Because I'm Lazy Games of the Week Don May posted:
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Box Score   Television TIME!  : In just two weeks, on Fox, Kevin Bacon comes to TV to...I don't know, some poo poo about serial killers. : Is he a serial killer, or is he the guy chasing the serial killer?: Well, I think he's a guy chasing a serial killer.: Wait, that's a series? I mean, is he really bad at his job, and that's why it takes him so long to catch this guy?: I think it's more like Batman, you know, how Batman always catches the Joker, but he escapes by the next issue. Oh, and the defending TV Champ Maths drop Game 1 to the Phoenixes. : Anyway, just because the Joker escapes, that's not on Batman. And the Maths tie the series.: Isn't it after a certain point, though? I mean, if Batman knows that the Joker is going to escape, doesn't have a responsibility to prevent that? : Maths win Game 3, and they'll retain. And, what, are you saying Batman should kill the Joker? He can't do that, he has a code!: Could he cripple the Joker, like make him a quadriplegic or something?  : Suicides up next, and they're not really the winning type, but they do win Game 1. And no, Batman can't run around crippling people.: Why not? : Suicides win again, and they're going to lose the next two games to miss out on the Television Title, aren't they? Anyway, my larger point is that, whether or not you buy Batman's modus operandi, Batman has been running for almost eighty years and people still like him. The point is, Kevin Bacon is like Batman: Really? : Suicides lose, and this is not going to go well for them, I can just feel it. And yes, Kevin Bacon is exactly like Batman. : That doesn't sound right. : Well, it is, and I can prove it. Kevin Bacon was in X-Men: First Class with Oliver Platt, who was in Kinsey with Liam Neeson, who played Ra's Al Ghul opposite Batman in Batman Begins. : Huh.  : Oh, and the Maths retain again after the Suicides blow it! Done!Team Statistics      Analysis Not a great month, but the Phoenixes have also kind of sucked this month, so not much has been lost.      Analysis Can their good pitching save them from the cruel hatred of their AI manager who likes putting Mike Morse at SS? Only time will tell.      Analysis I'm sure you'll grow to love McGriff, just like...did Braves fans grow to like him? Well, let's pretend they did at any rate.      Analysis I'm sure your plan to put a 40 year-old player at 2B can't possibly fail. Oh, and you've had Joe Gordon in the minors this entire time, now, granted he's not really a shortstop, but, then again, he's not 40 either.      Analysis At a certain point, I feel like you might as well just put Munson in a private plane and let nature take its course.      Analysis Steady as she goes, Mr. Goodwin.      Analysis Someday I'll get to the bottom of this game's bizarre vendetta against George Brett. Someday.      Analysis You don't have a hole at 2B, you have a chasm.      Analysis See, told you it was too early to quit.      Analysis The Maths keep rolling in their own unique way that defies all logic and reason. I guess it's thanks to their infield? Or maybe that deal with the devil is paying off. One or the other.      Analysis HIT BETTER!      Analysis Yount + Yount = Bad Times      Analysis You might want to take a look at player fatigue before everyone gets injured at once.      Analysis The way this season is going for your team, I feel like your obit is going to include a sample of emo poetry where you talk about Bullet Joe Bush being like shooting yourself with a bullet...or putting a Bullet Joe Bush in your head...I have quite worked out the kinks yet.      Analysis Cruising altitude.      Analysis Anyone out there? Standings and Leaders      A. Despair! - 3 votes B. Build a digestive system so as to finally find a way to eat a loving gyros! - 2 votes C. This is Mega-General X's fault! If he hadn't existed, then Grace never would have be reincarnated in a body without the requiste components for enjoying a gyros! He must die for this! - 5 votes Grace Mk. 7 has had enough! Storming into the command center where Mega-General X was known have his headquarters, Grace Mk. 7 went in guns-blazing, only to run right into the brick wall that was the Mega-General. Grace Mk. 7 led off with a right hook right to the general's face that left Grace's right arm little more than a twisted pile of scrap. That was not going to go well for Grace.... DECISION TIME Man, I'm tired! A. Retreat! B. To the death! C. What does this have to do with gyros? I demand an option based on gyros!
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This looks like a good week to finally get Collins and Raines a touch of rest. Also, time to ride Eddie Joost's red hot bat. Lineup vs R: SS Joost DH Ramirez RF Aaron C Gibson CF DiMaggio LF Jackson 1B Nomar 3B Brett 2B Johnny Temple! Lineup vs L: LF Raines SS Joost DH Ramirez C Gibson RF Aaron CF DiMaggio 1B Nomar 3B Brett 2B Johnny Temple! Stolen Bases to -2 while our speedsters are out.
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quote:Analysis Yeah, I'm gonna bring him up to platoon with Collins and defrep as needed. Bring him up to platoon with Collins. Send down Rickey for the week, Chet Lemon plays left. Send down Linebrink in favor of Hoffman. Looks like Carl Mays is on track to miss two starts, so DL him and call up, um, Chris Short. C, what we have is a space gyros, which obviously is Herr General's one
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I can't tell you what a relief it is to have Babe Adams be my worst starting pitcher again. Five below-4.00 ERA pitchers is more than i'd dare dream of. Wheat back in for Damon. I'll do something about Vaughan next update when i'm not facing the Cultists, and hopefully saying that won't have jinxed him. Voting A.
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 First, to deal with injuries, send down Worrell and Cone. Call up Roberts and Candelaria. Set the rotation to Alexander-Maddux-Oswalt-Beckett-Lester. Put Roberts in long relief and Candelaria in middle relief. Second, to deal with my hitters being sacks of poo poo, here's a new lineup: code:Voting B.
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Smasher Dynamo posted:their good pitching  Let's move Palmeiro up the order to bat 5th against RHP. Also, send down Konerko, call up Quentin, and give the latter Clemente's #6 spot against righties to give him some rest. Might as well keep seeing what guys can do. Would a quick "moves summary" like that be better, or should I include full lineups every time so you can double-check what you're doing? A lot of the time I shuffle too many spots to succinctly state it, but in this case...  . Just trying to minimize your workload while I start the Commies' managerial search...B. To the death!
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I dunno, one of the younts is hitting, though he's the platoon guy. Maybe I call up Sewell again? Guess I see the box first!
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Biosparks select Fred Lynn and put him directly into CF. Send both Bancroft and Hart to the minors andcall up Jenkins. To combat the so-called fatigue issue, have Masi catch this week, then only Maddux and Feller after. Have Jenkins spell Goose in LF, and have Luderus take over at 1B (Ruth to DH, Luderus bats in Cravath's spot).
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Mornacale posted:With blakelmenakle's pick, that means the Coburns are on the clock. Also, Smasher, I see Dave Righetti on the Emperors' roster last season, but not the draft spreadsheet; is there some reason he's unavailable? What's in the draft pool is in the draft pool. Should he have been in there? Maybe, but either I hosed up, or I had some reason for taking him out that I can no longer remember. Either way, since we're already halfway through the draft, I'm not going to add him in now.
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It's not like 40 year old Cobb and Collins were the reason for my demise. After all the season were I let both of them play full time was the season I survived and had my best record while the others went down the drain. Clearly both of them can only operate on their own. 
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Last Call for All-Star Voting! Smasher League Week 12 Injury Report The Air Raids won the Heavyweight Title? But their owner doesn't even show up in this thread anymore! Man, gently caress the Smasher League. In the Dynamo League, you have new teams doing well, and it's exciting, but in the Smasher League, the only exciting thing happening is watching how much the Mogul engine's RNG has turned on the Cultists. Which is, granted, rather exciting. Also, there are somehow no major injuries. This loving league. I feel like I should be like the antediluvian god and just wipe out the entire league and start from scratch, I'm hoping that this vague threat to destroy all of your teams will inspire something great.
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Smasher Dynamo posted:Last Call for All-Star Voting!  Sorry, one week vacation turned into a 2.5 week one. Where are the draft results? Also please put in Lefty Grove as SP, move Weaver to Putz's spot (I know they're both hurt, but honestly as this point....)
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Going with B because in the event we die we can be reincarnated into back into a person that could eat gyro.
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Draft spreadsheet right here, Manifunk.
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 Drafting '29 Chuck Klein. B. (Mornacale's on the clock) Warm Sarsaparilla fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Jan 7, 2013 |
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Well, that makes things easy for me. Bloggers take 2001 Magglio Ordonez, Marauder you're up. e: Also, Smasher, any numbers you can give me to help me figure out which of Ordonez and Herman to play in LF vs RF would be helpful. Mornacale fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Jan 7, 2013 |
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Quick Deckchair shuffle: Move Sasaki to Setup and Reardon to Short Relief. Maybe that will top the AI from using Coke as it's go to man for close ball games. Also, send Jeff Montgomery down to the minors and call up Kim Byung-Hung. Edit: Slider changes - put let pitchers rack up high pitch counts to +2, put let pitchers start on short rest to -2. I'm considering moving Soria to short relief if that would improve the AI's handling - my team is 33-32, so my starters are 29-25 and my bullpen is 4-7 and I think this is a trend rather than a fluke. Looks like a lack of power is my problem, though it could be on base percentage. My team leads in ERA, is third in BA, but is last in HRs (turns out it' third in OBP, above average in defensive efficiency and below average in SLG, cock). Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Jan 8, 2013 |
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 Games of the Week Don May posted:
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Box Score   Hardcore Dreams : I feel more bitter than usual. Why is that?: Is it because you feel completely incompetent at everything?: Maybe. Well, speaking of pessimism, the Pessimists will have to defend their title against the Cleveland Unicorns, who have already won this title twice this season.: This is going to be a tough matchup. The Unicorns are loaded with talent, and are battle-tested.: Not the best defenders, though, as the Unicorns make five errors en route to a 5-1 loss. : And, with the Unicorns now needing to win the final three games of the series, and they'll take a step in that direction with a 5-4 win.: The biggest difference between this year and last year for the Unicorns is Barry Bonds. He makes the Unicorns' offense that much better, even when he isn't hitting, because he takes pitches and wears down pitchers. : Pessimists make a huge comeback late, but it's not enough as the Unicorns win in 10 innings, and that means that the Hardcore Title will be decided in Game 4.: Of course, Barry Bonds is even better when he's hitting home runs. : And the Unicorns don't make this suspenseful, as they demolish the Pessimists 13-2.: That's the power of power hitting.  : And the Tornados will now get their turn to challenge for the Hardcore Title. They're an up and coming team, and if they can beat the Unicorns here, it will be a real statement.: This is a team that specializes in hitting. Not a lot of defense, and their pitching has been shaky. But it's a good offense.: And Ernie Banks hits another home run as the Tornados win a close one. I do like it when I get proven right about a player, and Banks has really helped me a lot like that. : Huge win for the Tornados, and they'll take the Harcore Title thanks to two straight wins.: And the Tornados are now playing for their place in the standings. If they win the next game, they'll have sole possession of first place in the Memento Mori Division. : And the Tornados do it to complete the sweep!: 10 hits, 1 walk. Not exactly a sabermetrician's dream, but it worked. : And that will do it for this week. The Tornados next defense will be against the Dickshots, and then we'll get either Tornados-Unspecifieds or Dickshots-Losers.Team Statistics      Analysis That's not a misprint. Will Clark really does have 20 RBI in only 27 ABs. That's a complete fluke, of course, but it's still awesome.      Analysis Hornsby is hitting better, at least. And Ford is more unlucky than anything else.     Analysis If it makes you feel better, you Pythagorean record says that you should be better than this.      Analysis There's no way that McGraw can keep this up, of course, but if he can keeping it going just a bit longer, you'll be in a very good position.      Analysis It's not like your middle infield can suck this hard for that much longer.     Analysis And here comes Dave Stieb to save the day!     Analysis Your best pitcher is Noodles, and you're still tied for first place. That defense is really something.      Analysis Suzuki has seven walks in 73 games. Not the best omen I've ever seen.      Analysis Still kind of barely hanging in there.     Analysis The Bangers never quite seem to win as many games as they should.      Analysis Your problems are mainly caused by a lot of bad luck in a row and playing in the same division as the Unicorns and the Bangers. The first of those should resolve itself through time.      Analysis Team scrapheap continues to survive!      Analysis The Mick has at least leveled out the Generics' fall. But I'm not sure that's enough at this point.      Analysis In fairness, the Dervishes are a good team, and it's no great shame to be tied with them. Still, injuries have held you back.      Analysis I'm not sure how you ended up with the one Stan Musial who can't hit, but I'm sorry.      Analysis Grumble. Standings and Leaders     A. Retreat! - 2 votes B. To the death! - 4 votes C. What does this have to do with gyros? I demand an option based on gyros! - 3 votes Well, this fight started with Grace Mk. 7 reducing his left arm to scrap trying to punch out the Mega General, so it's not like this is destined to be much of a contest. Out of a sense of pity, Mega General X ends the fight quickly by ripping Grace Mk. 7's head right off of his body. Of course, since Grace is a robot, that doesn't actually kill him, and the irritated Mega General, who is scheduled to be present at the ribbon-cutting of a new Space-Quizno's, really doesn't have time for this poo poo. So, Mega General smashes Grace's head against the wall until it's in many, many pieces, wait, hold on, let roll 3d20 to figure out how many....37. Grace Mk. 7's head is in 37 pieces. Okay, now what? A. Reincarnate in the past! B. Reincarnate in the future! C. Reach Nirvana or something! I'm so sick of this loving bullshit! This is all bullshit! Why the gently caress did I sign up for this Super-League anyway? The writing's terrible, the guy who runs it is insanely angry all the time, and this story has dragged on long enough!
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 New lineup this week: #1 Julio Franco - SS #2 Wade Boggs - 3B #3 Rogers Hornsby - 2B #4 Hank Aaron - 1B #5 Stan Musial - LF #6 Joe Torre - C #7 Al Kaline - RF #8 Brett Butler - CF #9 Pitcher
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While the backups have been doing pretty good for me, I do have to switch some of the starters back in. This will be the new lineup. 2B Charlie Gehringer CF Bobby Murcer LF Frank Howard 1B Frank Thomas SS Alan Trammell RF Frank Robinson 3B Howard Johnson C Ernie Lombardi Pitcher Let's set Terry Steinbech as the personal catcher for Bert Blyleven
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Did someone say "elderly infielders?" The Finger Lakes Phoenixes draft  '72 Brooks Robinson A. Welcome back, Manifunk, you're on the clock.
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