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I don't know how I missed this when it came up but just to clarify, once again: When I post an injury report, those injuries are effective as of the end of the NEXT update, not the previous (i.e. the one I post here shortly will be for the end of June, not the end of May). I post the injury report in advance to give owners a bit of time to think about how they want to deal with the situation instead of just going "oh hey by the way Al Leiter just exploded, you have one day to figure out what the gently caress". Additionally, if you read your lineup sheets you will find that I already subbed Jones and ended the platoon spoken of and that Jones did fairly decently for the month of May. I'm going to take this post as your orders for Thank you for your time. Grinnblade fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Jan 19, 2013 |
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gingemidget posted:This is the type of deal I'll never not be interested in. Who would be on offer? I'll be honest, none of your feeder guys really stand out to me. I'd be willing to give up 1964 Dick Hall or 1967 Ken Holtzman (both of whom should be helped by a re-roll) for 1915 Earl Hamilton, 1985 Donnie Moore, and 1915 Red Hoff. mentholmoose posted:Would you be interested in 2005 Biggio and 2011 Youkilis No
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New Orleans Mashers New Lineup! lajoie 2b bagwell 1b doby DH a-rod SS walker rf alou LF allen 3b torre c davis cf
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Re: parity in the SL: remove any team poised to make the playoffs from the draft. Better players for the weak teams, no reinforcement for the good teams, less work for Smasher.
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Expansion Cup VIII Injury Report - June Atlantis Aquamen C Dale Murphy (Stomach pains from swimming less than an hour after eating) - 15 days Canton Catastrophes 3B Hans Lobert (grrrrrr) - 2 days Detroit Cougars 3B Jim Ray Hart (not that it matters, you're benching him, right?) - 1 day Harvard Elites SS Garry Templeton (paper cut) - 17 days CF Andy Van Slyke (Declared academically ineligible) - Out for Season (278 days) Idaho Potatoes 1B Todd Helton (God drat It) - 73 days Jacksonville Jobbers IF Cal Ripken, Jr. (Oh, radio...) - 5 days SP Kevin Brown (tell me everything you know) - May Miss Next Start (4 days) Lovable Losers SU Mitch Williams (Losers' Lurgy) - 15 days Miami Manatees C Mike Piazza (Communications Breakdown) - 8 days LR Jamie Moyer (Solidarity with the Big Unit) - 13 days 2B Julio Franco (Shock at the month's results) - 31 days Omaha Forgettables SP Dave Stieb (Toe got infected) - 71 days C Jorge Posada (Saw Stieb's toe, cut off own toe to prevent the same fate) - 121 days Sad Pandas 2B Jose Vidro (Made the Panda Sad) - 12 days Walney Rakers SP Carl Weilman (Got Raked) - 14 days (also Tanana has a 1 day injury but he's the 2nd pitcher out so it should be fine)
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![]() Games of the Week Don May posted:
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Box Score ![]() ![]() Jonathan Toews Never Won the Television Title ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Team Statistics ![]() Analysis A split against the Phoenixes isn't good, but it keeps you alive. Analysis Communism has failed! Analysis Communism has still failed! Analysis I'll find an expansion team to beat the Phoenixes one of these days. Until then, Red Rolfe is going to play on another playoff team, somehow. Analysis Reggie "The Slow Death Jackson! ![]() Analysis Crush! Kill! Destroy! ![]() Analysis So...do you have a challenge you'd like to make? Analysis Winfield has been decent at least. Analysis You would think there's some better use for Matt Williams, even if I haven't figured it out yet. Analysis I'm not sure that Cabrera is going to turn it around this season. He got a bad roll this time around, and that's not something you can fix. Analysis They've been a lot better since the first two months. Analysis Oh, good, the Cultists are coming back. Analysis Up and down and up and down. Analysis Let's get suicidal! Analysis The Cultists have a chance to take the W's out, but it's not a good chance. Analysis It has been a very bad month for the Air Raids. Standings and Leaders ![]() The concept of Earth-2 as a parallel continuity was popularized by DC Comics in the '60s and '70s. While a few of their characters, most notably Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, had been published continually during the '50s, most of their other characters, such as Flash and the Green Lantern, had disappeared from comics in the early '50s, only to be restarted a few years later with dramatically redefined characters when super-hero comics once again become profitable. Eventually fans started to ask what had happened to the earlier versions of the characters, and DC decided to indulge them by writing a number of stories featuring the modern iterations of the heroes interacting with those from '40s and early '50s, the first of which, "The Flash of Two Worlds" was published in Flash (v1) #123 (Sept. 1961). For the purposes of writing these stories, these older characters were said to live on Earth-2... Mark Grace of Earth-2 woke up in his bed. He had heard that his Earth-1 counterpart had been looking for him, though he didn't have a chance to meet him before Earth-1 Mark Grace had gone back to his own world and been killed in a police shootout. There was something really depressing about hearing that an alternate version of yourself was dead, especially since he had never gotten that gyros he had wanted. Getting up, he looked around at the large containers of rocket cycle fuel he kept in his bedroom for reasons too complicated to explain. Ironically, this version of Mark Grace had no rocket cycle to fuel. But maybe he could do something about that... A. Go to Earth-1 and pick up the now-deceased Earth-1 Mark Grace's rocket cycle! B. Go get a gyros despite the fact that horrible things happen whenever Mark Grace gets within 50 feet of that food! C. Trigger Crisis on Infinite Graces!
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Mashers: nap lajoie 2b larry doby cf alex rodriguez dh dick allen 3b larry walker rf jeff bagwell 1b joe torre c eric davis lf jim fregosi ss and Nelson Briles Down and Dean Chance Up in his place
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I present my opinions on the Obit in list form:
Therefore, C. Let's get Crisis-y!
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I'm not sure what C means, so obviously it is the correct option.
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Gyros must be attained!
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No longer last place and Ruth looks good finally! ![]() C
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GYROS
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Grinnblade posted:Expansion Cup VIII Injury Report - June Send down Weilman for Darwin, who goes to LR, with Candelaria becoming SP5. Keep the rotation this even after Weilman recovers, as I was planning it anyway. Mornacale I don't think either of those are workable, sorry. dubsteppin With the above state of my pitching, my need for Gibson has grown larger. I have a HoF 2B in Eddie Collins that, despite getting on a bit, is exponentially better than both what you're currently putting out there and what is left in your feeders. I could package him with my first round Super Draft pick or both of my third round dispersal picks. Any interest? Voting B on the obituary.
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Going with C because maybe this might lead us to gyros in a safe matter.
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Rocket Cycles are always in style. Always. A
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C Why do we keep denying this man gyros?
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C As for the HARVARD ELITES Put in George Hendrick for Van Slyke. Switch Bonilla and Van Slyke in the line up and bring up Lou Brock again and stop blowing up my players!
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![]() Smasher posted:So...do you have a challenge you'd like to make? The Luna Landers issue a Ratings Challenge. Tim Raines is arguably the 2nd greatest leadoff hitter of all-time, and in 1985, was just hitting the very peak of his powers: 1983: .298/.393/.429 1984: .309/.393/.437 1985: .320/.405/.475 1986: .334/.413/.476 1987: .330/.429/.526 Total: .318/.406/.467 His Super League line is .237 with a .315 OBA, a massive dropoff. Further, this is a one-year aberration, as this version of Raines has an established Super League track record: SL III: .292/.360 SL IV: .270/.349 SL VI: .262/.362 SL VII: .271/.365 A 40-50 point dip in on-base percentage is no small matter, especially for a leadoff hitter. Noting that his batting average is dropping by a similar amount, I suspect the deficiency lies in his contact hitting.
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So, since people were asking... A Brief Summary of the Titles of the Super-League ![]() Intercontinental Smasher League Championship The Intercontinental Championship was the first secondary title ever contested in the Super-League, having debuted in Super-League III, when, according to legend, the Greater Googly-Mooglies brought it into the league, after The Goog won it in an unsanctioned Super-League tournament in Rio de Janeiro. This, of course, is obviously false, as the tournament, in fact, took place in over-city of Rio de Aires, where the elite of Brazil live in splendor in a dome that flies 10,000 feet above the squalor of the surface city. It is generally agreed that The Goog lied about the origin of the belt to prevent any backlash from those who find the existence of Rio de Aires to be little more than a monument to the excesses of capitalism. The belt itself is made mainly of gold, more specifically, gold originally paid by the American government to Latin American warlords to finance anti-communist death squads in the '80s. For obvious reasons, this gold is considered practically sacred by the citizens of Rio de Aires, and the creation of the Intercontinental Championship was done with great ceremony in the famous Citadel de Galt, where only those with a net worth over $15 million are allowed to enter. As is tradition, "The Trees" by Rush played as, in an act of sacrifice, one of the preserved bones of Ludvig von Mises was ground to dust and sprinkled over the belt. It is said that, if the bearer of the belt is pure of heart and sincerely committed to fiscal discipline, that he can hear the voice of that great Austrian economist imparting words of wisdom to him. Unfortunately, he does this in German, and as it is impractical for the owner of a baseball team to free the market from the socialist regulations of the federal government, his advice is not particularly helpful. Vital Statistics Created: Super-League III First Champion: Greater Googly-Mooglies Longest Reign (Continuous): Seattle SuperSonics (17 Weeks, SLV, Wk. 7 - SLV Wk. 24) Longest Reign (Combined): Cleveland Unicorns (30 Weeks) Most Reigns: Cleveland Unicorns, Florida Oranges (4 each) League Affiliation Smasher League Super-League III, Week 1 - Super-League III, Week 9 Dynamo League Super-League III, Week 9 - Gauntlet III, Round 4 Vacant Gauntlet III, Round 4 - Gauntlet III, Round 6 Smasher League Gauntlet III, Round 6 - Super-League V, Challenge Vacant Super-League V, Challenge - Super-League VI, Pre-season Dynamo League Super-League VI, Pre-season - Gauntlet VI, Round 4 Vacant Gauntlet VI, Round 4 - Gauntlet VI, Round 9 Dynamo League Gauntlet VI, Round 9 - Present Memorable Moments Super-League III, Week 9 - The Cleveland Unicorns take the title back with them to the Dynamo League when they sweep the Milwaukee Drinkers in an interleague series. Super-League V, Week 7 - The Burma Imperialists win the title from the Orchids, only to lose it a mere three games later to the SuperSonics, who unified the Intercontinental and European Titles, holding both titles for 17 weeks. Super-League V, Week 25 - En route to a final showdown with the Macho Men, the Gander Doppel-Bangers win the Intercontinental Title from the Bobbleheads. They would retain the title through their last playoff run, and even into the challenge series with the Macho Men. The title is vacated after the Macho Men banish the Doppels to the Land of Shadows and Regret. Super-League VI, Week 18 - The Biffs, a perennial disappointment, win the Intercontinental Title from the Unicorns and hold it for five weeks, proving that even the lowliest of teams can be a champion. They are brutally relegated after the season. Super-League VII - The Polyarny Postmodernists somehow win and lose the Intercontinental Title three times in a single season. Denny Rainwater is heavily involved. Gauntlet VI, Round 9 - The Portland Bulldogs back into the Intercontinental Title by coming in second place in the final round of the Gauntlet. As the winners of that round, the Second City Saints, had expressed their intention to retire, they were ineligible to win the title, and so it was given the Bulldogs, their sworn enemies, instead. Intercontinental Champions By alphabetical order Active Champions Albany Pessimists Antarctica Unspecifieds Burma Imperialists (3) Cleveland Unicorns (4) Florida Dickshots Florida Oranges (4) Fukuoka Finger-Bangers (2) Patagonia Postmodernists (3) Portland Bulldogs Rochester Generics San Juan Elephants Web 2.0 Bloggers Retired Champions Chicago Bobbleheads (2) Gander Doppel-Bangers Queens Mercuries Seattle SuperSonics Second City Saints Relegated Champions Boston Crabs Cleveland Communists Des Moines Dervishes EV-IL Corp. Villains Free Country Fhqwhgads Greater Googly-Mooglies Greenbrier Orchids (2) Hill Valley Biffs Milwaukee Drinkers Old Hoss Radbourns St. Paul Bearers I guess I'll do the rest if people really want to see them. Smasher Dynamo fucked around with this message at 10:00 on Jan 20, 2013 |
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That was pretty cool, I would definitely like to see the rest!
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![]() gently caress REGGIE JACKSON Lineups for next week. RHP 2B Collins DH Boggs CF Murcer 3B Schmidt 1B Killebrew LF Simmons RF Jackson C Posada SS Jeter LHP 2B Collins DH Boggs 3B Schmidt 1B Killebrew LF Simmons CF Maddox SS Jeter C Davis RF Wells Paul Zuvella fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Jan 20, 2013 |
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Smasher Dynamo posted:I guess I'll do the rest if people really want to see them. That was a really fun and entertaining read, so yeah. I'd like more deliberating on the Lore of the Super League.
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![]() In case you haven't run the week yet, I need to rest some key guys: Send down Schmidt, call up Steady Eddie. Murray plays first, and LF and CF are hilarious Phillie Kruk/Rickey Dykstra/Mays platoons. More title histories would be fun when you've the time, just don't lose the old continuity. Speaking of, A.
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I have to stop making those long non-update posts because they kill the thread. Smasher League Week 18 Injury Report Luna Landers Eddie Collins (2B) (Exposed to SUDDEN DEATH!) - 9 days New England Arguments Roy Halladay (SP) (Asked too many questions about lights in the sky) - 12 days South Bolton Eazy W's John Olerud (1B) (Listen, I know you're thinking about you're next move, but don't. Because it's already....Dunn!) - Out for Season
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Smasher Dynamo posted:South Bolton Eazy W's Well, gently caress. At least I have the Chosen Dunn and Motherfuckin' Mark Grace to help me out...
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Ugh. Put Thurmon Munson in vs. lefties, Miguel Montero vs. Righties, same spot int he lineup
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![]() Hmph. I think we should move Clemens into the no. 2 pitcher's slot and until Halladay is feeling better, Derek Lowe gets a couple of starts.
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The wind around my apartment was so strong that it knocked out power in a 2 square mile area, so I just got electricity and internet access back. Kinda sucked.
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My pitchers are remembering what to do - look at those ERAs! Someone is actually hitting! Starting to come together guys, it's starting to come together.
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Expansion Cup VIII - June AS A BLANKET NOTICE: ALL THE NEW ROOKIES WILL BE GONE BY NEXT UPDATE, THEY'RE FROM THE AMATEUR DRAFT IN ADDITION: ![]() ![]() ![]() Detroit Times posted:MANATEES WIN 3-2 IN TWELVE, EXPAND LEAD IN LARKIN DIVISION TO TWO GAMES ![]() Omaha Herald posted:FORGETTABLES DROP SOME SCIENCE ON THE COLLIDERS, WIN 7-4 ![]() ![]() Analysis Well hopefully Scioscia shows up for a week or two while Murphy coalesces. ![]() ![]() Analysis "Uh... where the gently caress did that Engle injury come from and why was it not on the Injury Report?" Those are two very good questions. Ones that I do not have a good answer for besides "I'm sorry." ![]() ![]() Analysis Is there a reason you aren't using Wally Schang regularly? ![]() ![]() Analysis The Brian Giles Experiment may have just blown up in your face. And for that, I feel great ![]() ![]() Analysis Well your replacements didn't kill themselves for the most part. ![]() ![]() Analysis Tough luck with Van Slyke. ![]() ![]() Analysis gently caress. Yeah, definitely some changes coming this month. ![]() ![]() Analysis ![]() ![]() ![]() Analysis Might I suggest Joe Girardi instead of Paul Gillespie? ![]() ![]() Analysis Octavio Dotel went 2-1. You expanded your lead to 4.5 games with 2/5ths of your rotation shot. REVEAL YOUR SECRETS ![]() ![]() ![]() Analysis Hmm. Weimer will be back just before the All-Star break. ![]() ![]() Analysis CHESTY THOMAS. That is all. (Okay, tangentially related, once again the only thing I can really see as an issue is your catching.) ![]() ![]() Analysis Remember when I said I had my doubts your bullpen could get games to Rivera? I retract that statement entirely. ![]() ![]() ![]() Analysis Okay I think I managed to actually get your roster moves right this time. gently caress. Also Chan Ho comes back after the All-Star break, but do you really need him back that badly? ![]() ![]() Analysis They don't always win games, but when they do, they loving embarrass a top contender on the road. Instead of just being embarrassing.seriously fix your goddamn team ![]() ![]() Analysis Pitching! Pitching! Your kingdom for pitching! ![]() ![]() Analysis Buddy Bell is pining for Walney, apparently. Hopefully he gets over it. ![]() ![]() Analysis I'd say something about Weilman but you're already sending him down, so onwards to another month, eh? Division Standings
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I'm still mulling over what I'm going to do roster-wise, but while I'm here, I'll also go ahead and vote A for the obit. Yeah it's a relatively tame choice, but look where choosing excitement has got us (in a clusterfuck of epic proportions).
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Oh, and C for the Obit, though at this point I am already totally confused.
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![]() gently caress. Alright. Discontinue both the Baerga/Fuller platoon and the Belle/Giles platoon ASA-loving-P. Baerga and Belle are back to batting full time. Fuller on the bench, Giles to the Minors. Let the rest ride, there's not a lot I can do at this point, except hope that I didn't gently caress it up too much. If anyone wants to take rookie 95 Brian Giles, (Soon To Be) Super-Utility of the Pittsburgh Pirates off my hands for anything that'll fill a hole in my team (namely some pitching that's halfway decent or a good power bat) I'd much appreciate it if we can work out a deal.
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B me up. And go Manatees! I'm terribly surprised at how well they're holding off being god-awful. With half of the season down, watch their collapse as they fall to even as another month passes, back only 3 games after another, and at last end their sixth month adventure fifteen games out of first. But for now I praise the immense blubbery masses that are the Manatees.
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If Octavio Dotel is doing well somebody needs to give Boggs a start.
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![]() I think the one thing that demands a peer review is what the gently caress happened to our offense during the entire Forgettables series? A four games series and we score 5 Goddamned runs?!? As a tribute, I'm close to going Earl Weaver all over this loving thing... Send Jack Lapp and Amos Strunk to AAA. Bring up Andy Pafko and Mark Koenig. If there are any DH games, use The Babe there and put Joe Adcock in right. New Lineups: vs RH CF Earl Combs LF Bob Meusel 1B Lou Gehrig RF Babe Ruth C Wally Schang 3B Eddie Mathews 2B Tony Lazzeri SS Mark Koenig P vs LH CF Earl Combs LF Joe Adcock 1B Lou Gehrig RF Babe Ruth 3B Eddie Mathews C Pat Collins 2B Tony Lazzeri SS Johnny Logan P Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): 0 Bringing in Defensive Replacements:1 Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: -1 theacox fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Jan 21, 2013 |
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![]() Alright. So. Let's give ol' Greenberg a rest so he doesn't die. Pete Fox to RF, Willie Mays back to CF, Orlando Cepeda to LF.. Fred Merkle to 1B, Kuenn to 3B, Rogell to SS. As far as pitching... swap Sailor Stroud and Tommy Bridges. e: Forgot to name a DH. Eh... Chief Meyers fills in at DH for now. cbx fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Jan 21, 2013 |
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What if the rocket cycle was made of gyros?
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