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I think I have the 14th pick but I'd like to announce that it's in play for either multiple dispersal picks, a pick and a player, or multiple players.
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# ? May 13, 2013 14:54 |
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# ? May 25, 2024 00:58 |
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factorialite posted:I think I have the 14th pick but I'd like to announce that it's in play for either multiple dispersal picks, a pick and a player, or multiple players. What do you want position wise?
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# ? May 13, 2013 15:06 |
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Billy Williams is 1964 and Steve Carlton is 1978. I can come up with another piece as well - what do you need? I like this package more than the Johan one. I'd be rolling the dice big time between Rosen and Garciaparra at 3b and SS respectively, though. Anybody else want to weigh in? Will 1978 Carlton play in the SL? e: note that if left to my own devices, I will likely use the 24th overall pick to select a starting pitcher.
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# ? May 13, 2013 15:15 |
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FairGame posted:Anybody else want to weigh in? Will 1978 Carlton play in the SL? Generally, lefty power pitchers get eaten alive by right-handed power hitters with patience. Guess what every single team in the Super League has in abundance? Left-handed pitchers in the Super League are only consistently successful if they can get lots of ground balls and not a lot of walks.
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# ? May 13, 2013 15:24 |
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FairGame posted:I like this package more than the Johan one. I'd be rolling the dice big time between Rosen and Garciaparra at 3b and SS respectively, though. Carlton and Santana both have the same problem - one they share with guys like Randy Johnson. Power lefties are a mixed bag in the SL, because most SL players have fantastic plate discipline, wildness means walks. But they can also strikeout a lot of guys. Mine has had 3 SL seasons, where he's posted ERAs both a full run above and below league average.
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# ? May 13, 2013 15:27 |
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Eh. Whitey Ford did OK by me in the EC. I could live with another lefty starter. So many trap picks in this game, though.
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# ? May 13, 2013 15:39 |
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So am I still on the clock? Where is there a link to the draft sheet?
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# ? May 13, 2013 15:50 |
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ManifunkDestiny posted:So am I still on the clock? Where is there a link to the draft sheet? You have an hour or two left I think. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkF311T6qtJidDZGRlVMQl9SNzV5NmZpbVl2cUo5bUE#gid=1
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:What do you want position wise? I actually have the 12th pick, and it'll be the 11th (I think) when uublog fails to show up, so it's going to be an awesome pick that requires an awesome package to move. I need everything but CF, basically, but the more I look the more likely it is that I'm going to get something incredible with this pick so I'm going to need a pretty incredible amount
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# ? May 13, 2013 16:13 |
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Gonna move Braun down a bit (he's hitting like poo poo), and move pitchers around slightly. I have 6 rounds of gauntlet data to work off of, and while trends aren't easy to come by given how random this poo poo can be, it seems pretty clear Ryan Braun doesn't enjoy Pandamonium Field. Vs RHP 1. RF: Stan Musial 2. 1B: Albert Pujols 3. CF: Mickey Mantle 4. C: Yogi Berra 5. LF: Enos Slaughter ('42) 6. DH: Nick Johnson 7. 3B: Robin Ventura 8. SS: Gil McDougald 9. 2B: Nellie Fox Vs LHP 1. RF: Stan Musial 2. CF: Mickey Mantle 3. 1B: Albert Pujols 4. C: Yogi Berra 5. 3B: Gil McDougald 6. LF: Enos Slaughter ('42) 7. 2B: Jose Vidro 8. DH: Ryan Braun 9. SS: Marty Marion Bench (players not in either lineup) C Walker Cooper LF Enos Slaughter ('54) PITCHERS SP1 Walter Johnson SP2 Roy Halladay SP3 Mort Cooper SP4 Kevin Brown SP5 Ben Sheets CL Jim Johnson SU Chad Bradford SR Bob Feller SR Whitey Ford MR Lon Warneke LR Max Lanier
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# ? May 13, 2013 16:14 |
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FairGame posted:Eh. Whitey Ford did OK by me in the EC. I could live with another lefty starter. So, let's look at the Cultists 3 seasons in the SL and get a much better sample: SLVII: 4.10 ERA. 237 IP, 134K SLVIII: 2.09 ERA. 215.1 IP, 141K SLIX: 4.53 ERA, 224.1 IP, 134K So over those 3 seasons that averages out to a 3.60 ERA over 226 IP with 136K or 5.4 K/9. Average ERA in the Smasher League over the last 3 seasons would be in the 4.20 area; so a little over a half run above league average with Carlton's K/9 is fine for exactly where the Cultists use him: the back of the rotation. Just understand he's not going to be a reliable staff ace.
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# ? May 13, 2013 16:47 |
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factorialite posted:I actually have the 12th pick, and it'll be the 11th (I think) when uublog fails to show up, so it's going to be an awesome pick that requires an awesome package to move. I need everything but CF, basically, but the more I look the more likely it is that I'm going to get something incredible with this pick so I'm going to need a pretty incredible amount Your pick is 10th (moving up to 9th potentially), the spreadsheet starts on row 3 for pick 1. My top pick (one after factorialite's, #11 as it stands now) is on the block as well; ideally I'm looking to move back for more picks but a quality starting pitching + a shortstop or catcher would be a tempting offer.
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# ? May 13, 2013 17:02 |
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oldskool posted:Your pick is 10th (moving up to 9th potentially), the spreadsheet starts on row 3 for pick 1. Ill trade my second rounder (pick 28) + 2004 Jimmy Rollins for your #11 pick.
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Billy Williams is 1964 and Steve Carlton is 1978. I can come up with another piece as well - what do you need? Assuming this is still on the table: Trade Accepted St. Louis Self-Congratulators give up: 24th overall pick in draft Receive: 1953 Al Rosen 1964 Billy Williams 1978 Steve Carlton
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# ? May 13, 2013 17:16 |
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oldskool posted:Your pick is 10th (moving up to 9th potentially), the spreadsheet starts on row 3 for pick 1. I could package something with Rudy York at Catcher if you're interested. And Gaylord Perry at SP.
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FairGame posted:Assuming this is still on the table: Great, I go to bed and I wake to find that, once again, the Cardinals and their fans have ruined it for everyone. Not that trading your #1 pick in the draft for a bunch of crappy players that CthulhuDreams has no real interest in using isn't a fantastic strategy. Still, I suppose this is one of the things where I'm just going to have to let the children learn from their own mistakes. Trade approved.
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Smasher Dynamo posted:Great, I go to bed and I wake to find that, once again, the Cardinals and their fans have ruined it for everyone. Not that trading your #1 pick in the draft for a bunch of crappy players that CthulhuDreams has no real interest in using isn't a fantastic strategy. Still, I suppose this is one of the things where I'm just going to have to let the children learn from their own mistakes. Trade approved. It's my #2 pick in the draft ...but yeah, if I hosed up, I hosed up. Seemed like it was an OK deal in IRC and it vastly improves my 3b (Gaetti), SP5 (Chuck Finley), and 1b (Paul Goldschmidt) status.
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# ? May 13, 2013 17:37 |
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ManifunkDestiny posted:So am I still on the clock? Where is there a link to the draft sheet? Your time is running out, sir.
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# ? May 13, 2013 18:43 |
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That was definitely a debacle of at least a medium magnitude. At any rate, I'm still prepared to offer both the 42nd pick and/or other considerations for a top-30 pick(s). Inquiries in IRC or otherwise.
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Expansion Cup 9: Downing League Championship Series The following games are a best-of-seven series for the title of Expansion Cup 9 Downing League Champion. Beet has stated time and again that his goal when making the Pirates was to make a Super League quality team from the start. He has, by and large, succeeded. Holding the lowest ERA in the entire Expansion Cup. Thanks mostly in part to his mid-rotation of Paul Derringer and Frank Tanana. He has no hitters in his lineup that are under .300 OBA, and of which, only two are under .350. The Pirates won the Rainwater Division by a landslide, even if, strangely, one loss isn't accounted for. Blackhawk Stadium, the Pirates' custom field, will host games 1, 2, 6, and 7 of the series. The Rochester Generics, in their initial iteration, lost over a hundred games in their Expansion Cup, and promptly stuck around for what seems like more or less forever. Even managing to pull a short run in their final appearance in the Super League VIII Gauntlet. kw0134 has learned a lot in that time, mostly on how to get by not-quite-superstar players and a sutiably decent pitching staff. This has managed to get them to the EC Playoffs, unfortunately, they may have a long road ahead of them. The clear favorite is Beet, thanks to the supreme curbstomping of the Rainwater division, but let's see how things actually shake out... quote:PIRATES WIN SURPRISINGLY CLOSE OPENER Box Score quote:HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF, PIRATES UP 2-0 Box Score quote:PIRATES IN POSITION FOR SWEEP, GENERICS THOROUGHLY UNPHASED. Box Score quote:PIRATES SWEEP GENERICS, SURPRISE AT AN ALL TIME LOW Box Score Monathin fucked around with this message at 21:46 on May 13, 2013 |
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# ? May 13, 2013 21:36 |
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'54 Willie Mays
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# ? May 13, 2013 21:39 |
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Well, even though I know I'm pretty much doomed in the EC Championship, my lineup will be the same as last time. Luis Castillo will continue to be the DH for my home games.
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# ? May 13, 2013 21:43 |
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With the 6th pick of Dispersal Draft IX, the Southie Hitmen somehow select: 1989 Barry Lamar Bonds. Pungry is on the clock.
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# ? May 13, 2013 21:49 |
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I've already talked about the Landers before. They've got unstoppable pitching, unstoppable hitting, and just outlasted the Cultists in a series between the two best teams in the Super-League this year. The fact that any of you picked the Losers is kind of baffling to me, and I say that regardless of the actual results of this series. If the Losers were healthy, they might be on par with the Landers. But they're missing their best player, Oscar Charleston, and one of their best pitchers, Nolan Ryan. Even without then, the Losers made it to the Finals, though, and that's a testament to their quality. Still, in a battle between two great teams, you just have to give to the edge to the one with fewer crippling injuries. Game 1 Don May posted:
Box Score Game 2 Don May posted:
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Box Score Pick 'em: The End of the Road Pick the winner, number of games (best-of-nine), and final score Luna Landers @ Macho Men
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CraigK posted:Anyway, the Landers are going to win in five and the final game score will be like 16-3. Nailed it. (16-1 is like 16-3)
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# ? May 13, 2013 22:42 |
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We're going to have a progressive rock apocalypse here. Landers in 8, final score 6-2.
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# ? May 13, 2013 22:44 |
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I feel less bad about my Pandas getting ritually murdered every time I faced the Landers. I feel more bad about being in the same division as them. I feel even more bad about losing to teams other than the Landers at a pretty high rate too.
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# ? May 13, 2013 22:49 |
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Nobody beats the Macho Men. Macho Men in 9, final game 6-4 Also, because it's bedtime in Poland and I'm tired and I'll probably be too busy in the morning, Once it's my pick, the Krakow Dragons select Greg Maddux, unless he's already been taken, in which case don't do anything!
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# ? May 13, 2013 22:51 |
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Pick 'em: The End of the Road Pick the winner, number of games (best-of-nine), and final score Luna Landers @ Macho Men, 8 games, 8-5
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# ? May 13, 2013 22:56 |
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Landers in 8, 3-1
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# ? May 13, 2013 22:58 |
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With the seventh pick in the dispersal draft, the Foul Pole Penguins select '01 Alex Rodriguez. I know he is cursed and whatever but I need a good bat and a shortstop and this fits both!
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# ? May 13, 2013 23:01 |
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Robert_Deadford posted:
So I guess we'll shore up that pitching, then! With the 8th pick, Krakow snares '89 Greg Maddux And now I can sleep.
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# ? May 13, 2013 23:09 |
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Landers in 9, final score 6-5
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# ? May 13, 2013 23:27 |
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Cool, so I've basically built the 90s Braves of the Super-League, except the Braves actually won a World Series title in the 4th season of their post-1990 turnaround and they actually had competitive showings in their 2 other World Series appearances. So, why exactly, did my starting pitching fail so tremendously in this series? As I see it, Cronin potentially cost me one winnable game at home. And I really didn't have high hopes for Koosman's start, but I sure as gently caress wasn't going to willingly start Alex Fernandez in any sort of playoff situation. But why exactly did Seaver and Paige get so thoroughly battered while his starters cruised right through my lineup without resistance? Over the 5 games of the series, I don't really see any significant disparity in Ks or BBs; just hits and, more precisely, XBHs and HRs. edit: I do wish congratulations to mrnoun in his upcoming challenge against the Macho Men and wish to take nothing away for how well his team performed this year. But I guess I don't quite understand how my staff was able to manhandle the Coburns, which I think is the best offensive team in the DL, but then got outscored by 40+ runs in the last 4 games of the finals here. ToiletofSadness fucked around with this message at 23:43 on May 13, 2013 |
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Savor it, boys. Whatever happens with the Macho Men, no one can ever take this away from us. We go now to our deaths, not by our choice, but because we are who we are. We don't fear the Reaper. It's pretty stupid of us, because the Reaper is, like, seriously scary, but that's who we are. Yes, we go to our deaths. But all things die. Men die. Teams die, especially if Bruzer is involved. Even stars die. And someday, perhaps very soon, the Macho Men will die. Rockford Losers, oh worthiest of foes, I would call you kindred spirits if your taste in music didn't suck so hard. And so I charge you: should we fail, you must take up the mantle. Defeat the Marauder, destroy the Cultists, and bring an end to the Savage King's reign! Do not let our deaths be in vain! And so I will leave you all with these parting words, my closing benediction for the Super League: You are all terrible. Get some drat pitching, eight of my guys hit over .300 for the postseason against the best you could offer. And despite it all, may each of you find, if not success and happiness, then peace and contentment in the knowledge that at least you fought to the end. And so it goes.
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# ? May 13, 2013 23:38 |
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Pick 'em: The End of the Road Pick the winner, number of games (best-of-nine), and final score Luna Landers @ Macho Men in 5, 15-2 Go big or go home nerds
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# ? May 13, 2013 23:45 |
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Also, while I'm thinking of it, 99% of grunge was forgettable crap, and Eddie Vedder, to take a random example, is a pretty horrible singer. That said, it was an absolutely necessary response to the horrors of hair metal, and the resurgence of actually interesting rock (even if little of it ever gets remotely close to the mainstream) could never have happened without it. And Ten was a pretty good album on its own merits, especially the B side, Vedder or no.
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# ? May 14, 2013 00:12 |
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Macho Men in 9 (7-2)
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# ? May 14, 2013 00:51 |
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mrnoun posted:Teams die, especially if Bruzer is involved. Can what was never born technically die
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# ? May 14, 2013 01:56 |
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Man, you guys poaching draft picks from the newbies are like a bunch of loving salivating vultures. Especially you, Cthulhu, shame on you. At least some of us have the gumption to not take advantage of poor, defenseless new owners for their valuable draft picks. So, who wants to trade me their draft pick for a bunch of my incredibly shiny turds? They are so drat shiny, let me tell you. Some of them even have names you've probably heard of, which pretty much is assurance they will be a great player in the SL. Hit me up if you want some totally legit turds. From my bench to your field for the price of one useless draft pick that could be anyone, come on, I mean, do you really want to have to worry about picking some guy who might not even be good? Boy, I have some polished shiny loving turds right here. Guaranteed fresh. No wonders, no worries, no stress, no mess-- just some good ol' grade A turds for sale for the price of one (1) of your draft picks. Thanks, let me know. I expect many great offers, so you'd better trade me your pick fast before I change my loving mind and decide I want all these turds for myself. EDIT: Turds of Interest: Old rear end Rickey Henderson - He's old, but he still draws walks and steals bases. That makes him an ideal candidate to lead your offense! Impotent Vlad Guerrero - Sure, he's old and can't get it up, but he still swings at everything which means he's guaranteed to make contact sometimes. Rafael Palmeiro - Doesn't belong here. Not a turd. He's actually really, very good and young. An amazing player. So amazing I have no idea why I'd ever want to get rid of him. That means you give me more for him than he's worth. Much more. Because you don't know any better and you remember seeing him play as a boy. Lots of old pitchers who suck as much as your loving pitchers will suck - I got 'em by the bargain. You think your pitching staff might suck? Well-- take three or four of my failed pitchers I have no interest in-- hell-- some of them never left the feeders! Surely the way to improve your rotation is to deepen it further with more players that other people never wanted. Some relievers - Does your relief staff suck? So does mine-- but that's okay, cause some of these guys are guaranteed to maybe perform better than your relievers. I say this because the vast majority of them might as well be the loving same. So take mine! A bench deep with sore asses - They don't play games for me, so why would they play games for you? Who cares-- why, when you're getting four of them at once for only ONE of your players (or a pick) that means it's a goddamn bargain! I'm sure I got more! I just can't remember them off the top of my head because there's so many good ones! GrickleGrass fucked around with this message at 03:44 on May 14, 2013 |
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