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RIP The Widowmakers, may they ride into Valhalla with shiny faces. The B-Zephyrs select 1934 Josh Gibson. My man tadashi is on the clock for trading or picking!
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RIP to the Bombers/Widows. A truly great team.
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i am always a sucker for a princess bride reference
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HulkaMatt posted:RIP to the Bombers/Widows. A truly great team. Indeed, the end of an era. A clusterfuck of an era, but an era nonetheless. So, I suppose it's time to start a new clusterfuck of an era, with a new team!  The South Philly Exclusives are open for trading now. I'm going to claim the following feeder teams: 1881 Grays (3) 1942 Giants (2) 1976 Twins (1) 1934 Red Sox (1) 1967 AL All-Stars (4) And take '06 Ed Walsh, '15 Ed Walsh, and '51 Yogi Berra with me from the Widowmakers. There's a preliminary roster here. In terms of trades, I need a couple shortstops, probably a centerfielder, and a good chunk of relievers; I'm going to place an emphasis on home run power out of hitters and strikeouts out of the relievers. I will contact some people that I'm interested in trading with probably after the Christmas holiday.
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I love The Princess Bride. Thank you for another fun season, smasher. I know how taxing this is, but it also absolutely brings me a great deal of joy. And thanks everyone else. In a world of poo poo, I really love this league. And now back to trying to kill all of you. Especially you, Shepard.
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rabidsquid posted:i am always a sucker for a princess bride reference *ambi dextro gives up seven home runs in a start* "i know something you do not know. i am not left handed" *ambi dextro gives up five home runs in the next start*
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Oh yeah, I wanted to thank you too Smasher, your writing is superb as usual and this continues to be an absolute joy to be involved in. I know it can be incredibly stressful but your work is very appreciated.
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FairGame posted:
Just remember , in non xcom it is much harder to get me near a forklift !
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Dec 22, 2017 02:37
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A trade! Generics send: 1949 Roy Campanella 1996 Ken Griffey Jr. for, 1967 Mickey Mantle 1967 Bill Freehan
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Dec 22, 2017 02:42
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kw0134 posted:A trade! Approved!
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Dec 22, 2017 02:43
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mentholmoose posted:Approved! Can't believe I missed out on doing almost this exact trade with you
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kw0134 posted:A trade! Mantle was still playing baseball in 67? His poor poor knee.
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Thank you for the season, Smasher!
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Dec 22, 2017 23:06
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The Chicago Cubs take 1934 Satchel Paige with pick #2. Grinnblade is up.
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Another  TRADE! The Towa City Demon Hunters send: 2001 Alex Rodriguez to the South Philly Exclusives for: 1881 Bobby Mathews
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mentholmoose posted:Another Accepted.
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Jesus that's quite the price drop from kimbrel
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FairGame posted:Jesus that's quite the price drop from kimbrel It's also quite the price drop from Jack Powell and Joe Morgan. Never underestimate the power of wanting a specific kind of player!
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alright guys  At this point I got the strangest sense of deja vu... Grinnblade posted:<mentholmoose> don't do it  ALRIGHT ALREADY   mrnoun offers Pete Alexander Walter Johnson Tom Seaver Manny Ramirez Johnny Bench Lee Smith Idaho offers 1st, 2nd, and 4th Round Dispersal Draft picks
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Grinnblade posted:mrnoun offers That's... 1922 Pete 1916 Johnson 1976 Seaver 1999 Manny 1974 Bench and 1983 Smith. With the 3rd pick, The Luna Landers select 1947 Ted Williams. That puts Venice and frankenfreak on the clock, except there's no clock, so, uh, just do whatever.
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Dec 23, 2017 05:14
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 I watched this trade go down live in the discord and I still didn't believe it was happening. 
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First three players taken were Pippoes! I've never felt more validated in the Super League. Another great season, Smasher. Always love the writing, especially when it gets self-deprecating. Like the more you say you hate it, the more I like it.
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I got someone in mind one of the Pedros, but if someone wants to make another outrageous pick, I'm listening. What I'm looking for most is: - starting pitchers with high K/9 (and not too shabby ERA etc. of course) - a lefty 1B and/or RF - a right-handed 3B who's better than my Bob Elliott - relievers, just like everyone else
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Dec 23, 2017 05:36
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Hot take that's a really bad trade for Grinnblade, fight me.
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Faustoan Bargain posted:I'm either saving my franchise or blowing a hard-earned-by-way-of-being-awful pick. mrnoun posted:That's... 
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Paul Zuvella posted:Hot take that's a really bad trade for Grinnblade, fight me. Nah. That's pretty good value for the picks. Ole Pete works well, it's a prime Johnson (who's still alright, if not an SP1), Seaver can pull out good seasons, Manny's a good age, Bench can hold C down okay...Smith's a bit young but not awfully so. If he got a better deal, it'd be because someone was desperate and silly. I wouldn't wait around for that kind of moment to happen, and instead take 3/5 of a rotation and other goodies.
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Pander posted:Nah. That's pretty good value for the picks. Ole Pete works well, it's a prime Johnson (who's still alright, if not an SP1), Seaver can pull out good seasons, Manny's a good age, Bench can hold C down okay...Smith's a bit young but not awfully so. It's 3/5 of a rotation for 3 picks. It's not a terrible deal, since all 3 pitchers are probably 3rd round talent or higher, but I see where mks is coming from.
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FairGame posted:It's 3/5 of a rotation for 3 picks. Here are grinnblade's choices 1) Take deal in hand from mrnoun that's pretty good value 2) try to find another deal (???) 3) use picks to take players When a team has a few big holes and needs pitching badly, turning 3 picks into 4 quality arms, a quality bat, and a quality glove at a defense-first position? I just don't see how that's bad. If you can't bring another deal forward, then you're just talking out your rear end assuming you can somehow finagle a better deal than he did. I just don't put stock in revisionist trading like that. If it's a bad deal that's one thing, but even if you don't *like* the trade it's hard to say it's worse than fair value.
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I wasn't there when the trade was being discussed, but I find it hard to believe that he could not have gotten Johnson/Manny/Bench/Lee for the first rounder alone. Its the 2nd and 4th rounders that make this trade bad, not the ted williams part.
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Wait, you'd be okay with that trade, but would find Pete plus seaver isn't worth a 2nd and 4th rounders?
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I do think you can argue that grinnblade could have gotten more than pete/seaver for the 2nd/4th rounders if he'd traded them separately. However, given the way mrnoun trades, I'm not sure that spiting up the deal that way would have been possible.
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Pander posted:Wait, you'd be okay with that trade, but would find Pete plus seaver isn't worth a 2nd and 4th rounders? That Pete is old, and averages like 173 innings a year with a whip of about 1.3, he's not an ace. His 2nd rounder is the de-facto 14th pick, and Seaver has had 5 seasons above an ERA+100 since SL 20. 5/16. He's the equivalent of a super league innings eater, which is like fine. That 14th pick could be a Barry Bonds or an Albert Pujols, that's an extremely good pick in this draft.
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Paul Zuvella posted:I wasn't there when the trade was being discussed, but I find it hard to believe that he could not have gotten Johnson/Manny/Bench/Lee for the first rounder alone. Its the 2nd and 4th rounders that make this trade bad, not the ted williams part. For reference, I would not have done that deal.
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Pander posted:Here are grinnblade's choices This is exactly why I think mks is being stupid about the trade. The situation that lead to it was mrnoun one-upping an offer Grinn refused to take for his first rounder by Shepard. It was a good deal for the value, and there was a pretty implicit mood of 'you can take it or you can leave it'. mrnoun gives up most of his usable depth and 2/5ths of his starting rotation for a bid. No one was going to come in offering a better deal than what mrnoun had to offer, and the idea of grinn trying to get 'more' out of this deal as the situation unfolded would have just led to the deal blowing up in his face, and him having to force option 3. It's not a bad deal for the value, and helps grinnblade's team way more in the long run than the draft picks probably would have. If you think grinnblade's getting 'ripped off', or however you wanna phrase it, in this deal, you can always try and offer better deals. If you don't, then I don't see why you think you're entitled to bitch about that trade.
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I don't think anyone is bitching. People are gonna evaluate trades. It happens in MLB. It happens here. It's not anything personal I'm sure. People have different opinions of the values of various players--which is why the draft board doesn't go in order by position ranking each year.
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You are extremely upset about me thinking this is a bad trade for Grinnblade and it confuses me a lot
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i like trades
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Craig K posted:i like trades Trade me Billy Wagner
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I AM INTERNET MAD THAT SOMEONE DISAGREES WITH MY OPINION ON A TRADE FIGHT ME BITCH
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all trades are bad except trades where people give me something I want for a reasonable price I can afford, which do not actually exist therefore all trades are bad
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