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Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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there was also talk (mostly by me) of doing a wis/sas twitter book club and dumping it in here so as to have a greater latitude w/r/t selection

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Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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first thing then, book suggestions. no restrictions other than that they should be easily found.

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Jul 3, 2007

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AlleyViper posted:

gently caress day baseball. Every single game should start at 7:05 PM

empty quote

weekday day games suck, i have things to do

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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kensei posted:

I got my copy of The Game, when are we starting the Book Club?

i am ready, don't know if it is going to be anyone other than you and me though

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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kensei posted:

I think it is just you, ZJ and me.

bob ordered the book as well, last i heard he hadn't received it yet but that was at least a week ago

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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kensei posted:

So Monday for White Elephant then? Or are we still debating on that?

i'm super busy for at least the next week so i'd kind of be okay with a longer break

but then i'm probably not actually going to be less busy in two weeks anyway so delaying the start mightn't make much of a difference for me

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Jul 3, 2007

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AlleyViper posted:

Suck it, toadee. Where's your god Ruth now?



yesssssss

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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i'd be interested, but i don't have time until next week so

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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i only did an offense but if you jump in without me it isn't a huge deal

e: i've pretty much got a team built now

prince & bats together 4ever

Zamboni Jesus fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Dec 25, 2011

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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i have a team built that i've been waiting to use

Zamboni Jesus
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w/e

Zamboni Jesus
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AlleyViper posted:

Imagine what Jeff Bagwell would have done if he hadn't played his prime years in the Astrodome.

Imagine that, then tell me it's not a monstrosity.

yeah but he still wouldn't get into the hall of fame because other people in the same era used steroids therefore

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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ligapelota not living up to the hype so far

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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do not play jose bautista at ss, that experiment did not go well

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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willie mays has the best line

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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this was a few days ago but still amuses me a lot. lol inning 8

http://whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=17446298&pid=1&pbp=0&tf=10

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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any interest in a goonrush so i can use the team i've had built for the last month?

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Jul 3, 2007

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foolish_fool posted:

How does defence work for players that never played that position?

outfielders are really bad at playing infield

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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behold the greatest rookie effort ever: http://whatifsports.com/mlb-l/playerstats.asp?teamid=1139561

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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AlleyViper posted:

Dear god, what is his payroll at now?

56761837

also

quote:

trade anybodoy for joss addieor ox miller

i almost feel bad

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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if i can think of a gimmick i might throw something together this weekend

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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i'll play if nasboat does :v:

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Jul 3, 2007

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Jul 3, 2007

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uublog posted:

Doesn't the fact that he was on two different teams with different groups of teammates diminish the problem? I mean *I'm* not complaining, I got Pete Rose instead of Bill Lee, just wondering what exactly is wrong with double Nolan Ryan's.

take him back please. thanks people who stuck me with both bill lee and la marr hoyt, hoyt is particularly bad because his season is poo poo and he doesn't give me any good players at least lee has some teammates who aren't poo poo

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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'00 billy was a pansy

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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who were your captains?

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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my captain choices were all cool as heck unlike loving la marr hoyt i wish the fucker who stuck hoyt in the pool had been stuck with him

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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i talked about this briefly on irc, but would there be interest in a pre-expansion rule v league (i.e. 1901-1960)? it would obviously have some kinks to be worked out compared to the regular rule v and would by definition only be able to be 16 teams.

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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i'll wait until devo's league gets rolling a bit then

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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i was like the 3rd person to enter my team :colbert:

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Jul 3, 2007

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Nerokerubina posted:

so did you want to do this as a goon league or like just do it do it?

i wasn't thinking it would be a goon league per se

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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now that devo's league is rolling i guess i will begin to move forward on pre-expansion rule v. av is of the opinion that 1901-60 rule v would require some rule changes.

quote:

23:29 <&AV> after vetting all the teams, I don't think old school Rule V will be very good with default Rule V rules
23:29 <~jeffersonlives> why so
23:30 <&AV> pretty much every team has zero holes to fill on offense, with few exceptions every team has multiple viable options at every position, but there are a number of teams that need a lot of help on pitching (the pitching quality is actually very poorly spread in general).
23:30 <&AV> so a team like the White Sox can protect Collins, Appling, Jackson, Walsh and Cicotte and just take BPA every round, have two players drafted from them in all three rounds
and not care about their losses
23:31 <&AV> also, 2 or 3 teams are just inherently behind the curve on the whole and may not be competitive at all
23:32 <&AV> I think 4 first round protects and a max of 3 steals from each team instead of 2 each round may alleviate things

the other question is whether to stick with the $120m salary cap

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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ArtVandelay posted:

MARIANO RIVERA. THERE IS NO OTHER ANSWER.

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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as much fun as being the permanent reigning champion would be, someone please take tbb's prog team :smith:

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ArtVandelay posted:

ZJ and my TOC is finally up. I'm a 7th seed and not likely to even win 1 series. Somehow, ZJ is an 8th seed.

i'm going to lose to a prog team lol

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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bob lemon threw a complete game shutout to win game 4 for me and then babe adams followed that up by giving up 8 runs

well ok then

Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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i have no idea how to build an astrodome team

e:

Zamboni Jesus fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Mar 28, 2013

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Jul 3, 2007

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uublog posted:

Those stolen base numbers are trippin' me out

non-catchers playing catcher is pretty hilarious

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Zamboni Jesus
Jul 3, 2007

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lol i just got back after not checking my teams for 3 weeks and somehow i am now running away with my division in random captain

the somehow being because the division is terrible, but still

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