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theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
So, hey. The Mudholes are gonna bid 2 ratings challenges on '06 Roy "Doc" Halladay. Does this come anywhere near the value that has already been bid? I have no Goddamned idea, but I thought I would throw it out there. Guessing I can't bid draft picks, as there's really no way we won't be relegated at this point.

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theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.


Put Sutton back in the rotation. Zito to long relief. Gallardo to Mars.

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
http://lpix.org/774418/BannerMAD.png


Smasher Dynamo posted:


Kurowski to 3B, Braun to DH.



So it is. So it shall be. In accordance with the prophecy.

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
This is my first gauntlet. Can anyone give some sort of overview as to how this works?

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Why are people using 4 or 3 (?!) man rotations for the gauntlet? Is this a viable strategy?

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.



I want to be like all the cool kids and have a 4 man rotation for the Gauntlet. Let's make it:

Sutton
Clemens
Lemon
Brown

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.

Armitage posted:

At least we didn't lose 100 games!

Hey don't steal my thunder!

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Do I get the pleasure of taking 2011 Ryan Braun out back and putting him down?

I guess that was really what I should have expected from him, given his regular season.

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
:ohdear: Hope for SL IX? :ohdear:


theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
My version of your preview for the Whalers was more realistic, but it included Bettman actually raping a corpse and ingesting its entrails. Yours wins because it can be shown on TV, but we all lose anyway.

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Should I be concerned that SLVIII is happening in the SLVII thread? Could Spaceballs possibly be real????

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.

Smasher Dynamo posted:

we're only about two or three weeks away from the next Expansion Class

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
If I am allowed to vote, it's C.

I always knew I liked you for some reason, Smasher.

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Is voting restricted to only current team owners?

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.

Smasher Dynamo posted:

All-Star Ballot

Dynamo League

Catcher
[ ] Johnny Bench (DUB) (.269/.319/.358, 3 HR, 3.2 WAR)

First Baseman
[ ] Lou Gehrig (WEB) (.218/.325/.407, 7 HR, 5.8 WAR)

Second Baseman
[ ] Joe Morgan (DUB) (.282/.360/.445, 7 HR, 8.6 WAR)
Guess I'll go with the non-Yank

Third Baseman
[ ] Wade Boggs (SJE) (.356/.419/.490, 4 HR, 5.5 WAR)
Why? gently caress Scott Rolen forever and ever. Amen.

Shortstop
[ ] Joe Cronin (ONE) (.316/.376/.464, 6 HR, 6.5 WAR)
Ernie was a Cubs. gently caress that.

Left Fielder
[ ] Tris Speaker (ROC) (.382/.449/.560, 1 HR, 7.0 WAR)
7 Goddamned WAR!?!

Center Fielder
[ ] Oscar Charleston (ROC) (.302/.359/.476, 6 HR, 4.8 WAR)
[ ] Jim Edmonds (BUR) (.286/.366/.485, 8 HR, 5.9 WAR)
[ ] Billy Hamilton (CAN) (.340/.398/.448, 2 HR, 5.9 WAR)
[ ] Ty Cobb (ONE) (.294/.341/.453, 4 HR, 4.4 WAR)
[ ] Andrew McCutchen (WEB) (.316/.377/.474, 3 HR, 2.4 WAR)
I can't bring myself to vote for any of these.

Right Fielder
[ ] Mel Ott (ALB) (.332/.434/.611, 15 HR, 6.8 WAR)

Designated Hitter
[ ] Ted Williams (NYF) (.289/.402/.529, 13 HR, 5.7 WAR)
B-52 bombin' yo rear end

Manager
[ ] Mornacale (WEB) (Reigning E.C. Champion, Pirates fan)
Not enough spreadheets!


Smasher League

Catcher
[ ] Josh Gibson (LUN) (.304/.352/.526, 10 HR, 2.7 WAR, is Josh Gibson)
There is no other answer.

First Baseman
[ ] Mo Vaughn (NEA) (.234/.310/.495, 17 HR, 4.9 WAR)
I've had a bit of a Mo boner lately.

Second Baseman
[ ] Roberto Alomar (CUB) (.272/.321/.411, 3 HR, 6.0 WAR)
Spitting in your ump's face.

Third Baseman
[ ] Paul Molitor (PHF) (.321/.366/.491, 6 HR, 6.6 WAR)
I can't not vote for the Ignitor

Shortstop
[ ] Honus Wagner (BRN) (.287/.332/.388, 1 HR, 6.0 WAR)

Left Fielder
[ ] Rickey Henderson (LOM) (.300/.373/.396, 5 HR, 5.6 WAR)
Rickey would be incensed if I didn't vote Rickey!

Center Fielder
[ ] Mickey Mantle (NEA) (.254/.369/.493, 13 HR, 5.4 WAR)
Intently watching Trout's season :ohdear:

Right Fielder
[ ] Babe Ruth (SLA) (.307/.417/.609, 14 HR, 6.5 WAR)
It's The Babe. You want to wear that crown. We all do.

Designated Hitter
[ ] Sadaharu Oh (LOM) (.274/.341/.452, 11 HR, 5.6 WAR)

Manager
[ ] gardenald (EC runner-up, 3rd most successful team owner based in Rhode Island!)
I find Rhode Island sad. Prove me wrong gardenald!

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
As requested:








Team Name: CERN Colliders

Home City: Moncton,NB

Home Stadium: Yankee Stadium (the original one, if possible)

DH Preference: No

Feeders:

'27 Yankees
'53 Braves
'15 Athletics

30-Man Roster:

Batters (14)

C Pat Collins '27 NYY
1B Lou Gehrig '27 NYY
2B Tony Lazzeri '27 NYY
3B Eddie Mathews '53 Braves
SS Johnny Logan '53 Braves
LF Bob Meusel '27 NYY
CF Earl Combs '27 NYY
RF Babe Ruth '27 NYY

Bench
C Jack Lapp '15 PHL
1B Joe Adcock '53 Braves
2B Nap Lajoie '15 PHL
3B Wally Schang '15 PHL
OF/1B Amos Strunk '15 PHL
RF Andy Pafko '53 Braves


Minors

Sid Gordon '53 Braves
Stuffy McInnis '15 PHL
Mark Koenig '27 NYY



Pitchers (11)

SP Warren Spahn '53 Braves
SP Waite Hoyt '27 NYY
SP Herb Pennock '27 NYY
SP Urban Shocker '27 NYY
SP Bob Buhl '53 Braves


CL Wilcy Moore '27 NYY
SU Don Liddle* '53 Braves
RP Lew Burdette '53 Braves
RP Ernie Johnson '53 Braves
RP Bob Shawkey '27 NYY
LR Dutch Ruether '27 NYY


Minors
Johnny Antonelli '53 Braves


Lineup:

CF Earl Combs
2B Tony Lazzeri
1B Lou Gehrig
RF Babe Ruth
3B Eddie Mathews
LF Bob Meusel
C Pat Collins
SS Johnny Logan
P

Jack Lapp will be Urban Shocker's personal catcher


Strategy (Rate on a scale from -5 to +5)

Hit and Run: 0
Sacrifice Bunt: -2
Squeeze Play: -4
Trying for extra bases: 2
Stealing Bases: 2
Aggressively Tagging Up: 2
Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): 1
Giving Intentional Walks: 0
Pitching Around Good Hitters: 0
Bringing the Infield In: 0
Guarding the Lines: 0
Making Cutoff Throws: 2
Bringing in Pinch Hitters: 2
Bringing in Pinch Runners: -1
Bringing in Defensive Replacements:2
Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: -2
Letting pitchers pitch throw trouble: 0
Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: 0

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Wasn't Smasher gonna take a day off. Are his days like 8 hours long?

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.

I will always see your banner and sing Sexual Harassment...Panda in my head.

It really haunts me.

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Voting A in the EC poll.

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
That trade looks like when my brother and I play Monopoly and he realizes there is no way he can win. He yells "gently caress THIS GAME" and flips the board over.

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.

tatankatonk posted:

No, I was just disappointed in my team, and I wanted to send my favorite players to a team that I liked so that they wouldn't be cast to the winds in the dispersal draft.

It really looks like you're dumping salary/players, much like the 2012 Marlins, or also the Marlins after every time they went to the WS. The Marlins.

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.

Grinnblade posted:

Expansion Cup VIII Preview: Now With 100% More Divisions!





Not one but TWO perfect 100 rolls in your starting lineup. :catstare: I think we found the top offense in the Cup, guys.





I didn't even know 100 was a possible thing, and now 2? :aaaaa:

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.

Letting pitchers pitch throw trouble: -2
Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: -2
Let's flip flop Burdette and Liddle.
Put Gehrig at 1B and Adcock at DH.
Where did Kelly Johnson come from?

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.


.
..
...


Lew Burdette to closer
Ernie Johnson to setup
Don Liddle to #5 starter
Bob Buhl to the middle relief
Dutch Ruether up to short relief
If we can somehow make Bob Shawkey into a bloody pumpkin, I would like it.

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
I feel like Smasher is apathetic because there is no more football.


Sure, there is football on, but neither of us care. It's like having porn that gets you kinda stiff, then you realize it's really not what you're into and give up. Wait, did I just say that?

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
C Why do we keep denying this man gyros?

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.



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

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
We demand gyros! A

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Give the mAn A GoddAmned gyros!

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Good Lord, look at that EC injury report.

There are only 2 explanations, global warming or Mark Grace. Take your pick.


Also C. There aren't any actual motherfucking gyros, are there?

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Yoshida and Johnny loving Hopp

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
What horrible fate has befallen our EC friend Grinnblade? :ohdear:

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Coburns and Unicorns

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
MORE Pick 'em!
Pick TWO to survive
Burma Imperialists
Rochester Generics

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Pick TWO!
Burma Imperialists
Florida Oranges

Pick the winner, and score of the game!
Coburns 11-7
Luna Landers 5-3

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Pick 'em FOREVER!
Pick the winner, the number of games (best-of-five), and score of the final game
Luna Landers , 5, 4-3
Lombard St. Gumshoes,5 , 6-2
Fukuoka Finger-Bangers, 4 , 2-1
Cancun Tornados, 4 , 8-5

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Pick'em: Hope and Futility
Pick TWO!
Albany Pessimists
Burma Imperialists

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.
Pick 'em: Also Sprach Babe Ruth-stra
Pick TWO!
Burma Imperialists
Rochester Generics

theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.



The age of Mark Koenig experiments is over. Replace him with Johnny Logan.


Colliders unite!

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theacox
Jun 8, 2010

You can't be serious.

Smasher Dynamo posted:



Teams Used
2004 Milwaukee Brewers



You deserve to be relegated for this alone. Those early 00's Brewers teams were a loving disaster.

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