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 Those are some impressive defensive stats, Mr. Williams. Polanco back to short, rest Edmonds with Averill in center. kw0134 posted:I'll approve firing Welch into the sun. Our only real choice to rest Simmons would be to break up the RF platoon and play both Bonds and Cavaretta full-time for the week (Bonds in LF, Cavaretta in RF).  Yeah, put Schilling back in for Welch. I blame the Oranges' Welcher for giving Smasher hope he'd not be hideously bad. Cavaretta to left, Bonds to right alone for the week is totally do-able. We could also use Mays or Murphy, but they seem to have caught some rapid aging disease. Also, Cronin can play third briefly; he started a bit there late in his career, that's why we drafted him specifically.
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kw0134 posted:I suggested the other way around for Bonds/Cavaretta, so if that's a deliberate decision then I'll swap my suggestion around and vote for that if there's a particular reason for it. It seems to me Bonds is a natural right fielder, while Cavaretta is more of a utility player in this context. Many more games played in left. Oh, and I forgot, bring Porter back up, send down Sandy Alomar, and resume the Porter Fiske Platoon. "Cornfields."
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Wow, what a great couple of weeks. I guess we'll give Lefty Williams a chance to gently caress up in place of Dennis Leonard. And put Edmonds back in for Averill, please; I forgot to do that last week, but it seems to have worked out OK! We should probably put Stan Hack back in at third base, Cronin's not really a long-term 3B. We have a really good infield defense, so I guess that's a point in our favor?
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Re: a 3B platoon, yeah, I think I'll switch to that after Polanco heals up and I can take Matt "Not A Shortstop" Williams out of the daily lineup. Thanks for the double-feature game of the week. Poor Bearers. Speaking of... A message to posterity: Do not draft '67 Tom Seaver! Yes, I know, it's Tom Seaver...but it is rookie Tom Terrific and he will loving end you!
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Actually, pull LaMarr Hoyt and stick General Crowder into short relief. He did OK there earlier this year, as I recall. Re: strength of starting teams, I was helped out a bit by both the first auction and a couple challenges. That was nice.
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I think "fixing my third base problem" looks a lot like "hoping Eddie Mathews doesn't suck next year." For now, though, platoon him with Matt Williams because apparently I haven't learned my lesson yet. Rest Edmonds with Averill again. gently caress, this is like the fourth time. Stop being old, Jimbo! Swap Berkman and Bagwell in the lineup, please. Rickey's certainly doing well, I must say. I would welcome a Rule V Draft just so someone picks up my Will Clark expecting him to be good. To be fair, he was a great DH for me back when I was in that League. But take my Matt Morris, please!
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Nov 5, 2012 16:12
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Bench Lefty Williams. DL Greinke. I guess Bob Feller to second in the rotation, Appier to fifth, I'm bidding LaMarr Hoyt for Jhonny Peralta and Ray Lankford for David Freese. UltimoDragonQuest, are you still selling pitchers off your feeders? Anything interest you that I can spare?
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Welcome to the jungle, Losers! You're gonna...suffer from malariaaahhhh. Rest everyone! Ish. LF Hisle CF Averill C Alomar 1B Fiske RF Drew SS Renteria 3B Williams 2B Money (from the top, not from next to pitch) SP McDowell SP Morris SP Feller SP Messersmith SP Appier LR Williams Thanks! I can't really afford to lose anyone at this juncture. Also, this is probably the worst lineup in Super League history.
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Nov 13, 2012 16:27
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Ouch. Sorry, mrnoun. So, Smasher, when do you want playoff rosters? I enjoyed that "preview the contenders" thing you did for the Smasher League last week, by the way. Always glad to hear your insights. What will Mornacale do with the shower of mediocrity he won in the auction? The world wonders.
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Great preview. But if the better team always won best-of-fives, the world would be a simpler and much more boring place. Imperial Dynamo League Division Series Roster LF Rickey Henderson 2B Eddie Collins RF Lance Berkman CF Jim Edmonds 1B Jeff Bagwell C Darrell Porter/Carlton Fisk SS Edgar Renteria 3B Eddie Mathews/Matt Williams Bench: IF Placido Polanco OF Ray Lankford OF JD Drew PH Ralph Kiner SP Hilton Smith SP Don Sutton SP Zack Greinke SP Kevin Appier (The narrative is too good!) Relief Ace Jonathan Papelbon Setup Man Mike Timlin LOOGY Alan Embree Innings Eater General Crowder Lame Duck Boomer Wells Long Relief Andy Messersmith Mop-up Bob Feller
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Regrettable. Distressing. Ah, well, until next season. I must remember to investigate whether "General" Crowder is any relation to Bo, Bowman, or Boyd. It would explain his dogged stupidity and hirsute incompetence, if nothing else.
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Nov 21, 2012 02:56
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Wait, Mogul thinks Ray Lankford is a better 3B replacement than Matt Williams or Placido Polanco? Good God.
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Submitted Bearers Gauntlet Roster! SS Luke Appling CF Kenny Lofton 1B Willie McCovey RF Lance Berkman/Bobby Bonds LF Al Simmons C Ted Simmons DH Willie Mays 3B Stan Hack 2B Craig Biggio C Victor Martinez (Catches for Marichal) IF Joe Cronin OF Dale Murphy UT Phil Cavaretta #1 Mordecai Brown #2 Juan Marichal #3 Gaylord Perry #4 Curt Schilling Mopup Ted Lyons Closer Bruce Sutter Setup Todd Worrell Short Relief Roberto Hernandez Short Relief Steve Hamilton Middle Relief Paul Assenmacher Long Relief Tom Seaver Looking forward to a corporate obituary consisting of crickets and unintelligible muttering.
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:I'm not thrilled with my options. '51 Ralph Kiner? 185 OPS+, dingers for days.
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mks5000 posted:On that note, I'm looking to sell some pitching. 1976 Jim Kaat or 1972 Mel Stottlemyre for a corner outfield platoon bat, preferably a lefty. Can I interest you in a JD Drew? 2000 vintage, excellent patience, would be a great 4th outfielder/platoon guy. Best of all, you don't have to pay his contract! I'd be looking for '76 Jim Kaat, '76 Ron Reed, and '95 Randy Velarde (because my infield is cursed and I need
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Faustoan Bargain posted:I've got the pick after mks5000 and I'm still not 100% on which way to go, so I'm open to offers for the pick as well. Ideally I'd like to improve my CF situation (2012 Werth/Harper) or rotation, but I'm in no position to turn down offers at C, SS, or 3B. Hall of Famer ('37) Earl Averill would solve your CF sitch immediately, and I could also send you the surprisingly decent-hitting '95 Sandy Alomar Jr. Mornacale - I'll take you up on the corpse of Eddie Mathews (I have a too-young version, and maybe they'll average to greatness!) if you'll take 2000 Rick Ankiel. 
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Faustoan Bargain posted:Any other options for a second player? As many memories as Alomar gave me, I'm not sure he's really an upgrade over what I've got... a better catcher (or IF depth) with Averill could probably get it done. Well, my other two catchers are Darrell Porter and Carlton Fisk, who've been great for me, and while I could pry one loose to pair with Averill, it would take a good deal more than the pick. I have a great deal of infield depth, though most of it is kind of meh; Matt Williams ('91) has a lot of power, and Mogul thinks he can play shortstop as well, if that interests you. I also have a somewhat embarrassing number of spare starting pitchers who would not be awful, but are not going to be great, either (Dennis Leonard, CYA-winner LaMarr Hoyt, etc). Would you be willing to throw in Sean Burnett? My bullpen is kind of shady. Viscount Slim fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Dec 6, 2012 |
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mks5000 posted:While I'm slightly interested by JD Drew, I am not exactly in a position to give up Randy Valverde because infield depth is one of my biggest problems. If Collins or Cash get hurt then I absolutely need Valverde on this team. Fair enough, any other throw-ins you can add in lieu of Velarde? He's certainly not worth killing the deal over. I only suggested him because you're going to have to pare down to 28 players after the picks, etc.
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Faustoan Bargain posted:I'm not confident enough in my pen to part with Burnett, I fear. Haha, fair enough. I'm leaning pretty heavily on Alan Embree ffs, so I'm looking for any lefty reliever with a pulse. Faustoan Bargain posted:What years Porter and Fisk are we talking about? And what beyond the pick would each require? It honestly wasn't even on my radar until now; they combined for 26 home runs last season for me, which is Real Good for catchers in the Super League. They're '75 and '84 respectively. Problem is, a lot of your strengths are also mine - I need a reliable left side of the infield and a few more competent rotation arms. I don't know, Fisk is better than what's left in the draft pool, you want Averill, Fisk, and Matt Williams for your last two picks, Ian Desmond, and the LOOGY of your choice? Two Hall guys+ is pretty good value.
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Understandable. Sure, that works for me. I'll give Thornton a shot if you're dissatisfied with him.
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Smasher Dynamo posted:I don't know, if I'm going to do supplemental picks, I'd probably want to give a few picks to teams that survived the Super-League, but didn't make the playoffs as well. Ha, well, pretty sure I need help more than, say, the Landers.
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So if I smash Michael Young and Placido Polanco together really hard, like Little Boy gun barrel critical mass bomb hard, will I have Rogers Hornsby playing shortstop?
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 Rather than draft for need and replace Rawly Eastwick, I'll chase the fading star of César Cedeño.
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Super League VIII Roster/Lineup LF Rickey Henderson (1989) 2B Eddie Collins (1911) 1B Jeff Bagwell (1994) CF Jim Edmonds (2000) RF Lance Berkman (2010)/César Cedeño (1980) C Darrell Porter (1975)/Carlton Fisk (1984) [the return of Porter Fiske] 3B Eddie Mathews (1954)/Matt Williams (1991) SS Edgar Rentería (2000) Bench: IF Michael Young (2010) OF J.D. Drew (2000) PH Will Clark (2000) Pitching: SP Hilton Smith (Negro Leagues) SP Don Sutton (1982) SP Bob Feller (1937) SP Zack Greinke (2006) SP Sam McDowell (1966) CL Jonathan Papelbon (2007) SU Mike Timlin (2000) SR Matt Thornton (2011) SR Alan Embree (1995) MR David Wells (1992) LR Andy Messersmith (1970) Minors: SP Lefty Williams (1919) SP Dennis Leonard (1977) SP Kevin Appier (1989) SP Matt Morris (2000) SW General Crowder (1930) RP Rawly Eastwick (1975) RP Ted Wilks (1951) SS Robin Yount (1975) SS Ian Desmond (2012) IF Placido Polanco (2000) IF Don Money (1975) C Sandy Alomar (1995) OF Larry Hisle (1975) OF Ray Lankford (2000) UT Danny Tartabull (1989) LF Ralph Kiner (1951) Viscount Slim fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Dec 11, 2012 |
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ToiletofSadness posted:Viscount, how in the hell have you survived this long with such terrible shortstops? By keeping a stiff upper lip and maintaining a firm belief in six mediocre shortstops being equivalent to one good one. I really enjoyed the Bearers obit, Smasher - you're a machine.
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Bunch of people too young to have tasted that swill spotted. I support the C falafel variant. Poor Rapid Robert. I expected my young fireballers to be lottery tickets this year, but no earned runs and two losses is demoralizing. I'm not worried about my start, honestly, because my pitching seems OK (except for Greinke's early hook game), and if Bagwell and Edmonds decide not to hit all year, then I am Just hosed and no amount of fretting will change that.
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Χρυσή Αυγή wants to take back  Feller works, Sudden Sam doesn't. Send him down. Push Greinke to the five slot, use Messersmith in fourth, Dennis Leonard to long relief. Poor Ted Williams. Student should have traded him to Marauder when he had the chance.
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cucka posted:wait... Because γύρος ends with an 's' sound, and Greek folks will look at you tiredly if you ask for a "jy-row." Ugh. OK, Porter becomes Sutton's (oy, Sutton, break out the coarse grit stuff, eh?) personal catcher, Fisk starts. Send down Renteria, call up teenage Ybin Rnt (he's Welsh) to start. Despair at bullpen. Time to get centered, A.
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You're both loose coonans, you can't go against your nature. But yeah, C. Viscount Slim fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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My strategy of doing nothing much and hoping my hitting gets better paid off! I think. Also. A.
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Well, this is sure to last! Stick JD Drew in left and Michael Young at second for the week. Do not pull this "I get sore every three weeks" poo poo on me again, Jimmy. Suck it up. A.
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Faustoan Bargain posted:Got a couple names I'm interested enough in, but think I'd prefer to trade down at this point. Anyone looking to move up? I'd be open to taking a later pick plus a depth guy (or just two late picks, given how many holes my roster has), or might just give up the pick for a power bat/starter. Well, if you're sending down Harper, you'll have a gap at LF. I've got '51 Ralph Kiner: .309/.452/.627 that year, for a 185 OPS+. Lead the majors in home runs. If memory serves, he hit 30 HR for me the first two seasons in the League. Give me the pick - just look how well Averill is working out for you!
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My thanks to the baseballing soviet of Cleveland - in keeping with Bob Feller and Sam McDowell, we will be drafting  Smoky Joe Wood. Maddux is safer, but let other teams be satisfied with safety! We ride the fireball!  Eddie Collins back to second base, Rickey back to LF. Send down old Will Clark, call up Tartabull and platoon him with Berkman, platoon Cedeño with Edmonds to give him an extra day off. Thanks, Smasher. Haha, B! (mentholmoose and the Failures are on the clock)
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Possibly a dumb question, but, as I understand it, Martín Dihigo was able to play a number of positions as well as pitching. To what extent would that be reflected if drafted?
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The Burma Imperialists Select The poo poo Out Of Martín Dihigo. Of an uncertain vintage.
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Smasher Dynamo posted:Are you going to use him primarily as a position player or as a pitcher? I'd like to hold back from that decision for another week, if you don't mind. Obviously willing to refrain from using him in that time. Want to see if teenage Yount is actually worthwhile.  In preparation for the Tetrachampaton, let's see if Darrell Porter improves with a week or two in the minors - call up Sandy Alomar Jr to take over Porter's personal catcher duties. I have no idea what to do about MVP-year Bagwell. I know he'd had a history of being bad for everyone but me, but I feel so betrayed. 
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 Well, Robin Yount seems to be not-awful this time, and I do have a legion of stopgaps, so...I guess Dihigo should remain a pitcher. Replace Matt Thornton with Ted Wilks, and rest Berkman with JD Drew for the week. B!
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My condolences to the Elephants. I shall remember you each time I play billiards with my ivory set painted in your colors. Martín Dihigo in for Bob Feller, please. He had his run. Bagwell continues to sadden me, let's try a platoon of Berkman and Bagwell at 1B. C, clearly.
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