05-19-2013, 09:40 PM | #101 |
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Thanks guys, appreciate you agreeing to let the boys play. Their team will be the Hawkinsville Bears...
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05-19-2013, 09:41 PM | #102 | |
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Fair enough. I didn't know who knew what/who owned what, so I'll eliminate that factor from my draft strategy.
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05-19-2013, 09:54 PM | #103 | |
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Thanks here too. What caused me to wonder about this were several players, pitchers specifically, that are actually quite high (top 100 overall) if you look at something like real-life WAR ... but they managed that in maybe 8-10 games, leaving them uncarded in the basic set.
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05-19-2013, 10:03 PM | #104 | |
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Since I'm not playing I haven't done any special resource. If you want to give me a couple of names off line I can tell you if they are carded... |
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05-20-2013, 10:14 PM | #105 |
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new team
knocksville generals are in and awaiting the draft
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05-20-2013, 10:21 PM | #106 |
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05-20-2013, 10:42 PM | #107 |
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ok...I'm ready to set the draft order and I've decided to allow you to pick your own poison...
Here is how it is going to work. Pick a letter between A and L (no letter picked more than 1 time)...each letter corresponds to a draft location... Good Luck: A - Seattle - (10th Pick) B - Knoxville (9th Pick) C - Salt Lake - (6th Pick) D - E - Cleveland (2nd Pick) F - G - Stamford (7th Pick) H - Philadelphia (11th Pick) I - J - Montpelier (8th Pick) K - L - Atlanta (4th Pick) Last edited by Breeze : 05-21-2013 at 11:59 AM. |
05-20-2013, 10:44 PM | #108 |
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Salt Lake will take C
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05-20-2013, 10:45 PM | #109 |
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05-20-2013, 11:01 PM | #110 |
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Atlanta Crackers take L (for my last name)
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05-20-2013, 11:05 PM | #111 |
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Stamford takes G for my last name
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05-20-2013, 11:43 PM | #112 |
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Seattle Pilots take A.
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05-21-2013, 12:32 AM | #113 |
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Spiders take E.
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05-21-2013, 01:17 AM | #114 |
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Give me H, for How much I Hate this Heat
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05-21-2013, 09:05 AM | #115 |
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J it is.
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05-21-2013, 10:16 AM | #116 |
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05-21-2013, 10:25 AM | #117 |
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Dragging out this lottery for maximum drama, eh?
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05-21-2013, 10:27 AM | #118 |
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Hey, is the draft snake or straight?
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05-21-2013, 11:08 AM | #119 |
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Draft Order
1. 2. Cleveland 3. 4. Atlanta 5. 6. Salt Lake 7. Stamford 8. Montpelier 9. Knoxville 10. Seattle 11. Philadelphia 12. Last edited by Breeze : 05-21-2013 at 11:59 AM. |
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05-21-2013, 11:42 AM | #124 |
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05-21-2013, 11:47 AM | #127 |
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basically we have 2 more picks...Knoxville and Birmingham
Then I'll let my boys pick and the last two bots will fill in the gaps... |
05-21-2013, 11:59 AM | #128 |
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Knoxville picks B which gives them the 9th pick
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05-22-2013, 08:56 AM | #129 |
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Quick Update
Ok, wanted to update you guys...I know I had indicated we'd start the draft this week, but 1 of the players is out of pocket until next week, and I have to admit that the kids are still finishing up school and so they haven't studied for the draft. So right now I'm thinking we'll start drafting next week... Anybody have any problems with that or suggestions. I'm open... |
05-22-2013, 09:09 AM | #130 |
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Next week isn't really a problem for me.
I do have a question though, about 10 humans + 2 bots vs just 10 humans. With only 20 teams at 25ish players each (assuming the base set rather than the "extras" set included), that's 500 players, split roughly as 300 batters + 200 pitchers. If we include the bots & extend the league to 12, with 35 man rosters, it seems to me like we're going to end up drafting an awfully high percentage of carded players (420 of 500). With the last two human additions to the league, are we sure we want/need the 2 bots? If one of those bots is intended for ntndeacon & the other is just to balance the schedule that's cool & all, or if you just like the way a 12 team schedule & presumably two divisions works out, that's cool too. Otherwise though ... I dunno, just seems like stretching unnecessarily maybe (since the target number of teams back on page 2 of the thread seemed to be 10). I'm not lobbying hard against it or anything, just wondering what anybody else thought.
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05-22-2013, 09:42 AM | #131 |
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Hadn't thought about that Jon, but I agree that's a good point. I think I would be happier with a 10 vs. 12 player league, especially if we have the humans for it.
Also, starting next week is great for me. |
05-22-2013, 10:00 AM | #132 |
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Next week is busy as we have a youth football camp in the evenings, but I can squeeze it on the days I am working from home
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05-22-2013, 10:03 AM | #133 | |
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So to follow up, and set some more league specifics then...if we play with 10... 1. do we need to reset the draft order or just finish out with my kids and ntdeacon and whatever was leftover gets dropped from the order 2. I'd suggest two 5 team divisions with an unbalanced schedule 3. I'd also suggest the winner of each division meets in a World Series, no playoffs (not a big enough league) Also if we play with 12, we could drop the rounds to 30 or 32 so we end up with the same number of players drafted... I'm open to suggestions, and not married to any specific arrangement. |
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05-22-2013, 10:04 AM | #134 |
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Studying for the draft? Oh boy...
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05-22-2013, 10:11 AM | #135 | |
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fwiw, I've got a definite preference for 35 players to each human team as previously expected. To the point that I now kinda regret even saying anything if that's a prospective solution (yeah, I know you were just throwing it out there but still, it opens the door again). "Why reduce human involvement in order to add bot teams?" kind of sums up my thinking here. Getting to 10 human teams wasn't exactly easy best I could tell, and there hasn't been a shortage of opportunity for interested parties to climb on board, I don't really see having bots for the first season (to hold a place for potential latecomers) being necessary.
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05-22-2013, 10:13 AM | #136 | |
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Fair enough...10 it is... |
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05-22-2013, 11:03 AM | #137 |
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Good with next week and good with 10 teams.
On a semi-related note, my 1964 game finally arrived last night. With the rules for the football game enclosed. Sigh.
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classic, you'll probably have a problem with the SOM customer service when you call them too. They are notoriously bad. In fact, the customer service is why I stopped playing for years. Last edited by Breeze : 05-22-2013 at 11:40 AM. |
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05-22-2013, 01:39 PM | #139 |
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They're telling me they will mail it out promptly.
I'd think a PDF file would be fine but maybe they think it has to go out like it would have in 1964.
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05-22-2013, 05:09 PM | #140 |
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Great, a 10 team league and I get to pick 11th.
I'm good with 10 and next week too, though I am itching like a herpe to start this mother. |
05-25-2013, 04:16 PM | #141 |
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I'm good from Wednesday on.
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05-28-2013, 09:14 PM | #142 |
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Bumpity?
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05-29-2013, 08:38 AM | #143 |
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Draft Order
1. Hawkinsville 2. Cleveland 3. Birmingham 4. Atlanta 5. Salt Lake 6. Stamford 7. Montpelier 8. Knoxville 9. Seattle 10. Philadelphia |
05-29-2013, 08:39 AM | #144 |
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The final draft order is above...the boys will be making their pick shortly...so Cleveland needs to get ready...(If you think you are going to be unavailable and would like to PM me a list to use to make your choice, that is fine...)
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05-29-2013, 09:05 AM | #145 |
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DRAFT STARTS HERE
Hawkinsville Bears select C - Johnny Bench |
05-29-2013, 09:06 AM | #146 |
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Cleveland is on the clock
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05-29-2013, 12:26 PM | #147 |
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Hmm... I feel silly without the information in front of me. Does SOM have any more information than I could find on baseball-reference?
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05-29-2013, 12:31 PM | #148 |
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05-29-2013, 12:32 PM | #149 |
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Have to take LF Carl Yastrzemski, right?
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05-29-2013, 12:35 PM | #150 |
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Hey, Breeze, would you care to edit the draft order post to include the user names of FOFC members? That way, drafting teams could ping the next guy up, which would be a bit quicker. (I sent a PM to ntndeacon already.)
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