2016 FOFC HARDCORE BASEBALL LEAGUE--Hitting and Pitching Predictions Inside!

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-09-2016, 10:07 PM

1. Subby
2. Claphamsa
3. Toddzilla
4. Comey
5. Clebrownsfan
6. Samifan
7. packerfanatic
8. Bowieinspace
9. Lastwhitesoxfanstanding
10. Razamavail
11. Troy Trojans
12. ntndeacon

Draft Results

Starting a thread and sending out PMs to gauge interest. I have sent invites through Yahoo as well.

Who can join
Preference goes towards members who were in the league last year. Anyone else will be put on the waiting list.

Remember - if you're from last year, put your team name and number. I have a list of numbers on my desktop which is the draft order (no, if you pick 1, you don't pick 1st- you pick in whatever order #1 is on that list).

If you're on the waiting list, don't post a number yet.

Those who were in the league last year just scroll down to get the info on the new yahoo league url and join it. Those on the waiting list, don't join the yahoo league until I have confirmed that someone has dropped out and you can take their place.

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-09-2016, 10:07 PM

Draft Format

Opening Day is April 3. I would like to start this some time the last week of February so we aren't rushed like last year. Once we get enough people signed up, we will pick a date.

The draft will take place in this thread once the league has been set up. It is a snake draft.

The first pick each morning must be made by 10 am eastern time. Then the four hour clock will start for the next pick. Also, lets make the cutoff 10 pm eastern at night so if the final pick is made at 8 pm, the next person has until 10 am eastern time to make his pick. If most people in this league live in the western time zone or central time zone we could adjust this

On weekends the first pick must be made by 10 am eastern, we'll *go with a standard 4 hours with a 10 pm eastern time cut off.

If there are problems in that you know your pick is coming up but you won't be online, submit a list either to myself or to a proxy drafter for you. Otherwise, you will get the next player on Yahoo's list. Maybe pick someone who is on the opposite end of the draft from you so that you likely won't be grabbing from the same pool of players anyways.

Opening Day is April 3. If the draft is not complete by April 1 at noon, we will have a quick live draft via AIM (or a program people actually use) to complete the draft on Saturday April 4 at 7pm . Anyone who won't be able to make that will need to submit a list to me, a proxy, or have a proxy in chat (who is not in the league) to finish out their team.

If you miss more than 2 picks in the draft (i.e. time limit expired so a Yahoo rankings pick), particularly in the first 10 rounds, then you can be replaced as manager.

I hate to lay down some of these rules but we're going to be drafting over 250 players so we need to get it done in a timely fashion.

IF YOU CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THIS SCHEDULE, DO NOT JOIN.

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-09-2016, 10:07 PM

Setting Value
League ID#: 50608
League Name: FOFC Hardcore
Auto-renew Enabled: No
Password:
Custom League URL: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo....c_hardcore2014
Season Type: Full
Draft Type: Offline Draft
Max Teams: 12
Scoring Type: Head-to-Head
Player Universe: All baseball
New Players Become Available: As soon as Yahoo adds them View List of Forced Players
Max Acquisitions for Entire Season: No maximum
Max Trades for Entire Season No maximum
Trade Reject Time: 1
Trade End Date: August 14, 2016
Allow Draft Pick Trades: No
Waiver Time: 1 day
Waiver Type: Continual rolling list
Waiver Mode: Standard
Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo Sports
Trade Review: League Votes
Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules
Max Acquisitions per Week: No maximum
Min Innings Pitched: 48
Weekly Deadline: Weekly on Monday
Start Scoring on: Week 1
Playoffs: Week 23, 24 and 25 (6 teams) Note: Week 25 runs 7 days from Sep 26 to Oct 2
Playoff Tie-Breaker: Best regular season record vs opponent wins
Playoff Reseeding: No
Lock Eliminated Teams: No
Divisions: Yes (2 divisions)
Playoff Seeding Options: Division winners awarded top playoff seeds
Make League Publicly Viewable: No
Invite Permissions: Commissioner Only
Roster Positions: C, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, LF, CF, RF, OF, Util, SP, SP, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL
Batters Stat Categories: Runs (R), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Batting Average (AVG), On-base Percentage (OBP), Slugging Percentage (SLG)
Pitchers Stat Categories: Innings Pitched (IP), Wins (W), Losses (L), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP)

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-09-2016, 10:07 PM

1 unstopable-Claphamsa
2 housewives on acid-subby
3 klein bottles-ntndeacon
4 hartford heroes-Samifan
5 Amazin Mess-Razamavail
6 Troy Trojans
7 Clebrownsfan
8 Bowieinspace
9 If it takes forever-Toddzilla
10 Comey
11 packerfanatic
12 lwfs

Waiting List:
1. Zinto

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-09-2016, 10:07 PM

reserved3

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-09-2016, 10:24 PM

Time to fire up the spreadsheet, Claphamsa!

samifan24 · 02-10-2016, 08:07 AM

Welcome back! This is my favorite league and now the only league I'm in. Love the depth here. Thanks, fellas.

Toddzilla · 02-10-2016, 08:38 AM

Props to LWFS - running a league is a giant pain in the ass and he's been doing it for a number of years now. Quite well in fact.

Thanks, brother.

Ramzavail · 02-10-2016, 09:09 AM

The Amazin' Mess 5

CleBrownsfan · 02-10-2016, 10:30 AM

100% agree with Toddzilla here - thanks for taking the helm again LWFS!

CleBrownsFan #7

claphamsa · 02-10-2016, 07:52 PM

im in and #1....might not get the page up till Friday (out of office training) but i may get bored and do it tonight!

claphamsa · 02-10-2016, 07:52 PM

do we make this keeper? and can we lower the innings limit to something sane?

claphamsa · 02-10-2016, 08:08 PM

Google Sheets - create and edit spreadsheets online, for free.

need orders etc

MizzouRah · 02-10-2016, 08:24 PM

Troy Trojans #6

Agreed on all praise to the wonderful league members and our leader LWFS!!!

Bowiesinspace · 02-10-2016, 10:18 PM

If it's still available, Bowiesinspace will take 8.

Gracias

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-11-2016, 12:18 AM

Appreciate the kind words, gentlemen.

I hope this year we can have a bit more chatter during the season. One thing our founding father, Sterlingice was superb at was the inseason updates. Hopefully I can churn one of those out. Or maybe someone else since I haven't done it in a half-decade or so lol

For those that didn't put a number with their name, I assigned you a random number. If you want a different number instead that hasn't been picked yet, let me know.

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-11-2016, 12:23 AM

Still haven't heard back from Zinto, cubboyroy and subby. Hopefully, they will sign up soon. Otherwise we have three open spots. Perhaps Mizzourah has other brothers lol

PackerFanatic · 02-11-2016, 08:03 AM

Go ahead and put me on the waiting list - I missed playing with you guys last year

MizzouRah · 02-11-2016, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding

Still haven't heard back from Zinto, cubboyroy and subby. Hopefully, they will sign up soon. Otherwise we have three open spots. Perhaps Mizzourah has other brothers lol

lol.. I'm already talking smack to my little brother who's the one in the league.. my older brother doesn't have internet...

Zinto · 02-11-2016, 02:14 PM

I will come back but you can switch me and PF. He can take my spot and I will go on the waiting list.

PackerFanatic · 02-11-2016, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zinto

I will come back but you can switch me and PF. He can take my spot and I will go on the waiting list.

You don't need to do that, man. I don't want to boot anyone out!

Subby · 02-11-2016, 04:46 PM

housewives on acid 2

Toddzilla · 02-11-2016, 05:42 PM

10 years? Wow, I didn't know I'd been in the 2nd division that long

claphamsa · 02-11-2016, 07:13 PM

ok, got subby in here...who else?

MizzouRah · 02-11-2016, 08:07 PM

Subby!

claphamsa · 02-13-2016, 11:54 AM

bump! lets go!

claphamsa · 02-13-2016, 11:55 AM

cubby roy is the only one not to sign up...and packerfracker wants back in! WOO DRAFT!

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-14-2016, 04:17 AM

I will send another pm out to cubboyroy. I told him that I am giving him until Friday to join. I hope he does! Long time member, hate to see him go... Speaking of which is Mizzourah the last original member left from 2006?

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-14-2016, 04:48 AM

Last year was a 3 hour clock due to how close we started towards Opening Day. I decided to make it a 4 hour clock this year. If anybody has any strenuous objections, now is the time to make your opinion known

Also, the draft will start on Tuesday, March 1 which is the first day of Spring Training games. We can certainly do a soft start before then if somebody is anxious to get Bryce Harper on their team. Although I do hear he is overrated

Comey · 02-14-2016, 06:24 AM

If possible, I'd like to go back on the waiting list. I've always enjoyed this, and have time to devote here, unlike a couple of seasons ago.

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-14-2016, 07:54 AM

Just heard back from Cubboy, unfortunately he cannot join the league this year. That means both Zinto and Packerfanatic are in!

I will put Comey on the waiting list just in case someone drops out.

claphamsa · 02-14-2016, 09:37 AM

can we discuss going to a keeper format?

I would propose you can keep up to 4 players with a 5 round penalty for each (IE I draft harper in round 20, next year I can keep him as a 15, then the year after as a 10 etc).

I would also like to see the SP innings lowered to 30.

MizzouRah · 02-14-2016, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding

I will send another pm out to cubboyroy. I told him that I am giving him until Friday to join. I hope he does! Long time member, hate to see him go... Speaking of which is Mizzourah the last original member left from 2006?

I'm an old fart.

I'm not big on keepers for fantasy baseball.. I don't mind keeping one player in fantasy football and I'm open to maybe keeping 1-2 players in fantasy baseball - TOPS and you can't keep the same player(s) two years in a row. Just my opinion though and I guess we could have a vote?

PackerFanatic · 02-14-2016, 04:17 PM

Hooray! Happy to be back after a year off to recharge

I have been back and forth on the keeper aspect in this league in the past, and with how huge our rosters are to begin with, I think I'd rather not worry about adding keepers to that mix.

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-14-2016, 05:59 PM

Just to nip this keeper thing in the bud, we aren't going to do keepers. We had a vote on it last year and it didn't go through. Maybe you will have better luck setting up a keeper league this year in a separate thread. And I mean that truely, not snarkily (if that is a word).

As far as innings pitched is concerned, I think it is fair to have a vote on lowering it somewhat, but 30 IP is much too low considering we are drafting 7 starters. I like that people have to focus on pitching depth and that you can be burned if you put together a poor pitching staff. Starters matter!!! even with that being said, I think it was only a handful of times people didn't reach the IP requirement. I believed it happened to me once last year when my starters all got bombed the same week.

claphamsa · 02-14-2016, 06:56 PM

would be interesting to see how many times people failed to meet the 48IP. I feel like i didnt a number due to injuries.

MizzouRah · 02-14-2016, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

100% agree with Toddzilla here - thanks for taking the helm again LWFS!

CleBrownsFan #7

Ok Champ.. I don't see you on the FB yahoo site yet or did you change names?

Ramzavail · 02-14-2016, 09:15 PM

right, I usually bring up the keeper idea - and even tried to set up a new thread, I think. And there were no bites. I'm willing to commish the keeper league if there is enough interest - but there never is

PackerFanatic · 02-15-2016, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding

As far as innings pitched is concerned, I think it is fair to have a vote on lowering it somewhat, but 30 IP is much too low considering we are drafting 7 starters. I like that people have to focus on pitching depth and that you can be burned if you put together a poor pitching staff. Starters matter!!! even with that being said, I think it was only a handful of times people didn't reach the IP requirement. I believed it happened to me once last year when my starters all got bombed the same week.

Like the time it happened to me in the semifinals two years ago and I missed it by like, 2 innings and would have won the championship? Like that time? And the only reason it happened was because of a starter taking an extra days rest?

Not that I am bitter at all...

ntndeacon · 02-15-2016, 09:00 AM

Perhaps 40 innings would be a good compromise number .

PackerFanatic · 02-15-2016, 09:35 AM

I see the point in minimum IP, but what I would like to see would be you losing only the ERA/WHIP categories if you fail to hit it, not losing ALL pitching categories. It's especially killer in a weekly league - we don't have the luxury of seeing a guy pitch a shutout and then bench him before his 10-run game the next time out. You ride with what you got and if someone gets hurt or skips a start, you're screwed. I could definitely see doing it for the two categories where it really matters, but it seems quite harsh to screw ALL those categories.

Toddzilla · 02-15-2016, 11:15 AM

That is the way season-long leagues work - if you miss the innings limit you only lose out on the ratio categories. By pitching fewer innings you handicap yourself on the counting stats (W, S, K) so good on you if you do well in those.

I'd strongly support holding teams to the IP limit (whatever it is) by penalizing only the ratio categories.

CleBrownsfan · 02-15-2016, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Ok Champ.. I don't see you on the FB yahoo site yet or did you change names?

hmmm - I'm getting a (You are not allowed to view this page because you are not in this league. (Error #152) message. Any thoughts? I only have one Yahoo log in and I'm logged in.

PackerFanatic · 02-15-2016, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

That is the way season-long leagues work - if you miss the innings limit you only lose out on the ratio categories. By pitching fewer innings you handicap yourself on the counting stats (W, S, K) so good on you if you do well in those.

I'd strongly support holding teams to the IP limit (whatever it is) by penalizing only the ratio categories.

Totally agreed. If Yahoo allows it, I would be more than happy with leaving the limit at 48.

MizzouRah · 02-15-2016, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

hmmm - I'm getting a (You are not allowed to view this page because you are not in this league. (Error #152) message. Any thoughts? I only have one Yahoo log in and I'm logged in.

Commish.. can you help the Champion out???

Did you use the email that you received?

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-17-2016, 12:12 AM

I have sent pms to zinto and clebrownsfan helping them join the league. I have given them a week deadline. After that, I can set up the draft order and we will be well on our way!

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-20-2016, 01:11 AM

Zinto and clebrownsfan havent joined the league since I sent the messages on the 17th. I will open it up to new people after the weekend if they dont join by then

MizzouRah · 02-20-2016, 07:58 AM

Give them time... the Champion cannot be left out!

CleBrownsfan · 02-20-2016, 05:01 PM

I'm still having issues signing into the league in Yahoo... I PM'd LWSF again - I'm in - just need to get the whole yahoo thing resolved.

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 02-20-2016, 07:49 PM

Clebrownsfan is in!! The champ is back to defend his title. Just waiting on Zinto.

02-09-2016, 10:07 PM	#2
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	Draft Format Opening Day is April 3. I would like to start this some time the last week of February so we aren't rushed like last year. Once we get enough people signed up, we will pick a date. The draft will take place in this thread once the league has been set up. It is a snake draft. The first pick each morning must be made by 10 am eastern time. Then the four hour clock will start for the next pick. Also, lets make the cutoff 10 pm eastern at night so if the final pick is made at 8 pm, the next person has until 10 am eastern time to make his pick. If most people in this league live in the western time zone or central time zone we could adjust this On weekends the first pick must be made by 10 am eastern, we'll go with a standard 4 hours with a 10 pm eastern time cut off. If there are problems in that you know your pick is coming up but you won't be online, submit a list either to myself or to a proxy drafter for you. Otherwise, you will get the next player on Yahoo's list. Maybe pick someone who is on the opposite end of the draft from you so that you likely won't be grabbing from the same pool of players anyways. Opening Day is April 3. If the draft is not complete by April 1 at noon, we will have a quick live draft via AIM (or a program people actually use) to complete the draft on Saturday April 4 at 7pm . Anyone who won't be able to make that will need to submit a list to me, a proxy, or have a proxy in chat (who is not in the league) to finish out their team. If you miss more than 2 picks in the draft (i.e. time limit expired so a Yahoo rankings pick), particularly in the first 10 rounds, then you can be replaced as manager. I hate to lay down some of these rules but we're going to be drafting over 250 players so we need to get it done in a timely fashion. IF YOU CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THIS SCHEDULE, DO NOT JOIN. Last edited by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding : 02-14-2016 at 04:44 AM.*

02-09-2016, 10:07 PM	#3
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	Setting Value League ID#: 50608 League Name: FOFC Hardcore Auto-renew Enabled: No Password: Custom League URL: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo....c_hardcore2014 Season Type: Full Draft Type: Offline Draft Max Teams: 12 Scoring Type: Head-to-Head Player Universe: All baseball New Players Become Available: As soon as Yahoo adds them View List of Forced Players Max Acquisitions for Entire Season: No maximum Max Trades for Entire Season No maximum Trade Reject Time: 1 Trade End Date: August 14, 2016 Allow Draft Pick Trades: No Waiver Time: 1 day Waiver Type: Continual rolling list Waiver Mode: Standard Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo Sports Trade Review: League Votes Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules Max Acquisitions per Week: No maximum Min Innings Pitched: 48 Weekly Deadline: Weekly on Monday Start Scoring on: Week 1 Playoffs: Week 23, 24 and 25 (6 teams) Note: Week 25 runs 7 days from Sep 26 to Oct 2 Playoff Tie-Breaker: Best regular season record vs opponent wins Playoff Reseeding: No Lock Eliminated Teams: No Divisions: Yes (2 divisions) Playoff Seeding Options: Division winners awarded top playoff seeds Make League Publicly Viewable: No Invite Permissions: Commissioner Only Roster Positions: C, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, LF, CF, RF, OF, Util, SP, SP, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL Batters Stat Categories: Runs (R), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Batting Average (AVG), On-base Percentage (OBP), Slugging Percentage (SLG) Pitchers Stat Categories: Innings Pitched (IP), Wins (W), Losses (L), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP) Last edited by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding : 02-09-2016 at 10:23 PM.

02-09-2016, 10:07 PM	#4
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	1 unstopable-Claphamsa 2 housewives on acid-subby 3 klein bottles-ntndeacon 4 hartford heroes-Samifan 5 Amazin Mess-Razamavail 6 Troy Trojans 7 Clebrownsfan 8 Bowieinspace 9 If it takes forever-Toddzilla 10 Comey 11 packerfanatic 12 lwfs Waiting List: 1. Zinto Last edited by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding : 02-22-2016 at 06:15 PM.

02-10-2016, 10:30 AM	#10
CleBrownsfan Pro Rookie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: C-Town	100% agree with Toddzilla here - thanks for taking the helm again LWFS! CleBrownsFan #7 __________________ *XBox Gamertag:* Pronk32 FOOL-X - Cleveland Naps FOOL - Cleveland Cyclones SLOP - Cuyahoga Spiders Last edited by CleBrownsfan : 02-10-2016 at 10:30 AM.

02-10-2016, 07:52 PM	#11
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	im in and #1....might not get the page up till Friday (out of office training) but i may get bored and do it tonight! __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-09-2016, 10:24 PM	#6
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	Time to fire up the spreadsheet, Claphamsa!

02-10-2016, 08:07 AM	#7
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	Welcome back! This is my favorite league and now the only league I'm in. Love the depth here. Thanks, fellas. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

02-10-2016, 08:38 AM	#8
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	Props to LWFS - running a league is a giant pain in the ass and he's been doing it for a number of years now. Quite well in fact. Thanks, brother.

02-10-2016, 09:09 AM	#9
Ramzavail College Starter Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Strong Island, NY	The Amazin' Mess 5

02-10-2016, 08:08 PM	#13
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	Google Sheets - create and edit spreadsheets online, for free. need orders etc __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-10-2016, 08:24 PM	#14
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Troy Trojans #6 Agreed on all praise to the wonderful league members and our leader LWFS!!!

02-10-2016, 10:18 PM	#15
Bowiesinspace High School JV Join Date: Mar 2015	If it's still available, Bowiesinspace will take 8. Gracias

02-11-2016, 12:18 AM	#16
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	Appreciate the kind words, gentlemen. I hope this year we can have a bit more chatter during the season. One thing our founding father, Sterlingice was superb at was the inseason updates. Hopefully I can churn one of those out. Or maybe someone else since I haven't done it in a half-decade or so lol For those that didn't put a number with their name, I assigned you a random number. If you want a different number instead that hasn't been picked yet, let me know.

02-11-2016, 12:23 AM	#17
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	Still haven't heard back from Zinto, cubboyroy and subby. Hopefully, they will sign up soon. Otherwise we have three open spots. Perhaps Mizzourah has other brothers lol

02-11-2016, 08:03 AM	#18
PackerFanatic Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Go ahead and put me on the waiting list - I missed playing with you guys last year __________________ Commissioner of the RNFL

02-11-2016, 02:14 PM	#20
Zinto College Starter Join Date: Jan 2011	I will come back but you can switch me and PF. He can take my spot and I will go on the waiting list.

02-11-2016, 04:46 PM	#22
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	housewives on acid 2 __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

02-11-2016, 05:42 PM	#23
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	10 years? Wow, I didn't know I'd been in the 2nd division that long

02-11-2016, 07:13 PM	#24
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	ok, got subby in here...who else? __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-11-2016, 08:07 PM	#25
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Subby!

02-13-2016, 11:54 AM	#26
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	bump! lets go! __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-13-2016, 11:55 AM	#27
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	cubby roy is the only one not to sign up...and packerfracker wants back in! WOO DRAFT! __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-14-2016, 04:17 AM	#28
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	I will send another pm out to cubboyroy. I told him that I am giving him until Friday to join. I hope he does! Long time member, hate to see him go... Speaking of which is Mizzourah the last original member left from 2006? Last edited by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding : 02-14-2016 at 04:20 AM.

02-14-2016, 04:48 AM	#29
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	Last year was a 3 hour clock due to how close we started towards Opening Day. I decided to make it a 4 hour clock this year. If anybody has any strenuous objections, now is the time to make your opinion known Also, the draft will start on Tuesday, March 1 which is the first day of Spring Training games. We can certainly do a soft start before then if somebody is anxious to get Bryce Harper on their team. Although I do hear he is overrated

02-14-2016, 06:24 AM	#30
Comey College Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CT via PA via CA via PA	If possible, I'd like to go back on the waiting list. I've always enjoyed this, and have time to devote here, unlike a couple of seasons ago. __________________

02-14-2016, 07:54 AM	#31
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	Just heard back from Cubboy, unfortunately he cannot join the league this year. That means both Zinto and Packerfanatic are in! I will put Comey on the waiting list just in case someone drops out.

02-14-2016, 09:37 AM	#32
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	can we discuss going to a keeper format? I would propose you can keep up to 4 players with a 5 round penalty for each (IE I draft harper in round 20, next year I can keep him as a 15, then the year after as a 10 etc). I would also like to see the SP innings lowered to 30. __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-14-2016, 04:17 PM	#34
PackerFanatic Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Hooray! Happy to be back after a year off to recharge I have been back and forth on the keeper aspect in this league in the past, and with how huge our rosters are to begin with, I think I'd rather not worry about adding keepers to that mix. __________________ Commissioner of the RNFL

02-14-2016, 05:59 PM	#35
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	Just to nip this keeper thing in the bud, we aren't going to do keepers. We had a vote on it last year and it didn't go through. Maybe you will have better luck setting up a keeper league this year in a separate thread. And I mean that truely, not snarkily (if that is a word). As far as innings pitched is concerned, I think it is fair to have a vote on lowering it somewhat, but 30 IP is much too low considering we are drafting 7 starters. I like that people have to focus on pitching depth and that you can be burned if you put together a poor pitching staff. Starters matter!!! even with that being said, I think it was only a handful of times people didn't reach the IP requirement. I believed it happened to me once last year when my starters all got bombed the same week.

02-14-2016, 06:56 PM	#36
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	would be interesting to see how many times people failed to meet the 48IP. I feel like i didnt a number due to injuries. __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

02-14-2016, 09:15 PM	#38
Ramzavail College Starter Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Strong Island, NY	right, I usually bring up the keeper idea - and even tried to set up a new thread, I think. And there were no bites. I'm willing to commish the keeper league if there is enough interest - but there never is

02-15-2016, 09:00 AM	#40
ntndeacon Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Alabama	Perhaps 40 innings would be a good compromise number . __________________ Up the Posh!

02-15-2016, 09:35 AM	#41
PackerFanatic Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	I see the point in minimum IP, but what I would like to see would be you losing only the ERA/WHIP categories if you fail to hit it, not losing ALL pitching categories. It's especially killer in a weekly league - we don't have the luxury of seeing a guy pitch a shutout and then bench him before his 10-run game the next time out. You ride with what you got and if someone gets hurt or skips a start, you're screwed. I could definitely see doing it for the two categories where it really matters, but it seems quite harsh to screw ALL those categories. __________________ Commissioner of the RNFL

02-15-2016, 11:15 AM	#42
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	That is the way season-long leagues work - if you miss the innings limit you only lose out on the ratio categories. By pitching fewer innings you handicap yourself on the counting stats (W, S, K) so good on you if you do well in those. I'd strongly support holding teams to the IP limit (whatever it is) by penalizing only the ratio categories.

02-17-2016, 12:12 AM	#46
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	I have sent pms to zinto and clebrownsfan helping them join the league. I have given them a week deadline. After that, I can set up the draft order and we will be well on our way!