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Quote from: Saul Goodman on April 06, 2017, 05:03:29 PM

Quote from: ChuckD on April 06, 2017, 04:43:52 PM

Quote from: Saul Goodman on April 06, 2017, 04:13:23 PM
Outfuckingstanding work for these guys today. Rondon, Strop, Edwards, and Davis combined: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 3 holds, 1 save. That Strop error made things a little dicey and Davis had some issues in the ninth, but they shut the Cardinals down. Good signs.

And if saves were like tackles and more than one guy could get credit for it, Edwards definitely earned it choking the life out of that 8th inning mini-rally.

Oh, so now we're okay with Cubs relievers choking the life out of things?

If they're baseball things, yes. You're not in favor of relievers choking non-baseball-related things, are you?

I think we've all watched plenty of Cubs relievers choking.

Quote from: Saul Goodman on April 06, 2017, 04:13:23 PM
Outfuckingstanding work for these guys today. Rondon, Strop, Edwards, and Davis combined: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 3 holds, 1 save. That Strop error made things a little dicey and Davis had some issues in the ninth, but they shut the Cardinals down. Good signs.

And if saves were like tackles and more than one guy could get credit for it, Edwards definitely earned it choking the life out of that 8th inning mini-rally.

Oh, so now we're okay with Cubs relievers choking the life out of things?

Quote from: Saul Goodman on April 06, 2017, 04:07:03 PM

Quote from: Saul Goodman on April 04, 2017, 10:14:53 PM
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Mission Accomplished!

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on April 02, 2017, 12:25:40 PM

Quote from: Canadouche on April 02, 2017, 08:46:48 AM
It continues to feel weird to me that there is no easy "favourite Cub" in this team. Every time I think that Baez is my favourite, I am reminded of how awesome Schwarber is, who literally did something unheard of that will almost certainly never be duplicated. And Heyward, who burned the Cardinals fans to be here, and has spoken repeatedly about how much he loves this team. And, obviously, Rizzo and Bryant. And Arrieta remains a total badass. I mean, how does one choose?

It's Rizzo. He was the first Theo player to be here so he was the harbinger of things to come. Add in the looks on his face of amazement and wonder when good things are happening to the team and it's hard not to think of his personal health history. He's lucky to be alive. And he plays that way. Everything good is a joy to him because he was this close to none of this happening.

He knows how fortunate he is to even be here. And we are just fortunate to watch him.

I've rewatched this video a significant amount of times because it's all relevant to my interests. But my favorite-est part is at ~12:20 where Tony Ballgame puts his hands on his head and said what everyone else was thinking at home.

https://youtu.be/jyqbAXKUoAI?list=LLKXY3caHehZHgq2282x3Oxg&t=710

Quote from: PenFoe on March 23, 2017, 12:24:08 AM
If anyone wants to take over Thrill's team, we can work that out too.

RIP in peace

Quote from: Shooter on March 18, 2017, 02:35:24 PM
How many keepers allowed?

23.

Quote from: Yeti on March 09, 2017, 01:05:19 PM

Quote from: SKO on March 09, 2017, 12:54:18 PM

Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on March 09, 2017, 11:51:20 AM

Quote from: SKO on March 09, 2017, 11:19:43 AM
I don't play in this league but the fun of fantasy sports is trying to build a team and deal with the exact kind of scarcity of talent that real GMs have to deal with, saying "it's hard to find center fielder who can hit, so lemme have a Kyle Schwarber/Matt Holliday/Giancarlo Stanton outfield" kinda misses the point. Why even have positions then? Just accumulate the 9 best hitters you can find.

It's almost as if this is some sort of fantasized version of real baseball..

Right, so in that case my second baseman is now Kris Bryant and my shortstop is Paul Goldschmidt, I'm not even pretending defense matters so let's just draft the 9 best bats possible.

So, if Kris plays an inning at SS, becomes SS available, you won't put him there going forward because you want to be authentic?

He'd need to play in 10 games at SS (or start in five) to become eligible.

Just sent out a GDoc invite to the same people I shared it with last year. Let me know if you didn't receive it.

Check and make sure that your team and draft picks are correct.

You can filter the "Keepers" sheet to your team and mark the "Keeping" column to "Yes/No." Or just post them here and someone will update it.

Quote from: Saul Goodman on March 04, 2017, 03:44:50 AM

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Righty Jason Hammel discussed his transition from the Cubs to the Royals with reporters including Patrick Mooney of CSNChicago.com. The veteran starter says he wasn't ready to give up starting at this stage, which may have been in the plans had he remained in Chicago. "I felt like I had proven myself over and over and over again for three years there," he said.

You know the second half of the season counts too, right Jason?

I think it's pretty obvious that he does...

Quote"I felt like I had proven myself over and over and over again for three years there"

Quote from: PenFoe on March 02, 2017, 09:56:20 AM

Quote from: Richard Chuggar on March 02, 2017, 09:48:13 AM

Quote from: Andy on February 22, 2017, 06:44:31 AM
I'm cool with whatever categories, I just want to make my annual plea to dump the LF-RF-CF designations so you can just play outfielders. 

I find it to be more of a pain in the ass than some sort of interesting strategy.

Quote from: PenFoe on January 30, 2017, 06:00:12 PM
League has been renewed.

In an effort to keep things fresh, we're going to dress up and role play change a few categories for 2017.

Here's how it's currently set-up - would love some feedback.  

Goal here (for pitchers) is to have the best to balance between starters and relievers, while also increasing the overall pool of players from waivers that are rosterable.

Pitchers:  
Previous            New
Wins                 Wins
Ks                     Ks
ERA                  ERA
WHIP                WHIP
Saves                Saves + Holds (combined category)
Holds                Quality Starts
                      K/9

Other realistic options - either to add or replace:
Innings Pitched
Total Based Allowed
On-Base Percentage Against (this is probably my favorite option, but it's not that different from WHIP, so I'd think one or the other.)  

Hitters (adding one since we added one for pitchers):
Previous            New
Runs                 Runs
HR                    HR
RBI                   RBI
SB                    SB
AVG.                 AVG.
OPS                  OPS
                      Total Bases

Other realistic options - either to add or replace:
Basically nothing.

If we want to go back to 6 categories, then we can remove Total Bases and remove one of either Quality Starts or K/9 for pitchers.
Another option is to replace Wins with Quality starts, but then it's a category only for starters (whereas relievers can pick up wins.)  

Would love thoughts.  

Other information:
Keepers Due: 3/24
Draft Date: 3/26 (Sunday before Opening Day, per tradition.  Currently set for 8pm Central Time)

You should have received an invite, but let me know if you didn't.

I'm expecting some turnover this year (Simmer, Thrill...) so if you're interested and have no played in the past, post here.  
Or we can play with 10.

I too think the OF assignments are dumb and vote to have three OF only.
also where is the keeper spreadsheet to know what round we can keep them in?

I like the LF/RF/CF alignment, but I won't die on that hill if enough people feel otherwise.

Cosigned. I'll try to put together a spreadsheet with draft slots tonight.

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/carl-edwards-jr-cubs-fly-the-w/

Quote from: Saul Goodman on February 17, 2017, 02:49:45 PM

Quote from: ChuckD on February 17, 2017, 07:49:30 AM

Quote from: PenFoe on February 16, 2017, 02:51:24 PM
Chik-Fil-A is fantastic fast food. 

Validated!

Quote from: PenFoe on February 16, 2017, 03:34:42 PM
This, with a side of waffle fries. 

I retract my previous validation.

This is what happens when we agree with Pen. Never agree with Pen.

I had Chik-Fil-A yesterday. It was delicious.

Quote from: PenFoe on February 16, 2017, 02:51:24 PM
Chik-Fil-A is fantastic fast food. 

Validated!

Quote from: PenFoe on February 16, 2017, 03:34:42 PM
This, with a side of waffle fries. 

I retract my previous validation.

Quote from: Shooter on November 09, 2016, 08:39:02 AM
Things are looking up. They won't even have to pretend to hide their racism anymore.

Quote from: Saul Goodman on February 14, 2017, 01:54:34 PM

Quote from: @rustindoddBrian Flynn fell through the roof of his barn in days before camp, Ned Yost said. Suffered broken rib and some other injuries. Out 8 weeks.

Happy spring training, Stew.

Worked out well for Travis Wood.