ILX Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball League 2003 -- Part 2 . . .

No harm, no foul, Diamond. I was just jokin' right back at ya.

And I take umbrage at Yanc3y's claim that 1) I only post to this thread when I'm doing well and 2) that I'm not doing well. (Note: I am in denial.) Also - 3) I can't hit for shit.

And, yo, commish, I'm always here, in some form (usually corporeal, except on every other weekend, when I'm magma). What's up? (Feel free to e-mail me if it's a "sensitive" issue - cf. chronic rash, dysentery (sic again), Tourette's, etc.)

1) any PENDING trades (that is, trades accepted by both parties) are posted on your team page - it's a bit hard to catch if you're not looking for it, but it's there.

2) The commish then has first, last, and final say regarding the "fairness" of the trade, taking into consideration the hubbub the other owners raise about the trade, and whether that hubbub is justified or just hot air.

3) The commish then accepts / vetoes the trade, assuming the commish is around to do so.

3a) There should be a window of 2-3 days between the trade getting OKed by trade participants and the trade going through (barring commish involvement) to allow for debate between the owners.

The only time I've ever been involved w/ a vetoed trade was when some shit-for-brains sad sack in my keeper league decided to try & screw the top teams in the league a couple years back by trying to trade Posada & Jeter for Ass & Crap to a team competing for the top spot. Unless the lopsidedness of the trade is this blatant, however, there shouldn't be any monkeying around by the owners (cf. last year's real "trade" between the Expos & Red Sox & Marlins involving Cliff Floyd & dubious pitching prospects, which STILL doesn't make a lick of sense & is rumored to be the result of some owner/commish finagling).

I have no idea if any of this is pertinent to the debate at hand. I'm the worst vice commissioner ever.

because two managers in cahoots could be subverting the system. obv. there's no $$$ involved but what price fame and glory?

Gygax, you're still commish, right? Don't veto anymore trades.

Hey thanks chump you nice person. As explained (what I thought was clearly) above, it was an honest mistake.

But to address your concerns, I will veto trades as warranted (see commish duties), I thought that the option in the sheet above was not the same as the commish tools "prevent trade" option.

And then we can talk about each other's mommas.

Awww c'mon, I was just saying that that's a solution (not vetoing trades) to people getting their knickers twisted. Obviously you made a honest mistake. We all do, etc.

If peeps want to know about pending trades, just look on your team page every couple days. They're up at the top and you have 2 days to say something about them.

Anyway, time to remember... 'tis just a game!

Well right now I guess I also feel this way. Reality baseball GMs make trades all the time and nobody gets up in their shiznit.

It's fine that David R wants to second-guess the Biddle-Lo Duca trade and we can talk about it here the way we trash talk and debate in general, but my feeling is that it's going to be more fun a season for everyone if people don't start patronizing each other and vetoing/protesting trades because they think it's not in the other managers' best interests. It could get ugly and vindictive. I am somewhat capricious but whatever, my hottie pitchers are doing ok and it's baseball -- anything can happen -- like the Angels.

Re: the Biddle deal: I don't mind dealing Biddle to Leee because I am kicking a$$ in the pitching categories and Leee is suffering in pitching, whereas I might not deal a good pitcher to, say the Stevenson Pockets, because they are pretty strong in pitching. I imagine Leee might feel the same way about his offense and my offense. Have a heart -- I had a good day yesterday, but in general my offense is near the bottom in almost every category.

Anyway, MarKKKKKKKKK is off to another good start in the young pitchers' duel but what is he doing walking Vasquez? That's nuts!

Reality GMs have owners that will fire their asses for even imagining being on the short end of an unfair trade.

your bvlgari watch for my casio?

Welovesthe ssstrikeoutsss, the precioussss . . . .

As I said before, I would field a team of all pitchers if I could. I like NL rules! I love the double switch! The best is when they put the situational lefty in the outfield so they can bring him back and then someone hits the ball out there at him, ha ha! Or when they run out of players and they bring in Greg Maddux to pinch hit. Pitcher humor! Ha! Ha!

dusty baker loves to ph batters, f. hope you get some of that.

Yanc3y, your Keith Foulke looked good yesterday. What do you call that pitch he has? A throw-ball?

Herve 10
Markkk 9

To: Cubs
From: Felicity
Re: Today's game
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Please don't blow it. Or if you do, try to see if Biddle can get a win or something.

It was good when Zito explained his three-fingered curve ball on BT last night.

my #1 draft pick with a hit, RBI and an R in the first... where art thou chortlers?

TANK HAS NOW WALKED IN TWO STRAIGHT RUNS!!!

Yes! It was like Barry was looking right at me. I think he was.

Sorry to miss you at the big Death From Above fest. Anyway, even I am worried about Markkkkkkkkkkk's pitch count. Dusty, don't break his wing! This what Juan Cruz is for!

The catcher I picked up the other day is 3 for 4 today.

Anytime's good for me, felicity.

Remlinger = GREAT