someone clue me into the id/pw for the fantasy league

sometimes when i am conflicted abt which matchup is best/who to start, i look at where i'm behind in the matchups and where i think i need to put up more numbers, and then start the dude who i think will mb produce more there? like in this league walks and *intentional* walks are stats, and i have barry and pronk. so even when they are sucking (which they are) (fucking hafner) i still start them and get hell of BBs~

this guy in my league had a draft so good that it makes me wanna puke. keep in mind that this was held back in MARCH:

JENN-AIR GRILLZ
1. (1) Albert Pujols
2. (24) Grady Sizemore
3. (25) Jimmy Rollins
4. (48) B.J. Ryan
5. (49) Adam Dunn
6. (72) John Lackey
7. (73) Ryan Zimmerman
8. (96) Cole Hamels
9. (97) C.C. Sabathia
10. (120) Dan Haren
11. (121) Mike Piazza
12. (144) Eric Gagne
13. (145) Brad Hawpe
14. (168) Kelvim Escobar
15. (169) Prince Fielder
16. (192) Ian Kinsler
17. (193) Dave Bush
18. (216) Joel Zumaya
19. (217) Brad Penny
20. (240) Orlando Hudson
21. (241) Shane Victorino
22. (264) Alex Gordon

Prince Fielder slipped to the 15th round? No wonder his draft was so good, he knew he was drafting against a whole bunch of addled stoners.

either that/and it's a 5 team league.

Well Ryan is out for the season, Zumaya's also injured & Piazza just got off a long stint on the dl! But overall that is pretty gross.

12 teams, i wasnt there or i sure as shit wouldnt have taken santana with my first pick. also 10 of those 12 people are retarded and/or women. the second overall pick was... ivan rodriguez. i shit you not. a-rod went in the second round.

tbh fielder wasnt on my radar at all coming into this season, i mean i know he was ranked higher pre-season but still.

piazza's been mashing it since he finally came back!

Oh i know - he's on me team!

sweet jesus i traded johan santana for alex rios

Sixth place, it was nice knowing you.

yahoo seems to be borken right now... finally my horrifying plunge downward has temporarily been halted!

Oh, Thermopaws. Complain only after you fall 25 points in the standings, from first to 6th place, where I am in dire need of changing my "smack talk."

On the bright side, at least my new cellar dwelling has given me the freedom to add my team's namesake to the roster, finally! And to spell his name correctly.

Well - true, I wasn't in a 25 point free-fall, but my slippage was made more troublesome by the fact I actually have a good team. ;)

Looks like I'll hit my maximums at OF and UTIL with about 10 days left in the season. I don't understand how that happened -- I never played more than one person per day in any position, so how am I 22 games over my max?

because there are not exactly 162 calendar days in a 162-game season

Oh shit, I think I see what you're saying. So, on off days I needed to make sure I moved players to the bench, and leave the positions unfilled? I didn't even think of that.

guys can we talk playoff STRATEGY?? i am matched against the no 1 seed this week and he is killing me (5-7 rn). the stats in the league are super weird:

batting: R, H, 3B, HR, RBI, SB, CS, BB, IBB, K, TB, E

pitching: W, L, CG, SHO, SV, HR, BB, HBP, K, WP

a bunch of these are non predictive (complete games, triples etc), which i hate. anyway my hitting is pretty competetive but his pitching is infinitely better than mine. the thing i noticed tho is that there's 5 negative pitching stats as opposed to 2 for batting. that's half of the 10 pitching stats. i'm trying to figure out if attempting to compete in wins, k's and saves (basically the only positive stats i have any control over) is worth risking the possibility of racking up a ton of negative stats. man i dunno!!!!!

(i understand why H2H is so cool now - even if you had a mediocre season, if you make the playoffs anything's possible. catching up in roto is a long-term project)

I can't believe I picked up Zito!!!

So am I in freefall yet, dude? In 5th heading lightspeed towards 6th!

LOL welcome to irrelevance, my friend!

I wonder how far I'll fall once I hit my maximums.

we can plunge together!

...

in the standings.

hahaha

oh my god i am so furious right now. i had the most epic george mason-style matchup last week, my shitty ass team against the number one seed - i didnt have a shot!!!! but i scrapped and clawed my way from being 7-2 to tying it up at 8-8 yesterday... ONLY TO LOSE THE FUCKING SHITBAG TIEBREAKER.

In the event that a playoff game ends in a tie, the deadlock will be broken using the following system:

(See below if your league does not use one or more of the following categories.)

1. Lowest team ERA.
2. Highest team AVG.
3. Lowest team WHIP.
4. Most team HR.
5. Most team wins.
6. Most team RBI.
7. Most team saves.
8. Most team runs.
9. Most team SO.
10. Most team SB.
11. Random "coin flip."

it came down to most team wins, which I had zero of because I made the strategic decision to bench all my starters halfway thru the week - his pitching was too competetive for me to take on, so i figured i'd let him pile up the negative pitching stats. we tied in homers tho and then i got assfucked. so pissed rn~

for contrast here are our two rosters. first mine:

C
Dioner Navarro
(TB - C)
1B
James Loney
(LAD - 1B)
2B
Rickie Weeks
(Mil - 2B)
3B
David Wright
(NYM - 3B)
SS
Troy Tulowitzki
(Col - SS)
LF
Pat Burrell
(Phi - LF)
CF
Aaron Rowand
(Phi - CF)
RF
Moisés Alou
(NYM - LF,RF)
Util
Ryan Braun
(Mil - 3B)

Dustin McGowan
(Tor - SP,RP)
SP
Brian Bannister
(KC - SP)
SP
Barry Zito
(SF - SP)
SP
Chad Billingsley
(LAD - SP,RP)
RP
Manny Corpas
(Col - RP)
RP
Matt Capps
(Pit - RP)
P
Jason Isringhausen
(StL - RP)
BN
Shawn Hill
(Was - SP)

now HIS:

C
Kenji Johjima
(Sea - C)
1B
Justin Morneau
(Min - 1B)
2B
Dan Uggla
(Fla - 2B)
3B
Chipper Jones
(Atl - 3B)
SS
José Reyes
(NYM - SS)
LF
Raúl Ibañez
(Sea - LF)
CF
Ichiro Suzuki
(Sea - CF,RF)
RF
Magglio Ordóñez
(Det - RF)
Util
Hanley Ramírez
(Fla - SS)

SP
Jason Marquis
(ChC - SP)
SP
Joe Blanton
(Oak - SP)
SP
Ian Snell
(Pit - SP)
SP
Ian Kennedy
(NYY - SP)
SP
Orlando Hernández
(NYM - SP)
RP
Billy Wagner
(NYM - RP)
RP
Joakim Soria
(KC - RP)
P
Oliver Pérez
(NYM - SP)
BN
Jeff Francis
(Col - SP)
BN
Doug Davis
(Ari - SP)
BN
Brandon Webb
(Ari - SP)
BN
Miguel Batista

goddammit

ONE WEEK TO GO

EXCITING

I WILL CRUSH YOU LIKE BUGS AND THEN DRINK FROM THE LIGHTFOOT CUP

I'm sorry, are you in Canada right now? we're going to have to send it to a canadian address and it can't be a P.O. box!

IN THE EVENT OF MY DIVINE VICTORY, MY MOMMY WILL STORE THE CUP UNTIL THE DAY OF MY MID-WINTER WINNERS PARADE

Dear Leeeeee and Matt,

Don't blow this for me.

Barry

top 4 be tight!

i did like a mets style swan dive in september

I am admittedly mediocre like the Phillies with an offense that went nuts in the second half and a pitching staff that kept me in it by some sort of miracle.

Although I have to say, no matter what happens today, that I think I did a good job in piecing together that pitching staff. If I lose, it's because I panicked (possibly with good reason though) when nobody was hitting in May-June and benched my SB guys, hoping to rack up more power numbers (which didn't happen at the time).

ah well, you earned the lightfoot cup this year, dude.

i'd have to say i'm disapointed i didn't do better. i had the hands down best pitching staff and was either 1st or 2nd place for most the year and couldn't keep it together. i'm pretty sure when i wake up tomorrow i'll still be in 4th.

Tied for 5th, unless points are adjusted later. I can live with that in my first year, even with that weeklong taste of 1st place. Solid in most categories, def. need to draft smarter for offense next year.

in hindsight i dont' think our trade was the best thing for my team :(

I'd say Maggs was a definite improvement for me, and worth the Peavy.

Considering that your pitching staffs headed in opposite directions after the trade, I'd say that the trade did exactly what it was expected to do. I think RH overestimated his pitching staff and underestimated his hitters. At the time, I personally would have traded Penny or Beckett at the peak of their value (which could have brought approximately the same return), but then again those guys didn't crash in the 2nd half like many people thought they would so what the hell do I know.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Who is the Mets and who is the Phillies???

http://morel.weblog.com.pt/heimlich.bmp

Congrats, bnw!

Yes, congrats on somehow grabbing four wins in two days thanks to some guy named Homer Bailey and despite Pettite getting shelled.

Seriously though, nice job. It was a fun season.

Highlights from Lightfoot Cup Winners Banquet 2006:

http://www.webheights.net/speakingcohen/images/lightfoot.jpg

This year's party will be even better.

Ha haha!

yeah I totally thought Pettite blew it for me, and somehow homer bailey won despite giving up like 6 runs or something.

http://www.archinofsky.com/stuff/may/20x10_winner_is_you_web.jpg

well i don't see what the big hassle was with being commissioner.
i don't mind taking care of the '08 league if we're all still down - i'll start a thread for it in the new year and we can sort out how we want it to work. in advance!
c'est bon?

congrats again BNW, even tho we were short on managers it was a fun season!

Yup, congrats. Pretty fun for me this year, the learning curve was an e-ticket ride. I'm sure I'll be back next season, will attempt to eat all y'all's liver with fava beans, etc.

Congrats I suppose to whoever won who wasn't me.

Barry, did I do my part and not hit more HRs than you?