HACKING MASS 2008

Also, post team names! Mine's Bruce Bochy's Need For Speed!

Is the! part of your team name?

We are the Journeyhouse Veterances.

It should be!

Godspeed You! Have wheels on your chairs

still working on mine

threw one together:

Generation Kei Igawa

I've never played this, but the key is figuring out how self-destructive managers/GMs are in running the same dead weight out there. (no names plz)

got mine:

The Bingo Long Unravelling No-Stars

I hope they're even worse than the movie.

Since I am actually a 13-year-old boy, I changed my team name to:

Bruce Bochy's Brian Bocockup!

Final rosters due @ midnight PST, by the way!

you guys gotta share your picks once you've made them!

after the rosters are frozen, yeah.

Catcher Henry Blanco
First Base Rich Aurilia
Second Base Ray Durham
Third Base Nomar Garciaparra
Shortstop Alex Cora
Left Field Jacque Jones
Center Field Andruw Jones
Right Field Luis Gonzalez
Pitcher 1 Barry Zito
Pitcher 2 Steve Trachsel

I might change these tomorrow.

FREE THE DUSTY BAKER NINE!
Catcher Jason Kendall
First Base Rich Aurilia
Second Base Ray Durham
Third Base Pedro Feliz
Shortstop Omar Vizquel
Left Field Juan Pierre
Center Field Corey Patterson
Right Field Darin Erstad
Pitcher 1 Adam Eaton
Pitcher 2 Jason Jennings

Andruw Jones?!?!?

Yeah I might change that after I get to the Oracle tomorrow.

Team Name: Chocolate Raines
Catcher: Yadier Molina
First Base: Rich Aurilia
Second Base: Juan Uribe
Third Base: Jose Castillo
Shortstop: Tony Pena
Left Field: Carlos Quentin
Center Field: Fred Lewis
Right Field: Craig Monroe
Pitcher 1: Vicente Padilla
Pitcher 2: Kevin Millwood

Team Name: Chocolate Raines

JEALOUS

The OF is tough, because I can't really believe these three guys are going to get many ABs.

I have made some cuts.

OTOH I do believe Jason Kendall will suck.

Imona win all the money, all the money.

Or at least a 1 year subscription to BP Premium! Mwahahaha.

Ponsona Non Grata:
Catcher Paul Loduca
First Base Adam Laroche
Second Base Asdrubal Cabrera
Third Base Jose Castillo
Shortstop Adam Everett
Left Field Jason Bay
Center Field Corey Patterson
Right Field Brian Giles
Pitcher 1 Mark Hendrickson
Pitcher 2 Wandy Rodriguez
(I'm not very good at HACKINGMASS -- but my Predicatron score was top 10 for most of last season!)

Catcher Matt Treanor
First Base Rich Aurilia
Second Base Akinori Iwamura
Third Base Jose Bautista
Shortstop Julio Lugo
Left Field Dave Roberts
Center Field Michael Bourn
Right Field Mike Cuddyer
Pitcher 1 Daniel Cabrera
Pitcher 2 Jason Jennings

Team name?

Generation Kei Igawa -- as a tribute to mssrs wilson, pulsipher & isringhausen

I'm not very good at HACKINGMASS

Bad is the new good.

Catcher Ivan Rodriguez
First Base Lyle Overbay
Second Base Jose Lopez
Third Base Pedro Feliz
Shortstop Adam Everett
Left Field Emil Brown
Center Field Corey Patterson
Right Field Brad Wilkerson
Pitcher 1 Kyle Kendrick
Pitcher 2 Henricus Vanden Hurk

Good call on I-Rod. What is your team's name?

It would have been cool to put together an all formerly juicers team.

Catcher	        Paul Loduca

First Base	Rich Aurilia

Second Base	Jose Lopez

Third Base	Pedro Feliz

Shortstop	Tony Pena

Left Field	Gary Matthews

Center Field	Melky Cabrera

Right Field	Jared Schumaker

Pitcher 1	Daniel Cabrera

Pitcher 2	Matt Morris

Nice line breaks!

as noted earlier, Bingo Long Unravelling No-Stars

so if the rosters are frozen, why do "Change Player" links still work?

It would have been cool to put together an all formerly juicers team.

i think many people have done this without even trying!

tied for 27th!!!!!

Generation Kei Igawa 130

tied for 373rd (early injuries to Everett and VandenHurk, dammit).

lol Mike Bacsik To My Stomach

55th! Melky & Skip (combined -5) are killing me. Matt Morris, OTOH, is a true bro -- 32 all by himself!!!

The cagey bastard in 1st picked Andruw!

I'm tied for 725th place, SUCKAZ!!!

488 for me!

now tied for 160th! Pudge, Feliz, Jose Lopez, Overbay all "hitting their stride."

surely Tony Pena won't play all year?

Lopez is doing alright so far!

151st! Getting waylaid by Schumacher, Melky, and now DANIEL CABRERA (-13 between the 3 of them), and Matt Morris (+38) getting cut is going to hurt.

xp: over the last week Lopez is returning to form, i.e. batting .174 with no walks.

I exulted when the Matt Morris news came along!

Is it too much to ask that the Yankees pick him up for a spot start or 10?

BTW, the 1st place of features Delmon Young, Andruw, and Jose Guillen. That's cold.

;_; @ jason jennings on the DL. heal quickly we all want u back out there JJ!

Carlos Quentin turned out to be a terrible, terrible choice.

yeah, how about my pitching: Mark Hendrickson and Wandy Rodriguez? I can only hope that they regress the eff out of the mean, like, PRONTO.

Tied for 111th.

Stars of hacking are Andruw Jones (33), Barry Zito (29), Jacque Jones (27) and Steve Trachsel (29).

are Morris and Jacques the only 'stars' who've been cut so far?

Wilkerson doing well for me, but why the hell didn't I pitch Trachsel instead of Rick Vanden Hurk??

Corey Patterson went 0-FOR-8 IN THE 18-INNING GAME!

Thank you, God and Dusty.

Hacking in the 100% literal fashion:

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2008/6/3/544935/who-s-hacking-who-s-not

I wonder who's left in the DiSar sweepstakes (no walks)?

Lyle Overbay's doing too fucking well.

I'm @ 304. Eaton pitching well and Jennings out for the season have probably fucked me.

Corey's BACK! and with an ohfer!

His terrible night knocked me up to 258!

Ray Durham and Darin Erstad need to play worse though if I am to get anywhere.

hey I'm tied for 258th too! FITE FITE FITE

Did you change your team name?

Oh wait weird you just aren't showing on the frontpage.

H'ray, Bosox just smacked around my "ace" Kendrick!

Wish Eaton was pitching.

The Journeyhouse Veterances have plumetted to 418st. Out of 1052, so I am hackier than most.

I don't really understand the scoring but apparently Steve Trachsel is my superstar?

Position Player Pop. 2007 ESPN 2008 ESPN

Catcher Henry Blanco 3 22 5
First Base Rich Aurilia 493 46 3
Second Base Ray Durham 192 85 7
Third Base N Garciaparra 36 47 6
Shortstop Alex Cora 2 27 3
Left Field Jacque Jones 72 32 47
Center Field Andruw Jones 47 50 40
Right Field Luis Gonzalez 35 4 5
Pitcher 1 Barry Zito 110 2 33
Pitcher 2 Steve Trachsel 85 21 52

My-suzydrop-friend, the Shoewizard, is 7th. His team, Callahan Auto Parts:
Catcher Ivan Rodriguez 50 44 23
First Base Richie Sexson 207 52 27
Second Base Asdrubal Cabrera 14 -- 50
Third Base Jose Castillo 265 45 15
Shortstop Bobby Crosby 20 68 29
Left Field Delmon Young 25 52 32
Center Field Michael Bourn 136 10 50
Right Field Austin Kearns 37 23 41
Pitcher 1 Dontrelle Willis 122 46 22
Pitcher 2 Mark Hendrickson 78 29 33

What a bunch of stiffs. But even the great and powerful shoewizard did not foresee the Hack-stardom of Trachsel. I think????

417th place, someday, you will be mine.

Well that formatting came out hacky.

My guys have been around 250th - 270th place all year. Ironically, I've been helped in HM w/ Daniel Cabrera's return to Daniel Cabreraness, which of course coincided w/ me picking him up in my cash money fantasy league. X(

Also: WTF Skip Schumacher?!?!?

Oh god, your "All-Stars":

1. Tony Pena SS 236 73
2. Freddy Sanchez 2B 1 72
3. Khalil Greene SS 3 57
3. Jason Bartlett SS 18 57
5. Robinson Cano 2B 1 54
6. Steve Trachsel P 85 52
6. Brendan Harris 2B 7 52
8. Josh Fogg P 29 51
8. Joey Gathright CF 28 51
8. Kenji Johjima C 3 51
8. Jose Vidro 1B 69 51
12. Michael Bourn CF 136 50
12. Brett Tomko P 45 50
12. Asdrubal Cabrera 2B 14 50
15. Mike Lamb 3B 13 49
15. Willy Taveras CF 35 49
17. Boof Bonser P 10 48
18. Jacque Jones LF 72 47
19. Tom Gorzelanny P 3 46
19. Wily Pena LF 4 46
21. Brad Hennessey P 0 45
22. Chin-Lung Hu SS 0 44
23. Austin Kearns RF 37 41
24. Andruw Jones CF 47 40
24. Brad Penny P 0 40
24. Corey Patterson CF 175 40
27. Garret Anderson LF 4 39
27. Felipe Lopez SS 12 39
27. Troy Tulowitzki SS 2 39
30. Carlos Silva P 3 38

These are the "best" players to have, right? Khalil Greene!!!

I'm in the top 100. Stupid Ray Durham and Rich Aurilla are really killing me.

I'm @ 167. Melky & Sarge Jr. have stepped up their game, but fucking SKIP SCHUMAKER & Jose Lopez are killing me. And Aurilia, too (but as a PTP possibly paid to leverage platoon splits, his less-than-spectacular shittiness isn't unexpected). Glad / sad to see Daniel Cabrera revert to form, tho.

This thread is really putting the screws to "X is / are killing me" usage.

You don't wanna know where I am. Corey Patterson is my only player to crack 50 points!

Somehow I am 197th despite having Carlos Quentin on my roster.

125 in the end. Ray Durham was a huge mistake (note to self: don't pick people who are actually kind of good next year.) Would have been in the top 50 otherwise.

tied for 431st. Was undone by time in the minors (Rick vanden Hurk), injury (Adam Everett), adequacy (Lyle Overbay).

Guy who won put together a ridiculously bad team.

Guy who won had Ryan Theriot on his team.

Ended in #858. Bad picks: Nomar, Henry Blanco, Ray Durham.

Good picks: Andruw Jones, Barry Zito.

tied for #314

proud of the michael bourne pick. came close to also taking carlos gomez who wouldve catapulted me up quite a few places im sure

Lots of young "athletic" HACKer outfielders emerged who'll play a lot next year.