| Date | 2010-04-12 |
| Message | hurricanes recipe for success: -finish near the bottom for at least two years in a row for the slim pickins advantage (kemp 2nd in '08, carpenter 1st in '09) -get pujols -gently place horseshoes between buttocks prior to entering the auction it's an interesting question to ask, how much luck actually goes into fantasy baseball success. i think it's kind of like poker where if you are good and play long enough, eventually you'll prove to be more successful than the average guy. luck, player evaluation, auction performance and roster management/trades are factors of varying significance. i'd ballpark it at 35/35/20/10% just for fun... i know between don and i, he's more of an auction guy and i'm more of a prep guy so it's interesting how different strengths can be successful. i think of my '09 team as the bizarro version of my '08 team where i spent $167 on the likes of victor, crawford, zimmerman, tulo and cano and they all stunk, followed by big rebounds the year after. i think all that bad luck manifested itself into good luck the year after.. man i banter long when work is slow... |
| Date | 2010-04-12 |
| Message | sandoval's gotta be my new favorite player...seeing that guy score from first on a triple was hilarious. |
| Date | 2010-04-12 |
| Message | Oh and I also agree with Don... Dan's team last year was trash, but the stars aligned and 20 guys had a career year. Or maybe Dan is smarter than me. Also did I miss something, how did Derek get 7 guys on his bench? |
| Date | 2010-04-12 |
| Message | It's tough to have an award when nobody cares as soon as the draft is over and it's been getting worse every year. I guess at this point my vote would be to scrap the award. |
| Date | 2010-04-12 |
| Message | Thanks Tim |
| Date | 2010-04-12 |
| Message | $55 on Pujols |
| Date | 2010-04-12 |
| Message | Heres what I posted as a final adjustment, I think its right 1-3, 1 rbi 3-5 1 R , 1HR, 4RBI 1-4 Final tally to be added 5-12, 1R, 1HR, 5RBI |
| Date | 2010-04-12 |
| Message | Tim I believe you have the adjustment wrong in Yahoo message board. It is 3 for 5 not 2 for 5 for Tejada's at bats. Please confirm. |
| Date | 2010-04-11 |
| Message | it's so great to have box scores to check again! i always forget how enjoyable it is.. except for when your team is crap, of course. good thoughts on the Guru award, Dan. My opposition to it is well documented so i'll not repeat it. But the main thing is we need to clearly define what the point of the award is. in the past its been mostly ppl voting on which lineups they think best. well if i cared at all what anyone thought of my lineup i'd have used their prep and not my own. Just as i think it stupid to spend the farm on Nolasco, Strasbourg or even $1 on the FLA closer so do others think some of my picks are crap. But again.. who cares what others think, the pool is usually won by he who makes the most wise but surprising picks. I thought Dan's team last year was absolute trash and was the worst strategy ever.. and he goes on to have the greatest team ever. so what do any of us know? anyway, i'm rambling but the only way i see any relevance to an auction day trophy is by a clear set of criteria around the auction performance. But even that is difficult b/c its tough to know who's bidding up who, who's hiding the fact they got burned and impossible to know who brilliantly got the best $1 picks. by the way i finally looked up and see his name is Nunez and so far his numbers are great. sorry noel. maybe he's good after all |
| Date | 2010-04-10 |
| Message | the adjustments are posted and kept track on the yahoo message board. As soon as he plays 10 games he gets 3B eligibility I'm on it |