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| Date | 2008-08-27 |
| Message | It seems like being able to put a guy in your lineup that will accumulate stats for a guy that is injured and not doing anything will make your team more competitive. I have a top 25 hitter sitting on my bench right now and have Carlos Lee in my lineup done for the year doing nothing. Putting Bay in my lineup would make my team more competitive. Then there is Duchscherer and his mechanical hip sitting there when Wainright is ready to go. Alex Gordon is done for the year and I have 2 guys to replace him with. I'm not complaining, its my own fault for using up my moves, but I'm just saying its not a "dream" that being able to make more substitutes would give any team more chances at picking up points. Harold gave up on Brad Hawpe who has been his best outfielder for the past month, and even garbage like Ricky Weeks can help your team when Howie Kendrick goes down. Figgins and Longoria for Pat. Liriano and his 1.21 era over the last month is festering on Dan's bench while John Maine nurses his sore vagina. Even Don is probably wishing he had Shane Victorino in for Nate Mclouth. On top of this trades can also be made for teams like Derksen who have a garbage bench although he refuses to trade with anybody. More moves = more competitive. |
| Date | 2008-08-27 |
| Message | I disagree with Don...my team would have been more competitive without the assraping I took in injuries this year. With more moves I would have been able to sub in and out injured people in order to compete. Very hard to compete when half ur pitching staff goes down and ur batters go down for than 15 days at a time. All it means is that u have to be a better drafter of your bench in order to shore up ur roster where there might be potential holes. Injuries will still play a factor for people that have guys go down and no bench player to sub in for him so u can't say that more moves is a bad thing...luck still plays a role. I'm with Tim. 10-15 moves per year is my vote. |
| Date | 2008-08-27 |
| Message | i don't disagree that we should maybe add some more bench moves but you're dreaming if you think it makes the league more competitive. the problem isn't the rules. the teams in the the top 3 have the best teams and usually the best benches, and the flip side is usually true as well. more moves will only increase the divide between top and bottom. |
| Date | 2008-08-26 |
| Message | I'm going to get the ball rolling on this right now for next year. Im thinking that the biggest thing we need to do for next year is to have more bench moves, and I'm not talking about one or two more, but a lot more. at least ten or fifteen. With the roids out of the game there are way more injuries than there used to be, teams are getting completely decimated and are out of the running early, and more bench moves gives us a more competitive league all year long. Right now we have a system where you can't even use all your bench guys in a season, and somebody could potentially win the pool with a lucky auction without even paying attention all year. More roster flexibility this season would have given us all a chance to move up in the standings and would have surely improved interest level for the home stretch when the league should be in its most exciting time of the year. Maybe its just me, but I think the time has come for change in the ULB. I know that there are a few traditionalists in the ULB that fear progress, but you have to admit that pretty much every time we make a change the pool gets better. I think this would be the same result. Anybody in favour? |
| Date | 2008-08-03 |
| Message | with my 6th move i put liriano in for maine.. i talked to the commish and he said it should be fine.  for the record, when using midseason picks to activate bench players, the former players should be drops. so victor and lopez aren't on my bench. despite the midseason pick being used as a roster move, there should always be a drop in a midseason transaction. I'll try and remember to add it in the rulebook for next year. |
| Date | 2008-07-30 |
| Message | It just keeps getting better this year....the soon to be having Tommy John surgery Tim Hudson out and my man Double J, Jair Jurrjens in please. Last move I have....what a facking ridiculous year. |
| Date | 2008-07-30 |
| Message | Anyone interested in solidifying their bullpen should give me an e-mail on Rivera or Wagnewr. I am looking at an upgrade in batters or starting pitching so it is wide open. I have already talked with another GM about the two. Let me know. Derksen, if you send me an offer, please give your head a shake before you send it to me. |
| Date | 2008-07-30 |
| Message | Lets go with a 10:00 pm trade deadline cutoff. |
| Date | 2008-07-29 |
| Message | i'll be out sometime in aug/sept.. park league would be beauty. tim, when's the daily yahoo cut off? that should also be trade deadline cut off. JULY 31st as usual. roster moves ok till august 31st. |
| Date | 2008-07-28 |
| Message | I could be up for some park league some time next weekend, saturday or sunday. |
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