You know I love you, but I'm playing for keeps: Your 2011 Fantasy Baseball thread!

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hmmm, think i'll check rotowire and see what's going on with adam dunn since he's been in a slump his last 400 at bats or so
- "Dunn said he will ratchet up his offseason workout routine this winter, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Dunn has a history of lax offseason work, and that may have been at the root of his historically bad 2011 season." F#@$^&#@$)(

future events are now current events (Z S), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

best players, labor day 2011

verlander
kemp
granderson
braun
ellsbury
kershaw
adrian gonzalez
bautista
halladay
weaver

johnny crunch, Sunday, 4 September 2011 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link

probably one of my biggest missteps in the draft this year was picking Adam "I'm" Dunn with in the first fucking round

In the long run, we will all be cyberpunks (Z S), Sunday, 4 September 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link

Mark Trumbo is my starting 1B and is a vast improvement. sigh

In the long run, we will all be cyberpunks (Z S), Sunday, 4 September 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link

He's trumbolievable.

polyphonic, Sunday, 4 September 2011 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link

one of the frustrating parts of this season has been the lack of playing time for mike napoli.

in only 320 AB, he's hitting .300/.397/.600, with 25 HR and 4.4 WAR.

i thought that perhaps he was getting platooned against righties, but here are his splits:

vs. right: .300/.391/.604
vs. left: .301/.410/.592

if he wasn't being benched half the time for no reason, dude might have 40-50 HR, 6-8 WAR! idgi

remember yr man when he's at wooooooooooork (Z S), Monday, 12 September 2011 04:00 (thirteen years ago) link

I picked up Matt Moore a week or two ago. I am genius.

strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 12 September 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link

Kind of flabbergasted that I'm not just in the top 10 again, but now @ #6. Fully expect freefall in coming weeks.

Leee, Lord of Wtfomgham (Leee), Monday, 12 September 2011 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link

I am still in first place. ^___^

polyphonic, Monday, 12 September 2011 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link

i'm going to have you tested.

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 12 September 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link

I already peed in all of these cups so you can take your pick.

polyphonic, Monday, 12 September 2011 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link

i will test the one with the most sediment at the bottom.

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 12 September 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link

*cracks knuckles*

pretty pleased with my position considering i autodrafted and didn't even pre-rank.

omar little, Monday, 12 September 2011 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link

wtg go grab my beltre -- hasnt updated since -- Tue May 17 9:11am EDT & still a solid 8th

johnny crunch, Monday, 12 September 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link

i could have troll drafted a team entirely consisting of Cabreras, not made a single change or update, and still done better this year.

sanskrit, Monday, 12 September 2011 23:49 (thirteen years ago) link

yahoo msg boards are still pretty lol:

What the "F K" 12-Sep-11 09:42 am
How does a tie give the Fantasy Guru the victory? this is bull@#$% this is under protest i cant believe this @#$%... This a travesty of the worst kind 75X worst than any scandal is sport history i will take this all the way to the inventor of fantasy baseball..my guys played hard all year this is ashamed they get treated this way...This has ruined the mindset of my young players....We hate you!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS WAR!!!!!!!!!!
WORST THAN RED SOX- YANKEES
STEELERS-RAVENS

sanskrit, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 01:25 (thirteen years ago) link

ha ha!

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 01:37 (thirteen years ago) link

i have only just now noticed and laughed like a lunatic at "Ohlendorf On Golf".

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 24 September 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link

Suddenly my lead is in danger! Can I hold until Wednesday?!

polyphonic, Sunday, 25 September 2011 02:33 (thirteen years ago) link

A nearly 30 point lead is down to 6.5 points! Is this a choke?

Can my team make a late run and climb out of 12th place?

(answer to both questions: probably not)

NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 26 September 2011 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link

a 7 point drop in 3 days isn't all that likely imho, but it is possible!

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 26 September 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link

my team of scrappy white hustlers has hustled and scrapped its way into the top 5ish after being in 12th all damn year since I made some decent moves and Dan Uggla decided to stop hitting .180.

strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 26 September 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link

i was in the cellar early on and then had to scrap and grit my way to second place. first place is likely a difficult reach at this point, i'm hail marying it and banking on a few free agent pickups to carry me over the top.

omar little, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link

4 point difference!

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link

congrats polyphonic - on dominating us two years in a row now!
a fantasy dynasty is born!

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link

i almost made it despite autodrafting from an unranked list! congrats poly.

omar little, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link

autodraft landed u some guys that really panned out big that everyone was down on at the time - ellsbury, michael young, beckett, asdrubal

congrats 2 poly

johnny crunch, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link

heres the best ranked players, end of season edition:

Kemp
Verlander
Ellsbury
Braun
Kershaw
Granderson
Halladay
Cliff Lee
Miguel Cabrera
Adrian Gonzalez

johnny crunch, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link

yahoo list?

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link

Wow, I jumped 11 points in the final few days and finished in 9th. What happened to the innings limit? I started benching guys toward the end of the season because I thought it would stop accumulating pitching stats once you went above 1400 IP. Or does it stop only after the day in which you pass 1400 IP? Case in point, I had 1399 IP before yesterday and benched everyone except for Strasburg.

We almost had our own version of this year's wild card races but congrats Poly, your team is more clutch than the Braves and Red Sox combined!

NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link

ya - you can blow 1400 IP out of the water on your last day if you want/can!

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link

damn you Barry - i just realized you slipped in ahead of me! jerk.

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link

wheew

and I juuuuust barely finished in the money in my money league too!

polyphonic, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link

what are the keeper rules again?

omar little, Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link

i will provide a link to a page that has the rules almost right at the top...

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link

here you go!

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link

I get to keep Kemp again this year! Maybe I will ride his production all the way to a 4th place finish and build on this momentum.

strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link

four months pass...

are we keeping this going in 2012?

j.q higgins, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link

you know it!
i was going to start a 2012 thread in the next few days (once i thought of a good song to reference or somesuch).

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link

all i can think of right now is "Keeper Lagoon" :s

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wngb5Mq1SQY

omar little, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link

three-peat?

polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link

I look forward to being disappointed yet again. Will probably do better than my fantasy hoops team which fucking sucks.

strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link

I will (be able to) pay more attention this year.

Andy K, Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago) link

oh man.. do i really want that to be the thread title?!

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:34 (twelve years ago) link

FYI, pretty sure I'm out. ._.

omar leeettle (Leee), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:17 (twelve years ago) link

aw.
makes me sad. :(

i think that makes you and Will. was it something i said?!

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 2 February 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link


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