I find that the two pitchers' performance is really key. and of course De La Rosa is doing well again today....
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link
my spiral into oblivion continues as Reddick and Navarro keep hitting.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
I think I'm done -- my team picked up minus 30 points last week, I'm down to 105th place after peaking at around 38th place a couple of weeks ago.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 8 August 2014 14:46 (nine years ago) link
yeah, you were tied with me a couple days ago, that's a bad sign.
really kicking myself for thinking Jose Molina and Nate Schierholtz wouldn't play enough. And now Yonder Alonso is hitting.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 August 2014 17:11 (nine years ago) link
My team "rebounded" with 32 points over the past seven days. I'm up to 55th place. Nobody on my team really stood out this week, it was general suckage all around, a true team effort.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
It's kind of amazing you have six players with 18 pts or less, and are that high. Carried by Edwin Jackson!
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
Wow, Edwin Jackson is really dominating Hacking Mass so far. He has 103 points, with Buccholz twenty points behind.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
And I think the Cubs have just pulled Jackson from the rotation! When his ERA was about to hit the Number of the Beast.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
Oh no, he's my star player!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
Tough break
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
i'm sure he'll give up a couple slams outta the pen
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 23:35 (nine years ago) link
In the top 30!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
nice!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link
goddamn your Edwin Jackson, not being put on the DL til late August :)
BJ Upton homered and drew 2 walks last night, and nearly all the leaders in HM lost points.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
(plus with Dioner Navarro homering, I have dropped to a new low)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 17:39 (nine years ago) link
Minus-16 points over the past week. I've dropped to 81st. Oh well, it was a decent run.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 14 September 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
There's only one Edwin Jackson!
Jeter would've been a golden pick after all... Closing in on Zack Cozart for "leading" shortstop.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 September 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
Kudos to whoever had Chris Johnson in this league.
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Friday, 19 September 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
He's only 72nd overall and fourth among third basemen. Andrelton Simmons is 27th (remember, it's essentially OPS factored by plate appearances, for non-pitchers).
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 September 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
I've never played it or looked into it, so I didn't know how scoring was figured. It does make sense that Andrelton would be up there — such a horrible year offensively.
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Friday, 19 September 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
There's actually a pretty good 3-way race for the top spot heading into the last weekend. I hope the current leader is overtaken, cuz he's one of those lucky sods who picked Edwin Jackson.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 14:47 (nine years ago) link
40 percent of the first place team's points are from the two pitchers! Next time somebody argues that Kershaw can't be MVP because he doesn't play every day, we can send a link to that guy's team. IOW, pitchers are so valuable (or not valuable) that they can impact their team more than any one position player.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 26 September 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
hacking massvp
Cozart and Dominguez, that's one hell of a left side.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
it's back
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25983
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link
Three hours til the extended deadline. The new gag grand prize is just awful.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 15:42 (nine years ago) link
Entries now closed, right in the middle of my attempt to sub Eric Young for Billy Hamilton.
Out of Options
Catcher Tuffy Gosewisch First Base James Loney Second Base Joe Panik Third Base Luis Valbuena Shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria Left Field Ben Revere Center Field Billy Hamilton Right Field Nick Markakis Pitcher 1 Ricky Nolasco Pitcher 2 Kyle Kendrick
I know Loney is on the DL, but he'll still be near the top of 1Bs, esp with that oblique nagging him.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 14:55 (nine years ago) link
Last minute prize announcement -- Tim McCarver's "solo album"! This was released six years ago and I'd never heard of it? Hacking Mass -- THIS TIME IT COUNTS.
I made a few challopsy choices here, and now that Mike Minor has had another setback in his return from the DL I'm pretty much screwed. Oh and Nelson Cruz hit a million home runs since I put this team together.
Catcher Tuffy GosewischFirst Base Ryan Howard Second Base Jonathan Schoop Third Base Chris Johnson Shortstop Andrelton Simmons Left Field Nelson Cruz Center Field Austin Jackson Right Field Jay Bruce Pitcher 1 Mike Minor Pitcher 2 Jerome Williams
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 16 April 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
well now i'm sorry I saw the mets slap Jerome Williams around last night... At least your Cubs ace is in long relief this year.
now Ricky Nolasco has elbow soreness fuuuuuuuuuuuuck
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 April 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
Hechavarria got 4 hits today wtf
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 April 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
Kendrick, Nolasco and Gosewisch have blest me with 76 points
My other seven players: -16
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link
In the past week I've climbed from fifteen or so places from the bottom up to 489th place! Still in negative points though.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
I have zoomed into the top 50, bcz Loney, Hamilton and even Valbuena and Markakis are finding their rubber legs in the batter's box. Too bad Tuffy Gosewisch is about to lose his starting job; shoulda gone with Bethancourt, goddammit.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
I'm 10th from the bottom! Nelson Cruz is killing my team.
Even the guy in last place was obviously making serious picks, choosing DJ LeMathieu and Mike Moustakas is easily defensible.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 13:51 (eight years ago) link
Only one other person picked Cruz, if I understand it correctly. At the start of 2014 no MLB teams wanted him! Last year easily could have been a fluke, and it was really only a couple of great months, in the second half he was terrible IIRC.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
The 12 players who have Jeremy Guthrie are inordinately happy today.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 16:08 (eight years ago) link
btw RIP Tuffy Gosewisch (torn ACL)
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 June 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
Kyle Lohse is the first player to 100 points, nosing out Kyle Kendrick (97)!
Note to self: pick more Kyles.
(not Ricky Nolasco, looks out for the year)
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
your 2015 HM All-Stars
Rene Rivera C Adam LaRoche 1B Omar Infante 2B Casey McGehee 3B J.J. Hardy SSIchiro Suzuki LF Billy Hamilton CF Alex Rios RF Kyle Kendrick PJeremy Guthrie P
For my squad, Kendrick and Hamilton came through with a combined 185 points. My other 8 picks: minus 54. Finished 311th out of 536.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 03:40 (eight years ago) link
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link
you got a team picked out yet?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 20:20 (eight years ago) link
I'm in:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/hm/index.php?mode=team&alias=6afc&nocache=1459371691
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 21:02 (eight years ago) link
i have not, tt, but i have learned from last year in particular i'd say
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 March 2016 10:48 (eight years ago) link
just minutes to finalize those rosters (allegedly)
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 April 2016 18:47 (eight years ago) link
my squad, Run Dusty Run (tho i picked no Nats, as Ben Revere is disabled)
Catcher Cameron Rupp First Base C.J. Cron Second Base Omar Infante Third Base Aaron Hill Shortstop Alcides Escobar Left Field Yasmany Tomas Center Field Billy Hamilton Right Field Eddie Rosario Pitcher 1 Chris Tillman Pitcher 2 Wily Peralta
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 April 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link
it looks like Hamilton has learned to walk a little, tho! :o
Chris Tillman is gonna be a fucking All-Star this year, i just know it
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 03:01 (seven years ago) link
lol
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 14:07 (seven years ago) link
coulda picked a Rockies pitcher! ANY Rockies pitcher!
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
Rick Porcello is killin' me
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
i am literally middle of the pack, #197
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 18:25 (seven years ago) link