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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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
i almost picked Alfredo Simon over Chris Tillman, which is currently a swing of 88 points.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
down to 55 pts from 92 a month ago!
Cron, Tillman, Y Tomas, Philly catcher Rupp all been afire
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 July 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
refresh my memory. in reversyland hacking baseball; more points is better, right? the worse your guys are doing, the better = more points.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 25 July 2016 21:28 (seven years ago) link
yep
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 July 2016 21:28 (seven years ago) link
tillman, rick porcello, angel pagan, and kurt suzuki are killin' me
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 25 July 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
Yasmany Tomas and Cron have passed Tillman as my worst picks
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
thx to the above and Rupp, down to 34 pts, and 312th out of 394. Sad!
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:11 (seven years ago) link
your all-stars
Derek Norris C Ryan Zimmerman 1B Daniel Castro 2B Juan Uribe 3B Adeiny Hechavarria SS Jake Marisnick LF Ben Revere CF Jason Heyward RF James Shields P Tyler Duffey P
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 October 2016 13:29 (seven years ago) link
Heyward! Yikes.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 3 October 2016 14:35 (seven years ago) link
now open at BP!
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 March 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
they finally froze the rosters this weekend, here are my picks
C Martin Maldonado 1B Yulieski Gurriel 2B Dee Gordon 3B Jose Reyes SS Alcides Escobar LF Travis Jankowski CF Leonys Martin RF Matt Joyce P 1 Ubaldo Jimenez P 2 Josh Tomlin
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 April 2017 20:26 (seven years ago) link
welp, Leonys Martin sent down to Tacoma, fuck me
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 April 2017 00:58 (seven years ago) link
yet i'm in 5th place...
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
Thanks to 'sterling' outings by Josh Tomlin and Ubaldo yesterday, I'm #1.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 May 2017 14:10 (six years ago) link
maintaining my lead by a mere 2 points (damn Jhoulys Chacin)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:24 (six years ago) link
retaken the lead by 8 points! thank you Josh Tomlin, for your 5-inning, 4-ER win yesterday.
if i win, mookie will get the Tebow t shirt.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 June 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
I swooned mightily and finished 27th, presuming they don't let the hacker who put James Shields at every position win...
My worst picks were Yuli Gurriel, Matt Joyce, and surprisingly Jose Reyes, whose horrendous first 2 weeks lured me into picking him.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 October 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
27th out of, what, a few hundred (?) ain't bad!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 2 October 2017 18:34 (six years ago) link
just... not bad enough.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 2 October 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
lol, right
i already have confidence in a couple of the position leaders for next year.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 October 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
the all-stars (the only ones picked by more than 11 players were the DUH! perennials, Escobar and Jimenez)
Matt Wieters C Albert Pujols 1B Tyler Saladino 2B Darwin Barney 3B Alcides Escobar SS Alex Gordon LF Adam Engel CF Jose Bautista RF Ubaldo Jimenez P Chris Tillman P
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
play by midnight tomorrow!
https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/hm/index.php?mode=rules
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 April 2018 16:39 (six years ago) link
A shit ton of players earned 20+ points last night, but not me. So I checked the box scores and learned that Texas is still mysteriously letting Matt Moore pitch, and he gave up 6 ER in 1.2 IP.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link