how2shot invite?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
i sent a link to you via ilx. you good on the rules etc?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
I can't remember what email I used for ILX but strange query: would you happen to use an email that is a punny portmanteau of the following:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nintchdbpict000068162276.jpghttp://aboutmeditation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Deepak-Chopra-Meditation.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 18:59 (six years ago) link
Nevermind, I'm in!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
ha ha hhahaahaaa yes, yes i do. 'tis my hip-hop alias.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
;-)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
trea turner (24)francisco lindor (24)jose ramirez (25)george springer (28)
sorry for the delay. don't think i have any other qualifying players in the 27, 28, 29 bracket.
― j.q higgins, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
thanks!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
ok guys – i've inputted our keepers and the draft order is set. please double check that i got your picks right etc https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/24882/draftresults?drafttab=team
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 22 March 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
everything looks right except for me picking 10th because UGH THERE'S 9 GUYS I WANT
― eephsthetic (Will M.), Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:57 (six years ago) link
Thanks, thermo. Looking forward to the draft and subsequent mediocrity.
― bnw, Thursday, 22 March 2018 23:08 (six years ago) link
That’s the spirit!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 22 March 2018 23:14 (six years ago) link
Looking forward to dropping a scuffling player right before he turns into Lou Gehrig.
― omar little, Thursday, 22 March 2018 23:16 (six years ago) link
Incredibly excited that my wife scheduled a large group meal with my in-law's at 4pm EST on Sunday!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 23 March 2018 01:10 (six years ago) link
Colonisqattsi might want to drop a recently-injured pitcher. Is it too late?
― Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx, Saturday, 24 March 2018 18:23 (six years ago) link
Actually never mind, he's still just 28, I'll keep his old Bum(garner) ass
― Jimmie Lovefoxxxxxx, Saturday, 24 March 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
I think I can still edit the draf until an hour before it starts.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 24 March 2018 20:42 (six years ago) link
lol is anyone else getting..
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Thank you for your patience.Our engineers are working quickly to resolve the issue.
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 25 March 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
with this dn you'll know whose fantasy team is mine now
― challops trap house (Will M.), Sunday, 25 March 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
yahoo seems to be working for most of us!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 25 March 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
Help I'm trying to get in, is Ohtani still on the board?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 25 March 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
you were there most the draft, no?!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 25 March 2018 22:03 (six years ago) link
Here's the keeprs for next year which I will try to actually keep up to date this year! (next year's ages are listed, not this year's, and as players get dropped they will disappear from the list (whenever I update it once a month or whatever))
― challops trap house (Will M.), Sunday, 25 March 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
Hope someone got a kick out of Altherred Images auto-drafting (with some impetuous pre-draft jockeying, but still) Aaron Altherr.
― Andy K, Sunday, 25 March 2018 23:52 (six years ago) link
i was going to ask if anyone actually ended up with the player their team is named after
― na (NA), Monday, 26 March 2018 00:11 (six years ago) link
Could someone explain the specific keepers format (for someone who is going to campaign hard to drop it next year)?
Spreadsheet shows:
Alex Wood 28 27-29Travis Shaw 28 27-29Billy Hamilton 28 27-29Jeurys Familia 29 27-29Max Kepler 26 <27Carl Edwards Jr. 27 27-29Mitch Haniger 28 27-29
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 26 March 2018 00:54 (six years ago) link
...or should I just read the 2nd post in this thread?
...so basically I should have drafted another <=26yo.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 26 March 2018 00:56 (six years ago) link
you can still try and trade for one
― na (NA), Monday, 26 March 2018 01:04 (six years ago) link
ISO: Ohtani (batter)FT: Kluber
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 26 March 2018 01:19 (six years ago) link
i don't get it - why join the league if you don't like the whole keeper thing??
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 26 March 2018 03:58 (six years ago) link
I've never done a keeper league to be honest. I just started playing fantasy again after a very long break! Trade me a <26 keeper and I'll promise not to stage a coup to regain league commissioner powerz.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 26 March 2018 04:55 (six years ago) link
I was losing it when Aaron Judge nearly got to me in the first round (picking 11th!). He seemed like a clear top three pick, taking keeper eligibility into account.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 26 March 2018 05:59 (six years ago) link
Yeah knowing that, I'd have taken him over Kluber but Kluber was ranked #1 of all eligible players.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 26 March 2018 06:24 (six years ago) link
TBF Kershaw, Kluber, Scherzer & Votto were the only four guy I was going to target above a young SP.
and guess i should have made extra sure the rules/settings were understood by the new teams before we got to the draft. when we first went to a keeper format (which i love), i didn't like that someone might be able to keep a Trout or Kershaw for their entire career. didn't seem fair to keep so many elite players out of reach. and since irl most players hit free agency by the time they've hit 30, i thought the age cut-off was a good way to go. and also 30 is a nice, round, easy to remember number. as far as the age brackets go, i like it because it A) prevents people from bunching up a crew of similar aged guys and B) it forces teams to plan for the career progression of it's younger picks – i wanted more thought to go into team than just having a bucket of under-30 guys you can hang onto. almost like when a guy hits 27, you have to decide if that he's good enough to extend. an interesting side effects as well, seems to be that it has inspired some incredibly interesting trades over the years. the only thing i'm not crazy about is when we calculate someone's age. we go by our leagues draft date, which can be a moving target. iirc only one guy has been effected by the phenomenon of their official age shifting due to this, so it hasn't really been a major problem.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 26 March 2018 16:14 (six years ago) link
Yeah, please don't mind me, I'm just trolling mostly.
I also have no idea who all the hot young prospects are so it's almost better I luckily backed into a few under 30 guys rather than intentionally chased a flash in the pan with an upper round pick.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 26 March 2018 16:19 (six years ago) link
if i'm in the running for first place, we can talk in a few months... i have at least two too many *young* young guys. and i probably am not the only one.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 26 March 2018 16:28 (six years ago) link
Lincecumlords are now CorrosionOfConforto
― omar little, Monday, 26 March 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
^ a reference I get!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 26 March 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
It's the draft date? Oops. I thought it was MLB opening day. Probably doesn't make a big difference...
― challops trap house (Will M.), Monday, 26 March 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
oh - you know what, it is. Ignore me. I don't know the rules of my own league.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 26 March 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
Just peeked in on my team and one of my starters had just given up 3 homeruns in a half-inning...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 29 March 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
dammit, i was just about to add Martinez!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 March 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/12PMxjnRn4Hynu/giphy.gif
(i was pretty "lucky" that Conforto went to the 10-day DL)
― omar little, Thursday, 29 March 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
Someone in my other league has 6 home runs today. So far.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 March 2018 23:12 (six years ago) link
So are we gonna introduce our teams?Here is Vorped Mind 2018's most formidable contender (complete with ILX-friendly name change, as strongly suggested at the draft):
Hallojoeygallo, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Gallo's Polehttps://i.imgur.com/j7A5WnR.jpg
C Sal PEREZ, Evan GATTIS1B Justin SMOAK2B Brian DOZIER3B Josh DONALDSON, Manny MACHADOSS Marcus SEMIENOF GALLO and his PoleOF Marcell OZUNAOF Adam JONESOF Avisaíl GARCÍANA Eloy JIMÉNEZ-SP Chris SALESP Lucas GIOLITOSP Charlie MORTONSP Jeff SAMARDZIJA RP Craig KIMBRELRP Aroldis CHAPMANRP Sean DOOLITTLERP Archie BRADLEYRP Anthony SWARZAK
Inquiries about trades welcome.Trading Block: 3B: Machado Youth: Jimenez, GiolitoC: Gattis, Perez
ISO: a future 27-29yo1B/OF combo SP
― francisF, Friday, 30 March 2018 03:52 (six years ago) link
oh FUCK, that photoshop is boss
i'll do mine in a minute
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 30 March 2018 13:37 (six years ago) link
Applying pop-Marxism to Sabermetrics, owning libs who still believe in RBIs, and seemingly obsessed with WWI-era Detroit Tigers pitcher Bernie Boland, this is your VOTTO TRAP HOUSE for the season.
https://i.imgur.com/tgma1HH.jpg
C - LUCROY, Jonathan1B - HOSMER, Eric2B - ODOR, Rougned3B - ARENADO, NolanSS - COZART, ZackOF - JUDGE, AaronOF - MARTE, StarlingOF - BETTS, Mookie
1B - MYERS, WilOF - PUIG, YasielSS - BECKHAM, TimNA - ROBLES, Victor
SP - OHTANI, ShoheiSP - PRICE, DavidSP - TAILLON, JamesonSP - TEHERAN, JulioSP - WEAVER, LukeDL - SALAZAR, DannyDL - REYES, Alex
RP - GILES, KenRP - RIVERO, FelipeRP - MADSON, RyanRP - MUSGROVE, JoeDL - MELANCON, Mark
No reasonable trade offer denied without reason
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 30 March 2018 14:15 (six years ago) link
haha amazing. Can Ohtani be employed as offense and defense?
― francisF, Friday, 30 March 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
nope, he is in the system as two players. i have the "pitcher" version. the "hitter" version is available on the waiver wire!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 30 March 2018 16:13 (six years ago) link
it's been slow at work lately and i'm ready for winter to be done so i've been thinking ahead to fantasy baseball. so i think i have my keepers figured out already. not gonna declare until i have to but i think i've got it unless trades/injuries impact my choices.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
there it is. new thread title.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
Where is it?
― suggest boban (Will M.), Thursday, 31 January 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
Yahoo leagues open this afternoon.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 31 January 2019 17:12 (five years ago) link
using this entire post as the league name is for some reason hilarious to me: it's been slow at work lately and i'm ready for winter to be done so i've been thinking ahead to fantasy baseball. so i think i have my keepers figured out already. not gonna declare until i have to but i think i've got it unless trades/injuries impact my choices.
i am very sleep deprived. maybe just the first sentence. or possibly something about manipulating service time. i am so tired.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 31 January 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
Yahoo is the only platform that's keeping Ohtani as 2 separate P/DH entities:
Hey guy, any particular reasoning behind making ohtani two players instead of one? Thanks— Rap Verify (@RapVerify) January 31, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 31 January 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
maybe im sleep deprived too because i just laughed at this idea for a threda name (please don't do it)
Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Include Ohtani As One Player; The Inexorable March of Two-Way Players Will Lead Us All to VORPiness
― suggest boban (Will M.), Thursday, 31 January 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link