YOUR OTHER GLORPING FANTASY LEAGUES!!!

i want to drop bellinger so bad but I'm afraid :(

oh i accepted long ago i'm not gonna do anything about it, i don't think anything good would come of it and it would just make things weirder than they already are between me and an extended family i've always had a weird relationship with. i thought maybe he stopped after the ESPN redesign because he was scared it would be more obvious. i have screenshots if i ever decide to go nuclear. and it is all logged in the transactions, just a little hard to find. i've confronted him about it privately years ago and he just played dumb. i'm really curious if he does it when he matches up with son though.

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ah. so i sent him an anonymous email last week telling him to stop and included a screenshot of the logs just to show him there's a record of it happening. and to vaguely threaten him with the possibility of sending it to the rest of the league (which i'm not gonna do). he didn't respond, and i have no real way of knowing whether he read it or not (might've gone to spam, who knows). he hadn't cheated since then but it was mostly because he didn't have an opportunity to - lots of rainouts and he started running a short bench (which i thought might've been a strategic move after reading the email, cause he always keeps a lot of possibilities on the bench, for cheating purposes). but he cheated today, moving mark canha onto an active spot after he homered.

i don't know what to do at this point. i've been in this league for i think 13 years, i've always considered it my "main" league. i've won twice, i'm almost always in the playoffs. if i were going to call him out publicly the time do it probably would've been before his teenage son joined, i don't want to be the one to tell his son that his dad cheats against him at fantasy baseball. fantasy baseball in general doesn't seem like a big enough deal to start a whole *thing* about. maybe this is why my other family members (my cousin and his FIL) quit.

Burn it all down.

easy for you to say! i'll probably just quit (again)

You are denying yourself an fantastic cathartic opportunity.

anyone else getting their asses beat this playoff season

thought i was a genius streaming tyler wells in a doubleheader and he decided to give up 4 runs, which makes it my second 4+-run reliever appearance this week. that plus ryu/rogers/framber the past 2 days balooned my previously good ERA/WHIP to 5.83/1.45. i'm still somehow beating the other guy but i'm still getting my ass kicked. it isn't sustainable. i had 1 home run until last night.

also my cheating LM (facing the other seed this week thankfully) did his most obvious cheat yet - moved ohtani (pitcher)'s bad start to the bench and moved ohtani (hitter)'s home run to the active lineup. it's ESPN so you can't have both active at the same time. is anyone supposed to believe he benched an ohtani start in the playoffs? i know it's the astros but come on

My other league, I am neck and neck with the guy who’s been in first for half the season. Overtook him for one full day a couple days ago before dropping a few points. All my guys are healthy - and I’m about to get Giolitto back. I like my odds. I am hopefully overtaking him in sb and holds today.

i'm getting gio back too so i apologize in advance for my awful pitching luck also tanking your team

my 2 playoff teams are combined 11/67 with 3 runs and 3 RBI. not feeling good.

annoying thing is my cheating LM instituted a rule years ago limiting teams to 5 adds per week in the playoffs, in response to me winning the league 2 years in a row in part because there was no rule or limit against streaming a crazy amount of starting pitchers at any time, which is how the league always functioned because he personally likes to stream pitchers without limits. i had already made a post in the league requesting a limit because i didn't like how every year turned into a stupid race to see who could stream the most pitchers, which he completely ignored. he only added the limit after i won the league streaming like crazy out of spite. he then had the audacity to tell my father that he had to institute a limit to prevent me from abusing the system again, and that i'm probably really angry about it. when i'm the one who was pushing for the limit in the first place.

anyway he instituted it in the dumbest way possible, by making a straight up add/drop limit instead of a GS/IP limit, or just limiting pitcher streams. it basically freezes all position player add/drops in the playoffs because everyone needs to use their precious 5 changes on pitchers. i would like to be able to drop the ice cold josh donaldson for any number of super hot hitters on waivers right now but i gotta save that so i can stream cole irvin on friday. i hate this league.

oh i also hate my extended family, that's probably more important

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i hate fantasy baseball, i really do

i'm not built for this just put me in a playpen

holy shit, after 2 weeks of LM cheating in the most obvious manner and destroying the #4 seed, the #4 seed has somehow taken the lead which i didn't even think would be possible... this is how close it is

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if he cheats his way out of this one i'm going nuclear

bear in mind that second ERA should probably be a full run higher than it is... he used LM powers to move 18 ER (4 different starts) to the bench

Are you screen capping his lineup moves and doing before/afters?

yeah, but it shouldn't come down to that... he has montas and ohtani both going (and they just got him the lead back), if one of them blows up he'll move them to his bench. and then i'll make a message board post "wtf just happened...i've been watching this matchup with a laser focus because i need to know who i'm facing next week, why did ohtani just get moved" etc

it's all in the transaction log anyway

other guy only has descla going and he just allowed a 2 run homer... oy

and ohtani's probably done.... need montas to give up some runs to uh... rengifo jose rojas max stassi.... uh oh

just made a very loud sound against that bases loaded ohtani K

I’ve managed to slide back into first again by a single point and I am going to be a mess for the next 1.5 weeks. Nowhere else for me to gain points unless I get stupid lucky with SB. I basically need to stay ahead of the guys right behind me in runs, holds, and wins. In a few more games I should be good to dump my closers for a set up guy and maybe a SB-prone outfielder.

perhaps of interest

Best fantasy baseball season ever: How Phil Dussault did it
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2197422

That dude makes me feel like such a slacker.

i have 4 starters pitching sunday and might go berserk after that. i've been standing pat instead of streaming starters etc (i have a solid rotation) might dump 2 and my closers and add an extra hitter or two and set up guys until i'm sure i'm safe there. maybe stream a starter, but i have to be careful with my era. THIS IS GONNA BE SO CLOSE!

i'd heard about dussault and wanted to check out his rosters but everything is private on NFBC. crazy that he did it without drafting youths........

contrary to that i lost my random non-family H2H money league by being a complete dumbass. came into the sunday of round 1 in a decent lead, only really nervous about losing wins. put 2 FAAB claims in for paolo espino and logan gilbert. wasn't paying attention to how many adds my opponent had, just assumed i would be able to get one of them. didn't think to even put any money on them, just assumed i would get one. opponent scoops both of them up with $1 and $3 bids and adds JA Happ too, gets a win out of all three and beats me by one. a hundred bucks down the drain because i got cheap and refused to bid $2 FAAB on paolo espino. hubris!

i've never played that way before, where you have to bid on FAs. seems weird.

it's interesting in leagues where there's a weekly bidding period (like NFBC). in daily leagues it's much less impactful, most teams aren't putting crazy claims in based on one game or one day. it's just like waivers except you can cut the line if you want to use a little FAAB.

6 days to go and am back ahead again by a single point (was in second for a couple days).

things that could go right (all long shots): I gain 2 nsb on the 2nd place team and gain another 2 points on the lead. Gain 7 RBI on 2nd place team for 2 points.

Things that could go wrong (all very possible): 2nd place team gains three holds and overtakes me, moving into 1st. Another team overtakes me in era (difference of 0.05 right now) costing me a point. Another team gains three wins on me costing me a point.

I’ve already stacked my team with set-up guys. Might drop my last closer for another in a few days. Might also drop my lone bench bat for a speedier dude. I can’t really stream starters because it’s too risky for my ERA, but as long as I maintain my staff I should be ok.
Last season I lost the lead on the last day of baseball and I plan on being totally strung out until Sunday keeping an eye on everything!

Ugh. He could also gain 4 points just by improving his avg by 4 points! Tough to control over one week, but another thing that could go totally wrong for me!

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may look like a commanding lead but it sure doesn't feel like one. especially when my opponent only needs a tie to win and is willing to cheat at every opportunity. my entire offense has suddenly died, either hurt (starling, belt) or just completely stopped producing (bogaerts, dalbec, olson, yordan, tucker). i only have 2 adds left and i can't waste them on a hitter. my opponent's entire pitching staff seems to be having another start today or tomorrow, where all of mine have their starts hypothetically scheduled for the weekend - most if not all will have their starts cancelled or shortened. not feeling great!

lol

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my team has 3 RBIs, 6 runs and 0 HR in the past 3 days

Still pulled off a tie tho!

He has the tie breaker on account of cheating his way to the 1 seed. He also has 4 days to sneak past me in HR/RBI

oh that's the cheater :/

i'm down to just a 0.5 point lead in my other league. on the plus side, i'm only 3 RBIs behind the second place threat after last night and he's maxed out SS and 3B. if i can overtake him there i should be golden... i might even take on an extra catcher just to get as many rbi opportunities possible over the last three games.

well he decided to get 7 HRs and 11 RBIs today, which is 7 HRs and 11 RBIs more than i got. i don't think i've ever seen a other shoe drop so powerfully

Dude had an unholy day at the plate yesterday and jumped two points into a tie for first place with me.
I can take first if his average drops or if I get a few more RBIs or SB than him. But I can lose if he gets so much as one hold while hanging onto his other stats. Today is going to be nuts!

i had pretty much no chance of winning unless i had a really good offense day and he didn't...but 5 of my hitters are benched today while every last one of his is starting

Not like it matters who starts or not anyways.

he actually hasn't cheated against me at all, though i think that's more because he hasn't had a good chance to

realizing i actually have a pathway to win via pitching... i have 4 starts today vs his 1 (he was out of adds), and his 1 (morton) is hopefully on a pitch limit. unfortunately i decided to stream reiver sanmartin, who is sucking but has a cool name
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of course my pitchers just gave up 2 runs.... and of course if his morton gives up anything he's going straight to the bench

Home runs from Vlad, Roberts and Polanco already. Leapfrogged dude in rbis - I think this league is mine!

And take screen grabs!

congrats on (probably) winning!

unfortunately i am pretty screwed, reiver sanmartin is the least of my worries and i'm now running a 4.50 ERA. going to need to get a W from logan webb and somehow make up 4 runs, which just isn't gonna happen today

I maybe have spoken too soon. Still ahead but he caught me in Sb and might pull even in holds shortly

that's why i constantly assume the worst.... you're messing with forces.....

logan webb has 4 more innings in him but the giants are doing too good they're certainly gonna take him out. hopefully reiver sanmartin can continue saving my life for a few more pitches

Indeed. Forces be messing with me now.

If I hadn’t said it before - this is the league I lost on the last day last year.

you gotta find a god to pray to

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i've squeaked however briefly. reiver is still pitching which is terrifying me. who knows if webb will come back out. of course the thing that's actually going to happen is giovanny gallegos is going to come in and give up 12 runs in .1 IP