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Fantasy Baseball

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:23 pm
by hoodie
Aqua mentioned he plays in another thread -- anyone interested in a Lux league?

TSK: And unstickied.

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:23 pm
by One Big Wave
Im down 8)

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:24 pm
by AquaRegia
I would be, as long as it was online and automatic, and someone else sets it up. :wink:

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:24 pm
by hoodie
The league has been set up!

http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com ... vateleague

League ID: 294460
Password: QUASAR!

There are a total of 12 possible spots. Get em while they're hot!

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:26 pm
by AquaRegia
Do you really think we will get 12 owners?

I'm not so sure.

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:28 pm
by hoodie
We can have up to 12, and anything over 8 would be worthwhile.

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:11 pm
by magpie
will have a look to make up the numbers if you want

:D

drod and lux are keeping me busy as well, ohhh and my wife and daughter i have to turn my head sometimes to say yes and no sometimes hehehehehe.

ohhh will get in trouble for that!!!!

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:23 pm
by magpie
ok looks like im in lol, doh take it easy on my i don't know a thing about baseball.

i only wanted to have a look and ended up joining by mistake lol

looks like im in lol

:D

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:40 pm
by hoodie
Since you joined the Fantasy Baseball league, I'd be happy to join the fantasy croquet league...

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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:52 am
by dustin
What exactly is involved in this fantasy baseball league?

I could probably pick some players that I know for a team. I don't really follow baseball though, and probably wouldn't be good at trading or stuff.

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:54 am
by magpie
yes please explain

:D

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:22 am
by hoodie
You put together a team through a draft. We're doing autodraft, so you don't even have to be there -- it'll just draft according to how you rank the players, or if you dont rank the players, it has a very good pre-ranking based on last season's results.

Each team has a player at each position, plus 3 extra hitters, and 7 pitchers. They accrue statistics in 10 basic areas throughout the season, and you trade/adjust your team as necessary.

I'd say if you look at your team once a week, and read the little notices (yahoo puts advisory notices out on the players) you'll be competitive. If you do a little extra research, you'll probably be at the top. It can be fun, and for me, at least, it's a way to find out about up and coming players who aren't from Detroit or San Francisco.

And if you win the league, I hear you get a medal, para, or at least something on the wiki. :P

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:59 am
by AquaRegia
mags and dustin, I will be more than happy to show you how to trade players. It's fun and easy!

hoodie, when IS the draft?

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:31 pm
by hoodie
I believe its april 2 or 3... set on auto, per your request.

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:55 pm
by Kef
so it's like Hattrick but with baseball?

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:34 pm
by Fane
Cool i'm in and i know shit about baseball
:lol:
Now what?

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:53 pm
by Fane
ok i've just watched the thing for about 20 minutes and i get the thing but i really know nothing about the players.
So if you find enough people who know the players and want to play, just tell me. I'll leave the league

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:52 am
by AquaRegia
Fane wrote:i really know nothing about the players.
Please stay in, Fane - you are exactly the sort of opponent I like. :wink:

Seriously, the league will be better with more teams. Anyone else who likes baseball is strongly encouraged to join!

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:20 pm
by hoodie
The cool thing about leagues like this is you learn as you go. All the known commodities are highly ranked by yahoo anyways (and hence will be autodrafted for you), so they're not really the ones that make the difference. It's the players that no one knows, and who come out and surprise everyone, that make the differences. So the best advice I can give ANYONE, who plays or not, is to read the little notices yahoo puts up for the players, and check who is available and has been hot recently.

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:09 pm
by Kef
AquaRegia wrote:
Fane wrote:i really know nothing about the players.
Please stay in, Fane - you are exactly the sort of opponent I like. :wink:

Seriously, the league will be better with more teams. Anyone else who likes baseball is strongly encouraged to join!
want to give a quick rundown of the rules? we don't have baseball here actually

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:32 pm
by AquaRegia
I'm not sure what you want to know, kef. The performance of your team is based on what the players actually do in the real baseball games, so the most important thing is knowing who is who and having the best lineup in every day. If you don't follow pro baseball, I'm not really sure how you could enjoy it.

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:43 am
by Fane
THE SMACK TALK HAS BEGUN!!!
:lol:

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:17 pm
by One Big Wave
For you belgian guys, this is what you should do if you want to win. Pre set your draft rankings to all yankees players, when the yankees play and win tons of games this year your fantasy team will too. :D

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:03 pm
by jOnNiE
ok I am in. I don't know shit about the latest ball players, but If other people have no clue then I am in too.

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:38 pm
by Mouldy Dog
whats baseball?

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:45 pm
by hoodie
It's kinda like fetch. Go get the ball, boy, go get the ball!

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:48 pm
by Fane
Fane kicks the ball back at hoodie.
We've just changed from baseball to soccer!

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:58 am
by Grozoth
ROFL@ WAVE

every1 knows most of the Yankees are terrible and don't put any effort into the game till 3 weeks b4 the playoffs.

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:08 am
by One Big Wave
Yeah 26 championships horrible :roll:

Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:08 am
by Grozoth
they don't produce anywhere near the stats they could if they actually put any bloody effort into it.

With the calibre team they have and the absolutely huge payroll they should be able to run over pretty much anyone.