Fantasy Baseball

[mikey418]

I played in a Yahoo league last year and I'd be up for it.  I'll be around the board more now that thigns are finally slowing down...

[PhillyPhreak54]

I'm down fo sho.

I just hope everyone stays active in the league. Nothing is worse that having someone chump out on you.

Automatic drafts reek. Live drafts rule.

[joneszilla]

Are we doing this?  We should set it up soon if so.  Yahoo is free again and accepting leagues already.  I assume we will do an auto-draft??  But we also need to decide on the pitching and batting categories for the league.  

[ballhawkdawk]

I have no idea about any of that. I'll just be here, bored enough to actually participate.

Oh, and I've never played this before, so we can go ahead and lock me up a slot at the bottom of the standings.

[joneszilla]

Default Categories are as follows:
Batting - Runs, Home Runs, RBI's, SB, Batting Avg.

Pitching - Wins, Saves, K's, ERA, WHIP


But its customizable to add any amount.  some ones to consider:

Batting - Hits, Triples, Walks, Slugging Pct., Total Bases

Pitching - Walks, Total Bases allowed, K/BB, K/9 innings

i figure we could add one or two categories to batting and pitching if we needed to and still keep it simple.

[ballhawkdawk]

sounds good to me.

[Dirty Waters]

So whos gonna set this thing up?

[Tomahawk]

So whos gonna set this thing up?

I think joneszilla is going to commish the league.

Unfortunately, I can not play. I'm in a league every year with a group of friends I've known since college, and I don't think I'd be able to handle two fantasy baseball leagues.

[ballhawkdawk]

Unfortunately, I can not play. I'm in a league every year with a group of friends I've known since college, and I don't think I'd be able to handle two fantasy baseball leagues.

sure, put your "friends" first, you selfish rat bastich!!

[Sgt PSN]

Bullshtein!  Homohawk ain't playing because the league isn't   sanctioned.  Loser.  

I wouldn't mind running the league but as I've never played Fantasy BB before I wouldn't know the best way to set the league up.  Those who have played before with different formats have a better understanding of it than I.  If someone wants to take on the added burden of running a league I'll definately participate though.  

[joneszilla]

Alright.  I set it up with the following settings(which can be changed any time up till the draft). The draft is set to autodraft which basically allows you to rank the players in the order you want and the computer does the rest at draft time.  I will PM everybody on this thread the league name and password.  Anybody else that wants in....just PM me or respond to this thread.

Draft Type: Autopick Draft  

Max Teams: 12

Scoring Type: Rotisserie  

Player Universe: All baseball  

Max Moves: No maximum  

Max Trades: No maximum  

Trade Reject Time: 2  

Trade End Date: August 15, 2004  

Waiver Time: 2 days  

Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo! Sports  

Trade Review: League Votes  

Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules  

Max Games Played: 162  

Max Innings Pitched: 1300  

Weekly Deadline: Weekly on Monday  

Start Scoring on: Tuesday, Mar 30  

Roster Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL  

Stat Categories: R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBP, W, SV, K, TB, ERA, WHIP  

[Tomahawk]

alright, goddamnit, I'll play.

[JTrotterFan]

Awesome!  I'm in!  

Jimmy Eat World!

[ballhawkdawk]

alright, goddamnit, I'll play.

LMAO!!



Thanks for lining us out zilla

[ballhawkdawk]

K, I'm new to this, and I don't follow baseball.....so I'll ask my first stupid question....what does bn, tb, and whip stand for?

This is kinda kewl though, I started setting my draft order this morning and I must say that there sure are alot of DAMN baseball players.

BTW, when is the auto-draft, and could you let me know exactly how it works (does it stick to you ranking, go by position, etc.?)

Thanks, (I know I'm probably gonna annoy the hell out of you guys at first, not that thats anything new )