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EddieMcD
22-02-2005, 00:19
Continuing my tradition of running FIRST leagues in the four major sports, I bring to you the third FIRST Robotics Baseball League. The link: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/ ; League ID#: 94150; Password: deankamen

Everybody's welcome. Mike Murphy has taken his Tie-Dye Sox to the title both years. Can anybody dethrone them? Well, we won't know until the end of September. But that's what makes it fun.

And finally, I have to say it: GO RED SOX!!!

-Eddie
Koko Ed
23-02-2005, 20:51
I'll play.
When's the draft?
Cory
23-02-2005, 21:36
I'm in.

If the Marlins hadn't been a bunch of pansies and refused to play their two hurricane delayed games at Wrigley, I would have made the playoffs. This year I gotta make it :)
Corey Balint
23-02-2005, 21:49
Im in. Had an off year in all my fantasy baseball leagues last year, I drafted all around players instead of focusing on hitting. :( But, this year i hope to make a good comeback.
Jones571
27-02-2005, 14:57
im in hopefully ill do better then i did in football.
Ryan Albright
27-02-2005, 15:21
i am in, lets not even talk about the football, that was in the past :p
Shu Song
27-02-2005, 15:44
I'm so in.

I have to say this too: it only took 86 years for the Bo-sox to win.
Jones571
27-02-2005, 20:18
any chance for a live draft???

And how will this be scored? im new to the fantasy baseball so if i could get a crash course before i order my players it would be a big help.
Joe Ross
12-03-2005, 21:28
I'm in.

I'm hoping that I can avoid the bad luck in the championships that allowed Tie-Dye Sox to win again.
Alex Pelan
13-03-2005, 19:17
Count me in too...three losses to end the fantasy football season is not the way to go.
jpsaul7usa
13-03-2005, 20:33
Ooh :) I've always wanted to play one of these. I'm signing up but I have not idea what I'm doing. Can anyone summerize how you play?
EddieMcD
14-03-2005, 20:01
So we're at 16 teams right now. For those wondering, barring a 100% unanimous vote, it will be an auto draft, and it'll most likely be on 3/26.

Quick summary of play: each week, you play another team with your players. Each hit, run, RBI, etc (check the settings page for the exact stats used) that your players get adds one point to that category. After all of Sunday's games are complete, you get one win for each category you defeat your opponent in over the week, one loss for any category your opponent manages to win, and a tie for each tied category. These become your record, which determines standings. You face a different team every week. Top 6 make it to the playoffs, while the next 6 have a consolation tournament. If you have any questions, please ask me.
Garth1388
14-03-2005, 21:20
I love Fantasy Baseball

I'm in.

How serious are you guys? I know people that make trades everyweek depending on who is playing who, and I am far too lazy for that.
Joe Ross
19-03-2005, 17:18
How serious are you guys? I know people that make trades everyweek depending on who is playing who, and I am far too lazy for that.

Last year there was a single trade. However, several people made a bunch of free agent aquisitions based on who was hot right then.
EddieMcD
19-03-2005, 22:19
Last year there was a single trade. However, several people made a bunch of free agent aquisitions based on who was hot right then.
Though to be fair, it's really difficult for two people to come to a deal in any fantasy sport, simply due to the impersonal nature of it and the fact that you still need to fill all your positions (makes it difficult to give up a player in one position for another, especially if you're like me and use your bench spots on pitchers). But yeah, free agent aquisitions are generally quite an active market (for lack of a better explanation due to the fact that I just woke up), and the waiver rules often come into effect.

Oh, and we have room for two more teams. :)
Jones571
20-03-2005, 16:14
well i will cast a vote for a live draft...auto draft system for yahoo just sucks.
Alex Pelan
20-03-2005, 16:28
I will also cast a vote for the live draft.
Cory
20-03-2005, 19:08
I would LOVE a live draft.

Also, Eddie, since we have so many teams, can we please up the playoff spots to 8 teams, or even 10?
jagman2882
21-03-2005, 13:03
LIVE DRAft plzzzzzzzzzz they are so much better!
Garth1388
22-03-2005, 00:12
A live draft would be an inconvinience for me, but if everyone else wants to, I'll suck it up and take it like a man.
Joe Ross
22-03-2005, 15:04
A live draft would be an inconvinience for me, but if everyone else wants to, I'll suck it up and take it like a man.

Neither George nor I can do a live draft either, so you don't have to worry about sucking it up.
EddieMcD
23-03-2005, 00:18
It's enough. It will be an autodraft. Sorry for those who want a live draft, but it's really not fair to those who can't make it.
Joe Ross
29-03-2005, 02:29
So we're at 16 teams right now. For those wondering, barring a 100% unanimous vote, it will be an auto draft, and it'll most likely be on 3/26.

So, when's the draft?
Jones571
29-03-2005, 17:20
so much for the democracy o well it was worth a shot will you atleast make the play offs for 8-10 teams? ...hey pelan are u better at fantasy baseball then halo 2
Alex Pelan
29-03-2005, 19:50
so much for the democracy o well it was worth a shot will you atleast make the play offs for 8-10 teams? ...hey pelan are u better at fantasy baseball then halo 2

Hardly. If you'll recall I was a close second in our free-for-all, and I'm not promising any better finish than that in this league. I just needed to get the hang of it.

As for the autodraft, it's fine with me, if other people have conflicts.
Lisa Perez
29-03-2005, 20:02
I'm in if there are any more spots
Koko Ed
31-03-2005, 15:50
On a thoroughly unrelated (but equally important) note. New Yankee Haters (http://www.yankee-haters.com/archives/000162.html) merchandise is in!
SWEET! :D
jpsaul7usa
05-04-2005, 19:53
On a more related note (don't get me wrong, I hate the Yankees :D ), I made a spreadsheet to calculate your updated Match-up scores. I'm cheap and I spend way too much time already refreshing my team page, so I made the spreadsheet to do the math for me so I don't have to think as much :o . You can manually input your players' and your opponent's players' daily stats and it'll compute the new match-up. I go nuts going to bed without Yahoo updating. I'm new to fantasy baseball so if you have any suggestions please let me know. Enjoy!

Updated again to more compact sheet with more formulas and formats fixed.
http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~jps64/files/Match-up-dater.xls
santosh
08-04-2005, 20:55
I'm from Atlanta, and I will garuntee that if the World Series Sports Illustrated is predicting comes around, the Braves will beat down the Yankees.