L A M B E R T V I L L E, N.J. — Douglas Carroll was apparently just trying to bring some rain to drought-stricken central New Jersey, but it landed him in court.

Police said they were tired of the dry weather too, but they couldn't condone Carroll's solution: a naked rain dance.

Around 3 a.m. on Aug. 25, Carroll, 24, strolled across a local bridge wearing only a backpack, police said.

When Carroll realized police were following him he ran off, trying to put on clothing as he fled. When they caught up to him, he said he was trying to bring some rain.

It may have violated anti-lewdness laws, but Lambertville Police Director Bruce Cocuzza admits Carroll's stunt may have done the trick.

"Apparently, you know, he must have heard from some folklore that a naked rain dance would do the trick," he said. "And it rained within 48 hours."

Cocuzza said Carroll pleaded guilty to public lewdness and agreed to pay a fine. He said the department might take a more lenient approach if the area needs another rain dance.

I just put this guy on a plane to KC

All this voodoo better work. :rolleyes:

:p

(I like how the image above auto-updates with the current weather! Man, in an hour or so they coulda played!)

Double header? Gee, when the hell did that come up 1:00am this morning? Because of the rainout? Christ what is a guy have to do stay up all night too. Seems like people on the west coast have an advantage then!

Shit anyway I can't complain, I've had a good week, but dam I keep missing those DHs. The smart move was to keep away from Boston, even with Pedro.

Looks like Soxs fever today. I hate when everyone has the same PS.

By the way I'm looking to move up another spot so watch your backs!

Problem with the DH and picking your whole team from just two teams is tomorrow is Monday and things may go up on you key players again. Good luck anyway!

D-H Game One is official

Damn Pujols.
Damn Spiezio.

I had him

What is utterly fascniating is DoucheMan and I are currently tied at 63 points but our rosters could not be any more different. I hope Game 2 of the D/H is high scoring!! With MY peeps, of course!!

That's why I damned him

Thank goodness for Chone -- and A-Rod -- to keep me 1 pt ahead of you :p

Piazza

Cue the rain right before the next game starts! That way you don't get anything over on the rest of us! Only fair!

Scores are going to be big tonight! Everyone with the Soxs got a good boost with them tonight. So little or no movement . What good is getting 60 or 70 points when everyone else does the same?

Well, I am off to party heaven tonight. Will check in later to see if you guys got rained out or not!

Day game after night game.

Dammit! The second game has been postponed. At least we gone ONE in - whew! Plaw, you can call off the naked rain dancer now... thanks a lot... :p

I knew nothing of the DH - I was out almost all day yesterday. So in regards to my impersonation skills below is a new one I have been working on - it is of some of the 'youngins' on the board ..



Fuck Double Headers
Fuck Pujols
Fuck Spiezio
Fuck KC and Ana
Fuck San Fran (only if they don't get me 20+ points, otherwise scratch this one)
Fuck this game (I might not play next year)
Fuck DB for making us wait for Randy McMichael :rolleyes:
Fuck PL for taking my kicker
Fuck Randy McMichael while I'm at it

and last but not least

Fuck this guy ---->

:p

You know I feel a bit better now.

Sunday

JG 2117 W Sox (33) 78 2195
DB 2108 W Sox (33) 81 2189
2043 W Sox (33) 91 2134 :p
LD 2032 W Sox (33) 71 2103
BD 1996 SF (27) 77 2073
FS 1955 W Sox (33) 77 2032
SC 1925 W Sox (33) 65 1990
OA 1886 Balt (11) 28 1914
JJ. 1788 W Sox (33) 60 1848

That's a lot of fucking there, Bad Daddy. Luckily you'll be too tired by the time it's my turn. :p

I've said it before but today it is just so freakin' obvious:

plaw IS the

Just got home-

So the 2nd game didn't get off?
Boy isn't that a shame! Still you guys did very well.

Things look good for everyone. How often do you see nights like tonight.

Moan-day

JG 2195 Cubs
DB 2189 Cubs
PL 2134 Cubs
LD 2103 Braves
BD 2073 Cubs
FS 2032 Astros
SC 1990 Woody
OA 1914 Orioles
JJ. 1848 Woody

Hmm, SC and JJ sporting Woodies against the 4 of us with the Cubbies. Should be interesting. And Buffy stands alone w/ Maddux - could be good or bad for her

My compliments, FS.

Your total of 434 is the third highest anyone here as recorded all season.

The two higher totals, 467 (by myself, naturally ) and 443 (by JG) were recorded in week 10 of the first half, but included a day in which there was a doubleheader and scores that day of well over 100 for each of us.

Now, if you only truly mastered the fundamentals.

Then they would fear you.

OVERALL STANDINGS

PL 6909
JG 6811
LD 6697
DB 6514
BD 6207 (started 10 days late)
SC 5821
OA 5770
HH 5026
JJ. 3836
FS 3103

More Stats:

PS W-L, E.R.A., Pitch Pts (% of total), Offensive Pts (% of total)

JG 24-23 3.78 680 (30.9) 1515 (69.1)
DB 26-20 3.19 794 (36.3) 1395 (63.7)
PL 29-18 3.59 751 (35.2) 1383 (64.8)
LD 24-22 3.81 655 (31.3) 1448 (68.7)
BD 23-23 4.15 622 (30.0) 1451 (70.0)
FS 26-20 3.69 666 (32.8) 1366 (67.2)
SC 26-20 4.35 527 (26.5) 1463 (73.5)
OA 21-25 4.30 536 (28.0) 1378 (72.0)
JJ. 25-21 4.51 457 (24.7) 1391 (75.3)

BD's E.R.A. is a beautiful repeating decimal, 4.15555555555.....

What I want to figure out next is the relationship between one's expenditure on pitching, and their total pitching points.

Spending the least to get the most is where the skill in this game kicks in.

That's gonna be a lot of work, though. I have to go back and look at everyone, every day.

Thanks PL. One thing is for sure nothing is as easy as it looks. I had a good week last week, let us see how this week starts out.

Statistics are great Pl but fixing them and getting them up is the hard part. If it was that easy we would all be odds makers and bookies!

Thruth is you could spend your whole day/life searching and researching your players and PS and for what? A happy medium between work and play is what life is all about! I think that is why I miss those DH and changes at the last minutes.

I know I will never be as good as some in this league as they seem to know so much about so many players and teams, but I will be happy for my great play for at least one week anyway!

As you said before they can't take take away from you can they!

Geoff- you must feel Houston doesn't stand a chance today hu? Mention everyone but them?

Which is this? Work or play?

Yes, I've done well, but let me assure you that I don't "know so much about so many players and teams". Everything I've needed has been right there on the website. First, I mastered the fundamentals. Then I developed a strategy. The strategy's been working, that's all.

Good Point-I started this as part as play. When it takes to much time and starts to gets to be to much of a demand then it moves over to the work. You and I both know that you have to spend the time to get these results day in and day out. So what has started as play and got me behind in the standing has now moved more towards work with better results to try and head up the ranks. How long before works gets boring? Work/Ego/Stress?

All this chewing the rag about Fundamentals and Strategy, and you forget the third most important factor: Luck.

On any given day, the team with the worst record can whallop the team with the best record; the pitcher with the lowest ERA can be shutout by the pitcher with the highest ERA; and, the best hitters can go hitless, and the first-time rookie can hit 2 homers.

Sure, the Fundamentals of the game are necessary. Strategy helps increase your odds. But there's also some amount of Luck that comes into play when all those things fall together.

I think those people who get 100+ points for the day (and there's one almost every day) are the most lucky. None of us are at that level quite yet. Maybe next year

Aren't you contradicting yourself above?

If it takes luck to get 100+ for the day, how can "none of us be at that level quite yet"?

What you're saying, I think. is that none of us are at the level of skill yet to pick the right players to have a 100 point day on a day when they are lucky also.

Did that make sense?

TOTAL SPENT ON PITCHING, AVERAGE SPENT PER DAY, TOTAL PITCHING POINTS, AVERAGE PITCHING POINTS PER DAY, PITCHING POINTS PER DOLLAR SPENT, TOTAL AVAILABLE TO SPEND ON OFFENSE, AVERAGE AVAILABLE PER DAY, TOTAL OFFENSIVE POINTS, AVERAGE OFFENSIVE POINTS PER DAY, OFFENSIVE POINTS PER DOLLAR SPENT,

JG 249.2 5.42 680 14.8 2.73 2050.8 44.58 1515 32.9 .739
DB 248.9 5.41 794 17.3 3.19 2051.1 44.59 1395 30.3 .680
PL 256.2 5.57 751 16.3 2.93 2043.8 44.43 1383 30.1 .676
LD 273.9 5.95 655 14.2 2.39 2026.1 44.04 1448 31.5 .714
BD 257.7 5.60 622 13.5 2.41 2042.3 44.40 1451 31.5 .710
FS 258.7 5.62 666 14.5 2.57 2041.3 44.38 1366 29.7 .669
SC 251.7 5.47 527 11.5 2.09 2048.3 44.53 1463 31.8 .714
OA 241.0 5.24 536 11.7 2.22 2059.0 44.76 1378 30.0 .669
JJ. 218.5 4.75 457 09.9 2.09 2081.5 45.25 1391 30.2 .668

I'm not sure

What I'm saying is, in the "This Week" columns under our current rosters, it seems almost every day someone has a 100+ pt day. That's luck I guess, cuz no one does it every day, or that often I'd imagine.

I'm basically talking about these people who have the most consistent combination of Skill (Fundamentals + Strategy) and Luck.

We'll get there, Pop... we'll get there...

Im not saying luck is not a big part of this game.

But picking the right players and following a sound fundamental strategy puts you in a better position to be lucky.

Which roster has a better chance of doing well, Delgado, Soriano, A-Rod, Rolen, Pujols, Wells, Sosa and Posada, or one with all scrubs?

As Branch Rickey said, "Luck is the residue of design"

PL - With all that time on your hands, you better be right behind Douche after his draft pick!

Let me see if I can draw some conclusions from your latest stats:

LD spent the most on PS, yet is 5th in PS results (You don't always get what you pay for)

JJ spent the least on PS, and got the least (But you often get what you pay for)

DB spent almost the least on PS, yet had the best PS performance, by far (Finding the cheaper PS gems is a good thing)

JG spent about the same as everyone else on Offense, but blew everyone else away in offensive points (A-Rod is pretty good; and keeping him at a cheaper price seems to be paying off for now)

LD is stuck in 4th Place (DB picks better PS than LD )

Draw your own conclusions from the stats above, if you can figure them out, anyway. :rolleyes:

What I find especially interesting is

A) How little DB has spent on pitching, and how productive his pitching has been
B) How much Buffy has spent on pitching, and how relatively un-productive that pitching has been
C) JG deserves to be in first place, with the 3rd most productive PS, and most productive offense.
D) JJ took the Royals PS about 12 times (at 3.0), and has about 25 points to show for it.