First Pl with "the five minute workout"
and now you two with "How to hump the hand!"

Hey, a slanted thang is a big deal. Geoff's just worried about his body.

Also, I love my score for tonight. -4. haha.

I had 4 total points of offense.

....and this,folks, is what you call MASTERING THE FUNDAMENTALS.

Just don't ask ME about MY strategies.

Although I do cover them (and ILLUSTRATE) in my aforementioned book......

Tuesday

JG 2260 Cubs
DB 2250 Cubs
PL 2198 Cubs
LD 2135 Cubs
BD 2132 Cubs
FS 2080 ChiSox
SC 2016 Braves
OA 1937 Oakland
JJ. 1842 Braves

(Cubs/StLou double-header - Scheduled for weeks - apparently only noticed by PL, Buff, and myself...)

So what else is new?

Between the shit local newspaper not showing it and not seeing anything on the other places I selected from.
Screw it!

I curse the Double Header games from this day forward! and sports writers and reporters too! Forget it I'm Not playing this shit next year!

You are better off playing BINGO at The Casino!

I'm back.

Spending time with the family is great, but man, it is tiring.

Let me see... after sifting through a couple of pages of missed posts...

- Great stats, plaw! And it has to be said one more time... I can't believe how much Buffy spends on her pitching staff for so little! :p

- FS, since no one answered your question (at least in the answers you wanted ), I find the catcher position most frustrating because those pansies think they can take a day off any time they want.

- Here's a tip, FS: Day Game after Night Game. I haven't quite mastered that one yet.

- I did know about the doubleheader today, but I had no time to change to change my team all day. I think I changed my 2nd baseman very early in the morning and that's it. Just to let you know, skies are lookin' mighty cloudy here in Chicago!

- Moving day tomorrow! Whoo hoo!

- Bad Daddy, what's wrong with Randy McMichael? At least he ain't injured! But who am I to talk, I took Mike Vick! By the way, he's worth the risk at the 100th pick.

I think that comes from really being a Dodger fan at heart. I know I have taken the Dodgers PS more than anyone here trying to go with my gut. Most times they don't let me down, but there have been a few days....

Good luck with your move tomorrow, DB. Don't forget to christen the place when you are done in some unique and memorable fashion. I've got some ideas if the jet lag has left you blank

And there is NOTHING wrong with Randy McMichael. Had you not picked before me, he would be mine. So there.

Who knew picking out a tight end would be so much fun? :rolleyes:

So, whatcha got??? There's gotta be a way to christen every room!

I'm not feeling so great about the Cubbies today. The last time I wasn't able to change my pitching staff and it ended up a doubleheader was Colorado from the first half, and I was screwed big time.

Do you ever check out your "Scoring Summary"?

You've actually done very well with the Dodgers:
7 games, 5-2, 1.66 ERA, 173 Pts. (24.7 PG)

It's ben the D.Back's who are killing you:
6 games, 3-3, 4.23 ERA, 63 Pts. (10.5 PG)

Why the fvck are only THREE of my 6 d-h players playing?? I can see the catcher not, fine, but WTF Simon and Lofton?? I NEVER would've taken these two schmucks if they weren't gonna play both games!!!

Interesting strategy there, Plaw... you pick the Cubs PS and have 3 Cubs offensively... and 4 of StLou's best hitters? But, so far it's working for you... you have 14 pts of offense and I have 2 :rolleyes:

Day game after night game, JG... Just joking. I have no clue why those two guys are gone. At least my only offensive player from the DH, Sammy, is playing. With the way he's hitting though, he might as well not play.

And oh yea, put whine alerts on those things. You can hurt yourself doing that! :p

Where have we heard thattheme before. Wasn't that told to SC one time by another league player?

Didn't he jump all over SC for doing the same thing? Here's a tip, FS: I think we've all concluded that picking players against your pitching staff only works if those players get extra base hits or the runs they score are unearned.

Since I live 2.5 minutes from home, I had the pleasure of taking my long lunch at home watching the Cubbies game (shouldn't surprise any of you that I have cable TV hooked up on my back porch outside so I can watch the game AND catch some rays - I'm a freak)

It has worked out for me in the past to have the one offensive player or two that hits good against your pitcher. The other night, I knew the only threat against Kevin Brown was Bagwell and it worked out nicely offsetting the negative pitching points with postitive points.

My hiney is bruised today though because although I applied that logic to today's game, I did not take Edmonds or Miller.

But remember Pork - there is still a whole 'nother game.... people will play there too.

For the Cubbie fans out there - extra innings. Game One - Tied at 2.

Hey Pork...at least Lofton singled and walked. A phat 2 points!!

Better than a kick in the head? Slightly

Does everyone know how much Sosa sucks? He sucks... a lot.

DoucheMan, don't forget there is a 2nd game.

I took Sammy against my better judgement...just because, I guess. I WANTED Mondesi.

If Mondesi gets more points tonight than Sosa, I will scream. And possibly pound something.

Strategy Explanation:

A doubleheader is different than a single game.

I figured if the St. Louis hitters did OK, I'd get a lot of offensive points, and still get enough pitching points because there were two games instead of one. Like maybe two 12 or 13 point games, for a total of 25 or 26 pitching points.

And if the St. Louis hitters did lousy, I'd pile up plenty of pitching points. And still, I'd have to get something on offense.

I also figured that JG and LD would take the Cubs PS, so no matter what happened, that would be a wash. So I just went with who I thought were the best offensive players.

And I certainly would have bet that Lofton wasn't gonna play both games. He's an old man.

Edit: Quit complaining. You got four ABs out of Lofton, and he may very well play the second game

EDIT: THIS IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO POST

With both offenses currently impotent and it keeps going the way it's going, what are the chances that they cancel today's second game and move it tomorrow?

I don't remember that ever happening before. I know there was a Cleveland DH that had an extra inning 1st game this year (I think PL was the recepient of that piece of good luck... errr... skill ), but I think they played the 2nd game in that one.

EDIT 2: Sammy's great!

We all have Sammy, DB

Sammy Schmammy. 4 of the top 5's got him. (Sorry Big Daddy.... )

Only good thing about him is he MIGHT get us the 5 much needed points for the win...but then all 5 of us have the Cubbies.

No man/woman is an island in this room!

I know Plaw and Buffy. :p

My comments this time about Sammy (that he sucks and that he was great) were from my Cubbies fan point-of-view, not fantasy baseball.

Seriously, is there any superstar more frustrating than Sammy?

Can't wait to see the second game lineups.

You definitely have an edge on me tonight, JG.

Frank Thomas and A. Rod vs. Tomas Perez and Roberto Alomar.

Talk about extra innings and big points. This could be a big night for the top half of the league. You guys keep this up and we will have to break things into two divisons upper and lower.

If you had the Cubs you should be good for 100 points easy tonight!

Tuesday

DB 2250 Cubs (74) 117+
JG 2260 Cubs (74) 106 2366
PL 2198 Cubs (74) 113 2311
LD 2135 Cubs (74) 099 2234
BD 2132 Cubs (74) 097 2229
FS 2080 ChiSox (23) 40+
SC 2016 Braves (15) 41+
OA 1937 Oakland (41) 67+
JJ. 1842 Braves (15) 40+

I get 106 pts, and I DROP a place?!?!?! 'Nuff said. I hate this game. I may not play next year. Are you ready for some football?!!

Wednesday

DB 2367 Fla ()
JG 2366 Oak ()
PL 2311 Fla ()
LD 2234 LA ()
BD 2229 Oak ()
FS 2121 Oak ()
SC 2057 Oak ()
OA 1937 Cle ()
JJ. 1882 Atl (-1) 2+

Tuesday:

Only 4% of ALL game players had Cubs PS for 74 pts.
0.70% had the Cards.

Fvck Jim Edmonds.
Fvck McGruff.
Fvck Mike Weeney.
Fvck my "offense".
And fuck all the others who had more than Sosa's 8 pts.

The most-picked (10.4%), overall, PS was Oak for only 41 pts

Very fvcked up day.

Total offense, combined, for both teams in the DH: 75 points

To put that in perspective, that's 18.75 pts per team, per game. Obviously, you won't have much offense on a day when you're picking players from those teams.

DH offense for us:
PL 36
LD 25
JG 16