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Week 26 in review: The Mets should make me their next GM or manager, seeing how I was able to lead 2 different fantasy teams to victory.
So…….regular season is over, 22 teams are going home and the Yankees are in the playoffs. No big shock there…
The Rays won the east….yeah, enjoy that-have fun losing to Cliff Lee while the Yankees waltz through Minnesota. Anyway, Ill predict the results tomorrow or something. Lets get onto something much more interesting…like…
I won 2 of my fantasy leagues. Not 1, but TWO!
The Roid Sox held off a late rally to clinch while cpDOOM! 2.0 destroyed their opponent to claim the title. I’m already thinking about next year, where cpDOOM! 3.0 will be claiming a title.
Anyway…
Biggest Yankee Game:
9/28/10: Yankees-6, Blue Jays-1
Playoff clincher and Sabathia proving yet again that he should be Cy Young.
Favorite Picture:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/The-Twins-have-a-problem-with-the-Timberwolves-m?urn=mlb-273996
The story here is that the Twins, like most teams, have about a million ads all throughout their field…and theyve got a problem with the NBAs Minnesota Timberwolves’ ad that can be seen. Instead of a picture, Im just gonna let y’all read the article, which includes 2 images…so that this week I can avoid violating copyright laws…
Fantasy:
I dont know if you heard, but I won 2 Fantasy titles.
For the sake of comparison:
cpDOOM! 2.0 opening day……..finals
C: M. Montero…………………….R. Doumit
1B: Sandoval………………………D. Lee
2B: Roberts………………………..J. Keppinger
3B: Blake…………………………..J. Bautista
SS: Bartlett………………………..T. Tulowitzki
OF: Braun………………………….R. Braun
OF: Crawford………………………C. Crawford
OF: Swisher……………………….N. Swisher
U: Upton……………………………B. Upton
P: Atlanta Braves………………..San Diego Padres
on bench for the finals were Montero and the Braves. (Like I said in my previous post, the Padres are damn good against the giant for some reason)
Roid Sox opening day…………..finals
C: M. Napoli………………………J. Buck
1B: M. Cabrera…………………..M. Cabrera
2B: B. Phillips……………………M. Aviles
3B: C. Davis………………………J. Bautista
SS: C. Barmes…………………..S. Drew
OF: C. Quentin…………………..L. Morrison
OF: N. Swisher…………………..N. Swisher
OF: A. Lind……………………….R. Raburn
U: J. Morneau…………………….T. Wigginton
P: San Francisco Giants……..San Francisco Giants
Phillips and Lind were on bench for the finals. The other guy started the Red sox pitching, so I knew I was safe pitching the Giants.
It was no coincidence that both teams featured Jose Bautista. Unbelieveable now, but he went undrafted in both those leagues. Picking him up proved to be the clincher, though at the time I thought he might prove to be a decent bench player.
This Week:
The 27 time defending world champion New York Yankees will continue their title defense as they face off against the Twins in the American League Division Series.
…yes, the same Twins we swept last year in the ALDS.
…actually no, not the same Twins because they dont have Morneau and Mauer sucks this year so theyre actually worse than last year.
Week 4 in review: God hates the Indians
Yankees are back on track, taking 2 of 3 from both the Orioles and White Sox. The Red Sox meanwhile just got swept by the Os and while the Rays are still on top, its only a matter of time before the Yankees take whats theirs. Besides, the standing dont truely start to matter until June anyway…
Now that April is officially in the rearview, its time to address players slumps. No more spring rust. If you’re sucking now, theres no excuse.
Nick Johnson, Javy Vazquez? Spotlights on you two. Randy winn as well, but as a bench player its not as vital.
With Marcus Thames hitting well and Brett Gardner not needing anyone to face lefties instead of him, Johnsons opprotunities are starting to dry up. Gardner and Nick Swisher both could prove excellent replacments in the #2 spot in the lineup.
Johnsons struggles could easity be explained by an apparent injury he was suffering, plus he knocked in a couple hits and RBIs in yesterdays thrashing of the White Sox, so maybe hes on the upward climb.
Vazquez though?
There is no explanation in existence to show why he suck all of a sudden except one. Its the same explanation as to why Roy Halladay is making the NL his b*tch.
The National League blows. If you were a dominating pitcher in the NL, you’ll only be a mear human in the AL.
Vazquez was borderline great in the NL, which transitions into borderline crap here in the AL. He has yet to have a good start this year and theres nothing physically wrong with him, so whats his issue? Its Girardis call as to how soon Vazquez will get the hook, unless he rights himself by mid May, theres no reason to keep him in the rotation. Sergio Mitre should be the #4 starter. As it is we only use him in long relief for when Vazquez self detonates. Thanks to him we actually stood a chance the last time Vazquez pitched.
Biggest Yankee Game
4/29/10 Yankees-4, Orioles-0
AJ Burnett took no prisoners in 8 shutout innings and Cano continues his domination over Baltimore by launching 2 homers. Hill and Pedroia can eat their hearts out, Robinson Cano is by far the best 2nd baseman in the division, if not the entire league.
Favorite Picture
Actually, Indians fans, yes we can hate you that much. Especially if you hate yourselves most of the time.
Recently the top 10 most hated teams in the MLB came out. The Yankees (always a fan favorite to hate) placed only 5th. Turns out theres more overall hate for the Astros and Reds. The Red Sox placed 2nd, which Ive yet to stop laughing over…
But there is no more hated team than the Cleveland Indians….my brother in law is a fan of them, which makes me happy as well.
And I can only assume the picture is related to the 2007 ALDS. Big whoop, you lost in the ALCS…classy…
God himself would hate the Indians if you asked him…
Fantasy
After trailing 10-0 for most of last week, my F*cking Lozers team pulled a massive turnaround and won 7-4 and are now 1.5 games out of 1st. Injuries have been kicking my *** still but Ive been making some nice pick ups as a result, including the streaking Alex Gonzalez, and CJ Wilson.
The Pretenders are holding steady, under 10 points of 1st. Marlon Byrd has been an indredible pickup there. Now that its May I can start Teixeira without worry. It doesnt hurt to have Halladay or Santana either…
cpDOOM 2.0 (3-1) won a close one against a former perfect team and are now tied for 1st. This week they face the other team involved in the current 3 way tie. With the Rockies Catcher situation all figured out, I can now start Olivo without worry.
The Showdown (1-3) got beat again, as all of us owners are trying to figure out how to fix it. It seems the more owners there are, the more indecision there is. We voted and we’re actually gonna try starting David Ortiz, which I think is a bad idea, but we’ve got no better options right now. ARods little slump doesnt help things either, but he always does great after Girardi benches him for a game.
The Roid Sox (3-1) just competed some utter domination last week, and are all set to face another weak team this week. My “all power” lineup seems to have hit a snag seeing as how Clint Barmes sucks and theres no such thing as a power hitter on the waiver wire. Eric Young Jr is on a streak right now, so I picked him up for the time being, despite how wierd his 0 home runs looks in my lineup of 2-6 home run hitters…
This week
Yankees play the Orioles again this week, with Sabathia and Burnett looking to give encore performances, while Pettitte will face them for the first time since his near perfect game last year. Afterwards, we’ll face the dying Red Sox…with Vazquez pitching in the 1st game…
Fantasy Draft #3…plus assinine suggestions
Fantasy baseball is like a drug. You cant make just one team.
Ive got multiple teams in the works this year. 1 in a money league, 1 for kicks, 1 to test a theory I have, and 1 that I created with some friends to test another theory.
This week I’m drafting my solo theory team, named “The Roid Sox” This is very simple, Im gonna draft power hitters and hope they homer me to victory. If theres a power hitter on the maket better than any of my existing power hitters, Ill aquire him….also if you use steroids, then theres a place for you on my team (Good news for David Ortiz)
…and my draft position is 11. So there goes Pujols, Tex, Fielder, ARod and Howard right from the getko. Eh, the bright side is Ive got a near end position, 11/12 meaning when I draft, I get 2 of the following 4 picks…plus Ill have more time to elaborate on my selections. Remember: home runs only, RBIs a plus, SBs dont mean sh!t here.
…and as I wait for the hour to pass…
Aceves pitched today, got the start even, and got shelled off his #1 position in the search of this years #5…Hughes becomes the new frontrunner. A nice 2.08 while Aceves falls down with Mitre as they jockey to keep up. Gaudin and Joba so far back in obscurity I wonder if theyre even in this race anymore.
Meanwhile Gardners average is a nice plump .281, putting him sadly way out in front in the OF race. Thames however is fighting to not get sent to AAA, and with an average barely over .100, it dont look too good.
……and yeah, theres also basketball going on apparently…I dont follow it much, usually hope for Syracuse to lose and Kentucky to win. Why Kentucky? Here are the years when the Kentucky Wildcats won the NCAA tourney: 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998
Notice something similar?
Good lord, what else can I do to kill time…
oh yeah…
THIS was published. More or less highlighting changes needed to baseball.
I agree with the playoff off day shenanigans. Too many off days is annoying. Back in my day 1998, playoffs went 1-2-off-3-4-off-5 in the LDS, and 1-2-off-3-4-5-off-6-7 in the LCS/WS.
That Yankee/Angel ALCS last year? 1-2-off-3-4-off-rain-5-off-6 Thank God that the Yankees won game 6 or there wouldve been another off day thrown in there before game 7. I could care less about FOXs potential ratings. I cared more about how John Lackey was getting enough rest where he prolly wouldve pitched game 7.
Oh, and expanding the LDS to a best of 7? God no. Baseball should not be played in November. At this current rate, we’re gonna have to change the “Fall classic” to the “Late fall-early winter classic”
All Star game to stop determining home field advantage? Im sure every NL owner, fan and player would agree with that. It should go to the team with the better record. Period.
Division realignment? Pssssssssssssh. Ill touch on that in another post as to why thats a pretty dumb idea.
Shortening games? I really never had much to say for or against this. Pitchers who work fast (but not too fast) usually do well, while if someones getting rattled-it always helps to give him half a minute or so to collect himself mentally, usually with the help of the catcher/manager….but dont strictly enfore the push to quicken games…DONT fine a pitcher for “going too slow” and DONT get your panties in a knot when a game takes over 3 hours to complete.
I’d take a 4 hour victory over a 2 hour defeat any day.
…Im out of ideas. I’ll just sit quietly for this draft to begin…
…Wow, half the league is actually here this time…
First couple picks, M. Cabrera and Justin Morneau.
Aramis Ramirez and Adam Lind follow suit…
Draft over. You’d be suprised at how many people wanted Zobrist so bad…
anyway…projected lineup…
The Roid Sox:
C: M. Napoli
1B: M. Cabrera
2B: B. Phillips
3B: C. Davis
SS: C. Barmes
OF: C. Quentin
OF: N. Swisher
OF: A. Lind
U: J. Morneau
P: San Francisco Giants
Fantasy Draft #1
Fantasy baseball is like a drug. You cant make just one team.
Ive got multiple teams in the works this year. 1 in a money league, 1 for kicks, 1 to test a theory I have, and 1 that I created with some friends to test another theory.
Tonight I’m drafting for the group owned team. 3 (sometimes 4) of us have come to the consensus that multiple viewpoints are better than 1. All decisions to add/drop are essencially put up to a vote and everything is discussed as opposed to one person making all the decisions himself….we’re also doing this on mlb.coms fantasy game because we feel it’ll be less complicated right now without arguing over pitchers.
The beauty of this theory (in theory) is that everyone is making a case for their favorite player for each position. Example: Its very likely Utley will be available, so who do we pick up for 2B? I say Cano. Someone else says Pedroia. Another says Kinsler. Everyone argues their case, fists are thrown, sexual orientations are questioned, mothers are insulted, someone brings up Dan Uggla like an idiot, and eventually we decide on Pedroia-but only if Teixeira isnt available…..then its onto 3B: ARod or Longo? Rinse and repeat. The process is tedious and complicated, and since its only myself and one other who isnt working tonight (and since I have way more exp in drafting) it falls upon me to draft me…which kinda sucks because if your team falls short in the end, you can blame the draft…and with me drafting I become the fall guy….though if we win it all (the 10Gs that is) then Im the hero (and get the bigger cut, but they dont know that yet)
The whole process pits Yankee vs Red Sox vs Giants/Rangers vs Mets…and if my teams position player doesnt stack up against yours, then Im gonna look to another team to keep your guy off my team and vice versa…the only people we could actually 100% agree on were Mauer at C, Utley at 2B and Ryan Braun in the OF. Go figure…
Anyway, Im drafting in about half an hour. Try as I might, Im gonna try to provide commentery as the draft progresses. I have a vague list of players and rankings to go on as well as my gut for the later rounds…
…By the way, the team name is “Showdown” which is reference to how every position ranking was a battle between the 4 of us.
-Logged in. Im drafting 6th…Mark Teixeira or Chase Utley?
-Ive noticed immediatly that MLB.com is lying to itself again, saying David Ortiz is a 1B. Hahaha!
-Most people in my league are on autodraft…and the few that are here arent very talkative. Bummer, though this should be quick….
-#2 pick was Tex…wow…..my #1 pick: ARod
-It did NOT just glitch on me… awe sh!t-refresh! REFRESH!
-This is bullsh!t….obviously I missed out on my #2, trying to make it back in time for round 3…
-Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck! I got back in too late. My queue got me the Cardinals and Yankees pitching staff in round f*cking 2 and 3
-Picked up Dunn and McCann. Autopicks are swallowing up all the decent players in mindless fashion. Dunn gives me freedom between 1st and the OF.
-Picked me up BJ Upton. Thank you retards on autodraft, you made that pick possible.
-Got another computer on standby in case of another glitch…
-Took a chance. Drafted Jay Bruce over Beltran.
-Decided to take advantage of the David Ortiz is a 1B loophole and got him at 1st, putting Dunn in the OF. My OF is set with Upton-Bruce and Dunn….I need a middle infield though. Big Floppy better get on them steroids this year…
-Got Nyjer Morgan instead. Figured with no good MI for a while, Ill take advantage of everyone on autodraft…
-Polanco is my 2B. Hopefully he can reach back to his all star days this year…
-I may have wasted too long for a good SS (no thanks to my little glitch), picked up Kubel while I wait for a shortstop…
-Freakin autopilopts are out to get me. Aybar, Cabrera and even Theriot got 1-2-3 right in front of me…I had to settle for Clint Barmes….
-Felipe Lopez anyone?
-Just like the World Cahmpion 09 Yankees, I got me a Molina as backup catcher…Bengie
-Bottom of the barrel kiddies, Emilio Bonifacio….one more pick left…
-Right before I can get my hands on Nick Johnson, another autopilot steals him….Brett Gardner is my final pick instead…Im pretty confident he’ll win the last OF job anyway…
Not gonna lie. Ive had better drafts, that glitch happened in round 2 and I spent a good while playing catchup, though Upton was a nice settle….was a good warmup nevertheless. I got 2 drafts tomorrow night, and 1 is in a money league…
My projected opening day lineup:
C: McCann
1B: Ortiz
2B: Lopez
3B: Rodriguez
SS: Barmes
OF: Dunn
OF: Kubel
OF: Upton
U: Polanco
P: St Louis Cardinals
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