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[pmcd9]

This thread is unshakably on topic. 

[melack]

The thread started to veer a little bit around page 17, (womabt even paid us a visit!) but like a car whose tires run over those little grooves on the side of the highway, we were violently shaken right back on track.

It probably helps that this is one of the more esoteric threads in recent memory.

[CortJstr]

This thread is unshakably on topic. 

I blame the absence of Wombat. And me. Purple monkey dishwasher.

[Nabubrush]

I blame the absence of Wombat. And me. Purple monkey dishwasher.

Anybody ever have Chocolate Babies?

[jaydub]

I claim partial credit for the attempted derailment.  You guys are like the Strat-o-Matic club in high school.  They had to be chased out of their meetings by the fire department during drills.

[melack]

First time this has happened this year: I've got two starting pitchers in the same game. I guess it's good because there's a much better chance of getting the win as long as no douchebag reliever comes in and takes it from me.

[Lister]

It's actually really easy to shuffle players when they're all pitchers, though, since you can check which ones are starting days in advance...

How/where do you do this?

I want to try to see Maddux pitch some day when he's at home but I never seem to find out he's pitching until the day of, when of course it's much harder to alert friends/arrange time off/actually go.  Is this one of those things on the internets somewhere?

[V-Adore]

I love that this thread, which I read religiously despite not understanding a damn thing on it, is so rigorously on-topic. As such, I will make no statements that might change that. Party on, imaginary baseball managers.

[Nabubrush]

How/where do you do this?

I want to try to see Maddux pitch some day when he's at home but I never seem to find out he's pitching until the day of, when of course it's much harder to alert friends/arrange time off/actually go.  Is this one of those things on the internets somewhere?

In the team thing, there will be a little carat on the day they are pitching.

[littlefallsmets]

I have changed my strategy a bit after giving up on Webb too quick and sort fuck*ng myself over for two weeks in doing that.

Once I have two of every position, it's more important to just have the best hitters available than being able to field nine men every single day. I got too much into the idea of position insurance.

I have also sort of started to accept that stolen bases and saves are essentially chaos theory and you can't know all the factors that go into knowing how many your team will get in any given week. Gotta just put guys who often get those stats on the field and hope for the best.

I'm not very happy with my back-up catcher still, of course, and I'll probably always be looking for upgrades over my 4 and 5 starting pitchers but I think I'm in more of a place of tweaking for a while and not big overhauls.

I'm pretty set with my usual starting eight position players, my relief core and my top three pitchers. It's just a matter of adjusting to scheduling, picking my utility guy based on what I need that week and... otherwise, just trying to shuffle the back-end of my team.

[melack]

Am I the only one so far with a player on the no-cut list who's out for several months? I feel like I'm playing with a roster one man smaller than the rest of you, which I'm pretty sure is the case.

[Nabubrush]

Am I the only one so far with a player on the no-cut list who's out for several months? I feel like I'm playing with a roster one man smaller than the rest of you, which I'm pretty sure is the case.

Yeah, you're getting fucked. I have a utility man that I can't cut that I basically never play unless one of my other clowns has the day off. Hafner. Doesn't even have a position. If this had been a live draft, I never would have taken him. Too limiting, in my book.

[melack]

I think that's because he's strictly a DH in real life. The same goes for a guy like Jim Thome. The idea of those two immobile tanks being considered "utility" players makes me laugh every time.

[melack]

Also, no matter how far we've progressed in the season, I keep getting tricked into thinking the little post-it note with the red means player injury news. I keep scaring myself, clicking it and remembering that it just means recent news. I swear, I have no idea how I'm in second place because half the shit on here either frightens or confuses me. Like the trading block? I hear talk of that mythical feature, but I've never been able to locate it with any certainty.

[Nabubrush]

I think that's because he's strictly a DH in real life. The same goes for a guy like Jim Thome. The idea of those two immobile tanks being considered "utility" players makes me laugh every time.

Well, it's bullshit. For there to be an auto-draft and to get stuck with a stiff like that in that position is absurd. I have my second 1B there most of the time, or an OF. I get nothing for him - he can't even sub in for anyone else who isn't playing. Not good.

Also, no matter how far we've progressed in the season, I keep getting tricked into thinking the little post-it note with the red means player injury news. I keep scaring myself, clicking it and remembering that it just means recent news. I swear, I have no idea how I'm in second place because half the shit on here either frightens or confuses me. Like the trading block? I hear talk of that mythical feature, but I've never been able to locate it with any certainty.

Like the female orgasm!

Thank you, I'm here all week, enjoy the veal.

I am deeply ashamed of myself.