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***OFFICIAL*** FFA MLB Draft (3 Viewers)
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Politician Spock
Footballguy
John McGraw: Coach, Catfish Hunter is really on his game today. I don't think we'll have much offense at all. Maybe just 3 or 4 hits all day.Coach Spock: That's not good news. This is a divisional game.
Sandy Koufax: How many runs can you score.
John McGraw: I don't know. Maybe one?
Sandy Koufax: That's all I'll need.
Lot of, "Ralph Kiner flys out to deep left field" type plays at Spocks park. Just didn't execute when we had guys on. He created a run and made it stand up. Poor execution across the board w/ 4 errors and a passed ball as well. Have said all along Spock in that park is going to be very tough to beat. Hopefully Drysdale can build off his solid outing against DA&L and give me some quality innings game 2. Also hoping Catfish keeps his head up after a brutal loss game 1. 6 innings and only gave up 3 hits before being lifted for a pinch hitter (who continued our 0-fer streak w/risp). Gwynn hit a single, stole second, got moved over to third on a ground ball to the right side, and scored on a single. That run held up. We got caught stealing, made an out trying to go 1st to 3rd, and performed pitifully at the plate (0-6 w/RISP, plus just failed to situational hit). Damn it. Wasting that kind of performance on the mound isn't something we can afford to do.
Mickey Mantle is driving me nuts. Way too many innings where some guy hits a lead-off double and the next 3 procede to K or hit the ball in a way that won't move the guy over. Just glad it hasn't hurt me in the standings more than it has.Didn't Ted Williams once say all he did when he wanted to hit a fly ball was look for the bottom half of the ball? That guy was amazing. If he can't hit a fly-ball to bring a guy in, 
Sammy3469
Footballguy
Especially when a flyball in Tiger Stadium is basically a home run. His stat line so far looks like some weak leadoff hitter.AVG .308OBP .423SLG .431HR 1RBI 8Didn't Ted Williams once say all he did when he wanted to hit a fly ball was look for the bottom half of the ball? That guy was amazing. If he can't hit a fly-ball to bring a guy in,
Funkley
Collar: Up
He says he could tell what type of pitch it was by the way the laces spun on the ball. Amazing vision and reflexes.
Politician Spock
Footballguy
Thanks. I certainly can't talk smack in the broad sense given my 1-6 start, but even if by the end of the season my record is poor, I think everyone would still agree that my place is the toughest place to play.Seriously. Any team that goes into your park and takes a series from you will have earned it. You take the long ball out of the equation and your offense can definately compete, and that pitching staff is just scary.
Politician Spock
Footballguy
“All star teams fail because they rely on the talents of individuals,... By contrast, the Russians have a team mentality.” Herb Brooks (played by Kurt Russell) from the movie Miracle.
Notorious T.R.E.
Showdown!™ Administrator
That was me. My team would be DOMINANT if I was using 2nd seasons. A lot of my awesome pitching staff suffered the 3rd year curse too. (J. Schmidt, M. Morris, Zito)Thanks to Larry Boy's sweet sweet Lord for my early success!btw, I'm sure this was just a mistake, because I remember GWB asking me if they were supposed to use second or third, and somebody mentioned that the third year killed their David Ortiz pick.Oso is using second seasons for a few players.We haven't had an argument for a few pages.This should be cute.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
SUE BIRDDO IT.
Politician Spock
Footballguy
While we are on the subject, six days from today is the 25th anniversary of the "Miracle on Ice".
larry_boy_44
Footballguy
dude, now your becoming delusional...YOU are the sodomite... with Nipsey... who does it with Kobe, too....I am not...
Notorious T.R.E.
Showdown!™ Administrator
I'm in for the 24 team all time draft. 
1900-1990, 3rd best year or worse for the sim. 
1900-1990, 3rd best year or worse for the sim.
Notorious T.R.E.
Showdown!™ Administrator
I noticed that the Cellar Dwellers locked up their first win of the year this morning. A 5-3 victory over.....Nipsey. Bob Hamelin drives in all 3 runs and Les Straker goes 7 innings strong.Joe Morgan reaches bases 5 times (2hits, 3BBs)and is never driven in....
Capella
Footballguy
I think we may want to take a week or two off, after this thing wraps up in April.I am in too, although I think I said this before. Is this the season to start after this current one, or running concurrent?I'm in for the 24 team all time draft.
Koya
Footballguy
Perfect. 24 team all time without those extra few years will make the pickings get awful thin, awful quick. Great as the number one overall pick will be, having your #2 pick be the 50th player will make things interesting. Mark Belanger, I hear you calling.You too Bumbry.I think we may want to take a week or two off, after this thing wraps up in April.I am in too, although I think I said this before. Is this the season to start after this current one, or running concurrent?I'm in for the 24 team all time draft.
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Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Notorious T.R.E.
Showdown!™ Administrator
Great. That will give me plenty of time to develop my Whatifsports VBD drafting application.I think we may want to take a week or two off, after this thing wraps up in April.I am in too, although I think I said this before. Is this the season to start after this current one, or running concurrent?I'm in for the 24 team all time draft.
Do you think they'll give me a download of all players? 
Funkley
Collar: Up
In!!NHL and Players Union suxsor.I think we may want to take a week or two off, after this thing wraps up in April.I am in too, although I think I said this before. Is this the season to start after this current one, or running concurrent?I'm in for the 24 team all time draft.
Politician Spock
Footballguy
Preferably, do you think they'll give us their algorithms for normallizing players from different eras? My pre-1900 players with career .333 BAs make Wayne Krenchicki look like Babe Ruth in this thing.Great. That will give me plenty of time to develop my Whatifsports VBD drafting application.I think we may want to take a week or two off, after this thing wraps up in April.I am in too, although I think I said this before. Is this the season to start after this current one, or running concurrent?I'm in for the 24 team all time draft.
Notorious T.R.E.
Showdown!™ Administrator
No algorithmPreferably, do you think they'll give us their algorithms for normallizing players from different eras? My pre-1900 players with career .333 BAs make Wayne Krenchicki look like Babe Ruth in this thing.Great. That will give me plenty of time to develop my Whatifsports VBD drafting application.I think we may want to take a week or two off, after this thing wraps up in April.I am in too, although I think I said this before. Is this the season to start after this current one, or running concurrent?I'm in for the 24 team all time draft.
Koya
Footballguy
Take Johnny ####### Mize.Larry Mize WOULD have been the better pick at this point.IN! alsoAnyone want to trade me some players for my next 3 games against Larry? Ruth? Walter Johnson? Speaker? Kiner? Nipsey said he would send some Ribs in return for any player you should trade me. Promise I'll give um right back after the series. Let me know
What whining? Why would we care if they were cheating to win? I thought we didn't care what they did or what the consequences were...Hijackers..you were supposed to take the third season. I know you guys talked about second in your draft thread, but I thought we all cleared it that it was the third before we got started.Enter Harrier's whining....
Notorious T.R.E.
Showdown!™ Administrator
Don't let the actions of one hijacker ruin it for the rest of us.I think there's an important lesson to be learned here. Never trust a hijacker. I think some of you have fallen victim to the Helsinki Syndrome. A hijacker is always still a hijacker.
