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CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Fman99 Feb 11 2011 05:13 PM

I'm happy to start a league up like last year. Here to check interest levels and get any dates in advance that you don't want a live draft.

Ceetar Feb 11 2011 06:11 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Fman99 wrote: I'm happy to start a league up like last year. Here to check interest levels and get any dates in advance that you don't want a live draft. I managed to miss the draft last year and got totally totally screwed due to the NL only format, but i'm good with whatever we decide too.

smg58 Feb 12 2011 10:33 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I have a title to defend.

Ceetar Feb 12 2011 10:49 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I'd prefer the live draft not 3/15-3/20, but that's rather varied and probably one of the best times for it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 13 2011 07:27 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

yeah sure

Valadius Feb 13 2011 12:34 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I was gonna say, are we doing this again or what?

Fman99 Feb 13 2011 05:20 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

OK. League is set up and all of last year's owners should have received an email invite. All the same specs as we used last year. Live draft scheduled for Wednesday, March 23rd at 7:15 PM. Any conflicts, please let me know ASAP so I can adjust the date/time.

smg58 Feb 13 2011 06:12 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Wednesday nights are bad for me, but I'll manage if necessary.

metirish Feb 14 2011 10:04 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Are you the salty Jew? live draft was a lot of fun last season......it was all down hill for me after that.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 14 2011 10:08 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Fman99 wrote: OK. League is set up and all of last year's owners should have received an email invite. All the same specs as we used last year. Live draft scheduled for Wednesday, March 23rd at 7:15 PM. Any conflicts, please let me know ASAP so I can adjust the date/time. Don't wanna be that guy, but could we do something a lil' later? 8:30 or 9?

metirish Feb 14 2011 10:09 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I didn't want to be that guy either but 8:30 works better......

Fman99 Feb 14 2011 07:40 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

8:30 is tricky for me as I'm generally helping Fgirl get bedded down between 8:30 and 9. I can push it out to 9:15 or 9:30 but in that case we'll be up late (think 11ish). Is that OK with everyone?

metirish Feb 14 2011 07:44 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Shoot , yeah that's bedtime here too for the kid......

Nymr83 Feb 14 2011 08:02 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

i rejoined. the later the better timewise for me and please keep it on a weeknight.

Fman99 Feb 14 2011 08:21 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

OK, well, if we're going to push things out till 9:30 then I can do any weeknight. Doesn't have to be a Wednesday so we can accommodate for smg58 that way. I have changed the draft to Tuesday 3/22 at 9:30 PM. Again, if that borks someone please let me know ASAP. At some point I will lose flexibility on draft scheduling. (Also 3/24 is out as it is Fboy's birthday, and the week of 3/26-4/1 I am on vacation.)

Ceetar Feb 14 2011 10:01 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Fman99 wrote: OK, well, if we're going to push things out till 9:30 then I can do any weeknight. Doesn't have to be a Wednesday so we can accommodate for smg58 that way. I have changed the draft to Tuesday 3/22 at 9:30 PM. Again, if that borks someone please let me know ASAP. At some point I will lose flexibility on draft scheduling. (Also 3/24 is out as it is Fboy's birthday, and the week of 3/26-4/1 I am on vacation.) 3/25 is my birthday. But wouldn't want to do it that last week anyway, need to have a couple of days to shuffle around those bench guys that end up not making the team.

Fman99 Feb 17 2011 07:36 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I am going to bump this periodically in an attempt to get us at least two more owners, we're at 8 currently but I think 10 is better and 12 better still. Join now, beat the March rush!

bmfc1 Feb 18 2011 10:36 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I'm in.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 18 2011 11:15 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Fman99 wrote: 8:30 is tricky for me as I'm generally helping Fgirl get bedded down between 8:30 and 9. I can push it out to 9:15 or 9:30 but in that case we'll be up late (think 11ish). Is that OK with everyone? Wrestling Lunchpail to bed is why the earlier time didn't work for me. I can't do anything till that guy is down.

Willets Point Feb 18 2011 11:36 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I'm taking a pass this year. Thanks for the invite.

bmfc1 Feb 18 2011 11:44 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Past 10:30, I'll be drafting Mike Nikeas and Ryota Igarashi. Yes I'm old.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 18 2011 01:52 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Still need one? It's been years since I did a non-mixed league, but I don't mind being the fish.

Fman99 Feb 18 2011 08:30 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Still need one? It's been years since I did a non-mixed league, but I don't mind being the fish. Absolutely. PM me the email address you want to use and I will shoot you an invite with the credentials.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 18 2011 09:15 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Done.

Fman99 Feb 19 2011 01:52 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Your invitation is in the (e)mail, sir.

Fman99 Feb 20 2011 02:20 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I have capped the league at 12 owners once again to prevent too much dilution on rosters. So we are all set to go. Looks like the following owners, though I'm guessing based on Yahoo IDs and team names: Fman LWFS Vic Sage smg58 JCL Ceetar metirish metsmarathon bmfc gyc valadius willpie

smg58 Feb 21 2011 09:22 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Thanks again for running it.

Ashie62 Mar 10 2011 03:12 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Missed it,, aah shit

Ceetar Mar 21 2011 06:14 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

ARE YOU READY?! I hope so, or you might get stuck with guys like Pat Misch or Oliver Perez.

metirish Mar 21 2011 06:17 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Tuesday night right?

Ceetar Mar 21 2011 06:19 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

metirish wrote: Tuesday night right? yeah, am I premature in reminding you? I just was making sort to exclude some of the yuckies in case I miss the beginning because I did something silly like go to the gym after work. of course, it's PDT not EDT so I'm really just silly.

Fman99 Mar 21 2011 07:19 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Tomorrow, 9:30 PM Eastern time. Should be fun. A point of info... I did another live draft last night on Yahoo and had issues using Chrome to open the draft applet. Using Firefox did the trick.

Nymr83 Mar 21 2011 10:07 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I'm readdyyy!!!!! (havent even looked at stuff for this year yet)

Vic Sage Mar 22 2011 08:40 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

shit. stuck with autopick again this year.

metsmarathon Mar 22 2011 12:08 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

ugh. i may miss all or most of the draft tonight. i'm in the paciifc time zone, and will be working past 6... i hope my autodraft does nice things for me.

smg58 Mar 22 2011 01:06 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

You can autodraft the first half of the draft and be OK. (As long as you make sure Adam Wainwright is on your "do not pick" list, that is.) You'll have a better chance of finding diamonds in the rough in the second half than your computer will, though.

Ashie62 Mar 22 2011 02:23 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

How do you enter the draft room. It looks different than CBS..Thanks!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 22 2011 07:25 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

My draft window is getting 90% loaded, then stalling. Panic!

Ceetar Mar 22 2011 07:27 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: My draft window is getting 90% loaded, then stalling. Panic! working fine in chrome. there's a link on the main page.

metirish Mar 22 2011 07:36 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: My draft window is getting 90% loaded, then stalling. Panic! mine too , on my chrome laptop and I am in the kids rooms....trying the phone..

Nymr83 Mar 22 2011 09:43 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

worked fine on internet explorer. i hate my team and i drafted it

metirish Mar 23 2011 04:51 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Worked on the chrome browser, I was in auto draft mode and live draft mode, I think probably rid OK by me. I have pitching and beyond that?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2011 07:41 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Make me an offer for Pujols

Ceetar Mar 23 2011 08:22 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Make me an offer for Pujols Justin Turner and Ryan Church. I'll throw in D. J. Carrasco.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2011 08:55 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Make me [crossout]an offer[/crossout] a serious offer for Pujols

Ceetar Mar 23 2011 08:57 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Make me [crossout]an offer[/crossout] a serious offer for Pujols And particular areas you're looking for?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2011 09:03 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I don;t think I want anyone from your team!

Ceetar Mar 23 2011 09:09 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I don;t think I want anyone from your team! That makes two of us.

metirish Mar 23 2011 09:09 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I'm set enough at 1st to not want a deal involving some of my pitchers.....I need bats in the OF....fucks sake if Jose Guillen even with a team?

metirish Mar 23 2011 09:10 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Ceetar wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I don;t think I want anyone from your team! That makes two of us. part of the joy in live drafting is bitching about your team like it was auto drafted for you.

Vic Sage Mar 23 2011 11:16 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

i ended up NOT auto-drafting (i walked out on PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT at intermission, so i was able to get home in time), but yet wish i DID! How do i draft a team and end up punting all the pitching categories? I think i was suffering from a post-PRISCILLA brain fart.

metirish Mar 23 2011 11:23 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Oh , so , you were in the room when I insulted you for being a slow old fucker?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2011 11:27 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Vic Sage wrote: i ended up NOT auto-drafting (i walked out on PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT at intermission, so i was able to get home in time), but yet wish i DID! How do i draft a team and end up punting all the pitching categories? I think i was suffering from a post-PRISCILLA brain fart. I'm here to help.

Vic Sage Mar 23 2011 01:24 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

metirish wrote: Oh , so , you were in the room when I insulted you for being a slow old fucker? yeah, you twat.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2011 01:30 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Vic Sage wrote: metirish wrote: Oh , so , you were in the room when I insulted you for being a slow old fucker? yeah, you twat. Feel free to make a counter offer, the online trade thingy doesn;t really allow for easy negotiation.

metirish Apr 07 2011 11:13 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Smg is bottom of the league , that like never happened.....

smg58 Apr 07 2011 12:44 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Last year I spent two days in second place. This year is shaping up differently. I'm hoping that all my players get their slumps for the year out of the way in the first two weeks. That, and Holliday only has one appendix to remove.

Vic Sage Apr 07 2011 02:43 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

ah, yes, i remember those 2 days well... sigh.

Ceetar Apr 27 2011 01:59 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I'm rapidly dropping in the standings with no offensive help to find.

metsmarathon Jun 20 2011 11:56 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

holy shit, i'm in second place!?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 20 2011 12:10 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Fire sale on at Lunchie HQ.

smg58 Jun 20 2011 01:52 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Why? You're one good week out of second place.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 20 2011 02:03 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I was exaggerating the fire sale description but my offense is nearly incapable of having a good week. At any rate, I agreed to trade Marcum to the Vandals for Mike Stanton. I'd be happy to entertain more O for P trade offers.

willpie Jun 23 2011 12:13 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Even recognizing that this is a good kind of problem to have, I am completely baffled about what to do with my team. I've been in first place for so long that I'm terrified to make any moves, but also terrified that I'm going to end up losing because I rested on my laurels as of mid-June. I don't usually find non-money leagues this stressful.

metsmarathon Jul 23 2011 07:22 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

holy shit, i'm tied for first!

willpie Jul 26 2011 09:15 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Aaaaand the freefall has begun. It was a good run.

smg58 Sep 28 2011 08:12 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

So MM, have you popped the champagne yet?

metsmarathon Sep 28 2011 08:34 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

not yet. i'm still wary of a momentus collapse - those things seem to running around these days. i don't think there's all that much room for movement with one game left (would a 1-game playoff count for the league? hmm... ) but i'm still keeping the bottles corked for now. i'm also still not really all that sure how i've managed to win, as my draft wasn't terribly good, and injuries and trades hurt me a bit throughout hte year. i guess i just picked up the right guys at the right time, and my potentially foolish investment in pitching in the draft paid off. and i'm thoroughly clueless as to how my team became such an offensive powerhouse. batting average aside, for each of the other categories, i was worst or second worst in the league in april and/or may.

metirish Sep 28 2011 04:29 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Your guys must have bunted a lot , all I have to say is that I didn't finish last.

Ceetar Sep 29 2011 01:36 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

metirish wrote: Your guys must have bunted a lot , all I have to say is that I didn't finish last. I think we need to pare down the positions next year. Tired of hoping the random dregs left can be spot starters.

Ashie62 Sep 29 2011 07:43 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Congrats to the Toddlers Knuckles and SMG! I had great fun.

metsmarathon Sep 29 2011 08:06 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Ceetar wrote: metirish wrote: Your guys must have bunted a lot , all I have to say is that I didn't finish last. I think we need to pare down the positions next year. Tired of hoping the random dregs left can be spot starters. i dunno. this year, those dregs were largely a key to my success, plus some insane hotness when my team was actually healthy and together in the middle of the season. last year, man, did i hate this league last year. i couldn't find a warm body worth a damn on the waiver wire.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 29 2011 08:09 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

I relied too heavily on Ike Davis and wasted a league-best pitching staff with the league's worst offense. Nothing I could do to stop it. I propose next year we try a keeper league with an auction draft, and provide something for the second division to shoot for.

metsmarathon Sep 29 2011 08:31 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

hmm. in the six years we've been doing this league, this is the first season where the winner had neither the top batters (#2, with 52.5 points) nor the top pitchers (#5 with 45 points). those honors fall to guldens spicy brown offense at 60.5 points and smg58's pitchers at 53 points. los luncheros racked up 51 points.

Vic Sage Sep 29 2011 10:25 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league? Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 29 2011 10:48 AM

In an NL-only league with this many teams and this many slots to fill, premium players have the biggest impact, IMO. So many of us are filling out our daily lineups with part-timers and lousy players that 1 great player can make a huge difference. For MM, i think Ryan Braun's MVP-type season and the mid-season pickup of Bonafacio cemented his O, while Cliff Lee's Cy young candidacy validated MM's strategy to punt on saves. Knuxie took a cynical and smart all-Phillies approach that took him far... just not quite far enough. Hopefully, the actual Phillies will suffer a similar fate. SMG did it with smoke and mirrors. I'm still not sure why i didn't catch him, except my mid-season trade of Stanton for Marcum did not work out as well as i'd hoped, with Wright and Weeks not giving me the power i needed to make up for the loss of Stanton, and Marcum coming back to earth a little in the second half, not able to balance out my otherwise awful starting pitching. My team MVP is a toss up between Mike Morse, who had me nervous with his slow start and almost losing his slot in the Washington lineup before coming on to have the .300/30hr season i projected for him, and Bourn, with his .290/60sb/90r season. But the power ended up being way more important than the SBs, which were surprisingly easy to pick up off the waiver wire, so I'll go with Morse. my Cy Young was also my best waiver wire value, Ryan Vogelsong who had a strong season across the board after i picked him up for free in late april. My worst pitcher was a toss up between Brett Myers and Derek Lowe. Oh, i had worse pitchers, too, but these guys got more innings to be terrible than the rest did. my runner up for best waiver wire free pickup was Ryan Roberts, who gave me good HR/SB combo with multi-positional flexibility. My worst waiver pickup value was probably the $442 i spent on rookie Jose Altuve, when i was already far ahead in SBs. what the hell was THAT about? Best trade was Overbay+Jansen to MOOPS (neither of whom did much for him) for Leo Nunez, who gave me 36 saves, teaming with Brian Wilson to give me decent RP stats. But MOOPS got me back when i sent him a useful MI bat in Keppinger for Travis Wood, who did little for me before getting sent to the minors. In retrospect, giving up on Stanton to pick up Marcum smacked of desperation (as did the Keppinger/Wood deal, albeit less so), exacerbated by the lack of power i was getting from Wright and Weeks due to injuries. But i was kind of leery of Stanton's chronic injury problems, and thought he might fall off a cliff toward the end of the season. turned out he had a pretty strong finish and Marcum didn't. oh well. pitching envy will lead to such blunders. My best draft pick? Probably Morse, in the 9th round, followed by Bourn in the 7th. Nick Hundley in the 23rd also gave me surprisingly good value. My worst pick? All the others. My first 2 picks, Wright and Weeks, were decent but limited by injuries and not nearly as productive as you need your top 2 picks to be. Ian Desmond and G.Soto were decent for their positions, but i over-reached on them. I waited til the mid-rounds to get SPs (as i planned), but as it turns out, Brett Myers, Edison Volquez, Kyle McClellen and Derek Lowe do not a pitching staff make...even in this league. There were, however, good SPs available in those mid rounds and, if my top hitters had produced and i had picked better SPs (or had been luckier with them), i feel i would've been in it all season, instead of hovering in the 5th-6th place range most of the year until i was able to scramble to a 4th place finish. oh, well. wait'll next year...

Vic Sage Sep 29 2011 10:46 AM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

*avi*

smg58 Sep 29 2011 12:33 PM Re: CPF NL Only 2011 league?

Considering I was in 11th place at the All-Star Break, I can't really complain about where I finished. What I learned: In a league this deep, don't give up on a guy before his team does. I thought four months was enough time to give James Loney to show some life, but I was mistaken. And don't get me started on Javier Vazquez. You can draft an elite catcher early, but you can't replace his bat if he gets hurt. Call-ups are a safer source of cheap steals (thank you Eric Young and Dee Gordon) than power numbers (Anthony Rizzo, was it something I said?).