2010 TDMMC Fantasy Baseball

[Brian Fein]

I hear ya, dude.  I've actually enjoyed baseball more this season than in season's past.  I have been taking interest in Baseball Tonight as well as watching non-Marlins games for the first time ever this season.  I enjoy a good baseball game. 

That said, every year about this time the NFL excitement builds and I lose interest in MLB.  Its happenning again - only 3 days into Training Camp and I can't get enough.

[bsfins]

Well, I agree with all of what you're saying till you mention Baseball Tonight..I'd rather Gouge my eyes and ears out with a Very large Dull Wooden Spoons than listen or watch ESPN stuff....(Batting Practice starts @ 4:30 C) MLB tonight on MLB network...Starts 5PM C till Midnight, and covers ALL of MLB..Not just Who's hot,Yankees Sox....

I got MLB extra innings package, and I get to watch Dodgers games called by Vin Scully...IT's just a trip....

[Sunstroke]

When I really didn't want to play (I hate the scoring, ESPN)...

The ESPN 5x5 scoring is the standard scoring for fantasy baseball pretty much everywhere. TDMMC just used that freakish 18 category system for a few years to be different.

I am sorry I pushed you to participate though... No one should ever play a game if they get so little enjoyment out of it.

[Brian Fein]

The sad part is that as disillusioned as Lil B is, he's still one of the league's better owners...

[bsfins]

Stroke, it's ok, No biggie...I had to atleast had to give it a try ...You thought I'd prefer a more standard league better...Nope it's worse...

Brian thank you, but you're confusing Obsessive compulsive disorder,with good ownership...There is no way I could abandon my team....That would eat at me,having to abandon my team before the draft a couple years ago riddled me with guilt....

***Hijack - confessional booth****
The first camping trip I went on tis year,I layed in my tent tossing and turning...Worried, Did I play him? Should have I play him...How far would I have to drive to find some 3g to check....***end hijack - confessional booth ***

[Brian Fein]

It requires someone obsessive compulsive to enjoy fantasy sports, especially a daily-changes baseball league

I always liked the "set your lineup on Sunday and its locked for the week" type of league, but that's just me.

[Sunstroke]

I always liked the "set your lineup on Sunday and its locked for the week" type of league, but that's just me.

That tells me you'd probably enjoy the roto version of the game more than ya do the head to head version.

Speaking of the roto version of the game<g>, I start the day sitting at #1 overall on ESPN's fantasy baseball roto rankings:   http://games.espn.go.com/flb/resources/leaderboard?leaderboardGroupId=30

Props...to George for challenging for the overall title in the h2h game as well. (#2 overall)

[Brian Fein]

I've tried roto before, don't like it at all.

[Sunstroke]

I've tried roto before, don't like it at all. 

Roto is a precision game... h2h is blunt trauma. In h2h, you get a fresh start each week and simply need to take 6 of 10 points to get the win over your opponent, while roto is a season-long string of slight stat manipulations and corrections to achieve the right mix to get the highest overall point total.

This is year four of roto baseball for me... Prior to that, I was just an h2h guy. The more I play roto and get used to the small little "nudge corrections" and having to pay extra attention to your three ratio categories, the more I like roto. The fantasy devil is in the details...

[raptorsfan29]

still wondering how sunstroke was able to get 2 extra wins in the pitching category when he was over the max 17/15. Not too much of an issue since it should have been 8-0-2, not 8-1-1.

[Sunstroke]

This is a repeat explanation...perhaps a good once-through of the rules might help? Perhaps doing that before the final month of the season would be even better?

I didn't have 17/15 GS heading into Sunday, I had 14/15 GS at the end of Saturday's games. If I would have had 15/15 at the end of Saturday, then none of my SPs on Sunday would count. If you go over your GS limit DURING the final day of the match-up, all stats count for that day. It does that because how in the world would the computer determine which one of the three starters who were pitching simultaneously for me on Sunday to count?

In higher end h2h circles, this is referred to as a "power-out."

So...I wasn't "over the max," you just weren't counting properly.

[Brian Fein]

Question about playoffs...

Are the 2 wild card spots doled out by division or just the next 2 overall best teams?  Because I wanna know if my season is over being 14 games back from 2nd in my division, or if I have longshot hope being 6 games back from Lil B for 4th best overall.

[Sunstroke]

Wild cards are the two best records outside of the two division winners. No divisional requirements.

[Brian Fein]

^^ You're going down, B!

[Brian Fein]

I must say last week's matchup between me and Lil B was an epic for the ages.  I know he doesn't really care, but this game was much closer than it seemed.  BA 0.001 difference.  1 RBI.  tied in K's. 

Great game Lil B.  Thanks for the challenging matchup.

That said, I'm quite happy with the raging comeback my team has been making.  I think, after 4 months, I've finally caught on to this 5x5 thing.