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Weak ass call.

Hey there u go.

[expletive] this dude. Jimmy [expletive] Howard?

First of all, I'm as active as any manager in this league. Secondly, first thing I did is ask the question did I not get points because of that. I didn't bitch first. I don't think I really did for myself personally. Even said on several occassions I'm fine with losing the points. My gripe is with how things were/are handled. It just so happens the first time I've ever had an illegal lineup in 10 years as a manager, I was inactive for a couple days. And actually I checked my scores on Thursday night and assumed those scores were fine because I didn't check the lineup part of the site. My point in even bringing [expletive] up was to point out if the problem is people adding players and not dropping one....isn't an easier solution to change the settings so this is NOT allowed? I was in another CBS league up until this year and we had roster maxes. If you tried to add a player without dropping one, you couldn't. And Adam has a nice little history with this league and website. His brashness has driven people away from the league and turned various others off. So forgive me if I don't give him the benefit of the doubt especially after he answered me with smart ass comments (the way he responds to every post in every forum on this site and has for years). The problem is you (and others) think "hey, I can manage my team why can't you?". Life happens. Nobody started this season thinking, "I only have a few seconds a week to check". Everybody fully intended on fully managing their team I'm pretty sure. But [expletive] has happened (as it does every year) where they haven't been able to do so. The only thing worse than people bitching is people bitching about bitching.

You don't think not allowing points at all for a 4-man bench is a brash, over-the-top decision? Missing your first pick if you didn't pay by a certain day was over-the-top. And automatically taking away points for a 4-man bench is making it a case by case basis. Because like your situation had to be reviewed to show you were just trying to avoid going over 7 starts. Anyway, I wasn't talking about Juan's situation specifically, just speaking in general terms. The biggest issue with this league for the last 3-4 years has been that half the league checks their team for a few minutes every day. The other half doesn't check as much. But the half that doesn't check as much constantly receives bitching from the ones that do. This is supposed to be fun. But all that is ever done is people bitching about the rules (how, where and why) and bitching about why people aren't active. It's why the turnover rate in this league has increased every year for the last 5 years. And [expletive] like this isn't helping.

It just seems like a lot of these decisions are made because you get pissed off about something that happens. "Hey, somebody thought there was a 6-man bench, [expletive] that I'll make everything illegal". As for my situation, like I said I'll take the lost points. Doesn't matter to me. But I thought I dropped Locke before the week when I knew Garza would be back. I typically only deal with this league via my phone app (actually haven't sat down to my actual laptop for more than 20 minutes total in 2 weeks). And the app doesn't tell me the lineup is illegal until I go into it again. Didn't realize until Friday that I wasn't getting points since Wednesday. Then by the time I dropped Locke, the Cubs game had already started and I lost Friday's points too. Hell, I won't get any points today because I claimed Arod to stash on the DL and CBS put him into my lineup (giving me 2 starting 3B) and since I'm going from 6am til lunchtime, I didn't change my lineup until a game had already started. The spirit of the rules are OK, the enforcement of them is (like everything you say and do) over the top. The league has been around for 10 years but things have changed every year. This forum doesn't match the "real" rules. The CBS website doesn't match the forum. The answer to someone who doesn't know the rules isn't to start taking points away because they should've known. It's to clarify the rule. I know you don't want to do that, but that's the role of a commissioner. Again, my situation is different. I'm not trying to get my points back. But I do think it's obvious I wasn't trying to pull one over by holding onto Jeff [expletive] Locke. As crappy as it sounds, it's going to have to be a case by case basis. And if you are setting the league up to take away points on all situations. Of course it's going to be a pain in your ass to keep changing stats, but that's on you for setting it up that way.

Is it not possible to make the settings so you can't have an illegal lineup? Wouldnt it be common sense to set it so u cant have an illegal lineup? u can't activate someone from the DL without cutting a player. Don't allow adds without a drop. Don't allow 2-1 trades without making a cut.

The FSL has had it easy so far. Baez and Soler are the best 2 hitting prospects on any team in the league, but they have not been in sync at all this year. Last night's 2nd game and now tonight's game are the only times they have had multi hit games in the same game. When Soler has been hot, Javy has been cold like most of the year. The couple good streaks Baez has had came when Soler was struggling or coming off suspension. If they get it going together and Geiger keeps hitting they are going to score a ton of runs.

Did I not get Strasburg's points because of an illegal lineup? Fwiw, I was able to activate Greinke Tuesday night but my phone app hadnt been working for the last couple days. I didn't get on the computer the last couple days either. Whatever I have to suffer is cool.... just want to know.

That's so incredibly frustrating but completely justifiable. And it wasn't even an Angelo reach. He was BPA on my board and filled a huge need. First pick I was 100% dead set on since Tommie Harris and Urlacher.

Obviously it is his right and so Phil probably can't saying much negative about it. But I think it's the right thing to play the good cop here. The open arms commentary puts the onus on Carimi. His contract is guaranteed so there is zero to gain from cutting him, unless you believe in the bad apple theory. And I really don't think that what he has done to date qualifies as a guy who is going to have a negative affect on others. I think there is little chance his career will continue with the Bears, but they still need the depth and might as well keep him all year. If he's in camp, he's a valuable player. He's played RT, RG, LT as recently as 2 years ago at a high collegiate level, and worked at LG in whatever they had a couple weeks ago. Nobody else on the roster has that type of versatility other than a guy with a handful of college games. And Carimi is the most talented OL on the team based on draft grade. I imagine he'll be on the roster or traded. Hoping for at least a 5th with an outside shot at late 4th.

WOW.

How does that happen in a professional game...and a playoff game at that Really should be like 7-1

31-9 SOG in the last 34 minutes.

Bout damn time. Hawks are so much better than these dudes.

I actually want him with Team USA. I'd rather him not be tentative at all when the real games start. Plus, I think that's a good way for him to measure his game against the best in the world, rather than preseason games that nobody cares about. I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but that's how I feel.

Living it Pittsburgh I am constantly annoyed by sports fans here. The one cool thing they do have going is that all their major professional sports teams wear black and yellow. And as I was flipping back and forth between the Bulls and Blackhawks (wearing the same colors) and keeping an eye on the Cubs score, I was thinking that it would be cool if every team in Chicago (sans White Sox who nobody cares about) had the same colors for all their 4 major sports teams. But if so, what color/colors would they wear?

Defense?

I'd like it if they put IU v Purdue in the classic the years they only played one in conference. Rotate Butler and ND otherwise. Shouldnt be that hard to coordinate. I'd rather that than have protected games. I think that's a stupid concept. Schedule is a "luck of the draw" unless ur rival happens to be really good or bad.

Lot of Good shots. .... just literally missed them all.

Candelario is literally the last player on KC's roster I want to see in Daytona this year. Hes super young and there's not much he could reasonably do the rest of this year at 19 to justify more than say a playoff appearance at the next level.

Ugh Hmm. A cast that big likely means some multiple fractures or really bad shoulder (bone) damage.

Dose of my own medicine this week. 3rd or 4th highest score all week. Losing to a team getting an average of about 25-26 points per start.

Yeah that's a foul on Marco. Easy call. LeBron got the ball. Belinelli undercut him.

They were talking at last Timeout but would have loved to seen Pippen guard LeBron. Epic matchup.