Southpaw19

After reading @elizadushku and her account of her abuse, and then reading the #MelisaReidy stuff that came out today ... I'm feeling really bleh about mankind. Then I realized I was still following Russell on IG, so I unfollowed him.

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Extremely sad. A "rock" is an understatement... it was a boulder as it's being reported. RIP

Bleacher Report released their "Top 25 Free Agent Predictions" prior to the Winter Meetings beginning. They only have the Cubs signing Zach Britton for 3/$33M.

I don't know why, but I'm really disappointed the Cubs didn't go after Diaz. I know we don't have prospects to trade, but this is why guys off the main roster could have been packaged with some mid-level prospects to get a quality closer like Diaz.

It's just been reported that Seattle is prime for a sell-off this offseason, but they have to be wowed with their returns. I'm not sure we have the pieces, but I think they should be interested in Edwin Diaz.

I like these ideas/points. I will work something out that makes sense.

Okay - I've mapped some stuff out and here's the problem with teams by position instead of tiers. Unless you want to have a team different than everyone else, you wind up with a team full of "A" players. Not saying that they'd all stay to form from 2018, but you never know. Thoughts?

I don't know if this has been mentioned, because I don't care to look through the thread. HOWEVER ... should Milwaukee win the World Series, the last four WS Winners would be: Royals, Cubs, Astros, and Brewers. Let that sink in.

This could get some consideration ... I like the idea.

In theory, I like the idea of a draft, however we would end up with more teams that cannot compete. First and second half winners would work, if we were giving out prizes like the old days. Expanding the rosters might work... I'll have to think on that one.

#LaunchAngle

I do have a life, and yes it gets busy at times, but I still enjoy running the NSBB HR Derby every season. Maybe one of these years I'll finish in the Top 5. That being said, as we approach the 13th (documented) season of Home Run Derby... I'd like to ask everyone what they'd like to see changed / added / updated / removed /etc. to brainstorm some good ideas. I will then see what makes sense, and implement as needed.

I would have to go back and check those 3 years I mentioned.

We had the closest finish in 12 documented seasons of the NSBB HR Derby! In 2007, 2012, and 2015, the difference was two... this season... JUST ONE HR WAS THE DIFFERENCE! That Home Run ? Nolan Arenado ... in the 9th inning ... of a tie-breaker game #163! Congrats to REPEAT CHAMPION: Duke Silver FINAL 2018 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD ========================================= 1. Duke Silver (341) +26 2. Agony & Ivy (340) +18 3. evv98 (338) +18 4. sweetpeteman (327) +18 5. Liam Neeson (318) +20 treebird (318) +13 7. abmillis (317) +19 8. SouthSideRyan (315) +15 9. The Logan (313) +19 10. soccer10k (305) +15 11. Cubswin11 (304) +17 12. Andy (299) +20 13. PackLandVA (297) +17 Southpaw19 (297) +13 15. Sammy Sofa (294) +17 16. TomtheBombadil (293) +19 17. abohnhoff (289) +16 NonProfitCow (289) +21 19. SeldomSeen (281) +10 20. Derwood (276) +14 21. philosophizer75 (274) +14 22. woodchip2153 (273) +14 23. javy knows my name (271) +17 24. Bobson Dugnutt (263) +17 25. Brian707 (249) +12 26. Ding Dong Johnson (245) +10 27. Tinkertini26 (232) +9 Biggest Output of the Week: Duke Silver BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (429) GROUP A - Khris Davis (48) GROUP B - Mike Trout (39) AND EITHER: Francisco Lindor OR Nolan Arenado (38) GROUP C - Jose Ramirez (39), Trevor Story (37), Matt Carpenter (36) GROUP D - Christian Yelich (36), Jesus Aguilar (35), Rhys Hoskins (34), Alex Bregman (31), AND EITHER: CJ Cron OR David Peralta (30) WILD CARD - Ronald Acuña Jr. (26)

Since the two games tomorrow have stats that will count for the regular season, I will hold off on Final Standings until Tuesday morning.

Transactions ended 2 weeks ago . . . .

2018 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of September 23, 2018) ========================================= 1. Agony & Ivy (322) +11 2. evv98 (320) +7 3. Duke Silver (315) +11 4. sweetpeteman (309) +6 5. treebird (305) +10 6. SouthSideRyan (300) +12 7. abmillis (298) +8 Liam Neeson (298) +14 9. The Logan (294) +8 10. soccer10k (290) +10 11. Cubswin11 (287) +8 12. Southpaw19 (284) +13 13. PackLandVA (280) +5 14. Andy (279) +3 15. Sammy Sofa (277) +9 16. TomtheBombadil (274) +11 17. abohnhoff (273) +6 18. SeldomSeen (271) +10 19. NonProfitCow (268) +7 20. Derwood (262) +7 21. philosophizer75 (260) +7 22. woodchip2153 (259) +9 23. javy knows my name (254) +7 24. Bobson Dugnutt (246) +7 25. Brian707 (237) +8 26. Ding Dong Johnson (235) +4 27. Tinkertini26 (223) +5 Biggest Output of the Week: Liam Neeson BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (410) GROUP A - Khris Davis (45) GROUP B - Mike Trout (38), Manny Machado (37) GROUP C - Jose Ramirez (38), Matt Carpenter (36), AND EITHER: Bryce Harper OR Javier Baez (34) GROUP D - Jesus Aguilar (33), Christian Yelich (32), Rhys Hoskins (32), Alex Bregman (30), David Peralta (29) WILD CARD - Ronald Acuña Jr. (26)

With the season winding down . . . as of Friday's games . . . we have a first place TIE!! Of course, this will change, but I thought it was interesting to share. :)

2018 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of September , 2018) ========================================= 1. evv98 (313) +10 2. Agony & Ivy (311) +11 3. Duke Silver (304) +14 4. sweetpeteman (303) +10 5. treebird (295) +9 6. abmillis (290) +11 7. SouthSideRyan (288) +10 8. The Logan (286) +11 9. Liam Neeson (284) +11 10. soccer10k (280) +9 11. Cubswin11 (279) +10 12. Andy (276) +9 13. PackLandVA (275) +8 14. Southpaw19 (271) +9 15. Sammy Sofa (268) +10 16. abohnhoff (267) +12 17. TomtheBombadil (263) +9 18. NonProfitCow (261) +10 SeldomSeen (261) +7 20. Derwood (255) +12 21. philosophizer75 (253) +9 22. woodchip2153 (250) +13 23. javy knows my name (247) +10 24. Bobson Dugnutt (239) +9 25. Ding Dong Johnson (231) +4 26. Brian707 (229) +6 27. Tinkertini26 (218) +10 Biggest Output of the Week: Duke Silver BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (396) GROUP A - Khris Davis (43) GROUP B - Francisco Lindor (35), Manny Machado (35) GROUP C - Jose Ramirez (38), Matt Carpenter (35), Bryce Harper (34) GROUP D - Jesus Aguilar (32), Rhys Hoskins (31), Alex Bregman (30), Christian Yelich (30), David Peralta (28) WILD CARD - Ronald Acuña Jr. (25)

2018 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of September 9, 2018) ========================================= 1. evv98 (303) +12 2. Agony & Ivy (300) +13 3. sweetpeteman (293) +9 4. Duke Silver (290) +8 5. treebird (286) +9 6. abmillis (279) +11 7. SouthSideRyan (278) +9 8. The Logan (275) +6 9. Liam Neeson (273) +13 10. soccer10k (271) +11 11. Cubswin11 (269) +7 12. Andy (267) +5 PackLandVA (267) +8 14. Southpaw19 (262) +11 15. Sammy Sofa (258) +9 16. abohnhoff (255) +8 17. SeldomSeen (254) +9 TomtheBombadil (254) +11 19. NonProfitCow (251) +8 20. philosophizer75 (244) +7 21. Derwood (243) +3 22. javy knows my name (237) +7 woodchip2153 (237) +10 24. Bobson Dugnutt (230) +8 25. Ding Dong Johnson (227) +4 26. Brian707 (223) +7 27. Tinkertini26 (208) +2 Biggest Output of the Week: Agony & Ivy / Liam Neeson BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (382) GROUP A - Khris Davis (41) GROUP B - Francisco Lindor (34), AND ONF OF: Manny Machado, Mike Trout, OR Paul Goldschmidt (33) GROUP C - Jose Ramirez (37), Matt Carpenter (35), Bryce Harper (32) GROUP D - Jesus Aguilar (31), Alex Bregman (30), Rhys Hoskins (30), Christian Yelich (28), AND EITHER: C.J. Cron OR David Peralta (26) WILD CARD - Ronald Acuña Jr. (25)

2018 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of September 3, 2018) ========================================= 1. evv98 (291) +14 2. Agony & Ivy (287) +15 3. sweetpeteman (284) +13 4. Duke Silver (282) +13 5. treebird (277) +18 6. SouthSideRyan (269) +16 The Logan (269) +16 8. abmillis (268) +14 9. Andy (262) +15 Cubswin11 (262) +17 11. Liam Neeson (260) +16 soccer10k (260) +13 13. PackLandVA (259) +10 14. Southpaw19 (251) +13 15. Sammy Sofa (249) +14 16. abohnhoff (247) +14 17. SeldomSeen (245) +13 18. NonProfitCow (243) +9 TomtheBombadil (243) +12 20. Derwood (240) +9 21. philosophizer75 (237) +9 22. javy knows my name (230) +7 23. woodchip2153 (227) +9 24. Ding Dong Johnson (223) +6 25. Bobson Dugnutt (222) +8 26. Brian707 (216) +10 27. Tinkertini26 (206) +7 Biggest Output of the Week: treebird BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (369) GROUP A - Khris Davis (40) GROUP B - Manny Machado (33), AND ONF OF: Mike Trout, Nolan Arenado, OR Paul Goldschmidt (31) GROUP C - Jose Ramirez (37), Matt Carpenter (35), AND EITHER: Bryce Harper OR Eugenio Suarez (31) GROUP D - Jesus Aguilar (31), Alex Bregman (28), Christian Yelich (27), Rhys Hoskins (27), AND EITHER: C.J. Cron OR David Peralta (26) WILD CARD - Gregory Polanco OR Ronald Acuña Jr. (23)

Sorry about the Holiday delay. I'm working on updating through yesterday's games, and will post later this afternoon.