Southpaw19

I am going to review everyone's roster, to ensure I have everything correct moving forward. My apologies for the error.

2017 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of April 16, 2017) - UPDATED 4/17 / 2:10pm CST ================================================== 1. evv98 (31) 2. PetermanRealityTour (29) 3a. Duke Silver (28) 3b. soccer10k (28) 3c. Southpaw19 (28) 6a. abohnhoff (27) 6b. Andy (27) 6c. Castro’s Spray Chart (27) 6d. David (27) 6e. Michael Scarn (27) 6f. sweetpeteman (27) 12. sneakypower (26) 13a. Sammy Sofa (25) 13b. weis21 (25) 15a. Cubswin11 (23) 15b. NonProfitCow (23) 17a. bd811 (22) 17b. Derwood (22) 17c. philosophizer75 (24) 17d. The Logan (22) 21. bukie (20) 22. Ding Dong Johnson (19) 23. HendryWallet (16) BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (XXX) ** Too Early for This Section **

SCORING ERROR I was alerted to a scoring discrepancy by PetermanRealityTour. Since I just put out the scoreboard today, I will re-adjust and post the updated one shortly.

2017 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of April 16, 2017) ================================================== 1. evv98 (31) 2a. Duke Silver (28) 2b. soccer10k (28) 2c. Southpaw19 (28) 5a. abohnhoff (27) 5b. Andy (27) 5c. Castro’s Spray Chart (27) 5d. David (27) 5e. Michael Scarn (27) 5f. sweetpeteman (27) 11. sneakypower (26) 12a. Sammy Sofa (25) 12b. weis21 (25) 14a. Cubswin11 (23) 14b. NonProfitCow (23) 14c. PetermanRealityTour (23) 17a. bd811 (22) 17b. Derwood (22) 17c. philosophizer75 (24) 17d. The Logan (22) 21. bukie (20) 22. Ding Dong Johnson (19) 23. HendryWallet (16) BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (XXX) ** Too Early for This Section **

Done and done. This is your first transaction of the first half. You have one remaining.

Done and done. This is your first transaction of the first half. You have one remaining.

Done and done. This is your first transaction of the first half. You have one remaining.

Done and done. This is your first transaction of the first half. You have one remaining.

My mistake. I have corrected it on the scoreboard sheet I tally, and it will be reflected in the next posted Scoreboard (on Sunday).

This has to be posted in the Discussion/Transactions thread.

2017 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of April 8, 2017) ================================================== 1. evv98 (16) 2a. abohnhoff (15) 2b. David (15) 4a. bd811 (13) 4b. Cubswin11 (13) 4c. soccer10k (13) 4d. sweetpeteman (13) 8a. Andy (12) 8b. Castro’s Spray Chart (12) 8c. Derwood (12) 8d. Michael Scarn (12) 8e. Sammy Sofa (12) 8f. Southpaw19 (12) 14. philosophizer75 (11) 15a. NonProfitCow (10) 15b. PetermanRealityTour (10) 17a. bukie (9) 17b. sneakypower (9) 17c. weis21 (9) 20a. Duke Silver (8) 20b. The Logan (8) 22a. Ding Dong Johnson (7) 22b. HendryWallet (7) BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (XXX) ** Too Early for This Section **

Royals placed OF Jorge Soler on the 10-day disabled list with a strained left oblique. Soler suffered the injury a week ago. It's been diagnosed as a Grade 1 strain, so he shouldn't be sidelined too long provided that he can avoid setbacks. Paulo Orlando will see most of the playing time in right field while Soler is on the shelf. Apr 2 - 11:40 AM

I will allow it under the circumstance, but if I don't have it tonight, we cannot wait.

Wild Card Entries Ding Dong Johnson (Aaron Judge) NonProfitCow (Alex Bregman) HendryWallet (Andrew Benitendi) The Logan (Greg Bird) abohnhoff (Alex Bregman) Southpaw19 (Mitch Haniger) Everyone else ... Kyle Schwarber

I just got back from Vacation. I will post the Wild Card selections before the start of the Cubs game.

That's acceptable.

We are currently at 14 participants. I'm working on spreading the word.

Can an admin or moderator create and pin a thread in other forums to announce the new HR Derby season? I'd like to drum up some more entries.

What is the consensus here, if I were to gauge the interest of my co-workers (small office) to participate this year?

Yes, I have your WC Pick.

A - Nolan Arenado {rockies} B - Kris Bryant {cubs} B - Manny Machado {orioles} C - Mike Trout {angels} C - Giancarlo Stanton {marlins} C - Addison Russell {cubs} D - Kole Calhoun {angels} D - Francisco Lindor {indians} D - Yangervis Solarte {padres} D - Javier Baez {cubs} D - Trevor Plouffe {athletics} WC -

Keep all discussions and transactions here. Good luck to everyone on a successful 2017 campaign!

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This season, in order to try to grow the field of participants, I’m starting this thread with over a month to go until Opening Day! The goal: Build a HR team to collect the most MLB ROUND-TRIPPERS! Pick a roster of 12 hitters. The first 11 batters must include: -- 1 batter from Group A -- 2 batters from Group B -- 3 batters from Group C -- 5 batters from Group D The 12th hitter is your Wild Card and can be any player not listed here. You don't have to pick a WC player on a 25-man roster, but you obviously risk not accruing HRs if your player is stashed in the minors. Post your first 11 selections in this thread. The deadline for posting is 5:00:00 PM Central Time on Saturday, April 1 2017. No entries will be accepted after the deadline. You must PM your Wild Card selection to me! Do not post it with your entry. It WILL NOT COUNT unless it's PM'd to me by the deadline. RULES Throughout the season, you may make 4 adds/drops to your core roster of 11 players. The following rules apply to adds/drops: » You must drop a player to add another player. A drop/add is one transaction. » You must post your transaction in the HR Derby transaction thread. The transaction becomes effective at midnight Central Time the day you post it. You will accrue the dropped player's HRs in any game started by midnight Central Time that day. You will accrue the added player's HRs for any games starting after midnight Central Ttime the next day. » No transactions between the deadline on April 1 and noon Central Time on April 8 and also after noon Central Time September 10. » If you only post an add without a drop or there's any other problem deciphering your intent, the transaction isn't finalized until it's straightened out. » You may make 2 transactions before the All-Star Game and 2 transactions after the All-Star Game. These transactions apply only to the core roster and not the WC player. It's use or lose it -- if you don't make 2 transactions before the All-Star Game, you still only get 2 transactions afterwards (no hold-over transactions). » The player added must be drawn from the same group as the player dropped. » No clones. You can't have the same player more than once. » MLB rules for stats will be followed for any games postponed, suspended, etc. » You can only change your WC player once and only at the All-Star break ... so choose carefully! » I will be providing updates roughly once a week throughout the season. If you have any scoring questions, please post them in the discussion thread or PM me. Final decisions on scoring are up to me. Winner » Anyone can enter. The winner has to be a member in good standing (in other words, not banned) at the conclusion of the season. » Tiebreaker goes to the person who posted their HR Derby team first. » You can change your HR Derby team as often as you'd like before the deadline. Just EDIT your original post instead of posting a new team. If you enter two teams, only the first team will count as your entry. Groups will be the first reply to this thread. _____________________________________________ Past HR Derby Champs 2006 - UMFan83 2007 - Wekse 2008 - The Logan 2009 - vance 2010 - TruffleShuffle 2011 - Bob Sanders 2012 - soccer10k 2013 - glavine93 2014 - sneakypower 2015 - sneakypower 2016 - PetermanRealityTour _____________________________________________ EXAMPLE ENTRY Group A: PLAYER ONE Group B: PLAYER TWO, PLAYER THREE Group C: PLAYER FOUR, PLAYER FIVE, PLAYER SIX Group D: PLAYER SEVEN, PLAYER EIGHT, PLAYER NINE, PLAYER TEN, PLAYER ELEVEN WILD CARD: PM'D TO SOUTHPAW19

I knew Fowler was going to hit the market, and I knew he would get a 5-year deal. I just didn't want it to be with St. Louis Cardinals. However, once it became official, I just couldn't bring myself to hate the guy. You cannot begrudge a guy who signed a deal with the Cubs, played out the deal, declined the QO, decided the market wasn't playing out for him, came back to the Cubs on a lower money deal to "prove himself" again, won a WS, and then cashed in. He bet on himself and won. Period. Good for him. I can tell you this though. Dexter Fowler will not mean as much to that Cardinals lineup as he did with the Cubs lineup.