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  1. NCCubFan

    Week 1

    NCCubFan replied to Quakers's topic in Fantasy Sports

    You can change SP to get your seven starts in. Other than that, you are generally correct. I know Karen is new, she might have just not caught that in the rules when she switched out Bourn for Ordonez today. No doubt in my mind that's what it is. I've been in other leagues with her and I don't think she'd try to get by with anything. The other baseball league we're both in is a daily change league, so that may just be what she's used to.
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    Enjoy them again, my man. Go to your user control panel and put me on your "foe" list. There, I'm ignored and you can enjoy the game threads again. you're welcome. Except for times when he'd see what you wrote anyway because someone else quotes you.
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    Why would you take that over Longoria/Carpenter?? He traded away Carp, so I forced him to throw in Jurrjens and Jiminez. The trade got vetoed anyway. My league decided that no one is gonna trade players anymore after Martin, Jeter, and Rivera for Erick Aybar, Pierzynski and Peavy didn't pass. I understand the reasoning behind vetoing trades if someone is just dumping players for the sake of dumping them because he's out of it and doesn't care, but if there's some obvious logic in the trades it's really ridiculous for someone to veto them. If both the teams involved agree to them and they look reasonable and logical no one else should care unless it's absurdly lopsided. I agree; what may appear to be an unfair trade on the face of it could actually make sense for both teams involved based on their strengths and weaknesses.
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    Considering how bad he was last year, I think that Soto can be counted on to be at least as good as last year. Right, you could count on him to be a bit better, but better than awful doesn't make you a star. True; the first time I read your post I overlooked where you specified star.
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    Considering how bad he was last year, I think that Soto can be counted on to be at least as good as last year.
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    I suspect you're thinking of Andy Pratt, whom the Cubs acquired with Richard Lewis for Juan Cruz and Steve Smyth. He pitched in 4 games for the Cubs in 2004 (1.2 innings) and gave up 4 earned runs (21.60 ERA) on 7 walks (strangely, no hits) with 1 strikeout. In one game at Atlanta (which I was at) he faced 2 batters, both of whom walked, and both of whom then scored off of Farnsworth, which helped turn a 2-1 lead into a 5-2 loss. That's him, thanks. I knew his last name started with a P and he was the son of a coach. Specifically, his father (Tom Pratt) is pitching coach for the Daytona Cubs. I remember at the time of Andy's meltdown against the Braves some of us referred to it as his Prattfall.
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    I suspect you're thinking of Andy Pratt, whom the Cubs acquired with Richard Lewis for Juan Cruz and Steve Smyth. He pitched in 4 games for the Cubs in 2004 (1.2 innings) and gave up 4 earned runs (21.60 ERA) on 7 walks (strangely, no hits) with 1 strikeout. In one game at Atlanta (which I was at) he faced 2 batters, both of whom walked, and both of whom then scored off of Farnsworth, which helped turn a 2-1 lead into a 5-2 loss.
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    Patterson, Wall, Cousins, Blesdoe and Orton are all going pro. I would bet Bledsoe and Orton will be back though. Either they're going pro or they're coming back. They can't do both. By "going pro" he probably meant declaring for the draft. If any of the players didn't hire agents they can still change their minds.
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    Final ESPN/USA Today poll.
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    I've replaced Parra with Carmona since Parra isn't in the Brewers' rotation. And the Hacking Mass home page now shows a deadline of midnight Pacific time on Tuesday, April 13 (which is a real day, unlike the original Friday, April 11).
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    This is the 4th time in the history of the tournament that different schools from the same state have won in back-to-back years: Ohio State (1960) followed by Cincinnati (1961, 1962), North Carolina (1982) followed by NC State (1983), Duke (1991, 1992) followed by North Carolina (1993), and North Carolina (2009) followed by Duke (2010).
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    I didn't realize Ryan Harvey is now in the Rockies' system. And it's kind of interesting to think of Lilly and Ramirez as former Chiefs.
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    It would have really been something had that play been the last out of his perfect game last year.
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    Do the Bears have somebody that can get people out? I hear Cutler's got an arm. But he also has the Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn thing going for him....so..... And we already have that. His name's Carlos Marmol.
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    No longer. At least two for me today (Aram and Heyward).
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    It is once again time to celebrate mediocrity. For those not familiar with Hacking Mass, the objective is to assemble your dream team of hitters with the lowest OBPs and slugging percentages and pitchers with the highest ERAs but who still somehow get playing time (since hitting scores are weighted by PAs and pitching scores weighted by IPs). You can change your team until midnight Pacific time on Friday, April 11 (that's what it says on the Hacking Mass home page; I know that there isn't actually a Friday, April 11 this year). After that time (or whatever they actually mean for the deadline to be) teams are frozen and cannot be changed for the rest of the year. As usual Colorado Rockies starting pitchers are ineligible. The winner gets $399 and a signed, framed photo reproduction of Bud Selig. The top 10 receive a one-year BP Premium subscription. Since they don't allow formation of leagues we can post our teams in this thread and update scores periodically throughout the year as we have in the past. Introducing the Aaron Miles All-Stars: C--Jason Kendall 1B--Garrett Atkins 2B--David Eckstein 3B--Nick Punto SS--Ronny Cedeno LF--Austin Kearns CF--Rick Ankiel RF--Jeff Francoeur P--Fausto Carmona P--Dave Bush
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    Mark Hamilton should meet Jennifer Taylor.
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    Snider was my wild card last year. Then he messed me up by getting sent down.
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    4:05 Eastern time (or the equivalent where you live) is night?
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    I thought of him because my approach was to look at the BA Top 100 prospect list and find a power hitter expected to start this season in the majors. I'm not sure I would have thought of him otherwise.
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    If Zambrano starts, your in trouble. :D I won't be able to see the start of the game because of work, but I'm recording it on my DVR and plan to watch it before the NCAA championship games starts (I should be able to do so by fast-forwarding through the commercials).
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    Team Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Cubs wins, 2010 88 2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (15 games) 7 3. Number of runs scored, 2010 700 4. Number of runs allowed, 2010 670 5. Final Placement in the NL Central Division 2nd Player Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Aramis Ramirez Home Runs 32 2. Number of Soriano Games Played 135 3. Ryan Theriot's Games Batting Leadoff 70 4. Geovany Soto's Batting Average .265 5. Carlos Silva's Starts 15 6. Randy Wells' ERA 4.10 7. Carlos Zambrano's Ks 210 8. Carlos Marmol's Saves 45 Bonus Questions I (20 points each) 1. Which will be higher: Soriano's RBIs or Soto's RBIs? Soriano 2. Which will be higher: Ted Lilly's starts 2009 (27) or Ted Lilly starts 2010? 2010 3. Which will be higher: Jeff Baker's at-bats or Mike Fontenot's at-bats? Fontenot 4. Who will have more HRs: Zambrano or Theriot? Zambrano 5. Who will have more wins: Wells or Dempster? Dempster 6. Who will have a higher OBP: Byrd or Soriano? Soriano Bonus Questions II (30 points each) 1. Most HRs: Ramirez 2. Highest OBP (min. 400 ABs): Lee 3. Lowest ERA (min. 150 IPs): Dempster 4. Most Quality Starts: Dempster The Annual Tiebreaker: Date of Lou Piniella's First Ejection (you may answer "never") June 15
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    My roster is now legal. I just made my final cuts.
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    Fukudome for Strasburg. Sounds fair to me. :pig:
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