javy knows my name

This. I'm trading a Cubs loss for $140 every day until the playoffs start

I was looking really hard for a point. I wrote better than this in fourth grade.

Ok so here's the final makeup - C - R. Martin 1B - R Howard 2B - R. Cano 3B - C. Guillen SS - T. Tulowitski OF - J. Hamilton OF - H. Pence OF - C. Granderson Util - R. Doumit Util - A. Eithier Ben - C. Crawford Ben - R. Ibanez SP - F. Hernandez SP - J. Lester SP - T. Lilly SP - G. Meche RP - B.J. Ryan RP - M. Gonzalez RP - B. Morrow P - J. Saunders Ben - J. Verlander Ben - B. Myers First question is what to do with all my damn OFs. Right now the first guy I would drop would be Crawford, crazy as that sounds. Is Ibanez going to play everyday in Philly's RF? I like my SPs but I'm low on saves and damn holds. Howell is still out there for holds. Do I drop Brandon Morrow right now to scoop up Howell and hope I can pick him back up when he makes the team as the probable #2 starter by the ASB? He might end up as one of my best SPs down the stretch. Or do I bench Morrow, drop Verlander and add a closer? Thanks in advance.

Dude...I already posted this, in this thread

My understanding is that most languages have the "proper" way to say things, but that generally is not the simplest way to say it. So, they find easier ways to say things even if they're not truly "proper" by the book. My brother lived in Argentina for 8 months after high school and they called Mexican spanish what would translate to sissy spanish because everything was slang. I guess Argentina and Spain speak Spanish by the book and Central America uses a lot of slang. It's like the difference between the U.S. and England is what my brother compared it to. Except the English don't really know how to speak their own language. This is really, really stupid. Language is defined by convention. While we have different interpretations, there is no such thing as "correct" usage. If a large enough group of people use certain words or symbols to communicate with each other, it's language. That's why L'academie Francaise and their set guidelines for "correct" usage of the French language is also ridiculous. Many, many words and phrases are coming in from English and being used in daily French conversation, and there is actually a committee made up of old, decorated French writers whose job it is to preserve the sanctity of the language and actually need to vote to "allow" the use of such words/phrases. Also, the French long ago fell in love with tenses such as the past conditional form and while this sentence sounds totally wonky in English, it would translate pretty much word-for-word in French. Feel free to correct me si je me trompe, les Belgiques.

The first way is correct but very...anitquated. My guess is that the second way is not correct, but would be more likely to be used in the US.

He re-surfaces! Yeah, I would have felt much better if we had at least gotten some sort of shot off to try to win the game, but this definitely wasn't as bad as the Stanford game. We had no business winning this one, whereas the Lopez brothers have no business being alive. That game was so painful (and I was still a student at that time). Man, it would have been so great to see Memphis again in the Sweet 16, despite having no chance to win that matchup

They did it to me again, the bastards. Man, 18 of the last 20 minutes of that game were fun, though

So neither Memphis team we've seen this tournament is the real one

HAHAHAH My GOD I got lucky. Here's what I have so far: Martin Howard Hamilton C. Lee Cano Granderson Crawford Pence Ethier Draft me some INFs and SPs, Yahoo!

Well if that isn't a bunch of play-the-game-the-right-way cliche BS. And just like in baseball, I'll take the raw talent over the stoic, calm-eyed players and coaches. Man I hate the Big 10 Haha, what caused you to hate the Big Ten so much? First and foremost, Bo Ryan Next, being a jaded former Iowa resident and fan The entire universities of Illinois, Michigan and Ohio State Bob Knight and Mike Davis and Kelvin Sampson and now Tom Crean The fact that Big Ten conference games are totally boring and unwatchable The fact that teams playing against far inferior competition in the Big Ten are getting higher seeds than Big East teams with very similar overall records and, obviously, much tougher competition. Basically, I'm spoiled by the Big East's unparalleled awesomeness. And in case someone calls me on it, I'm predicting early exits for Pitt and UConn

Not mine, I had them losing in the round of 32 to AZ

Had to work today at the last minute and missed my live draft. I assumed I would be able to be present and logged in for my draft, but my work is blocking the yahoo fantasy login. No proxy is fixing these problems so I'm SOL till I can pick up the pieces at 3:30. Starting this thread so I can post my awful pre-rankings-driven team and y'all can feel sorry for me and make suggestions to improve the suck.

Well if that isn't a bunch of play-the-game-the-right-way cliche BS. And just like in baseball, I'll take the raw talent over the stoic, calm-eyed players and coaches. Man I hate the Big 10

23-9 in the first round with all but one of my Sweet 16 left. I went from last in my pool today to undoubtedly first tomorrow.

How far did you have them going?

This Cleveland State game is a lot of fun

WVU is the first sweet 16 team I've lost. I'll be rooting big-time for Dayton to mess up everyone else's brackets, too

Big East representin

SOMEONE FROM MARQUETTE NEEDS TO GIVE LAZAR SOME HELP NOW JESUS

I still have no idea why I have Purdue in the Elite Eight. What was I thinking? I don't know. I didn't have them beating UNI

The Big Ten still stinks because it was supposed to go 2-2 and went 2-2? Yes. It was supposed to stink and it has stunk.

Just came to post that I'm finding plenty of reasons to still watch the tourney and that the Big Ten still stinks. Now watch Marquette lose

If you hadn't done it, I would have

Keeping holds as a stat is really really bad. What self-respecting fantasy site/commissioner would do this?