Fantasy Baseball Draft Lotto

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Since the draft is only two weeks away, I'm going to be holding a live draft lotto to determine the order in which we pick. It will take place in ClutchCity chat tomorrow (Saturday) evening at 9 pm EST. Names will be picked randomly out of a hat (no frozen ballots). If you can make it, drop by.

:)

[BobFinn*]

You won't be pulling these names out of an Expos hat will you? :D

[PhiSlammaJamma]

I think the Expos hat would be frozen tho. They've been in deep freeze for quite some time.

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The draft lotto is complete! Here are the results:

1. Summer Song Giver
2. PhiSlammaJamma
3. DVauthrin
4. BobFinn*
5. chrisjent
6. Puedlfor
7. SF3
8. fadeaway :mad:
9. Behad
10. RocketsPimp
11. The Cat
12. SmeggySmeg


Draft starts on March 1st. Good luck to all.

[BobFinn*]

I'll take the 4th spot. Looks like another banner year from the Pythons:cool:

[Puedlfor]

ack, 6th pick.

Pick. of. Death.

[The Cat]

:(

Oh well, at least I should be able to get a couple of very good players to start with.

[RocketsPimp]

Cool, I pick before Smeg!

Smeg sucks!

;)

[RocketsPimp]

BTW, this is going to be the first baseball league I have participated in. What is a good strategy for the draft?

[SmeggySmeg]

damn ...bugger maybe

[Summer Song Giver]

Where should I send the check.

[BobFinn*]

Originally posted by RocketsPimp
BTW, this is going to be the first baseball league I have participated in. What is a good strategy for the draft?

Draft the best players:D

The best advice I can give you is print out a list of player rankings from The Sporting News: http://fantasy.sportingnews.com/baseball/home.html

Pitching is very important in fantasy baseball. Problem is, after Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling and Roy Oswalt, Tim Hudson, Barry Zito, along with a few others, it's a crapshoot. These are basically the only pitchers you can count on consistently year in and year out.

Saves are important as well, so if you can land a top notch closer who gets a lot of saves, it is the same as having an ace starting pitcher.

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Finn* -- you forgot Jose Lima in your pitcher list.

SSG -- send the cheque to the "Keep the Expos in Montreal Foundation" ;)

[BobFinn*]

Originally posted by fadeaway

SSG -- send the cheque to the "Keep the Expos in Montreal Foundation" ;)

Might as well have him invest the money in Enron:rolleyes:

[PhiSlammaJamma]

I've been in a similar position before and I'm glad to be here.

[Castor27]

Which service are you guys playing through?

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Originally posted by Castor27
Which service are you guys playing through?

Bahad purchased some fantasy software a while ago. We're running the league through that.

http://www.rotoleaguebaseball.com/~behad/index.php is the league's homepage.

[Castor27]

Well crap I wanted to get in on that. Guess I should have paid more attention to the old thread :(

[Behad]

Originally posted by Castor27
Well crap I wanted to get in on that. Guess I should have paid more attention to the old thread :(

Castor, I can host more than one league. If you want to form your own, get it together and let me know.

After baseball season, I'm hoping to take this to the next level, with a small entry fee and cash prizes. It'll be a lot more competitive knowing you can win money

[BobFinn*]

Behad, have you heard anything from chrisjent?

[Behad]

Yeah, just a reply saying he wanted in. I have not heard anything from The Cat, though.

[BobFinn*]

I remember The Cat stopped participating right around the All-Star game last year. Maybe Castor should take his place?

[The Cat]

I was supposed to respond?

I thought I was just supposed to go to the website, which I did. I want to do this. My early exit last year was because I didn't understand the rules. I had used up virtually all of my eligibility at catcher and relief pitcher by a week or so after the break, so my team was inevitably finished... nothing I could really do about it.

[Behad]

Originally posted by The Cat
I was supposed to respond?



Some type of acknowlegement would have been nice, as well as a vote on # of games a week. (BTW, 2 games a week won.) I need The Cat, DVauthrin, SSG, and PSJ to put an email on the their team page. Each team must include an email address in order to conduct transactions.

[Summer Song Giver]

Will do as soon as I get home tonight.

[The Cat]

Originally posted by Behad
Some type of acknowlegement would have been nice, as well as a vote on # of games a week. (BTW, 2 games a week won.) I need The Cat, DVauthrin, SSG, and PSJ to put an email on the their team page. Each team must include an email address in order to conduct transactions.

Done.

My apologies for not confirming... I thought it was already taken care of.

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Just one week to go!

Does everybody have their draft strategy formulated yet?

[RocketsPimp]

Originally posted by fadeaway
Just one week to go!

Does everybody have their draft strategy formulated yet?

Yeah, flip a coin.

[PhiSlammaJamma]

Who's defending champion?

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Originally posted by PhiSlammaJamma
Who's defending champion?

That would be me.

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Gagne was my MVP. :cool:

[Behad]

A few notes about the draft before we begin.

1) Don't worry about player positions. Most are already set, but the exceptions can be taken care of by me. For example, if you want to draft Biggio as an outfielder, go ahead. He may still be listed as a 2B, but I will change it if Fanstar doesn't. I haven't figured out yet how to list players at multiple positions. I don't know if that is possible. I'll know for sure before the draft.

2) There will not be a Utility Outfielder position. Instead, we will use 4 outfielders (which is basically the same thing). Adding the "utility" tag to the infielders is hard enough. This also goes to multiple position listing. Still working on that one.


One other thing to note. If I understand Fanstar correctly, we will be having two games a week, but the schedule only allows for 26 weeks of games (I have 25 scheduled, the 26th will be our playoffs). This means that each week's matchup will be a double header against the team you are playing. For example, The Skulls play the Pythons in week one. Game one will be Monday-Thursday, and game 2 will be Friday-Sunday.

This means the Pythons will be 0-2 after week one.:)

As for the playoff week, I can change the schedule at that time to only have a single game that week.

[Behad]

Also, I'm bored here at work, and I'm tired of some of the teams not changing their team logo from the generic glove and ball, so I made a few changes myself. I'm particularly proud of The Cat's coach's picture. Like it, Cat?

[Behad]

I also added some research links to the left hand column. RocketPimp, I added one just for you.

[Behad]

Somebody stop me before I add more to the site. A .wav file awaits.

[The Cat]

Originally posted by Behad
Also, I'm bored here at work, and I'm tired of some of the teams not changing their team logo from the generic glove and ball, so I made a few changes myself. I'm particularly proud of The Cat's coach's picture. Like it, Cat?

Haha, that's awesome! :)

[SteveFrancis3]

Haha, nice work Behad. I like.

[DVauthrin]

I have some pictures I will use as my logo, but I seem to have difficulty setting it up. They are JPEG files, if that is a problem.

[Behad]

Originally posted by DVauthrin
I have some pictures I will use as my logo, but I seem to have difficulty setting it up. They are JPEG files, if that is a problem.

Do you have a place to host them on the web? If not, email them to me and I'll host them for you.

[Behad]

Another question for the league:

Game Limits...do we want them? Baseball is different than basketball in that most players play everyday anyway. However, pitchers, particularly starting pitchers, are different. I can set game limits. BUT, another option is to set a limit of # of starters per game. Instead of being careful of game limits and getting run over during a week when you have one starter starting against a team with 5 starting, how about a limit of 4 starters per match. That way, everyone can have 4 starters going, thus evening up the matchups (quality of starters notwithstanding).

The same can be done for relief pitchers.

[Behad]

Originally posted by DVauthrin
I have some pictures I will use as my logo, but I seem to have difficulty setting it up. They are JPEG files, if that is a problem.

OK, DV, it's done. Check your team page.

[DVauthrin]

I'm not sure if we need to go that far, because what if team X has 5 good sp and 2 dominant closers, are you in a sense punishing them for having a different setup than the requested.

I personally say just eliminate game limits: my best against your best every matchup(this is why I support 1 game a week, unless it is like basketball where you average out everyone's stats and thus can have multiple games).

Just my opinion.

[BobFinn*]

Game limits for pitchers only. Relief pitchers had a 140 game limit (I think) last year, and I forget what the starters limit was. Hopefully Fade remembers. It adds so much strategy. The fun of playing fantasy sports is to be able to MANAGE your team.

I vote for starting just one catcher. That way there would be no need for game limits on position players.

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It would be really problematic for relievers because some closers get more opportunities than others. So, teams with guys like Smoltz & Gagne would just play them all the time without any game limit penalties and overwhelm their opponents by sheer numbers, without any regard to strategy.

I agree with Bob that a lot of the fun is in managing your team. I'd rather keep all of the game limits. I like the idea of everyone having the exact same number of starts at each position. Otherwise, I'm just going to clean out the waiver wire every day and start the outfielders/infielders that play the most times that particular week (studs excluded), and that's not really very fair.

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Originally posted by BobFinn*
Game limits for pitchers only. Relief pitchers had a 140 game limit (I think) last year, and I forget what the starters limit was. Hopefully Fade remembers.

It was 140 for relievers and 162 for starters. You could start any combination of up to 7 pitchers (4 SP + 3 RP, 5 SP + 2 RP, 2 SP + 0 RP... whatever).

If a pitcher started a game, he got credited with a start. If a pitcher entered a game at any other time, he got credited with a relief appearance.

[Behad]

From Roto-World:

1) Prepare a draft card. No matter how smart you think you are, you need a list of players that you hope to target in your draft. I find it very helpful to separate my players into four different categories:
ELITE
ALL-STAR
FANTASY STARTER
BORDERLINE
Ideally, you'll get an elite player in each of the first three rounds. You'd also like as many of your players as possible to fall into the Fantasy Starter or higher categories. I like to color-code my draft card if possible. As players are taken, cross them off of your list. That way, if you have eight players listed as "Elite" at the SP position and only a couple are gone, you may want to wait a round and go after an elite player at a different position.

2) Watch what other teams have taken. It's easy to lose yourself in your own little world, but if at all possible, keep track of what everyone else is taking. The best way to do this is to have a second spreadsheet of all of the teams' lineups, filling them in as you go. If by round 10 everyone has a starting 1B, you might want to wait on that sleeper one-bagger that you've had your eye on. If three teams (including you) are still in need of a second baseman and you're up in the 10th round, the chances are quite good that if you don't take that last solid 2B, one of those other teams will.

3) Drink beer. Just don't drink too much, or you'll end up taking Sixto Lezcano in the 17th round.

4) Have a depth chart handy. Particularly in single universe leagues, this can be very helpful. If your card is depleted at the end of the draft and you need a backup SS, find out who is starting but may have been overlooked.

5) Read up on this year's crop of rookies. Don't fall in love with these guys and wager your season on them by taking a rookie too early, but know who they are so that you can fill some holes and take a few risks in the second half of the draft. I've found that Baseball Prospectus is an excellent source of information on rookies. The 2003 version was just released last week.

6) Don't buy a magazine. Saying something like this might be like Oprah telling you not to eat meat, so a lawsuit might not be far behind. More often than not, this stuff is completely useless. You've got a bunch of guys who got together back in October to make a few bucks and threw together some mindless jibber jabber. It might have been released in February, but it was likely written soon after last season ended. Save your $7.

[RocketsPimp]

Originally posted by Behad
I also added some research links to the left hand column. RocketPimp, I added one just for you.

Good looking out Behad.

[Behad]

So what's the final word on the use of pitchers? Since there doesn't seem to be much discussion, I vote we let the commish have the say-so. What'll it be, fade?


Also, I got the multiple position thing worked out...but...it can't be based on last year. I can set the number of games required to play a position before you can put a player there, but those games must be played this year. For example, Biggio should be listed as an outfielder. (If he is not, I will change him to it.) Last season, Sandbox would allow him to be a 2b, and an outfielder after 15 games. This year, he starts as an outfielder and will not be allowed to be played at 2B unless he plays there for a set # of games, yet to be decided.

Biggio is an easy example, but what about Mark Mclemore? He played 3 positions last year, but his initial starting spot for this year is outfield. The best I can do is set him as an outfielder and util infielder until he plays 3B or SS enough to qualify.

Pitchers are done just like last year. No matter if the pitcher is listed as a starter or relief, he will count against your game limits (if that is how fadeaway wants to do it) depending on if he starts or reliefs in a game in real life.

Bottom line, if we have any position questions, we may have to work them out as the draft goes along.

[PhiSlammaJamma]

When you'all get this sorted out. Make a page that has all the differences between sandbox and this league listed (if possible). And maybe a hint beneath each as to how it is likely to impact scoring or the way we manage. Most of us are willing to do whatever, but we need to know what the changes are and what impact they are likely to have on scoring. I'm still a little confused on the home run thing you'all were talking about.

Also, draft date is MARCH 1st for anyone who is not sure.

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Originally posted by Behad
Also, I got the multiple position thing worked out...but...it can't be based on last year. I can set the number of games required to play a position before you can put a player there, but those games must be played this year. For example, Biggio should be listed as an outfielder. (If he is not, I will change him to it.) Last season, Sandbox would allow him to be a 2b, and an outfielder after 15 games. This year, he starts as an outfielder and will not be allowed to be played at 2B unless he plays there for a set # of games, yet to be decided.

Biggio is an easy example, but what about Mark Mclemore? He played 3 positions last year, but his initial starting spot for this year is outfield. The best I can do is set him as an outfielder and util infielder until he plays 3B or SS enough to qualify.

Pitchers are done just like last year. No matter if the pitcher is listed as a starter or relief, he will count against your game limits (if that is how fadeaway wants to do it) depending on if he starts or reliefs in a game in real life.

Bottom line, if we have any position questions, we may have to work them out as the draft goes along.

Okay, this is how I think things should happen:

Pitchers - Exactly like last year. You can start any combination of up to 7 pitchers, and you get 162 SP games & 140 RP games to use up however you like. It's the fairest way, adds a good degree of strategy and allows for the most freedom with roster manipulation.

Hitters - 162 games per infield position. 648 games total for the 4 outfield spots. If you guys really want to do away with hitter game limits, then I guess we can. I'd prefer to keep them, though.

Multi-Position Eligibility - For a player to become eligible for a position, he must have played at least 15 games at that position. Since Behad indicates that we cannot rely on last year's stats to classify players at multiple positions, we will have grey areas to deal with. What I think we should do is, at the end of the draft, the owners of players who would have been eligible at multiple positions under last year's rules, get to decide which position their players start off as.

For example, BobFinn* drafts Biggio in the second round. After the draft ends, Bob looks over his lineup and determines that Biggio would fit into his team best as a second baseman. So, Behad makes Biggio into a 2B. Eventually, when Biggio plays enough games at OF he will gain eligibility at that position as well, but for now, he is simply a 2B.

Meanwhile, suppose DVauthrin drafts McLemore, but he already has Nomar, Jeter and Tejada on his team. Obviously, he will want McLemore to begin the season at the 3B position. So, Mark starts off at 3B and gains eligibility at other positions as the season goes along, depending on where he plays.

Is this doable, Behad?

[BobFinn*]

Sounds good fade. I say we keep it as close to last year as possible, and game limits must be kept.

Drafting a multi-position player and allowing the manager to name his position seems fair enough.

Phi- the way the HR's are scored is as follows:

HR-3
Hit-1
RBI-1 (if it is a solo HR)

So you would get 5 points for a solo HR. Of course if men are on base you would get more RBI points.

A Grand Slam would be scored like this:

GS-3
HR-3
Hit-1
RBI-4

That would be 11 points for a Grand Slam.

[BobFinn*]

edit: I forgot to include Runs in each HR scenario. You would also get 1 point for a run scored. So a solo HR would be 6 points and a Grand Slam would be 12 points.

[Behad]

Originally posted by fadeaway


Is this doable, Behad?

Yep, every bit of it. A few comments:

On the pitchers: I have to specify a number (max and min) for RP and SP, not just 7 pitchers total. I'm gonna email the programmer and see if it's doable, but if not, then we will have to police it ourselves that no more than 7 total pitchers are used. Or I can set it to 4 max SP and 3 max RP, but what if someone wants to use 5 SP's? Granted, he's gonna burn game limits faster that way. Let me check on that.

As for game limits on position players, I'll set them, but I don't think it matters either way. Nearly all players are gonna play 6-7 games a week, so I don't see how someone can exceed the limit by switching players.

The multi-position thing can be done now. The only exception is untility infielder. That will be set to zero games needed to play that spot.

One more issue: Catchers...do we want two or one? How many game limits?

[Behad]

Originally posted by fadeaway
DVauthrin drafts McLemore, but he already has Nomar, Jeter and Tejada on his team.

If DV has all three of those guys on his team, then the rest of us fell asleep during the draft.

[BobFinn*]

Can't you set the SP at Min-0 and Max-7? And RP Min-0 ans Max-3 or 4?

As far as catchers, I guess 2, to keep it like last season.

[Behad]

Originally posted by BobFinn*
Can't you set the SP at Min-0 and Max-7? And RP Min-0 ans Max-3 or 4?

As far as catchers, I guess 2, to keep it like last season.

That would allow 7 starters and 3 or 4 relief pitchers, assuming someone dropped other positional players to get 18 total starters.

What I can do is set a minumun of 1 on all other positions (4 for outfield), which would only leave a max of 7 total spots left for pitchers, which could then be arrainged in any combination of 7 you wish. That would work except for catchers. We would have to either use just 1, or force owners to use two, or set the min to 1 and hope no owner tries to slip 8 pitchers in.

[BobFinn*]

I just remember last year when I was using too many starters games, I went with 1 starter and 3 relievers.

Set the catchers at 1.

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Originally posted by BobFinn*
Can't you set the SP at Min-0 and Max-7? And RP Min-0 ans Max-3 or 4?

That would work. Or maybe SP Min-0 Max 6 and RP Min-0 Max 3.

Generally speaking, if you start 5 SP and 2 RP all of the time, you will roughly be on pace to finish using up your pitching games in the last week of the season, give or take a few games.

Starting more pitchers than usual is a tradeoff because if you burn all your games early, you won't have them to use later in the season.

[Behad]

Originally posted by BobFinn*
I just remember last year when I was using too many starters games, I went with 1 starter and 3 relievers.

Set the catchers at 1.

You mean just one starter total or one minimum with two starters. Personally, I never understood why we needed two starters anyway. Just because there are only about 3 decent offensive catchers in the league doesn't mean we should allow owners a chance to double up on bad ones.

Can anyone remember when a catcher made a difference in a fantasy game?

[Behad]

Originally posted by fadeaway
That would work. Or maybe SP Min-0 Max 6 and RP Min-0 Max 3.

Generally speaking, if you start 5 SP and 2 RP all of the time, you will roughly be on pace to finish using up your pitching games in the last week of the season, give or take a few games.

Starting more pitchers than usual is a tradeoff because if you burn all your games early, you won't have them to use later in the season.

No, like I said above, this would allow an owner to start (in your scenario) 9 pitchers, if he took out 2 positional player starters. I'm trying to make it impossible to do that. Like I said, reduce catchers to one, force a minimum of 1 starter in all positional players (4 in the OF), which only leaves 7 starting spots to use on pitchers (we'd have to reduce total # of starters to 17 to account for 1 catcher)

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Originally posted by Behad
What I can do is set a minumun of 1 on all other positions (4 for outfield), which would only leave a max of 7 total spots left for pitchers, which could then be arrainged in any combination of 7 you wish. That would work except for catchers. We would have to either use just 1, or force owners to use two, or set the min to 1 and hope no owner tries to slip 8 pitchers in.

If having two catcher spots screws things up, then just go with one. The catcher position is no big deal.

So, under the current play, would things look like this?

C
1B
2B
3B
SS
Util.In
OF
OF
OF
OF
Pitcher (SP or RP)
Pitcher (SP or RP)
Pitcher (SP or RP)
Pitcher (SP or RP)
Pitcher (SP or RP)
Pitcher (SP or RP)
Pitcher (SP or RP)

17 total positions.

[BobFinn*]

I would go with 1 starting catcher. Reason being, look what happened to The Cat last year. He used up all his catching games by the All-Star break. At least this would give bad managers a chance to be competitive for the entire season;)

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play = plan

darn disabled edit feature

[Behad]

Originally posted by Behad
No, like I said above, this would allow an owner to start (in your scenario) 9 pitchers, if he took out 2 positional player starters. I'm trying to make it impossible to do that. Like I said, reduce catchers to one, force a minimum of 1 starter in all positional players (4 in the OF), which only leaves 7 starting spots to use on pitchers (we'd have to reduce total # of starters to 17 to account for 1 catcher)

And if we do that, I would also like to propose lowering rosters to 23, with an IR of 2 which can be used after the season starts.

Let me ask a question: We left Sandbox because it sucked, why are we trying so hard to be like Sandbox? Why not modify the league rules to how we like it, not how Sandbox told us to be. Any changes can be put to a vote.

[Behad]

Originally posted by fadeaway
If having two catcher spots screws things up, then just go with one. The catcher position is no big deal.

So, under the current play, would things look like this?

C
1B
2B
3B
SS
Util.In
OF
OF
OF
OF
Pitcher (SP or RP)
Pitcher (SP or RP)
Pitcher (SP or RP)
Pitcher (SP or RP)
Pitcher (SP or RP)
Pitcher (SP or RP)
Pitcher (SP or RP)

17 total positions.

Yes.

[fadeaway]

Sandbox didn't suck. Their system was the best. :)

We left because of the crazy peak-usage pay system they implemented.

[fadeaway]

Originally posted by Behad
Yes.

Cool. :cool:

[BobFinn*]

The scoring system at Sandbox was fine. It was the "members only" during peak ours that made us leave.

[Behad]

What about # of players per roster? 25 with no IR, or 23 with 2? If you think about it, it's virtually the same, because with 25, your 2 injured playered would be sitting anyway. The only difference is shortening the draft by 2 rounds

[BobFinn*]

ours=hours

wear is dat durn spel chuck?

[Behad]

Ok, so Sandbox didn't suck. I still don't see why we must be a clone of them.:)

[BobFinn*]

23 man roster is fine by me.

[fadeaway]

Originally posted by Behad
What about # of players per roster? 25 with no IR, or 23 with 2? If you think about it, it's virtually the same, because with 25, your 2 injured playered would be sitting anyway. The only difference is shortening the draft by 2 rounds

Either way would be fine with me.

[Behad]

OK, so have we worked all the bugs out? Is this it? Our final league rules? Cool.

Anybody want to start the draft now? Or Friday, since I'm off Friday, Saturday, and Sunday?

(Oh wait, I get more drafting done here at work than at home...)

[Behad]

Hey fadeaway, did you notice the modified league logo?

http://home.houston.rr.com/behad/FBlogo50.gif

[fadeaway]

Yep, I saw. Neat-o. Everyone knows I'm just a figurehead, though. You're the man with the power. ;)

Friday sounds good. Only two more days to go!

[Behad]

Originally posted by fadeaway
Yep, I saw. Neat-o. Everyone knows I'm just a figurehead, though. You're the man with the power. ;)

Friday sounds good. Only two more days to go!


No, no, no...I just push the buttons, you tell me which ones to push. You gonna be awake awhile? I need to email you about something.

[fadeaway]

Originally posted by Behad
No, no, no...I just push the buttons, you tell me which ones to push. You gonna be awake awhile? I need to email you about something.

Only for another 10-15 mins or so (getting late here). Go ahead though. If I don't get it tonight, I'll take a look tomorrow morning.

[Behad]

Originally posted by fadeaway
Only for another 10-15 mins or so (getting late here). Go ahead though. If I don't get it tonight, I'll take a look tomorrow morning.

Check out that link I sent.

[RocketsPimp]

This is so confusing for a rookie. :(

[Behad]

Just pick who we tell you to pick and everything will be alright.


(When the draft thread starts on Friday, I'll put as many FAQ's as needed early in the thread to help you and Smeg.) :)

[SmeggySmeg]

Originally posted by RocketsPimp
This is so confusing for a rookie. :(

Pimp - ignore the others, we can have our own league within the league - SMEG v PIMP!!!!

[Puedlfor]

So, we're doing the draft on the BBS? How is this going to work, exactly?

[RocketsPimp]

btw, I'll be out of town this weekend, so we should either get a jump start on this now or wait until next week.

[fadeaway]

Originally posted by RocketsPimp
btw, I'll be out of town this weekend, so we should either get a jump start on this now or wait until next week.

Pimp -- you could always leave a list with someone. The first few rounds are the easiest to draft, so a list (with directions on who you are targetting with your first 4 picks) would work fine. I'm sure RM95 or someone would be happy to help.

Pued -- draft will take place on the BBS. I'll start a thread on Friday. After it's over, the rosters will be inputted into the game.

[RocketsPimp]

I'll try and get something together. The problem is I won't be around tonight to get anything done(birthday) and I have to work tomorrow. I may have some limited access to a computer this weekend, but maybe I could give someone my cell that could call me when it's my pick.

[fadeaway]

Originally posted by RocketsPimp
maybe I could give someone my cell that could call me when it's my pick.

:D

I can see it now. Pimp is at the Gold Club getting the "Ewing Treatment" when suddenly... *beep-beepbeepbeep-beep-beep*.

"'Scuse me, baby. I gots some bidness to take care of."

(into phone)"....whaddaya mean Giambi's gone? Damn.. Well then, give me Jeter and Oswalt. Yeah that's right. You heard me! Latah.."

"Come back over here baby and call me Big Jason this time. That's right..... Yeah.."

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Seriously though, that's a great solution. I live too far away so I won't be able to call you but maybe someone else would be able to.