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kensei
Dec 27, 2007

He'll finally get a ring!


nasboat posted:

kensei, I believe it's your pick in the hitter draft for Two Man Band. Please don't take who I want.

I picked, and I am sure it will be terribad.

Also, I can't get the instructions on how to add players for ineligible positions to work :?:

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Power of Pecota
Aug 3, 2007

It is not this bad, there is hope, there is charity, there is sufficient joy, there is compassion, blah blah blah blah Charles Dickens' three ghosts visit Scrooge and he wakes up to life blah blah blah blah...


nasboat posted:

Also, I was looking at Rod Carew, but I'm not sure how he'd work.

Carew's blacklisted. I guess I got Monte Cross mixed up with Lave Cross, hence the MIF as OF question, but anyone with seasons at C and good IF range numbers sounds like a solid choice.

nasboat
Sep 9, 2004



kensei posted:

I picked, and I am sure it will be terribad.

I had thought about Anson, but I've got a couple of other guys in mind. Actually, I can discuss it now because I pick right after this next pubbie. I'm looking at either Roger Connor or Sam Crawford. I had been doing searches by 3B/100 and was looking at guys who showed up highest in the career WAR totals, since I'm thinking of putting this Maddux staff in Petco. I'm not sure which one's the better choice, or if they're going to be so bad defensively that I'd be better off taking someone like Johnny Bench.

Any input from any of our WIS goons would be appreciated!

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Also, I can't get the instructions on how to add players for ineligible positions to work :?:

Once you've got the 7-digit code for the player you want to add at the ineligible position, go add a regular player at that position. After you've clicked the green "plus" symbol and added the player (the one you don't want), look in the URL box...the end of the URL should be that wrong player's 7-digit code. Replace it, then hit enter.

This is how I do it on Firefox on my Macbook and it works fine. I noticed you said it wasn't working on IE/Chrome, and unfortunately I can't speak for those two browsers.

Power of Pecota posted:

Carew's blacklisted.

Huh. I was checking my ideas against the blacklist last night, must have overlooked him. Now that I look, he's right there (with an asterisk, no less!). Must've been pretty late when I was looking at him.

Ah well, I was pretty much choosing between Connor and Crawford at this point, I think (unless anyone else has a better suggestion).

nasboat fucked around with this message at May 14, 2011 around 18:29

kensei
Dec 27, 2007

He'll finally get a ring!


I went with a high OBP guy who had C eligible position seasons in Anson. I thought about just a modern high OBP guy, but I realized that having a C would lead to a lot less passed balls and hopefully stem some of the stolen bases; conversely, Cap has some stolen bases in addition to his high walks, and I hope to exploit the people who don't pick catchers at all...

jeffersonlives
Jul 22, 2007

But I set fire to the Raines
Watched it pour as I stole your base


I was going to take Cap and I think you knew that

Ivan Drago
Jan 17, 2003



Color me stupid, but I've just realized there were two guys named Dutch Leonard. Here I was thinking he'd simply learned to throw with the other arm midway through his 40-year career.

EvilBeard
Apr 24, 2003

Undercover Legend




gonna hit some doubles.

gyroball
Jul 29, 2003

Fortunately, the people found a mighty Rosenthal, called Trevor.


I'm sure the Ruth/Bonds teams will dwarf it, but I'm pretty happy with the 7000 PAs of .313/.437/.602 my current twelve Mantles are getting me.

nasboat
Sep 9, 2004



scallywag picks Hank Aaron, leaving me free to select Roger Connor in the two-man band draft.

Connor + Maddux + Petco = Success? We can only hope.



I still have to move '88 Connor out of the 2B spot to put someone with no ratings there, but you get the gist of it. Pretty excited.

jeffersonlives
Jul 22, 2007

But I set fire to the Raines
Watched it pour as I stole your base


How bad is Ted Williams going to be defensively in this thing? He has some years that are not bad OF fielding and he's a RH thrower, but he's still an outfielder without speed.

But jesus christ I can build a lineup that hits a combined .361/.507/.670 with Ted.

nasboat
Sep 9, 2004



aw hell. left-handed throwing Roger Connor is gonna be a goddamn disaster in the infield

ArtVandelay
Jul 13, 2004



jeffersonlives posted:

How bad is Ted Williams going to be defensively in this thing? He has some years that are not bad OF fielding and he's a RH thrower, but he's still an outfielder without speed.

But jesus christ I can build a lineup that hits a combined .361/.507/.670 with Ted.

Ted made something like 350 errors ar short in season 1.

Basically, these box scores are going to be fun to read.

jeffersonlives
Jul 22, 2007

But I set fire to the Raines
Watched it pour as I stole your base


ArtVandelay posted:

Ted made something like 350 errors ar short in season 1.

I am pretty sure that dude didn't use the B+/C+ seasons at short.

Power of Pecota
Aug 3, 2007

It is not this bad, there is hope, there is charity, there is sufficient joy, there is compassion, blah blah blah blah Charles Dickens' three ghosts visit Scrooge and he wakes up to life blah blah blah blah...


Since the_weave is the only person left ahead of me in the hitter draft, I guess I can ask why Joe Cronin isn't on someone's team yet.

jeffersonlives
Jul 22, 2007

But I set fire to the Raines
Watched it pour as I stole your base


Power of Pecota posted:

Since the_weave is the only person left ahead of me in the hitter draft, I guess I can ask why Joe Cronin isn't on someone's team yet.

Offense not good enough for someone with no catcher seasons, IMO

My other choice that I am fairly surprised has not been taken was Joe Torre

kensei
Dec 27, 2007

He'll finally get a ring!


jeffersonlives posted:

I was going to take Cap and I think you knew that

Noooo we didn't even talk about him, we talked about that other dude who had the C cookie season, that was who I thought you wanted!

Power of Pecota
Aug 3, 2007

It is not this bad, there is hope, there is charity, there is sufficient joy, there is compassion, blah blah blah blah Charles Dickens' three ghosts visit Scrooge and he wakes up to life blah blah blah blah...


jeffersonlives posted:

Offense not good enough for someone with no catcher seasons, IMO

I thought if Robin Yount could win the WS paired up with Eddie Plank last year, Cronin should be enough offense for Pedro in a dinger-killing park. I guess I'll find out one way or another...

Scrotos
Sep 8, 2003




gently caress you Jefferson for taking Ted Williams I wanted to hit my way to sucking

ArtVandelay
Jul 13, 2004



Scrotos posted:

gently caress you Jefferson for taking Ted Williams I wanted to hit my way to sucking

Why didn't you take hank?

Scrotos
Sep 8, 2003




ArtVandelay posted:

Why didn't you take hank?

Because



I can play with a 31 man team right? Otherwise gotta cut 6 dudes.

Going either PNC or AT&T some homerun killing park. What you guys think? gently caress that Astrodome here I come!

Scrotos fucked around with this message at May 15, 2011 around 00:58

gardenald
Jul 23, 2007



Man my Barry team is gonna get murdered defensively

They'll hit a million dingers though

e: Love my team .315/.472/.657 line

gardenald fucked around with this message at May 15, 2011 around 01:25

Male. Bi. Unix.
Mar 2, 2007



gardenald posted:

Man my Barry team is gonna get murdered defensively

They'll hit a million dingers though

e: Love my team .315/.472/.657 line

ArtVandelay
Jul 13, 2004



jeffersonlives
Jul 22, 2007

But I set fire to the Raines
Watched it pour as I stole your base


Suck it, wimps.

Male. Bi. Unix.
Mar 2, 2007




ArtVandelay
Jul 13, 2004



Toadee and Ivan. Be ready to post your pitchers. Evilbeard should post his soon.

AlleyViper
Sep 15, 2007

"I think I am just an exciting player to watch, because the things I do are a little bit different."


I just jumped in this league

Scrotos
Sep 8, 2003




AlleyViper posted:

I just jumped in this league

Why did the 06 Cubs have to be blacklisted

Half tempted to join with the 1905 Giants. Mike Donlin and Christy Mathewson

Scrotos fucked around with this message at May 15, 2011 around 16:38

nasboat
Sep 9, 2004



I'm in, making a terrible team.

EvilBeard
Apr 24, 2003

Undercover Legend


Ivan Drago
Jan 17, 2003



My team is well over the salary cap. I could probably shave off a few of these 9,500 PA though.

Bob Shabazz
Oct 21, 2008



Frank Baker has a home run in 4 straight games

ArtVandelay
Jul 13, 2004



Toadee. Eddie Cicotte was already taken. Pick someone else.

toadee
Aug 16, 2003

North American Turtle Boy Love Association

ArtVandelay posted:

Toadee. Eddie Cicotte was already taken. Pick someone else.

Doh! I really don't have time today, I just took a quick hop in, not sure I can research more until tomorrow.

ArtVandelay
Jul 13, 2004



toadee posted:

Doh! I really don't have time today, I just took a quick hop in, not sure I can research more until tomorrow.

Well drat, I was hoping we could finish this thing today.

Male. Bi. Unix.
Mar 2, 2007



Ivan Drago posted:

My team is well over the salary cap. I could probably shave off a few of these 9,500 PA though.

What, how, how are you over the 255m cap, Ruth + Feller isn't over it and i'm not even sure it's possible

Ivan Drago
Jan 17, 2003



Male. Bi. Unix. posted:

What, how, how are you over the 255m cap, Ruth + Feller isn't over it and i'm not even sure it's possible
I wasn't only over, I was at around $310m

ArtVandelay
Jul 13, 2004



Ivan Drago posted:

I wasn't only over, I was at around $310m

Your turn to pick your pitcher

How the hell did you get that high?

nasboat
Sep 9, 2004



So I'm joining this league because I've wanted to try one of these and never have. I'm sure you all have done it before. If anyone wants to join me, feel free...I imagine there's gonna end up being a lot of repeats in this league, though.

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ArtVandelay
Jul 13, 2004



nasboat posted:

So I'm joining this league because I've wanted to try one of these and never have. I'm sure you all have done it before. If anyone wants to join me, feel free...I imagine there's gonna end up being a lot of repeats in this league, though.

I've never done a league higher than $140 mil I think. I don't know, a $255 sounds kinda boring to me. Everyone will have the same players.

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