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 See, totally not about baseball! Listen, you don't really need to know much about baseball to play the Super-League, it's really just like any other strategy/simulation game out there, you look to find the units with the best stats, and then try and craft a winning strategy. I mean, if you want, you can pretend that "RF" stands for "Ranged Fighter", and I certainly won't question it. Because, in the end, what the Super-League is creating a team of players to crush the teams of other goons, and thereby proving all those doubters wrong. But hey, if you want to let all of these hypothetical doubters keeping saying hypothetical poo poo about you behind your hypothetical back, that's your hypothetical business. But man, you should hear the hypothetical smack they're saying. Hypothetically. Also, if you have any questions not answered in the below, hop on our IRC Channel: #TheSuperLeague The Super-League and You: A Helpful Starter Guide: original work by Tatankatonk, ToiletOfSadness, mrnoun, and Smasher Dynamo foreword by Monathin So you’ve stumbled in here bleary-eyed, confused, and maybe a little overwhelmed. Welcome to the Super-League! What is the Super-League? It’s basically a fantasy baseball league, done through Baseball Mogul 2013. That doesn’t tell the whole story, though. Inside you can find Mark Grace in a quest to obtain a gyro, the saga of a maniacal man whose teams hold an iron grip over the Super-League, the riches-to-rags-to-riches-back-to-rags story of the Luna Landers/Galactic Wanderers/New World Symphony, people who make extraordinarily bad challenges and gamble their whole team away in the process, a truly terrible and awful team that lucked into one of the greatest outfields ever and turned into a contender overnight, and of course, spreadsheet warriors, the most famous of which being an Australian who gambled his team away and now is scrambling to gain stat advantage once more. The Super-League is definitely a create-your-own-fun baseball fantasy league. You can come up with endearing gimmicks from all walks of life, banter in IRC and argue about how players are good/terrible, and even be a perpetual good-humored failure of an owner. And if you’re not good? That’s fine! Probably only a dozen people in the Super-League actually know anything about baseball, and these people might be more or less successful than you suppose. It’s perfectly acceptable to know nothing about baseball or be a baseball expert, because the Super-League teaches people a lot that they might not have known. Either way, we’re all scrambling for a position at the top, and watching as we fall hilariously to the bottom. And you will fall hilariously to the bottom, because the Super-League, at the end of the day, is about the continued failures of 30-some owners to topple the mightiest team to ever exist: Smasher Dynamo’s own New York Macho Men. So do you have what it takes to build a team, build a dynasty, and gamble it all at a shot of eternal glory against the Macho Men? Well, you’ll have to get past the Syndicate first, and they’ve been at that war for a long, long time… Tools of the Trade The Super-League, like many baseball fantasy leagues before it, is a game of numbers and stats. When you’re using players from at any point in the last century, it’s vital to have resources to see how good they will do. To that end, we have two major sources of stats you can pour over. Baseball Reference - This one is a no-brainer. Baseball Reference houses stats of all sorts of uselessness from all the way back to the heydays of Cy Young (also known as the 1890s). Fair warning is that guys with incomplete careers and mid WW2 careers don't do as well in Mogul sims. (The former because Mogul likes having a complete career to use as projection, the latter because most true greats were killing Nazi's during the War years, and the ball's quality was lowered due to wartime supply priorities.) This is the place where you can check out your inevitable feeder teams. Of course, the historical data can only go so far in a modern simulation, which brings us to… Super-League Reference - Here it is. The absolute, must-have bookmark to be consulting when it comes to every player you find. Super-League reference was compiled in a joint effort by Mr. Cool Ice and Cthulhu Dreams, and uses the saves from Super-League IV and onward to paint a picture of that player’s performance in the Super-League. This is important since the Super-League, using the best of the best players from all of baseball history, is a marked degree above even the most talent-filled seasons of baseball. And some classically great all-time players, like Bob Feller and Willie Mays, just don’t do well in a Super-League environment. Again, use this. This, in combination with knowing which stats are important, will keep your head above water, even if you’re nowhere near the level of baseball historian that Commissar Dynamo is. The Basics of Baseball by tatankatonk Ok, so even the dumbest/foreign goon knows the basics of baseball. Hell, you know the lyrics to Take Me Out to the Ballgame by heart, and that's half the rules right there. There's pitchers, there's position players (first, second, third base, shortstop, outfielders, catchers), and there's pitchers (starting and relief). Three strikes is an out, three outs is an inning, nine innings and a game is over, unless there's a tie in which case it goes a few more and everyone leaves the stadium early. Anyway, what you should come away with from this is the following: Baseball, more than any other sport in the world, is a game of numbers. Every single thing that happens on the field is recorded and converted into statistics that professional analysts come up with to determine a player's performance. This isn't basketball, where blocks (a vital defensive stat) weren't recorded until the mid-70s. There's records of the game going all the way back to when Ty Cobb was assaulting fans, and even farther than that. Your job, as a Superleague owner, is to learn what all these numbers mean, and how to look at them in a way that can instantly tell you what you need to know about a player. So, What Stats Are Useful, Anyhow? If you know nothing about baseball, then you will be shocked by how many stats that are tracked that are absolutely worthless in the grand scheme of thing. There is only a handful of stats you need to evaluate the quality of a player, and this small area will give you a rundown on the biggest ones to consider. In somewhat arbitrary order of usefulness: On-Base + Slugging Percentage (OPS+): The go-to stat that your eyes should drift to first when it concerns batters. Era and season-adjusted, with average for that season being a flat ‘100’. If you find a guy who had a 115 OPS+, then he was 15% better at generating runs than the average joe that year. Combine that with the fact that he might be at a scarce position (see “Positional Scarcity” below), and you’ll be cooking with a run-generating machine in no time. Earned Run Average + (ERA+): The same thing as OPS+, but for Pitchers. 115 ERA+ means he was 15% than the average pitcher that season.  Generally speaking, having good pitchers is more important than having good hitters ! Many teams get relegated not because they don’t have huge dudes who can hit the ball and score runs, but because their own pitching gets lit up and destroyed over the course of the season because they forgot to focus on it. Try to focus on pitching before hitting!Defensive Wins Above Replacement (dWAR): Let’s get this out of the way: There is no real great stat to measure a player’s defensive ability. The best we have is dWAR, which measures whether a guy is worth keeping in the field compared to a replacement player. This value can go into the negatives, meaning that some players are such bad players that they will give up plays with their bad ball-handling. If you rely on groundball or deadball-era pitchers, you will absolutely get destroyed if you have bad fielders. Generally speaking, Catcher, Center Field, and the middle infield positions (Second Base, Shortstop, Third Base) are the ones where you want to place defense over offense. Batting Average, On-Base Percentage, and Slugging Percentage (BA, OBP, SLG): Here are the base stats for offensive prowess for batters. Batting Average is how often you can hit the ball, On-Base Percentage is like Batting Average, but also factors in walks. (seriously, you don’t know what a walk is? Ok, a pitcher has to throw his pitches in an area next to the batter called the strike zone for it to count as a strike, or the batter has to swing at it. If he pitches and it's not in the strike zone, it's a ball. You pitch four balls, and the guy walks to first automatically.) and SLG is how far you can hit the ball on average when you hit it. Generally speaking, a .350+ OBP and a .400+ SLG are probably the minimum for Super-League caliber players, but you don’t necessarily need to have both. Walks + Hits Per Innings Pitched (WHIP): Is what it says, how many combined hits plus walks a pitcher gives up each inning he’s in play. This is a good estimate of how ‘wild’ your pitcher is, and whether he ends up keeping control of the ball or he shoots a 100 MPH fastball with no regard for where it lands. Wild guys are bad because wild guys lead to more walks, which lead to more runs, which leads to more games lost. 1.000 WHIP are elite, and 1.300+ WHIP guys are probably too wild to consider, even despite their pedigree. Isolated Discipline (IsoD): This one you won’t find on either of the reference sites, but is decently important, as it describes a batter’s ‘Batting Eye’, his ability to identify pitches and whether he should be taking a swing at them. You get this one by calculating OBP - BA. .070 is generally considered the bare minimum for a good player who doesn’t just whiff at every pitch over the plate. .150 and you’ve got a guy with an elite eye. Hits, Home Runs, Walks, and Strikeouts Per 9 Innings (H/9, HR/9, BB/9, SO/9): Miscellaneous, yet important stats to tell you how your pitcher pitches and what he can be expected to do during a game. Fireball pitchers have huge SO/9 rates, but at the expense of being either really wild (higher BB/9) or giving up big hits (higher HR/9). As a general rule of thumb, unless a guy is really, really good, you want to look for the lowest BB/9 above all others, because Super-League pitchers are forced to face Super-League hitters, who are especially good at drawing walks. Age: Young guys are wild, and old guys fall apart at the seams. You don’t want to pick up a 40-year-old Gaylord Perry and hope he can hold down your rotation. Generally speaking, 24-34 is a nice age range for considered players. Younger than 24, they’re probably a little wild; 35 and older, you’re playing with geriatric fire, which is more like a dying ember. Emphasis on DYING. Plate Appearances/Innings Pitched: No one likes small sample sizes. A guy may seem amazing until you realize he only played one game that season. These stats basically serve as a reality check that the guy you never heard of who is really good is only good because he literally batted once or pitched one game. PAs are for batters, and IPs are for Pitchers. Innings Pitched also gives you a decent idea of a pitcher’s stamina. If he can pitch a consistent 300-400 innings of baseball (on bbref, that is. Most SL-starters don’t pitch more than about 250 innings), then chances are he can go the distance. Mogul doesn't like players with short careers either, which is something to keep in mind. Or incomplete careers. So Miguel Cabrera is not the God of Triple Crowns in Mogul, despite what he's projected to do, since he's still got a ways to go. Positional Scarcity Now, you are probably thinking that some positions are a little harder to find good players for than others, and you’d be right! Certain positions are harder to field than others, and baseball comes with an established hierarchy: 1. Catcher 2. Shortstop 3. Second Baseman 4. Center Fielder 5. Third Baseman 6. Right Fielder 7. Left Fielder 8. First Baseman So finding good 3rd basemen and center fielders is hard, great Catchers and Shortstops practically impossible, and halfway decent corner outfielders and first basemen a dime a dozen. In fact, looking for a First Baseman or Corner Outfielder, you should be looking for 130 or better OPS+, as it’s so easy to stick bat first, glove-second guys here that you need an especially good hitter there. Team Building Tips and Tricks: A team-building tutorial would essentially drive the word count of this guide through the roof. However, there are some handy hints to know. -Look to low-point teams first. Low-point teams will usually have one or two good guys and a load of spare parts, but might also have a great player hidden in the rubble of bad teams. Plus, it’s best to start at the bottom, since most people will be starting at the top. -Remember positional scarcity! Look for Catchers, Second Basemen, and Shortstops before loading up on First Basemen and Corner OFs. -A good player with useful teammates is better than a very good player with no teammates. Picking up a whole team for one guy is a raw deal, even for the lowest of low-point teams. Try to find guys who are at least competent in other positions that you can situationally field to go with that legendary player you’re picking up. -Finding an all-time great player on a low-point team is what you should be striving for. The Super League is comprised of some of the greatest baseball players of the last hundred years. There are teams stacked with top-notch talent that even the most baseball-clueless goon will vaguely recognize. If you don’t have to settle for a good-but-not-great player, don’t. Your goal is to be the best. -Make sure you have a modern bullpen. Super-League bullpens are a crapshoot by nature, but having a modern reliever staff means they’re actually suited to bullpen work, since before 1950, nearly all teams were just sticking their worst starters in the bullpen, and graduating their best relievers to starter duty. -Make sure your players' skills complement each other. Have a good assortment of on-base guys, power hitters, defensive vs offensive guys, and pitchers who can play to that. You have good hitters? Look for groundball pitching! -Save points for pitching, because someone's probably grabbing that 1-point Christy Mathewson before you can. -Don't ignore your bench, because you’re going to need them to at least hit a couple times over the season. -Too young is better than too old. -Don't let one gaping hole in your lineup bug you, as long as it's at a lower difficulty position like LF or 1B. -Don't trade high-round Dispersal Draft picks for anything less than a Ted Williams. -Don't rush to trade before you've seen your team play. -Always always always double check your feeders! There might be a great player who only pitched a couple innings languishing on that team, or a future great who’s just a year or two shy of true competency on their bench. Don’t just pick the starters from your feeders! Season Structure By Smasher Dynamo Once you build your team, it will go through the Expansion Cup, which is a full season, but simmed by the month rather than the week, which effectively asks as a "shakedown" cruiser for your new team. It's a chance to see what works and what doesn't. After the EC is over, the top two teams get to go directly to the Super-League. The other teams will be placed in the Sub-Par League. The two leagues will run concurrently. After the end of the season, the division winners of the Sub-Par League get promoted to the Super-League, while the last place teams in each of the Super-League divisions get demoted to the Sub-Par League. As for those teams in the Sub-Par League that didn't win their division, they will be placed in the Gauntlet, a test of skill that will determine whether they have the luck and talent to deserve to survive for another season. The Gauntlet winners get another crack at the Sub-Par League, while the Gauntlet losers are relegated out of existence. Also, there's a tag team tournament and other stuff, but it all makes more sense once you get there, really. Maybe. In Closing: Have Fun, And Don’t Give Up! Your first team will likely end in relegation. But that’s okay! Most first teams are pretty bad. Some of us are on our 5th or 6th attempt. Above all, the Super-League is a learning experience, and while there’s a decent amount here to get you started, the best way to get going is to join in with all of us cool losers in IRC! You can join us at irc.synirc.com, channel name #thesuperleague. Now, I’ve wasted enough of your time. Go check the feeders, armed with the knowledge you have, and make a team worthy of fighting off the longest dynasties! Editor's Note: Monathin has never had a winning season in the Super-League. New Team Form Fill out Now This needs to be done to secure a spot in the Super-League Teams Selected: Pick eleven points worth of teams (twelve points for people who have never owned a Super-League team before), spread out over as many teams as you'd like. Hell, you could have eleven one-point teams if you really wanted. Fill Out Soon These items also need to be filled out, but not immediately, just as soon as you have some spare time Team Name: Team Logo (150x150 preferred): Home City: Home Stadium: (Give me the dimensions and playing surface if it's a custom stadium) DH Preference: 30-Man Roster: 25 in the majors, 5 in the minors Lineups: Pitching Rotation: Strategy (Rate on a scale from -5 to +5) Hit and Run: Sacrifice Bunt: Squeeze Play: Trying for extra bases: Stealing Bases: Aggressively Tagging Up: Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): Giving Intentional Walks: Pitching Around Good Hitters: Bringing the Infield In: Guarding the Lines: Making Cutoff Throws: Bringing in Pinch Hitters: Bringing in Pinch Runners: Bringing in Defensive Replacements: Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: Letting pitchers pitch throw trouble: Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: The Big, Big List of Feeder Teams Pick eleven points of feeder teams, twelve if you've never owned a team in the Super-League. 5-point teams 1906 Chicago Cubs, 116-36, NL Champs 1913 Philadelphia Athletics, 96-57, Won World Series 1954 Cleveland Indians, 111-43, AL Champs 1962 San Fransisco Giants, 103-62, NL Champs 4-point teams 1922 New York Giants, 93-61, Won World Series 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates, 95-58, Won World Series 1925 Washington Senators, 96-55, AL Champs 1926 St. Louis Cardinals, 89-65, Won World Series 1934 Chicago Cubs, 86-65, 3rd in NL 1935 St. Louis Cardinals, 96-58, 2nd in NL 1954 New York Giants, 97-57, Won World Series 1954 Milwaukee Braves, 89-65, 3rd in NL 1965 Detroit Tigers, 89-73, 4th in AL 1969 Pittsburgh Pirates, 88-74, 3rd in NL East 1979 Baltimore Orioes, 102-57, AL Champs 1982 Los Angeles Dodgers, 88-74, 2nd in NL West 2004 Atlanta Braves, 96-66, Lost NLDS 3-point teams 1930 Washington Senators, 94-60, 2nd in AL 1940 Detroit Tigers, 90-64, AL Champs 1948 Cleveland Indians, 97-58, Won World Series 1950 Philadelphia Phillies, 91-63, NL Champs 1953 Boston Red Sox, 84-69, 4th in AL 1960 Chicago White Sox, 87-67, 3rd AL 1968 Baltimore Orioles, 91-71, 2nd in AL 1978 Milwaukee Brewers, 93-69, 3rd in AL East 1979 Kansas City Royals, 85-77, 2nd in AL West 1984 New York Yankees, 87-75, 3rd in AL East 1986 Toronto Blue Jays, 86-76, 4th in AL East 1986 California Angels, 92-70, Lost ALCS 1987 Cincinnati Reds, 84-78, 2nd in NL West 1998 Chicago Cubs, 90-73, Lost NLDS 2006 Oakland Athletics, 93-69, Lost ALCS 2-point teams 1916 Cincinnati Reds, 60-93, 7th in NL 1919 Brooklyn Robins, 69-71, 5th in NL 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates, 75-79, 5th in NL 1936 Chicago White Sox, 81-70, 4th in AL 1945 Chicago Cubs, 98-56, NL Champs 1961 Baltimore Orioles, 95-67, 3rd in AL 1962 Minnesota Twins, 91-71, 2nd in AL 1967 Chicago White Sox, 89-73, 4th in AL 1973 Detroit Tigers, 85-77, 3rd in AL East 1975 San Fransisco Giants, 80-81, 3rd in NL West 1977 St. Louis Cardinals, 83-79, 3rd in NL East 1984 Chicago White Sox, 74-88, 5th in AL West 1998 Oakland Athletics, 74-88, 4th in AL West 2005 Baltimore Orioles, 74-88, 4th in AL East 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates, 79-83, 4th in NL Central 1-point teams 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates (Silver King! and Pud Galvin) 1881 Cleveland Blues (ft. The Only Nolan) 1907 Philadelphia Phillies, 83-64, 3rd in NL 1911 Brooklyn Dodgers, 64-86, 7th in NL 1912 New York Yankees, 50-102, 8th in AL 1924 Boston Red Sox, 67-87, 7th in AL 1927 Chicago White Sox, 70-83, 5th in AL 1936 St. Louis Browns, 57-95, 7th in AL 1944 Washington Senators, 64-90, 8th in AL 1950 Chicago Cubs, 64-89, 7th in NL 1961 Cleveland Indians, 78-83, 5th in AL 1970 Montreal Expos, 73-89, 6th in NL East 1978 Atlanta Braves, 69-93, 6th in NL West 1980 Toronto Blue Jays, 67-95, 7th in AL East 1983 Seattle Mariners, 60-102, 7th in AL West 1985 San Fransico Giants, 62-100, 6th in NL West 1993 California Angels, 71-91, 5th in AL West 1998 Milwaukee Brewers, 74-88, 5th in NL Central 2008 Washington Nationals, 59-102, 5th in NL East 2010 Arizona Diamondbacks, 65-97, 5th in NL West New Teams: The Epic Race to Minimum Viable Numbers Continues! 1. Portland Hipsters (probably) - kensei 2. Rochester Generics - kw0134 3. The Great Googly-Mooglies - FINALLY, The Goog has returned to the Super-League! 4. South Boston Murphs - DivineCoffeeBinge 5. Besaid Aurochs - The Great Tebowski 6. GenericGirlName 7. Melbourne Baseballemen (feat. Snuffy) - dshban 8. Probably Not Wrexham - habeasdorkus 9. JR Leap 10. Loveland Aleworks - AnAnonymous Idiot Smasher Dynamo fucked around with this message at 08:11 on Jan 29, 2015 |
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Dibs on 2009 Yankees 5 1909 Naps 3 2007 Rangers 2 1996 NYM 1 kensei fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Jan 24, 2015 |
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Somebody please pick the 2000 Diamondbacks so I can trade you for Curt Schilling.
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Howdy folks! I'm Monathin, I (along with my cohort and fellow fan of anime, Monicro) are going to be the people running the Expansion League this season! If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Assuming you're not some erstwhile owner coming back to try again (we get a lot of those.)
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Smasher Dynamo posted:
I have questions for a few of them. Some involve the mechanics and some involve exactly what they do so I will combine the two together by putting this list. Also, if I set the rating on a 0, how often does it occur compared to a -5? Do any other factors determine the rating set on them?
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AmyL posted:I have questions for a few of them. Some involve the mechanics and some involve exactly what they do so I will combine the two together by putting this list. Also, if I set the rating on a 0, how often does it occur compared to a -5? Do any other factors determine the rating set on them? In all honesty, most of the sliders only make a minor difference in the grand scheme of things. Aggressively tagging up has to do with trying to advance bases when a batter hits a flyout. Pitch outs are basically a pitcher throwing way off the strike zone to the catcher, which is essentially always a ball, so that the catcher can get in an optimal position for throwing a runner out. In essence, you're trading a ball for the chance to get a runner out if he tries to steal. Pitching around good hitters means giving them less pitches in the strike zone to work with. As a practical matter, it raises the chances of giving up a walk for some reduction of giving up a hit. The fielding shifts are probably the least important. Guarding the lines and bringing the infield in are usually done when you think that smallball is imminent, but put the fielders in sub-optimal position for real hits. Cut-off throws have to do with how you handle throws coming in from the outfield. Letting pitchers pitch through trouble is basically how much tolerance your AI manager will have towards your pitcher getting into dangerous situations like giving up a lot of baserunners.
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1949 Giants (Yes, I meant Dodgers. Duh.) 1920 White Sox 2001 Padres 1947 Pirates 11 Points right? kw0134 fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Jan 24, 2015 |
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They say that when a man builds crappy team after crappy team after crappy team, he might learn something. He might realize that modern hitters strike out too much, that having a fancy bullpen is overrated, or that the Super League really only exists as a way for Smasher to cause as much pain and suffering as he possibly can. None of those things have happened. Team Name: The Great(est loving) Googly-Mooglies (to ever play the game, except for all those other Googly-Mooglies who were way better) Team Logo (150x150 preferred): I think you have it somewhere. Home City: Rather than set up shop on your earthly plane, the Mooglies will play all of their home games on Googopolis itself Home Stadium: The Palace of Googopolis has undergone some renovations since its last appearance: Grass surface; 320-390-415-375-300 DH Preference: Yes please. Pretty please. I have David Ortiz. Don't make me give him a glove. Teams Used 1988 New York Mets 2011 Boston Red Sox 2013 Philadelphia Phillies Roster C 2013 Carlos Ruiz 1B 2011 Adrian Gonzalez 2B 2011 Dustin Pedroia SS 2013 Jimmy Rollins 3B 1988 Howard Johnson LF 2011 Carl Crawford CF 2011 Jacoby Ellsbury RF 1988 Darryl Strawberry DH 2011 David Ortiz BN 1988 Lenny Dykstra BN 1988 Keith Hernandez BN 2011 Jarrod Saltalamacchia BN 2013 Chase Utley BN 1988 Kevin McReynolds SP1 2011 Jon Lester SP2 2011 Josh Beckett SP3 1988 Dwight Gooden SP4 2013 Cole Hamels SP5 2013 Cliff Lee RP 2011 Jonathan Papelbon RP 2011 Daniel Bard RP 2011 Andrew Miller RP 2013 Antonio Bastardo RP 1988 David Cone RP 2013 Jonathan Papelbon MINORS 1988 Randy Myers MINORS 2013 Jake Diekman MINORS 2011 Kevin Youkilis MINORS 2011 John Lackey MINORS 1988 Cary Carter vs RHP (DH) 1. 2B Dustin Pedroia 2. CF Jacoby Ellsbury 3. RF Darryl Strawberry 4. DH David Ortiz 5. 1B Adrian Gonzalez 6. 3B Howard Johnson 7. C Carlos Ruiz 8. SS Jimmy Rollins 9. LF Carl Crawford vs LHP (DH) 1. CF Jacoby Ellsbury 2. 2B Dustin Pedroia 3. RF Darryl Strawberry 4. DH David Ortiz 5. 3B Howard Johnson 6. 1B Adrian Gonzalez 7. C Carlos Ruiz 8. SS Jimmy Rollins 9. LF Lenny Dykstra With no DH, sit Ortiz and move everyone up one spot. Pitching Rotation SP1 Cliff Lee SP2 Josh Beckett SP3 Cole Hamels SP4 Jon Lester (Personal catcher: Jarrod Saltalamacchia) SP5 Dwight Gooden LR David Cone MR Andrew Miller SR Antonio Bastardo SR 2013 Jonathan Papelbon SU Daniel Bard CL 2011 Jonathan Papelbon Strategy Hit and Run: -3 Sacrifice Bunt: -5 Squeeze Play: 1 Trying for extra bases: 2 Stealing Bases: 2 Aggressively Tagging Up: 2 Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): -2 Giving Intentional Walks: -4 Pitching Around Good Hitters: -3 Bringing the Infield In: -2 Guarding the Lines: 0 Making Cutoff Throws: 0 Bringing in Pinch Hitters: 2 Bringing in Pinch Runners: 0 Bringing in Defensive Replacements: 0 Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: 0 Letting pitchers pitch throw trouble: 0 Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: 0 The Goog fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Jan 24, 2015 |
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I will be aggressively bad at the Super-League. As I understand it this will put me in fine company. I will almost certainly ignore several statistical trends in order to play players that I like and/or "have a hunch" about, meaning I will find myself emulating your average professional manager. Teams Selected: 2000 Arizona Diamondbacks (4) 1941 Boston Red Sox (4) 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates (2) 1985 Minnesota Twins (2) Suggested Team Name: The South Boston Murphs DivineCoffeeBinge fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Jan 24, 2015 |
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:I will be aggressively bad at the Super-League. As I understand it this will put me in fine company. I will almost certainly ignore several statistical trends in order to play players that I like and/or "have a hunch" about, meaning I will find myself emulating your average professional manager. The 2011 Sox are already gone, so you'll have to pick something else there.
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There's a good 3 point Tigers team with Ty Cobb... Don't sleep on them.
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TheMcD posted:The 2011 Sox are already gone, so you'll have to pick something else there. drat, I missed that The Goog grabbed 'em. Will go back and edit my selection post. E: and done. Grabbed the 2000 D-Backs.
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As a new owner, I foresee utter calamity ahead for my team. Will we break through the Mendoza Line? Only time will tell... Teams: (12 points) 1964 New York Yankees (3) 1994 San Francisco Giants (3) 1989 San Diego Padres (2) 1952 Philadelphia Athletics (1) 1971 Kansas City Royals (1) 1992 St. Louis Cardinals (1) 2011 Baltimore Orioles (1) Team Name: Besaid Aurochs Team Logo:  Home City: Besaid Home Stadium: Luca Stadium (320-390-410-390-320) DH Preference: Yes 30-Man Roster: C 1964 Elston Howard 1B 1952 Ferris Fain 2B 1989 Roberto Alomar SS 1992 Ozzie Smith 3B 1994 Matt Williams LF 1994 Barry Bonds CF 1971 Amos Otis RF 1989 Tony Gwynn DH 1964 Mickey Mantle BN 1B 1989 Jack Clark BN C 2011 Matt Wieters BN 3B 1992 Todd Zeile BN CF 1992 Ray Lankford BN CF 2011 Adam Jones SP 1964 Whitey Ford SP 1952 Bobby Shantz SP 1964 Mel Stottlemyre SP 1989 Bruce Hurst SP 1971 Dick Drago RP 1992 Lee Smith RP 1994 Rod Beck RP 1992 Todd Worrell RP 2011 Koji Uehara RP 1994 Michael Jackson RP 2011 Jim Johnson Minors: 2B 1971 Cookie Rojas Minors: SS 1952 Eddie Joost Minors: 1B 1992 Andrés Galarraga Minors: RF 1964 Roger Maris Minors: SP 1992 Bob Tewksbury Lineups: Vs RHP (DH) 1. CF Amos Otis 2. RF Tony Gwynn 3. DH Mickey Mantle 4. LF Barry Bonds 5. 3B Matt Williams 6. 1B Ferris Fain 7. SS Ozzie Smith 8. 2B Roberto Alomar 9. C Elston Howard Vs LHP (DH) 1. CF Amos Otis 2. RF Tony Gwynn 3. 3B Matt Williams 4. DH Mickey Mantle 5. LF Barry Bonds 6. 1B Ferris Fain 7. C Elston Howard 8. SS Ozzie Smith 9. 2B Roberto Alomar Vs RHP (No DH) 1. CF Amos Otis 2. RF Tony Gwynn 3. LF Barry Bonds 4. 3B Matt Williams 5. 1B Ferris Fain 6. SS Ozzie Smith 7. 2B Roberto Alomar 8. C Elston Howard 9. Pitcher Vs LHP (No DH) 1. CF Amos Otis 2. RF Tony Gwynn 3. 3B Matt Williams 4. LF Barry Bonds 5. 1B Ferris Fain 6. C Elston Howard 7. SS Ozzie Smith 8. 2B Roberto Alomar 9. Pitcher Pitching Rotation: SP1 Whitey Ford SP2 Bobby Shantz SP3 Mel Stottlemyre SP4 Bruce Hurst SP5 Dick Drago LR Todd Worrell MR Michael Jackson SR Jim Johnson SR Koji Uehara SU Rod Beck CL Lee Smith Strategy Hit and Run: -1 Sacrifice Bunt: -5 Squeeze Play: -2 Trying for extra bases: 0 Stealing Bases: +1 Aggressively Tagging Up: -1 Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): -2 Giving Intentional Walks: -2 Pitching Around Good Hitters: +1 Bringing the Infield In: -2 Guarding the Lines: -1 Making Cutoff Throws: 0 Bringing in Pinch Hitters: +2 Bringing in Pinch Runners: -2 Bringing in Defensive Replacements: -5 Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: -2 Letting pitchers pitch throw trouble: -1 Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: +1 Also, FairGame told me about Bruzer, and I promise I’m not him. For real. The Big Tebowski fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Jan 24, 2015 |
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Jan 24, 2015 19:39
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Smasher Dynamo posted:5. Besaid Aurochs - The Great Tebowski (Probably not Bruzer. Probably.) I assure you he's not. Whether my vouching for someone is a point in their favor beyond "not being Bruzer," I don't know.
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Jan 24, 2015 20:08
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The Goog posted:Teams Used Please trade me old bad roy halladay before the gauntlet for sentimental reasons.
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Jan 24, 2015 20:18
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THE GOOG IS BETRAYING THE CROWS?!?!? I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!!
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Jan 24, 2015 21:13
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There are still a lottttt of good teams up there guys, don't feel like you missed out on anything. That 1906 Philly Athletics team in the 4pt section looks sweet.
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Jan 24, 2015 22:08
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DannoMack posted:There are still a lottttt of good teams up there guys, don't feel like you missed out on anything. That 1906 Philly Athletics team in the 4pt section looks sweet. Ya... I planned out a really awesome team with what was there. Some of those feeders are gone now. I'm trying to get my friend to hurry up and join so I can give him advice on what awesome stuff is up there.
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Jan 24, 2015 22:25
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Okay, let me try something different Building and running a team looks like a lot of work. But there are loads (well, a good dozen or so) people in the Super-League who would be happy to help you build and run that team. In fact, if you get in the #TheSuperLeague channel, they can probably help you build a team in less than a half-hour. And as for running your team, I am of the opinion that you can spend five minutes per update looking at your stats and maybe making a minor adjustment, and still be effectively running your team. I promise that it's not hard or time-consuming!
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Jan 24, 2015 22:56
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Smasher Dynamo posted:Okay, let me try something different aka "the Idaho method"
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Jan 24, 2015 23:01
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There are some tasty feeders out there. Plenty of quality can be had in the 3 point section. There are even some notable players lurking in the 1 point teams. In some ways, I wish I could make a new team. I certainly wish I could make a team out of all the players with ridiculous names.
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Smasher Dynamo posted:And as for running your team, I am of the opinion that you can spend five minutes per update looking at your stats and maybe making a minor adjustment, and still be effectively running your team. You don't even need that, I went three months without making a single post in the thread, have only made one lineup change all season, and my team is leading it's division.
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Jan 24, 2015 23:07
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Milt Thompson posted:There are some tasty feeders out there. Plenty of quality can be had in the 3 point section. There are even some notable players lurking in the 1 point teams. In some ways, I wish I could make a new team. I certainly wish I could make a team out of all the players with ridiculous names. Yeah, seriously. With respect to the other created teams out there, a returning owner could create a very good team with the remaining feeders. A new owner could create an incredible team with that extra point available and the teams unclaimed. And as Smasher said, people are willing to help. So if you're on the fence about playing, come play with us! You'll probably even be good!
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Jan 24, 2015 23:07
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Yeah there are some nice teams left incluing one I hoped to take for myself should I die this season for my gimmick team but that's probably not going to happen now (because I will win immunity in the Tag Team Tournament)
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Jan 25, 2015 00:28
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DannoMack posted:Please trade me old bad roy halladay before the gauntlet for sentimental reasons. Old bad Roy Halladay is, as you know, old and bad. He is yours for the low low price of whatever you decide to give me. But not nothing.
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HI EVERYONE. THESE METS ARE DIFFERENT, THEY MIGHT EVEN MIGHT NOT BE METS??? ONLY TIME WILL TELL. 1906 Athletics (4), 1914 Pirates (2), 1949 Yankees (4), 2004 Rockies (1) for a total of 11
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Jan 25, 2015 02:05
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By special dispensation from Smasher, changing my feeders to: 1920 White Sox (4) 2001 Padres (1) 1947 Pirates (1) 1943 Giants (2) 1943 Dodgers (3) I'll be sad to give up Jackie but this is The offer to trade for more SPs still stand!
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Jan 25, 2015 04:34
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Sure, let's go with the Hipsters again, why not. Same sliders and park. Roster hundlto01 1996NYM Todd Hundley C posadjo01 2009NYY Jorge Posada C teixema01 2009NYY Mark Teixeira 1B teixema01 2007TEX Mark Teixeira 1B lajoina01 1909CLE Nap Lajoie 2B canoro01 2009NYY Robinson Cano 2B rodrial01 2009NYY Alex Rodriguez 3B kentje01 1996NYM Jeff Kent 3B jeterde01 2009NYY Derek Jeter SS youngmi02 2007TEX Michel Young SS gilkebe01 1996NYM Bernard Gilkey OF johnsla03 1996NYM Lance Johnson OF swishni01 2009NYY Nick Swisher OF damonjo01 2009NYY Johnny Damon OF jossad01 1909CLE Addie Joss SP sabatc.01 2009NYY CC Sabathia SP clarkma01 1996NYM Mark Clark SP burnea.01 2009NYY AJ Burnett SP youngcy01 1909CLE Cy young riverma01 2009NYY Mariano Rivera RP francjo01 1996NYM John Franco RP gagneer01 2007TEX Eric Gagne RP benoijo01 2007TEX Joaquin Benoit RP hugheph01 2009NYY Phil Hughes RP wilsocj01 2007TEX CJ Wilson RP Minors roberda08 2009NYY David Robinson RP aceveal01 2009NYY Alfredo Aceves RP pettian01 2009NYY Andy Pettitte SP matsuhi01 2009NYY Hideki Matsui DH loftoke01 2007TEX Kenny Lofton OF Lineups 2B Nap Lajoie LF Bernard Gilkey 1B Mark Teixeira 09 C Todd Hundley 3B Alex Rodriguez CF Lance Johnson SS Derek Jeter RF Nick Swisher P (whomever) W/DH: 2B Nap Lajoie LF Bernard Gilkey 1B Mark Teixeira 09 DH Mark Teixeira 07 C Todd Hundley 3B Alex Rodriguez CF Lance Johnson SS Derek Jeter RF Nick Swisher Rotation SP Joss SP Sabathia SP Clark SP Burnett SP Young Bullpen CL Rivera SU Franco SR Gagne MR Benoit MR Hughes LR Wilson I don't care if I am in a DH league or not.
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Jan 25, 2015 07:03
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I'm keeping this sign-up thread open until we have more teams! Also, if we're still low on teams after a day or two, then we'll have to consider certain extraordinary measures.
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Jan 25, 2015 19:04
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I'll be creating a team, i just need time to look them over. Was away visiting family and couldn't stay up to date.
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Jan 25, 2015 20:59
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Smasher Dynamo posted:Also, if we're still low on teams after a day or two, then we'll have to consider certain extraordinary measures. Ill-fated corporate teams?!
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Jan 25, 2015 21:03
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Smasher Dynamo posted:I'm keeping this sign-up thread open until we have more teams! I'm still badgering a friend about joining. The Triad needs a 3rd member that actually lives in the Cities...
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Forzelt posted:Ill-fated corporate teams?! Clearly, what we need is the Mushroom Corp. run by FairGame and me. Then it goes in the same division as the Pharmas and the Wizards in the Sub-Par League. Hilarity ensues.
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Forzelt posted:Ill-fated corporate teams?! Hulkamatt and I will run a team, I haven't even asked him and I know he's down.
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Jan 25, 2015 21:30
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No corporate teams.
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Jan 25, 2015 21:41
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We should totally do time-share teams, where everyone takes turns running it. Perfect. Note: We're probably not going to do this. Probably.
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Jan 25, 2015 21:44
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Smasher Dynamo posted:We should totally do time-share teams, where everyone takes turns running it. Perfect. Down for that too.
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I'll edit in lineups and the rotation once I've had a chance to hash them out. I almost certainly should have taken a lot longer and put a lot more thought into my roster, but you know, how bad can it be? (the answer is 'very bad') The South Boston Murphs  Home City: South Boston Home Stadium: Fahhkin' Fenway, an exact copy of Fenway Park except with seven times as many places to buy beer DH Preference: Eh, whatever. Preferably none, since I don't have David Ortiz. Dammit. ROSTER C 1959 Smoky Burgess (L) 1B 1941 Jimmie Foxx (R) 2B 1941 Bobby Doerr (R) SS 1941 Joe Cronin (R) 3B 1985 Gary Gaetti (R) LF 1941 Ted Williams (L) CF 1985 Kirby Puckett (R) RF 1959 Roberto Clemente (R) BN 1941 Dom DiMaggio (R) BN 1985 Mark Salas (L) BN 2000 Tony Womack (L) BN 1959 Joe Maseroski (R) BN 1941 Lou Finney (L) BN 2000 Greg Colbrunn (R) SP1 2000 Randy Johnson (LHP) SP2 2000 Curt Schilling (RHP) SP3 1985 Bert Blyleven (RHP) SP4 1959 Harvey Haddix (LHP) SP5 1941 Charlie Wagner (RHP) CL 1985 Ron Davis (RHP) RP 2000 Greg Swindell (LHP) RP 1959 Don Gross (LHP) RP 2000 Dan Plesac (LHP) RP 2000 Vincente Padilla (RHP) RP 1941 Herb Hash (RHP) (my first pick chosen solely on the basis of 'what a great name') MINORS 1985 Greg Gagne MINORS 2000 Byung-Hyun Kim MINORS 1985 Tom Brunansky MINORS 1941 Frankie Pytlak MINORS 1959 Dick Groat (number two!) Lineups Vs. LHP 1. RF 1959 Roberto Clemente (R) 2. 2B 1941 Bobby Doerr (R) 3. 1B 1941 Jimmie Foxx (R) 4. LF 1941 Ted Williams (L) 5. 3B 1985 Gary Gaetti (R) 6. C 1959 Smoky Burgess (L) 7. SS 1941 Joe Cronin (R) 8. CF 1985 Kirby Puckett (R) 9. Pitcher Vs. RHP 1. RF 1959 Roberto Clemente (R) 2. 2B 1941 Bobby Doerr (R) 3. 1B 1941 Jimmie Foxx (R) 4. LF 1941 Ted Williams (L) 5. 3B 1985 Gary Gaetti (R) 6. SS 1941 Joe Cronin (R) 7. CF 1985 Kirby Puckett (R) 8. C 1959 Smoky Burgess (L) 9. Pitcher Rotation SP1 2000 Randy Johnson (LHP) SP2 2000 Curt Schilling (RHP) SP3 1985 Bert Blyleven (RHP) SP4 1959 Harvey Haddix (LHP) SP5 1941 Charlie Wagner (RHP) LR 2000 Greg Swindell (LHP) MR 1941 Herb Hash (RHP) SR 1959 Don Gross (LHP) SR 2000 Dan Plesac (LHP) SU 2000 Vincente Padilla (RHP) CL 1985 Ron Davis (RHP) Strategy Hit and Run: -2 Sacrifice Bunt: -4 Squeeze Play: 0 Trying for extra bases: 1 Stealing Bases: 1 Aggressively Tagging Up: 1 Pitch Outs (to prevent stolen bases): 2 Giving Intentional Walks: -2 Pitching Around Good Hitters: 3 Bringing the Infield In: 1 Guarding the Lines: 1 Making Cutoff Throws: 2 Bringing in Pinch Hitters: 3 Bringing in Pinch Runners: 1 Bringing in Defensive Replacements: 2 Starting Pitchers on Short Rest: -4 Letting pitchers pitch throw trouble: 3 Letting Pitchers rack up high pitch counts: -1 DivineCoffeeBinge fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Jan 26, 2015 |
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I think I'm gonna try and build a team for this tonight at work.
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:I'll edit in lineups and the rotation once I've had a chance to hash them out. I almost certainly should have taken a lot longer and put a lot more thought into my roster, but you know, how bad can it be? Murph Murphey has found his rightful home.
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