Fahntasy Baseball

[scratchbomb]

Is there enough interest here for another league??

I'm curious to try out ESPN's live auction draft format -- anybody (else) interested?

I'm always up for it. Count me in if you do it.

[yesno]

Can I draft Team Japan?

Man, that was a good game.

[ben]

Is there enough interest here for another league??

I'm curious to try out ESPN's live auction draft format -- anybody (else) interested?

I had a blast drafting live with the league scratchbomb set up, and would like to do it again.  Let me know!

[jbissell]

Is there enough interest here for another league??

I'm curious to try out ESPN's live auction draft format -- anybody (else) interested?

I'm always up for it. Count me in if you do it.

Yeah, especially if it's an auction.

[Matthew_S]

me, scratchbomb, ben, jbissell.

any other takers?

[ben]

me, scratchbomb, ben, jbissell.

any other takers?

is this dead?  is four teams enough for a league?

[nec13]

If you gentlemen want to start a league, I'm in.

[ben]

I think I have at least one more person willing to join, given it can be a draft where auto picks are an option.  What sort of draft date would you have in mind if we can pull the numbers together?  And what draft process?

[The Haacksawist]

I'd join.

[scratchbomb]

I think I have at least one more person willing to join, given it can be a draft where auto picks are an option.  What sort of draft date would you have in mind if we can pull the numbers together?  And what draft process?

I'd recommend 6 teams minimum for a league, but I think you could get away with five if you don't want to do head-to-head.

I'd also recommend a live online draft (just think it's more fun, personally); weekends work best for everyone, usually.

The season starts 4/6, so you'll probably wanna set up pretty soon.

[Julie]

I'M IN!

[Matthew_S]

me, scratchbomb, ben, jbissell.

any other takers?

add in regulator, haack and Julie.

7, small but OK.

Choices -- categories?  NL or AL or both?  positions?  ...

[yesno]

As for the Yahoo league, the main thing I need to do is (1) sit back and (2) make sure my pitching staff, as a whole, gets enough innings?

With some opportunities for trades and stuff mid-season?

I'm really exciting about the fontasy (my preferred spelling) baseball thing, but the main reason I've never done it is that I'm confused about what, exactly, you actually do.

On another point, anyone here ever play Strat-o-Matic baseball?  It seems like a combination of dungeons and dragons and baseball stat geekery, but somehow nerdier than either of those two things.

I admit that the main reason I'm doing this is to force myself to keep track of the Rockies and Phillies throughout the season...though my new subscription to mlb.tv with its condensed games will definitely help with that.

[scratchbomb]

As for the Yahoo league, the main thing I need to do is (1) sit back and (2) make sure my pitching staff, as a whole, gets enough innings?

With some opportunities for trades and stuff mid-season?

I'm really exciting about the fontasy (my preferred spelling) baseball thing, but the main reason I've never done it is that I'm confused about what, exactly, you actually do.

On another point, anyone here ever play Strat-o-Matic baseball?  It seems like a combination of dungeons and dragons and baseball stat geekery, but somehow nerdier than either of those two things.

I admit that the main reason I'm doing this is to force myself to keep track of the Rockies and Phillies throughout the season...though my new subscription to mlb.tv with its condensed games will definitely help with that.

Pretty much, you just have to make your lineups every day. For example, make sure you don't have someone starting at 1B that day who's not actually playing that day. Or make sure your ace pitcher is in the lineup when his rotation spot comes up. But yeah, that's pretty much.

I never played stratomatic, but that's what I always heard about it. There's a great book by Alan Shwarz, "The Numbers Game", that's all about the history of stats in baseball. Its basic premise is that, even though a lot of Joe Morgan-types think stats "ruin" the game, they've been a part of it since the beginning, and have actually helped popularize it. He also talks about stratomatic and other proto-fantasy games, and how they helped create the stat nerds of today like Bill James and co.

[yesno]

So, every player that is not currently in position "BN" counts for me?  Like, I just have to make sure that every player I want to count for me is assigned a position in my roster-- 5 pitchers active at once, 9 fielders (I guess I get a utility player/"DH" as a "fielding" position)?

By this time next year I'll be making spreadsheets based on the Baseball Prospectus and shit.  But for now, dumb questions.