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oh yeah and on a related topic i think we can assume a 162 games maximum per position for each hitting spot right?

After reading the comments in the other thread it seems we arent even agreed on whether there should be a min and a max...so this poll will have 4 options: 1. No min, yes max 2. no max, yes min 3. no min or max 4. yes min and max we'll leave this open 1 week (march 8th) at which time we'll break it down in a new poll into specific numbers of innings.

I'm declaring the 3rd option the winner because it has more votes than the other two combined, we cant wait forever for more voters, a new poll is coming...

MFS62 wrote: Sorry if this was hijacked. You know what they say about good intentions..... Bret usually ruins them?

KC wrote: I meant the back seats of the loge in my post the other day, although the back of mezz kinda sucks too. yeah but theres NO comparison, back row mezz is an inconvenience, back row loge is a reason to stay home.

Bret Sabermetric wrote: CPFers don't like trashing Mets, past, present, or future, and will go to almost any length not to do so Give me a reason and i'll happily "trash" their stats and on field ability. I have better things to do than trash the intelligence of ballplayers long gone. ="Elster88"]More like, CPFers saw the shenanigans going on, and thought to themselves, I'll save myself the headache of posting in there. BINGO!

]Koby Clemens Hits Homer off Roger Clemens in First At-Bat remember when Cal Ripken homered in his last all-star game? Well that was less cheap than this i'd bet.

This is INSANE. The method by which they got in was bad enough but so many at once is just a big fuckin joke. Why don't we just induct every player to ever play in the negro leagues and be done with it.

Diamond Dad wrote: The easier way to prevent a team from winning the wins category by going with 8 starters is to use "net" wins (wins minus losses). This takes away the incentive to use a low-end starter rather than a high-end middle man. we've gotta go with the standard 5x5, otherwise we'll be arguing categories well into May. As far as that particular category goes i don't like it, it lessens the value of GOOD pitchers on BAD teams even more than just counting wins does.

who will have the last word...when will edgy move the thred to the red light forum...is bret still naked in florida....stay tuned, folks.

Edgy DC wrote: Roberto Petagine, looking to the Mariners to be the latest team to under-utilize him. the poster-boy for a guy who never got the chance he deserved, he's probaby too old for it to matter now but he really deserved 500 ABs somewhere, somehow to show what he can do.

In case you haven't guessed Row C is the third row back from the main aisle. There are also "boxes" forward of that so in reality you are the 9th row.

]The general consensus on baseball blogs seems to be that the research basically means this: 1. Put the best OPS in 3rd 2. Put the best remaining Slg in 4th 3. Put the best remaining OBP's in 1st and 2nd (with the better Slg in 2nd) 4. Arrange the remaining players in order of descending Slg which would give us this (using 2005 #'s): 1.LoDuca (.334 OBP) 2. Floyd (.358 OBP/.505 SLG) 3. Delgado (.399 OBP/.582 SLG) 4. Wright (.388 OBP/.523 SLG) 5. Diaz (.329 OBP/.468 SLG) 6. Beltran (.330 OBP/.414 SLG) 7. Reyes (.300 OBP/.386 SLG) 8. Matsui (.300 OBP/.352 SLG) 9. Martinez (.100 OBP/.087 SLG) I agree wholeheartedly with that method of lineup construction, but i'd have to use what the players are projected to do this year rather than what they actualy did last year....which in this case means switching LoDuca and Beltran's spots.... Beltran, Floyd, Delgado, Wright, Diaz, LoDuca, Reyes, Matsui, Pitcher is a very reasonable lineup. ] I don't know. The numbers said to put him there and numbers are always right. Always. The numbers are ALWAYS right, if you're using the right numbers...that is to say if you could predict with absolute certainty every player's stats on a per-AB basis you'd be able to plug them into the lineup in a way that produced the most possible runs. Reasonable people can, of course, disagree with what a given player is going to do in the coming season, but to disregard studies of lineup formation in favor of the "tradition says the speedy guy with the low obp bats here and the guy who can bunt with the .200 batting average here..." method is just plain stupid.

those who say what i said omar's apologists will day obviously. ::wink::

its certainly too radical to try, but if you believe that getting your best hitters the most PAs is the way to score the most runs it would probably work... why Loduca behind the pitcher though?

900 innings between 8 guys is 112.5 each, which is barely anything. when your top starter goes 200 innings that leaves only 100 for each of the remaining slots, when your next starter goes 200 that leaves only 500 innings between 6 pitchers!

I'm fine with that article, the author goes out of his way to say that there are no rumors or "super secret sources that i can't reveal but swear exist." He's writing a filler column with some speculation and I'm glad he's straightforward about it.

Obviously he got hurt getting ready to watch the tournament.

Omar's apologists will say thats the only one scheduled so far because they booked the concert well in advance... the rest of us know better.

the heritage nights make for great jokes, and are also good for seeing which communities have done the most complaining since last year to get themselves added in.

We need to start nailing some more things down and this is a good place to start. A yahoo public league with 7 pitchers allows a maximum of 1250 innings pitched (178.5 per spot.) Since we have 8 pitchers that would be 1428.5 innings maximum, i'd say we should round that up to 1450. We also need a minimum...if we go with 3 starters, 2 relievers, 3 other pitchers and assume that the 3 starters will throw 180 each, the 3 relievers 90 each and 3 other pitchers 150, 120, and 90 that would give us 1080. we can round that down to 1050 to give people a little more leeway (requiring 131.25 innings per spot minimum) Is anyone radically opposed to a minimum of 1050 and a maximum of 1450? I think it will prevent any BS attempts at winning ERA and WHIP with too few inings while also prevent winning W's and K's by sheer force of innings.

Jason Phillips is a non-roster invitee? that stinks because i'd have happily signed him instead of julio franco to backup 1b AND serve as the 3rd catcher

you might also want to remove Pedro Martinez, i hear his toe is acting up....also i want him for myself.

KC wrote: The back rows of the mezzanine aren't really suitable for viewing a baseball game as you can't see the ball when it's hit in the air 'cause you're in a cave. On the contrary, the back rows are a perfect place to stick a Yankees fan. Please tell your friend and all other yankee fans to sit there.

yahoo will notify you the day before i believe, but i dont plan on changing it again, we'd have had this later date to begin with if yahoo had allowed it at the time i signed up.