A Boy Named Seo

This league sounds fun!

Ceetar wrote: your team is your team. keepers are already set. you keep everyone. It'll suck to miss the draft though. At the very least you should see if you can find someone that just wants to draft for you, at least just for a few guys to round out the roster. otherwise you'll have a week to play with the waiver wire and add guys. You're coming in with a real solid team though. OK, cool, so I have 18 guys already. The draft then is to fill out the remaining however many roster spots? I think I get ask my brother to fill in. He's been wanting to do an auction so he would dig it. FG/Ottoneu does not have an app, do they?

PS - I'm going to send Easton Assassins dude $10 bucks to cover the fee he already paid.

I got an email from mm's homie. He said he'd be dropping and would ship the old Guadalajara Cornballers team back to me, if that's cool with everybody else. If so, would you guys refresh me on the format, key dates, etc.? And catch me up on the new changes? Gracias... what was your fangraphs/ottoneu id? main one is you have to be available (or find a proxy to be available) next Wednesday at 9 for the auction draft. Otherwise it's Otto roto. categories listed on the team pages, your prospective roster. https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/209/team?team=1886 the current argument is a few people seem adamantly against playoffs because of a slightly different format for determining the winner. No one's vehemently come out in favor of playoffs (though I'm sure they will the second I cave and nix the playoffs) Currently winner is crowned at the end of the season based on the roto categories. proposal would be a head to head format over the last 4 weeks of the season which uses a more counting based statistic grouping (doubles, SB, HR etc) rather than the rate based ones we use now. ottoneu id: aboynamedseo Sux on the draft date... me and muh lady friend have tix to an event, so I'll have to see if I can re-sked, but it's unlikely. What's the deal w/ keepers?

I got an email from mm's homie. He said he'd be dropping and would ship the old Guadalajara Cornballers team back to me, if that's cool with everybody else. If so, would you guys refresh me on the format, key dates, etc.? And catch me up on the new changes? Gracias...

metsmarathon wrote: we do seem to have a 1 team / year turnover rate! i'm sure you'll get in sooner or later. I deserve a mandatory mulit-year banishment after my initial performance in this league.

All good, dudes. Was just putting my name out in case of emergency. If you guys need me next year, just holler.

If everyone else falls though and you need an extra dude, I can play. I was terrible a few years ago at keeping up with the daily lineup changes, but work has me in front of a desk 5 days/week, so I'd be more reliable nowadays. LMK, fellas.

And here is David Thompson taking BP hacks to some shitty pop-country. Looks like he is a #8 and wore #88 in the AFL. I like a man with conviction. [youtube:2veztswx]PZjeeKBpS-s[/youtube:2veztswx]

Found a vid of my new boy David Thompson that was way more interesting than I thought it would be. His interviewer is The Most Scottsdale Chick of All-Time, and she gets him to open up on A-Rod (and Cameron Diaz!) and NCAA violations (!?). He also briefly discusses THE PLAN and waxes on his love of Jesus and golf. Now to find a vid of him swinging a baseball bat or running or something. [youtube:3fw00kdl]CmUl_2u8k58[/youtube:3fw00kdl]

He's a brut. Is he still catching?

Edgy MD wrote: I like Thompson. He puts up RBI numbers that outstrip his rate stats. I don't necessarily conclude anything there, but it bears watching. He is an intriguing, slightly older (25 in August) prospect. Homie gotta draw a few more walks, though. .318 OBP in 1238 minor league PAs ain't gonna get him the long look.

Sadly, I am not adopting David Thompson to be a loving provider. My therapist says I am doing it to fulfill a selfish need in myself, to try to patch a pain in my heart that was created when David Wright's body betrayed him. My therapist told me not to do this, to work on me instead, and said this adoption is akin to someone who lost a pet going to the shelter to look for a pet just like the one that died to try to fill a void that will never, ever be filled. If this is a mistake, a rebound adoption, so be it. I can't be complacent any longer. My therapist is not going to be happy with me. So, hello, David Wri... Thompson. Pleased to meet you. I see you are a 6-foot tall, caucasian third baseman who both hits and throws from the right side. I like that. It comforts me. Tell me about your parents? Was your dad a cop? That's cool. I see the Yankees drafted you in 2012 but (I imagine) you said to them, "Go to Hell, I will never play for your bullshit organization!". I knew I liked you way back then, but when the Mets drafted you out of college in 2014 and (I imagine) you said to them, "I can't wait to wear the blue and orange and put together a long, storied career as a reliable professional who never once embarrasses the organization," well I knew you had the chance to be special. FanGraphs has twice labeled you one of baseball's most compelling fringe prospects. I guess that's good. In 2017, you hit .263/.325/.429(.754) at AA Binghamton, with 29 doubles, 16 homers, 69 RBI, and 8 steals for good measure. That's pretty similar to a line David Wright put up in St. Lucie way back when. But I shouldn't let myself think like that. I'm projecting again. I'm sorry. I'm curious what you look like. Are you clean-shaven? Do you have an earnest smile? I googled "David Thompson" and I'm not sure which one is you. Do you look like like an old-time Canadian trapper? I'm nearly certain the basketball player isn't you. Just the same, maybe it's better to not get too close to you too soon. You're definitely blocked by Todd Frazier. And Asdrubal Cabrera or Jose Reyes, if Frazier is hurt. And maybe Phillip Evans. And even Jhoan Urena? Are you even good? Should I open myself up to you? Will you ever even reach Queens? I'm scared, David Thompson, I'm scared. MLB.com lists you as the 24th best prospect in the organization. That seems... safe. I am choosing to adopt you. I am choosing to not compare you to any other similarly profiled Met third baseman named David. I am choosing to support you for you. David, welcome to the family.

metsmarathon wrote: Also, and let’s be honest here. If uneven acting and odd pacing are dealbreakers In a movie undone by pointless side quests, magically instant Jedi training and light saber mastery, dubious space physics and questionable military tactics with deeply flawed and oddly specific implements of war, unearned relationships, with space battles between improbably close ships with terrible aim, and timelines that fall apart under scrutiny, then I dont think we saw the same version of empire strikes back. I don't believe I made any of those fine points and I love Empire... Sounds like a dude might be to convince himself the movie was better than his deep-down inner-force is telling him it is!

All the below is gonna be spoilers. *** I thought it was frustratingly mediocre. Poe Dameron, Jesus what a liability that guy is. He decimated like 85% of the rebel fleet on his own with all his swash-buckling, and 10 minutes after he pulls a gun on his own commanders, he offers to lead the last of the rebels through the ice caves, and Leia's, like, "what are you lookin at me for? follow that guy." I thought the super, slow-mo chase of the rebel ship by the empire was also frustrating. "Let's not blow it out of the sky, guys, let's just sort-of tail it til it for the next 18 hours til it runs out of gas, then they'll be ours!" Doesn't Admiral Ginger Bad-Guy even say at one point something to the effect of "lets just shoot at them once at a while to remind them we're still here"??? And Laura Dern. I guess planning the sacrifice the whole time then? Except for the obvious 'we have to make it fit in the movie timeline', why would she stand around in silence and wait til the very end? Load up the escape pods and kamikaze that shit as soon as you realize they can track you through hyper-speed, no? Other shit that kinda bugged me: -Episodes 4-6 were great at sexual tension. This movie was devoid of it til the last 3 minutes where there was this awkward Finn/Rose kiss and then a creepy "hello" from Poe to Ray. What the crap. -Cute creatures. Seems like you have to have a cute new thing to sell a billion plush toys and Doritos bags. The crystal fox things were alright, but just eat the adorable furbie thing, Chewbacca. Eat it. On screen. -Tupac hologram Luke Skywalker. metsmarathon perfectly hit on the overall theme, and as such, Luke didn't need to hang around anymore just because he's a Jedi. I thought he was gonna go full Obi-Wan and let Kylo strike him down, but why just teleport and disappear? His actual disappearance/Copperfield farewell was somehow a little anti-climactic for me. Good stuff: -Snoke is dead. Yay, he sucked so much. Snoke's palace room was awesome, his guards kicked ass, and the Kylo/Rae team-up was very cool. The tribute and good-bye to Carrie Fisher was touching and was done pretty well, I thought. Flying through space was kind of a reach, but it was alright still. 5 light sabers out of 10! Maybe the 5th best Star Wars movie? 4th tops.

Anyone seen this? I'd watched it a few years after it came out and made my poor gf watch it last night. I feel asleep, of course, and woke up to her sobbing her eyes out at Bjork's beautiful performance. It's a dark musical, all the original score is written and performed by Bjork (including one amazing duet with Radiohead's Thom Yorke). [youtube:2ytp5mv1]53vr9EiOH7g[/youtube:2ytp5mv1] Fun fact! In this, her acting debut, Bjork was nominated for a ton of awards including Golden Globe for best actress and the Oscar for best music (and she won a ton of smaller awards, too!). Another fun fact! Bjork's debut would also be her retirement, as she said the emotional toll of playing this character was something she never wanted to go through again. :'-( Less fun fact! Very recently, Bjork joined the #metoo movement, essentially calling out (not by name) Lars Von Trier for sexual harassment during filming of this very movie. story -> https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bjork-details-danish-directors-sexual-harassment-toward-her-w509026 As I said, this movie is beautiful and heavy, and the soundtrack is gorgeous. You may need to watch a couple episodes of "Friends" or "How I Met Your Mother" afterward to reset your emotional compass. Don't watch if you're a shitty mood! Available on Amazon Prime for $3, or free on the internet if you don't give a shit about stealing!

Great review. Totally love this park, and was lucky enough to witness the Bartolo homer and the David Wright barehanded catch live there. It's so open and wide and comfortable. Leaving the old warehouse up that frames the stadium on the left field side is cool looking (if not a tiny bit of contrived old-timeyness). Views in any direction at this park are pretty wonderful. The only thing dreadfully boring about the stadium is the home team.

themetfairy wrote: One cool feature is that you can borrow a glove for the game. If you like the glove, you can purchase it at a discount after the game. Although having some strange, borrowed piece of leather on your hand instead of the trusty mitt that you've gone to battle with for years would seemingly increase the chance of you muffing that rare foul ball catch opportunity, I am still in favor this cool, little park perk.

Centerfield wrote: 2. The yellow seats are kinda jarring on TV but more so in person. I know it's part of the classic look. But it's still strikes me as odd. Looked a bit cooler to me when I learned this lil factoid: [tweet] [/tweet]

Something weird keeps happening. My adoptee keeps getting promoted despite numbers that would indicate promotion should be for other dudes. He went .214 / .304 / .382 (.686 OPS) in 148 plate appearances with St. Lucie, which somehow got him promoted to AA Binghamton. There, he went .227 / .322 / .347 (.669 OPS), in 87 plate appearances, which naturally got him promoted to AAA Vegas. And at Vegas, he finished .182 / .308 / .364 (.671 OPS) in 13 scant plate appearances. In 4 seasons, my dude, the 40th (last) round pick of the 2014 draft, #1195 overall, has defied all odds and climbed to the top rungs of the minor league professional baseball ladder with this career line: .201 / .311 / .318 (.629 OPS). He has played every infield position this year (but mostly second base). Like, I wanna put a change.org petition together to get this guy called up to Queens for an inning of defensive replacement work. I make shitty jokes about your OPS, Dale, but you're almost there, dude. Keep going.

Dodger Stadium was build in 1962 in very sketchy fashion on Chávez Ravine, a hill in downtown Los Angeles that was formerly populated by generations of Angelinos of Mexican heritage. These people had their homes taken away from them by the city, who cited eminent domain and a desire to build low-cost housing on the site. The city never built that housing, and instead eventually flipped the land to Walter O'Malley, who built this beautiful ballpark on a hill. (Great companion story and album --> http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/ry-cooder-talks-ny-times-chavez-ravine-dodger-stadium-marks-50th-anniversary-2012-04-12) And it is a beautiful park. Dodger Stadium is somehow the third oldest stadium in baseball (behind Fenway and Wrigley). I've been to a game at Fenway (and a concert at Wrigley) and they feel like living museums to me. Dodger Stadium was built about 50 years later than those two, but doesn't feel like an artifact in any way. The concourses are much narrower than new parks and the bathrooms a little mustier (there might even be some troughs still in the mens rooms), but seeing the palm trees dot the hillside beyond the outfield walls immediately remind you that you're sitting in an iconic baseball venue, and it will also remind you of Kirk Gibson (and the cars snaking out of the parking lot that night, trying to beat traffic in Game 1 of the World Fucking Series). Sadly Vin is now retired. And so is Nancy Bea Hefly, the wonderful organist (whom I had great pleasure of meeting years ago), who filled the stadium with beautiful baseball music for nearly 30 years. Even without those two, Dodger Stadium on nearly any Los Angeles night (the weather never sucks) is one of my favorite places to see a game. The Bad: Traffic completely sucks, don't be in a rush. Angelinos are laid-back people, so showing up a little late and leaving a little early isn't culturally a sin, like it might be on the east coast. But even with the best intentions, traffic will make you late. I used to have to leave my apartment in Long Beach (~30 miles away) by 5pm to ensure I was on time for the first pitch of a 7:05 PM start. That was rare. And traffic's even worse during a playoff game. But if you're just visiting, you want the experience and don't truly care about the outcome, show up late! Leave early! You were probably at the beach all day and couldn't make it on time anyway! If you want to park in the stadium, everyone winds excruciatingly slowly up the same hill through different entrances, loops around the park to their spot, then does the same painful dance on the way out. HOT TIP: Park outside the stadium (most of the time for free) and walk up the hill. I've parked on Sunset Blvd many times. The short walk is faster than the snarling traffic and you burn a few calories for that Dodger Dog and beer (more later). Also bad - sitting in the outfield bleachers. My ex-girlfriend would sit there regularly, but that place sucks. The views are fine and all, but the clientele is decidedly more Raider-fan. And those guys are dicks, lets face it. I did sit in the upper tank for Opening Day, 1990. Just fine, but get down a little lower. Also, there's a mez level where IIRC, if you sit a little too far back, you can't see the full flight of the ball on a pop fly due to the overhang. Not the worst thing in the world, but again, get down a litter closer if you can. The game's always better when you're right on top of it. The Good: Classic park, beautiful views! Get a Dodger Dog (the all beef one). You'll probably be like, "What the hell, it's just a goddamn hotdog" but a Dodger Dog and a tall, cold Dos Equis or Tecate in the stands on a summer night is just right, people. There are way more food and beer options now than there used to be, but old reliable is just that.

My boy Dale is in AA starting his 4th professional season and is, if nothing else, a model of consistency. His .136/.224/.295 line thus far is a little lighter, but in accordance with his .188/.304/.293 career line. I read an interview with him where he was proud of his ability to play all 4 infield positions and hopes that versatility will help him down the road. Gotta get off the interstate before you can move on to the next road, sonny boy. Best of luck. But for real, dude must have some kinda glove, no?

Damn, son. Get it.

Rock doc about Colin Hay and the meteoric ascension of Men at Work, and his fall to, and climb out of obscurity as a solo artist. All the critical, pre-requisite VH1 'behind the music' stuff was there: too much money too soon, alcohol, drugs, resentment, ex-wives, lawsuits, etc. So the formula wasn't unique or anything, but he's a super likeable guy and and I was rooting for him, even if he didn't really want or need me to. $3 bucks rental, Amazon Prime. Not sure where else it's available. [youtube:33mo7y3n]uzdQ0KVwXCI[/youtube:33mo7y3n]

This was pretty great. I knew I thought Liam was a dickhead going in, but Noel was a dickhead in his own, different way, too. But both strangely sort of likeable, fun, assholes at the same time. You would probably be both happy and worried if they showed up to a party at your house. JCL alluded to Noel as the surprise hit song-writer and it was kinda funny to watch Liam get jealous and pout and not participate when Noel was blossoming. Especially when Noel is singing lead on 'Wonderwall'. FWIW, I like Liam's voice way better. Watch with the subtitles on unless you're metirish.