Ceetar

Will start in Buffalo provided he's not one of the projected 40man cuts to make room. Which is doubtful since they just added him last fall.

Toby Hyde lists him unofficially in a utility role for the Binghamton Mets.

No big deal. I imagine the winning pitcher and the two starters are the main stat-getters here.

Alpine Albatrosses: kurt suzuki ©, dustin ackley (MI) , and mike carp (OF) Greenpoint Lunchladies: Brandon McCarthy, Tom Wilhelmsen Miracle Monks: Coco Crisp Muddy Chickens: Seth Smith

making a list.

funny, since I asked the day after and was told that'd it wasn't going to happen. Where'd you see this?

At least we'll pretty much start from the second half next year, we'll know what we're doing, maybe Niv will have fixed some bugs, and we'll have a longer period of time to do the auction (like late February/early March instead of the night before the first game)

yeah, and thanks for all the spam you worthless robot!

I sent Niv an email to ask, but I'm not sure what can be done. Apparently lineups can't be set until the draft is finished.

looks like we have to set them manually post 'start of season' so everyone that has A's M's should probably do that for tomorrow.

metsmarathon wrote: so what would be the point of me putting a plyer into my minor leagues? I'm not really sure. Does it do it automatically maybe just so you can see how they're doing type thing and don't accidentily sub them in?

I'm feeling a little out of it, so if It's like 8:45 and I'm nowhere to be found/non responsive...

Edgy DC wrote: Sounds like we're both right. Anytuck, I do it all the time too. Well aren't we Mr. Optimism? I blame the NY state education system. And my lack of focus on things [crossout]like grammar and proofreading[/crossout] on everything.

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Edgy DC wrote: When I'm typing quickly, I oft embarrassingly find later that I've mistyped a homonym in place of the word I meant to put there, but I really like the more nuanced meaning that comes out with Ceetar's feel/fail booboo above. Funny. I actually thought Ceetar left out some words and was trying to say "Movies very often feel the need to bridge that gap." I do crap like this all the time. But you're both wrong. I was going to write fail but thought feel the need and ended up doing half of each. oops.

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Ceetar wrote: It's entertainment, so I still was hoping for the "I enjoyed it" aspect, but not at the expense of the "profoundly disturbed" aspect. Movies very often feel to bridge that gap. They should've hired David Lynch to direct. Well, I don't think they even wanted to hit on the disturbing aspect. Just the way it was marketed and people are talking about it seems like it was basically a money-grab directed at the Twilight crowd. And Twilight was initially pitched as "the next Harry Potter" (which is the only reason I read it)

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah, the old "medium negates the message" issue is always there with me. That was a point made in the Vulture review I posted above, that it whitewashed some/most of the horror out of it. It's entertainment, so I still was hoping for the "I enjoyed it" aspect, but not at the expense of the "profoundly disturbed" aspect. Movies very often feel to bridge that gap.

m.e.t.b.o.t. wrote: [crossout]m.e.t.b.o.t. is ready.[/crossout] m.e.t.b.o.t. has sent a pm to human ottoneu commissioner ceetar you can change the team name at the very top of the screen if Fman's human anatomy allusions confuse you.

Vic Sage wrote: well, kids read 1984 too. Um, yeah, Ceetar, they do... because its one of the great works of English literature and most important statements about politics, language and society in the 20th century. Not just cuz it's a good read. as for THE HUNGER GAMES... well, the jury is going to be out for a few decades to determine whether its literature that should be studied in its own right. As for what its saying that's relevant to teach socio-politically (saying what hasn't already been said by dozens of other better books about dystopias), that's what i'm asking about. I suspect the answer is "well, its like 1984!", to which i say, "then read 1984." I suspect the Hunger Games, whether or not it's socio-political statement is compatible with the one taken from 1984, is eminently more relatedable to by today's youth than 1984. Ultimately the lesson comes from the teacher, not from the book. The book is merely a tool. So if a teacher feels the lesson can be taught similarly with a modern book, and one that's popular to boot, why not? Not only that, but having to re-apply the message to a different book reinforces the meaning to the teacher as well. Instead of teaching something that he or she learned by rote and has repeated for years.. Personally, I like the Hunger Games better than 1984, but I should reserve that until I finish the series. It just feels like a deeper story, but then it's much longer too. I only read 1984 a couple of years ago for the first time though, and I don't know if I remember much more than I'd already gleaned from it's immersion in popular culture. (Big Brother, always at war with Eurasia, etc)

metsmarathon wrote: wait... i'd have to shell out another $10 for this wouldn't i? no. you can claim abandoned teams for free (we'd time it so I'd click the abandon button while you were around to claim it) m.e.t.b.o.t. would be playing on Fman's dime.

well, kids read 1984 too. That's the parallel i keep drawing. Again i'm only 56% through the series so I'm surely missing some of the overall 'meaning' but it's not a light read or a fluff book in any sense. And it's very well written. I haven't been following the hype too closely because I only just started reading it Friday, but I think there's definitely something to the female protagonist thing and that she isn't written into one of the typical female stereotypes (which is in part because there characters are well written, so they have real depth) It's a post-apocalyptic world where the 13 districts rose up against an oppressive capital. They lost. As punishment the Capital razed the 13th district, and instituted the Hunger Games which is basically real world Survivor, where they fight to the death and one person wins. two people from each district, which are now walled-off states without any interaction between them, are chosen via random lottery. Kids can put their names in multiple times to get a ration of bread for their family. (so rich people have one entry, poor people have dozens) The Hunger Games are mandatory celebration. They have to watch in the town square. The winner is paraded around the country and rewarded with riches and fame. Each district is rife with poverty, generally the higher number the worse it is. Katniss's father was killed in a mine accident when she was 12 (mining is District 12's contribution to the economy. But he Capital controls said economy, so even if the district's thing is harvesting, doesn't mean they get to eat) and her mother went catatonic with grief, so it fell to her to feed her mother, herself and her younger sister. She nearly starves, but eventually learns to sneak out of the district to hunt in the woods, and is able to barter with what she gets. The Capital is always spying, has peacekeepers stationed in the district, and has wealth and food and all that. To them, the Hunger Games is actually just Survivor. it's a TV show and they wager on the victors and celebrate them and pick favorite players, etc. Then when she's 16 her 12 year old sister's name gets called, and she volunteers to replace her. Her actions inside the arena basically spark the beginnings of a revolution by giving people hope, and this gets her in trouble with the president. I presume an overall revolution is where the series is headed. (unlike 1984 where the government basically strikes him down)

This is the review that resonated with my take of it. http://www.vulture.com/2012/03/movie-review-the-hunger-games.html Definitely not missing anything by waiting for Netflix/Cable if you haven't read the book (which I highly recommend). I'm a sucker for wanting to see good books envisioned on the screen even though I know they're never as good. (The Twilight movies are better than the books imo, which says a lot about how bad the books are) I'm already looking forward to the second one though, it's got a very strong 1984 vibe to it so far in the book.

You know the "hottest" movie of the year? The book is amazing. I'm into the second now, and it's just as good. The movie..well, the movie imo was a letdown. It's not that it's bad, it's that it missed all the opportunities to be great. It's not a 'feel good' book, but the movie misses most of of the horror involved with 24 kids being forced to fight to the death in an arena on live national television by an oppressive government. The story is about a future North American nation of a Capital region and 12 (formerly 13) tightly controlled fenced in districts. Each District, as a rememberence of rebellion, is forced to offer up 1 boy and 1 girl for Tribute to fight to the death in the yearly television show, The Hunger Games. Which is also mandatory viewing and supposed to be celebrated. The story follows Katniss, the tribute from District 12, one of the poorest districts, in her quest to survive and the trouble she causes the Capital in the process.

I'll create a fake account to grab some players in FA if that's what we decide to do. If I claim it to a fake account it opens up that account if any CPF member wants to join the league next year. I feel bad for the random guy that claimed the team, but whatever. screw him right?

metsmarathon wrote: yeah. it would be different if someone had chosen to run their draft that way. i think the best would be to retain fman's players for whoever picks up his team after the conclusion of the draft. So Jason Bay and Hanley Ramirez. just so we're clear what this guy gets. :-D

A guy claimed the abandoned Fman team. Do we let him draft, perhaps monopolizing the guys we want because of his higher cash holdings or block/abandon him and just run the league with 11 and an unqualified team until next year? We can also just block him from the draft temporarily and then let the random riff raff take the team and try to piece it together via free agency. I think that's a poor option though, might as well create a fake fangraphs account to squat the team and maybe try to recruit someone else next year. or we can tie Fman in a chair in front of a computer. Who's closest to Syracuse?