willpie

Gaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhk.

I'll be at game 1. Upper reserved, section 36 (I think. Maybe 34; somewhere down the 3rd base line).

Cards, man. For selfish reasons: we can slug with anyone, but I'd hate to see us get badly out-pitched.

Nice work, abogdan. Thanks for playing, everyone. I had a great time! This was my first fantasy league. Toward the end there, I was hoping for a top-6 finish, but y'all were just too tough for me!

This seems like the kind of situation in which a well-placed Siobhan could wreak havoc. To say nothing of Salome (well played, MFS, well played; there's a great Old 97's song by that name, incidentally). I guess they're not really minting Scheherezades anymore.

The wife got me one of them ticket 6-packs for my birthday, and it turns out that that made us eligible for up to 4 tickets to 1 home playoff game (DS or LCS only). I figured LCS sounded like my kind of party, so we're going to be sitting in the nosebleed seats by the 3rd base foul pole if there's a first home game of the LCS at Shea. Also: we are so tailgating in the parking lot like 6 hours before the game...

I don't have a lot of fantasy experience, but I for one have really enjoyed the way the large league forced us to be creative with more obscure players this year.

Thought it was yesterday.

NL East: New York NL Central: Cincy NL West: LA NL Wild Card: St. Louis AL East: New York AL Central: Detroit AL West: Angels AL Wild Card: Chi-town NL Divisional Series: Mets & Dodgers (pick two teams) AL Divisional Series: Tigers & Angels (pick two teams) NL Pennant Winner: Mets AL Pennant Winner: Tigers (50 points for each correct pick) World Series Champion: Mets (in 7)

Wait, are you guys saying I'm not still in this thing?

Dear Fausto Carmona, Don't sweat it, I didn't need WHIP, ERA, or Saves anyway. Love, Will

It looks like the trade's still pending; if more of you could vote against it for us, I'd appreciate it. Alternatively, would any of you be opposed to having the commish void the trade? GYC, in the event that we can't get enough no votes before the trade goes through, I'll trade you back the same players.

We can cancel it; I was just about to email you about that, because your comments suggested you didn't want the trade. I'd rather not hold you to a trade you agreed to accidentally. I've already voted against it; if you and one other person also vote against it, I think it will go away.

Hell, he looked great. Rookie pitchers who look that good are usually pitching against the Mets.

Is Valadius still playing? That's a silly question, because he clearly isn't (doesn't seem to be around here anymore, either; did I miss something?). It's getting a little frustrating to have so many good players tied up in the hands of someone who clearly doesn't give a shit about the league. Is there a way to disband his team and have a draft for his players, or is that just the way it goes? Does this happen a lot in fantasy leagues? What do you usually do when it happens? Sure, no small part of my motivation for asking is the fact that I find it really sucky getting my ass kicked by someone who isn't even playing. But it doesn't really seem fair for someone so disengaged to bring the rest of us down. Am I being greedy here, or is this making sense to some of you, too?

Little Carlos! BOOM!

Fudge.

That last run by Reyes was amazin'.

Indeed, Zvon. I really appreciated that. Although, come to think of it, I didn't extend the same courtesy to anyone else.

Not trying to single you out, OO; that wasn't even the worst offer I got after I said I needed outfielders and had pitchers.

This is my first-ever fantasy league, and I have a couple of questions for the league in general and for experienced fantasy players in particular, mostly about trading. I've noticed that a pretty high percentage of trades I've requested (all but one, if memory serves) have been denied. Naturally, we're all allowed to keep whoever we want and trade or not trade as we see fit, but on nearly all of these proposed trades, I've spent a fair bit of time determining who needs what I what I have and has what I need and making a point of proposing trades that seem to me like they should help both parties (otherwise, why would you trade with me?). I've also noticed that most of the trades proposed to me seem to have no such balance in mind (thanks for all the offers of part-time, washed up outfielders in exchange for Tony Armas and Jason Schmidt though, guys). Furthermore, I've noticed that a number of people in the league seem not to be playing anymore. Trade requests go unresponded-to for weeks, etc. So, the questions: People who've offered me trades (especially lately): Really? Are you serious? Is there something I'm missing here? People who've gotten trade offers from me (especially lately) and declined: Do you all just like the players in question, was my offer not as fair as I might have thought, or is there some other reason you're standing pat? People who've gotten trade offers and not responded: Are you still playing? Are you just thinking it over? Do you not have time/inclination to check to see if you've been offered a trade? Is this an actual strategy? I missed out on one trade that I would have made because I had already offered one of the key players to someone else (who ultimately never responded to the trade request). Everyone: when you evaluate a trade proposal, do you just look at O-Rank and/or Rank, or do you look for particular stats or is there something else that I'm missing here entirely? People who've done this before: Is it common in fantasy leagues for lousy trades to be proposed? So far, I've only made one trade where I felt like I got hosed immediately after it went through, and I hope to make it my last. It does make me very disinclined to trade with that person again, though. Finally, how many people are still playing? I'm having a lot of fun thus far, and it's helping keep me involved in baseball on a league level instead of only paying attention to the Mets. Are you?

Soler - 6 Lo Duca - 0.5 Reyes - 1 Wright - 1 Chavez - 0.5 Valentin - 0.5 Beltran - 0.5

Wait til next year.

Have: Starting pitching, catchers, infielders Need: Saves and/or Outfield help Any of my starting pitchers is available for the right price.

Wow. I hadn't noticed how weak my outfield was until I tried to put together a trade package for you, GYC. Good luck; sorry I can't help you (and especially sorry I don't have anything that could lure Nate Robertson off your hands).