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We rarely give Carlos Tosca credit around here for using his bullpen perfectly, but my hat's off to the skip for last night. Stayed with the hot hand and knew when to play his ace. Quite a contrast to me pushing all the wrong buttons on my fantasy roster.

I had one of those Grady Little 'visions' about Nate Robertson, so I decided to get rid of him. Suddenly, another hunch whispered that the Expos were due; maybe Tucker could steal a 4-K, 1-walk W for me against Millwood. Yeah, right. It looked like a brilliant plan after one inning, you have to admit.

My bullpen management was just as bad; worried about getting burned by Jamie Walker in a foolish attempt to earn a save, I cut him on the day he gets a win. Giving Jennings a start on the road was an idiotic decision; I'm so mad at myself, I released him. That 9.00/2.00/1.00 line squandered much of the lead Curt Schilling gave me in those categories. It could have been worse, but Brian Lawrence saved the day.

Despite my clumsy "handling" of the pitching staff, my Toronto Walrus is leading Jurgen's Baird Brain 7-4 (it's very early) in our sudden-death match. Aubrey Huff, who I traded away, is on fire. I was counting on a big effort from former Brain ace Jason Schmidt this week; it's too bad he faces Schilling on Saturday. No chance at two wins, but I suppose if they both go eight with 8-10 K, I'm in good shape.

My hitting has been fluky; guys like Mark Loretta and Brady Clark are overachieving, but I need Carlos Delgado to have a big game or two. All the first round matchups are very close so far, and the BBFL is very polite, so don't expect any premature celebrations. I hope Jurgen and I are still friends after I "jinxed" his first-round bye.

We have our own thread every week, so feel free to discuss what's going on in your other leagues. I'm in two AL keeper pools where I mortgaged my future to rent A-Rod down the stretch. I am expecting to be in the money in both, and still have a chance to win one of them. In both of those leagues, Alex is a free agent; in one I do have "topper" rights after he is auctioned, so I can re-sign him for three years at market value. I have the same decision to make in that league regarding Roy Halladay.

My DMB team in the Three Run Homer League has led its division all year, playing small ball in Comerica, but if we do make the playoffs, a rookie is an extreme longshot against manager/GMs like Gleeman, Burley and Dudek in a 7-game series. Craig's team is a juggernaut.
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Craig B - Thursday, September 04 2003 @ 12:07 PM EDT (#92802) #
Juan wears German socks... pass it on.
_Mrs. Krabappel - Thursday, September 04 2003 @ 12:18 PM EDT (#92803) #
http://www.snpp.com/guides/simian.refs.html
Well! We'll show him! Especially for that purple monkey dishwasher remark!

Mrs. K
_Gwyn - Thursday, September 04 2003 @ 02:25 PM EDT (#92804) #
Weary German socks Juan pass it on.
_Jonny German - Thursday, September 04 2003 @ 02:46 PM EDT (#92805) #
Wie bitte?

Spicol, you'll think better of me when you win our playoff on a Tim Worrell save while I bench that lousy buffalo you sold me in favour of Carl Crawford.

But I finished ahead of you in the regular season regardless! Nyah nyah nyah!

Hey Coach, you forgot to mention Dontrelle Willis. And you can't complain about anything Jennings did as a Walrus, I was trying to sneak him off the K-Town roster temporarily when you picked him up.

If anybody is interested, I did eventually get the final Roto standings posted, check the other thread from this week.
_Spicol - Thursday, September 04 2003 @ 03:22 PM EDT (#92806) #
Yeah, Jonny, thanks for all the work with the roto standings. Regardless, you still suck...at least until Sunday night.

I'm hearing a lot of moaning but until somebody sports an outfield worse than F-Cat, Coco Crisp, Jeffrey Hammonds and Bobby Kielty, I don't want to hear it. This powerful quad has helped the Mosquito squad to a healthy 6 rbi this week. It's Thursday. 6! Luckily, we've already established that Jonny sucks and he only has 6 RBI too.

Spreading West Nile all over the BBFL since 2003,
The Red Mosquito Mgmt.

PS - Sie saugen.
_Gwyn - Thursday, September 04 2003 @ 03:32 PM EDT (#92807) #
don't know your'e born you lot - I have to take on the leagues best team and I'd only have 6 rbi too if it wasn't for David Ortiz coming over all Bondsian recently. My outfield of Gonzalez, Damon, Vlad and Calloway has contributed a herculean 1 rbi to the cause.
_Lefty - Thursday, September 04 2003 @ 08:17 PM EDT (#92808) #
Coach and all, help.
I'm in a 12 team AL only keeper (4) league too, five catagories. Been in second place pretty much all year but enjoyed 1st over the Allstar break. Man that was well timed. Looks like I will end the season in second as its 9 pts. to 1st place and 9 pts. 3rd.

These my choice's of 4 for protection in my view. 23 man roster $260 budget. 5 catagories

Ben Davis $7
Aarron Boone 3
A Huff 20
F Thomas 21
F Cat 10
Broussard* 5
L Matos* 12
L Bigbie* 5

Doc Halladay 25
Darrel May 1
A Benitez* 5
Jason Davis 1
Jimmy Gobble* 4

The * represents free agent pick-up or faab-bid.I have a wee bit of luck in an always slim free agent list as you can probably tell.

Obviously Armando if he lands a closers job and Boone for 3 if he doesn't turn into a NY tragedy. But man its going to be tough. If anyone wants to jump in and try and help me sort this out, be much appreciated.
From that list and at this stage, I am leaning toward a dollar total of $25
A Boone
Huff
May
Davis
_Jurgen - Thursday, September 04 2003 @ 10:46 PM EDT (#92809) #
I'm sinking faster than the Mariners.
Coach - Friday, September 05 2003 @ 08:40 AM EDT (#92810) #
Lefty, I prefer to keep these decisions flexible until the last minute, so that you know things like Benitez' role. Here's what I've told a lot of ESPN readers the last couple of years -- there's usually more than one plan that makes sense, and nobody's crystal ball is accurate, so ultimately, I go with the guys who give me the most pleasure to own. Partly because he's my favourite pitcher, if I had your team, I'd keep Halladay. Emotion aside, I'm not sure how you can replace him, especially in an AL league. I own Doc in both my AL keeper leagues; I face a very tough choice between keeping him or Delgado in one, and in the other he's due for a big raise. If I don't pay Doc market value, I'll have to spend a similar amount to acquire another ace, who may not pitch as well and certainly won't be as much fun to own.

Warning: If my QQRL opponents are reading this and decide to run up the bidding, one of them may end up with a very expensive starter. I'm not completely irrational.

I'm sinking faster than the Mariners.

Jurgen, you're 3 RBI away from a 6-6 tie; all four BBFL matchups are very close. A draw in Head-to-Head play didn't matter during the regular season, but now someone would be eliminated by the Yahoo playoff tiebreaking system:

Lowest ERA
Highest AVG
Lowest WHIP
Most Wins
Most RBI
Most Saves
Most Runs
Most SB
Random "coin flip"

HR and K are in there too, but don't apply in our league. Having the ERA hammer (for now) does make my 7-5 lead feel a bit more secure.
_Spicol - Friday, September 05 2003 @ 11:52 AM EDT (#92811) #
Coach, that's really interesting and reminds me of this story I heard last night at the Dome...

Jonny German sucks.
_Jonny German - Friday, September 05 2003 @ 01:06 PM EDT (#92812) #
Ever notice that Spicol rearranges to spell Colips?... which, in many parts, is pronounced "Collapse". Better luck next year old man!
_Spicol - Friday, September 05 2003 @ 04:10 PM EDT (#92813) #
No, no, no Jonny...COLIPS is the Chinese and Oriental Language Information Processing Society. If you're more comfortable speaking Cantonese, we can do that.

nei5 syun5 mung caa caa

- Translation "He sucks!"
Craig B - Friday, September 05 2003 @ 04:36 PM EDT (#92814) #
I prefer to rearrange it to spell "Pisloc".

"Jonny German", meanwhile, rearranges to spell "Jenny Morgan"
Pepper Moffatt - Friday, September 05 2003 @ 04:52 PM EDT (#92815) #
http://economics.about.com
Craig Burley = Garlic Buyer.

It could explain the smell. :)

Mike
Craig B - Friday, September 05 2003 @ 05:01 PM EDT (#92816) #
Michael Moffatt = Fecal Math Motif

You're welcome
Pepper Moffatt - Friday, September 05 2003 @ 05:10 PM EDT (#92817) #
http://economics.about.com
Michael Moffatt = Fecal Math Motif

You're welcome


That's cute. I've never tried "Michael". I guess because only my grandmothers call me that.

P.S. Stay away from my dogs.

Mike
Craig B - Friday, September 05 2003 @ 05:12 PM EDT (#92818) #
"Mike Moffatt" is mostly stony ground, but "Michael Moffatt" is rich, virgin soil.

I'm Off Cattle Ham
I Met A Fathom Calf
Offal Match Item
Offal Meat Mitch
Craig B - Friday, September 05 2003 @ 05:13 PM EDT (#92819) #
Mike, I deleted my comment b/c I thought it was inappropriate. Sorry that you answered before I could to that.

P.S. Good one. Damn.
_Jurgen - Friday, September 05 2003 @ 05:20 PM EDT (#92820) #
Huff is single-handedly keeping me in the race. I need my core trio (Berkman, Helton, and Boone) to wake up, because I'll need to at least pull even in a couple of more offensive categories if I hope to make it through the weekend.

My pitching has been pretty good, and I get another start from Penny, which is also (probably) good, but knowing you've got Schmidt and Schilling (and Wells) each getting another start makes me very vulnerable in all the pitching categories.

I have one fluky save. I'm unlikely to get another since I no longer have any closers.

If Matsui's blaming his late season slump on fatigue, somebody take him out back and shoot him.
_Scott Lucas - Friday, September 05 2003 @ 05:50 PM EDT (#92821) #
Oh, let's see:

mebion glyndwr = my droning blew
mebion glyndwr = mr. wingy blonde
mebion glyndwr = wormy blending

Tough to do with only three vowels.

And...

nation builders = disable, not ruin
nation builders = debonair insult
nation builders = lionised bun art
nation builders = iran's donut bile
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