- 06:29 AM
- 11/22/09
League ID: 99469 League URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/99469 Password: NoCostanzaForMe I know it seems early for this, but as it was the only time I could get for a live draft the last weekend before the season started was 8:45 AM Central US time. Twenty teams, so it is a deep league, unless we want to split it into 2 leagues.... 8 make the playoffs weeks 15-17 Fractional points...
posted by elovrich at 03:38 AM on August 09
yep, It has been determined that your unnecessarily precise and meaningless stat quotient is up to .738. Pretty good work grum
posted by elovrich at 10:58 AM on August 08
Re: Points for completions and receptions Do you want this in addition to points for passing and receiving yards, thereby double dipping the passing category, or in place of these....thereby making a 2 yd dump-off to the check-down back coming out of the backfield worth the same as a frozen rope threaded between 2 defenders 20 yards downfield? *smiles* Really I have no objections either way, its YOUR league folks, tell me how you want it.....
posted by elovrich at 09:47 AM on August 04
Sorry I have been away for so long folks. If we want to discuss changing the scoring for the yahoo league, lets do it now. Although, it will take a super majority to make a change (2/3). What did you have in mind?
posted by elovrich at 06:56 PM on August 03
yesssss, YYM, it would have, but hell, I was trying to be cute........
posted by elovrich at 08:08 PM on June 22
League ID: 99469 League URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/99469 Password: NoCostanzaForMe I know it seems early for this, but as it was the only time I could get for a live draft the last weekend before the season started was 8:45 AM Central US time. Twenty teams, so it is a deep league, unless we want to split it into 2 leagues.... 8 make the playoffs weeks 15-17 Fractional points...
posted by elovrich at 07:31 PM on June 21
Just concentrate on telling someone in the room with you that you are ABOUT to hiccup, you must concentrate and tell them immediately before you actually hiccup. AS odd as it sounds, this truly works....
posted by elovrich at 10:14 PM on June 16
actually; the "large values of 2" was correct, depending on when you round i.e. 2.4+2.4=4.8 rounded gives, 2+2=5 conversely 1.7+1.7=3.4 give 2+2=3
posted by elovrich at 01:24 PM on June 14
Just two books, but they are great.... The Complete Armchair Book of Baseball It includes writings by such greats as: Stephen Jay Gould W.P . Kinsella Ring Lardner William Safire Zane Grey Andy Rooney Damon Runyon Bob Eucker Thomas Wolfe George F. Will Red Smith Walt Whitman And: The Best American Sports Writing of he Century Another anthology, this time of the best articles from the entire 20th Century Two great reads that can be taken in small sips or whole gulps.....
posted by elovrich at 09:55 AM on June 08
I buy Ali, Babe (both), and Pele, all from the standpoint that they are internationally recognizable. If you talk about shaping the ways that their respective games are played (and more pointedly, by whom they are played) Jackie Robinson, Tiger Woods, and five guys from Texas Western (Bobby Joe Hill, Willie Worsley, David Lattin, Orsten Artis, and Harry Flournoy). If you want to consider those that were significant because of WHAT they accomplished, I would have to go with multi-sport athletes: Thorpe, Didrikson. Or, if you want to go with doing things that will likely not be done again: Ripken, Jr., Jerry Rice, Cy Young, John Wooden, Gretzky, Chamberlain. The last part is more for single accomplishments either in a game or a season or a career, and puts me well over 6...perhaps another thread to grow out of this one.....
posted by elovrich at 01:26 AM on June 02
It is a hard call, whether to go to invite-only, create a "SpoCave" (great metaphor, had to laugh when I read that). The reason it is such a difficult decision is; it was not all that long ago, I was one of the unwashed masses, finding my way here from Yahoo. Although I think I am better than your average troll, creating unrest simply for the delight in seeing whose day I can screw up, I must say that being able to get snarky on occasion is just what the doctor ordered. It takes time to get a feel for which subjects this goes over well on; how often one can do it and still be found (hopefully) a reasonable, contributing member; who you can direct comments towards that will not take it too personally (thanks tron7, chicobangs). I guess creating a Sanctum Sanctorum is an answer that could suffice for this, but if we did it, would any of us venture amongst the unwashed heathens, there to have to wade through the detritus of their scrivened crap? If not, would anyone receive a new invitation to the inner circle? Would we become as insular and inbred as the ruling familes of feudal Europe? I guess it becomes a choice between the pristine water of some spring-fed hole in the BWCA, pure, untouched, but completely isolated and unseen by human eyes; and the muddy, polluted, disease-carrying water of the East River, not exactly the place I want to vacation, but, oh the things you will see and hear, a bustling hive of activity. Just food for thought as we look for ways to reduce the signal-noise ratio, let's remember that sometimes that background noise carries the non-random transmissions from far-away galaxies.
posted by elovrich at 09:12 AM on May 28
400 dolphins beached themselves? Must have heard Vick was goint to minicamp...
posted by elovrich at 06:35 PM on May 02
Beat me to the p[unch lilnemo, damn could Detroit really score Leinart?
posted by elovrich at 12:25 PM on April 29
I don't drink beer. I drink guinness. I *knew* Guinness wasn't beer.
posted by elovrich at 07:42 AM on April 28
*wipes the coffee from my shirt front after choking on my laughter* well, if no caps worked for a.a. milne, who are we to require it here?
posted by elovrich at 09:26 AM on April 26
I guess the main reason for the Netiquette quiz ( I failed the first time also) is to at least make one know what is acceptable, having to go through it until you get it right. The second time I still failed, just can't agree with with posting if you think you may be wrong, but then, I am thinking of basic fact-checking before getting into a pissing contest, er polite debate.
posted by elovrich at 11:36 PM on April 25
While I agree that there are those who make life unpleasant around here, and that much of this has to do with the phenomenal growth of SpoFi lately, I would hate to see anything that would detract from someone being able to contribute from day one. Looking back on my first comments, they were in regards to the "I want fast black players" fiasco that the Air Force Academy coach got himself into. It was a topic that didn't get too snarky even though it was loaded that way, given the material involved. In fact, it was that FPP that caught my eye in the first place. I would hope that we do not restrict new members from contributing immediately, either in comments or with links. But rather, make a first FPP that is pulled (for problems with the FPP itself, not with where the discussion goes) be grounds for a lengthy suspension of FPP rights. As for comments, which IMO are where the true problems lie, it is a bit harder. We almost all have days when we, for whatever reason, just have to make the snide comment, even if it is just to razz another SpoFier who knows better than to take it personally. But, it becomes obvious when all that someone does is cause trouble, casting flames about with disregard and impunity. Perhaps in addition to the enterance exam, we require something like THIS
posted by elovrich at 03:43 PM on April 25
why does tossing mullet sound like a hockey hairball?
posted by elovrich at 09:48 AM on April 20
In defense of long posts, and I know I am a prime example, it is often hard to get all that you want to say in a concise, succinct paragraph. Sometimes you need to dissect someone elses points and address them one at a time, rather than just say "you piece of whale snot, you don't have a clue". Heck, there are times I disagree and agree with different parts of the same post and want to acknowledge or defend my position in each case. Ok, getting out of this before it becomes a book.
posted by elovrich at 06:42 PM on April 17
*smiling, hoping I am not one of the idiot idiots, but not sure if being a clever idiot is much better* If you build a better idiot-proof system, do you eventually end up with better idiots?
posted by elovrich at 11:35 AM on April 17
Easter Monday (Pondělí velikonoční) is a day off, the day of the pomlázka. The origin of the pomlázka tradition (pomlázka meaning both the whip and the tradition itself) dates back to pagan times. Its original purpose and symbolic meaning is to chase away illness and bad spirits and bring health and youth for the rest of the year to everyone who is whipped with the young pussywillow twigs. In the past, pomlázka was not only used by boys to whip girls, but also by the farmer's wife to whip the livestock, as well as everyone in the household, including men and children. Boys would whip girls lightly on the legs and possibly douse them with water, which had a similar symbolic meaning. An Easter carol, usually asking for an egg or two, would be recited by the boy while whipping. The girl would then reward the boy with a painted egg or candy and tie a ribbon around his pomlázka. As the boys progressed through the village, their bags filled up with eggs and their pomlázkas were adorned with more and more colorful ribbons. Don't mean to overkill this, but found the apassage above and just had to share the bolded part.
posted by elovrich at 01:21 AM on April 17
for more on the Easter celebrations in the Czech Republic go HERE. In particular, the last few paragraphs dealing with Easter Monday. It was hard to dredge up my understanding of the Czech language, I am glad they had the translation there for the carol.
posted by elovrich at 01:13 AM on April 17
Thanks rcade, was hoping that you would chime in on this. I did read your final post in the thread, and agree that it was headed nowhere good. As far as the length, yes, it was short, as yerfatma noted, it was just a wire notice about the fact that the DNA result had come in negative. What are your feelings about getting something timely that is breaking, or waiting for someting more in-depth?
posted by elovrich at 09:37 PM on April 11
Sorry if the link was pulled, it WAS a link to the news wire. The original post was made almost as the news was breaking. As I said in the first comment, there was (is) another link available, but it was from the defendants lawyers, and as such, was biased in their favor. I presumed that, since it was breaking news, that some here at SpoFi may not have been aware of it yet. It was not something that I just pulled out of the air. As far as what Stephen A. Smith is screaming about.....who? I avoid his show like the plague, same goes for Rome. But, just because those two idiots are making noises that are supposed to be opinion about a subject, it does not mean that it is not something that can be discussed rationally and clamly here in SpoFi. For an example, see HERE it was intended to start a discussion on something you wanted to talk about Yes, it was something that I wanted to discuss, someting that I thought would be of interest to the SpoFi community in general, and I am sorry if it was of no interest to you individually. I am trying to understand exactly what you are trying to say, but must admit I am having a bit of difficulty. You go on to say...isn't what I come here for. I thought one of the purposes of SpoFi was for the exchange of ideas on subjects that were sports related and held interest for a number of its members. I do not mean to be obtuse, or a pain in the ass, but just because it isn't a subject you find interesting doesn't make it a bad post. I grant that it may have been the "wrong" post, since it seems to have disappeared, but again, I had no control over that.
posted by elovrich at 08:57 PM on April 11
I guess the thing is, until njsk8r told me that the post lives on in the archives, I was not aware of that. Perhaps if something were posted in the guidelines to that effect it would make things less confusing. Like I said, the only way that one's posts get better is if you know what the problem with it was to begin with. I understand that it may not have been the post itself, but the direction that the discussion went, which, as a poster, I have no control over. Thank you both for the support in this matter, and never fear, I will continue to post, and will probably step on my crank from time to time. Hopefully, this does not cause our wonderful admins to spaz, errr, strike that, freak out.
posted by elovrich at 07:46 PM on April 11
thanks sk8r; Had a chance to readh where the responses were going and rcades final comment. Have to say I agree with his assessment. Perhaps I was hoping for too much when I thought that anything like that could be discussed without it degenerating into a shoutfest about class and race. Yeah, I think I was (thinking how long and how deep into any B***y B***s post you have to go to get past the shouting and find intelligible discourse. Slaps my own wrist for posting anything that has any chance of being inflammatory and sends myself to the corner for a timeout.
posted by elovrich at 06:06 PM on April 11
I have read the guidelines, and have not had many FPPs pulled. In fact I can think of only 2. The first was replaced by a different post on the same topic about a day later, so I do not know if it was a source issue, or if the admins decided that perhaps it was of sufficient interest after the second post. The other was within the last 24 hours. Granted the post itself was minimalist, and perhaps that was the problem, but as I said in the first comment, I didn't want to link to a source that was biased one way or the other, as the subject matter is liable to debated enough around here without slanting the link one way or the other. Or it may be that the subject is one that is still nacent and so quickly developing that admins want to hold off....I am not sure. This is not a complaint that FPPs are pulled, it is an attempt to make future FPPs better.
posted by elovrich at 05:51 PM on April 11
Basically, the easiest way to understand it is this. When a them which is shorthanded is scored against, the 2 minute penalty that has the least amount of time remaing ends. If, in the case of a double minor, the player has another penalty to serve, then he would remain in the box and the time for that penalty would commence with the following face-off.
posted by elovrich at 04:27 PM on April 09
hmmm, not sure if I follow you on that one qbert, if your team is on the defensinve end of the ice for two periods, wouldn't my team, being on the opposite end of the ice, and my team defending teh opposite end of the ice, have the same benefit 2 of 3 periods?
posted by elovrich at 03:42 PM on April 08
*still smiling about the new SpoFite* Now, when is the next window that we can get everyone together for the auction? And are we going to use the whole season for stats or just from the day after the auction is complete?
posted by elovrich at 04:01 PM on April 02
ust wondering if the campfire will be up and if anyone will be there
posted by elovrich at 12:40 PM on April 02
14 teams in the AL, most teams have a 5-man rotation, 70 starters, they also carry another 5 or 6 setup men and closers figure 5.5 average, 77 relievers. Total, 147 pitchers in the AL. We are drafting 7 per team for 12 teams, 84 pitchers, plus (a guess) another 2 or 3 depending on the desires of the GM, figure 2.5 per team on average, another 30 pitchers, for a total of 114. That is 77.5% of the available pitchers. Compare that to position players; 16 or 15 roster spots left after pitchers (a 5.5 average) times 14 teams, 217 hitters, but 28 of those are catchers and will platoon at best, subtract 14, 203 hitters. We are drafting 11.5 (20-man roster less 9.5 pithcers average) times 12 teams for 138 or 68.0% of the available hitters. QED: We will have a harder time finding quality pitching late in the draft rather than quality hitting. Yes, we are in a deep league, but anyone can pick the top 40 at any position, the challenge will come from being the GM/owner who can find the pearl in with the swine....
posted by elovrich at 10:07 PM on March 31
tron7 Yes I have, in fact I was the main umpire for the Felch Rangers for the past 4 years, save this last one, I assume you play for one of the Town teams??
posted by elovrich at 07:48 PM on March 30
I know cl has a ball game to go to on sunday, does earlier in the day work? Or is there still a conflict with dusted? How about the evening of 4/1? 4/8 is out for me, not sure about the 9th, as I am starting a new job and don't know what my schedule will be... A 9 ET time is just asking for trouble in my opinion, we need to remember, this is not a straight draft, we have 240 seperate auctions to go through, even if each one is done in a minute (highly unlikely unless there is NO competitive bidding) it will take 4 hours. Seriously, I have seen auctions, live auctions, where you dont have to account for typing speed, eat up an entire weekend. Just food for thought before we decide on Sunday night.
posted by elovrich at 11:00 AM on March 30
Looking at the rules again, playing that age-old game of 'stump the ump', wherein you come up with wild scenarios to try to, well, stump the ump. Rule Twelve concerning players traded out of the AL ( I am assuming this includes trades to Japanese ball as well). What happens to the status of the contract? Does the answer to the first question vary if the contract is guaranteed?. (oops, found this under 7.5.4) For instance: My stud reliever is traded away in late-July so the AL club can make room for next year's prospect. Being the shrewd wheeler-dealer that I am, I have used up all of my FAAB (assuming it still exists, see below). Am I relegated to what is available on the waiver wire? Do I lose out on any FA that goes for even a $1 bid? The FA rules are certaily simplified, too much perhaps? Who has the claim to a free agent if 2 claims are made on the same day? What is the contract value? What happened to the FAAB? As confusing as the original was, aside from removing the restrictions of dates of when you can sign (which is a tool to help the commish) it is not that hard once you have gone through it a couple of times. As this and players retention and the auction are the heart of the difference between auctin and straight draft, it needs to be well defined procedures. I am all for simplifying the rules though and hashing out situations in owner meetings when situations arise that require it. The growing pains are also part of the game in a ong-term keepr league like this will (hopefully) be. Oh, and one other thing, I know one never wants to leave the auctiuon with money left on the table, but, if it happens, are we rolling that into the FAAB for that year only, or just lose it immediately (this assumes the FAAB still exists)
posted by elovrich at 09:50 AM on March 30
4/2 works 2 ET works also, but earlier or later work as well, changing dates not so much...
posted by elovrich at 09:26 AM on March 30
Dang, The Spartans lose in the first round (granted it was the start of GMUs great run), my bracket gets blown to hell in the first weekend, and I can't even get the freakin' Costanza....I demand a recount.....are we sure Tenessee beat Winthrop??
posted by elovrich at 11:14 PM on March 27
April 2 works great, got the day off from work...do we want to stick with the time posted (2 EST)? I know these auctions can run long...
posted by elovrich at 07:31 PM on March 22
Yukon: Just a few more things that may need attention in the rules: 3. Rosters A team’s roster consists of 30 active major league and minor league players 3.1. Active Roster A team’s active roster consists of 20 active major league players acquired through the preseason auction, waivers, free agent claims, and trades. 3.2. Supplemental Roster A team’s supplemental roster consists of 6 active major league or minor league players included on an American League team’s opening day 40-man roster at MLB.com These players can be acquired through the supplemental draft, trades, demotions from the active roster, or through waiver claims. 3.3. Roster Compliance All teams are expected to maintain a roster that complies with the guidelines set forth in Section 3. Any transaction (e.g., trade, demotion, waiver claim) that increases the size of the active roster beyond 25 players must be accompanied by a corresponding transaction (e.g., trade, demotion, waiver) that simultaneously returns the reserve roster to its maximum 25. Any transaction (e.g., trade, demotion, waiver claim) that increases the size of the supplemental roster beyond 6 players must be accompanied by a concomitant transaction (e.g., trade, promotion, waiver) that simultaneously returns the reserve roster to its maximum 6. Should a team fall out of compliance their roster will need to be returned to compliance within 2 days or risk the freezing of statistics until such changes have been made. 6. Supplemental draft After the conclusion of the Auction Draft, in which teams acquire their 20 man active rosters for a sum not to exceed $260.00, owners successively draft up to 6 additional players in 6 separate rounds of selection. Initially, players acquired in this fashion comprise a team’s supplemental roster. 7.4. Supplemental draft contracts Players selected in the supplemental draft are assigned contract values determined by the round drafted in: Rounds 1-2: $10 Rounds 3-4: $6 Rounds 5-6: $2 If the roster size is 30, shouldn't that leave 10 for the supplemental roster, or should the 30 read 26? 3.3 States 25 active and 6 supplemental, so now we have 30, 26 and 31 as roster sizes. 6. Supplemental Draft looks like we are back at a roster size of 26. 7.4 Same 26 players, if 30 we need to figure out the contracts for them. Any are fine, just need to know before April 2. Is that date finalized? Free agents go to the highest bidder. If more than one team bids the same amount on a player, and if that amount is the highest bid, the player goes to the team that was lowest in the standings on the day the bids are due. Personally, I would rather use the waiver priority for this, but will go with the majority. And one last note, it may be more consistent and lead to less confusion if all times are listed in the same time zone. I noticed that the Free Agency deadline is PPST and the Trade deadline is ET (Standard or daylight not indicated either, but for Aug 31 would be EST).
posted by elovrich at 12:54 AM on March 18
oops. yep, see how easy it is to get them wrong *s*
posted by elovrich at 03:29 PM on March 16
Ok, just to make sure and make it (semi) official.... BA, BB, R, HR and SB W, S, ERA, WHIP, and K
posted by elovrich at 12:19 PM on March 16
but we are using obp rather than avg?
posted by elovrich at 08:30 AM on March 16
Retract that....there is a dicprancy between the rules as posted and the way the league is set up in Yahoo....can we get a definitive list for the categories we are scoring?
posted by elovrich at 02:40 AM on March 16
Just a question about the categories we are using for scoring... We are *NOT* scoring runs and Ks, is that correct? Just want to verify this as they affect my dollar value projections.....
posted by elovrich at 02:36 AM on March 16
I prefer AL, but either will work
posted by elovrich at 01:18 PM on March 15
Is there still a spot open? If so count me in....
posted by elovrich at 11:08 PM on March 14
Ok, try this link, hopefully it works, if not I will have to send invites via email...
posted by elovrich at 10:33 PM on March 12
On the league page, the clock is showing 30 minutes to the draft, which is correct....on my team page it is showing an HOUR aand 30 minutes, is my team page borked? is anyone else having this same issue? am I just worrying too much?
posted by elovrich at 10:31 AM on March 11
SHOULD be able to, but if not, let me know the email adress to send an invite to....
posted by elovrich at 12:44 AM on March 11
I hadn't seen it either, what I have done in the past is for each round after the first, you were awarded full points if you had the correct winner over the correct opponent, half if you only had the correct winner, this made picking the early upsets worth more. I like the idea of the bonus, as it rewards those who can pick the 'cinderellas' in any given year. Also, with the multiplier, it makes for keeping more in the hunt if they DO have some pretty terrible picks.......
posted by elovrich at 08:14 PM on March 09
an artificial minimum would result in garbage posts yes, and would we include locker room posts? Some of us have arguably good things to contribute even if we don't have the number of posts. *checks, 99 total if we count locker room, oops make it an even century with this one*
posted by elovrich at 11:26 PM on March 08
league name: spofi password: marchmadness Since others have taken the time and effort in the past, I thought I would help out as best I could. This has been set up for any who wish to partake. The scoring is as follows. Round 1. 1 point per win, no bonus. Round 2. 2 points per win, add seed of team for bonus. Round 3. 4 points per win, add seed of team for bonus. Round 4. 8 points per win, multiply by seed of team for bonus. Round 5. 16 points per win, multiply by seed of team for bonus. Round 6. 32 points per win, multiply by seed of team for bonus. Tie breaker is total points scored in final game.
posted by elovrich at 05:36 PM on March 08
Just keep your head down in Matamoros, and your curve lower still. Good luck from one who called the outside corner really generously...
posted by elovrich at 10:51 PM on February 20
So....ITA ties GER, GER ties SUI, SUI beats CAN.... If my Introduction to Logic meant anything it follows that: If A=B and B=C and C>D then A>D qed Italy will beat Canada for the gold....
posted by elovrich at 10:20 AM on February 19
3-0 CAN just scored again, I think that might jst about do it
posted by elovrich at 03:18 PM on February 17
SpoFi does Sunday Night Baseball:
I will do my best to be there