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- 11/22/09
A well-placed profanity is a valuable asset. Glad there's no blanket rule.
posted by dusted at 02:26 PM on September 04
I've wanted to write a post about the arms race between World Superbikes and MotoGP, but I can't bring myself to post about it under "Auto Racing." So wow, one more moron to ignore... :)
posted by dusted at 01:44 PM on August 28
For serious runners, the Running Times Radio podcast is fantastic. It's mostly interviews with elite athletes and coaches about training. They cover a really wide range of topics: recovery, masters runners, youth running, marathoning, miler training, etc.
Great thread idea!
posted by dusted at 02:09 AM on July 09
BoKnows, I meant the amount of moves made during the playoffs. It's almost impossible to lose on any given week if you have quite a few more games than your opponent.
jbou, I agree that a large part of your winning the league was the Wade and Jamison pickups. I went back and looked, and you made five moves in the semifinals and four in the finals. That's not excessive, so my apologies - I should have looked a little closer before (metaphorically) opening my mouth. Congratulations.
Sorry for pissing in the water in a very friendly and competitive league. My bad.
posted by dusted at 02:33 PM on May 04
Without trying to cause controversy, I felt the constant adding and dropping was not very sportsmanlike. Maybe we should switch to a roto format for next year? What's the skill in making sure you have fifteen more games than the other guy?
posted by dusted at 01:31 AM on April 29
rcade, it's still not working for me. I've tried logging in and out again and deleting the page content, but still none of the changes are showing up on the page. No big deal, but just another item for your list.
Thanks!
posted by dusted at 03:11 PM on January 11
Tried to update my profile (for the first time in years) with no luck. It looks like the changes have been accepted, but the profile stays the same. Tried logging in and out with the same results.
posted by dusted at 10:39 AM on January 11
It's like an old friend has returned. Yes!
Oh, thank you thank you thank you! I didn't realize how badly I missed this old friend!
posted by dusted at 10:21 AM on January 11
God, I was up all week, then this. Now one of my point guards is in Brazil (take care of your family, Leandro), and the rest of my team might as well be. No Ankle Left Unsprained!
posted by dusted at 01:39 PM on November 17
Wow, I knew you were cooking up something good, but now I'm just ashamed of my table from last week. Excellent work!!!
posted by dusted at 02:19 AM on November 14
Aww yeah...
I'm coming back to kick your ass for that one, Mr. Hand. Week 10 and 19 are circled, brother.
posted by dusted at 06:37 PM on November 05
Oh lovely, I see I screwed up the team name links. They're relative URLs and I forgot to switch them to the Yahoo site. Oh well. Monday, dude.
posted by dusted at 03:44 PM on November 03
Sorry, mbd1 - I'll fix that on the next one. Anyone got SpoFi names for 1, 2 and 5?
Yukon, we're tied at the bottom, but it looks like the results are listed alphabetical.
posted by dusted at 03:42 PM on November 03
Ugh. That table will have to do... the Locker Room code and preview function is a fucking mess.
posted by dusted at 01:10 PM on November 03
Yes, Yukon, that would be great. Anyone else want to pitch in?
posted by dusted at 12:00 AM on October 28
Thanks, BoKnows. We'll see. If I could re-do a few picks, I'd have taken Nash instead of Deron Williams and gone for someone with more upside (and fewer sprained ankles) than Shane Battier.
After the draft, I'd say Flying Elbows and Spacemen have to be the favorites.
posted by dusted at 10:50 PM on October 26
Uhh... make that ten teams. Be sure to identify your team by your SpoFi name.
Call it a Comeback = me.
posted by dusted at 01:57 PM on October 25
| Round 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jameer Nelson | Screw You Guys |
| 2. | Nene Hilario | Undecided |
| 3. | Derrick Rose | the show |
| 4. | Raja Bell | Madeleine Allbricks |
| 5. | Ryan Gomes | Call it a Comeback |
| 6. | Nick Collison | Diaw'd He Do That |
| 7. | Ronnie Brewer | Flying Elbows VI |
| 8. | Wilson Chandler | D'AntonisWinnerz |
| 9. | Marcus Williams | Spacemen |
| 10. | Jeff Green | Tolbert's Lovechild |
posted by dusted at 01:56 PM on October 25
| Round 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | J.R. Smith | Tolbert's Lovechild |
| 2. | Kirk Hinrich | Spacemen |
| 3. | Ben Gordon | D'AntonisWinnerz |
| 4. | Kenyon Martin | Flying Elbows VI |
| 5. | Beno Udrih | Diaw'd He Do That |
| 6. | Gilbert Arenas | Call it a Comeback |
| 7. | Joakim Noah | Madeleine Allbricks |
| 8. | O.J. Mayo | the show |
| 9. | Raymond Felton | Undecided |
| 10. | Charlie Villanueva | Screw You Guys |
posted by dusted at 01:55 PM on October 25
| Round 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Love | Screw You Guys |
| 2. | Tony Parker | Undecided |
| 3. | Tyrus Thomas | the show |
| 4. | John Salmons | Madeleine Allbricks |
| 5. | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | Call it a Comeback |
| 6. | Francisco Garcia | Diaw'd He Do That |
| 7. | Al Harrington | Flying Elbows VI |
| 8. | Nate Robinson | D'AntonisWinnerz |
| 9. | Jamario Moon | Spacemen |
| 10. | Luis Scola | Tolbert's Lovechild |
posted by dusted at 01:55 PM on October 25
| Round 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Luol Deng | Tolbert's Lovechild |
| 2. | Peja Stojakovic | Spacemen |
| 3. | Zach Randolph | D'AntonisWinnerz |
| 4. | Mike Bibby | Flying Elbows VI |
| 5. | Troy Murphy | Diaw'd He Do That |
| 6. | Shane Battier | Call it a Comeback |
| 7. | Richard Hamilton | Madeleine Allbricks |
| 8. | Rajon Rondo | the show |
| 9. | T.J. Ford | Undecided |
| 10. | Anthony Parker | Screw You Guys |
posted by dusted at 01:54 PM on October 25
| Round 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jamal Crawford | Screw You Guys |
| 2. | Mike Miller | Undecided |
| 3. | Jermaine O'Neal | the show |
| 4. | Andrei Kirilenko | Madeleine Allbricks |
| 5. | Boris Diaw | Call it a Comeback |
| 6. | Stephen Jackson | Diaw'd He Do That |
| 7. | Jason Terry | Flying Elbows VI |
| 8. | Michael Beasley | D'AntonisWinnerz |
| 9. | Randy Foye | Spacemen |
| 10. | Marvin Williams | Tolbert's Lovechild |
posted by dusted at 01:54 PM on October 25
| Round 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | LaMarcus Aldridge | Tolbert's Lovechild |
| 2. | Josh Howard | Spacemen |
| 3. | Greg Oden | D'AntonisWinnerz |
| 4. | Andris Biedrins | Flying Elbows VI |
| 5. | Andrew Bogut | Diaw'd He Do That |
| 6. | Leandro Barbosa | Call it a Comeback |
| 7. | Brad Miller | Madeleine Allbricks |
| 8. | Corey Maggette | the show |
| 9. | Samuel Dalembert | Undecided |
| 10. | Richard Jefferson | Screw You Guys |
posted by dusted at 01:54 PM on October 25
| Round 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tyson Chandler | Screw You Guys |
| 2. | Chris Kaman | Undecided |
| 3. | David Lee | the show |
| 4. | Mo Williams | Madeleine Allbricks |
| 5. | Andre Miller | Call it a Comeback |
| 6. | Monta Ellis | Diaw'd He Do That |
| 7. | Lamar Odom | Flying Elbows VI |
| 8. | Devin Harris | D'AntonisWinnerz |
| 9. | Gerald Wallace | Spacemen |
| 10. | Emeka Okafor | Tolbert's Lovechild |
posted by dusted at 01:53 PM on October 25
| Round 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Durant | Tolbert's Lovechild |
| 2. | Antawn Jamison | Spacemen |
| 3. | Jason Kidd | D'AntonisWinnerz |
| 4. | Ron Artest | Flying Elbows VI |
| 5. | Hedo Turkoglu | Diaw'd He Do That |
| 6. | Michael Redd | Call it a Comeback |
| 7. | Rasheed Wallace | Madeleine Allbricks |
| 8. | Mehmet Okur | the show |
| 9. | Mike Dunleavy | Undecided |
| 10. | Tracy McGrady | Screw You Guys |
posted by dusted at 01:52 PM on October 25
| Round 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dwight Howard | Screw You Guys |
| 2. | David West | Undecided |
| 3. | Joe Johnson | the show |
| 4. | Jason Richardson | Madeleine Allbricks |
| 5. | Ray Allen | Call it a Comeback |
| 6. | Carmelo Anthony | Diaw'd He Do That |
| 7. | Andre Iguodala | Flying Elbows VI |
| 8. | Andrew Bynum | D'AntonisWinnerz |
| 9. | Vince Carter | Spacemen |
| 10. | Al Horford | Tolbert's Lovechild |
posted by dusted at 01:52 PM on October 25
| Round 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jose Calderon | Tolbert's Lovechild |
| 2. | Carlos Boozer | Spacemen |
| 3. | Al Jefferson | D'AntonisWinnerz |
| 4. | Rashard Lewis | Flying Elbows VI |
| 5. | Josh Smith | Diaw'd He Do That |
| 6. | Yao Ming | Call it a Comeback |
| 7. | Tim Duncan | Madeleine Allbricks |
| 8. | Rudy Gay | the show |
| 9. | Kevin Martin | Undecided |
| 10. | Paul Pierce | Screw You Guys |
posted by dusted at 01:51 PM on October 25
| Round 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Allen Iverson | Screw You Guys |
| 2. | Caron Butler | Undecided |
| 3. | Danny Granger | the show |
| 4. | Baron Davis | Madeleine Allbricks |
| 5. | Deron Williams | Call it a Comeback |
| 6. | Steve Nash | Diaw'd He Do That |
| 7. | Chauncey Billups | Flying Elbows VI |
| 8. | Marcus Camby | D'AntonisWinnerz |
| 9. | Pau Gasol | Spacemen |
| 10. | Brandon Roy | Tolbert's Lovechild |
posted by dusted at 01:51 PM on October 25
| Round 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | LeBron James | Tolbert's Lovechild |
| 2. | Chris Paul | Spacemen |
| 3. | Kobe Bryant | D'AntonisWinnerz |
| 4. | Amare Stoudemire | Flying Elbows VI |
| 5. | Dirk Nowitzki | Diaw'd He Do That |
| 6. | Kevin Garnett | Call it a Comeback |
| 7. | Elton Brand | Madeleine Allbricks |
| 8. | Dwyane Wade | the show |
| 9. | Shawn Marion | Undecided |
| 10. | Chris Bosh | Screw You Guys |
posted by dusted at 01:50 PM on October 25
Call It a Comeback is in. Have to regain my title.
posted by dusted at 04:02 AM on October 06
OK, one more... consider following metafilter's example of removing ads for logged-in users.
posted by dusted at 01:05 PM on September 29
One suggestion: move or get rid of the left column. Before there was a very clear hierarchy and flow to a discussion, with all the crap out of the way and the focus on the comments. Now it feels like the comments are being squeezed between meta data and ads.
For functionality, please bring back the multiple previews and the ability to see all the preceding comments on the preview.
And last, Thank You!
posted by dusted at 01:02 PM on September 29
I just have nothing funny or witty or intelligent to add these days. Sometimes the best use of the post button is to not. What he said, plus I can't even tell you the last time I watched sports on TV. I just lost interest.
posted by dusted at 04:39 PM on April 17
I love you all. *hug* That is all.
posted by dusted at 12:23 AM on November 06
You easily could've gotten stuck with Bibby Nope. He was solidly on the DO NOT DRAFT list. I considered putting Artest on there, but I like crazy. So, to summarize: broken ankles NO, schizophrenia YEAH SURE.
posted by dusted at 12:57 AM on October 30
My autodraft went better than expected. I'm leaving my team name as is.
posted by dusted at 12:38 AM on October 28
We could keep the roto league with three or four stacked teams and just play an All-Star game every night. That would actually be really fun.
posted by dusted at 07:00 PM on October 05
Gotta love Gilbert Arenas: Fantasy Basketball Season Approaching You know, I never play Fantasy Basketball but I always hear a lot about it. The ball boys in every city are like, “Hey Gil. So, how do you feel tonight? Because I have you on my fantasy team …” I’m like, “Yeah … I feel good … What do you win if I do well? Are we splitting it 50-50? If we are then I’ll go out and score 40!” One time a kid was yelling from the stands, “I need you to score two more points! Two more points! Two more points!” So I was like, “OK, here goes your two!” and I let it fly. I just love Fantasy because it brings fun back into sports. NBA.com has me ranked as the No. 1 fantasy point guard. That’s what I’m talking about. Showing the love. My swagger got me No. 1. It wasn’t my actual basketball skills, it was my swag. Steve Nash’s swag is not like mine. He may throw them dimes, but I throw the one-liner. Nash, Kidd, Chris Paul and Deron Williams round out the top five. That’s a great list to have behind me. Those guys deserve to be back there. That’s nice. Ha.
posted by dusted at 08:47 AM on October 05
There's not much interest in the roto league - 3 people. Should we drop it? Only 4 spots left in the H2H league.
posted by dusted at 05:08 PM on October 04
Only in Spofi's baseball roto league would there be controversy about the Costanza.
posted by dusted at 09:56 PM on October 02
Hi Kendall. No, it hasn't been deleted. Try one of the links below: http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/nba/36550 http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/spofiroto Password is "spofi" - email me if you still have problems.
posted by dusted at 02:47 PM on September 28
Sure, works for me. Will it be a problem for anyone? H2H league draft changed to Oct. 27 at 7PM Pacific.
posted by dusted at 01:52 PM on September 27
Roto league draft changed to Oct. 20 at 5PM Pacific. I'll let the week go by and see what kind of interest there is in the roto league. If it's just a few people, I'll kill it and do just the H2H.
posted by dusted at 01:37 PM on September 27
Ufez, you're in the H2H league, right?
posted by dusted at 10:13 AM on September 27
Ha ha! I'll change the draft time to something we can all agree on. Saturday afternoons work fine for me - maybe one on the 20th and the other on the 27th?
posted by dusted at 09:56 AM on September 27
dfleming: I created the H2H league about a week ago and sent out invites to about half the players from last year (some don't allow emails from Yahoo). You should have received an invite.
posted by dusted at 12:23 AM on September 27
Let me know if you have any suggestions for draft time, settings and league size limits. Thanks!
posted by dusted at 06:55 PM on September 26
Most people prefer the fresh start every week and trash-talking aspects of the H2H league. Some prefer the classic roto format, where you've got 82 games to adjust your team's balance and make up point in weak categories. Your choice, or join both. Head-to-Head league http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/spofi League ID#: 9107 League Name: SpoFi Hoopsters Password: spofi Draft Type: Live Draft Draft Time: Sat Oct 27 5:00pm PDT [ Add to My Calendar ] Max Teams: 14 Scoring Type: Head-to-Head Max Moves: No maximum Max Trades: No maximum Trade Reject Time: 2 Trade End Date: March 6, 2008 Waiver Time: 2 days Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo! Sports Trade Review: League Votes Post Draft Players: Free Agents Weekly Deadline: Daily - Tomorrow Start Scoring on: Week 1 Roster Positions: PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C, Util, Util, BN, BN, BN Stat Categories: FG%, FT%, 3PTM, PTS, REB, AST, ST, BLK, TO Rotisserie league http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/spofiroto League ID#: 36550 League Name: Spofi roto Password: spofi Draft Type: Live Draft Draft Time: Sat Oct 27 5:00pm PDT [ Add to My Calendar ] Max Teams: 12 Scoring Type: Rotisserie Max Moves: No maximum Max Trades: No maximum Trade Reject Time: 2 Trade End Date: March 6, 2008 Waiver Time: 2 days Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo! Sports Trade Review: League Votes Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules Max Games Played: 82 Weekly Deadline: Daily - Tomorrow Start Scoring on: Monday, Oct 29 Roster Positions: PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C, C, Util, Util, BN, BN, BN Stat Categories: FG%, FT%, 3PTM, PTS, REB, AST, ST, BLK, TO
posted by dusted at 06:54 PM on September 26
Hilarious because it's true. We all have too much shit.
posted by dusted at 11:49 PM on June 06
Way to go, Chicks! Congrats on taking on a successful team, playing them tough and having fun while winning! Texan, if this youth coaching gig doesn't work out for you, you might have a future in sportswriting. My blood was pumping harder and harder as I read... I don't think I took a breath once the ball went over their defense.
posted by dusted at 01:46 PM on April 23
I didn't think of it that way, but yes, Amir would have won the league for you. Ouch. Chris Webber (who I benched for the first time since I traded for him) didn't play, which gave Amir lots of playing time. With it this close, if any one of our last day moves were different, you would have won.
posted by dusted at 01:18 PM on April 19
Wow. I expected it to be close, but not this close. Great job, smithers - with all your stars quitting on you, you still almost won. First off, I'd like to thank Kevin Garnett for taking an early vacation on smithers - I couldn't have won without that, buddy. Second, I'd like to thank Joe Smith for having a great game, going 11-17, scoring 26 points. I subbed Smith for Jason Hart at the last second, and Hart went 0-6 and didn't score a single point. Just dumb luck: Smith hadn't scored 20 points all year.
Team | FG% | FT% | 3PTM | PTS | REB | AST | ST | BLK | TO | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maude Lebowski (dusted) | .459 | .778 | 43 | 855 | 333 | 212 | 57 | 25 | 108 | 5 |
Tolbert's Lovechild (smithers) | .516 | .793 | 60 | 852 | 293 | 138 | 46 | 21 | 104 | 4 |
Team | FG% | FT% | 3PTM | PTS | REB | AST | ST | BLK | TO | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flying Elbows IV (mbd1) | .497 | .788 | 42 | 809 | 293 | 181 | 64 | 21 | 96 | 7 |
Bring Down the Nasty (The_Black_Hand) | .461 | .789 | 40 | 779 | 261 | 179 | 56 | 15 | 94 | 2 |
posted by dusted at 10:52 AM on April 19
From the way I see the standings, I can win on FT%, points or TOs, and I'm unlikely to lose on anything (although blocks, steals and rebounds aren't exactly safe). We'll see in the morning.
posted by dusted at 11:51 PM on April 18
Today is looking better. I'm cautiously optimistic.
posted by dusted at 08:24 PM on April 18
Ouch. Maybe next year we can move the playoffs one week earlier? It's a little ridiculous for me to grab Joe Smith in case I want to play him over Bosh.
posted by dusted at 12:17 AM on April 18
Shit, Bosh didn't play at all.
posted by dusted at 09:46 PM on April 17
No problem with the strategy, as long as we're both using it (and we are). This is the first day in a week you're ahead in the matchup... not good timing for me. I think it comes down to how much our stars play over the next couple of days. I seriously doubt Gerald Wallace will play more than a couple of minutes Wednesday, but what am I going to do - bench him?
posted by dusted at 02:30 PM on April 17
Should SportsFilter Think of the Children?
You say "I will council my son to realize that not all are as well educated as he is" and "He led by example" followed by "i could care less how long you have been on here."
That's the crux: you could care less, but expect us to care greatly about your concerns, and you insult us in the meantime!
I grew up in a fundamental Christian environment, surrounded by Christians of all kinds. There were good, humble people trying to live their own lives well, and there were the people obsessed over the minor sins of others. I'm just guessing, but from what little I've read of your comments here, you fit into the latter group. You need to take a good look inward and see what you're actually teaching your son with your example.
Peace.