As my mind is wracked and tortured with the difficulty of the decisions that I must make, I harken back to those innocent early days, and JG's very first post.

I love the "...it's great. All you gota do is..." part.

Whew!!

Glad I wasn't the ONLY one with a bunch of 0-fers. I was a bit worried there for a moment.

And most not even due to the rain!

I CAN'T FUCKING BELIEVE THIS...

I CAN'T PLAY TOMORROW... WANNA KNOW WHY??? EARLIER TODAY, I HAD PICKED MY ENTIRE ROSTER. FINE AND DANDY. LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, I REMEMBERED THERE WAS A D-H TOMORROW IN PITTSBURGH. I CHECKED THE WEATHER, AND IT LOOKED NASTY, SO, BEFORE SWAPPING ALL MY OFFENSE, I DECIDED TO WAIT UNTIL TONIGHT TO SEE IF THE D-H WOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL SATURDAY... MADE SENSE... ALTHOUGH... I HAD ALREADY CHANGED MY PS TO THE CUBBIES -- NOT REALLY REALIZING THAT I HAD GONE OVER MY SALARY CAP.

I GET HOME ABOUT 2:30 -- A HALF HOUR BEFORE THE DEADLINE -- AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INTERNET ACCESS. NO CABLE. NO DIAL-UP. FUCK!!

I KEEP TRYING AND TRYING, NO ACCESS. IT COMES TO 2:58AM AND I'M SWEATING!! WTF?!?!?!

FUCKING... 3:02AM... I GET ACCESS BACK.

TOO FUCKING LATE. MY ROSTER IS OVER-CAP, AND LOCKED. I GET A BIG, FAT, FUCKING ZERO TOMORROW!!!!!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!

WTF?

I AM SO FUCKING MAD, IT'S NOT FUNNY.

AND, RIGHT NOW, I AM NOT LAUGHING WHEN I SAY, I HATE THIS FUCKING GAME!!!!!

(ALL CAPS INTENDED, OF COURSE)

Fucking 3:02!!!! 2 minutes!!!!

And, I don't even know how I did tonight.

2 fucking minutes...

And 2 freakin' weeks left, to try to make up for it. I can't wait 'til this is over, so I can concentrate on football...

I had a similar experience.

I picked mt team during the day yesterday, and had the Cubs PS, plus Sosa, Ramirez, Wilson, etc.

After seeing the weather forecast before going to bed, I decided to set my alarm for 2:30 and redo my team if the forecast was the same.

Same thing; no access. I re-booted twice before getting back on at about 2:53. Also panicking and sweating. I switched my PS to the Dodgers, which immediately put me over the cap, and started changing players. I was stll over the cap at about 2:59, so I reduced by taking Endy Chavez in CF, for 3.4. Even if the game is played, he wouldn't figure to play anyway (lefty vs. Glavine).

I ain't happy with my team for tomorrow, but I sure feel your pain (seriously, man).

Solace is, I think I saw DB with Sosa and Ramirez. The DH is (hopefully) a lock to be rained out.

Tonight was something like DB 53, me 47, you 27.

Well, I guess I was fucked anyway. But my zero tomorrow cannot be compared with :p

At least, though... if it ends up being close at the end... I could claim I played one less day of the season!! :rolleyes:

It's funny about the 3 am deadline. As I was changing guys around, I put Ledee in CF, which freed up soom room, so I put Perez in at catcher for Olivo.

But it must have been after 3, so those two guys appear on Saturday's roster, but not Friday's.

When I looked at your Friday roster, I couldn't figure out why you had the Cubs PS with no one else from the DH. I didn't realize you were over the cap.

Douche has Stairs, also. Buffy went all out.

I don't mean to sound like a whiny bitch, so I'm not even gonna say another word about it. It's finished. Put me in for a zero tomorrow. And I'll try to gear up my slumping (for the past 1+ weeks) ass and see what I can do the next two weeks. That's all I can do now. Enjoy 2nd place. I don't deserve it.

PS: PL and BD - Give me your addresses in PM or email so I can send your posters -- Buffy finally got hers

10 days to go. For you, only nine

Friday

DB 56 3200 W Sox
PL 45 3104 LA
JG 27 3097
BD 54 3046 LA
LD 40 2974 Oak
FS 14 2833 Phil
SC 18 2757 StL
OA 51 2503 Oak
JJ. 44 2500 Seat

In an attempt to jinx our league leader, I will herewith provide the amazing Douche Bigelow pitching statistics since August 29th:

18-5, 1.90 ERA

Aug 29th thru Sept 3rd: 6-1, 0.93 ERA
Sept 4th thru Sept 12th: 7-3, 3.16 ERA
Sept 13th thru Sept 18th: 5-1, 0.82 ERA

I heard that... :rolleyes:

Last night was probably the toughest choice this whole season. I may have even slipped into the FS range of research- 30 - 45 minutes!

Seriously though, the rain was messing with my mind last night, as everyone's, it looks like. Putting in the Sosa, Ramirez and Stairs was a hedge on my part... It was the three I thought people would most likely pick, so I figured it would be a wash. With rain at a 40% chance by evening, I figured they might get one game in, so at least they'll have the same number of at-bats as those who picked non east-coast games. Finally, since over the last few days, I've been picking at least 3 guys who didn't even play, I figured, "what's the difference?"

Pork, sorry about your internet problem last night. It's been fun duking it out with you and PL these last few weeks, and that's the last thing I wanted to happen to either of you... Don't know how feels, though...

Are we not surprised?

Truth is I always work up my roster around lunch time. I hardly ever have the chance to go back and look at it to tweak anymore. Where I used to be so diligent to tweak before my 1 am deadline, I have just been too busy at nighttime to do so and I guess I don't want to win so bad that I SET MY ALARM to get up to do that. :rolleyes: Other things? Maybe.

You would be amazed how different things can look in the light of day and 12 hours earlier. I'm talking baseball, of course.

Pork - I DO feel your pain. That has probably been my worst fear in playing this game since you know I have the most HORRIBLE home computer on the face of the earth. Guess that is why I always got into the habit to never walk away if I was ever over cap. Bummer Dude. If I can't win, I was really pulling for the Doucheman or you.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by La Dolce Vita:

You would be amazed how different things can look in the light of day and 12 hours earlier.


Kind of reminds you of last call at the bar- then they turn the lights on and you want to throw up when you see the girl you were chasing all night!


If I can't win, I was really pulling for the Doucheman or you.


Well, Pee-Lawrence, that should tell you where you stand in her world!


Sounds like every onther Fantasy in the world- disappointing to most!

I left it over-cap cuz it was to remind me to check the weather in Pitts before 3am. Those big red letters, y'know? I never dreamed I wouldn't have cable -- or dial-up! Both never went out before, at the same time. And there was only wind here, no "storm" at all. Ahh well.

And what kills me is, they'll probably get both games in. For the record, I was gonna pick the Cubs.

Watch, today woulda been my biggest day!

I'm speechless.

After all we've been through together...You were the first member to ever PM me...our heart to heart talks about adoption...our first wager on the Niners-Giants....

To say I'm miffed and hurt would be to say the least.
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"Another Nail In My Heart" Squeeze

OK, Buffy, I'm over it. Back to business.

You did absolutely the right thing loading up on the DH, whether intentional or not. In your position, you should be going all out and taking every chance you can to get as many points as possible.

It is too soon to tell who did the "right" thing today. The only person we KNOW did not do the right thing was Pork. :rolleyes:

I have no doubts about what I have done. Of course it was intentional. You are right, it is time to take drastic measures and pull out all the stops. No time for me to be conservative. All I was saying is I would love the opportunity to have the time to contemplate tweaking as the deadline looms at night but I rarely have that opportunity anymore. The roster..she staysa like before!

Nice to see you don't stay miffed for long, plaw. :rolleyes: C'mon, it's not personal. My heart warms at the thought of the first day we "met" and I cherish each word ever typed from your precious fingers from that point on...

anyhoo :rolleyes: ...I'm sure I am not the only who notices you only come out of hiding once you think you are on a rise. Hell, I never even got the chance to razz you about kicking your ass in football, you were conveniently nowhere to be found, how boring is that? To think how it will be should you win the whole she-bang. :rolleyes:

The Pork is humble. DB writes poetry. Yep, my money and hopes is on one of those guys.

Plus, I never made a bet with either of them

although plaw, ever notice that our bet is a win-win situation for you?

The bet was dinner, right?

Either way, win or lose, whether you buy or I buy...YOU get to have dinner with ME

OPPS- BUSTED!

I've been here all week crowing about baseball. You had ample opportunity to razz me about football.

As Joe Pesci said in the marvelous poolroom scene in MY COUSIN VINNIE: "I can always use a good ass kicking".

If someone would open the much talked about Fantasy Football Thread already, I'd be happy to check in in Mondays to get my lumps.

The game has started... Good luck, Princess of the ESPN GBB 2nd Half Fantasy Baseball!

(And no Bad Daddy, I ain't talkin' about you! :p )

Hmm, maybe I should be happy I missed today. It's 10-9 Cubs after 6 innings (-16 pts) (Okay, don't remind me I'd have some offense to counteract that)

I THOUGHT about taking the Cubbies too until I saw the stats for the guy in Game 2 who is NOT Zambrano and got a bit freaked.

And talk about famous last words. As I was rostering yesterday, I said to myself...Jason Bay? WHO IS Jason Bay?

Add one scrub with a good wind blowing out = points galore.

And for the record, I hardly take Sosa and I didnt want him today either (I really wanted Sanders - but healthy) but I figured he might at least hit ONE homer. C'mon Sammy, be a bud! :rolleyes:

Lets be truthful, we all couldn't take
Pee-Lawrence if he won both halfs. We would have to sell all of our holding and move our families to a place that doesn't have internet service!

Wow, do I know how to pick 'em or what? :rolleyes: At one point this evening, I peeked and saw my score hovering around 78 in only the 2nd or 3rd inning of my game.

I must be born under a bad sign.

Ooops. I share that sign with SC and the himself....

I can't believe it. Sixty-two offensive points. Final score 61.

I was gonna say I'm not playing next year. Now I am thinking next Spring can't get here fast enough!

At least I am in 1st place in football. After I crush Big Daddy and make him cry for his mommy, I will be 3-0

Good thing I didn't go w/ the Cubbies, huh? -- my $51.5 roster woulda totalled at -4 ... I made 4 pts by not playing!!

Saturday

DB 66 3266 Minn
PL 31 3135 Minn
JG 00 3097 Minn
BD 44 3090 Minn
LD 61 3035 Bost
FS 57 2890 Bost
SC 17 2774 Bost
JJ. 66 2566 Seat
OA 18 2521 Oak

My compliments, DB. You played it exactly right. Gonna be tough to catch you now.

My "Roster I Would Have Had If I Didn't Change It At The Last Minute Because I Was Afraid Of A Hurricane" only scored 46.

I'll console myself with the overall standings

PL 7920
JG 7713
LD 7629
DB 7591
BD 7224 (How many days late did you start? I forgot)