Anyone's an upgrade over Roberts. The way he's playing and with him getting hurt the other night they probably won't play him both games.

Again, with that being said....

Watch out Crabby... You might get jumped on for revealing strategy!!

Actually, I thought about that, but I figured since he didn't do that in the last DH...

Yes, you can tell we strategized. The first players I picked were Lopez, Ortiz, Damon and Ortiz (I think in that order)- so I sacrificed Viagra to get these guys.

My PERFECT roster had me .3 over cap. Soooo close.

Had to pull McCarty and hope he plays a bit and might be good for 3 points or so. Worth it if the others I have do well ....

btw - my Dodgers got smoked in the L-A-S-T inning last night! Of course I am speaking as a fan and not in fantasy perspective. :rolleyes: Robin Ventura had the chance to tie it up in the 9th with 2 outs.... :rolleyes:

Who's going to listen to any strategy tips from Basement Bethie?

Buffy liked Ortiz so much, she picked him twice! :p

Since you're [choosing my words carefully] ABOVE me ( ), I'll listen!

Then you finally pick a PS (+34), and your offense goes into the crapper (7).

Tuesday: 55 offense, -30 pitching
Wednesday: 7 offense, 34 pitching

Then you miss yet another doubleheader. You may want to consider sticking to golf. [/b]
[/quote]Ya know, just when I was going to see what DHs are on tap for the weekend, they sneak them in on Thursday - what a stoopida focking game! I am sticking to golf. It's the only game that makes sense!

With all the uncertainty surrounding the middle infielders on both teams...Roberts & Hairston both came out the game early the other night, Nomar didn't play last night, Pokey fills in sometimes at second or short, etc., I figured 2B was the postion most likely to not have someone play both games (I believe in the last Doubleheader Javy caught one and DHed the other), and even if someone did, that was probably the weakest offensive position, so I was willing to sacrifice, take Marlon Anderson, and free up some cap room.

As far as my PS was concerned, it had nothing to do with freeing cap room. Hitter's park, an unknown quantity pitcher going for each team in one of the games, and two good hitting teams = lotsa runs today, IMO.

I figured that Plaw... You usually don't make picks without giving it a lot of thought.

Ya know, MC, this ain't the 60's anymore.

I can still hear the voice of Mel Allen (or maybe it was Rizzuto or Red Barber) saying

"Then the Detroit Tigers come to town...Friday night, Saturday afternoon, and a doubleheader on Sunday."

Thursday is usally a getaway day, so there is already a day game scheduled for which the have sold tickets. Makes it real easy to add a split twinbill night game to the schedule, rather than schedule a brand new day game, for which no tickets have been sold, on a day when a night game has been already scheduled.

Weekends, I guess they figure they'll draw a decent crowd anyway, and with a disproportionate number of day games scheduled on the weekends, DHs on Friday and Saturday are impractical, since the teams prefer not to play a day game after a night game.

Including today, of the 16 doubleheaders so far this season, seven have been played on a Thursday.

Not like you, huh?

Buffy liked Ortiz so much, she picked him twice! :p [/b][/quote]Grrrrr. You know it is very early in Mountain time, right?

Garcia, Ortiz....I live in New Mexico....these names are pretty much interchangeable!!!!

Brian played last night but the Pokester is on the DL the rest of the month....

Early games (SF included) - might have to cancel my lunch date out! :p

Wow, Pee all that thinking and choosing and only 5-10 mins a day. My hat is off to you. You sure know your baseball.

BTW, thumbs up on you taking #1 place once again.

Just testing you, Buffy. Glad to see you're paying attention.

If not Pokey, Boston has the two other utility INFs, Ricky Gutierez and Cesar Crespo. For some reason, I have a feeling that neither Bellhorn or Nomar is gonna play two today.

I have the same feeling about Garcia now, though, with the Bosox pitching a lefty in one of the games.

Baltimore's 2B, OF, DH picture seems to be a little muddled now, what with them trying to get playing time for Newhan now that Mora is back. But Newhan's a lefty also, so he may not play both, either.

Javy, Tejeda, Ramirez, Damon, and probably Ortiz, Palmiero and Mora are the only guys I'd bet play both games.

No one has all seven, but I have 6; JG and DB each have 5; CC has 4; LD, CB, and FS have 3; MC accidently has 1; and SC doesn't have any.

Choosing is only 5-10 minutes a day.
Thinking goes on all the time.

And thanks for the kudos, FS. I may actually learn to like you someday. :p

I was gonna pick Ortiz, too, but then kept seeing this:

NEWS: July 21
SKINNY: Major League Baseball's disciplinarian Bob Watson is reviewing further video of Ortiz's meltdown last Friday and a decision is expected Wednesday or Thursday, the Boston Herald reports. Ortiz is expected to be suspended.

Fingers are crossed... C'mon, Watson, today please!! :p (Do I have to write a letter? )

I predict next year Newhan will be a Yankee.

Let's all drink to the baseball judicial system where everything can be appealed! Let's play two!

Ortiz to Commission: "Those bats just slipped out of my hands. At least they weren't corked!"

Not like you, huh? [/b][/quote]You wouldn't be able to tell with my picks lately!!

Paying attention?

Naw, you give me too much credit. I just live this sport for fun much to the chagrin of the family.

But I will say that I watch whatever game is televised at night (usually DBacks since we get AZ Sports Network, or Weds/Sunday night baseball on ESPN, a gaggle of Braves or Cubs game on TBS or WGN) AND I go to bed AND rise up in the morning to Sportscenter. I even got a haircut that suspiciously mirrors that hottie sportscaster Kit Hoover. No normal subliminal celebrity envy going on here!

Da-da-da...Da-da-da!

So your hair looks like this???

You can also expect him to appeal, so he can postpone it until after the Yankee series this weekend.

He'll be out there. Both games.

Gangster BB
New Jersey, USA

To the Participants of Baseball Challenge 2004:

It is with utmost sadness that I, Don Sicilia aka Douche Bigelow, am here to announce that today (day... day... day), I consider myself (self... self... self) the unluckiest player (er... er... er) on the face of this earth (earth... earth... earth).

I seem to have contracted a virus: the "DB Pitching Virus" - a virus a hundred times more lethal than the "Buffy Pitching Curse". This virus is a machine; it will devour anyone in its path. I advise you to stay away. It WILL destroy your score. Be afraid... be very afraid. When you think of me, please remember the good old days - back when I was bright-eyed and unafraid to face the world. Because of this virus, I am a shell of my former self.

Signed and Now Known As,
The Artist Formerly Known As DB

I think your virus has spread to my offense. You've gotta snap out of it. How will Plaw survive without his MWA. Lord knows he doesn't consider the rest of us contenders.

Douche, I must have caught the one day version when my PS gave up 19 hits. It left me weak and shaken, such that I once again missed the doubleheader. I secretly think its pl doing a Vulcan Mind Meld on us. He is insidious, and a bad man.

THURSDAY

SF boxscore says 9 ER so I subtracted 3 more for -7

See? Javy played BOTH games! And fucking went 0-9

Balt@Bos double-header

Players in DH that people hope do REALLY well...
PL: Ortiz (to pull away from JG)
JG: Roberts, Tejada
LD: McCarty, Nomar, Ortiz + players she's not sharing with CB
CB: All (each point his players score, he'll either pull away from MC or catch up to LD)
MC: Manny, Matos (to catch up to CB)
CC and Below: NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET!!

D-H BEST PLAYS

18 pts Mora - CB
12 pts Tejada - PL, JG, CC, DB
09 pts Roberts - JG, LD, DB
08 pts Ortiz - PL, LD, DB

What happened up there?

No offense for me the first game, or wishful thinking?

I never post offense before the pitching is determined -- too much variation. I wasn't going to for us, either, but I wanted to see what kind of spread it was. I normally wouldn't.