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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/01/04 07:23 AM
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Well, DB, my Most Worthy Adversary, here we go.... I chose a pitching staff yesterday and tailored my offense around it. You went "counter" to the accepted wisdom, selected an offense, and then picked your PS based on that. Good thing for me that TB scored those three runs in the bottom of the 8th and pulled out the second game win, otherwise you'd probably be sitting at the top of the pile this morning. If you wind up losing this thing by less than 15 or so, we'll be able to point to that half-inning as the key to the whole second half. You clobbered me twice in the last three days to get right back in this thing, and I'm looking forward to an exciting finish. Maybe we'll finally get one of those "It will come down to the very last day" deals. I'd love to look at our whole history and figure out how many three day periods there were when you beat me by more than 16 points, but that's probably a full day's work and, sadly, I won't have the time. So, here's to 'ya, MWA  . I'd say "May the best man win", but as I said at the end of the first half, who wins proves nothing, as we seem to be incredibly evenly matched. Now, we each have three opportunities left and I predict that the winner will be whoever has the highest diaily score the next 3 days, or the loser will be whoever has the lowest. In other words, one of us will put it away with a really good day, or one of us will blow it with a really bad one. Which? And who? Tune in Sunday night, sports fans.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/01/04 09:24 AM
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Originally posted by fathersson:
(My Lord Pee, you have to much time on your hands and your mind) "An idle mind is the devil's playground." A aphorism, which in my case, some may find particularly fitting. 
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/01/04 09:52 AM
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'scuse
AN aphorism. (It was a typo, BTW)
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/01/04 09:58 AM
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10 Things I Think I Think (ala Peter King) 1 - Suddenly the Baltimore-Boston matchup becomes very important today. You got some pretty big guns playing in that game today, plaw - Mora, Tejada, and Gibbons to boot. 2 - Picking last night's offense was painful.  3 - Top 4 has jumped on the Mirabelli train. SC picked Varitek. (very quietly to SC "Wakefield is pitching today." ) 4 - The last few days have been, in a word, interesting. 5 - If I do lose this game by 15 points or less, there's a lot more we can point to than just that half inning, plaw.  6 - The Cubs still stink.  7 - Congrats SC on your ascension to 5th place. 8 - Houston game is also very important. Biggio/Kent vs. Beltran/Ensberg. 9 - I must have missed the memo on Mora today. 10 - Well, Plaw, it's come down to this. After my performance the last couple of weeks, I wouldn't be underestimating when I say that I am totally shocked to be even in this position. Shoot, I was buying your champagne for you. In any case, here we are. May the best man of the next three days win. 
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/01/04 01:14 PM
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Originally posted by fathersson:
You misspelled in your post.
Now that is not the Pee I know.
[ October 01, 2004, 09:59 AM: Message edited by: fathersson ]
OMG! FS actually corrected something in his own post?? :p 
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/01/04 01:55 PM
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So was I. I figured #6 to me
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/01/04 07:25 PM
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Damn, I wonder* if I can finish Round 2 at the 99th percentile... I'm at 98.4 going into today. I finished Round 1 at 99.3 %ile. Oh wait. I thought I was doing worse than last year but I guess not. Last year I was 97.6/96.4 %ile. Never mind. Anyway... *Damn, I didn't even notice that Peavy was pitching tonight -- against Arizona yet. What a lock that is! And here I am stuck with Lopez from the zer-O's against Boston?? WTF was I thinking??! :rolleyes:
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/01/04 11:10 PM
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/02/04 06:46 AM
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Friday (official)
PL 4087 SanD (33) 56 4143 Balt Cabrera 12-7 4.67 & Ponson 11-15 5.28
DB 4071 SanD (33) 51 4122 Balt
JG 3820 Balt (-8) 14 3834 Bost Arroyo 10-9 4.10 & Astacio 0-0 11.57
CC 3754 SanD (33) 48 3802 Bost
SC 3486 StL (34) 56 3542 Bost
FS 3469 SanD (33) 63 3532 Ariz Johnson 15-14 2.65
CB 3148 Oak (-19) 00 3148 Oak Zito 11-11 4.54
MC 2779 NYY (00) 03 2782 NYY Brown 10-5 4.25
DM 0569 SanD (33) 50 0619 Ariz
Today's Matchups: PL DB JG CC SC FS
C Mirabel Mirabel Mirabel Mirabel Varitek Hall
1B Palmy Palmy Palmy Mientky Overbay Mientky
2B Roberts Walker Cora Bellhorn Bellhorn Roberts
3B Mora Mora Newhan Mora Mueller Mora
SS Tejeda Tejeda Tejeda Tejeda Ojeda Tejeda
LF Bigbie G Willms Bigbie Roberts Ramirez Ramirez
CF Andersn Damon Podsedn Damon Sizemore Damon
RF Gibbons Nixon Nixon Mathews Dye Gibbons
DH Pikring Ortiz Ortiz Ortiz Morneau Rivera
PS Balt Balt Bost Bost Bost Arizona I like the SC-FS matchup at shortstop: Ojeda vs. Tejeda
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/02/04 07:02 AM
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Well DB, my MWA, we both live to fight another day. We both escaped with horrible performances from our offense, as. neither one of us had a homer between 14 diferent offensive players or a total higher than 5.
I figure that going into yesterday your chances of winning the whole thing were on the high side of 35-40%, and have now dropped to the low side of 30-35%.
But I'll tell 'ya.....
Man, am I glad that you took the Balt PS. I agonized of the Ariz-Balt choice for a while, and finally figured that you would take Balt, since the upside was greater than that for Ariz.
Regarding today's matchups.....
Roberts vs. Walker: I figure I have the edge since Roberts has at least a chance to play two, and if Roberts plays one, it's pretty much a toss-up
Bigbie vs. G. Williams: See above, but if Bigbie only plays one, I think I have a slight edge.
Anderson vs. Damon: I figure if there's one guy that's not gonna play two it's Damon, since Boston has a legit back-up in CF (Roberts). But if Damon does play two, then, obviously, you have a big edge.
Gibbons vs. Nixon: A toss-up, except I think Gibbons has the better chance of playing both. He's been playing RF, DH, and filling in for Palmiero (the old man who might not play both games) at 1B.
Pickering vs. Ortiz: Big edge for you, even if Ortiz only plays one. And If he plays both and has a good day, it could be a difference-maker.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/02/04 10:21 AM
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Astacio now????? Fuck. :rolleyes: I'm glad CC has'm, too, at least.  FWIW - I really wanted to take the Big Unit today, but, had to play deeee-fense...
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/02/04 10:36 AM
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I'm glad you took the Balt pitching staff as well. I would be a lot more comfortable having this thing decided over a span of 9 picks instead of 1 (and since you've been killing everyone based on that 1 pick). Roberts vs. Walker - That's if Walker even plays... Bigbie vs. Williams - See comment on Walker...  Anderson vs. Damon - Play two, Captain Caveman! Gibbons vs. Nixon - I think Nixon has a good chance of playing 2. He's not one of their "big" starters, so he'll find a way to fill in one of the positions after the superstars sit. Pickering vs. Ortiz - It might come down to this one. ONE DAY LEFT!
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/02/04 11:48 AM
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Originally posted by Don Sicilia:
Bigbie vs. Williams - See comment on Walker... Williams should play. The Mets whole starting outfield is injured
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/02/04 01:49 PM
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No Nixon the first game. I think a man belongs with his wife when she's just had a baby. Especially if the games are meaningless. They should let him stay at the hospital. No Ortiz the first game, either
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/02/04 03:02 PM
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Why'd you guys pick Balt PS again? 5.9% took Boston 0.7% took Baltimore Funny... with my Boston PS, I only have 3 Boston offensive players -- and not one is playing the first game! (Nor did I get the memo on Nixon trotting home :rolleyes: ) And only Tejada has given me a point from my 4 O's guys. Looks like 3rd Place may just be determined tomorrow as well!
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/02/04 03:18 PM
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Originally posted by J Geoff: Why'd you guys pick Balt PS again?
I picked 'em because I figured DB would. Dee-Fense.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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10/02/04 04:52 PM
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[whine alert]
Bottom of the 9th for Baltimore. First & third, nobody out.
My three guys coming up: Gibbons, Bigbie, Roberts.
OH boy! Here come some points! Extra innings, maybe, and a few more ABs for my guys.
So they all strike out.
[/whine alert]
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