2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274309 07/22/06 12:46 AM 07/22/06 12:46 AM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA J Geoff The Don
J Geoff The Don Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA	Just dumb (bad) luck... don't be acting like you knew... :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

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274310 07/22/06 02:15 AM 07/22/06 02:15 AM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 22,902 New York SC Consigliere
SC Consigliere Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 22,902 New York	Quote: Originally posted by Beth E: Eric Bedard has food poisening so Russ Ortiz is starting tonight's game. Stupid piece of shit!! .

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274311 07/22/06 05:17 AM 07/22/06 05:17 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence OP RIP StatMan
plawrence OP RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	Quote: Originally posted by Beth E: Eric Bedard has food poisening so Russ Ortiz is starting tonight's game. Quote: Originally posted by SC: Stupid piece of shit!! Which one? Bedard or Ortiz? :p Quote: Originally posted by J Geoff: PL^287 FLA (38) 91 378 +68 in pitching, what do you expect Considering that I had the best offense yesterday also, I expect to gain a lot of points. But I'll admit -- Florida's 38 was a nice surprise. I won't cackle (cock-a-doodle-doo) or crow (woo-hoo) about my 94 (not 91) yesterday, one of the highest scores ever on a non-doubleheader day. What is it that MC says about the blind squirrel occasionally finding the nut? [img]http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:afJBomyOBEBDnM:www.wga.hu/art/h/hoffmann[/img] Might be time to update the race for the all-important Overall Points Championship. "Difficult....not impossible"

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274312
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UPDATE: All Important Overall Points Championship Standings

Code:

    1st Half 2nd Half  Total
PL    4521      381     4902   Says first half was a fluke
JL    4583      312     4895   Maybe this will provide motivation
TM    4548      305     4853   Says first half was NO fluke
JG    4368      341     4709   Still has a shot
DB    4678        0     4678   Getting married? That's no excuse
CC    3975      428     4403   Surprise second half leader
GG    3717      266     3983   Stick to playing those Texas kids  
SC    3642      311     3953   Started 3 days late
DC    3881        0     3881   "Cruises" into last place

Still a fairly wide-open race.

"Difficult....not impossible"

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274313 07/22/06 06:07 AM 07/22/06 06:07 AM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 22,902 New York SC Consigliere
SC Consigliere Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 22,902 New York	Quote: Originally posted by plawrence: [quote]Originally posted by Beth E: [b] Eric Bedard has food poisening so Russ Ortiz is starting tonight's game. Quote: Originally posted by SC: Stupid piece of shit!! Which one? Bedard or Ortiz? [/b][/quote]BOTH of those Baltimorons. Bedard, because he's stupid. Ortiz, because he's a piece of shit. .

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274314 07/22/06 07:42 AM 07/22/06 07:42 AM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 14,900 Beth E Crabby
Beth E Crabby Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 14,900	Quote: Originally posted by J Geoff: don't be acting like you knew... :p Considering I know that all Orioles' pitching sucks I guess you could say I did. :p And it also appears the package of ground beef I shipped for Bedard made it to him. How about a little less questions and a lot more shut the hell up - Brian Griffin When there's a will...put me in it.

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274315 07/22/06 10:45 AM 07/22/06 10:45 AM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA J Geoff The Don
J Geoff The Don Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA	Quote: Originally posted by plawrence: ...my 94 (not 91) yesterday, one of the highest scores [b]ever on a non-doubleheader day.[/b] Bethie and I got 90 and 92 pts, respectively, on Tuesday - not significantly less than what you're gloating about. While your 94 is the overall daily high, you have to admit that is pretty LOW overall in this game where someone scores over 100 pts practically every day. :p P.S. It sure would be nice if some little birdie could help "officialize" the scores in these games for me in the AM like the good ol' days... P.P.S. ESPN has been awful lately with the unofficial scores - I've never noticed it this bad where almost everyone's scores are different the next day. Has it been like this all year long?? 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

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274316 07/22/06 11:01 AM 07/22/06 11:01 AM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA J Geoff The Don
J Geoff The Don Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA	Saturday Code: CC 428 DET (-09) 07 435 PL 381 SFO (14) 45 426 TM^305 SEA (27) 75 380 JL^312 SFO (14) 31 343 SC^311 SDG (13) 27 338 JG 341 TAM (-30) -7 334 Even with a Win... :/ AL 276 FLA (32) 40 316 Nice offense. GG 266 DET (-09) 14 280 DM 230 SFO (14) 46 276 DET: Miner (6-2, 3.30) vs OAK SFO: Schmidt (6-6, 3.06) vs SDG (vs SC) SDG: Woody Wms (4-1, 3.38) @ SFO (vs PL, JL, DM) TAM: Corcoran (4-1, 2.48) vs BAL SEA: Hernandez (8-8, 4.89) vs BOS FLA: Nolasco (7-6, 4.67) vs PIT 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

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274317 07/22/06 06:51 PM 07/22/06 06:51 PM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA J Geoff The Don
J Geoff The Don Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA	Well, it doesn't look like I'm gonna be as lucky as I was last time with Corcoran... 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

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274318 07/22/06 07:28 PM 07/22/06 07:28 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,190 Brazil Tony Mosrite Underboss
Tony Mosrite Underboss Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,190 Brazil	I guess I stumped everyone with the Mariners PS pick against the big bats of the Red Sox then. of course, I had 5 minutes to pick a team before going my way out of town and I picked the only one who was 'most' un-like Bedard because I wouldn't be able to see how both of them did. it would be great luck if the Baltimorons ( ) hadn't screwed up the whole thing yesterday. "I'm just a humble motherfucker with a big ass dick" The Bunk

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274319 07/22/06 08:15 PM 07/22/06 08:15 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence OP RIP StatMan
plawrence OP RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	Quote: Originally posted by J Geoff: Bethie and I got 90 and 92 pts, respectively, on Tuesday - not significantly less than what you're gloating about. While your 94 is the overall daily high, you have to admit that is pretty LOW overall in this game where someone scores over 100 pts practically every day. :p I would hardly say that someone scores over 100 "practically every day". It's happened five times in nine days since the break, but there doesn't seem to be a way to go back and look at past days and weeks. I'll be happy to keep track going forward, though, and I'd be very surprised if the average is more than 100, or if someone scores 100 or more more than half the time, much less practically every day. Somewhere in the 90's would seem to be about the average, so no, I wouldn't say that 94 is a LOW score - nor is 90 or 92 - however on a day that you and someone else both get such a high score, that suggests to me that it was somewhat easier to do. More importantly, BTW, I just noticed that my 94 was tied - if not alone - as the highest score of the day in the whole game. That's something I don't think any of us have ever done before, if I'm not mistaken. And lemme gloat a little - God knopws I've had precious little to gloat about this season. (The only reason I didn't update and "officialize" the scores this morning is 'cuz if I did you would've made a comment about me suddenly taking an interest again just because I had a good day. Damned if I do and damned if I don't, I guess..... ) "Difficult....not impossible"

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274320 07/22/06 08:22 PM 07/22/06 08:22 PM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA J Geoff The Don
J Geoff The Don Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA	Okay, I'll let you gloat for now. :p But let's see... since the break, 5 of 9 days were 100+ days. I can't seem to find the data from the first half, but I notice practically every day someone gets 100+ points... and more than 5 out of 9 days it seems... P.S. I might as well stick a whine in here..... half my freakin' offense isn't even playing today! :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

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274321 07/22/06 08:29 PM 07/22/06 08:29 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence OP RIP StatMan
plawrence OP RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	I'll track those 100+ days for a while and we'll see. As I said 5/9 is hardly "practically every day". [gloat alert] BTW (again), the day you and CC scored in the 90s, the high for the day was 116. The day I scored 94, the high for the day was, um, 94 [/gloat alert] "Difficult....not impossible"

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274322 07/22/06 08:33 PM 07/22/06 08:33 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence OP RIP StatMan
plawrence OP RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	Do I root for Schmidt tonite or not? I guess I have a little cushion in pitching today over you and CC in this game, so I thik I'd like to see about a 10 or so from the Giants PS, with maybe a 0-5 for Schmidt. "Difficult....not impossible"

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274323 07/23/06 06:23 AM 07/23/06 06:23 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence OP RIP StatMan
plawrence OP RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	Here'ya go, JG. It's Sunday; Take the day off from Salary Cap. I'll "officialize" the scores for you (several 1 pont additions). And here, I'll even save you trouble of commenting: I, plawrence, confess. I'm suddenly considerably more interested in the game because I'm doing better after a long slump and I'm ahead in the all-important Overall Points Championship race. Saturday Code: CC 435 DET (-09) 08 436 Super longshot faltering? PL 381 SFO (14) 45 426 Claims he's interested again TM^305 SEA (27) 76 381 Looks like 1st half was no fluke JL^312 SFO (14) 32 344 Expect a hot streak at some point SC^311 SDG (13) 27 338 Rarely this high in standings so late JG 341 TAM (-30) -6 335 Down there with the also-rans AL 276 FLA (32) 41 317 Gotta change your PS every day GG 266 DET (-09) 15 281 Summer fun in way of fantasy sports? DM 230 SFO (14) 47 277 Prediction: Will finish 5th if he plays hard Maybe even as high as 4th Today's probable pitchers: Minn: Liriano; 11-2, 194 (PL, JL, SC, GG, DM) LAA: Weaver; 6-0, 1.12 (CC, JG, TM) Fla: Willis; 6-7, 3.94 (AL) "Difficult....not impossible"

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274324 07/23/06 07:52 AM 07/23/06 07:52 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence OP RIP StatMan
plawrence OP RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	You know, JG..... I don't think anyone ever had back-to-back scores of -30 in pitching before. That ain't easy to do. "Difficult....not impossible"

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274325 07/23/06 11:13 AM 07/23/06 11:13 AM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA J Geoff The Don
J Geoff The Don Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA	-30 each day, from opposing teams in the same series yet. 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

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274326 07/23/06 11:16 AM 07/23/06 11:16 AM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA J Geoff The Don
J Geoff The Don Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA	Quote: Originally posted by plawrence: *I, plawrence, confess. I'm suddenly considerably more interested in the game because I'm doing better...* A'int that the truth. I gotta tell ya it effects me, too. I'm REALLY into the Draft game now that I'm hovering near the top, and this one just becomes more and more tedious and frustrating.... 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

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274327 07/23/06 12:44 PM 07/23/06 12:44 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 5,032 Texas ginaitaliangirl
ginaitaliangirl Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 5,032 Texas	Quote: Originally posted by plawrence: GG Summer fun in way of fantasy sports? Sadly, no. I wish I had a nice excuse like that, but watching the Astros and setting my lineup are the highlights of my day. Considering how the Astros have been playing... And considering how I've been playing... Quote: Originally posted by plawrence: GG Stick to playing those Texas kids Maybe I'll be better off back at school? :p (There. If that ain't enough of a whine/anti-jinx to propel me to first place, I don't know what is. )

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274328 07/24/06 12:24 AM 07/24/06 12:24 AM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 5,032 Texas ginaitaliangirl
ginaitaliangirl Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 5,032 Texas	Sunday Code: CC 436 LAA (28) 53 489 Pride of the Chicks PL 426 MIN (36) 53 479 Renewed Interest = 1st Place? TM 381 LAA (28) 42 423 Staying in the Race JL 344 MIN (36) 64 408 Top Score of GBB SC 338 MIN (36) 59 397 Wanna have a catch? JG 335 LAA (28) 54 389 Glad to have good pitching AL 317 FLA (13) 27 344 MIN/LAA PS would've helped GG 281 MIN (36) 58 339 Astros Win! DM 277 MIN (36) 60 337 Ready to Pounce Today's Probable Pitchers: Det, Bonderman, 10-4, 3.53: CC, SC LAA, Lackey, 8-6, 2.93: PL, TM, JG, GG NYM, Trachsel, 9-4, 4.68: JL Bost, Beckett, 12-5, 4.78: DM Tex, Millwood, 10-5, 4.61: AL (edited to officialize scores and add probable pitchers - pl)

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274329 07/24/06 12:53 AM 07/24/06 12:53 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence OP RIP StatMan
plawrence OP RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	Another scribe in our midst? Helluva job there, GG....I'm proud of you. "Difficult....not impossible"

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274330 07/24/06 01:54 PM 07/24/06 01:54 PM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA J Geoff The Don
J Geoff The Don Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA	Quote: Originally posted by plawrence: LAA, Lackey, 8-6, 2.93: PL, TM, JG, GG So... how "well" do you want Lackey to do today? :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

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274331 07/24/06 02:00 PM 07/24/06 02:00 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 5,032 Texas ginaitaliangirl
ginaitaliangirl Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 5,032 Texas	Thanks, StatMan. I do what I can. Hopefully I can help out with this every so often...

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274332 07/25/06 01:45 AM 07/25/06 01:45 AM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA J Geoff The Don
J Geoff The Don Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 31,310 New Jersey, USA	Monday (unofficial) Code: CC 489 DET (08) 41 530 PL 479 LAA (27) 37 516 TM 423 LAA (27) 57 480 JG^389 LAA (27) 65 454 JL 408 NYM (-6) 24 432 SC 397 DET (08) 28 425 GG^339 LAA (27) 56 395 DM^337 BOS (18) 43 380 AL 344 TEX (06) 23 367 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

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274333 07/25/06 01:48 AM 07/25/06 01:48 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 8,389 Staten Island / New Jersey Just Lou
Just Lou Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 8,389 Staten Island / New Jersey	So much for my "Mets vs the lowest scoring team at Shea = definite positive points".

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274334 07/25/06 02:18 AM 07/25/06 02:18 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence OP RIP StatMan
plawrence OP RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	Trachsel is Trachsel, winning streak and all. I doubt if he had a 20+ FP game all season. And it's not like the Mets were really cheap, either. Look what he cost you in cap points. "Difficult....not impossible"

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274335 07/25/06 02:22 AM 07/25/06 02:22 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence OP RIP StatMan
plawrence OP RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	Quote: Originally posted by J Geoff: [quote]Originally posted by plawrence: [b]LAA, Lackey, 8-6, 2.93: PL, TM, JG, GG So... how "well" do you want Lackey to do today? :p [/b][/quote]Well, since I had complete confidence that I would eventually pass CC regardless of what happened tonite, and since all of those right behind me had Lackey also (or Trachsel), I was rooting for him to get bombed. "Difficult....not impossible"

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274336 07/25/06 06:10 AM 07/25/06 06:10 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence OP RIP StatMan
plawrence OP RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	Monday (Official) Code: CC 489 DET (08) 41 530 Min Santana 11-5 3.00 PL 479 LAA (27) 37 516 Hou Clemens 2-3 2.43 TM 423 LAA (27) 57 480 Bos Schilling 12-3 3.50 JG^389 LAA (27) 65 454 Bos JL 408 NYM (-6) 25 433 NYM Glavine 11-3 3.52 SC 397 DET (08) 28 425 Det Rogers 11-3 3.97 GG^339 LAA (27) 56 395 Min DM^337 BOS (18) 43 380 Bos AL 344 TEX (06) 23 367 Tex Eaton (!!) 0-0 0.00 Over/Under 100 as best score of the day: 7/13 - 7/22 Over: 5 Under: 5 Sun, 7/23: N/A Mon, 7/24: Under (98) Total to Date: Over: 5, 45.5% Under: 6, 54.5% "Difficult....not impossible"

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274337 07/25/06 01:02 PM 07/25/06 01:02 PM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 14,900 Beth E Crabby
Beth E Crabby Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 14,900	Just thought I'd throw this out there. I've been seeing on ESPN lately where they have Dominos tournaments televised and was wondering when the fantasy league was gonna be started. :p How about a little less questions and a lot more shut the hell up - Brian Griffin When there's a will...put me in it.

Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game) #274338 07/25/06 09:24 PM 07/25/06 09:24 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 8,389 Staten Island / New Jersey Just Lou
Just Lou Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 8,389 Staten Island / New Jersey	Quote: Originally posted by plawrence: Trachsel is Trachsel, winning streak and all. I doubt if he had a 20+ FP game all season. And it's not like the Mets were really cheap, either. Look what he cost you in cap points. And I didn't learn my lesson last night. :rolleyes: You can tell I really lost interest in this game.

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