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Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball. Get Yourselves Ready.

For all you Fantasy Baseball fanatics, registration for Yahoo!'s 2012 Fantasy season launches this week! After the fold for more details...

Due to time and desire constraints I cannot participate in a league this year but if someone wants to take the lead and designate an "official" The Good Phight Fantasy League (or leagues), you have my blessing! The leagues allow for customizable stats, and even allow for the creation of pay leagues, with cash prizes, for you degenerate gamblers.

Seriously though, Yahoo! makes a tremendous fantasy sports product. I might play again, but my first fantasy baseball team was in 2000, and I had Todd Helton, Jason Giambi, and Randy Johnson, so I ran away with the title. It's been downhill since then. Quitting while I'm ahead!

More after the jump...

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  • Yahoo! Sports is the leading fantasy provider and home to th e # 1 Fantasy Baseball game available – all for free! It brings fans closer to the game and players they love with free live scoring, mock drafts, mobile apps, over 80 scoring categories, live and offline draft apps, and tools to manage your keeper league.
  • Yahoo! Sports now offers the fantasy fanatic an even more competitive way to play, Pro Leagues are here! Join a Pro League for $20 or $100 and compete to win cash prizes. For those who dare to put some skin in the game.
  • Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball '12 is easy and fun to play for the rookie or veteran fantasy user.
  • Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball provides fans with top-notch information, resources, and expert advice.
  • Yahoo! Sports provides pre-draft advice clips to help you draft the best team possible. Fantasy advice is also available throughout the season with bi-weekly video clips and weekly radio coverage on the Fantasy Freaks (every Friday 8pm-10pm ET).
  • Fantasy baseball is the original social network, it is the way friends stayed connected over America’s pastime no matter where they were, Yahoo! Sports continues the tradition by letting fans talk smack talk, check'in, and chat on newly launched message boards.
  • Game opens 2/9/12 – get ready to play ball!

Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball supports SBNation for its commitment to furthering America’s hardball obsession. As the #1 Fantasy Baseball game, players can count on Yahoo! to provide all the research, stats, live scoring, video highlights, and mobile apps to make this season the best yet. Game opens 2/9/12 – Sign up!!!

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I don’t have the time to run the league, I barely have enough time to run my football league for my employer but I will gladly take part in the “Official Good Phight” Fantasy Baseball league.

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

That is all.

by EREX21 on Feb 6, 2012 1:06 PM EST reply actions  

I’m enthusiastically on board for participating in an official TGP league. I’d also be willing to try my hand at being a commissioner, though if there’s anyone with greater experience who wants to jump in, that’d be fine too.

by Trev223 on Feb 6, 2012 1:13 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions  

finally, the move to yahoo. Hated last year’s league on CBS

"Start playing with some jam in here"

by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2012 1:27 PM EST reply actions  

Never done Yahoo, but I actually didn’t mind the CBS at all

by Walcott on Feb 6, 2012 2:12 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ll agree – I dug CBS just fine. That said, I’m totally down with yahoo too.

by Trev223 on Feb 6, 2012 2:15 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions  

I did Yahoo for another league I was in and loved it...

They let you change your line up right until the player’s team plays, so you can wait until some of the lineups come out to make decisions.

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 6, 2012 3:21 PM EST up reply actions  

I prefer Yahoo as well but I am biased to a degree.

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

That is all.

by EREX21 on Feb 6, 2012 2:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Count me in.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

-Oscar Wilde

by VanceinmyPants on Feb 6, 2012 1:34 PM EST reply actions  

I predict this will end badly for me, agfter I take raul Ibanez with my first overall pick. Catstradamus is in.

"Sometimes, the balls that fall in are jam shots"...Hunter Pence, on BABIP

by Joecatz on Feb 6, 2012 1:55 PM EST reply actions  

I’ll fight you for Raul. I’ve had him twice over the last two years.

Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."

by RememberthePhitans on Feb 6, 2012 2:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

I would be interested in participating in the TGP league this season

Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive

by Eaglesadvocate on Feb 6, 2012 1:58 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions  

I’m down. I’m in a family baseball league that’s awful because it’s all based on home run hitters to win the title. So I would live to be in an advanced league for once.

‎"I'm terrible" - Ilya Bryzgalov

by JpH89 on Feb 6, 2012 2:02 PM EST reply actions  

YAY GUYS!

I’m in.

Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.

by TheOrangeCone on Feb 6, 2012 2:26 PM EST reply actions  

I’m in. My sole goal is to finish above 5th, for once.

by Cormican on Feb 6, 2012 2:47 PM EST reply actions  

not a CBS shill, but...

You get live mlb audio with it. This was seriously cool last year.

Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."

by RememberthePhitans on Feb 6, 2012 2:53 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Is CBS free though?

Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive

by Eaglesadvocate on Feb 6, 2012 3:13 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions  

I don’t think so- I think the league last year went back to CBS because they were somehow able to get it sponsored.

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 6, 2012 3:25 PM EST up reply actions  

This. Loved catching great games via audio last year. Anytime a game was into extra innings, I’d usually go and listen.

by philsandthrills on Feb 6, 2012 3:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Yeah, I liked this too. Wild Card Monday was an exciting night of baseballery because of this.

by Wet Luzinski on Feb 7, 2012 8:37 AM EST up reply actions  

Suggestion

If they still offer 1/3 season leagues, go with that. A full season really drags, and teams leading the league early on in categories don’t look back. It can get to be very not fun, and players you drafter may have gotten hurt, leaving you with huge holes.

1/3 seasons. Three times the fun, more nail biting fantasy action, keeps things fresh. Do it!

It's in his wheelhouse!!
Carlos Ruiz, My Nickname is Chooch.

by Dr. Steve on Feb 6, 2012 3:15 PM EST reply actions  

Not to be contrarian, but I love the drag of the full season. Having to wrap my head around all of the potential pickups and trades that might keep me pseudo-competitive over 162 games was a real part of the appeal to me.

by Trev223 on Feb 6, 2012 3:31 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions  

Same here. I also disagree that it gets uncompetitive, I went from a distant, distant last in June to finish 5th. While I had no real chance at first, I had a ton of fun fighting my way up from Astros to Rays.

by Cormican on Feb 6, 2012 3:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Your comeback, coming directly after mine and coexisting with my fall back to earth, was super fun to watch.

by Trev223 on Feb 6, 2012 5:09 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions  

Weirdly, the whole time I kept think my time was awful. I’m still not sure how I did that.

by Cormican on Feb 6, 2012 5:21 PM EST up reply actions  

My team regressed hard, too. Still not sure what the catalyst was.

I had lots of fun, though. Glad the TGP league is moving to Yahoo so (if I’m allowed in) all my fantasy teams will be together.

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 6, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions  

I’d agree insofaras league size gums things up. An 18-team league will definitely have some of this. From my vast experience of two years and in speaking with other fantastics, seems to me:

8 teams = too few, because it is a FA treasure trove
12-14 teams = seem about right. You can patch injuries with unembarrassing players.
15-17 = might work if you could stash some likely AAA fill-ins and prospects, or if injured reserve rules have some kind of expiration feature or something.
18+ = The game is about 80% draft, 20% luck.

by Wet Luzinski on Feb 7, 2012 8:45 AM EST up reply actions  

injured reserve rules have some kind of expiration feature

I’m not sure what you mean by this, but I’m going to guess :) The way Yahoo does it, if you have a guy on the DL that isn’t actually injured, you can’t add new guys, just drop. I’ve already kept guys on the DL for up to a week until I figured out who to drop or until the injured guy gets back up to speed. I probably could’ve left them on DL forever, assuming I didn’t want to add anyone (managers who lose interest often have guys DL’d that aren’t hurt anymore) but I thought that was unethical.

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 8, 2012 7:22 AM EST up reply actions  

In the CBS league 2 years ago, a few of us figured out you could stash anyone on DL indefinitely, injured or not. For example, if I wanted to have 8 starters and still have an extra reliever, I could stash 1-2 SPs on the DL between starts and rotate guys through that way.

by Cormican on Feb 8, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions  

Guilty as charged

Bob.

by The Dark on Feb 8, 2012 12:46 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

If there are still slots, I’m in like Flynn

Bob.

by The Dark on Feb 8, 2012 12:52 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

it was always like that with CBS unless the league specified it different

by j reed on Feb 9, 2012 7:55 AM EST up reply actions  

Maybe better what I mean - in the same way companies provide “paid time off” – at the end of the day I don’t really care why the guy’s not playing, so I’d just like some swing space for guys who are in the doghouse, hurt, or whatever. I also would kind of dig having 2 spots for stashable minor leaguers - great trade chits. It’s more or less the DL from two years ago, but just done transparently.

by Wet Luzinski on Feb 8, 2012 11:05 PM EST up reply actions  

I agree. I liked the stashing of Mike Stanton, etc. A few years back it was unfair, because I knew we could do it after just a few weeks, I don’t think you realized it until the season was almost over. That’s what made it unfair.

by Cormican on Feb 9, 2012 11:15 AM EST up reply actions  

I was such a fantasy n00b. Made up a lot of ground last year.

by Wet Luzinski on Feb 10, 2012 7:21 PM EST up reply actions  

I emphatically second the idea of spots for minor leaguers — really would make that much more dramatic the call-up roulette.

by Trev223 on Feb 9, 2012 11:25 AM EST up reply actions  

Plus, everyone gets to do a little projecting that way.

by Cormican on Feb 9, 2012 11:35 AM EST up reply actions  

Spots for minor leaguers would rock.

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 9, 2012 10:08 PM EST up reply actions  

I would love to be in, and I am willing to commissioner or co-commissioner a league.

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 6, 2012 3:22 PM EST reply actions  

I’m absolutely in. Was great fun last year. Team Phrozen intends to do better this year.

Having never done this prior to last year, I’ve no comparisions, but I did like the CBS system a fair amount.

by Phrozen on Feb 6, 2012 3:38 PM EST reply actions  

O/U/N on Phrozen selecting a player on the DL? I say round 12.

;)

by Cormican on Feb 6, 2012 4:14 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

Lol...

I will take the under!

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 6, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Is Ryan Howard still available?

by Phrozen on Feb 6, 2012 5:04 PM EST up reply actions  

Hell, he’ll actually be back. I’m thinking Phrozen takes Victor Martinez, round 8.

by Cormican on Feb 6, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ll try not to disappoint.

by Phrozen on Feb 6, 2012 5:52 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ll take Pedro Martinez round 1… I’m feeling a comeback

by Cole_Hamels_Can on Feb 7, 2012 6:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Nah… I am snatching him in round 6- after I pick up 4 outfielders and a pitcher who will spend the year on the DL (damn you auto-draft)!

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 10, 2012 1:04 AM EST up reply actions  

Count me in

I have run a league every year, wouldn’t mind doing it. We’ll probably need more that one, so let me know, I’ll gladly set one up

Just talkin about practice

Follow me on Twitter - @Teachin2daChoir

by The Mad Hopper on Feb 6, 2012 3:56 PM EST reply actions  

that = than

Just talkin about practice

Follow me on Twitter - @Teachin2daChoir

by The Mad Hopper on Feb 6, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m also down to be in the league/run the league. I love fantasy, ever since I was a middle schooler. I’ve always wanted to run a custom stat-keeper league, and maybe some of you guys would like to be a part of it.

by phillies0100 on Feb 6, 2012 4:10 PM EST reply actions  

What the hell? I’m in.

"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn

by doubleh on Feb 6, 2012 4:28 PM EST reply actions  

I would love to be in the league.

I’ve won mine 3 out of the last 4 years

"Who's Been Eatin' Hummus" DJAX

Im not JIBTA.

by howard is better than pujols on Feb 6, 2012 4:37 PM EST reply actions  

You’re banned then.

j/k

by Cormican on Feb 6, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions  

I REALLY WANT TO PLAY FANTASY BASEBALL WITH YOU GUYS. For some reason I didn’t do this last time around. Count me in, even though I guess there might be too many of us for one league.

by esentman on Feb 6, 2012 6:35 PM EST reply actions  

I actually loved the eighteen person league fwiw.

by Trev223 on Feb 6, 2012 7:44 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions  

So, did I. That draft got pretty thin late, and you had to be a serious vulture on the waiver wire.

by Cormican on Feb 6, 2012 8:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Nelson Cruz FTW.

I also liked the big league, but as I said above, have no other experience. I’d prefer not to be in a situation where everyone’s got a team full of All-Stars, though. Seems kind of ridiculious.

by Phrozen on Feb 6, 2012 8:22 PM EST up reply actions  

That’s equally challenging, actually.

by Cormican on Feb 6, 2012 8:35 PM EST up reply actions  

That’s the point though. If it’s too close to the real game after 4 months it boils down to 4 people with a chance to win the whole thing. Having a bigger pool of better FAs allows you to make more substantial moves in a shorter period of time esp. with counting stats categories.

by j reed on Feb 7, 2012 6:55 PM EST up reply actions  

I suppose. But last year, I was able to pick up Nelson Cruz off waivers. Jeff Francouer should be availble on waivers. Not Nelson Cruz.

by Phrozen on Feb 7, 2012 7:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Well ask Cormican why he dumped Cruz.

by j reed on Feb 7, 2012 7:40 PM EST up reply actions  

In my experience that’s not really the case. One of the leagues I was in last year had 20 people in it, with 8 making the playoffs. I lost in the first round of the playoffs despite being the top seed by a large margin because the guy I was facing had a handful of guys go off for a week and injuries raped for that week. Top seed kaput.

There were only 3-4 teams who were legitimately incapable of making the playoffs by the 4th month or so, and half of those were abandoned teams.

Your mileage may vary, but I think deep leagues work well and reward the skill of the owner more than shallow leagues.

by 88Lindros88 on Feb 8, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions  

We’ve never had playoffs in TGP leagues, so that is part of where this comes from. The last few years Bud Vugger and Walcott got so far out ahead that they were almost unbeatable except by maybe 2 or 3 other players. And that divide happened by the All-Star break.

Playoffs make it different, but then we’re just letting Bud Selig win.

by Cormican on Feb 8, 2012 2:36 PM EST up reply actions  

No playoffs? What is this, college football? lol

Yes, playoffs suck because you can lose after dominating all season, but they add value for everyone with a good to mediocre team.

by 88Lindros88 on Feb 8, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions  

That’s how my 6-9 fantasy football team beat a 10-5 team to challenge a 7-8 team (who had beaten an 11-4 team) for the championship. I won.

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 8, 2012 4:08 PM EST up reply actions  

I really like deep leagues. I would love to be in another TGP league.

I was in a six-team football league and it was strange that I could go to the waiver wire and get guys that are 85% owned. It took the whole aspect of trading out of it, which was silly. If you wanted to improve your team, just go get another All-Star (or whatever they call it in football) for free.

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 6, 2012 8:54 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, a big league actually makes it a little more realistic. I’d be totally interested in that.

by esentman on Feb 6, 2012 9:30 PM EST up reply actions  

It’s fantasy baseball. The more realistic it is, the more boring it gets by the 4th and 5th months because it becomes a race between a few teams.

by j reed on Feb 7, 2012 7:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Also, to me at least, more teams increases the amount of luck involved in winning or losing. As injuries become really, really tough to overcome.

by Cormican on Feb 8, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions  

This- I was in a 20 team league last year (one that was very roster deep if memory serves- I think we started 6 outfielders)… while I led the league, it was next to impossible to pick anyone up. There were no free agents.

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 10, 2012 1:06 AM EST up reply actions  

I'm totally in

Just let me know when & where

by Airedale260 on Feb 6, 2012 6:45 PM EST reply actions  

I’m smelling a good time to be in my first fantasy league.

I’M DOING IT. DROP ’EM JIMMY!

Fare thee well, JM. In my book, you were the Greatest.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7890127&c_id=mlb

by Missing Jamie Moyer on Feb 6, 2012 8:32 PM EST reply actions  

Are we doing that thing where we have to write haikus if we want to join up?

Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.

by TheOrangeCone on Feb 6, 2012 9:21 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

Please, no. I don’t wanna.

"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn

by doubleh on Feb 6, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

This.

Fare thee well, JM. In my book, you were the Greatest.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7890127&c_id=mlb

by Missing Jamie Moyer on Feb 6, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

This sides of this page taking me to the Yahoo homepage is driving me up a wall.

Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive

by Eaglesadvocate on Feb 6, 2012 10:35 PM EST reply actions  

So, as a courtesy (and betraying my somewhat intensive interest in the league this year), here’s a list of folks who have expressed interest thus far:

EREX21
Trev223
CoburnsCuddleBuddy
VanceinmyPants
Joecatz
RememberthePhitans
Eaglesadvocate
JpH89
TheOrangeCone
Cormican
LeepinLizards
dannijd
Phrozen
The Mad Hopper
phillies0100
doubleh
howard is better than pujols
FanSince1993
88Lindros88
esentman
Airedale260

There are, to my count, 21 folks. Lemme know if I left you off. A few were in last year’s league, but a few are missing, so we might get additions. 21 is kind of big for one league, so we might want to split up eventually; hopefully we get enough so that we can have 12-14 team leagues at least.

by Trev223 on Feb 6, 2012 10:42 PM EST reply actions  

We COULD do a big league, and break it down into divisions. Then do a playoff format, where the top teams play the last 1/4 of the season.

‎"I'm terrible" - Ilya Bryzgalov

by JpH89 on Feb 6, 2012 10:50 PM EST up reply actions  

That’s an interesting option. I think it’s definitely worth thinking through if we don’t get many more interested parties.

by Trev223 on Feb 6, 2012 11:01 PM EST up reply actions  

Won't work

Yahoo’s limit is 20 teams.

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 10, 2012 1:07 AM EST up reply actions  

THIS! Is that possible? It would be so awesome.

by Phrozen on Feb 7, 2012 12:22 AM EST up reply actions  

I like that idea.

Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.

by TheOrangeCone on Feb 7, 2012 12:31 AM EST up reply actions  

Can that be done on Yahoo? Just curious.

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

That is all.

by EREX21 on Feb 7, 2012 7:12 AM EST up reply actions  

It is possible to make divisions.

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 7, 2012 7:23 AM EST up reply actions  

I don’t know about the “last quarter of the year” part.

But that would be cool.

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 7, 2012 7:27 AM EST up reply actions  

Yeah that was what I was referring to, sorry for the ambiguity.

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

That is all.

by EREX21 on Feb 7, 2012 7:31 AM EST up reply actions  

It’s probably more my lack of reading comprehension at 7:30 in the morning. Before coffee, even.

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 7, 2012 7:32 AM EST up reply actions  

Yeah I just got my morning cup, it’s my eyes have finally been opened. Which may actually be the literal truth of the matter.

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

That is all.

by EREX21 on Feb 7, 2012 7:39 AM EST up reply actions  

You can do division and playoffs, but I do not know if you can do both without doing head-to-head matchup style system.

‎"I'm terrible" - Ilya Bryzgalov

by JpH89 on Feb 7, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions  

yeah that’s the problem. I’m a roto boy. Head to head doesn’t play the same way.

by j reed on Feb 7, 2012 7:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Head to head is perfect for some sports but it takes away from the 162-ness of the game which roto beautifully models.

by j reed on Feb 7, 2012 7:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Crapshoot!

Srsly, I think this a swell idea.

Or, in a similar way, we can adopt the British Premiere League idea of relegation and split into divisions next year.

by Wet Luzinski on Feb 7, 2012 8:52 AM EST up reply actions  

That is actually what Broad Street Hockey did this year. A top tier league and two lower tier leagues.

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

That is all.

by EREX21 on Feb 7, 2012 8:58 AM EST up reply actions  

and its pretty fun

"Start playing with some jam in here"

by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 7, 2012 9:54 AM EST up reply actions  

It is. It really gives you something to play for. I am just hoping to finish in the top 3.

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

That is all.

by EREX21 on Feb 7, 2012 9:59 AM EST up reply actions  

Tier 2 Black represent!

I like BSH’s system. To elaborate:

20-team Champions league- the bottom 10 teams get put into Tier 2 next year. Winner of Champions gets a BSH t-shirt.
Tier 2- two 20-team leagues: Orange and Black. The top 5 teams from each of these leagues get promoted to Champions next year, plus get bragging rights. :)

Each league is separate. Separate draft, commish, etc.

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 7, 2012 2:32 PM EST up reply actions  

I like this. Though we don’t have T-shirts. Perhaps the winner gets their own WL Epic Poem. Unless it’s WL, he gets a choice between one of those hyperlinked jreed picture puzzles and a 600 word Taco Pal analysis of everything he did right and wrong.

by Cormican on Feb 7, 2012 2:43 PM EST up reply actions  

I also think this sounds good, especially the concept of punishment and rewards based on movement between the tiers. Definitely adds some interesting stakes.

by Trev223 on Feb 7, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions  

However, we can’t call it a take on Champions. Instead it’s Majors and Minors.

by Cormican on Feb 7, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions  

“majors” and “minors” would be cool names. Majors league and Minors Red and White?

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 8, 2012 7:25 AM EST up reply actions  

Also, I would propose the18 players from last season (who play this year) comprise the Majors. Newbies go to the Minors.

by Cormican on Feb 7, 2012 2:54 PM EST up reply actions  

I prefer this idea. My only problem with a big league and 2 divisions is that, at some point in a draft with 20 plus teams, Nate McLouth is going to be the best available player. Draft strategy would become huge, but so would injuries.

by Cormican on Feb 7, 2012 10:45 AM EST up reply actions  

I like that though.

‎"I'm terrible" - Ilya Bryzgalov

by JpH89 on Feb 7, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m a little less fond. I fear it exacerbates the problem of people losing interest. Any league that big is going to have Astros and Orioles who are really far out by mid-June with no hope of competing and just pack it in. a 15-18 team league is challenging, but bigger than that, gets too hard to have depth, IMO.

by Cormican on Feb 7, 2012 12:30 PM EST up reply actions  

yeah everyone forgets that the more real it gets, the more chances you could be the imaginary Pirates and not be able to do much about it…for six months.

by j reed on Feb 7, 2012 7:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Exactly- I wouldn’t mind seeing the upper league be 12 teams and the lower league be 10 or something like that (I believe you have to have an even number of teams).

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 10, 2012 1:10 AM EST up reply actions  

Personally, I’d rather that then be able to get All-Stars as free agents at will.

by Phrozen on Feb 7, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions  

That’s a problem too, but it isn’t zero sum. You can design a 15-18 team league and still be able to get a few quality parts on the waiver wire.

by Cormican on Feb 8, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions  

that sounds epic

would there be enough good players to go around for all of the teams?

"Who's Been Eatin' Hummus" DJAX

Im not JIBTA.

by howard is better than pujols on Feb 7, 2012 2:24 PM EST up reply actions  

14 team leagues would certainly keep every team from being superstar laden.

This post was a tease! I went to go create a league and mess around with the commissioner tools, only to find out that I must wait 3 days.

Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive

by Eaglesadvocate on Feb 6, 2012 10:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Though I do believe that FM or RTP had something in the works w.r.t. to the TGP fantasy league.

by philsandthrills on Feb 6, 2012 11:30 PM EST up reply actions  

Huh, thanks for the heads up — if that’s the case, I totally don’t want to step on toes. I’ll keep the list running, but let me know if anything comes down from the top, and I’ll back off on (whatever scant) organization.

by Trev223 on Feb 7, 2012 9:59 AM EST up reply actions  

Late to the party, but Team WL is ready to rock and roll.

by Wet Luzinski on Feb 7, 2012 8:48 AM EST up reply actions  

I’d be down to do it again, if you guys would have me

by Walcott on Feb 7, 2012 1:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Please don’t hold last year against me

by Walcott on Feb 7, 2012 1:33 PM EST up reply actions  

You can do it again, but… you’ll only be allowed to draft Mets. That’ll make it fair for everyone.

by philsandthrills on Feb 7, 2012 2:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Woah, overkill much

by Walcott on Feb 7, 2012 3:23 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Ok, Mets and Francouer. Actually, I want Francouer again, so, sorry. Just Mets. And maybe former Mets.

by Phrozen on Feb 7, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions  

How do I deserve such barbarism

by Walcott on Feb 8, 2012 12:37 AM EST via Android app up reply actions  

You don’t. We’re just sore losers.

by Phrozen on Feb 8, 2012 1:55 AM EST up reply actions  

I’m not sure why, but the lack of grammar made this hilarious to me.

by philsandthrills on Feb 8, 2012 4:25 PM EST up reply actions  

That’s just cruel, man.

by ThinMountainAir on Feb 7, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions  

You forget me.

Fare thee well, JM. In my book, you were the Greatest.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7890127&c_id=mlb

by Missing Jamie Moyer on Feb 8, 2012 5:49 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m interested again, even though I sucked last year

by FearTheTurtIe on Feb 8, 2012 6:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Can the occasional lurker get in this?

by corwinlinnel110 on Feb 6, 2012 10:54 PM EST reply actions  

I’d be down, though I won’t speak for all.

by Trev223 on Feb 6, 2012 11:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Haiku. Go.

Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.

by TheOrangeCone on Feb 6, 2012 11:15 PM EST up reply actions  

The Good Phight League draws
Me with its siren call of
Fantasy Baseball

lol, haven’t churned THAT crap out in a while.

by corwinlinnel110 on Feb 7, 2012 8:33 AM EST up reply actions  

Ha, it’s got a good beat, you can dance to it.

by Wet Luzinski on Feb 7, 2012 8:49 AM EST up reply actions  

I’d love to play again. Had great fun the past two years, even when I finished dead last.

by ThinMountainAir on Feb 6, 2012 11:56 PM EST reply actions  

Love it.

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

That is all.

by EREX21 on Feb 7, 2012 8:58 AM EST up reply actions  

Somebody’s on a Mike Watt kick.

by Cormican on Feb 7, 2012 10:47 AM EST up reply actions  

Better than a Mike Witt kick?

Fare thee well, JM. In my book, you were the Greatest.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7890127&c_id=mlb

by Missing Jamie Moyer on Feb 8, 2012 5:50 PM EST up reply actions  

I’d love to play.

The Broad Street Hockey blog did 4-5 leagues this past year.

I love that Yahoo brought back Pro leagues. So pissed when they removed them 2-3 years ago to complete with the whole ESPN is totally free thing, but it never made sense because it was a completely different market for paid leagues.

by Ant on Feb 7, 2012 9:33 AM EST reply actions  

Updated list (please let me know if this is just getting irritating):

Same as before, except with the additions of:

phillsandthrills
WetLuzinski
jreed
TheFish
ThinMountainAir
Delicious Cake
Ant
corwinlinnel110
Missing Jamie Moyer (who I, blockheadedly, left off the last post. Sorry from a fellow Souderton native)
Walcott (Not sure if the post above was an opt-in?)

That brings us to 30-31 by my count, which is right in the (ostensible) sweet spot of 14-16 team leagues.

by Trev223 on Feb 7, 2012 10:15 AM EST reply actions  

32 man league, two divisions of 16 or 4 divisions of 8?

‎"I'm terrible" - Ilya Bryzgalov

by JpH89 on Feb 7, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions  

My preference would be two divisions of 16, but both could work.

by Trev223 on Feb 7, 2012 12:28 PM EST up reply actions  

You may run into the problem of max league size. I know Yahoo’s cap for football is 20 teams.

Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive

by Eaglesadvocate on Feb 7, 2012 12:50 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions  

Ohh, yeah. Actually, I think 32 teams pulling from the same draft pool is a little rough. If we could somehow manage the playoffs with two separate leagues (I realize that sounds far-fetched) that’d be great. But I’d be way skeptical of the functionability of a 32 team league, even in divisions.

by Trev223 on Feb 7, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Im fine with BSing some ideas now anyway, wait till the 9th to see what we can/can’t do in the league.

‎"I'm terrible" - Ilya Bryzgalov

by JpH89 on Feb 7, 2012 1:10 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh for sure. I think the divisions/playoff scenario is totally fascinating for what it’s worth.

by Trev223 on Feb 7, 2012 1:32 PM EST up reply actions  

When would the playoffs be, though?

by Phrozen on Feb 7, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions  

late in the year, like how Fantasy football uses the last 3 weeks for playoffs usually

‎"I'm terrible" - Ilya Bryzgalov

by JpH89 on Feb 7, 2012 10:56 PM EST up reply actions  

Never done fantasy football.

Not sure how much I like that anymore. Would the league “reset” or how would it be done? I ask because I’m fully expecting to finish fifty-seventh, and don’t really want to sit out the last few weeks.

by Phrozen on Feb 8, 2012 1:57 AM EST up reply actions  

So two leagues of 16 teams… I vote OBP over Avg btw.

Then after this season, top 8 teams from each league go into a winners league for the next year, and the other 16 slots get replaced first come first serve the following year.

by Ant on Feb 8, 2012 10:09 AM EST up reply actions  

You can usually do consolation brackets for the bottom half too. So you could possibly go into the playoffs and move up to fifty-sixth.

by Cormican on Feb 8, 2012 12:26 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, I’m in. I responded to the post above without scrolling down sufficiently

by Walcott on Feb 7, 2012 1:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Alright Alright Alriiiiight

I’m In. Ryan Free first round pick.

by TheLegend on Feb 7, 2012 11:14 AM EST reply actions  

I won’t be back in the league. Can’t devote the time to keep up with it.

How's your wife and my kids?

by BudVugger on Feb 7, 2012 6:17 PM EST reply actions  

I really really want to do this… but I also need to apply for jobs in the fall so might not be the best idea. I’ll participate in speculating who is going to win… based on the above I’m going with Team Phrozen—I think their conditioning will pay off.

by Cole_Hamels_Can on Feb 7, 2012 6:35 PM EST reply actions  

I’m making a 12 team keeper league on ESPN. I’ll post the league page in a few minutes after I’m done customizing the settings.

by phillies0100 on Feb 7, 2012 8:05 PM EST reply actions  

I don’t know if it’s the best, scoring wise. I didn’t want to have wins, and homeruns, and some of the things like that, but the options are pretty limited on the “Worldwide leader”.

by phillies0100 on Feb 7, 2012 8:36 PM EST up reply actions  

how does one join?

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

-Oscar Wilde

by VanceinmyPants on Feb 7, 2012 9:22 PM EST up reply actions  

I’d need your email, it’s a private league.

by phillies0100 on Feb 8, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m def interested in a keeper league

amp8587@gmail.com

by Ant on Feb 8, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions  

Tkrzy1147@gmail.com

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

-Oscar Wilde

by VanceinmyPants on Feb 8, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, the league I run is through ESPN and every year I’m disappointed with the limitations

by FanSince1993 on Feb 8, 2012 10:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

I'm interested

dtoddesq@gmail.com

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 10, 2012 1:13 AM EST up reply actions  

You’ve been invited.

by phillies0100 on Feb 10, 2012 9:27 PM EST up reply actions  

If anyone knows anyone else (if people are still checking this article anymore) and are interested in a spot, there are open teams still.

by phillies0100 on Feb 10, 2012 9:28 PM EST up reply actions  

and let it be known to all who join, back of Vance, he’s mine.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

-Oscar Wilde

by VanceinmyPants on Feb 10, 2012 9:40 PM EST up reply actions  

off*

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

-Oscar Wilde

by VanceinmyPants on Feb 10, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Hey guys, thanks for using Yahoo this year instead of CBS. Though I must admit, the idea of being able to have a Baseball Boyfriend is pretty tempting!

/barfs

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 8, 2012 8:39 AM EST reply actions  

Whoa. I’m not honestly sure what the end-game of this continued infantilization of women is supposed to look like, but it’s starting to look like the hyper-sexualization of infants, which is offensive as it is troubling.

What would Poly Styrene say? /jreed

by Trev223 on Feb 8, 2012 8:47 AM EST up reply actions  

Agree....

As a woman I am insulted- I know more about football and baseball than many of the guys I know. Grrrrrr.

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 10, 2012 1:14 AM EST up reply actions  

Oh, that’s some condescending horseshit right there. Makes me want to Hulk Smash something right now.

"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn

by doubleh on Feb 8, 2012 1:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh, you know you want to be in my BBBF League, doubleh.

/drafts Dom Brown in first round

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 8, 2012 1:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Wow, for real?

Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.

by TheOrangeCone on Feb 8, 2012 1:17 PM EST up reply actions  

4 rell, sprotino.

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 8, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions  

“If he can’t perform, dump him”

Unbelievable.

by Vaughn Haze on Feb 8, 2012 1:44 PM EST up reply actions  

It’s embarassing when you can’t get your bat up.

"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn

by doubleh on Feb 8, 2012 2:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Or fall between first base and second.

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 8, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions  

But at least he made it to first base, so he’s got that going for him.

by Phrozen on Feb 8, 2012 2:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, but he got busted for taking third without hitting second.

Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.

by TheOrangeCone on Feb 8, 2012 2:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Either way, he ain’t getting home.

"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn

by doubleh on Feb 8, 2012 2:51 PM EST up reply actions  

There’s always next year tomorrow night.

by Phrozen on Feb 8, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions  

Honestly, though, it is a unique take on fantasy baseball, it’s just presented very poorly. It uses standard fantasy categories, but instead of having a team, you only get stats from one player. Extremely luck-based, but not bad as a “fantasy mini-game.” I might even play it, if it dropped the whole “boyfriends” theme and just became a “pick one available player per day” game.

I heart our rookies.

by LeepinLizardz on Feb 8, 2012 2:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Some people play in roto leagues, some play in keeper leagues, it will be interesting to see how many want to play in Stalker leagues.

by Cormican on Feb 8, 2012 2:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Ahh, baseball players as My Little Ponies.

I’d refine that league to have a cold-hearted, loveless stat collector husband like Pujols who can keep you in the chips, but then have a hulky, shirtless gardener/poolboy like LoMo on the side who you talk about with your BFFs at the coffeeshop.

by Wet Luzinski on Feb 8, 2012 11:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Are there slots still open?
I’d love to participate.
If not, I’ll just watch.

I’ve never done fantasy baseball before but I’m a pretty competitive guy and always down for something new.

by TwistyWristy on Feb 8, 2012 6:40 PM EST reply actions  

How long until Fangraphs jumps in and offers Saber Fantasy Baseball? xFIP and wOBA as fantasy stats would be awesome

by FanSince1993 on Feb 8, 2012 10:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Wait, this exists doesn’t it?

by FanSince1993 on Feb 8, 2012 10:19 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

They have something called ottoneau, I think it’s $10, yearly.

by phillies0100 on Feb 9, 2012 6:35 AM EST via Android app up reply actions  

BTW

I’d say there’s plenty of interest this year. The first time we did this, I think it was a 12 person league and the post announcing it got maybe 30 posts.

by Cormican on Feb 9, 2012 11:36 AM EST reply actions  

Yeah, it seems like we’ll have no problem fleshing out the league(s).

by Trev223 on Feb 9, 2012 11:41 AM EST up reply actions  

So who is running these leagues, anyway?

by corwinlinnel110 on Feb 10, 2012 9:53 PM EST up reply actions  

We’re trying to hire Bud Selig, but he’s otherwise occupied at the moment.

by Phrozen on Feb 10, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions  

He actually agreed, but then retired and maybe is on the verge of unretiring. He’s hard to read.

by Trev223 on Feb 11, 2012 10:04 AM EST up reply actions  

Plus, he’s insisting that the winner of the OUN trivia contest get home field advantage in the playoff system. After all, it needs to be meaningful.

by Phrozen on Feb 11, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions  

Lol!!!!

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 11, 2012 6:53 PM EST up reply actions  

Aw jeez. Leave Bud alone. He’s a great commissioner. I mean he…

Oh, that’s right, the World Series, All Star Game thing. But still, he…

Oh. Right. Steroids policy. Well, what about….

More Wild Cards. Hmm.

Well, he hasn’t been a BAD commissioner.

by corwinlinnel110 on Feb 12, 2012 7:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Hehehe!

Although I am conflicted about the additional Wild Cards thing… I just think he has more important things to deal with <cough, cought> Tampa and Oakland <cough,cough>

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 12, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Anyone else getting the CBS email asking you to pay for this coming season? I woulda thought only commissioners get that.

How's your wife and my kids?

by BudVugger on Feb 9, 2012 4:50 PM EST reply actions  

I’m getting it too. It’s kind of off-putting, the way that it lays it out as if you’d already purchased the league. Very weird.

by Trev223 on Feb 9, 2012 5:03 PM EST up reply actions  

I am, but unemployment causes me to delete any e-mail that wants money without reading any farther!

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 10, 2012 1:16 AM EST up reply actions  

Lets do it

I used to play with FuquaManuel back in the day, so lookin’ for that rematch.

by TheLegend on Feb 10, 2012 10:28 AM EST reply actions  

Hey

Owing to some other stuff, I was late in submitting my email. it is Airedale260 at aol dot com.

Thanks!

by Airedale260 on Feb 11, 2012 2:13 PM EST via Android app reply actions  

You can peruse the basic league structure if you just click into the general fantasy baseball area.

by Trev223 on Feb 11, 2012 7:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Still in the process of deliberation, but work’s gettin done.

by Trev223 on Feb 11, 2012 10:17 PM EST up reply actions  

Have any decisions been made in regard to commissioners? I am still available and willing to do it.

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 11, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions  

In the most non-committal way of saying this, there may be room for added commissiorial staff.

by Phrozen on Feb 13, 2012 1:16 AM EST up reply actions  

Keep me posted- e-mail address is in my profile!

"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."

by dannijd on Feb 18, 2012 2:01 AM EST up reply actions  

There still slots open

For the good phight fbb league?

Throw style points out the window.

Is very bad to steal Jobu's rum. Is very bad.

CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH!!!!1!111!!

by BigLumber55 on Feb 15, 2012 7:40 PM EST via Android app reply actions  

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