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Exit Interview: The 2011 TGP Fantasy Baseba'al League's HR Director Will See You Now
In the midst of the Fan Orgasmatron that was Wild Card Wednesday last night, The Good Phight Fantasy Baseba'al League wrapped up its 2011 season. With league expansion that went to an 18-team format, competition was fierce and free agent replacement parts scarce as the season wore on. Riding high atop the league for much of the season, then consolidating and expanding his insurmountable second-half lead with a dominant final two weeks, Walcott took the league title this year. So please tip your hats to our new champion, and congratulate him. Blogs fly forever!
The thrilling battle for second place mirrored the real wild card race, as j reed, FuquaManuel, and Wet Luzinski went down to the final night before j reed came out with the silver. I won bronze, and FM won whatever it is people who come in fourth win. (I believe it's an airline bottle of a new brand of rum. There's bound to be a non-empty one up here in the attic somewhere.) While I'm at it, hearty thank yous to league commishes FuquaManuel and RememberThePhitans for stepping up this springtime so we could have extra baseball to distract us when we weren't paying attention to baseball.
To recount the season in collaborative, nerdy, wiki fashion, league participants are hereby requested expected required MANDATED to submit a minimum 500-word comment post by Saturday at noon in which any or all of the following points are detailed (feel free to use the prompts below the jump, or invent better questions to answer).
The organization wants a change. The HR Director will see you now.
The Good Phight Fantasy League Standings Through 4/10
The first full week of the league is over. Here are the standings after the period of 3/31 through 4/10.
Rank
Team
Batting
Pitching
Total
Dif
Behind
1
Walcott
67.0
62.0
129.0
0.0
0.0
2
Philsandthrills
58.0
58.0
116.0
0.0
13.0
3
Leepin Lizardz
58.0
57.5
115.5
0.0
13.5
3
Montreal Rexpos
55.5
60.0
115.5
0.0
13.5
5
LondonPhillie
53.0
59.5
112.5
0.0
16.5
6
Trev223
49.0
63.0
112.0
0.0
17.0
7
RememberThePhitans
49.5
59.0
108.5
0.0
20.5
7
Wet Luzinski
67.5
41.0
108.5
0.0
20.5
9
FuquaManuel
71.0
25.5
96.5
0.0
32.5
10
Cormican
48.5
45.0
93.5
0.0
35.5
11
ThinMountainAir
44.0
48.0
92.0
0.0
37.0
12
dannijd
45.5
45.0
90.5
0.0
38.5
13
CoburnsCuddleBuddy
45.0
40.5
85.5
0.0
43.5
14
j reed
38.5
33.5
72.0
0.0
57.0
15
The Phrozen
25.0
46.5
71.5
0.0
57.5
16
FearTheTurtle
35.0
35.5
70.5
0.0
58.5
17
Jose and the Contrarians
20.5
42.0
62.5
0.0
66.5
18
BudVugger
24.5
33.5
58.0
0.0
71.0
Batting Breakdown
Team
HR
Pts
Dif
Philsandthrills
16
18
0
LondonPhillie
14
17
0
Montreal Rexpos
13
15
0
FuquaManuel
13
15
0
Trev223
13
15
0
ThinMountainAir
12
11.5
0
dannijd
12
11.5
0
Cormican
12
11.5
0
Wet Luzinski
12
11.5
0
Leepin Lizardz
9
9
0
CoburnsCuddleBuddy
8
6
0
BudVugger
8
6
0
The Phrozen
8
6
0
j reed
8
6
0
Walcott
8
6
0
RememberThePhitans
7
3
0
Jose and the Contrarians
6
2
0
FearTheTurtle
5
1
0
Team
OBP
Pts
Dif
Wet Luzinski
0.3700
18
0
RememberThePhitans
0.3699
17
0
Leepin Lizardz
0.3491
16
0
FuquaManuel
0.3466
15
0
FearTheTurtle
0.3434
14
0
LondonPhillie
0.3380
13
0
Walcott
0.3378
12
0
Jose and the Contrarians
0.3362
11
0
Cormican
0.3286
10
0
ThinMountainAir
0.3279
9
0
Trev223
0.3272
8
0
j reed
0.3204
7
0
Philsandthrills
0.3202
6
0
CoburnsCuddleBuddy
0.3190
5
0
dannijd
0.3151
4
0
BudVugger
0.3141
3
0
Montreal Rexpos
0.3081
2
0
The Phrozen
0.3077
1
0
Team
RBI
Pts
Dif
Walcott
52
18
0
Leepin Lizardz
50
16.5
0
Montreal Rexpos
50
16.5
0
Philsandthrills
49
14.5
0
FuquaManuel
49
14.5
0
ThinMountainAir
48
13
0
dannijd
47
12
0
CoburnsCuddleBuddy
46
11
0
RememberThePhitans
45
9.5
0
Cormican
45
9.5
0
The Phrozen
43
8
0
BudVugger
41
7
0
Wet Luzinski
40
6
0
j reed
39
4.5
0
LondonPhillie
39
4.5
0
Trev223
38
3
0
FearTheTurtle
36
2
0
Jose and the Contrarians
34
1
0
Team
SB-CS
Pts
Dif
j reed
16
18
0
FearTheTurtle
10
17
0
CoburnsCuddleBuddy
9
16
0
Montreal Rexpos
6
14
0
Walcott
6
14
0
Wet Luzinski
6
14
0
Trev223
5
12
0
Leepin Lizardz
4
10.5
0
FuquaManuel
4
10.5
0
RememberThePhitans
3
8
0
The Phrozen
3
8
0
dannijd
3
8
0
BudVugger
2
4.5
0
Cormican
2
4.5
0
Philsandthrills
2
4.5
0
LondonPhillie
2
4.5
0
ThinMountainAir
1
1.5
0
Jose and the Contrarians
1
1.5
0
Team
SLG
Pts
Dif
Wet Luzinski
0.4648
18
0
Walcott
0.4618
17
0
FuquaManuel
0.4560
16
0
Philsandthrills
0.4556
15
0
LondonPhillie
0.4509
14
0
Cormican
0.4381
13
0
RememberThePhitans
0.4353
12
0
Trev223
0.4206
11
0
dannijd
0.4169
10
0
ThinMountainAir
0.4141
9
0
Montreal Rexpos
0.4104
8
0
CoburnsCuddleBuddy
0.4058
7
0
Leepin Lizardz
0.4055
6
0
Jose and the Contrarians
0.3962
5
0
BudVugger
0.3892
4
0
j reed
0.3764
3
0
The Phrozen
0.3750
2
0
FearTheTurtle
0.3708
1
0
Pitching Breakdown
Team
BBI
Pts
Dif
ThinMountainAir
15
18
0
Cormican
18
17
0
Walcott
19
16
0
Philsandthrills
20
15
0
dannijd
21
13.5
0
Montreal Rexpos
21
13.5
0
RememberThePhitans
23
11
0
Wet Luzinski
23
11
0
LondonPhillie
23
11
0
j reed
24
8.5
0
Jose and the Contrarians
24
8.5
0
The Phrozen
28
7
0
FearTheTurtle
29
6
0
BudVugger
33
5
0
CoburnsCuddleBuddy
34
3.5
0
FuquaManuel
34
3.5
0
Leepin Lizardz
42
2
0
Trev223
44
1
0
Team
BPNRY
Pts
Dif
The Phrozen
10.000
17.5
0
j reed
10.000
17.5
0
Trev223
9.000
16
0
LondonPhillie
8.000
15
0
CoburnsCuddleBuddy
7.000
12
0
Montreal Rexpos
7.000
12
0
Walcott
7.000
12
0
Wet Luzinski
7.000
12
0
FuquaManuel
7.000
12
0
Leepin Lizardz
5.000
8.5
0
Jose and the Contrarians
5.000
8.5
0
ThinMountainAir
4.000
6
0
RememberThePhitans
4.000
6
0
dannijd
4.000
6
0
FearTheTurtle
3.000
3.5
0
Philsandthrills
3.000
3.5
0
BudVugger
0.000
1.5
0
Cormican
0.000
1.5
0
Team
FIP
Pts
Dif
dannijd
3.005
18
0
Philsandthrills
3.226
17
0
ThinMountainAir
3.256
16
0
Cormican
3.496
15
0
Walcott
3.532
14
0
RememberThePhitans
3.722
13
0
Trev223
3.731
12
0
Leepin Lizardz
3.772
11
0
Montreal Rexpos
3.868
10
0
BudVugger
4.015
9
0
FearTheTurtle
4.033
8
0
CoburnsCuddleBuddy
4.150
7
0
LondonPhillie
4.167
6
0
Wet Luzinski
4.214
5
0
Jose and the Contrarians
4.334
4
0
j reed
4.707
3
0
The Phrozen
4.780
2
0
FuquaManuel
5.121
1
0
Team
K
Pts
Dif
Leepin Lizardz
93
18
0
Trev223
86
17
0
RememberThePhitans
76
15.5
0
Philsandthrills
76
15.5
0
LondonPhillie
75
14
0
The Phrozen
69
13
0
CoburnsCuddleBuddy
68
11
0
BudVugger
68
11
0
Montreal Rexpos
68
11
0
Walcott
60
9
0
Jose and the Contrarians
59
7.5
0
FuquaManuel
59
7.5
0
Wet Luzinski
57
6
0
dannijd
52
4.5
0
Cormican
52
4.5
0
j reed
50
3
0
FearTheTurtle
49
2
0
ThinMountainAir
42
1
0
Team
QS
Pts
Dif
Leepin Lizardz
11
18
0
Trev223
10
17
0
FearTheTurtle
8
16
0
RememberThePhitans
7
13.5
0
Montreal Rexpos
7
13.5
0
Jose and the Contrarians
7
13.5
0
LondonPhillie
7
13.5
0
Walcott
6
11
0
ThinMountainAir
5
7
0
CoburnsCuddleBuddy
5
7
0
BudVugger
5
7
0
The Phrozen
5
7
0
Cormican
5
7
0
Wet Luzinski
5
7
0
Philsandthrills
5
7
0
dannijd
4
3
0
j reed
3
1.5
0
FuquaManuel
3
1.5
0
The Good Phight Fantasy League Draft Results
Here are the results. An asterisk denotes an "autopick."
Statistical categories are
Offense: OBP, SLG, HR, RBI, SB-CS
Pitching: FIP, K, BB, QS, Sv+Hld-BS
| Draft Results | |||
| Round 1 | |||
| Pick | Team | Player | Elapsed Time |
| 1 | Jose and the Contrarians | Halladay, Roy SP PHI | |
| 2 | BudVugger* | Pujols, Albert 1B STL | 2 min 1 sec |
| 3 | Leepin Lizardz | Ramirez, Hanley SS FLA | 8 sec |
| 4 | Philsandthrills | Tulowitzki, Troy SS COL | 11 sec |
| 5 | Wet Luzinski | Cabrera, Miguel 1B DET | 47 sec |
| 6 | CoburnsCuddleBuddy | Lee, Cliff SP PHI | 44 sec |
| 7 | RememberThePhitans | Cano, Robinson 2B NYY | 41 sec |
| 8 | Cormican* | Gonzalez, Carlos LF COL | 2 min 2 sec |
| 9 | Walcott | Hernandez, Felix SP SEA | 18 sec |
| 10 | Montreal Rexpos | Lincecum, Tim SP SF | 28 sec |
| 11 | LondonPhillie | Votto, Joey 1B CIN | 57 sec |
| 12 | FuquaManuel | Longoria, Evan 3B TB | 1 min 11 sec |
| 13 | The Phrozen | Utley, Chase 2B PHI | 16 sec |
| 14 | Trev223* | Pedroia, Dustin 2B BOS | 2 min 2 sec |
| 15 | dannijd* | Crawford, Carl LF BOS | 2 min 0 sec |
| 16 | j reed | Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS | 25 sec |
| 17 | ThinMountainAir | Johnson, Josh SP FLA | 11 sec |
| 18 | FearTheTurtle | Hamilton, Josh CF TEX | 1 min 6 sec |
| Round 2 | |||
| Pick | Team | Player | Elapsed Time |
| 1 | FearTheTurtle | Gonzalez, Adrian 1B BOS | 26 sec |
| 2 | ThinMountainAir | Kinsler, Ian 2B TEX | 1 min 11 sec |
| 3 | j reed | Martinez, Victor C DET | 1 min 45 sec |
| 4 | dannijd* | Braun, Ryan LF MIL | 0 sec |
| 5 | Trev223* | Rodriguez, Alex 3B NYY | 0 sec |
| 6 | The Phrozen | Hamels, Cole SP PHI | 18 sec |
| 7 | FuquaManuel | Fielder, Prince 1B MIL | 1 min 11 sec |
| 8 | LondonPhillie | Mauer, Joe C MIN | 9 sec |
| 9 | Montreal Rexpos | Teixeira, Mark 1B NYY | 6 sec |
| 10 | Walcott | Howard, Ryan 1B PHI | 32 sec |
| 11 | Cormican* | Wright, David 3B NYM | 0 sec |
| 12 | RememberThePhitans | Posey, Buster C SF | 1 min 47 sec |
| 13 | CoburnsCuddleBuddy | Reyes, Jose SS NYM | 1 min 38 sec |
| 14 | Wet Luzinski | Bautista, Jose LF TOR | 10 sec |
| 15 | Philsandthrills | Holliday, Matt LF STL | 28 sec |
| 16 | Leepin Lizardz | Youkilis, Kevin 1B BOS | 5 sec |
| 17 | BudVugger* | Sabathia, CC SP NYY | 0 sec |
| 18 | Jose and the Contrarians | Lester, Jon SP BOS | 15 sec |
Fantasy League Update: Finalizing Draft, Stats, Rules
Hi all. A few updates.
A. Draft is set for Sunday, March 13, 4:00 PM. Be there, or have your autodraft rankings set.
B. As RTP mentioned in the league messages, the random draft order has been determined. It is as follows:
Draft Order Pick Team 1 Jose and the Contrarians 2 BudVugger 3 Leepin Lizardz 4 Philsandthrills 5 Wet Luzinski 6 CoburnsCuddleBuddy 7 RememberThePhitans 8 Cormican 9 Walcott 10 Montreal Rexpos 11 LondonPhillie 12 FuquaManuel 13 The Phrozen 14 Trev223 15 dannijd 16 j reed 17 ThinMountainAir 18 FearTheTurtle Order is reversed on even-numbered rounds
Congrats to Jose and the Contrarians and my condolences to FearTheTurtle. (Although, in a league this deep, having two picks in a row could be an advantage.)
C. Stat categories have been selected. They are as follows:
Offense- OBP, SLG, HR, RBI, SB-CS
Pitching- QS, FIP, K, BB, SV+HLD-BS (Alas, the "bullpennery" superconcoction wasn't possible.)
D. Roster sizes and position breakdowns are as follows:
Status Min Max Active Players 0 19 Reserve Players 0 6 Injured Players 0 2 Minors Players 0 0 Total Players 0 27 Position Min Max Tot Active C 0 1 Active 1B 0 1 Active 2B 0 1 Active 3B 0 1 Active SS 0 1 Active MI 0 0 Active CI 0 0 Active OF 0 3 Active U 0 2 Active SP 0 5 Active RP 0 4 Illegal rosters score zero points in standings.
After players become active, the must be removed from the DL or dropped.
E. 900 IP and 3950 ABs are the team minimums.
That's all for now. See youse Sunday!
Your 2011 The Good Phight Fantasy Baseball Participants
After careful deliberation, I have selected the participants for this year's TGP Fantasy Baseball League. The response to this year's call for applications was overwhelming and I quite enjoyed reading your haikus. You once again illustrated why The Good Phight is widely considered the most poetic Phillies blog on the innernets. One applicant put it best:
If your name is on the list below, congrats! Soon you should be getting an invite to the league at the email address that you used to register your account here. If you don't, let me know.
Re-ups:
j reed
RememberThePhitans
Jose and the Contrarians
Wet Luzinski
Walcott
Cormican
LondonPhillie
BudVugger
ThinMountainAir
After the jump, the n00bs...
The Good Phight Fantasy Baseball 2011
Pitchers and catchers reported last weekend. Spring Training games begin next weekend. But for the truly obsessed, baseball isn't really here until fake teams have been drafted and the smack talk has begun in earnest. Well, by popular demand, it's back! Now is your chance to apply for entry into the legendary TGP Fantasy Baseball league.
Unfortunately, we no longer have the sweet deal with CBSsports.com for a free commissioners league, which means we will need to find a new venue to host our yearly extravaganza. Not to fear. We'll take our talents elsewhere.
[UPDATE by FuquaManuel, 02/21/11 5:18 PM EST] Turns out we'll be using CBSsports.com after all. I took down the poll because it's not relevant anymore.
After the jump: league info, instructions for applying, and a poll...
Fantasy Baseball player rankings
Since my team is in 5th place, I haven't been been throwing updates out there like I should (though Whole Camels really sucks). I am going to make note of how my points rankings compares to how the players are actually playing. My sophisticated method of allocating points will predict the MVP and Cy Young of both leagues. And if not, then they are wrong and not me.
Fantasy Baseball, week 1 results
Here are the current standings:
| 1. | The Padilla Flotilla | 339.90 | ||||
| 2. | Productive Outs | 282.30 | ||||
| 3. | The Foul Zone | 272.00 | ||||
| 4. | team jonk | 259.20 | ||||
| 5. | Occam Razors | 256.90 | ||||
| 6. | Philafornia | 246.00 | ||||
| 7. | Cloggin up the Bases | 237.50 | ||||
| 8. | Jackie Treehorn | 233.00 | ||||
| 9. | MyersWifebeatersClub | 217.60 | ||||
| 10. | Los Mini Pigs | 210.50 | ||||
| 11. | 700 Level | 205.40 | ||||
| 12. | trade4ericsnow | 200.10 | ||||
| 13. | Ottoman Umpires | 174.20 | ||||
| 14. | Sobchak Security | 127.80 |
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