i hate salary cap leagues! On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 2:52 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote:
> Please be advised that Ports and myself are currenting in league with > budget and FA and RFA. My team was last when I got it and for the last 2 yr > still last. So explain to me how this system more the bad team/s > better?????????? As for the best players becoming available well they > don't! They continue to sign/keep them and let the other players go and > fill in with what's available. > > Sorry but I LOVE/D the old baseball before FA. Everything that is bad in > the game today came when Curt Flood won FA for players. I like/d that my > team the Yankees kept Munson, Mantle, Tresh, Pepitone, Bearra, etc year > after year. I know that some of the others in this league do also but some > are too young to have lived through that. > > ROBERT > > Please note: message attached > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: "then you would be incorrect" ha,ha- you guys kill me! :) > Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 15:19:20 +0000 (UTC) > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Make sure the temperature's always just right with a new thermostat. Click > now! > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/BLSrjnsJVCjxkXs45OQBpwTmVmHHy1S75dkt4t57MDBl7WuyZwJT1NjjAsg/ > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 15:19:20 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: "then you would be incorrect" ha,ha- you guys kill me! :) > Interesting theories abound to improve the lowly cubs! Losing 15 in a row > must besome kind of record, albeit dubious... > I am spending $12M of my $85M payroll for Philip Rivers this year... > We carry 53 players. > I am scurrying about trying to come up with a cheaper replacement for him > and trying to > balance the team with that kind of megastar on it, *and having loads of > fun*!!! > Now, I could let him go and he enters the free agent draft and the first > pick costs 8M, > 2nd and 3rd costs 6M, ... and his *value* will be quickly determined by > the other mgrs... > I am guessing the max, $8M. On the other hand, I have to let Joseph Addai > go since > he will cost $8M (see they increase every year..) but I suspect he will > fall in the free agent > draft to maybe a 2-3M draft pick (injured and not many yards last year)... > see how it works? > The format of having to balance a roster with the players expense is > very realistic, dynamic, > and great fun! It will make the non-carded draft choices even more > important I suspect. > Now, imagine you have Pujols in our league. He is a major expense and > grows more each > year... how to afford him, do you want to afford him?... Finally when you > let him go, the > 'stinkiest' team picks him up in the free agent draft for $8M and suddenly > the stinker may > be a contender! I love this recirculation of star players (meaning other > teams get a chance to > pick them up). Otherwise in our league, once you get Pujols... he never > leaves until your > cold, dead finger's rigorous grip finally loosens... ha, ha! > My purpose in this email is not to knock our league's way of doing > things but to let you see > another way SOM hobby leagues do things, and possibly how to get more fun > out of it! Now, > change is a terror to some people so I will not propose it for our league > so don't worry! I joined > this league and will continue to follow our rules until my curiosity is > sated or I no longer find it > interesting. But the cubs have a *seven pitcher rotation *! Is that not > cool or what?! > > mike > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LOU VINCENT" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2009 7:15:38 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: Re: geneva cubs starters > > > And I plan on being a force next season.......................As my draft > picks are working out & players coimng into their own, like Ellsbury > etc.......... > > Lou > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 7:23 AM > Subject: Re: geneva cubs starters > > > Then you would be incorrect. Chesp is a good example and by his own words > stunk the last 2 yrs but has been to the playoffs and in 2005 MELBOURNE > beat Chesapeake Highlanders in 7 games. Lou has been the only manager for > Chesp and if you research his draft this year had the best draft of anyone > and should be a force very soon for years to come. He also traded after > the > draft for Tommy Hanson, and Clayton Kershaw so don't tell me that > teams don't trade but either. It is true that lately the new managers are > trading less but that is up to them. Also teams have changed names > everything they get a new manager so even if you recd the last 5 yrs only a > > few would have same names so you would be able to follow them. I have > listed 07 and 04 and you will see GEN near 500 in 04 but the manager didn't > > like the draft picks and trade them all or most away. His final season he > finally realized the value of those draft picks. (I my self had with the > very last pick of the NOMBL draft pick # 200 drafted Brian McCann! NOTE: > in 04 there was NO U stink draft it was something that was suppose to be a > 1 > year thing to help only the worst teams! Bottom line is teams can, do, and > > have gone worst to near 1st but those that put in the effort get the > reward. > This also has to do with how much effort is put into the CMI. Those that > don't fill out the chart for each player/pitcher separately have problems > winning because the bull pen is over used and picked at random to pitch or > starters can be limited to 6 or 7 IP per start. However most teams don't > fill them out and wonder why their pitchers get used up so quickly. > > Bottom line there is many reasons why teams win or don't win. > > LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2007 NOMBL BASEBALL > > PRAIRE WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST > ACTPCT > 2007 Pennsylvania PEN 98 64 .605 ---- *WON* 111 51 > .685 > 2007 Howard HOW 88 74 .543 10.0 66 96 > .407 > 2007 Norfolk NOR 85 77 .525 13.0 80 82 > .494 > 2007 Las Vegas LVP 77 85 .475 21.0 95 67 > .586 > 2007 Oakland BUZ 66 96 .407 32.0 0 > 0 ---- > > CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# > 2007 Chesapeake CHE 98 64 .605 ---- 1 > 2007 Ohio OHI 98 64 .605 ---- > 2007 Purple PNY 75 87 .463 23.0 > 2007 Pittsburgh PIT 72 90 .444 26.0 > 2007 Tidewater TID 64 99 .393 34.5 > > ATLANTIC WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# > 2007 Rapid City RAP 96 66 .593 ---- *WON* > 2007 North Bay NBS 78 84 .481 18.0 > 2007 Sacramento SOX 75 87 .463 21.0 > 2007 Portsmouth POR 69 93 .426 27.0 > 2007 Huntington HUN 54 109 .331 42.5 > > METRO WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST > ACTPCT > 2007 Virginia VIR 100 62 .617 ---- 1 91 71 > .562 > 2007 Des Moines DES 100 62 .617 ---- 0 > 0 ---- > 2007 California CAL 96 66 .593 4.0 90 72 > .556 > 2007 Melbourne MEL 75 87 .463 25.0 99 63 > .611 > 2007 Geneva GEN 57 105 .352 43.0 72 90 > .444 > > LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2004 > NOMBL BASEBALL > > PRAIRE WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# > 2004 Hawaii HAW 92 70 .568 ---- *WON* > 2004 Howard HOW 80 79 .503 10.5 > 2004 Geneva GEN 72 88 .450 19.0 > 2004 Logan LOG 69 89 .437 21.0 > 2004 Rapid City RAP 70 93 .429 22.5 > > GOLDEN ST WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# > 2004 Melbourne SAN 97 64 .602 ---- *WON* > 2004 California CAL 94 69 .577 4.0 > 2004 Boston BOS 82 80 .506 15.5 > 2004 Eagle Bend EAG 66 91 .420 29.0 > 2004 L.V./Sacramento LVG 57 104 .354 40.0 > > ATLANTIC WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST > ACTPCT > 2004 Virginia VIR 93 69 .574 ---- *WON* 116 46 > .716 > 2004 Chesapeake CHE 91 71 .562 2.0 0 > 0 ---- > 2004 Norfolk NOR 87 75 .537 6.0 0 > 0 ---- > 2004 Pittsburgh PIT 87 78 .527 7.5 0 > 0 ---- > 2004 Portsmouth POR 76 84 .475 16.0 0 > 0 ---- > > METRO WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# > 2004 Hells Kitchen HEL 105 58 .644 ---- *WON* > 2004 Pennsylvania PEN 94 66 .588 9.5 > 2004 South Dakota SDA 94 68 .580 10.5 > 2004 Huntington HUN 57 105 .352 47.5 > 2004 Clear Lake CLL 49 111 .306 54.5 > > ROBERT > > Please note: message attached > > From: Brandt Mathews <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: geneva cubs starters > Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:37:29 -0700 > > I think Mike has a very good email here. I would be very curious to see the > > final results of the last 5 years. I would say if the majority of bottom > teams stay on bottom there is a problem. What I have seen in the last 2 > years of drafting is that a lot of the stinky teams end up spending thier > high draft picks on desperate need for innings just to get through the year > > and not really getting an opportunity to pick up the players that will help > > thier team improve. I don't know if there is an answer out there but I > don't > think the "pity draft" really helps the lower teams enough. Maybe some kind > > of supllamental round after the first round for teams that have been in the > > bottom 8 two years in a row or something. > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Always a good call. 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