Posted by dherz_263 on 7/27/2010 12:16:00 PM (view original):Posted by tisi29 on 7/27/2010 12:13:00 PM (view original):I have fielded teams with no chance of winning a bunch of times. I don't play players out of position, promote my best prospects to the majors, or sign anything better than the dregs of FA on one-year contracts. My worst 6 seasons (with those requirements), in wins: 64, 64, 60, 50, 61, 59. So it is possible to win less than 60. But each of those teams was a playoff contender 2-3 years later. So maybe it should be something like "if you win under 120 combined in 2 consecutive years, you must win 155 or make the playoffs in the next 2."I like this idea, or some variation on it
Posted by tisi29 on 7/27/2010 12:13:00 PM (view original):I have fielded teams with no chance of winning a bunch of times. I don't play players out of position, promote my best prospects to the majors, or sign anything better than the dregs of FA on one-year contracts. My worst 6 seasons (with those requirements), in wins: 64, 64, 60, 50, 61, 59. So it is possible to win less than 60. But each of those teams was a playoff contender 2-3 years later. So maybe it should be something like "if you win under 120 combined in 2 consecutive years, you must win 155 or make the playoffs in the next 2."
I like this idea, or some variation on it
Posted by r0b0t on 7/27/2010 12:25:00 PM (view original):We just need to get better with the jokes. We can't have alcheez bringing down our median humor and acting like something is passable. We need to have standards of ourselves if we want to have standards of others. Be funnier and meaner with ridicule, and you can force someone to give a ****.
Posted by AceCards on 7/27/2010 12:23:00 PM (view original):Posted by r0b0t on 7/27/2010 10:35:00 AM (view original):Posted by robusk on 7/27/2010 10:29:00 AM (view original):I have been below average on D for a couple of seasons in HR and have done extremely well.  If I remember correctly, I think dherz was pretty shoddy on D last season as well.  1st and 2nd best records in the AL.Obviously park, pitching staff, and personnel can make up for it.San Francisco was 29th in D last season in $ and we were lucky enough to win the WS.
Posted by r0b0t on 7/27/2010 10:35:00 AM (view original):Posted by robusk on 7/27/2010 10:29:00 AM (view original):I have been below average on D for a couple of seasons in HR and have done extremely well.  If I remember correctly, I think dherz was pretty shoddy on D last season as well.  1st and 2nd best records in the AL.Obviously park, pitching staff, and personnel can make up for it.
Posted by robusk on 7/27/2010 10:29:00 AM (view original):I have been below average on D for a couple of seasons in HR and have done extremely well. Â If I remember correctly, I think dherz was pretty shoddy on D last season as well. Â 1st and 2nd best records in the AL.
San Francisco was 29th in D last season in $ and we were lucky enough to win the WS.
Why would you only dedicate 13/15 towards amateur scouting when you *knew* you had both the 7th and 8th picks in the draft? Wouldn't you want to maximize their value?
The league went from "where gin always wins" to "where bret always loses".
Posted by hugenuge42 on 7/27/2010 12:26:00 PM (view original):Well ****...I can't post players.
Posted by robusk on 7/27/2010 12:24:00 PM (view original):Posted by dherz_263 on 7/27/2010 12:16:00 PM (view original):Posted by tisi29 on 7/27/2010 12:13:00 PM (view original):I have fielded teams with no chance of winning a bunch of times. I don't play players out of position, promote my best prospects to the majors, or sign anything better than the dregs of FA on one-year contracts. My worst 6 seasons (with those requirements), in wins: 64, 64, 60, 50, 61, 59. So it is possible to win less than 60. But each of those teams was a playoff contender 2-3 years later. So maybe it should be something like "if you win under 120 combined in 2 consecutive years, you must win 155 or make the playoffs in the next 2."I like this idea, or some variation on itYeah, me too.
Posted by r0b0t on 7/27/2010 12:27:00 PM (view original):BRET Why would you only dedicate 13/15 towards amateur scouting when you *knew* you had both the 7th and 8th picks in the draft? Wouldn't you want to maximize their value? The league went from "where gin always wins" to "where bret always loses".
Posted by larry_jew on 7/27/2010 12:27:00 PM (view original):50% of alcheez posts are "shutup moy" and both those shofers should get callin gout from sergei. Let's boot them too.
Posted by dherz_263 on 7/27/2010 12:28:00 PM (view original):Posted by robusk on 7/27/2010 12:24:00 PM (view original):Posted by dherz_263 on 7/27/2010 12:16:00 PM (view original):Posted by tisi29 on 7/27/2010 12:13:00 PM (view original):I have fielded teams with no chance of winning a bunch of times. I don't play players out of position, promote my best prospects to the majors, or sign anything better than the dregs of FA on one-year contracts. My worst 6 seasons (with those requirements), in wins: 64, 64, 60, 50, 61, 59. So it is possible to win less than 60. But each of those teams was a playoff contender 2-3 years later. So maybe it should be something like "if you win under 120 combined in 2 consecutive years, you must win 155 or make the playoffs in the next 2."I like this idea, or some variation on itYeah, me too.I think combining this with focused ridicule, mocking, and shunning; as well as budgetary constraints would go wonders to keeping everyone in line, and maybe even improving our median funny
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