I've never set it up (I think the league founder needs to do that), but I've been in leagues where everyone purchased a gift certificate that was linked to the league/tournament.

OK, well, I'll leave that up to our man, then. It's no biggie, the game is the fun part.

And hey, Ozo, this isn't the kind of draft that spreadsheets are for. It's a guessing game.... ;-`

Posted by ArlenWilliam on 11/20/2018 8:55:00 PM (view original):
OK, well, I'll leave that up to our man, then. It's no biggie, the game is the fun part.

And hey, Ozo, this isn't the kind of draft that spreadsheets are for. It's a guessing game.... ;-`

It's early, I am on pace to win 100 games in the first silent auction by using a spreadsheet :p

Going to send my pick over in a few hours. Thanks again for the patience, guys. I am in the process of switching jobs, trying to get a bunch done at my current company before the holidays + leaving.

OK, fine, you can make it as you go. ;-`

If anybody wants to add to an existing prize or create one of their own, settlement of that portion can be made directly to winners after the leagues are over. No need for me to be a clearinghouse. Also, any creative side action directly between owners might be interesting.

My side action is to organize a boycott of the company Ozo will be working for. ;-`

Sent my pick!

And, Arlen, idk how you could deny Airbnb! Hotels get so boring

Thanks, CH (and Mike, I'm s-u-u-u-u-re...). We are in a Babe-free baseball world, now.

Wow, I guessed wrong...

Posted by ArlenWilliam on 11/21/2018 1:33:00 AM (view original):
Thanks, CH (and Mike, I'm s-u-u-u-u-re...). We are in a Babe-free baseball world, now.

Not exactly - Donburgh rostered Babe Adams (nicely done)

Well, I was referring to The Bambino, after all....

Calhoop, I am assuming, am I correct? that we may not iterate, like that word? different versions of the same player's season on different teams. (I mean our same player, same year, different team, or partial vs. combined, may not be distributed on our teams.)

Posted by ArlenWilliam on 11/21/2018 2:55:00 AM (view original):
Well, I was referring to The Bambino, after all....

Calhoop, I am assuming, am I correct? that we may not iterate, like that word? different versions of the same player's season on different teams. (I mean our same player, same year, different team, or partial vs. combined, may not be distributed on our teams.)

The rules state that you must use different player years for each of your 3 teams. Therefore, in the case of Greg Maddux who you own:

strategy A - 1994, 1995, 2008 any version (Padres full or partial or Dodgers full or partial) would be legal
strategy B - 1994, 2008 Padres (full or partial), 2008 Dodgers (full or partial) would be illegal
strategy C - 1994, 2008 Padres full, 2008 Padres partial would be illegal

That being said, in the case of Greg Maddux and Greg Maddux only, if you would like to petition the league to use either of the specific strategies B or C we could put that to a vote. If passed by the league our offenses would be likely to obliterate (like that play on words?) 2 of the 3 versions.

No, I think I'll be OK with what I come up with, Madduxwise, calhoop, thank you very much. God bless your travels and Thanksgiving-time CH and all.

Midnight update: 11 picks are in for Round 2.1. I sent my pick to mllama54, DoctorKz and schwarze. (mllama54 and schwarze have opened so I will start to check the picks now).

A question has come up about whether it is okay to cancel a pick sent in and repick. If I have not opened the original sitemail and the heading for the original pick is in the general format Request X.Y I do not see why not. If I have already opened it then I will have to go with the original.