If you don't enjoy the world why would you continue to play in it?

Posted by jasonbhag1 on 4/27/2015 8:58:00 PM (view original):
If you don't enjoy the world why would you continue to play in it?

Go back to destroying the Dynasty I built.  Check the Gleeman World Blog for details.

I thought this thread was about a sheep farmer upset about MikeT23 trespassing

I don't think sjpoker understood that the problem isn't getting good value in return for trades, it's that Gleeman always seems to get top value in his deals. I'd love it if every time I put someone on the block, I got something in return. Or if every time I said I needed a certain position, I had multiple offers to pick from and could do 3 for 1 deals.

He has a system and it works for him in that league. If he was in a stronger league he would undoubtably be a lot less successful.

Look, that's the heart of this strategy.  He gets top value for his deals not because he's special, but because he's dealing away top players.  They may be past their best-before date - and he certainly knows so - but they're likely still better than any other available players.  The discipline of the owner is to never pay too much, never hold on too long because he has no favorites.

He gets players he can't get in the draft through trade.
His roster never gets old or overpriced, stays cheap, so he can transfer max to chase IFA.
Because his players are the best, he doesn't budget for coaching or medical, so he can transfer more to IFA.
Because he's never drafting early, he doesn't spend on scouting, saving more for IFA.
He always gets the best IFAs.  His roster is probably 45% IFAs, 45% acquired in trade, maybe two or three positions with players he drafted to play specific roles, like C, DH, or defensive SS. 
When he trades players away, he's trading away former first rounders or high-dollar IFAs.  Probably with some all star seasons on their player cards.  Other owners snap up these proven commodities.

The system feeds itself over and over.  He always has the best players without ever having to rebuild.

As MikeT said, the only thing any other owner can do to stop this system is to refuse to trade with him.  IMO this system doesn't work if no one ever trades with him, and forces his roster to age out.

Well, I disagree a little because in "Gleeman World" a guy named Aaron Gleeman is "special".    People want to trade with him, to "rub elbows" with their favorite blogger.   Whether or not the deals are lopsided or old/expensive quality for young/cheap quality, a guy named Aaron Gleeman can get them done whereas John Slobotnik cannot.    And that's where the imbalance comes from. 

Same reason people get autographs or just want to shake hands with a ballplayer/actor/celeb/politician of some sort. 

Someone once said bosoxbill# was Bill Simmons.   So, when those of us who knew bosoxbill# wanted him to get bombarded with sitemails, we'd bring it up.   And, for the most part, he'd get half a dozen or so sitemails saying "Are you really Bill Simmons?  I enjoy your column!!!" with a day or so.

I used to read Simmons before he blew up big ("got on TV"). But after awhile I got tired of everything he wrote reading like the same thing over and over, and then he just kept referencing himself. And then, of course, about fifty other guys started writing just like Bill Simmons.

Posted by MikeT23 on 4/29/2015 1:52:00 PM (view original):
Same reason people get autographs or just want to shake hands with a ballplayer/actor/celeb/politician of some sort. 

Someone once said bosoxbill# was Bill Simmons.   So, when those of us who knew bosoxbill# wanted him to get bombarded with sitemails, we'd bring it up.   And, for the most part, he'd get half a dozen or so sitemails saying "Are you really Bill Simmons?  I enjoy your column!!!" with a day or so.

That was always fun. I miss those guys.

Gleeman is gone.
MikeT seems to be gone.

Anybody have the scoop as to why they left?

MikeT left because of a dispute with customer service (new ownership).

Gleeman is with Fangraphs and still does a local radio show on the MN Twins, so maybe time commitment? I never played in Gleeman World but he is the reason I play this through his promotion of HBD on his Twins blog back in the day.

Is Gleeman with Fangraphs as well? I know he is the editor of the Annual Baseball Prospectus Guide. It very well could be a time commitment thing.