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3/8/2011 8:59 PM
schwarze
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17 sets of predictions in.  Keep 'em coming.  It's really interested to see all the variability.  So far, no team has been picked to finish both 1st and 16th, but there is one team picked to finish 1st and 15th and another picked to finish 2nd and 16th.  I can't wait to post the results.
3/9/2011 11:02 AM
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I have a sneaking suspicion I'm part of both of those tandems.
3/9/2011 12:17 PM
schwarze
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League numbers posted on page 1

Reminder
1st Deadline - Friday, March 11:  4 teams entered
2nd Deadline - Friday, March 18:  8 teams entered
Final Deadline - Friday, March 25:  16 teams entered

The penalty for being late is 1 win per late roster per day after the deadline. The penalty will be waived if you get all 16 rosters in on time. But if you accumulate 10+ penalty points, I reserve the right to find a replacement from the waiting list.  (The penalty will not effect playoff determinations - it will only effect the partership point totals).

3/10/2011 9:47 AM
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I thought it was interesting to see the difference, for some of the franchises, between what I'd imagined the depth of their talent would be at a particular position or group and what the sim seems to think of it.

In general terms, you can sometimes get an idea of a franchise's relative weakness or strength during a particular era by the players that you're looking at when you make your teams ... or maybe more by the eras that don't have players you'll consider.
3/12/2011 4:33 PM
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Oh: for our team, neither of us had preferences, so I simply ordered the teams by (current) nickname and "dealt" them out, so we each got 4 AL and 4 NL teams.
3/12/2011 4:34 PM
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bigmc and I had a draft for teams.  I gave him the choice of picking 1st or 2nd/3rd.  He let me have first pick.  Here's how the draft went...

schwarze:  Yankees
bigmc:  Red Sox, Cubs
schwarze: Giants, A's
bigmc: Dodgers, Braves
schwarze: Cardinals, White Sox
bigmc: Indians, Twins
schwarze: Phillies, Pirates
bigmc: Reds, Orioles
schwarze: Tigers
3/13/2011 10:17 AM
schwarze
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Of the 93 teams entered in my 8 leagues, I've checked rosters for players on 100% of teams (must be same year).  We're down to only 25 players total (including 7 on one team).  This number will surely go down once all teams are entered and I include the teams in bigmc's leagues.  The final number will probably be under 10.  Some real surprising omissions on some teams.
3/13/2011 11:42 PM
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I think it all depends on strategy.  I won't get into specifics, but any pitchers or hitters over $13mil in salary start to have a big ripple effect over the rest of your roster, especially if you include a couple.  That's my experiences so far, anyway.  Some franchises, I decided it was worth it...others, I decided to avoid some big guns and go with a more balanced approach.
3/13/2011 11:53 PM
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As of March 14th (9:30 am)
Here is a list of how many teams have been entered by each partnership...
Green/Bold = All 16 franchises entered
Purple = Meets second deadline requirement of 8 teams
 
Ownership __Code__ Lg01 Lg02 Lg03 Lg04 Lg05 Lg06 Lg07 Lg08 Lg09 Lg10 Lg11 Lg12 Lg13 Lg14 Lg15 Lg16 Total
mllama54 / thejuice6 A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
happyhours / zlionsfan B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
elonsmitty / jbohrman C 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 11
ballantine / rbow923 D 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 8
brianjw / skunk206 E 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
markeking / zephyr1949 F 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
llcoach / Oli35 G 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 9
mpitt76 / calhoop H 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 8
pedrocerrano / njbigwig I 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 10
moneybonn / SophieGiants J 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 11
schwarze / bigmc K 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
beirnej1 / jtpsops L 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
tracyr / Whiteslave M 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8
wedhead36 / pmars2001 N 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
ejstockman / Rose 4D Hall O 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
alleyviper / tjefferson P 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
                                     
Total   13 11 14 11 15 11 11 10 11 12 10 12 11 12 12 11 187
                                     
                                    73.0%
3/14/2011 9:35 AM
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Ownership __Code__ Lg01 Lg02 Lg03 Lg04 Lg05 Lg06 Lg07 Lg08 Lg09 Lg10 Lg11 Lg12 Lg13 Lg14 Lg15 Lg16 Total
mllama54 A   Pit     ChW StL Atl Det     NYY     Bal LA   8
thejuice6 A Oak   Bos Cle         Min Phi   Cin ChC     SF 8
happyhours B Cle NYY   LA Min Cin Phi       StL Bos         8
zlionsfan B     SF         Pit Oak ChW     Atl ChC Bal Det 8
elonsmitty C       Oak Cin       Det               3
jbohrman C SF   Pit     Bal StL Atl   NYY   LA   Min     8
ballantine D           Pit                   Cin 2
rbow923 D     ChW Bal SF     StL         LA Det     6
brianjw E Pit Atl     Det     Bos     Min NYY Bal Cin     8
skunk206 E     Cle StL   ChC LA   ChW Oak         SF Phi 8
markeking F   ChW Oak     NYY Det     Cle   Bal   Bos   Min 8
zephyr1949 F ChC     Phi Atl     LA SF   Cin   StL   Pit   8
llcoach G LA   Cin               Atl     SF     4
Oli35 G         Cle Min   ChW   Det         Oak   5
calhoop H   Bal             Pit           Det   3
mpitt76 H Phi       Oak           Bos StL       NYY 5
njbigwig I Bos           Bal       ChC SF ChW   Cin   6
pedrocerrano I   Min NYY   Pit                 Cle     4
moneybonn J                 Atl SF   Cle Pit   Phi Bos 6
SophieGiants J Cin Det ChC Min NYY                       5
bigmc K Bal ChC   Bos           Cin     Cle LA Min Atl 8
schwarze K     Phi   StL Det SF Oak NYY   Pit ChW         8
beirnej1 L     Atl                 Min         2
jtpsops L         ChC               Det       2
tracyr M Det   Min   Bal                   Cle   4
Whiteslave M             ChC   LA StL       Pit     4
pmars2001 N       ChC LA Phi   SF       Pit Cin Atl   StL 8
wedhead36 N NYY Oak Det       Min   Cle Bal ChW       Bos   8
ejstockman O ChW Bos   SF   LA   Min Cin     Atl       Cle 8
Rose 4D Hall O     Bal   Phi   Pit     ChC Det   NYY Oak StL   8
alleyviper P           Cle ChW     Min           Bal 4
tjefferson P   LA   Pit                         2
3/14/2011 9:36 AM
schwarze
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bigmc sent me the rosters from his leagues, so now I have a complete list of the 187 rosters submitted so far.  There are a combined total of 8 players (must be same season) that are on every single roster submitted so far.  Five are hitters, two are relievers and only one is a starting pitcher.  


3/14/2011 12:29 PM
schwarze
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The most different number of seasons used by a single player is 7.  And it's not Babe Ruth or Ted Williams, each who have 6 different seasons selected.
3/14/2011 12:44 PM
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If you remove season for the equation, the number of players taken 100% of the time is 27.  The Cubs and the Yankees are the only two teams that do not have a player taken 100% of the time (even when season is removed)...

3/14/2011 12:46 PM
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I have a good guess as to who that one starting pitcher is.
3/14/2011 1:00 PM
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