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I da ho? No U da ho's trade block has been updated!
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Vlad, Vlad Eloy Brown's trade block has been updated!
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Mikey's Minions's trade block has been updated!
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Hammer Mechanics ๐จ's trade block has been updated!
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Mikey's Minions's trade block has been updated!
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Cubs win
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Ok back to ice cold beer, today its pilsner from Live Oak brewery in Austin,Tx. Gusting winds OUT to lf at Wrigley. All you Braves and nationals fans best be pulling for the cubs
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So cold and windy here, I'm drinking cognac not beer
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I just put up a reverse Schmegs, negative 60 points from relievers.
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You really ought to spend far less time trying to manage other folks' teams and concentrate on doing just that little bit extra managing of your team to get you over the top. Alternatively, you could concentrate your energies on all those leagues that are so much easier than ours that you actually win them. With nothing but love and respect. Cheers!
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Fuck you
Houck Trea on
May 20, 2019 6:10 PM
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I'm a dog and you're a weed. I'm happy with dog.
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Youโre not competent enough because you take several opportunities each year to intentionally improve other teamsโ rosters at the expense of your own. You can deny it all day long, but just save your breath, weโve seen it too many times now for anyone other than your best buddy or 2 in here to deny it.
Houck Trea on
May 20, 2019 6:07 PM
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Kloobs, It seems to me your strategy works well in a young league, but in a league that's been around long enough for team builders to have mature teams, not so sure you can compete. You're like the colonizing early successional tree species that get shaded out by the later successional mature forest species.
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Kloobs, You're incredible at taking a pile of nothing for a roster and transforming it into a contender within the span of a single season... my hat's off to you for that. Just not something I'm competent enough to attempt.
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First sentence of last post was referring to 2 of 3 last real baseball champions... just to be clear.
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Kloobs, You make me laugh. Love you and I love dogs!! Team building is "competing", that's why two of the last three champions were the best "competitors". That's why two of the current top three teams in Full Circuit got there by team building and why a double champion like Gravy has been team building for the last two seasons and spent the entire season before he won his first championship team building. Just where do you think I got the idea from?
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Baseball would also benefit by punishing complete incompetence. We all understand why youโd Stan for bottom-feeding, NGB, no need to put it out there so shamelessly. Hereโs a great fucking idea for all competitive endeavors, whether it be fantasy or real sports if any kind โ how about competing more than once every half decade instead of laying down like a dog regularly before you ever think to open your mouth to talk shit?
Houck Trea on
May 20, 2019 5:40 PM
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You mean Fuรball
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In fantasy baseball, we try to mimic real baseball, not real soccer.
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In real baseball, 2 of the last 3 World Champions would have been relegated prior to their championship runs, runs that therefore wouldn't have happened. Oh no, all the feel good stories about the Cubs finally winning a championship would never have happened!! Sounds like maybe you should sign-up for a fantasy soccer league.
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I mean, it could be.
Weโve already got the 2 leagues established
Houck Trea on
May 20, 2019 4:01 PM
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Sounds like the German Bundesliga, where bottom 3 teams get sent down to division 2, and top 3 teams from division 2 get sent up..obviously not applicable here
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Remember how I advocated for relegation of the last place team, or of any team that doesnโt meet a certain point threshold, when we were discussing an alternate to the $700 salary build and the formation of this league? Well Iโm in a league (Champs) that relegates the bottom 2 teams, and Iโm rebuilding while also being forced to maintain a competitive roster to make sure I avoid relegation, and Iโm certain now itโs the best way to address the issue. And other issues weโve dealt with,
Houck Trea on
May 20, 2019 2:09 PM
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Vlad, Vlad Eloy Brown's trade block has been updated!
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I da ho? No U da ho's trade block has been updated!
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Arvada
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Try the New Belgium brewery tour; iโm Not much for their beer, but I do like them as a company.
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And just for the record, I only went on the Coor's Tour because we were entertaining guests from Australia who were dying to do that tour. Adolph Coors is not a guy I can easily forgive or support... I guess, except for a bitch'in cycling jersey. Apparently, my moral turpitude is about as firm as cooked pasta!!
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Mikey, I've also done the Coor's Brewery tour, so no bias against beer. Picked up one of my favorite cycling jerseys on the Coor's tour... a Colorado Native jersey. Also, in the news department, Maria has now got me drinking beer pretty regularly on our frequent brewery dining excursions. We're booked for dinner tonight at Breckenridge Brewery. Last Sunday I had their Nitro Orange Cream Ale. However, my best find this month was a 7-spice root beer at the New Terrain Brewery in Golden.
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Of course you have........
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Brew, I've done the Celestial Seasons factory tour, it was fun. I think everything they make is distributed nationally, and I'm not going to send Charles something he could pick-up at his local grocery store.
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send his some celestial seasoning mood tamer tea
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Brew, I would owe Charles.
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I Da Ho with a 262 point day. Man! Over 60 points just from relievers.
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If the season ended today, who would owe who a six pack of local craft beer?
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Awesome, I got a share yesterday in exchange for Yordan
Houck Trea on
May 18, 2019 8:17 PM
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Strasburg looks awesome this evening. 97 mph fastball and 78 mph curve with amazing bend.
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In 2017 8.14 ppg, what a drop off.
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Nobody will claim or nominate Votto, 16$ is too high for a weak hitting 1b with no speed or other positional eligibility.
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I've put Gary Sanchez and Omar Narvaez both on my trade block. I hope to trade one before too long. I don't need to carry 2 top catchers if I can get a significant upgrade at SP or MI.
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Vlad, Vlad, You don't need a currently successful team to judge other people's trades. All you require is an opinion.
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But ultimately I guess I don't get to judge from 11th place.
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I almost want to campaign for vetoes, just to give NGB a mulligan.
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My view is clouded by the fact that 11 teams in this league would have paid much more than that for Freeman.
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The only thing I don't understand is how Braves traded a Brave.
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Echoes of Trump with that โboth sidesโ
Houck Trea on
May 17, 2019 7:29 PM
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I can actually see both sides of the trade argument. But Vlad, I think your view is clouded by what you would have perhaps been willing to do, but which someone didnโt have the insane patience needed to actually make happen. I can understand both sides of that as well.
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Cano is $22, half of which would not be enough for my next move. I didn't pick Seager's salary randomly.
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Cooking worked just as well. As in, cooking meth wouldโve been one of the viable explanations (honest ones) that led to the trade
Houck Trea on
May 17, 2019 3:38 PM
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