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Amazing, Hopsmackers! Again- welcome to the new managers, welcome back to the previous managers, and good luck this year! Already off to a great start!
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Bravo!
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👏
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Happy "Opening Day Eve" everyone! Best of luck on your season.
A little "poetry" to get the ball rolling!
Twas the Night Before Opening Day,
When all through the home,
All the ball players were getting ready,
With commentary from Steve Stone
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With the Tokoyo Series wrapped up just in time
Opening Day can finally begin with dreams of what could,
It is fun to think of players to rhyme,
Like “Lance Lynn (FA)” and “James Wood ($3) ”
And while the Cubs won’t be any good,
The winning ways in Pittsburg will be all about O Neil Cruz ($19),
I think Freddie Freeman ($46) still swings the wood,
And the Cardinals and Lars Nootbar ($7) will serve you Busch Light booze.
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But ask any Cubs fan what 2016 meant to them,
Give them a chance to flex that muscle.
And they’ll talk your ear off for hours,
About all the value of an Addison Russell.
All the big names are ready, Soto and Ohtani, Alvarez and Skeenes,
Kelnic, Tyler Anderson, and Nic Hoener, and Mr. Fermin, Fred (FA)
Gavin Lux ($1) and Ke'Bryan Hayes ($1)
All the one dollar dudes you dream of before bed.
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Hold up a second,
I do need to fart.
Before it goes down let me roster
Joey Andrew Bart ($3).
So now baseball is here
Like warmer weather and the vibe of fantasy fame,
Rob Deer wouldn’t play well in this format,
But his occasional home runs could win you a few games.
Good luck this season! Set those lineups!
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Cheers to everyone on some interesting trades!
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Option 1 it is, with 7 votes in favor. Thanks, all- see you Friday!
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Option 1 for sure. Approx 190 roster spots to be filled. Takes around 45 seconds to fill each one. I bet it'll be a 2 1/2 hr auction. It's a Friday night! We can make it to 11pm EST.
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I'm good with option 1.
Texas Streak on
March 16, 2025 11:37 AM
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option 1
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I’m gonna abstain. Happy with either result
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Option 2 for me.
NFG on
March 16, 2025 9:55 AM
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1.
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Option 1
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Vote 1. If you want to be done after 2 hours, you can exit the draft
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We vote for option 1.
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We understand the desire to avoid a six hour initial auction. Many leagues use that approach in the first year. This league is now past the initial year so splitting the auction is not so important. Option 1 allows freedom of choice. Some, like us, want the opportunity to finish our roster in Friday. Managers who don’t want to finish things off on Friday have the option to round out rosters through the in-season auctions. Option 2 eliminates the end game; an important part of the auction.
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Given that I've heard different opinions, I'll put this to a vote, so everyone can plan accordingly:
1) Fully finish draft Friday night
2) Draft for 2 hours and finish via in-season auctions or Couch Managers slow draft (can decide via a separate vote)
Please put your vote on the league message board today, so we can make a decision.
Thanks!
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Thanks, Vladdyswagon. Understood re: the concerns.
The time limit draft is keeping with last year's approach- we held a 3 hour draft and finished with a slow draft on Couch Managers; 2 hours live this year should get us to a similar place in terms of roster construction. Given schedule issues with the draft, this seemed the fairest approach for everyone. However, Couch Managers has been unreliable this year, so there's a bit of an unknown there.
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We strongly oppose a two hour time limit on the auction. We prefer an opportunity to finish filling our roster on Friday. Stopping at two hours will leave some teams with full rosters and others still looking to fill many spots. First week’s roster is due on 3/27 and some teams will be severely disadvantaged with many open spots. OPL teams will be destroyed with open spots. Both are unacceptable. We propose no arbitrary time limit on Friday.
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Alright- pre-draft rosters are final! Feel free to start your draft prep.
We will plan on a 2 hour draft on Friday night to get through a number of players. At 10pm ET, we will close the live draft and move to the standard in-season draft to fill out rosters.
Feel free to reach out with any questions- otherwise, see you all on Friday!
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WE ARE FULL!
For any existing teams looking to make final, cap-free cuts- please send to me via message by 5pm ET tomorrow (Saturday), so I can process. Would be good to give everyone the final free agent list over the weekend for draft prep.
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Draft on Friday March 21st works perfect for me!
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Hi All: Got the fantasy baseball bug HARD this year. Just grabbed this team. Should have cuts in soon.
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Yes! Just 1 left.
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Milford - sounds fair to me. Welcome to the new owners! Do we just need one more?
The Contender on
March 13, 2025 12:20 PM
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Welcome
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Hey everybody. Claiming Lars Nooting His Bar. Thanks for having me.
Slump Busters on
March 13, 2025 11:51 AM
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Also a note, as we have so many cuts with new teams joining. If you are an existing manager who wishes to make additional cuts, please let me know. I think that's the fairest solution given new teams are making cuts with a majority of spring training in the books.
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Welcome
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Welcome!!
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Welcome!
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Hey all - I just claimed Never thought I’d see it. Looking forward to the season and the draft! I’ll make cuts by Saturday morning
Dimwitts on
March 13, 2025 8:27 AM
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Hey League owners - I just claimed The Minnesota Winners. I see a few teams still need claimed but I've been looking for a weekly league so I was happy to find this. I live in the St Louis area and have been in Ottoneu (Baseball and football) before. I'll review the team and make cuts by end of day tomorrow if that works for everyone. Thanks.
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Updated to 3/21, 8pm ET. Similarly, let me know if that's an issue.
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Trying a new date (3/20) based on feedback. I'd like to do the draft after the Tokyo series, to give us a bit more time. Knock down your Dodgers/Cubs by 1.2%.
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Yes- pushed back a week. Please message me if this new time doesn’t work. I have been posting for new managers; hoping that we will fill up this week.
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I’m guessing we won’t be drafting tomorrow! Might want to get that rescheduled. Available teams are drying up so I do think it’s still possible the league fills before the season begins. Maybe worth posting to forums so people know we are actively recruiting.
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Hi all- still trying to find new owners. We'll have a better chance if anyone has a friend or two that wants a team! Will update at the end of this week if we aren't making progress on new owners.
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Hi all- I've updated our draft date to 3/4, 8pm. We should be able to complete the draft in a 3 hour window. Thanks to those who provided feedback on the time!
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Given the likelihood that we have new owners joining for the unpaid/abandoned teams, I'd like to align on a date with this group, so prospective owners know the draft date ahead of time. We should be able to get through the draft in ~3 hours this year.
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The MLB season starts early with games in Japan (March 18th), so we should get a draft date locked in! I've created a Doodle poll here based on my availability. Please fill in your availability by Friday (Feb 7th) at this Doodle poll: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/bWp0k4Qd.
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A number of teams that still need to renew. I believe you get a few days grace period, but then unpaid teams will be abandoned and anyone can grab them.
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Got mine done, looking forward to the season!
Texas Streak on
January 28, 2025 11:23 PM
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ANOTHER REMINDER- please renew your teams and make cuts - a majority of the league (myself included) need to do both, and the deadline is 3 DAYS AWAY! Thanks :)
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Welcome, NFG! Everyone else- please make sure you are making your cuts and renewing your team. Please let me know if you have any issues!
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Howdy everybody. I've taken over NFG and am excited to get started.
There will be plenty of roster turnover, so if anybody wants somebody on the team please shot me an offer.
Thanks for having me!
NFG on
January 20, 2025 9:52 AM
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Please also note that the keeper deadline is JAN 31. For those new to Ottoneu, you can make unlimited cuts through Jan 31 without penalty. After Jan 31, all cuts will be subject to the in-season cap penalty.
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