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So...when is FMW gonna drop Harper, Harvey, and Minor?
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I just think the new system involves so much more analytical depth that I can't wait to implement it, even if it flies in the face of accepted procedure. But I won't reopen that debate.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 25, 2012 8:35 AM
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Can I recommend to Chiefs & Durham to vote for 2013, if only for the facepalm-style comedy to follow?
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One more vote for 2013... 2 more to go.
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About the quietest 970 points you'll ever see.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 8:56 PM
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Lohse and his 900something points pretty sweet as well.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 8:56 PM
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Fernando Rodney? One could argue that he is wrapping up the best season by a closer in MLB history.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 8:52 PM
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Tell that to his fantasy owners who just got bounced from their playoffs lol
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 8:51 PM
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So who was the best waiver wire pickup of the year? Haven't done any research at all but have to think LaRoche has to be up there...
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Hambone is the man. Tread lightly...
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Apparently Josh Hamilton has missed the last five games due to consuming too much caffeine. What a pusswhack.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 8:36 PM
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Yeah I mean as someone who owned him most of the year I can tell you that he is really frustrating. But at that price that's pretty good HR/BB potential from a 2B.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 4:52 PM
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I tried to claim Weeks too, but didn't expect him to fall through to me. I am surprised he fell all the way through to you.
Caimans 🐊 on
September 24, 2012 2:36 PM
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Pretty thrilled to get Aoki and Weeks for nothing last week. Two starter-quality players.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 12:20 PM
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Chicago and Durham need to vote I think.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 12:19 PM
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It's 6-4 in favor of 2012.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 12:19 PM
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So only two teams left to vote? What is the actual count now?
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I do not think this vote should take 9 teams in favor to pass; agree a regular majority makes sense; I can live with 8
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The same could be said about at least half of the other 8 owners being vocally unhappy that thier majority didnt win and having to wait an extra year
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Ideally it would be a 12-0 vote one way or the other, but any rule change will have its adherents and detractors. My main point is that I don't see any sense in delaying this decision day after day after day. Let's be done with it already.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 11:04 AM
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Yes, with an 8-4 vote, the four who are clearly outvoted would "win" the vote. But having four out of 12 owners vocally unhappy about a league decision is less than ideal, hence the supermajority idea.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 11:03 AM
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All of our votes have always been majority rules...should take 7 votes total...
The Syndicate 💣 on
September 24, 2012 11:03 AM
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WAR, why would the standard to make the change automatically be next year? Lets say 8 of 12 vote for change to occure this year. Under your scenario, that would not be enough and the 4 people who want it in 2014 win even though they are clearly outvoted
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I voted yesterday
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At present the change would not pass. I would propose that either 8 out of 11 or 9 out of 12 should be sufficient to make the change immediately.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 8:44 AM
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Those three teams need to vote by a fixed date. I think a 75% in favor vote should put the change into effect next month, regardless of whether or not those teams get around to voting. Set the deadline for Tuesday at midnight or something.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 24, 2012 8:39 AM
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we celebrate justice being served?
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6-3 in favor of this season. What happens if Durham, Joes, and Chiefs all vote 2013?
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I was trying to see if I could Lincecum in and it didn't work. I probably wasn't keeping any of those guys anyway honestly.
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I think we need to set a deadline for this keeper system vote.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 23, 2012 5:02 PM
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FMW cut all those guys only to then cut Lincecum too?
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Because I stupidly added Lincecum and now my roster is illegal. I cut all my bad guys with big contracts but still can't get legal. Lincecum may re hit the wire soon.
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so perhaps Hanley or Longoria are about to get cut
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can't really. I suspect he's now running into the nightmare that I had a few months ago where you need a free $1 for each empty space, so though he's got 6 empty spaces, he only has $2 in cap room so still illegal
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He's preparing for a Strikes-esque waiver wire nomination run
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to add Tim Lincecum, apparently
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In related news, why is FMW cutting his entire roster?
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 21, 2012 2:41 PM
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Therefore, it follows that we should ditch the vote-off system because it sucks as badly as the Sega Master System. Case closed.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 21, 2012 2:40 PM
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When Sega Genesis came out, people weren't like, "Well.....it's pretty sweet, but I've been planning around owning the Sega Master System for the past six months. I better hold off a year or two."
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 21, 2012 2:38 PM
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Come on. That was a great analogy.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 21, 2012 2:35 PM
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Now who's making the bad analogies, Jed? ;)
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But I am sympathetic to both positions. Let's focus on getting those 12 votes on the board.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 21, 2012 2:20 PM
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It would be like them rolling out a java chat room in September 2012, and us refusing to adopt it until September 2013. If something sucks I see no great virtue in clinging to it for 12 months.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 21, 2012 2:18 PM
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The reason the precedent doesn't scare me is that this is a) a special case where a big site capability was rolled out in September, and b) a modification of one of the most capricious and non-sensical of ottoneu rules.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 21, 2012 2:18 PM
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I fully understand the principle/precedent/procedure argument. In fact I was championing it until I determined that an immediate change would make the league more fun for me personally in the short term.
Eckfords ⚾ on
September 21, 2012 2:17 PM
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I promise, despite how loud this argument can seem, that I won't be upset either way and have my panties in a wad
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I'm honestly not going to be upset about the *actual rule change* if it happens for this season (even if it does end up being worse for me, which I have no idea about), I just don't like the principle of it.
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To add to that, I would also point out that we sent in our $ for 2012 after receiving the constitution PDF, which includes the vote-off arbitration system.
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+1 Knights
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Changing those rules now retroactively impacts that process - whether you think it's a big deal or not, it's an integrity issue.
Caimans 🐊 on
September 21, 2012 2:05 PM
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