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$34 Josh Hamilton? Please someone make me a good offer. Thanks!
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Four Horseman's trading block has been updated!
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Pinkerton Yellowjackets's trading block has been updated!
Durham Bulls on
December 7, 2012 6:23 AM
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Not that anyone missed me, but it's good to be back. Thanks for clearing this all up Tin Pan. :)
Durham Bulls on
December 7, 2012 6:05 AM
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Is anyone else having trouble getting the arb. results page to load?
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Mindhead Inc.'s trading block has been updated!
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No word back - anyone else have a candidate? Thanks!
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So @mindhead, please email me that guy: djacobs@gmail.com
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See you around, Hillbilly. Thanks for playing. :)
Durham Bulls on
October 30, 2012 12:52 PM
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Thanks for a good time and the best of luck, all.
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I will not be back next year. I am cutting down on my fantasy participation across the board. Burnt out. I made my allocations with thought. If someone take over the team in time, they should be able to change them if they would like....
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I had thought it strange that you were at $25 Tin Pan; I assumed you would allocate before the deadline, but I still found it strange. :)
Durham Bulls on
October 29, 2012 5:59 AM
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Niv actually rolled back allocations if someone didn't allocate to *every* team (for instance, I hadn't!)
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We can now see who has yet to allocate their arb dollars, so let's hit 'em up with reminders. :)
Durham Bulls on
October 28, 2012 3:13 PM
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Tin, I've got a guy that's interested in taking over if we have a dead team... let me know and I'll send you his contact
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Broadly, I want to stay away from a league where half the league babysits & cajoles the other. I'd like everyone to be very involved. If someone is not at all involved, they will be replaced. Otherwise, I think we let things lie as they fall.
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@Pinkerton, I agree with you on that point as well.
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At the very least the new system, even with low participation, is better than having a player voted off a team who is then reacquired at a much lower price because of teams missing at the draft (which happened a couple of times in my other league).
Durham Bulls on
October 27, 2012 6:20 AM
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@Mindhead - yes. It could also be that people don't intend to keep their teams. :( I will keep following up.
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The new system is kinda pointless if everyone doesn't participate, don't ya think?
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*ask
Durham Bulls on
October 19, 2012 1:37 PM
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I don't see it Tin Pan; I am not a commish in any league. However, my other commish regularly e-mails everyone. Perhaps as Niv if it is possible or where it is?
Durham Bulls on
October 19, 2012 1:37 PM
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@pinkerton, where do you see that? I do not.
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Tin Pan, as commissioner I think you get an option to e-mail everyone in the league--at least in my other leagues the commish is able to do so.
Durham Bulls on
October 17, 2012 5:33 AM
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@Torii we can message them one at a time, but there's not a list for everyone at once. I am definitely open to leaving the issue open if more people want to be involved!
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I will doublecheck... two people voted after I checked last night. Total is 3:2 in favor of the new system.
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i voted for the new system
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is there a way to send an email to everyone in the league?
Vegas Baby on
October 16, 2012 8:28 PM
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3 people voted?
Durham Bulls on
October 16, 2012 3:52 PM
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Torii - no, Niv can change it if the league opinion changes. Nobody else voted.
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are we at the point where it's too late to decide?
Vegas Baby on
October 16, 2012 12:37 PM
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OK guys, predicatably or not, the vote is 2:1. Please weigh in! :)
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I set up a simple poll: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHZERjNQYkp5eGw0c0hFWTVVdkRwNlE6MQ&ifq Please vote!
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$33 to one player may not be all that different, but it could be $11 to three players, meaning all those three might have to be dropped- you lose three players instead of one
Vegas Baby on
October 15, 2012 10:22 AM
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Having a single player increase by $33 is ugly, but the offshoot is that no other player on your team sees an increase and you can drop the higher salaried player, which makes it not much different than the old arb system.
Durham Bulls on
October 15, 2012 6:06 AM
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Pinkerton - that is right - if every owner uses their same $3 on the same player, then a $4 Kris Medlen could become a $37 Kris Medlen.
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If I am not mistaken, the price on individual players could go up $33 if each team allocated its $3/team all to the same player. So a $3 bargain could become a $36 salary.
Durham Bulls on
October 14, 2012 3:10 PM
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I also want to make clear that NEXT year (after the 2013 season) we will definitely be switching to the new system. So what we're discussing is the choice to make on Tuesday.
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We'll keep discussing, but vote soon when everyone has had a chance to weigh in.
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Even if you see an exponential increase in a player's salary you will be able to cut said player, thus making it not entirely different from the original arbitration format. Besides, it addresses players who get voted off and are re-upped for less money.
Durham Bulls on
October 14, 2012 12:06 PM
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@Torii I'm not sure I agree - I think the new process allows people to still save players they got a great bargain on, with the price going up as much as $7/yr.
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I may be wrong about this, but I think the new system will help to keep parity within the league because increased salaries will force teams to pick and choose between expensive talent and add players to the auction pool that may have remained on rosters.
Durham Bulls on
October 14, 2012 12:04 PM
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i just kinda think that the new process can lead to a real upheaval and less of a keeper league, and the old process knocks off one player plus whoever you can't keep because of budgeting
Vegas Baby on
October 13, 2012 7:47 PM
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Are we going to vote on the arbitration process or just stick with the old format?
Durham Bulls on
October 13, 2012 12:59 PM
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Torii, can you write a few notes down as to why? I think people need to hear the case.
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I vote old arbitration process
Vegas Baby on
October 10, 2012 8:59 PM
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(I am for the new arbitration process.)
Durham Bulls on
October 5, 2012 8:34 AM
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Congratulations Greatest Torii.
Durham Bulls on
October 5, 2012 6:26 AM
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@Four Horsement, We'll take a vote shortly.
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Thanks everyone, good season! Got close there in September, luckily played more like the Yanks than the Rangers
Vegas Baby on
October 4, 2012 1:50 PM
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