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Post by finkle on May 17, 2009 11:28:29 GMT -6
geoff...the only phone number here i can find for you is steph's cell
gimme a call or email me w/your number i'm sending my cell number to your email now
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Post by finkle on May 17, 2009 11:31:33 GMT -6
i wonder if yahoo would allow for setting basketball/baseball lineups on a weekly basis
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Post by finkle on May 17, 2009 11:34:02 GMT -6
we could go w/2 QB, 2 RB and 3 WR/TE
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Post by finkle on May 17, 2009 13:15:46 GMT -6
yahoo's rules pages say that they allow weekly lineup changes for baseball and basketball, so that takes away much of the day-to-day stress of managing the team.
i'm actually beginning to think that this looks pretty manageable.
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Post by finkle on May 17, 2009 13:44:47 GMT -6
baseball idea:
what if you have 4 position players (2 of, 1 ss/2b, 1 3b/1b/c) and 4 roto categories for batting and 3 pitcher (2 starting, one reliever?) with 3 roto categories for pitching
that would give each baseball player the 1/7 value
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Post by finkle on May 17, 2009 15:07:36 GMT -6
chad and i were thinking about 30 man rosters....
with 21 starters, that's a small bench that would promote roster movement.....
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Post by gk on May 17, 2009 15:12:25 GMT -6
What about roster restrictions. Like, couldn't I during the start of baseball season have all baseball players on my bench and then drop-and-add football players as time goes on?
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Post by finkle on May 17, 2009 15:35:58 GMT -6
i was thinking about that --- don't you think that'd backfire on you?
perhaps require everyone to be able to field a starting lineup in each sport at all times?
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Post by gk on May 17, 2009 15:40:21 GMT -6
Maybe just have a minimum of 2 bench spots per sport. Or shoot we could prescribe the number of bench spots for each sport. In fact, we'd sort of have to, wouldn't we?
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Post by finkle on May 17, 2009 16:16:09 GMT -6
well, with 7 starters per sport, that leaves only 9 bench spots (if we go w/30)
baseball and football overlap..... and then football and basketball overlap..... and then basketball and baseball (next season) overlap
that leaves 3 per sport for backups.....if someone wants to sacrifice the off-season sport, part of me thinks "so be it"...as long as waivers/FA allow for another team to pick up the jettisoned player
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Post by gk on May 17, 2009 17:09:05 GMT -6
Well it's more of a logistical question. With yahoo for instance the roster sizes are set. So it's a bit awkward if A) someone has a bunch of football reserves floating around somewhere and wants to drop one and pick up a baseball player and B) presuming you don't use every roster spot for baseball (though technically, you could), you'd have several "empty" roster spots on your baseball team. Does that make any sense?
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Post by finkle on May 17, 2009 17:51:41 GMT -6
great question...i'd think that official rosters would just be kept on a message board.
and yeah, i guess we'd all just have empty roster spots in yahoo
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Post by finkle on May 17, 2009 17:53:04 GMT -6
a fun way of doing waivers that i do in a college league is they're ordered by the round pick you're willing to drop (if you're willing to drop a guy you picked up in round 3, etc.)
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Post by tornadorider on May 18, 2009 12:36:42 GMT -6
How would you determine who gets what city?
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Post by finkle on May 18, 2009 15:43:58 GMT -6
i think we can all just pick a city.....and if there are any major disputes, they should be decided with a good ol' fashioned pissing contest.
btw, what about doing some sort of contract system for keepers? (krall - don't you do something like this for your bball league?)
something simple....like 12-15 contract years to be divided any way you please.....once your guy's contract years are used up, he goes into the FA pool. not all years must be used, so you can hoard them to wait for guys to be released
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