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and I have aged, delicious smokes to contribute......my fiver will probably be all Opus, Anejo, and/or Padron!

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1. shilala (scott)
2. Jarrod (JenksAnejo)
3. Stephen (stephen)
4. Matty (mattso3000)
5. Mark (mkarnold1)
6. Mike (Coach Deg)
7. Dom (jonumberone)
8.Albert (awsmith4)
9. Coach Mike's Ringer (he who has yet to be named)
10. Jarrod's buddy

We are full up. Congratulations, Gentlemen!!! :tu
If need be, we can go to 12 guys, although I'd really like to avoid it. Ten guys is perfect for the way I have the league set up and absolutely anyone can reach the playoffs with a minimum amount of effort.
I know Hugh is having a tough time filling up his league, just like we did. If we need to make room to take in those guys, I think we really have to do it. We'll cross that bridge if we come to it.

I had a sticky with the league name, ID# and password here, I can't find it. Will someone please forward that info to me so I can send a league-wide pm?
I'll figure out a draft date, too. I'm figuring on a Sunday evening at 8:00pm EST. That always works out best. I'm going to run the draft asap, that way guys will have lots of time to adjust for injuries, pre-season cuts, and working on making your team the best it can be for opening day.
It needs to be on the 18th, 25th, or the 1st of April. I want to shoot for the 25th. Let's make that the tentative date.

Jarrod and Mike, you guys will need to get your guys signed up immediately if not sooner. Please let me know when that's done.

Here's a biggie...
Your username at Yahoo ABSOLUTELY MUST include your CA screen name. Otherwise no one knows who they're playing, and that sucks. Right now we have four guys signed up, I have no clue who 2 of them are. It makes it impossible for me to pm guys or contact guys if I don't know who they are. It makes things really tough.

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Ty, we'll make room for you, but right now you're the odd guy. We'll have to get one more in order for you to play, and that has to happen before draft on the 25th.
I don't think it'll be a problem. Normally I wouldn't stretch the league at this point, but you played with us last year, so you got clout, brother. :tu

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1. shilala (scott)
2. Jarrod (JenksAnejo)
3. Stephen (stephen)
4. Matty (mattso3000)
5. Mark (mkarnold1)
6. Mike (Coach Deg)
7. Dom (jonumberone)
8.Albert (awsmith4)
9. Coach Mike's Ringer (he who has yet to be named)
10. Jarrod's buddy

On The Bubble...
11. thecatch83 (Ty)
12.

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If Ty wants in I will just share my team with my son.

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Since Ty played last year bump my buddy Jake out for now. We can use Jake as a last resort if need be, lol. I would rather have regs from this board playing with us!

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Both you guys can't drop your guys or we're down to 9. :)
I honestly hope you'll both just stand pat. Mike, this should be fun for your son. Same with Jake, Jarrod. It's no problem for both of them to play. It helps the troops and biggers the prize pool.
If we end up with 20 guys, that's fine. We'll just go to divisional play and I'll adjust how many guys we can keep on the bench and DL and trim position players back. We'll just have smaller teams.
Most importantly, I want everyone to play that wants to play. Having fun is far more a priority than keeping the league to 10 guys. :tu

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I'm good either way....just let me know! Great cause and the first place haul sounds great!!!

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So was this your plan to dominate me, Scott? To, "conveniently" forget to tell me when the draft date was? Well played, sir.

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I'll do whatever it takes, brother. :D

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Couple observations...

1. Even though ten people have agreed to play, only four have signed up on the actual Yahoo website where your team will be drafted & managed.

2. Seriously, when's the draft???:D

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I'm getting ready to send a pm with that info. I just found the league sign-up info yesterday, it was between my desk and computer.
Draft is Sunday at 8pm EST. (I still need to set it up in the system.)
The League ID is 39618
The league name is Cigar Asylum 2012
The password is cigars
Everyone needs to get signed up right away.

If it stands at 11 guys, I'll draft another team to make it an even 12 and assign that team to someone who jumps in late, or I'll give it to Weeze, or whatever.
That is all.

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I'll have Jake sign up on both sites tonight.

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I lied about the draft time. 8:00 on Sunday is not available. I coulod take 8:00 on Saturday, but I figured everyone will be busy.
It will be at 6:15 EDT, Live Standard Draft, it will autopick your team if you are not there. You can preset your draft rankings if you like.

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Works for me Scott, should work for both of us as well.

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1. shilala (scott)
2. Jarrod (JenksAnejo)
3. Stephen (stephen)
4. Matty (mattso3000)
5. Mark (mkarnold1)
6. Mike (Coach Deg)
7. Dom (jonumberone)
8.Albert (awsmith4)
9. Coach Mike's Ringer (he who has yet to be named)
10. Jarrod's buddy

On The Bubble...
11. thecatch83 (Ty)
12.

We need one more player, be a hero!!! :D

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I'm all signed up and I made a very cryptic team name

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1. shilala (scott)
2. Jarrod (JenksAnejo)
3. Stephen (stephen)
4. Matty (mattso3000)
5. Mark (mkarnold1)
6. Mike (Coach Deg)
7. Dom (jonumberone)
8.Albert (awsmith4)
9. Coach Mike's Ringer (he who has yet to be named)
10. Jarrod's buddy

On The Bubble...
11. thecatch83 (Ty)
12.

We need one more player, be a hero!!!

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I suck at fantasy baseball but what the heck! My humidor overfloweth and I need to share the wealth!
I'll be number twelve and send you the entry fee!

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Hey, looks like we got our twelve!!! Now it's time for me to dominate the draft and constantly mismanage my team into an 8 month descent from first to last place!

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AHHHH YEAH Andy's in!!! Let's do this!

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It's go time!!! Fiver of Opus inbound.........BOOM!

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My stepson and I will get signed up Thursday night or Saturday. We are so busy with little league, school, soccer..... We haven't had a chance yet.

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1. shilala (scott)
2. Jarrod (JenksAnejo)
3. Stephen (stephen)
4. Matty (mattso3000)
5. Mark (mkarnold1)
6. Mike (Coach Deg)
7. Dom (jonumberone)
8.Albert (awsmith4)
9. Coach Mike's Ringer (he who has yet to be named)
10. Jarrod's buddy Jake?
11. thecatch83 (Ty)
12. blugill (andy)

That's a wrap, guys.
Everyone make sure you get signed up. :tu

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Who runs the Predators team?

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Jake should be signed up this evening on both websites. He's driving back from Columbus, OH from an interview with the Blue Jackets!

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I do, I'll get my CA name in my team name.

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You musta got signed up before I got you the info, Andy. Sorry about that.

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No problem Scott!
It's all good!
I'll get my entry fee into you very quickly!

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Hello everyone. My name is Jacob and I am Jarrod's friend that will be participating in the fantasy baseball league. I wanted to introduce myself and tell you guys that its a priviledge to be able to play fantasy baseball with you all. I wish everyone the best of luck and I hope to get to know you all as the season progresses.

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:) Welcome Jake! Glad to have you, prepare for 2nd place!

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Whoa, not so fast. I haven't even won yet...

Welcome to Jacob as well:tu

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Welcome, I'd like to lay claim to last right now if I could.
Baseball is not my strong fantasy sport at all, it ranks right there with hockey for me in terms of player knowledge. Now the NFL on the other hand!!!!

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Welcome, Jake!!! Glad to have you on board. :)

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Scott I've never played Head to Head scoring before can you explain to me how it works? Do you get 1 point for winning the stat against your opponent? Say like I have 7 HR's vs 5 HR's do I get 1 point for winning the HR category? There's 20 possible points for the week?

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Yup.
I think there's 20 possible points, it's dictated by how many categories we have, and I forget how many I made. The season scores by W/L/T, so weekly wins against a team don't really factor much unless you get to tie-breakers at playoff time.
If you can stay above .500, you're in good shape. .560 usually wins top seed in the playoffs, it's that tight.
Factor that stuff in your strategy, because if you go for all 20 points every week, you generally lose miserably. Target 10 categories and build a strong team around those, then do what you can with the other 10.
Some weeks your matchups will yield 18 points, but that's thin. If you haven't built around categories, the next week you'll end up winning 2.

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Awesome I appreciate it brother! :tu

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My strategy will be to let Yahoo draft for me:)

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A question, with the staggered opening day games, when does the fantasy week start and end in a head to head league?

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I've won a couple leagues using that strategy.....but I think I will try and make the live draft this time around. After playing fantasy sports for nearly 20 years, it all comes down to injuries and waiver pick ups! The season isn't won or lost on draft day :tu

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So true. I'm the king of over-thinking things and mismanaging my team into the ground after a good draft. So much fun to draft, though.

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It will start on opening day and end on Sunday.
The league week runs Monday-Sunday. If it's shortened for whatever reason (like the All-Star break or opening week) it doesn't matter.

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1. shilala (scott) signed up
2. Jarrod (JenksAnejo) signed up
3. Stephen (stephen) signed up
4. Matty (mattso3000) signed up
5. Mark (mkarnold1) signed up
6. Mike (Coach Deg) signing up tonight
7. Dom (jonumberone) on vacation, will sign up as soon as he gets home
8.Albert (awsmith4) signed up
9. Coach Mike's Ringer (he who has yet to be named)
10. TheGhoulbags (Jake)
11. thecatch83 (Ty) signed up
12. blugill (Andy) signed up
I'll amend a list with everyone's username/name/Yahoo name as soon as Dom, Mike and Mike Jr. get signed up. :tu

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Thanks Scott!
I've just never tried a competitive baseball league before.
Forgive the newbie questions:)

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Ask as many questions as you need to, Andy. It's really pretty easy, but the more you know, the more fun it is.
Make sure to root around at Yahoo, too. When you go to the main (league page), check the link to scoring and settings up top on the right. That's basically all the "rules". If not rules, it kinda tells you how this all works. If there are any terms or categories you don't fully understand, please ask. Someone will certainly help.
After the draft, you'll need to know how to pick up free agents from waivers. You can see that stuff by going to the "Players" tab on the league page. It's really very simple.
You'll also need to learn how to set up your team for the week. Some days you'll have guys that don't play. You'll want to put your bench guys in for those guys.
You can set your line-ups for 5 or 6 days ahead. The system won't tell when you're pitchers will be starting until like 3 days before their start. That's because no one knows what the rotation will look like in four or five days, all they could do is guess.
Once you get the hang of it, it only takes a cup of coffee to check your team, and you really only have to check it every few days unless you're super hard-core or really enjoy it.
I enjoy it. And I'm super hard-core. :D

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Because I'm too lazy to look it up, do we set our lineups daily or weekly? FTR, I despise daily lineups.:hn

Also, there's still two people not signed up yet...:tt

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Weekly I believe! :noon

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FYI, I think the max teams is set to 10. You may want to bump it up to 12 so the other two can get in the league.

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Guys if we are one short of the 12. I will let my son run my team is Hugh's league. Just let me know.

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Mike I think we will have 12 including you and your son.