Fantasy League Discussion Part #8

Kemp is on fire right now

Kyle is up at camp all weekend.....

Happy 4th of July everyone

Happy 4th Guys... 

Cronk
Powerade
Sparky
Uriss
Jesron

Man there is no better feeling when i bet a game and Hong-Chih Kuo the best reliever in the game comes in and protects my lead. The guy is a amazing. 2 IP 6K's just now. Lefties this year off of Kuo.....Wait for it.....0-30 . Happy 4th boys

I won 5-5!!!!

Well...it's a win for me.

Omar Infante over Joey Votto as an all star. Doesent get any better than that folks

I have no clue about that one. Very confused.

Here's the way I see it...

Votto should take Infante's spot and be the DH.

Latos should take Lincecum's spot without question.

Since I'm new to this...I've just found my pet peeve.

I HATE doing 2 different teams...going 1-1...and my winning team having more points than the losing team's opponent.

I won 54-43 and lost 25-43 (unless Alex Rios hits 3 homers)

I faced the same guy and he had pretty much the same lineups and had Wainwright going in both. I matched him with Wainwright in my winning match but lost with Hughes in my $50 match.

How come everone I face has made thousands doing this? I want to make thousands doing this?

And back to a question I asked earlier...what if you make thousands of dollars on this? Do you have to be taxed?

I have no idea how the payouts and taxes work. I doubt it. If so take $600 out a time if you are fortunate enough to get there.

Ya i never do more than 1 team that is not the same. I pick one team that i think is the best and i enter it in the $50, $25 and maybe a group league depending on who i have. That would piss me off to if i picked different players. Pick your best and stick with it. It may not be enough to beat one guy but it will to be another. Last night in my $50 i won 41-17. In the $25 i won 41-38. In the $10 in won 41-37.

Good thing I didn't do that because my "best" team would have lost. My backup team won. Which is like gambling. My "stronger" play loses while my "weaker" play wins.

But I would have lost both today because my opponent had a very similar team in both challenges and finished with identical scores.

That's where we differ. I live and breathe with the Yankees and if they don't make the playoffs...it hurts. Probably moreso because I post in the baseball forum an awful lot and I'd get ragged on forever along with the fact that I'd never hear the end of it from my Mets' Fan friends. Especially if they made it and the Yankees didn't.

And it's basically the competitve attitude between me and jpero. He knows I talk so much shit about the Orioles and he HATES it. If the Orioles were to be contenders and he prooves me wrong...he'd be on heaven. And vice virsa if they don't because bragging rights are really fun when it comes to me on the site.

But I do agree. If the Yankees don't make the playoffs...it's not the end of the world. There are things much worse/important. But...I do care about my favorite team(s) an AWFUL lot.

No need to leave me hanging. List it. And don't ever face me. I don't want to take your money. Or you take mine. At least until I build up my "bankroll".

O ya i agree. I will join a group but never head to head. It would suck taking eachothers money unless we both have like $500. Then we could talk shit back and forth. Heres what i have.

King Felix 8800
Carlos Santana 3200 ( I have noticed everyone picks him )
Miggy 3800
Kinsler 3500
Hanley 3900
Longoria 3300
Corey Patterson 2900
Austin Jackson 2700
Jeff Francouer 2700

Oviously not final. Trying to work Crawford in there some how. He owns the Sox and steals 15 bases every time they play. He has something like 50-60 straight against them

Yea...Santana has been a home run animal from the start but slowed down recently. I'll look mine through when the Rangers are done and I have $25 left because my matchup is based on Hamilton v Hamilton which I have already won.

Patterson, AJax and Francouer though? Interesting.

What I do is I check mlb.com's "beat the streak" and get the best averages against opposing pitchers and whatnot. It showed that Figgins hit over .300 against Bonderman so I chose him (for cheap) and he got me 3/4 with 2 runs scored. McCann had good numbers and hit a homer. And Wright and Bay had 5 and 6 points against Stammen. Looks like a nice plan.

And it seems as if Home Runs are the money maker...along with pitching. If you had Stubbs today...you probably had an automatic win.

I think Stubbs + Wainwright would beat most usual combos today.