70s/80s Players Championship: Final 12 Projections

[PillPop]

It's spelled "Buechele," hotshot. :wink:

[chess2899]

Just noticed in the 70s/80s Championship that Echo and her Divas are making a run toward the playoffs. LasVegas picked her as the "Dark Horse" and it looks like Jen is making a run toward the playoffs.

Great recovery Jen! I was the original Dark Horse before choking in the Live drafts, but it looks like Jen has taken the baton in the final stretch.

Good Luck to all in the final weeks. I'll be back next year!

[ths92110]

Pillpop:

There is no tomorrow. There is also no chance of winning with the team you have. With 57 games to go it's time to throw all caution to the wind. Dump Lynn, Raines, Forsh, Beattie, Whitson and Thigpen. Try any of these guys and pray for the big years: Hitters: Grubb (86), Gladden (84), Calderon (87) Cowens (77), and maybe C. Davis (84) Armas (84), or Chris James (87). Pitchers: S.Davis (83 or 84), B. Walk (88), D. Rasmussen (86), B. Knepper (84), J. Johnson (80), or anybody else I haven't thought of.

Anything is better than this slow painful death, which for some reason I feel compelled to watch. At least you'll have gone down swinging!!

Vaya Con Dios my friend. To Hollywood and Glory!!!

[chess2899]

PillPop:

Nice group of loyal fans you have! :lol: :lol:

Also to Tom: "It is spelled PillPop hotshot!"

[Jimmy_C]

Those Dark Horse Divas have staged quite a comeback and are right in the thick of it. Who were your key acquisitions Jenn?

[echo22]

[quote:12a2c0cb29="Jimmy_C"]Those Dark Horse Divas have staged quite a comeback and are right in the thick of it. Who were your key acquisitions Jenn?[/quote:12a2c0cb29]

Well I hope Chess doesn't jinx me since I lost 2 of 3 last night :x I was 12 games under .500 a couple of weeks ago though so I'm just happy to be back in the wild card race. It would be an honor to be swept in the semis by the steamrolling hailedog!

Key acquisitions? Well most of my key acquisitions came during the first week when I dumped high draft picks Parker, Scott and Tudor. Mostly I've had guys underperforming (Higuera still has a 5.00+ ERA on a GOOD card) that are doing better now. I started off last in both hitting and pitching and was especially bad against lefties. Lopes, Petry, Cowens and Cerutti have probably been my key pickups but guys like Tabler and G. Walker have helped as well. And thankfully I didn't make a bad trade when I made Higuera, Whitaker and a few others available. Almost every guy offered to me eventually got dumped.

Anyway as fun as it was battling PillPop for the league's worst record it's probably better being over .500!!!!

[echo22]

[quote:c15f2fbb32="ths92110"]Pillpop:

There is no tomorrow. There is also no chance of winning with the team you have. With 57 games to go it's time to throw all caution to the wind. Dump Lynn, Raines, Forsh, Beattie, Whitson and Thigpen. Try any of these guys and pray for the big years: Hitters: Grubb (86), Gladden (84), Calderon (87) Cowens (77), and maybe C. Davis (84) Armas (84), or Chris James (87). Pitchers: S.Davis (83 or 84), B. Walk (88), D. Rasmussen (86), B. Knepper (84), J. Johnson (80), or anybody else I haven't thought of.

Anything is better than this slow painful death, which for some reason I feel compelled to watch. At least you'll have gone down swinging!!

Vaya Con Dios my friend. To Hollywood and Glory!!![/quote:c15f2fbb32]

In defense of PillPop ALL of those guys are on teams or have been tried out. It's been the most aggressive league I've ever played in. Probably close to 95% of the player pool has been used. Guys who often NEVER get picked up were being scooped up the first week. Literally we are down to the Bannisters, Moses, Plunks of the world. Even Scott "Freaking" Bailes is kicking butt in this league! Other than hailedog, who seemed to get everyone's best card, we are at HAL's mercy.

[echo22]

Okay chess has officially jinxed me! Lost again :cry:

[PillPop]

Open letter to ths--

I think I'm going to make one last drop-and-add flourish and call it a day on this team. I traded for Lynn knowing it wasn't his best card, but better than what I had. He hasn't been. I have a weaker Winfield card, but I've stuck with him. In the past, I've dropped studs only to find myself cycling through a whole bunch of lesser options. Jen is right: this has been an incredibly aggressive league. Everyone you'd want has been tried and dropped and tried again, many by me.

And Raines? I actually feel I have a good card that's just under-performing hugely.

This may just be one of those cursed teams. Not a good thing to have in a league full of top players.

Thanks for caring,
Stu

[hallerose]

It's been a tough, aggressive league. You could have thrown the 12 drafted teams in a hat and passed them out -- everyone seemed to be working from the same draft list. There were 200 transactions in the first 3 nights of the season. Everyone (every .800+ ops hitter, every $4M+ hitter, every 1/2 SS, every decent SP or RP -- even with just 1 good year) has been tried, most in the first week of the season. There are 2 or 3 positions that I would like to upgrade, but after checking the pool several times there just aren't better options. There are 5 SP with ERAs below 4 in the league -- not because there aren't any good SP cards, but because everyone has a good team. I think my team would win maybe 95 in an open league, but I'm going to be on the bubble for the playoffs here.