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Greetings!

I'm hopeful that a few owners will use this forum to run their pie holes once the auto draft runs its course. You spent $25 at some point might as well enjoy it - all season long.

Having spent some 15 months aways from this game, I plan to enjoy the heck out of it before Donald Rumsfeld sends me back to Iraq. :shock:

While I didn't spend much time playing BTT80s before my departure, I suspect not much has changed in the interim besides the level of competition. :twisted:

As such, I won't be surprised on 4 February to find that I lost 75% of my draft card and every team in my division calls a pitching park home! :cry:

So, we'll see if HAL gifts me any of my top 8:

[b:a2e54d97f6]Brett
Smith, O.
Butler
Doran
Gywnn
Boggs
Burke
Reuschel
[/b:a2e54d97f6]

To that end, "SWING BATTER, SWING!!!"

Semper Welcome back!!!!!!!!!!



Im in your league :D :D

Hey Gumby, what team are you? I'm Clash City, unfortunately in the West with Canucks64 (beware teams baring 40+ in their names). Glad to have you back in the game, and as a token of gratitude for your work overseas I'll not touch your top 8. I think I had:

Yount
Raines
Randolf
Clark
Stieb
Tettleton
Blyleven
Gamble

May the autodraft gods smile upon me!

LBC Sublime has Yount as well as #1 - let the games begin- Canucks 64 - that worried me as well- can't remember the rest of my card.. Lords of Strat- Please send me 1982 Robin Yount - sincerely your latest 5 pack buyer

[i:cb4ef3e67f]beware teams baring 40+ in their names[/i:cb4ef3e67f]

Those guys just never get it right and just keep trying and trying :D

I went.....

Clemens
Ryno
Oral

after that I dont really know.

I only wish we could frenzy in the 80s !!!! :D

[b:1900cd9ad3]Christmas! [/b:1900cd9ad3] :shock:

Five (5) posts in a TSN 80s league and it hasn't even drafted yet!

[b:1900cd9ad3]Unfrickenbelievable[/b:1900cd9ad3]

I own the proud Cleveland e-LEMON-ators club. :roll:

I thought about naming them the [b:1900cd9ad3]Cleveland Indians[/b:1900cd9ad3] but I didn't want to play down to the Tribe's 80s performance -

[i:1900cd9ad3]Harry Doyle: In case you haven't noticed, and judging by the attendance you haven't, the Indians have managed to win a few ball games, and are threatening to climb out of the cellar.[/i:1900cd9ad3]

I figure to find a bunch of lemons on my team just like the Tribe did through the 80s.

Now that Penngray is playing his ~40th plus team - I might as well let my wife manage this club. She probably will do much better tossing out the trash and while apply make-up to the clowns on my roster. :oops: [/i]

the west is loaded

Why do I sense my ballpark is for another league / division? :(

Im curious what other people think, but based on my experience:

Butler (3rd), Tettleton (6th), Clark (4th), reuschel (8th), Stieb (5th) are going to be tough. That is about as low as you want to go with those guys. I think I have missed each of those guys at those levels at some point-and Ive only played about 10 times. Never got Clark or Tet at those points but I think it is possible.

Burke actually does need to be placed that high to be sure youll get him. Somethings wrong with that cost vs ERA/WHIP ratio.

Gwynn and Boggs-NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Try 2nd and 3rd next time.

I have put Brett first twice and have gone 0 for 2.

If this game continues to grow and get more good players, Stieb is going to be a top 2 pick soon. When I started playing about a year ago I would get him 8th. I lost him at 5th recently.