Ultimate Strat League Chat

[joethejet]

Hey Guys,

thought I'd start this and see if anyone's up for commenting on the league.

As I mentioned in my earlier email, we got the short end on our pitching and then made simultaneous trades that left my SPs still with two * pitchers! Oh well, we're happy to get Roberts out of the deal.

Anyone else got some thoughts?

Jet (Butte Roadrunners)
www.angelfire.com/games5/joethejet

[carlerik]

This is my first 2007 team. I did get most of the guys that I wanted. I am (obviously) going with mediocre pitching with some homerun hitters in a homer friendly park. I am hoping that my strong up the middle infield defense and Molina behind the plate will somewhat offset the crummy pitching. We will see.

Carl (Millersville Monsters) - Millersville, MD if anyone is interested

[JIMSANTORA]

Good idea with the message board....

The Hellyeahs are in their 2nd year and 3rd team.... Still prefer the roll of the dice but this is the one place where I can play with my brother (Woodbury) and an old friend (Hammonton)... We had a dice league back in the late 80's and early 90's....

As far as this Hellyeah team... My pitching looks pretty strong and I have a decent starting lineup.... My bench and bullpen will be a question mark but we will make out adjustments and see what happens...

Good Luck to everyone!!!!

Jim
Maple Shade Hellyeahs

[joethejet]

My First 2007 team also. It will be an interesting team. Kind of balanced with pretty good speed. Not a lot of power (but, hey, we're in Busch)

Our pitching is worse than we had hoped as we didn't get much of our SPs and had to go to a mediocre 5 man staff. Hopefully Verlander can lead the way. We're going to give up a lot of HRs. Hopefully there won't be a lot of guys on base.

I think we're going to need Bell to eat up a ton of innings and pitch well.

I'm trying to figure out the Hellyeahs. Good first 3 sps. Pen is also deep, but the defense isn't all that stellar.

Millersville OTOH can really pick the ball up. :shock: Solid if not spectacular sps. Only one real good RP. Has some power for sure.

Jet
www.angelfire.com/games5/joethejet

[JOHNORDILLE]

[quote:0646270fb9="jukester1523"]Good idea with the message board....

The Hellyeahs are in their 2nd year and 3rd team.... Still prefer the roll of the dice but this is the one place where I can play with my brother (Woodbury) and an old friend (Hammonton)... We had a dice league back in the late 80's and early 90's....

As far as this Hellyeah team... My pitching looks pretty strong and I have a decent starting lineup.... My bench and bullpen will be a question mark but we will make out adjustments and see what happens...

Good Luck to everyone!!!!

Jim
Maple Shade Hellyeahs[/quote:0646270fb9]

That was a lot of fun playing live, I'll really miss that. I guess things haven't changed much, I went for offense :lol:

In fact, I had to do some serious roster shuffling to get another hitter in the lineup (Renteria). I want to load my lineup and not use my bench, but I guess that looks obvious. For the money I spent, I guess I can't complain a whole lot about my pitching. But I'll get back to y'all when my Team ERA is 8, and my Team BA is .200.

edit: This is my first year and first team playing online, but as Jim said, we played this and football for several years, a while back.

Jack, Hammonton Tornadoes.

[carlerik]

I just dropped Ortiz and Beltre and picked up A-Rod and Konerko. In other words, I gave up players who hit a combined 61 homeruns for players who hit a combined 85. I have good speed too. The question is will I win more 9-8 games than I lose. I don't know the answer to that yet.

Carl - Millersville Monsters

[JOHNORDILLE]

[quote:4ad79847f4="carlerik"]I just dropped Ortiz and Beltre and picked up A-Rod and Konerko. In other words, I gave up players who hit a combined 61 homeruns for players who hit a combined 85. I have good speed too. The question is will I win more 9-8 games than I lose. I don't know the answer to that yet.

Carl - Millersville Monsters[/quote:4ad79847f4]

I guess I am going to have to try to out-hit you, my power numbers are more modest, but my starting 9 have a team batting average of .307.
To my opposition, it might seem like they are being nibbled to death by a duck :lol:

[joethejet]

I'm still playing FTF. In fact, we have our draft tonight. Kind of tough sometimes juggling the on-line with the FTF, but it's still fun to get together and roll the dice. Although, I can't roll the 20 sided for spit. :evil:

Might be willing to deal Zito if someone's looking for a * starter.

Jet

[joethejet]

Ready to roll tonight. What do you guys think of your teams?

Jet

[JOHNORDILLE]

[quote:f14182ff2b="joethejet"]Ready to roll tonight. [b:f14182ff2b]What do you guys think of your teams?
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Jet[/quote:f14182ff2b]
my GM's job is in jeopardy :(