Poison Pills Draft is running...

[UGLYJERRY]

This is going to be really hard, but too late now I can't even take Gwynn either. :( So first pick will be The Wizard of OZ.

Ugly

[Rigged Splits]

I was seriously considering that pill. I also originally thought that you only needed one side W. I'm glad I didn't take it...too much work involved.

[seanreflex]

Hey Ice,

I don't have any issues with you -- we've played together alot. You can't always tell what someone's tone is on the boards, but I didn't take it as "hardass" or "negative". My response was simply to let all know my feelings.

I know I have to trade somewhat lopsided, and I'm good with that. But, if I have Lowenstiens best card and you have Grubb's worst, you'd pull the trigger if I offered it up :wink: :P

My poison will be that it will cost me more to make the trades; I'm good with that. I have never been able to take advantage in trades, and don't intend to here. I will be offering lots of trades, early and often, and I'll offer good values to make them enticing to other managers, in order to fulfill my poison.

It will be alot of fun. Trades spice up these leagues. No issues with you and me ice -- we're "cool" :lol:

We're doing the draft on Penn's site, right? Man, I LOVE LOVE LOVE live drafts.

Question: can I start trading my eight players the minute the draft starts?

Sean

[LMBombers]

Hey Sean, Remember you have to keep in mind other owner's poisons too. You can't trade Mike Witt to the team that has to have all .75 pitchers in the Kingdome. You can't trade me Jack Clark because one of his cards was with St. Louis, an 80's World Series winner, because I have the wanabe pill, etc.

This will make it a little more difficult to trade too.

[seanreflex]

LMB,

you make a good point -- all the constraints on the other 11 teams will make it a challenge to trade --- that makes it even more fun :wink: :shock:

[YountFan]

We all agree it will be fun so lets get the ball rolling.

T Rich, is penn's site ready?

[the icemen]

clarification onm the raines issue...if raines has a w on the right side in say 83 and on the left side in 85 he would fit the pill. The reason the pill was made that way is for guys like aikens who would be a power hitter for that team because i believe he has a w on his left side ina year or 2.

make sense?

[the icemen]

sean i am cool with you as well...i have no doubt of your character...i am reasoning this through as the debate goes on....it is a good point that you have the constraint of the other pills as well but it is only 8 players....shit i have traded 8 players before some seasons have started.

the thing about theme leagues is that it takes a few seasons to work out all the kinks and then when you do people are bored with the theme. :shock: i am fine moving ahead but if someone violates the rules in this league we have no leg to stand on...because we have no rule to point to TSN to say help.

So i guess i will be the last guy you are going to come to with a trade since i am going to hook up the milking machine :wink:


The draft will officially begin at 8AM eastern with the compromised 2 hour time window as I have not heard any debate to the contrary. We can make picks today when the site is set...but there is no clock running.
As for stadiums....duplicates are ok because the pills have already given us dupes

ice

[the icemen]

Does anyone need draft site instructions?

if someone says yes can somebody here please post the link and directions on how to use the site?

i don't really have enough experience to write instructions for everyone

thanks

[the icemen]

EAST
1)Can't Win the Big One - Uglyjerry - Speed Merchants
2) Grove City Beulah's - T.Richardson - The Chill Pill
3) Take a chill Pill - sogcomando - PILL #6THE PAT SAJAK TEAM
4)Petticoat Junction Locomotives - Iceman - Gopher Ballers in the Kingdome

CENTRAL
5)Badger State Cheesewheels - Parkav97 - All Minority Team
6)Hoboken XXXXXX - Sykes - Slap hitters in the Murph
7)YountFan Poisonous Ragarms - YountFan - All 750k starting staff playing in the Kingdome
8)Hong Kong Cavaliers - buckaroo banzai - Lee Majors Team 10 x 6M

WEST
9)Krazy Keeshonds - Fitch70 - Players from 1 Division 80's AL West
10)Fruit of the Poisonous Tree - Seanreflex - must trade 8 players during the course of a season
11)Poison XXX - LMBombers - the wanabe pill
12)Hooterville ???? - Rigged Splits - all platoon pill


Parkav97
1. All minority team. 100% of your pitching staff and your entire field players must be non-caucassions and you must play in the whitest city in America...Minneapolis-St Paul...The Metrodome

YountFan
2. All 750k starting staff playing in the Kingdome

Sogcomando
6. The Pat Sajak team...all players first and last names end with a consanant.

buckaroo banzai
9. Lee Majors Team. At least 10 players or pitchers including DH must be 6 million dollars or more.

sykes
10. Slap Hitters in The Murph... Your entire roster of position players must not average more than 10 hrs and you play your home games in the Murph.

Iceman
11. Gopher ballers in The Kingdome...Your entire staff of pitchers must have an average ERA of over 4.

Fitch70
13. Players from 1 division only. Defined as a majority of their years as being played for teams within that division. Tie breakers going to the first team played for. Selected division is 80's AL West

T.Richardson
14. The chill pill, players must be from one of the following; Detroit, Minnesota, Toronto, Montreal, Seatle, and both Chicago's

LMBombers
16. The wanabe pill. Players must be from a team aht did NOT win a series during the 80's

SeanReflex
17. The jack McKeon pill. You must trade 8 guys during the course of the season. You can do multiple players, but 8 must go. they could be one a week or all at once.

Rigged Splits
21. The all platoon team. You must have 2 players for each position and noone can play every day...a totally seperate lineup for LHP and RHP. And your pitching staff must have all RH SP and LH RP or vice versa

Ugly Jerry
24. Speed Merchants All position players must have at least B stealing and 14 running and have at least one season per side of the plate with a W in their power collumn. Ademndemfor catchers: We will exclude the B steal rating and just make it 1-11 running...the w power on at least one card stands.