The Dark Knight League

[moneymaze]

[quote:bcef55f7fd="TomSiebert"]How about peanuts to be picked out of turds?[/quote:bcef55f7fd]
And we're done with the afternoon snack.

[LANCEBOUSLEY]

From about 4:30 pacific time till around 10:30.

I have a proxies set up but the peanuts are few and very obvious by now.

Only two picks left so i hope to not hold everything up.

when are we planning to load and draft and once we do will it be frenzy so we can start on monday?

[moneymaze]

[quote:b059cb4634="akindian"]when are we planning to load and draft and once we do will it be frenzy so we can start on monday?[/quote:b059cb4634]

Can't see us finishing loading until tomorrow night... I don't think we can start Monday if that's the case.

If we load tonight, that might be different, but there's still two rounds to go, and loading usually takes a day or so.

I'll be away from a computer for a little bit, but I don't think it's going to get back to me over the next hour.

[Al Hogg]

[quote:650d890549]when are we planning to load and draft and once we do will it be frenzy so we can start on monday?[/quote:650d890549]

We're close enough that I understand the frenzy temptation, but we've traditionally always done a waiver wire and I think it is fairer for those who cannot be online when the league runs.

Barring any strange disappearances in the final rounds (a la IrishJoe a few seasons back), this will be by far the quickest 24-round draft we've done. I am pleased and amazed that we are in a position to even consider the possibility of starting on Monday.

I can't, however, imagine finishing loading tonight, and if we finish loading Saturday for a Monday evening waiver wire, that means starting a week from Monday. (That happened in one of my 1986 leagues; I geared up to make a bunch of necessary adjustments immediately after the waiver wire ran, then ended up sitting around for a week.)

Well, maybe it will give me time to figure out a way to improve my relief pitching. :roll:

[LANCEBOUSLEY]

I WISH relief pitching was my worry. I'm really regretting the Kotchman pick at #3 instead of a solid #2 * SP.

What was I thinking?

[MEAT]

we actually could have finished and loaded tonight...I set a bunch of proxies in case we got to round 24, which we did, but not enough weasels to get me to my stadium pick, so give me mcafee coliseum

[uptownmastermind]

Finished a blog post before making the final pick.... yeah, I'm definitely going to make some offers.

Hanna is likely keeping me indoors, so I guess I'll chat tomorrow.

[TomSiebert]

I'm GLAD we didn't load last night; I prefer waivers to frenzy (though, let's face it, this is slim pickins), and I like a week to analyze opponents, get to know my guys, prepare lineups and rotations and strategy, talk trades, ruminate the fascinating statistical vagaries of lefty/righty matchups, and scratch my @ss.

Meanwhile, after much contemplation, the Dogtown Dark Patriots, managed by timeless legendary personality Ned "Casanova" Kelly, will field a flawed but fascinating team dedicating its season to the late and likewise F&F Heath Ledger.

tws

[TomSiebert]

Password sent to those in the East; final guy in the East: please send password to players in the Central.

East
djl3737 - 036
Zim - 041
thisisray - 185
Tom Siebert - DOGTOWN DARK PATRIOTS

Central
Meat - 382
Curt (moneymaze) - 493
Calbatross - 526
Al Hogg - 628

West
Akindian - 693
Jason (uptownmastermind) - 808
Turtle - 949
SGT D (bed) - 964

We're playing, as usual, by Advanced Rules: Waivers, no frenzy; shifting 5/10/20 scale on dropping players, etc.

tws

[Al Hogg]

Thanks for setting this up, Tom.

The Gotham City Shadows, led by the new arch-villian "The Injector," are ready to go when it's time for the Central. The Injector (who bears a resemblance to Brian McNamee) has assembled a nefarious squad (including Clemens and Sosa) and intends to rule the league with his evil ways!

Reminder to make sure your final two players still keep you under $72 million and to make sure they haven't already been drafted. Note that many 50-centers have already been picked (mostly by me).

On the other hand, since Meat couldn't figure out how to set up his proxies to make sure he got a stadium :roll: , Tyner is available.

Salaries After 23 Players:

ElkoSkipper 71.00
BalmerBaseball 70.99
Zim13 70.91
Turtle 70.87
Calliaume 69.92
Akindian 69.80
Uptownmastermind 69.35
He'sMeat 68.89 (subtracting Tyner)
Calbatross 68.64
DJL3737 66.22
ThisIsRay 64.13
SGTD 62.9