Fantasy Baseball 2012

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on February 26, 2012

We are doing our 4th fantasy baseball league this year. In years past I’ve limited it just to Flappers but we’ve had some trouble with team owners staying involved for the ENTIRE year so I’m opening it up to my facebook friends, too. The guys here who have been in the league in the past and who haven’t crapped out on it will be given priority in the league. If we need a few more committed players I will dip into my facebook pool of friends. A lot of them read the blog though don’t ever post anything……

We are going to be doing a LIVE DRAFT this year. Prepare to attend that for at least 2 hours. The league is at ESPN this year. No cost. As usual, the Rich Aurilia bobblehead is up for grabs to whoever comes in first place. Obviously, that bobblehead resides at Casa de Flavor where most sane prognosticators expect it to remain. But we’ll see about THAT, won’t we? 🙂 I’ve got the league set for 12 teams but will adjust that number accordingly to get the optimum number of COMMITTED team owners…….

Last year, Bozo donated an encased Jason Schmidt signed ball. On the outside it reads “The Flap Fantasy Who’s a Clown Now? Award”— that was intended to go to the team who came in last place last year. That team owner indicated to me that it didn’t feel right to get a cool award like that just for giving up on the season and I agreed. So I still have the ball. It will still go to the team that finishes in last place this season (again, I am counting on genuine participation for the entire season).

I’m kicking around the idea of the Barry Bonds bobblehead doll that Dirt gave me as a prize too. Stay tuned. The deal with ALL of these *awards* is that you have to agree to send them on to whoever wins it the next season. Honor system.

So email me if you want in on the league. Off the top of my head, the Flappers who participated with the most focus and interest last year were Edd, Blade, Bozo, Dennis, PAWLIE KOKONUTS, NoTalent and Dirt. There were a couple other teams who did and a couple who didn’t and I just can’t remember them without digging around in the Yahoo site (which I’m not taking the time to do right now)……

email: bigflavor77@gmail.com

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And as I said on the last thread, we’ve recently joined the Baseball Blogger’s Alliance. The links are to the right. This will allow us to stay connected to other active blogs. There’s other stuff that goes on at the BBA, I just haven’t had time to figure it all out. It’s a very cool idea though, and The Flap is proud to have accepted membership…….

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twinfan1 said, on February 26, 2012 at 12:02 pm

Well, good luck to all the fantasy players. And good luck to Craig with his esteemed colleagues- recognition at last!
Del Mar Dennis said, on February 26, 2012 at 12:58 pm

Thanks, Flav. Looking forward to it again this year. Especially with the live draft. I believe ESPN already have their mock draft rooms going so people can get a practice run and know what to expect. Now comes the hardest part — thinking up a funny team name. I’m putting “NO Whitey” to rest. I wish the Giants would do the same.
Big flavor said, on February 26, 2012 at 2:06 pm

You set the humor bar pretty low with the “no Whitey” team name. Excellent outcome: no where to go but up!
Twinner, there’s always a standing invitation for you to play.’bout time someone drafts a team using WAR numbers as their guide!
- twinfan1 said, on February 26, 2012 at 3:17 pm
  
  Thanks, but I’m having problems. Don’t you win every year anyway?
  - Flavor said, on February 26, 2012 at 3:26 pm
    
    well, the *other* years aren’t important, Twin. Last year? Yes, as the Rich Aurilia Bobblehead that sits a few feet away clearly indicates (he’s bobbin’ like a motherfucker right now), I won last year.
    Blade won the year before that….I forgot who won the first year. We didn’t have a prize. I think we only did it for the message board ::) 🙂 🙂 🙂
    Edd showed up as a newbie last year and decided he needed some starting pitching. His first move was to trade Mark Teixiera for Phil Hughes. Um, he got better after that. Edd was the perfect example of what’s great about fantasy baseball. You can start off knowing nothing and still own and field a team. At one point last year I think he had 14 pts. The fewest possible points you can have is 10— you would be ranked last in each of the 10 scoring categories for a total of 10 pts. He ended the year at about 54 pts or so, quite respectable and a huge bounce from where he was in June. I think I ended with around 118 pts or so. That’s how I roll. Anyway, if you’re into it there is literally no end to how much fun you’ll have learning and playing the game. He got a lot better and I’m sure he’s hooked on the game, as I am. I know Blade is obsessed with the game after being introduced to it 2 years ago…..
zumie said, on February 26, 2012 at 3:10 pm

Well, I don’t think I’ve ever watched an NBA All-Star game, and I ain’t gonna start today. NASCAR, no….NFL combine, no….Sharks, uh……Cal vs. Colorado in men’s college hoops, OK, that’s the ticket….
- Flavor said, on February 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm
  
  tell me about it—zero in the sports world right now. This morning I overloaded on saberstat exposure. Then, even though it was cold I dragged Katie out to Foothills Park. Now, back to the fantasy baseball studying…
Bozo said, on February 26, 2012 at 3:53 pm

Isn’t the official name of the FFL trophy, the broken headed Rich Aurilia Bobblehead Doll? By the way the last place prize allows the winner to sign whatever the fuck he wants on the ball. I think as the donor I wrote “Fuck You. Bozo”.
Come on in Twin, the water is fine and a live draft should be funny as hell.
Flavor said, on February 26, 2012 at 3:56 pm

Pulled this quote from Rowand from A-Pav’s blog (gotta give that guy credit, he is ALL OVER the details of this Spring. He’s filling in for Baggs nicely).
Rowand said: “It turned into a situation where we had a lot of outfielders, a lot of outfielders that were used to playing every day, that had played every day in other places,” Rowand said. “So I just got shuffled in and out of the lineup, and it was tough to get a rhythm. For me personally, the last couple of years there definitely weren’t as enjoyable as I would have hoped.

“Physically, it’s a difficult park to hit in. It gets you mentally, too. The gaps in that place are 404 in left-center and 421 in right-center, and because it’s only 309 down the line, the right fielder doesn’t play straight up. He plays in right-center. So when you hit line drives to right field or right-center field that you think are base hits and they end up outs, mentally you kind of feel like there’s no hits for me over there, and you start getting into bad habits.”

First paragraph breakdown: you didn’t start getting shuffled in and out of the line up until you’d blown like a MILLION chances to start in CF every day. Your continued suckitude for months at a time necessitated the move to *shuffling* you in and out of the line up, ultimately shuffling you right off the team. But fuck Rowand for suggesting that *out of the blue* he started getting part time playing.
Second paragraph analysis: I love how he breaks down the outfield dimensions and attributes that to getting in his head. Dude, did you ever even hit a ball to the outfield? Shit, he hit 137 billion weak ground balls to 3rd base. I’m surprised he didn’t complain about the positioning of the players at 3rd and SS, the only 2 places he ever hit a fucking ball.
- Flavor said, on February 26, 2012 at 3:59 pm
  
  I also love how he says it was a situation of “a lot of outfielders who were used to playing other places every day”…..Um, didn’t Torres take his job?
  - DJLoo said, on February 26, 2012 at 4:03 pm
    
    Torres was used to playing in a vacant lot.
  - Flavor said, on February 26, 2012 at 4:05 pm
    
    Loo why aren’t you winning more of the BBOTDPOTD’s? That was a page that many would predict you would lay waste to.
DJLoo said, on February 26, 2012 at 4:05 pm

I don’t know the first thing about fantasy baseball. Do you think I can handle it? I’m sure I have a good prize or two to donate…
- Flavor said, on February 26, 2012 at 4:07 pm
  
  You’d figure it out.
  Here’s the test:
  Do you know what stolen bases, runs, hr’s, rbi’s, batting average, wins, saves, ERA, WHIP and strikeouts are? If you’ve heard of at least 8 of those stats you could probably hang with Edd. If you know all 10? This Richie bobblehead might be making it’s way to New York……
DJLoo said, on February 26, 2012 at 4:07 pm

You have 5 minutes to get down on Smoking G in the 8th at Santa Anita…
- Flavor said, on February 26, 2012 at 4:10 pm
  
  Loo, you’re making me nostalgic for the horse racing blog!
Del Mar Dennis said, on February 26, 2012 at 4:50 pm

Speaking of horse racing…I suggested to Bob Neumeier, “Neumy,” yesterday morning before he won the Risen Star that racing fans should refer to El Padrino only by his Spanish translation — “The Godfather” because of all the great movie quotes we could use when he runs. I proceeded to throw out a few examples and he liked the idea. So much so that he said he’d come up with a sketch when he works for NBC (carrying the Triple Crown) and give me the on-air credit. I said I’d rather have the off-air cash for coming up with the idea, but thanked him nonetheless.

“They just shot Algorithms on the causeway.”
Flavor said, on February 26, 2012 at 4:56 pm

Neumy is an idiot, one of the worst on-air handicappers I’ve ever seen. Dennis, as far as I can tell, you don’t get out much. How and why are you talking to this dude?
- Del Mar Dennis said, on February 26, 2012 at 5:34 pm
  
  He and I have been long time participants over at the racing chat room. We have a little repoire going. You’re right, he’s not a great handicapper, but TV doesn’t ask nor expect him to be another Andy Beyer. He’s in the Hank Goldberg group. A side-kick and hopefully some comedy relief. He and his partner, Mike Battaglia make for a few laughs.
Del Mar Dennis said, on February 26, 2012 at 5:49 pm

Billy Crystal was made to host the Oscars. He’s a huge baseball fan (Yankee) as well.
He at least made contact and hit a foul ball in his ST AB a few years back.
Not too shabby for a 60-year-old. I think it’s safe to say that most here would have only got the Dan Patrick “whiff.”
- snarkk said, on February 26, 2012 at 7:49 pm
  
  I’ll hit the damn ball out over the right field wall right handed AND left handed, and to left center and center right handed. Gimme the damn bat….
Del Mar Dennis said, on February 26, 2012 at 5:56 pm

I’m making myself a mean Sunday Gravy tonight. Sausage and ground beef (96%).
Think I’ll go with the penne pasta. It absorbs the gravy well.
- Bozo said, on February 26, 2012 at 6:05 pm
  
  If not pasta, biscuits always works.
Del Mar Dennis said, on February 26, 2012 at 6:06 pm

Flav, on this Oscar night I’ve been tweeting to Richard Dreyfuss all sorts of “Let It Ride” quotes.
I’ve yet to get a response. I’ll keep trying. “Nothing ventured…nothing ventured.”
Flavor said, on February 26, 2012 at 6:29 pm

anyone that hasn’t seen that movie needs to, horse racing fan or not. I saw it last week for the first time in a couple of years—probably my 30th (50th?) time or so watching it. It’s epic and timeless. I wonder what TedSpe thinks of it? He’s more of an affluent lover of films maybe more focused on the acting. And it’s possible I’m just an idiot holding on to my youth a little too much. Movies like Let it Ride don’t get made anymore and never will again. That alone qualifies it as timeless…..
- snarkk said, on February 26, 2012 at 7:55 pm
  
  Bull Durham — my favorite sports movie ever; other than “Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice”…
  - Del Mar Dennis said, on February 26, 2012 at 8:50 pm
    
    I had you down for Liz Taylor in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”
    Although I never can say no to a Natalie movie.
  - snarkk said, on February 26, 2012 at 9:45 pm
    
    You’re right with Liz in that one DMD, smokin’.
    If she as Maggie the Cat couldn’t get a rise out of Brick, nobody could…
zumie said, on February 26, 2012 at 8:36 pm

I’ve generally not liked baseball movies over the years. I don’t know why. They just never seem quite right to me, for some reason. “Moneyball” is a good one. I remember liking “Eight Men Out.” Maybe a couple of others.
Flavor said, on February 26, 2012 at 8:45 pm

The only straight sports movie I ever loved was Hoosiers. Let it Ride wasn’t a sports movie. I saw Bull Durham and all the rest, they never really did it for me. Hoosiers was epic……
- snarkk said, on February 26, 2012 at 9:48 pm
  
  Hoosier’s was cool.
  I just never could get past the Dennis Hopper character. And Barbara Hershey — nuh uh…
  - snarkk said, on February 26, 2012 at 9:52 pm
    
    Staying with Indiana, I liked Breaking Away better than Hoosiers, sorta a sports story, more of a coming of age thing, really…
Del Mar Dennis said, on February 26, 2012 at 8:57 pm

Sports movies? Off the top of my head and in no particular order…
Rocky, Raging Bull, Brian’s Song, North Dallas Forty, The Longest Yard, The Bad News Bears, The Pride of the Yankees and if you consider pool a sport, The Hustler.
- Macdog said, on February 26, 2012 at 9:26 pm
  
  Excellent choices. I’d also throw in Slap Shot.
- snarkk said, on February 26, 2012 at 9:50 pm
  
  Huster was damn good. Very believable.
  Jackie Gleason at Fats was awesome…
  - snarkk said, on February 26, 2012 at 9:53 pm
    
    The HustLer was good, too.
    Need a Makers to straighten out the typing…