OFFICIAL 2009 CU Baseball Fantasy *Congrats to LaneMyers85*

artistlost

Figured I would start a league. There are 16 teams allowed and I am running it through Yahoo.com. It is a head to head with playoffs and a live draft

the league name is
09 CU Baseball

ID#234381

the password is
psa

If anyone has any suggestions for settings let me know.

Also, not sure how it was done in the past but I would love to hear some sort of prizing structure. involving cards (not cash)

***I do ask that anyone that joins uses there CU username as their team name. This way we all know who is who. Also, only join if you are interested in playing the whole season (as we don't want people giving up half way).

thanks

mathew

artistlost

Here is a list of the teams to date.

1. artistlost
2. krems
3. richtree (PSA 11's)
4. jeffcbay
5. digdug
6. corvette1340
7. BigRedMachine
8. Cubby's Crew
9. Kidzfund
10. Morgoth
11. IchiroDeported
12. LaneMyers85
13. jswieton
14. Buffalo Bison hockey
15. mknez
16. lsutigers1973

if we can't find 16 teams of truly interested teams we may have to change this to 12.

mathew

Krems

Sounds fun....I'm in!

richtree

richtree is in --- aka the PSA 11's

jeffcbay

Joined! (Disposable Heroes)

EDIT: Crap, I just read the thing about using our screen name as a team name. Is that still a rule? I can change it if necessary.

artistlost

Just a friendly reminder to use your Collectors universe username as your team name in the pool.

For those who have joined under a different name if you could change it that would be great.

This will make it easier for everyone in the pool and at the end when it comes to prizing if we have any.

Thanks

mathew

jeffcbay

changed my team name to jeffcbay

Robby

Just Signed up ........... looking forward to playing you all for some entertaining fun !
Robbie

artistlost

bump for the night crew

BuffaloBisonsHockey

I'm in. Looking forward to a fun competitive league. Thanks.

John

fuj

I'm in.

Not sure about the settings - are those all the default settings? I've only played in 1 H2H baseball league before.

One recommendation I have would be to consider limiting the # of teams to either 12 or 14. The only reason I say this is because once you get too deep, the waiver wire pool becomes so shallow that the available players are pretty crappy. On one hand, going beyond say 10 teams makes it more challenging because a star player will not be readily available. On the other hand, if you make the available pool so shallow, a major injury to a top draft pick may eliminate you from playoff contention early on. Then it becomes more about luck than anything else.

Edited to add: Thanks for setting this league up Mathew!

Cubby

I'm in under "Cubby's Crew."

lanemyer85

When is the draft?

BigRedMachine

Been a fantasy football guy for a dozen years, I'll try this.

Signed up. Thx. Let me know what I owe, as I assume my team will suck.

shawn

lsutigers1973

If I can be home for the draft I would like to be in. Any idea when the draft is?

BigRedMachine

<< <i>If I can be home for the draft I would like to be in. Any idea when the draft is? >>




March 25th, 9:15 est

lsutigers1973

<< <i>March 25th, 9:15 est >>



I think I can make that time.

Morgoth

I'll play, I think I won the PSA league a few years ago.

kidzfund

I'm in. We're up to 11 teams.

Joe

lanemyer85

"If anyone has any suggestions for settings let me know."

well I think you're going to need to extend the rosters...I see no bench slots...normally the most basic leagues have at least 22-23 roster spots. I think I counted 17 roster spots there. Also might want to add 2 DL spots too. For categories, I would suggest dumping 2B & 3B and flipping those for OBP% and SL% or BB and OPS...and on the pitching side lose Losses for holds. Holds suck and are flighty but it helps to promote using RP that aren't closers and prevents people from loading up on SP. A 7 IP minimum is also too low, probably should be at least 20 IP per week.

If this league gets filled and enough people are interested I'll set up a ROTO style league...just a basic 12 team 6x6 with OPS or OBP and holds as the extra categories.

IchiroDeported

actually 14 teams now.
never played in any leagues bigger than 14. the draft will be LONG lol

IchiroDeported

my suggestions for stats:
balance on both sides. 7 hitting, 7 pitching.
also you need to expand the rosters and have a sizable bench.

W SV SO ERA WHIP Shutouts CG's
Hits Walks RUNS HR RBI SB AVG

jswieton

I would like to play. We should have some sort of wager (cards/unopened wax). When I try and sign up I get this error message. Can someone please let me know what I am doing wrong. Here is the League id and password I am useing

Leauge id: 234381
Password: psa

Error message:
There was a problem
This league is not registered in this game. (Error #272)
This league is from the free game. (Error #271)

BigRedMachine

When you go to Yahoo Sports, go to fantasy, then baseball, the top section is for a pay league.

Make sure you're trying to sign up for the free league a little further down the page.

That could be the problem, just guessing.

corvette1340

I'm in. Let's put up some cash baby! If anyone is interested in a friendly side bet let me know.

artistlost

Hello all,

Here is the full setting as I have them now

League ID#: 234381
League Name: 09 CU Baseball
Password: psa
Season Type: Full
Draft Type: Live Draft
Draft Time: Wed Mar 25 9:15pm EDT [ Add to My Calendar ]
Max Teams: 16
Scoring Type: Head-to-Head
Player Universe: All baseball
New Players Become Available: As soon as Yahoo! adds them
Max Moves: No maximum
Max Trades: No maximum
Trade Reject Time: 2
Trade End Date: August 16, 2009
Waiver Time: 2 days
Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo! Sports
Trade Review: League Votes
Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules
Max Acquisitions per Week: No maximum
Min Innings Pitched: 20
Weekly Deadline: Daily - Tomorrow
Start Scoring on: Week 1
Playoffs: Week 23, 24 and 25 (6 teams)
Roster Positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, Util, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL
Stat Categories: R, H, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, W, L, CG, SHO, SV, K, ERA, WHIP


As you can see i have 5 bench stops and 2 DL spots.

mathew

artistlost

<< <i>"If anyone has any suggestions for settings let me know."

well I think you're going to need to extend the rosters...I see no bench slots...normally the most basic leagues have at least 22-23 roster spots. I think I counted 17 roster spots there. Also might want to add 2 DL spots too. For categories, I would suggest dumping 2B & 3B and flipping those for OBP% and SL% or BB and OPS...and on the pitching side lose Losses for holds. Holds suck and are flighty but it helps to promote using RP that aren't closers and prevents people from loading up on SP. A 7 IP minimum is also too low, probably should be at least 20 IP per week.

If this league gets filled and enough people are interested I'll set up a ROTO style league...just a basic 12 team 6x6 with OPS or OBP and holds as the extra categories. >>



As above I already have the 2DL spots and 5 bench spots. I like the idea of holds compared to loses and increasing the innings pitched so I have made those. I also like the OBP and SL so that has been changed.

mathew

artistlost

<< <i>my suggestions for stats:
balance on both sides. 7 hitting, 7 pitching.
also you need to expand the rosters and have a sizable bench.

W SV SO ERA WHIP Shutouts CG's
Hits Walks RUNS HR RBI SB AVG >>



Hello I have the stats balanced at 8 and 8.

Here are the things you will receive points for

batters
1. Runs
2. Hits
3. Home Runs
4. Runs Batted In
5. Stolen Bases
6. Batting Average
7. On-base %
8. Slugging %

pitchers
1. Wins
2. Complete Games
3. Shutouts
4. Saves
5. Strikeouts
6. Holds
7. Earned Run Average
8. (Walks + Hits)/Innings Pitched

mathew

artistlost

<< <i>I would like to play. We should have some sort of wager (cards/unopened wax). When I try and sign up I get this error message. Can someone please let me know what I am doing wrong. Here is the League id and password I am useing

Leauge id: 234381
Password: psa

Error message:
There was a problem
This league is not registered in this game. (Error #272)
This league is from the free game. (Error #271) >>



I just sent you an email with an invite.

thanks

mathew

mknez

I'm in! 1 spot left

lsutigers1973

I'm in and I believe we are full.

corvette1340

well that blows. I posted that I was in because I didnt have time to sign up this morning. Thanks.

artistlost

<< <i>well that blows. I posted that I was in because I didnt have time to sign up this morning. Thanks. >>



We could open the league to 18 as I do know that jswieton wants in too.

I'll send an email to the league and see what people think.

mathew

artistlost

I have sent an email to the members of the league about opening up the pool to 18 teams and adding in
jswieton and corvette1340

I am all for a larger group as it makes the draft deeper and challenging.

let me know if anyone is strongly against it in the next 12 hours or so and if not I will send invites to both of the above members.

thanks

mathew

richtree

we should all chip in 20 bucks

that would give us

320 bucks --

and get something like this to the winner

http://cgi.ebay.com/1964-Topps-125-Pete-Rose-SGC-84-7-1251242-017_W0QQitemZ120380917767QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_SM_Sports_Cards?hash=item120380917767&amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&amp;_trkparms=72:570|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50

IchiroDeported

lol 18 team draft?

wow. that will take several hours

challenging indeed!

lsutigers1973

This is getting ridiculous. Why don't we just have a 100 team league and everyone gets 3 players?

artistlost

In response to a few people the league has been capped at 16 teams.

Thanks for all those who have entered and good luck on the draft!

mathew

artistlost

bump to the top for tonight's draft

also to discuss prizing if we want to.

jeffcbay

IF we do anything at all, I'd vote for either a decent PSA card, or paypal $10 to the Commish (keeping it friendly). Just an opinion.

If we do the cash thing, we must collect ASAP, so that way we avoid chasing people down after the season.

artistlost

<< <i>IF we do anything at all, I'd vote for either a decent PSA card, or paypal $10 to the Commish (keeping it friendly). Just an opinion.

If we do the cash thing, we must collect ASAP, so that way we avoid chasing people down after the season. >>



$10 would be good. How would we do the break down for the winner or winners?

50% to 1st ($80)
30% to 2nd ($48)
20% to 3rd ($32)

?

mathew

jeffcbay

It will be a little difficult to figure out the amounts exactly, since there would be Paypal fees involved, but your percentages sound reasonable.

artistlost

It would be close to that.

I'll send out emails to the group and see what they think.

mathew

jeffcbay

I'm down for whatever. I also SHOULD be there for the draft. Just a note to those who won't be there, you may want to set your priority lists!

artistlost

I have sent an email to the group. If you didn't get it it reads as follows


"It was brought up that prizing might be fun.

I have talked to JC (Jeffcbay) and we think that $10 each would keep it honest and interesting and the prizing would go like this.

50% to 1st
30% to 2nd
20% to 3rd

Please cast your vote by emailing me.

If it is a go we can figure out how to handle the money.

It will be done with Paypal and it can either be sent to me or we can choose as a group who will hold the cash.

We would need to decide soon as it would be best to collect the money be fore the season starts.

mathew"



artist_lost@hotmail.com


thanks

mathew

richtree

IM in for that!

lsutigers1973

Thread title says the draft is at 9:15 EDT or 8:15 my time (CST). Yahoo email says 8:15 EDT or 7:15 CST. Which one is it? Son has a game at 5:30 CST tonight and I will be home right at about 7:15. Going to Johnny's Pizza for a Sweep the Swamp pizza after the game if I have until 8:15 to get home.

Also, do we have a draft order yet or does Yahoo randomly select it at the time of draft?

kidzfund

I'm in for $10.

LSU - Yahoo has a draft order that you can adjust to your preference.

Joe

lsutigers1973

Never mind on the draft time. I am wetoddid. My email says 8:15 CST. Sweet!! Sweep the Swamp pizza for everybody!!

IchiroDeported

30 minutes prior to the start of the draft yahoo randomly determines the draft order.

you can pre rank your players if your not going to be at the draft.
given that there are 16 teams i hope half of you dont show because the draft will take 5 hours lol

lsutigers1973

<< <i>given that there are 16 teams i hope half of you dont show because the draft will take 5 hours lol >>



I have my cooler of beer ready to go. Let's do this!

And the $10 is okey dokey with me.