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All right so who would be interested in fantasy baseball? Honestly I don't even think I'll bother with fantasy basketball next year but fantasy baseball is the one I really want to try.
Anyway we've got time. Anyone care about the setup? I want to try head to head I think but I don't really care.
Some solid support of Red Sox Nation from the south.. good stuff, Lyle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
#1 No one ever said what Ortiz was on even when Ortiz asked what he tested positive for. So it could be like when Roy Jones Jr "Tested Positive" and was really just taking "Ripped Fuel"Quote:
Originally Posted by generalbulldog
#2 Dice-K has had successful seasons, he's won in the playoffs and the Sox have won a World Series with his help. Sure he still walks too many guys and isn't an "aggressive" pitcher but he's good especially where they have him in the rotation #4....best #4 pitcher I know of
In my opinion, the Sox have the best rotation in baseball right now, and i'm not just saying that because i'm a Sox fan. They have a great bullpen too. But as you said, their offense is lacking. It is absolutely vital for Ortiz to have a great season for this offense to be a threat. Any pitcher, Beckett/Lester/Lackey/Dice-K, can match up with yankees pitching and be successful against their dynamite lineup, but they have to be able to produce runs. Unlike all other sports, there aren't any turnovers in baseball like hockey, football, basketball etc.. So just having a good defense and preventing the other team from scoring, the offense is obviously a completely disconnected unit from the defensive part of the team. I'm worried.
LA has an awesome top to bottom lineup but they do have a flaw and that's ther starting pitching. Kershaw is good but still not consistent and to put it nicely, Billingsley digressed last year. Every team in the division but the Padres have a chance to win it imo, even the Dbacks. LA and Colorado definitely have the best lineups and I'd say the Giants might even be behind Arizona in that department but the pitching is far and away the best in the whole NL imo.
Fukk it. I'm in. Setup don't matterQuote:
Originally Posted by OumaFan
At the moment, I am overload with the last miles for my thesis (especially because I have a lot to correct) but next season should do just fine for me.
keep an eye on the Baltimore Orioles. Much better pitching both starters and bullpen. The line up is also better. Matt Wieters just made the cover of S.I. They're not going to the playoffs yet, but can keep Boston and New york from getting a 100 wins.
Baltimore is going to have trouble until they get some experience for Wieters and Jones. Their pitching could be better as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrbig1
Wieters is special but the rhetoric at my fantasy draft on Sunday about him was a bit outrageous. "Think Joe Mauer but with more power" I heard and had to laugh.
Fantasy baseball would cool I got my ESPN profile to work and was delighted to see I'm still in 4th place in our basketball league.
Baseball is the best fantasy game in my opinion I got seriously hooked this last year.
boom, Heyward with a BOMB in his first at bat.
I'm not sure there are that many better things than watching Carlos Zambrano meltdown, there was all this talk about how much he'd grown up and two back to back bloop singles and he was pissed.
Yeah tht was fucken impressive, even though the guy I'm playing in fantasy has Heyward (at my suggestion) and Pujols.
our lineup is effing stacked this year as long as the Melky Cabrera/Matt Diaz platoon works out (and Diaz will hit), no black holes outside of Nate McClouth and he's hitting 8th.
:vd: Derek Lowe is just a giant pile of suck
One of the great mysteries of life is why he's our "number 1" starter. He's in reality our fifth starter.
well I guess our fantasy league didn't work out ;D I think fantasy football is the only one that can draw people around here.
I want to do another league if you want we should just try to join a public league right now.
Baseball is fucken awesome. 2 years ago even though I watched every game it was like my 4th or 5th favorite sport and last year it exploded and I'm really looking forward to this season. That's not even really talking about the Giants here.
This umpire in the Giants/Braves game is as bad as I've ever seen. For both sides. Giants had this Runtzler (something like that) guy in and he wouldn't give him a strike no matter what he threw. Then Brian Wilson comes in and he's giving him strikes that AREN'T EVEN CLOSE.
The neverending game. Its got Giants win written all over it. We always lose this kind of game.
And we can't get Renteria out.