Spurs Talk Fantasy Baseball 09

[Thunder Dan]

Just looking at Thunder Dan's roster, imo, he's deficient in wins, saves, and strikeouts. His pitching staff will have a difficult time competing in those three categories all year long. And if a couple of his pitchers gets rocked each week, he won't have enough innings pitched to minimize the damage to his era and whip. His hitting better carry him because his pitching is going to put him in a hole from the beginning.

And looking at his batters, he has a deep, diverse group of talent. But for him to even consider making the playoffs, he will need Victor Martinez, Chipper Jones, and Manny Ramirez to stay healthy all season. History tells us that is a crap shoot.

The way I see it, unless Thunder Dan makes some incredible pitching pickups during the season, I see him finishing in the middle of the pack at best.

you are forgetting that I have one a supreme baseball mind and can see things baseball related that others can't ever comprehend. I draft guys you will all be knocking at my door for come July when all your stiffs are batting .200 and striking out 4 times a game

Picking Vmart as your 1b was a mistake. The guy is getting old, and i no way will ever perform as more than a barely average first baseman.

He is 30 years old. WTF are you talking about? GET THAT WEAK STUFF OUT OF HERE.

I'm skeptical of his view, mostly because I can't imagine any reputable league -- anywhere -- that would allow Sizemore, Rollins, and Kinsler to last beyond Round 2.

obviously you haven't seen my lineup

Rollins
Uttley (>Kinsler)
Manny/Magglio (two headed monster better than Grady)

Next year you all will be asking yourselves- How the did we let Thunder draft Cam Maybin, Alex Gordon AND Mark Tehan?!

[Thunder Dan]

speaking of Mark "the Hammer" Teahan, He is the Royals starting 2nd Baseman, why can I play him as a middle infielder?

[FromWayDowntown]

speaking of Mark "the Hammer" Teahan, He is the Royals starting 2nd Baseman, why can I play him as a middle infielder?

Because he didn't start 5 games at second base last year (or appear in 10 games as a second baseman) and because he hasn't yet started 5 games at second base this year (or made 10 appearances there).

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/bas...seball-09.html

And since we're here -- since when is a guy who hits .260 with 15 HR and 60 RBI ever known as "The Hammer." Jim Adler puts up better numbers than that and he's still a jackass when he calls himself "The Hammer."

Somewhere, Hank Aaron weeps.

[Thunder Dan]

For Everyone knocking on Mark "The Hammer", Maybe you should watch. This really pumps you up for the season. It gets really good around the 3:45 mark

[whottt]

Damn I didn't even know he played for Cleveland....that's still pretty lame though. He played there for one year and it wasn't a particularly great year anything. This simply speaks to the dearth of talent to have played for the Cavs in their history. Something to do with Brad Daugherty, Mark Price or even Craig Ehlo would have been more appropo...IMHO.

[Thunder Dan]

Damn I didn't even know he played for Cleveland....that's still pretty lame though. He played there for one year and it wasn't a particularly great year anything. This simply speaks to the dearth of talent to have played for the Cavs in their history. Something to do with Brad Daugherty, Mark Price or even Craig Ehlo would have been more appropo...IMHO.

the reason it's my name doesn't have to do with him. It's because I got the nickname Thunder Dan because my name is Dan, and when my friends and I would play intermural basketball in college I wouldn't run any plays I would just stand in the corner and shoot 3's. So they called me thunder dan


why are there no comments on my Mark "The Hammer" Teahan highlight film?

[TheTruth]

He is 30 years old. WTF are you talking about? GET THAT WEAK STUFF OUT OF HERE.

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30 is pretty old for a catcher. Especially one that has already shown signs of breaking down. He did miss a few games last year, right?

[TheTruth]

the reason it's my name doesn't have to do with him. It's because I got the nickname Thunder Dan because my name is Dan, and when my friends and I would play intermural basketball in college I wouldn't run any plays I would just stand in the corner and shoot 3's. So they called me thunder dan


why are there no comments on my Mark "The Hammer" Teahan highlight film?

Most likely because no one watched it. The HAMMER!!!

[Thunder Dan]

Most likely because no one watched it. The HAMMER!!!

come on, I promise you it would be worth your time to just watch the first minute.

[Thunder Dan]

30 is pretty old for a catcher. Especially one that has already shown signs of breaking down. He did miss a few games last year, right?

because of a fluke elbow injury. Barry Bonds has an elbow problem when he was 30 and how did that turn out for his fantasy owners?

[TheTruth]

because of a fluke elbow injury. Barry Bonds has an elbow problem when he was 30 and how did that turn out for his fantasy owners?

I'm not sure how it would have turned out without the steroids, but that's not the point

The point is that Catchers rarely last past 30, and if they do they aren't nearly the players they were before.

Good luck with Vmart as your only decent 1b option. It would be less pathetic if you had a decent Catcher outside of Vmart on your roster.

[Thunder Dan]

I'm not sure how it would have turned out without the steroids, but that's not the point

The point is that Catchers rarely last past 30, and if they do they aren't nearly the players they were before.

Good luck with Vmart as your only decent 1b option. It would be less pathetic if you had a decent Catcher outside of Vmart on your roster.

Kelly Shoppach is better than most anyone elses in the league

[TheTruth]

Kelly Shoppach is better than most anyone elses in the league

Which sucks because he's only getting consistent playing time when/if Vmart gets hurt. Vmart catches most games and only DH's or plays 1b once or twice a week.

You're seriously going to have VMart starting as your 1b and Shoppach as your starting catcher when you'll be lucky to get 2 starts a week from Shappach? Terrible strategy.

Now I KNOW you never drafted Vmart as your starting 1b. Because if you did with Shoppach as your only other Catcher you really are a terrible Fantasy Owner.

[Thunder Dan]

Which sucks because he's only getting consistent playing time when/if Vmart gets hurt. Vmart catches most games and only DH's or plays 1b once or twice a week.

You're seriously going to have VMart starting as your 1b and Shoppach as your starting catcher when you'll be lucky to get 2 starts a week from Shappach? Terrible strategy.

Now I KNOW you never drafted Vmart as your starting 1b. Because if you did with Shoppach as your only other Catcher you really are a terrible Fantasy Owner.

Shoppach will catch 90-100 games this year, VMart will catch the rest, Victor will play 150 games so whether he catches or not it doesn't matter where I start he at on my team. Stop being jealous

[Thunder Dan]

Plus even if vic is catching that day I can play him at first and when Kelly DHs I can put him as catcher. Perfect strategy

[FromWayDowntown]

I've sent PM's to everyone concerning how to make payment of the league entry fee. Sorry for the delay in getting that information out.

-FW "The Hammer" D

[FromWayDowntown]

So far, I have payments from:

tim"The Hammer"vp
whot"the hammer"tt
Mel"the Hammer"mart1
and FW "The Hammer" D
Thunder "The Hammer" Dan
"The Hammer" alamo50

[FromWayDowntown]

And let me be the first to suggest a new nickname for MLB 2009:

Cliff "The Hammered" Lee (2.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R (all Earned), 1 BB, 1 K)

[Thunder Dan]

And let me be the first to suggest a new nickname for MLB 2009:

Cliff "The Hammered" Lee (2.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R (all Earned), 1 BB, 1 K)

notice my great managing decision to not start him

[whottt]

We would....but we're all too busy being impressed by the fact that the best pitcher you drafted is a guy you're afraid to start

[Melmart1]

notice my great managing decision to not start him

Funny, cus according to StatTracker, his stats are counting towards your production this week. You do realize that anyone in the 'P' position still has their stats count, right? If you were too afraid of Hank "THE HAMMER" Blalock (who you criticized endlessly this week) hitting a three-run bomb off of him like he just did, you should have benched him, not put him in the 'P' position.

You better hope the rest of your pitching staff is good enough to bring down that 12+ ERA and 2.20 WHIP line he got today.

[Thunder Dan]

We would....but we're all too busy being impressed by the fact that the best pitcher you drafted is a guy you're afraid to start

Hey man, when a guy has a era over 8 in a stadium you sit him. I'm not you conventional fantasy owner as you can probably already tell. , I was sitting Manny in favor of Coco Crisp until the Royals game got rained out. Melmart might have gotten the best of me so far today, but she is in for a world of pain the rest of the season

[Melmart1]

He gave up 7 earned runs ... and all seven of those were batted in by Rangers who were drafted by EACH HIT!!!

[Thunder Dan]

Funny, cus according to StatTracker, his stats are counting towards your production this week. You do realize that anyone in the 'P' position still has their stats count, right? If you were too afraid of Hank "THE HAMMER" Blalock (who you criticized endlessly this week) hitting a three-run bomb off of him like he just did, you should have benched him, not put him in the 'P' position.

You better hope the rest of your pitching staff is good enough to bring down that 12+ ERA and 2.20 WHIP line he got today.

son of a . Technical Managing error on my part. Even Michael Jordan made his mistakes. Like all true champions, I will learn from my mistakes to further bury you all in the standings

[Thunder Dan]

He gave up 7 earned runs ... and all seven of those were batted in by Rangers who were drafted by EACH HIT!!!

losers need to point at small victories. Champions look towards the long haul. Japan thought they beat the United States when they attacked Pearl Harbor. Yes they won that day, but the Champion USA came and dropped 2 nukes on their asses and showed them. This case is no different. You are Japan, I am USA.