July 28, 200817 yr comment_10364 I can't get any done and then all those dumb moves. I feel I still have a chance in 2 leagues, but I am nearly 30 out in them so it's still a stretch.
July 28, 200817 yr Author comment_10368 I was 40 out of 1 league a month and a half ago. Now I'm tied for second 10 out. Still dont think I have enough to come fully back but its possible. If Carp and Young pitch like they can, then I have a shot.
July 28, 200817 yr comment_10369 I have both of those on one of the two teams I am trying to come back in, but it is a daily league where pitching can't help as easily with these people picking up and dropping pitchers every DAY. I see enough points to be gained in 2 leagues. However, it looks to me to BARELY be enough and I keep hanging around the same amoutn out for a month now. My problem is I have absolutely AWESOME pitching and I then ruined it by keeping oliver and myers and rj when all three were doing bad. Waived them and they did good for other people. And adding and dropping to get 2 star pitchers in the weekly league ruins me also. So having GREAT starters is still having me WAY behind in pitching categories because of stupid back end starters.
July 29, 200817 yr comment_10371 In my league I am nearly 40 out in I just got sick of it and dealt ortiz/jenks for pujols and broxton for duechner or w/e his name is. Now trying to deal hoffman and putz. I even have utley and manny up on the block. My team is full of great players yet I am almost 40 out! I am gonna have 11 starters and have 4 of them be rotating where i add and drop 4 almost every day there are 4 ok ones available. I have no chance, but I might as well have fun and load up on guys like nuts and see where it gets me.
July 29, 200817 yr comment_10373 Someone was going to give me magglio for lacker or felix ehrnandez back before id ealt lee/hernandez.
July 29, 200817 yr Author comment_10374 I coulda had Lee but the guy waited 5 days to let me know. I needed the OF and I see a decline for Lincecum over the last 2 months. I dealt him for sizemore in another league.
July 30, 200817 yr comment_10385 John Lackey has a no-hitter through 7 innings at Fenway park of all places. Luckily I kept him in this week despite him facing the red sox and yankees. Not only does he have a no-no so far, but he has only walked 1 batter and hit 1 batter for the only base runners. Eight Innings. If he is perfect in the ninth he won't even have to face Ortiz or Manny again. edit: Was all ready to post Lackey's no-hitter and then Pedroia broke it up with 1 out in the ninth. Unfortunately I had a feeling he was going to break it up. It's just really hard to keep watching how my players do. That close and then he gives up a homer to boot and of course it's not manny or ortiz who got it. They are both on my team. So I give up the homer and then it's not even my guy who hits it.
July 30, 200817 yr comment_10390 By the way you said Manny has great numbers. Well Texeira has better numbers and rotoworld calls him "overrated". honestly Roto World is starting to be ridiculous. They're too busy trying to add humor into their comments to actually get stories up. They were late telling about Rodney becoming the new clsoer, for example. So I missed him in every league. They also bash tons of hitters who are having good seasons, such as Juan Pierre. They make fun of him constantly and he has about 35 steals and close to a .300 average!
July 30, 200817 yr comment_10399 I've now got within 18 suddenly in one league and am 5 and 1/2 behind a guy who made fun of me when I said my offense was one of the best and he said I had no chance. In the past 2 days alone I have gained 9 points thanks to 8 homers and 9 steals in jujst those 2 days and also almost 30 runs and rbis. Top that off with Chris Young, Jerred Weaver, and Carlos Zambrano having great starts and saves by wagner and broxton.
July 30, 200817 yr Author comment_10400 By the way you said Manny has great numbers. Well Texeira has better numbers and rotoworld calls him "overrated". honestly Roto World is starting to be ridiculous. They're too busy trying to add humor into their comments to actually get stories up. They were late telling about Rodney becoming the new clsoer, for example. So I missed him in every league. They also bash tons of hitters who are having good seasons, such as Juan Pierre. They make fun of him constantly and he has about 35 steals and close to a .300 average! Unless he gets hot the final 2 months, Vlad is the bomb of the year. Manny isnt even close.
July 30, 200817 yr comment_10403 He's the bomb of the year when he will get 30+ homers and 100+rbis? Anyway I only drafted him because of you so I need to stop paying attention to guys you draft on multiple teams. They all did bad this year. The main ones i copied you on were him and brett myers.
July 30, 200817 yr Author comment_10406 He's the bomb of the year when he will get 30+ homers and 100+rbis?Anyway I only drafted him because of you so I need to stop paying attention to guys you draft on multiple teams. They all did bad this year. The main ones i copied you on were him and brett myers. Again, all my drafted teams are posted. He was taken on 2 out of 9 teams. Looks more like a availability pick rather then someone I was targeting everywhere like Myers.
July 31, 200817 yr comment_10408 Anyway. That team where I stole all those bases, exploded offensively, and had great pitching to gain me 9 points in the past 2 days I NOW HAD BECKETT IN. That is my problem this yea.r When I do gain ground someone has a TERRIBLE start to offset every single goood thing. And Carpenter only lasted 4 innings.
August 2, 200817 yr comment_10425 Whoa I didn't notice how great of a season pudge had in 1999. He hit .331 with 35 homers, 25 steals, and more than 110 runs and more than 110 rbis! I think in one league my main hope is if I start adding and dropping starters. I wonder if Weaver or Carpenter would be considered bad enough to warrant me adding and droppi8ng them. Plus Weaver faces NYY twice this week and I picked both up off waivers anyway so if I waive them it's simply returning guys I got cheap in order to load up on wins and k's from other starters each day. I am leaving Weaver in to face the Yankees today. I hope that is not a bad decision but I NEED a start today. By the way Derek Jeter is a FA and I just waived Hardy despite his hot streak. Are Tulo or Hardy of them better than Jeter? I am torn between picking up Jeter or keep using Tulo. I may have no option if I go to bed without picking up jeter since someone may want him. Tulo is hot though. Tempted to waive pierre for Jeter. Ankiel is hurt and forced into my lineup but nothing I can do about him, too valuable to wavie.
August 2, 200817 yr Author comment_10427 Tulo hot and heading back to Colorado or the steady but unimpressive Jeter. Tough call. If you dont need steals then drop pierre but he is starting to run again. good luck
August 2, 200817 yr comment_10430 He is running again, but he is the odd man out with manny there. He will NEVER play against a lefty again and maybe not against righties. I don't "need" steals because I have probably 12-15 THIS WEEK alone. But I would rather have him stealing. You didn't answer whether Weaver or Carpenter are ones I should drop/add. Weaver has an over 4 e.r.a. so I think I should just drop him today and use that for an add/drop slot. Carpenter maybe I should not drop. I am taking a HUGE risk by using Weaver today against the Yankees.
August 2, 200817 yr comment_10431 Nevermind. His first three innings today made that decision easy. Adios Jered. I waivbed Hardy yesterday too. No more playing around.
August 3, 200817 yr comment_10434 I am about to pretty much give up. Everything was going to have to go right for the final 2 months for me to havea chance and already a lot of bad things have happened and I am right back far behind again.
August 3, 200817 yr Author comment_10435 You do your best and if things dont work out ya move on and wait till next year. Its only Fantasy baseball and I think you are letting it get to you more then a game should.
August 3, 200817 yr comment_10440 True. Honestly one league I have known for ages I ahve almost no chance in, but I still make my moves and see what happens. So I guess I need to just chill. In the 2 leagues I have a slight chance in I am currently 25 and 25 and 1/2 out in. In one of them I was 18 out earlier this week and then had some bad starts so obviously I have shown I can cut into that lead. In the other league I see 36 points to be gaiend. But I kind of overestimate points I can gain sometimes. Some jerk in one of my leagues keeps posting declaring that I can't win the league. I guess I should listen to some jerky stranger of course. I hate though that I do so great late in seasons when it's too late. It's happening again this year. I am gaining ground as I get more decided on which players to use and if I had done it sooner I could win. My big mistake was the same as ALWAYS. I liked players so much that when they got hurt I kept them IN THE LINEUP or if possible I benched them All those weeks of having no stats from some of the positions probably cost me a lot even had I just used a crappy waiver wire guy instead.
August 4, 200817 yr comment_10441 You know being in an AL or NL only league would be cool becuase I usually get the #1 waiver wire position and keep it while others watse their picks on no-name guys. In one of those type leagues I could have picked up Manny or Texiera free at the deadline!
August 4, 200817 yr comment_10447 I picked up 2 guys in each league right at the daily/weekly deadline today. Now in 1 league I have 6 starts tomorrow and in another I have 5. The guys I picked up for tomorrow are edwin jackson, jamie moyer, and johnathan sanchez. Ones for enxt week are pedro and bush.
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