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Baumbach NCAA Pool?
posted by GJ on March 12, 2007 @ 10:52AM

So, who wants to set up the Yahoo Fantasy NCAA pool this year? I keep forgetting, and can't do it from work. :)

Set it up and post the linky here, in either a comment to this post or an entirely new post.

And in other fantasy news, the playoffs have begun for hockey. GJ and Abby get a bye as the #1 and #2 seeds respectively. Darcy (#3) plays Kristen (#6) and Steve (#4) plays Geoff (#5) this week. Marc (#7) and Eric (#8) play next week, methinks. Odds are pretty good the trophy will stay in Glenville, we're just not sure on whose desk it will reside. LOL!!!

2 comments | Tags: fantasy, sports

Fantasy Hockey '06 Playoffs
posted by GJ on March 18, 2007 @ 9:34PM

Congrats to Kristen, she manhandled Abby to move on to the second round and face Darcy. Good luck with that. ;)

Steve has opened a 5-2 lead on Geoff tonight, but most of the games are still late in the second period, and their match up is close. I still don't know who I'm beating next week.

11:22pm. Oh boy. Steve and Geoff are tied, 3-3. Tie break system goes into effect. Ties are broken by:

1. Goals. nope, still tied.
2. Assists. Poof. Steve wins. Thanks for playing, Geoff.

So, round 2 is set. Darcy vs Kristen, and GJ vs Steve this week.

5 comments | Tags: fantasy, sports, hockey

Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's home run record
posted by GJ on August 8, 2007 @ 9:15AM

Asked about the home run? "This record is not tainted at all. At all. Period," Bonds said.

As if.

6 comments | Tags: sports

Fantasy Football
posted by GJ on August 12, 2007 @ 10:30PM

Any interest, folks? Use the comments to let me know if you want to play this year.

Edit 2007/08/15:

Player roster: Steve, Kristen, Abby, Geoff, Marc, Darcy, GJ. Dad is a definite no, Eric is unknown. We need an even number of players, so Darcy will drop out if needed.

Draft will be held next week--you should get email invites to the league tonight. I think I have all of your email addresses, so ping me if you don't see anything by noon tomorrow. I strongly urge you to take part in the live internet draft--if you don't, you have a good chance of getting a downright stinky team.

There is a wealth of FFL resources out there on the web, both free and not-so-free. Draft strategy--don't draft kickers and team defense in the first six rounds. Don't draft a quarterback in round 1. Beyond that, you're on your own!

We need to think about getting a trophy for this one, too. Steve and I ponied up for the hockey one--who wants to grab one for football?

Edit 2007/08/18: league id is 492960. Password corvette, and you can register at http://fantasy.yahoo.com. It's the free football league btw.

18 comments | Tags: fantasy, sports

Steve said about 1 hour later

I'm game for playing another year. Speaking of Fantasy Sports, any chance you can bring that Hockey trophy to the wedding weekend? I'd love to see it.
Marc said about 2 hours later

I might as well give it a shot, give you guys another opponent in yet another fantasy sport to beat up on. :)
GJ said about 11 hours later

I do plan to bring it to the wedding and hand it over. It's been back in its box since the day you won, since I lost the right to display it in my office. ;) I'll see if I can finally get it engraved, too.

I need at least one more to join in to make this a go. More would be more fun, of course. Dad? Eric? Geoff? Kristen? Gina? Darcy?
Darcy said about 12 hours later

IF you need another person I am in
Abby said about 15 hours later

I'll join again. =)
Geoff said about 16 hours later

Im in!
GJ said about 16 hours later

Steve, Marc, GJ, and Abby so far, with Darcy waiting in the wings to make the number of teams even if need be. Awww, c'mon...six is way more fun than four!
GJ said about 16 hours later

Oops, and Geoff, so we're up to six with Darcy. Aww, cmon, eight is way more fun than six!
Kristen said 1 day later

Hey I'd play--the football one was less maintenance than the hockey! I need to get those dirty germans in shape again. They've been slacking.
GJ said 3 days later

Oh, and by noon tomorrow I meant Friday at noon, haha.
Steve said 4 days later

Slacker!!!!
GJ said 4 days later

:)
Steve said 4 days later

Oh boy, real slacker, it's 5:35 on Friday, still no email!! Of course, how can I complain, since GJ's been running these leagues out of the kindness of his heart for the past 7 or 8 years...
GJ said 4 days later

yeah, I'm trying to take vacation and of course we had a zillion emergencies at work this week. I wanna be a freaking garbage collector on days like this.
Steve said 5 days later

Any chance we could push the draft back to later in the evening, like, say 8:30 PM? Or put it on a weekday evening? I am the chairperson for an autocross that day, so there's no chance I could participate in a 3:30 PM draft.
GJ said 5 days later

Sure. What say the rest of you? The sooner you ping me, the better a date I can set.
Geoff said 6 days later

Don't matter to me!
Marc said 6 days later

Works for me

Count the Laterals
posted by Marc on October 29, 2007 @ 1:25PM

3 comments | Tags: sports, video

Fantasy Tournament Pick'em
posted by Geoff on March 14, 2008 @ 12:05PM

Hey everyone...for those of you who haven't yet signed up...time is running thin to join the 2008 Baumbach Pick'em Tournament. Here are the details:

Just follow this link. For reference, here's the group information.

Group ID#: 45589
Password: corvette

Hope to see you all there!

No comments | Tags: fantasy, sports

ESPN Fantasy Football
posted by Geoff on September 9, 2008 @ 11:06PM

OK, so thoughts on ESPN Fantasy sports. I pretty much hate it.

A: It doesn't allow me to change players in Safari, at all.

B: I can't do my cool drag and drop player swatch when it does work

C: I have to first move my players, then, approve my changes. If I told them to move, they should move! Must be taking hints from Vista's User Account Control.

5 comments | Tags: fantasy, sports

GJ said about 8 hours later

Dude, your point B is the same as point C. So, basically, you dislike the slick lineup setup that yahoo had. Tough noodles.

Espn's smack commenting, live scoring, player info dialogs, and score board all beat the crap out of yahoo. As painful as you make the lineup change tool out to be, it's not that bad.

Finally....ESPN makes score corrections, something Yahoo doesn't do. In a close game (we had two this week) that could mean the difference in a win versus a loss.

Still, I'd love to hear from everyone else on this subject. What do you think of ESPN so far?
Geoff said about 13 hours later

B is not the same as C......C is a criticism of the current ESPN system. The system wouldn't be so bad, if it didn't require an extra, unnecessary step.

Point A, being the most critical as I use Safari at home on my Mac. I don't use Firefox on my mac because it is grossly slow.

So yes, the lineup change tool does blow.

Lastly, I find it a bit more difficult to interpret some of the data vs yahoo on the scoreboard. I'm sure the more I see the system, I will get used to it, but I think their is some poor GUI going on in some areas (other areas are very good).

As for live scoring...I don't sit by my computer and watch my fantasy score as the games progress. Not as important to me personally.

I wasn't aware Yahoo didn't make score corrections. So you're saying if Yahoo screwed up a score, they just left it screwed up? Perhaps this is why I lost the finals to Marc. Obviously it wasn't a result of Brady...thats for sure. :)
GJ said about 14 hours later

Correct. Yahoo does not make much in the way of score corrections--while this hasn't bit us in football that I know of, it has bitten us in hockey several times, and actually made the difference in a playoff game a few years b
Point A: There are lots of web apps out there that don't like certain browers. Most are IE-specific, some are firefox-specific. Yeah, it sucks that it doesn't work on Safari. However, you're the first to make this complaint, so for now I'm not considering it a major suckage point.

Point C: Almost all websites today still use forms with submit buttons. Yahoo doesn't. ESPN, Fanball, and pretty much every other fantasy football site does. Strangely, Yahoo isn't the market leader in fantasy football. I'm guessing they don't get many complaints about their lineup tools. Yes, you like Yahoo's system. Guess what? I like ESPNs...because I CAN USE IT IN A SMALL WINDOW. Try dragging and dropping when the window can't show you the whole lineup...some of us like to click on the player to replace, then scroll down to the list of players and play around with who to sub in. It's a matter of personal preference, and again, so far, you're the only complainer. This isn't a bad design...it's a different design--one that likely suits their subscribes to a large degree. Yahoo caters to a more casual player, so their setup fits their site well. One isn't just naturally better than the other, in my opinion.

Point B: Please rephrase. I don't see how this isn't covered above, so elucidate me.

Point D: interpretation of data. Again, Yahoo caters to a more casual crowd. I think you'll learn to appreciate ESPN's info.

Point E: Live scoring is fun for some people, not for others. It's a lot more fun when it's free. Yahoo charges $10 for that privilege.

Geoff said about 23 hours later

I'm just pissed I lost to dad 98-90.
GJ said 1 day later

Yep, and that game cost me the win in my other league. :(

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