# SDMB fantasy baseball league **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310 "2000-03-22T19:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/1 "2000-03-22T19:57:00Z")
I created a private fantasy baseball league for us SDMB people at Yahoo. Join if you want to. Dealine is March 29. To join, you first need to create a Yahoo ID if you don’t have one already. Then, join the SDMB group. Go to [http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/baseball/](http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/baseball/) and follow the steps. GROUP NAME: SDMB Password: Cecil ID#: 46480 League Settings: 12 teams. I chose the standard settings except for adding a few stats (on base %, ERA, …). Go to the league settings link to see details. The draft is set for auto-pick, so it will be done automatically based on our player rankings. I plan to just leave my player rankings set to the default. There is no money invloved. Let me know if you have any questions: [thaw@hotmail.com](mailto:thaw@hotmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/2 "2000-03-22T20:00:00Z")
Here is the SDMB League Overview page: [http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/baseball/show?page=leaguehome&lid=46480](http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/baseball/show?page=leaguehome&lid=46480) You can click on the League Settings link there. ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/3 "2000-03-22T20:02:00Z")
I’m trying to join the league, but it says the password is incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/4 "2000-03-22T20:13:00Z")
Once correction to the info posted by c. george: passwords on the Yahoo! Fantasy Sports site are case-sensitive, and the password for the private league he created is all lower-case, not initial cap as shown in his post. * * * * * * “Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.” _–Satchel Paige_ ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/5 "2000-03-22T21:07:00Z")
I tend to find Yahoo’s fantasy leagues rather sucky in comparison to some others, but I’m in. * * * “Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known” - Michel Gyquem de Montaigne ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/6 "2000-03-22T21:37:00Z")
I’m in, Out on Waveland! ---
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/7 "2000-03-22T21:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by rackensack: > Once correction to the info posted by c. george: passwords on the Yahoo! Fantasy Sports site are case-sensitive, and the password for the private league he created is all lower-case, not initial cap as shown in his post. Yes, thanks, the password has to be small letters. PASSWORD: cecil Sorry! This is my first time doing this, I can’t promise anything about how well it will work. Hope it’s ok. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/8 "2000-03-22T22:01:00Z")
I’m in. Team name is UncleBeer. What I wanna know is who’s the bastard that has taken the name “unclebeer” for their Yahoo! ID. I’m relegated to “therealunclebeer” now. Fucking prick. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/9 "2000-03-22T22:12:00Z")
All right, I found the sonofabitch who’s masquerading as “unclebeer”. Yahoo! ID: unclebeer Real Name: gwkinman Location: Sacramento, CA Last Updated: Feb, 28, 1998. Anybody up for a road trip to Sacramento? I’ve owned the UncleBeer name for over 10 years now. This clown is a mere imposter. ---
**Author:** ![A\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@A\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_girl)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/10 "2000-03-22T22:14:00Z")
I feel your pain, Uncle!! Somebody did that to me once and it PISSED ME OFF!!! I’m with ya!! A girl ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/11 "2000-03-23T00:29:00Z")
Count me in. Team name: Zev’s Wolves ---
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/12 "2000-03-23T15:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by UncleBeer: > I’m in. Team name is UncleBeer. What I wanna know is who’s the bastard that has taken the name “unclebeer” for their Yahoo! ID. I’m relegated to “therealunclebeer” now. Sorry about the conflict with you two. Imitation is the best form of flattery? Anyway, we have 8 teams now. Mine is the Chile Dogs. ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/13 "2000-03-23T15:30:00Z")
Okay, I’m in. When’s the draft? ---
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/14 "2000-03-24T14:17:00Z")
We have 9 teams. I lowered the size to 10 teams instead of 12. So, once we got one more manager, I will change our Draft Status to Ready. Then, I think Yahoo does our auto draft in a couple days. Hopefully, we will get a 10th mngr by Monday and our draft will be next week. Unusual schedule this year. The Cub & Mets play two games in Tokyo next week. Then everyone else starts April 3 or 4. ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/15 "2000-03-24T16:33:00Z")
Columbus Mad Cows are in! Do you want Commissioner Control on or off? ---
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/16 "2000-03-25T06:26:00Z")
Good. Does commish control mean the commish would control your team? If so, then it should be off. I will Yahoo know we are ready to draft unless anyone emails me in a day or two that they want to join our league: [thaw@hotmail.com](mailto:thaw@hotmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/17 "2000-03-26T22:02:00Z")
OK, we have 10 mngrs, so I changed our draft status to ready. Any day Yahoo should do our draft. Here are the teeming 10 in the order they signed up: Team name (sdmb name) Chile Dogs (curious george) RackensackTravelers (?) Cecil’s Fielders (milossarian) Out on Waveland (omniscient) UncleBeer’s Brewers (unclebeer) Zev’s Wolves (Zev\_Steinhardt) Lord Derfel (lord\_derfel) Smug Sox (?) ReservoirDogs (ReservoirDogs Columbus Mad Cows (idiotboy) ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/18 "2000-03-26T22:26:00Z")
Smug Sox is me! Go Mets! ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/19 "2000-03-27T15:01:00Z")
And RackensackTravelers is, of course, me. * * * * * * “Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.” _–Satchel Paige_ ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310/20 "2000-03-27T15:39:00Z")
Yeah…Go Stems!!! Smug, you in NY or NJ? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-baseball-league/15310.md?page=2)