Anyone have an feedback on the open spot? Want to help me find a replacement? Gimme something folks.
What happened to WL? He’s not in the league, is he? Munch counted him in on the first page, but I don’t think he actually signed up. He’s good for some participation.
WL was lost when the site went to subscriptions. No idea if anyone still has contact with him though other leagues or Dip.
Lemme see if I can find an email address.
Omni, his LJ has an email address listed, so you might want to try that.
I’m ok with not filling the spot if we can’t find someone to take it quick. I’d rather leave that space open than fill it with someone who isn’t as committed as we are just to fill it.
I can’t find WL’s email and I don’t do LJ so if you could email him I’d appreciate it. Otherwise I’m just going to let it go.
I sent an e-mail to WL through the Melting Pot league.
Oops. I emailed him too.
Oh well.
Just so I’m clear, the strikeout stat for hitters is just a scoring category where the team with the least number of K’s gets the most number of points in that category, correct?
Correct.
Looks like we’re going with 17 teams unless somemone speaks up soon. I’ll redo the draft order shortly. Be aware, hopefully no one feels too inconvienenced by the late change.
Here’s the new draft order with a resorting based again on the same method using the previous 17 team lists provided.
1 9 - Harvey's Wallbangers
2 5 - Socks Repeating
3 12 - Isotopes
4 1 - Out on Waveland
5 17 - LowlifeWhiteSoxFan
6 11 - Petelin
7 8 - Gotham Guitaristas
8 6 - Free Robinson Cano!
9 3 - Samoan Rendezvous
10 14 - Tazmanian Devils
11 4 - Crunkin' Mully Style
12 7 - Rackensack Diamonds
13 10 - Baltimore Weirdos
14 15 - Winnowill's Winners
15 16 - The Chimera
16 2 - The Cougars
17 13 - Dale Sveum Revisited
From 3 to 9. How the mighty have fallen. I hope Luis Viscaino is still available.
Obviously substitue Vikingenre for the Weirdos’ spot.
Son of a god damned bastard.
Son of a bastard bastard.
Consecutive picks, though. That’s exciting.
Son of a bastard bitch.
No problem, I figured that out.
I’m still not entirely certain about the draft time, because Yahoo! is fubared. There is some bug with Yahoo!: if I add the draft to my calendar, it adds it at 7:00 PM Thursday (which is, possibly, the time in the PST timezone)–even though both my calendar and the baseball league are aware of my real timezone.
The league homepage says that the draft is at 5:00 AM CEST Friday. I am on CEDT, so I’m not sure if CEST is wrong and the draft is actually at 5:00 AM CEDT, or if CEST is correct and the draft is actually at 6:00 AM CEDT (5:00 AM CEST).
Since the difference is an hour of sleep, I’d sure like to know!
The draft is exactly 12 hours and 15 minutes from right now. (8:45 CDT) The website’s clock has been a little off, but you should be ale to do that math from there.
Just got a reply from WL, he said he’d be willing to join the league, but he has to work and can’t make the draft. I kinda feel like it’s too late to get into it, but I wanted to mention it to you folks. If anyone feels strongly about adding him speak up. Were he able to make it for the draft I’d be inclined to scramble to get him in, but with the depth of the league missing teh draft and having one day to pre-draft seems to cause more trouble than it’s worth. As of right now I’m just going to let it slide and go with 17.
Arguments to put him in:
- I go from #9 in the draft to #3, vastly increasing my chances of getting Luis Vizcaino.
- We know he’s good to stay active all season long.
- No one makes funnier comments regarding Derek Jeter during the draft than WL.
- It’s fun to see how early he’ll reach for Trot Nixon.
Arguments against:
- We’ve been trying to get ahold of him for weeks.
- Luis Vizcaino will probably still be available at #9.
- He can’t make the draft.
- Short notice on switching the draft order back.
Frankly, missing the draft is no big deal, as he indicated he could predraft. And the most important part of the league is being active, which we know he will be. But, there’s been a lot of confusion regarding the whole deal, and some minor controversy, and I don’t think it’ll break WL’s heart if he can’t get in. In other words:
Your call, Omni.
Grr…don’t know what to do.
I loved having him around before, was always good fun, but him missing the draft and not being on SDMB anymore really marginalizes that. Also, I hate rejuggling the draft again…but, the more the merrier. Too many choices.
I’m just going to let it slide and stick with 17. Having the board down this morning didn’t help matters, and it hasn’t escaped my attention that I’d slip from #4 to #11, totally losing my shot at Lius Vizcaino.
I reserve the right to change my mind in an hour though. Things are never simple are they?
Well, I flaked. I sent WL an email and basically left it up to him. Told him to go ahead and join if he was eager to, but not to worry if he’s kinda iffy on it.
If he signs up, I’ll reset the draft order. If he’s not in by like 6PM CDT I’ll lock it down and we’ll stick with 17. Guess that plan for setting the draft order in advance so people could scout picks backfired.