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5fouls

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  1. I see nothing in Anthony's quote that I have an issue with, and I am not on Team Woodson. It's a player defending his coach. One could argue Leal maybe should not have been giving a speech at all since he's coming back. But, since he had the opportunity, he should be able to share how he feels. I was at Juwan Morgan's Sr. Day, and he never even mentioned Archie. He thanked Crean, but did not utter the words 'Coach Miller' at all. THAT was much more of a red flag about the state of things than Leal coming to Woodson's defense. If anything, Leal has every right to be upset with Woodson that he did not get quality playing time earlier. We should embrace Leal's attitude, selflessness, and commitment instead of criticizing him for defending his coach.
  2. Did this info come from another site? The media formerly known as Twitter? Rabby? Tim Garl? The source goes a long way as to whether I'm concerned.
  3. I heard on the Radio this morning that if the Yanks signed Snell for 1 year at $30MM, it would push them up a Luxury Tax level that would cost them an ADDITIONAL $33MM. That's a total of $63MM, and that ain't happening.
  4. It's daily scoring and lineup changes. No head to head. Just season-long accumulation of stats. At end of season, top in each category gets 12 points, second gets 11 points......bottom in that category gets 1 point. Starting Pitchers are causing me the most angst. They have 2 'counting' stats in Wins and Strikeouts and 2 'performance' stats in ERA and WHIP. As you pointed out, if you put a starter out there to accumulate the counting stats against certain lineups, then you are putting the performance stats at risk. If you sit them to protect the performance stats, then you have no shot at scoring in the counting stats. I'm leading towards sitting both. Because of the week between the Korea games and the rest of the season, I still think they get the normal number of starts as every other pitcher. And, I truly don't want to start out getting in a hole in those two categories. I have no other players from either team, so there would be no good to offset the bad and i would have to stew on that for a whole week.
  5. @Seeking6 or anyone else out there play season long 5:5 roto style Fantasy Baseball? I'm playing this year for the first time in a long, long time and have a strategy question. No money is involved, but I am an intense competitor, and I don't want to do something dumb. So, here's my quandery. I ended up with both Joe Musgrave and Yu Darvish in my rotation. The Padres, or course, are scheduled to start the season in Korea against the Dodgers. I know nothing about the ballpark they will be playing in, but my natural suspicion is that it is probably smaller than the average MLB park. What I do know for certain, however, is that the Dodgers can hit and score runs, and it would not surprise me in the slightest if MLB takes a 'lively' ball to use over there. Both Musgrove and Darvish are scheduled to start in Korea. My question is whether I should start them or put one or both of them on the bench. For my fantasy league, the 5 standard pitching categories are in use. Wins, Saves, Strikeouts, E.R.A., and WHIP. I put the chances of either getting a win at below 50%. They, obviously, will not get a save. I will lose some strikeouts if I bench them. My concern is whether or not the possible damage to their E.R.A and WHIP will erase whatever benefit I would get from strikeouts. Yes, the setup may give both pitchers an extra start over the season, but the combination of small stadium, the Dodgers, and the possibility MLB wants to put on an offensive show has me leaning towards benching them. Against those odds, I don't want to sacrifice two categories for the benefit of one. Thoughts?
  6. Just realized the NBA season is still going on.
  7. You ever notice that Ahdick is an anagram of Dakich. Someone should let him know that.
  8. No. But I will if you can send me a little to help out with my alimony the next couple of months. I promise.
  9. @Proud2BAHoosier Some concerning news about Cole and his elbow. If it's bad, that could ruin the season before it evens gets started unless Rodon rediscovers his stuff, and that might not even be enough.
  10. I heard Luke Brown was granted citizenship in the Portal.
  11. You mean the story I just read about the entire population of Omaha being aliens and that they took control of Peyton Manning's mind when he visited the city in 2009 is not true! If I cant believe that, what can I believe?
  12. The perception of Indiana this season is going to require, at a minimum, three impressive wins, and I still say probably requires us to win the whole thing. Here's what we need. 15 plus point win in our 1st game, regardless of the opponent. Beat Nebraska and look good doing it. Beat Illinois. We cannot afford Illinois to lose before they play us. We need to have a W against them to have any shot if we lose Sunday. Hope Northwestern (possible) or Wisconsin (highly unlikely) can beat Purdue for us. Even if we beat the Illini, a 20+ point beatdown by the Boilers takes away all the brownie points earned earlier in the tournament. A run to the Championship certainly helps, but it is not surefire ticket to the dance.
  13. 4%. I just tried him on my phone. I did the grid on my laptop this morning.
  14. 92% from the line? He may have trouble fitting in.
  15. Did both Gallo and Leal say they were unequivocally coming back? Or, did they simply say generic things that make people think they are?
  16. Billingham was actually my first thought on the Reds/Astros square, but I thought he would score higher than Helms because Billingham came to the Reds and got the Big Red Machine exposure.
  17. @^&%@&^@ Going through the grid, I got fixated with the fact that I should have used Tejada in the Houston 300 HR square instead of the Giants/Orioles square. So, when I went to put Berkman into what I thought was the 300 HR square, I clicked on the center square because it was adjacent to Tejada. Wrong category, leads to blank square.
  18. Anything said I the postgame about that status of Galloway's injury?
  19. Jess Settles just said on the Penn State v Maryland broadcast that he went through THREE Senior Nights. And, he was dead serious. His broadcast partner even validated that it was true. LOL
  20. I want to address the 'true fan' comment. I can be a true IU fan and still be unhappy with what I saw from the team for much of the season. I can be a true IU fan and still believe there are coaches out there that could do a better job than what Mike Woodson has. I can be a true IU fan and publicly express frustration over a team that can't shoot free throws and turns it over too much. I can be a true IU fan and get angry when players nut-punch an opponent, get arrested for making a scene over tacos, and get suspended before a key conference game for breaking curfew. In the last 50 years, I've probably watched, or listened to, more Indiana basketball games than anyone currently affiliated with the basketball program other than Don Fischer and, possibly, Tim Garl. I don't need anyone to tell me what a 'true' fan is. A lot of those fans that are now getting thrown under the bus were 100% correct over things like substitution patterns. Do we win the game this afternoon if we went 10 or 11 deep in the 2nd half instead of 6? We'll never know for certain, but I think most of us know the answer to that question.
  21. What NCAA tournament seed does everyone think we will get after we win the BTT?
  22. Quad 2 for teh road team.
  23. Dumbass, you had to say it, didn't you. Mods, do something about this clown.
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