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Add two for breakfast. I'm bringing the brains of Team Buster, 11-year old Jason, along.



Scott



[ March 21, 2011, 04:48 PM: Message edited by: Buster ]

[ March 21, 2011, 03:10 PM: Message edited by: Buster ]

Probably a good thing that you aren't in the main. Greg and Tom do a fantastic job. While the leagues are rarely considered fare, they've been fair since the NFBC’s inception. Good luck in your future fantasy endeavors.

My then 9-year old son and I won our league, drafting in Vegas, in 2009.



I left him at home last year... and finished 5th.



We all know who has the brains in our organization.

Having not read any of the purchase agreements and/or non-compete clauses (if any), it is hard to speculate as to what Liberty owns and doesn't own. However, a few things seem to be reasonably clear: Liberty doesn't own fantasy baseball Liberty doesn't own 23 man starting line ups and/or a reserve r...

I'm in for $150.00



Buster

In the oft-chance that there is a tie breaker game or games, will we be able to change our lineups for October 4?

[ April 02, 2010, 04:10 PM: Message edited by: Buster ]

Count us in.



Scott (and Jason) Zeidman

$125 NFBC Draft Champions Slow Draft League No. 13



If Emory is in, I want in, too.



Buster

Ya think that STATS could get the lifetime standings figured out in, well, our lifetimes? Just a few more examples of STATS' creative math. No offense intended to those names I use, they're just the first of likely many that are wrong. Mrs. Josh Hamilton: Four years with adjusted numbers in (__), 11...

More on Lifetime Standings. STATS is using an Adjusted overall ranking, so that it can compare years where there were different numbers of participants. This is certainly the right idea, as finishing 190th out of 190 is far different from finishing 190th out of 390. Here are the numbers of participa...

Hate to beat a dead horse, but STATS has been wrong on the lifetime standings since just about the lifetime standings' inception. They are still wrong, whether or not one sorts them by year. For example, Aaron Smith is currently ranked third overall. Here is his line: 2007 15th, adjusted average 12....

Gekko's right.



Indeed, if you look just at last year and this year thus far (through June 15), Gekko is #2 with an adjusted rank of 10.64, far better than the 22.22 and 23.78 currently listed as leading.

I don't focus on your team.



In my day job, much of my work involves exposing people who commit fraud and deceit, which probably explains why I often gravitate toward your posts.



[ June 14, 2009, 11:12 PM: Message edited by: Buster ]

I don't make 100% guarantees, so this is not about me. By the way, my team is doing just fine, thanks for asking.

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II: i had only 2 guys to pick up this week. one of them was chad gaudin. i'm 100% sure i will get him. we'll see about the other guy. Chad Gaudin went undrafted in Gekko's NY 6 League this week, while Gekko spent $5 on Vicente Padilla and $2 on David Huff. Sounds li...

beckham 0-3 with a K. i've been told he looked brutal on his K. stay FaR away!!! Perhaps if you watched the game, you wouldn't have to rely on others to tell you how someone looked on his K.

Regarding Joe Blanton



Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.

Todd: No one is (or should be) questioning your successes in the NFBC or elsewhere. Indeed in this thread, other than Gekko, I don't think anyone has discussed who has, or hasn't been successful, in the NFBC. Your stellar reputation proceeds you. I think with Blanton, the thought (at least my though...

[ May 19, 2009, 09:53 PM: Message edited by: Buster ]

Right now, wish I had, too.

Gekko: Found a pitcher you might be interested in. As a 23 year old, he had a K/9 IP of 6.5, and a BB/9 IP of 2.1. Toss in his 3.1 K/BB ratio. Plus, he pitched more than 200 innings. The next year, he had a 6.5 K/9IP in over 200 innings. The next year, he had a 6.6 K/9IP in over 200 innings. Last ye...

One game may be an anomoly. Seven games is a trend.



In the categories that count:



Blanton 1 win, 0 saves, 33Ks, 1.68 WHIP, and 6.86 ERA.



Keep starting him. That K/BB ratio would really be valuable if that category was part of this competition. Alas, it is not.



Buster

So is Blanton.