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by DOUGHBOYS
Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:39 pm
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: He's A Superstar
Replies: 9
Views: 6273

Re: He's A Superstar

Great timing, Wayne! In the first inning of the St. Louis vs. Atlanta's game, I sent out a text to a few NFBC fellas.... "It sure will be interesting to see.... 1. How the Braves handle Strider's workload over the second half 2. Where Strider goes in 2023 drafts." I never got an answer. If Strider's...
by DOUGHBOYS
Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:25 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: He's A Superstar
Replies: 9
Views: 6273

Re: He's A Superstar

Speaking of Superstars..... It's halfway through the season. You know what that means. Yep, it's time to think about next year... :D Let's make a list of next years first round players. This won't be a list of players that I believe will be in the first round. This will be a list of who I believe ot...
by DOUGHBOYS
Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:17 pm
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: He's A Superstar
Replies: 9
Views: 6273

He's A Superstar

I don't listen to podcasts much. Mostly, I find them boring. It's not the folks that do it at fault. It is just tough to hold my interest in any format with any talkers over a stretch of time. Most revert to telling personal stories or go on forever when making a point. Obvious in that they are at t...
by DOUGHBOYS
Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:21 pm
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: Quickies
Replies: 1
Views: 3902

Quickies

On Thursday night, the Athletics did not have a batter hitting .250 in their lineup... The Orioles have 35 Wins. The White Sox have...gulp....35 Wins... They say speed never slumps...Only one player (Trea Turner) is batting .300 with double digit stolen bases... A friend of mine says he just missed ...
by DOUGHBOYS
Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:36 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: Stuff...Questions and Answers
Replies: 6
Views: 5080

Re: Stuff...Questions and Answers

The Yankees have been the best team in baseball in the first half of the season. No question. It doesn't mean a lot. We don't give prizes for a job half done (unless they're doing that in schools now too). The Yankees have had a lot of luck to go with their skills. They have more than a lineup of st...
by DOUGHBOYS
Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:58 pm
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: Stuff...Questions and Answers
Replies: 6
Views: 5080

Re: Stuff...Questions and Answers

We can say a lot of things are missing from baseball. The ability of a pitcher to go deep in a game. The hit and run. The excitement of when a base stealer gets on first base. Bunting for a hit. Hell, even swinging for a hit. It's a home run game. But even given that, there is still something missin...
by DOUGHBOYS
Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:40 pm
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: Stuff...Questions and Answers
Replies: 6
Views: 5080

Re: Stuff...Questions and Answers

It drives me crazy when I have good stats from a player ON MY BENCH. Just this week, I benched Kole Calhoun because of a two game week. Calhoun hadn't been hitting well and his team had a two game series from Mon-Thurs. Perfect excuse to bench his ass, right? Well, it sounds good. Of course, Calhoun...
by DOUGHBOYS
Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:34 pm
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: Stuff...Questions and Answers
Replies: 6
Views: 5080

Re: Stuff...Questions and Answers

Suwinski hits three home runs. Hmmm. It got me thinking about three home run games. Even with all the homers flying, three home run games are rare. Sammy Sosa hit three home runs in three different games in 2001. He is the only player to accomplish the feat in one year. Several players have done it ...
by DOUGHBOYS
Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:30 pm
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: Stuff...Questions and Answers
Replies: 6
Views: 5080

Re: Stuff...Questions and Answers

This week I had a choice. Pitch Cal Quantrill or Dakota Hudson. Quantrill, on the road vs. the Dodgers. Hudson, facing the Red Sox in Boston. It was a lot like the school bully asking me if I'd rather get kicked in the left testicle or right testicle. During draft season, we never foresee decisions ...
by DOUGHBOYS
Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:56 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: Scribes Stott Soto Stupid Slashes
Replies: 3
Views: 4476

Re: Scribes Stott Soto Stupid Slashes

Thanks Wayne. Appreciated.
I'll try to be more consistent in posting for the near future. Fingers crossed. :)
Love seeing your blog back on your Main Event team. Good Stuff!
by DOUGHBOYS
Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:49 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: Stuff...Questions and Answers
Replies: 6
Views: 5080

Stuff...Questions and Answers

What do Yordan Alvarez and Mike Trout have in common? Neither have attempted a steal this year. Who leads baseball in Hits, Extra Base Hits, and Total Bases? It's the same guy who leads baseball in multi-hit games. The same guy who has had more total bases than any player since 2019. Rafael Devers W...
by DOUGHBOYS
Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:56 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: Scribes Stott Soto Stupid Slashes
Replies: 3
Views: 4476

Re: Scribes Stott Soto Stupid Slashes

Part 2..... "He looked pretty sharp in the first two innings before running into trouble in the third, as the left-hander allowed three of six batters to reach and one to score. Perez didn't strike anyone out but did induce seven groundouts. It's unlikely he'll have any fantasy value this season." A...
by DOUGHBOYS
Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:52 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: Scribes Stott Soto Stupid Slashes
Replies: 3
Views: 4476

Scribes Stott Soto Stupid Slashes

I know I've been down this road before but please permit me yet another rant..... Call them experts. Call them pundits. Call them Touts. I call bullshit. Especially these fellas that write for 'so-called' fantasy sites. Why the 'so-called'? These fellas do not write for us. They write for themselves...
by DOUGHBOYS
Mon May 16, 2022 4:44 pm
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: My Blog is Back and Your Gonna be in Trouble...hey la, hey la, My Blog is Back!
Replies: 38
Views: 8580

Re: My Blog is Back and Your Gonna be in Trouble...hey la, hey la, My Blog is Back!

Good Stuff, Wayne! As for myself, I am all good. Enjoying baseball and life, my friend. I missed you in Vegas. Since, I've taken a long hiatus from the Boards. But I'll be back. I always come back. :) Keep up with the team and blog. I hope your team goes north, while your gut goes south. Oops, that'...
by DOUGHBOYS
Wed Mar 30, 2022 8:23 pm
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Oz, Coz, and Broken Glass
Replies: 8
Views: 3036

Re: Oz, Coz, and Broken Glass

Always glad seeing you, Matt. And Thanks for commenting! It reminded me of something else. It was an absolute pleasure to see the Midwest Mafia out in Vegas. Matt, John, Coz, Russ, Doug in spirit, and all the rest. I realize that Chicago had it bad this year in terms of sign ups. But I hope the NFBC...
by DOUGHBOYS
Wed Mar 30, 2022 7:15 pm
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Oz, Coz, and Broken Glass
Replies: 8
Views: 3036

Oz, Coz, and Broken Glass

I remember walking into my first Las Vegas Main Draft. Seriously, it was a little like walking through a port hole of a Major League Stadium and seeing that field in front of you. As I walked through the door, my wife saw the fellas in the room, gaga over draft boards and spouting baseball jargon an...
by DOUGHBOYS
Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:49 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: $$$$$
Replies: 2
Views: 4407

Re: $$$$$

Thanks Al. I agree with everything you said. The pay system is wonky now. It'll never be fixed of course, because the players just want more money. Not caring WHO gets that money. They don't care if Trevor Bauer is their flag bearer in the Olympics of getting paid the most. Mike Trout, by all rights...
by DOUGHBOYS
Sat Mar 05, 2022 6:51 pm
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: $$$$$
Replies: 2
Views: 4407

$$$$$

I haven't answered a phone in days. I haven't responded to my favorite baseball text thread. I haven't looked up any baseball news sites, listened to any baseball talk or even looked at really, any sites lately, besides this one. When the talks broke off, it broke me a little bit. I don't blame anyb...
by DOUGHBOYS
Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:34 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: 5
Replies: 6
Views: 5747

5

I remember the moment. It was the late 60's and I was 'channel surfing late at night trying to pick up baseball games on the radio. Finally, I honed in on one. The broadcaster was gushing about a player I had never heard of. A kid just up from the minors. Johnny Bench. The broadcaster said he couldn...
by DOUGHBOYS
Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:50 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: 5
Replies: 6
Views: 5747

Re: 4

Thanks Steve.
Good to hear from you!
Easy for me. A life-long love for the guy.
Thanks again.
by DOUGHBOYS
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:56 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: 5
Replies: 6
Views: 5747

4

My Mom and Dad told me that the first word said on this earth was not "Mom" or "Dad". It was "Ball". Early pictures of my childhood were usually with a ball in my hand. When starting School, 'Recess' was my favorite subject so that I can find like-minded kids who wanted to play ball. In second grade...
by DOUGHBOYS
Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:54 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: 5
Replies: 6
Views: 5747

3

Killer. That's the nickname he was given. It belied his demeanor which was mostly gentle and quiet. But man, when hitting a baseball....he was a killer. Harmon Killebrew grew up in Idaho. Like our own John Pausma, he was a farm boy. He gave credit to carrying 95 pound milk cans everyday for building...
by DOUGHBOYS
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:55 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: 5
Replies: 6
Views: 5747

Re: 1

Say what you want about Derek Jeter, but he was iconic. He was as close to a 'Baseball Elvis' as baseball can get. The girls loved him, the men wanted to be like him. We can still picture in our minds some of the things Jeter did on the field. The time he flew into the stands after a pop fly. The ti...
by DOUGHBOYS
Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:26 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: 5
Replies: 6
Views: 5747

5

I don't know if this will work, but I am inspired by Joe Posnanski's book (Folks, you have got to read this book if loving baseball) titled 'The Baseball 100'. I'm going to do something a little different than Mr. Posnanski and hope it works. If not, nothing lost. Paul O'Neill will have his number r...
by DOUGHBOYS
Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:28 am
Forum: Doughboys' Daily Stuff
Topic: 163
Replies: 1
Views: 5095

163

If a member of the NFBC for any length of time, from the subject title, you probably know what this post is about. :lol: Since the inception of the NFBC, any playoff game at the end of the season has counted in our fantasy season. This playoff game is not a playoff game to us. It is an extra regular...