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We are locking in space for 2007 with the NFBC main event being held on St. Patrick's Day -- Saturday, March 17th -- and the auction leagues being held the day before on Friday, March 16th. The Ultimate Leagues would be held on Sunday, March 18th. We have a signed contract with the Flamingo for ever...

Originally posted by MGBMARTY: I do not know if there is a waty to check who has the most competitive league in regards from fisrt to fourth place In NY#4 : Coulda Woulda Shoulda 111 Derek Jeters $th Ring 111 MGBS109 110.5 Dirty Sanchez 109 Any other leagues from 1-4 that close? Marty Wow, that's as...

Originally posted by UFS: quote:Originally posted by wojo moneyball: 4-0 when he entered game but 4-1, with man on 2nd when he struck out last batter. Can you direct me to where I can read the rule? did you play some ball yourself? because I think we met many moons ago at Eckerd Colloge, where I pla...

Originally posted by MGBMARTY: On CBS sportsline player news it states Twins pur R White On DL list after Thursday nights game but this news does not show up on MLB List He is on the D/L list but maybe MLB list is slower in posting updates than CBS I responded to Marty via e-mail on this, but White ...

Wayne, good post. I NEVER had any question that all 15 owners in this league were equal, dedicated owners and every single one of them had a chance to win. The rhetoric in March was uncalled for. Good luck everyone in this league.

In a joint press release today from Major League Baseball Advanced Media and the MLB Players Association, the two entities said they would appeal the CBC vs. MLBAM decision. Here's the context of their release: "We are disappointed by the Court's decision yesterday in CBC v. MLBPA and MLBAM. We expe...

Originally posted by Jackstraw: I love it that we have created so much controversy... And, I'm surprised that somebody didn't make note of us keeping Joey Gathright as well. We've lived with our team and league all season, so I think we know a lot more about what is going on in the league and the st...

Originally posted by Top Dawg: quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius: quote:Originally posted by Top Dawg: Tom - Any thoughts on taking K-Rod out of the waiver pool? It seems to me that players of his status should not be available as free agents because one team decides they can't go up or down...

Originally posted by bjoak: Who cares! As long as the NFBC is not telling us who we can't drop--and they used to--what is the difference? We did ask a team owner to not cut Barry Bonds last year, and thus we instituted this rule where we freeze free agents. But we do not tell owners who they can and...

Here's a story I just wrote for our Fantasy Sports Trade Conference newsletter. I'm sure everyone was interested in this: United States Magistrate Judge Mary Ann L. Medler gave a strong opinion today in the CBC vs. MLBAM lawsuit, siding strongly with CBC on every point about the players’ rights of p...

Originally posted by Hangtown: That's my point, you guys now have a say in what's fair... I was allowed to pick up Sheffield when he had surgery. If he comes back in September, that can be huge in my opinion. If he got hurt 2 weeks ago, he would not have been allowed back in the pool... See what I'm...

Dan, first of all, all cuts are allowed in the NFBC. We do not tell you how to manage your team. However, when it comes to the overall grand prize, it's important for the integrity of the contest to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity to pick up similar talent. Having a player who is second ...

Originally posted by Top Dawg: Tom - Any thoughts on taking K-Rod out of the waiver pool? It seems to me that players of his status should not be available as free agents because one team decides they can't go up or down in a category. What's next, someone waives Reyes because they have enough sb's ...

This weekend I traveled to St. Louis to hook up with my good buddies Charlie Weigert of CDM Fantasy Sports and Nate Ravitz of Rototimes.com and they were nice enough to take me to Busch Stadium for a pair of games against the Brewers. We were down the right field line on Saturday night during a gorg...

We certainly understand why some owners need to cut closers and of course every cut will be allowed. However, we have taken Chad Cordero out of Chicago League 2's free agent pool as having a closer in that league at this point in the season could be an unfair advantage. Owners in Chicago League 2 wo...

Originally posted by Joe Sambito: I think bjoak is right, something is askewed. Take Shawn Childs for example. He finished 3rd in 2004, 5th in 2005, and is 35th in 2006. Hence: 2004 3x 1.538 =4.61 2005 5.00 2006 35x.909 =31.18 4.61 + 5.00 + 31.18= 41.42 41.42/3=13.80 So 13.80 should be Shawn's avera...

In the Lifetime Standings you'll notice that co-managers are also listed because at some point teams split up and go on their own. Thus the actual Lifetime Standings is off because of the way we number this to keep track of owners and co-owners. I can look into the rest with STATS.

Originally posted by bjoak: I should have been clearer as I suspected someone might get confused. My "rank" is 92. That is the regular rank where I am the 92nd person. There is a category next to it called "average rank" which I assume averages together your place in the standings over previous year...

I have decided to pull the following free agents out of these leagues after they were cut this week: Chipper Jones Las Vegas League 6 Rickie Weeks New York League 3 I know that Jones and Weeks have injury problems, but there's still 1/3 of a season left and I've decided to take the path of caution r...

Originally posted by nydownunder: Well, I am surpirsed someone hadn't noticed my dropping of Weeks. Anyway, it's hard to criticize this late in the season unless you know the mananger's situation inside and out. 2-3 weeks is hard to wait if you have a lot of holes to fill and the guy has been killin...

Originally posted by mdz129: Just becase a "few" individuals want more than 400 IP doesn't mean 600 or 800 or 1000 should be implemented. The 400 IP has more than eliminated the 2 closers and single A players strategy. Keep the minimum at 400 IP for the Main Event and Auction Leagues. I really don't...

Originally posted by LBG1973: I just wanted to let the powers that be know that Carlos Lee is not getting his due credit for tonights game. It shows him as a Texas Ranger but it appears that he isnt playing and at this point he has 2 hits in tonights game therefore he must be playing. I'm sure it's ...

Originally posted by UFS: 600 IP is great. Get rid of whatever that player list was. It made no sense that B.Wood was on the list and A.Gordon was not. The rosters are thin enough that carrying a Jered Weaver from Day 1 is risky. Open the draft to anyone. That's very possible. We'll see what I can d...

Originally posted by Spyhunter:

Just to be specific for the midseason leagues next year, would this mean 300/300 for don mathis leagues only, and 000 / 300 for the other midseason formats. Spy No, Don Mathis League would be 600 IP and other mid-season formats would be 300 IP.

I don't mean to drag this subject up again, but I just wanted to look over the statistics of this league after two weeks of action to see if anything would have changed if we had instituted a 200 IP limit (half of our 400 IP regular season limit). The answer is no as all 15 teams are over that limit...