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last night on Sirius the trash talk began.Tom told Darik not to bother showing up tonight lol. Defending 2 time champ Marc Winokur was on and Greg told Marc he gets to host a 2 hour show if he 3peats! Tonight will be a blast. Get your popcorn ready and follow along at link above starting at 7 pm es...

Have to catch up with my texts, but just added the "Guest of Honor". He gets free admission on me...and all the ball-busting that he can handle for his triumphant return to Vegas this year. :P :mrgreen: Awesome addition to the festivities! Rumor has it Dan Kenyon will be holding court as follows: 1...

All, My apologies. The "PullDown/Toggle Between Teams" option is already in place. I simply forgot to use it in the video (stupid Minnesotan :D ). When you watch the video, you see my team name show prominently throughout: "Dev Main Event" Had I simply clicked on that, the pulldown menu comes down ...

Guys - Great work on the FAAB system. It looks really good. Very nice job with the video, Darik. These improvements should make FAAB easier and save time. In fact, they looked so I good I went ahead and bought another FAAB team this morning. :D Also want to second Dusty's request to have a one-click...

Mike: Please count me in. Looking forward to it! Thanks for organizing this again.

Mike

It's a drag when people lose interest after round 30 (or sooner) and drag down the pace. What's really annoying is when you see these slowpokes are joining other drafts while they're driving your draft into the ditch repeatedly. You know, I get that it's more fun to draft Francisco Lindor than Fred...

We definitely want these drafts to be fun. We don't want people to feel rushed and we don't want people as if they are excruciatingly painful. So it's up to us to figure out how best to do this. Does that mean lowering the time, adding a personal timer history, further enhancing the tools making su...

A couple of quick thoughts on the topic: 1. People join drafts to draft. It is no fun if a draft progresses at a snail's pace. Going an entire day without getting to make a single pick is ridiculous. 2. When you are on the clock, the other 14 owners are waiting on you. Sometimes, an owner will not b...

The reason drafters enter these contests is because of the auction format. The auction is the fun part of putting together 23 pieces of our 50 player roster. The remaining 27 players that is done through slow draft means, tedious by comparison. This portion of the draft is all but forgotten by many...

I was fearful of this when I clicked his name @ 6/80 the other day. :lol: Some Giants fans already complaining, so eager are they to strip down and rebuild. I don't blame an organization that won three titles in five years not that long ago wanting to take one more shot while MadBum and Posey are s...

Drafted at Aria for football this year & I'll be the first to say it...as I did to Greg this year....Aria > Bellagio. Beautiful drafting rooms, great food & service, & easy to get to especially if you stay at Vdara which is superior to the Bellagio in my opinion. But I guess some of the East Coaste...

Great news! Looking forward to being back at the Bellagio for Week 2! Can't wait!

Mike

I will say I appreciate growing the fanbase and think this is a positive. I am 33 years old and have been playing in Fantasy Baseball Leagues since I was 12, often times being those $10-$50 leagues. It has been from my successes in small to mid stakes leagues that afforded me the opportunity to pla...

Dan, I read your post, agreed with everything in it, and then moved on. Also thought that many of today’s free agents holding out for big paydays would be sorely disappointed. Then, I see that the Rockies give the aging and oft-injured Wade Davis $52 million for three years and think that maybe some...

Awesome, Andy. Thanks. I’m only interested in the DC variety (no FAAB) and will check on dates and post again when I know which ones work. Appreciate you running these again.

Mike

You look at it as a 'crimp', Mikey. I look at it as two hours of daylight, not wasted. :mrgreen: 25 rounds in better reach on Day One :D Seriously, for you fellas that remember fantasy baseball from long ago.... New Year Day, fantasy baseball drafting? How awesome is that! :D :D :D Sounds great to ...

After consulting with tax advisors, we’ll be reporting 1099 income based on the cumulative net method for reporting winnings. This means that you will receive a 1099 for 2017 that will reflect the sum total of all your 2017 winnings less the sum total OF ALL your 2017 entry fees. This tax reporting...

Merry Christmas everyone. I was responding to the question about Satellite Leagues. If you guys want to do Auction DCs RIGHT NOW then let us know and we'll host them somewhere else. No, we don't have auction software done now, nor did we promise that last year. But we hope to have it ready for the ...

How does Jeter do that trade without DEMANDING Gleybar Torres? At least get Clint Frazier in the deal. He has no chance of playing in New York now, right? What was the hurry to unload Stanton, Jeets? Hold out a little longer and get the Red Sox involved. Anyone to force the Yankees' hand a little. ...

That telephone you hear ringing is Boras calling the Red Sox to talk JD Martinez.

Mike

Yep, they couldn't flip Ellsbury, so Castro is the target. The fantasy player who loses in this deal looks to be Aaron Hicks. Actually, I think Frazier will be out in the cold or traded. Earlier (certainly could just be noise) the Yanks committed to Hicks in Center. Ellsbury, Gardner and Hicks shar...

Wow. It’s just raining sluggers in New York.

Looking forward to it Mike. Lowy already got me a map so I can get around.... https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/323RIUb8EG4W37EhTiez50ZO91M=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4953825/Judgmental_20Map_20of_20NYC-thumb.0.png Wayne, looks like you’re all set. You’ll ha...

Yes. I will have one team in the Auction Championship, but will be playing out of NYC this year (my eldest will be in a final semester at NYU, so Dad will be making an appearance). Wayne - Great to hear that you'll be in NYC this year. You will enjoy drafting in The Big Apple! See you then. Mike

In 2016, the Astros struck out 23.4% of the time, which was fourth highest in MLB. In 2017, the Astros struck out 17.3% of the time, which was the lowest in MLB. And they won the World Series. Coincidence? Tough to say. In my opinion, cutting down on the strikeouts definitely helped the offense, whi...