Re: Rules for 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:18 am
Todd, all those regular season stats, no matter the inning are there for everybody.
Whatever happens, happens.
We have no control over whether a game is rained out or goes 15 innings.
In either one of those cases, whatever statistics are tallied.
For game 163, whether it is called a regular season game or a playoff game, it is an entity unto itself.
It was not scheduled.
Fantasy players did not have an inkling about it when drafting their players.
Up until that time, FAAB and lineups can be prepared to maximize statistics for each drafter.
We can't maximize statistics for a game in which we have no players, while our rival can.
Up until this game, we have the power to do that.
It's mano y mano.
Game 163 is something vs nothing in most cases.
Imagine the regular season as a big ball of statistics.
Included in that ball are shortened games, extra inning games, regulation games.
We have used every statistic from that ball of statistics.
Then, Surprise!
A small ball wants to become a part of the old ball.
It came out of nowhere.
We couldn't draft for it. All along, we played knowing only the big ball.
Maybe it is timing, but a lot of folks don't like the smaller ball.
They've had to deal with the big ball for six long months.
Accepted in that big ball are all statistics from all games, five, nine, and 15 innings.
We KNOW those are included.
Bad umpires calls, bad scorekeeping rulings, bad breaks.
We KNOW those are included.
Everything is in that ball we worked so hard for.
The Big Ball is a conglomeration of all statistics over 162 games, no matter how arrived at.
It is universally accepted and the power behind our game.
Now, do you do projections based on 162 games or 163?
Whatever happens, happens.
We have no control over whether a game is rained out or goes 15 innings.
In either one of those cases, whatever statistics are tallied.
For game 163, whether it is called a regular season game or a playoff game, it is an entity unto itself.
It was not scheduled.
Fantasy players did not have an inkling about it when drafting their players.
Up until that time, FAAB and lineups can be prepared to maximize statistics for each drafter.
We can't maximize statistics for a game in which we have no players, while our rival can.
Up until this game, we have the power to do that.
It's mano y mano.
Game 163 is something vs nothing in most cases.
Imagine the regular season as a big ball of statistics.
Included in that ball are shortened games, extra inning games, regulation games.
We have used every statistic from that ball of statistics.
Then, Surprise!
A small ball wants to become a part of the old ball.
It came out of nowhere.
We couldn't draft for it. All along, we played knowing only the big ball.
Maybe it is timing, but a lot of folks don't like the smaller ball.
They've had to deal with the big ball for six long months.
Accepted in that big ball are all statistics from all games, five, nine, and 15 innings.
We KNOW those are included.
Bad umpires calls, bad scorekeeping rulings, bad breaks.
We KNOW those are included.
Everything is in that ball we worked so hard for.
The Big Ball is a conglomeration of all statistics over 162 games, no matter how arrived at.
It is universally accepted and the power behind our game.
Now, do you do projections based on 162 games or 163?