Is Greg qualified to decide?

Walla Walla · Post by **Walla Walla** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:39 am

Greg, Crashes and burns each year in the Labr leagues. But with $100,000 on the line Greg makes the call that closers aren't worth dropping off the free agent list. Greg and his partner in crime John never draft a closer. So is there a problem with thier draft beliefs and being a commish.

JohnZ · Post by **JohnZ** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:15 am

Kerry Wood $4. Marte $1. (6 cat pts now, possibly 9 by end of season)

We'll draft ANY closer at the right price. It's ALWAYS been that way.

In the AL, we will pick up 3-4 saves pts in next week and have 5 in that cat.

$1 Rodney. $0 Downs.

We are moving up in both leagues and have a solid shot at winning NL with recent addition of Harden.

Thanks for playing.

The only problem here is that you continue to make generalizations that are false. You aren't qualified to ask questions.

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[ July 30, 2008, 12:16 PM: Message edited by: JohnZ ]

Chest Rockwell · Post by **Chest Rockwell** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:19 am

Originally posted by Walla Walla:

Greg, Crashes and burns each year in the Labr leagues. But with $100,000 on the line Greg makes the call that closers aren't worth dropping off the free agent list. Greg and his partner in crime John never draft a closer. So is there a problem with thier draft beliefs and being a commish.

You take on Zaleski as a partner and see how you do? Considering those circumstances his performance in those leagues makes him even more qualified to be the decision maker.

If your standard is him doing everything you would then he will come up short. If your standard is trying his best to think through 51/49 type decisions then he does just fine IMO.

JohnZ · Post by **JohnZ** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:38 am

Originally posted by Chest Rockwell:

If your standard is him doing everything you would then he will come up short. Slow down.... your jealousy is hurting your English skills.

CC's Desperados · Post by **CC's Desperados** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:51 am

Originally posted by Walla Walla:

Greg, Crashes and burns each year in the Labr leagues. But with $100,000 on the line Greg makes the call that closers aren't worth dropping off the free agent list. Greg and his partner in crime John never draft a closer. So is there a problem with their draft beliefs and being a commish.

He's batting a thousand right now as none of the closer were delivered to the top teams overall. The is no question we have the right man for the job.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:37 am

Originally posted by Walla Walla:

Greg, Crashes and burns each year in the Labr leagues. yeah, no LABR rings for yours truly, just a pair of second place finishes, a third and a few fourths. I suck. We're currently fourth in the NL now and doing all we can to improve, but our AL team is a MESS.

John, I'm like an old washed up MLB catcher who becomes a good manager. I may be hitting just above the Mendoza in my fantasy leagues this year, but I'll still make the right decisions in regards to the NFBC.

Look over NY 3 and tell me what you would do, okay? Would you remove EVERY free agent closer? Would you remove every top player cut?? Has any of my decisions affected the overall contest yet, right or wrong?

I see what's going on in NY 3 and I'll act appropriately. Last week in your main event league I left in Huston Street and I didn't hear you complaining. How come??

Good luck the rest of the way. Questioning my integrity and baseball knowledge is okay as I've always made a good punching bag. I'm a big boy, I can take it.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:43 am

Originally posted by Chest Rockwell:

quote:Originally posted by Walla Walla:

Greg, Crashes and burns each year in the Labr leagues. But with $100,000 on the line Greg makes the call that closers aren't worth dropping off the free agent list. Greg and his partner in crime John never draft a closer. So is there a problem with thier draft beliefs and being a commish.

You take on Zaleski as a partner and see how you do? Considering those circumstances his performance in those leagues makes him even more qualified to be the decision maker.

If your standard is him doing everything you would then he will come up short. If your standard is trying his best to think through 51/49 type decisions then he does just fine IMO. [/QUOTE]Nah, Johnny Z is a great co-manager to have. We have fun at the auctions, we agree on players beforehand and then he's great at making mid-season pickups. I'm so busy with football rankings, ratings and other stuff by early April that he's the best at making the FAAB bids. I just don't have the time to do it as well, even though every Monday morning I look over these winning bids and cuts.

LABR is a blast and having a co-manager there is even more fun. Everyone can take their shots at us if they want, but dammit we're doing all we can to win the NL and the addition of Rich Harden can only help. Besides, we're blaming Eric Byrnes for the lack of SB and run points. What a bum.

It's all good. Walla Walla loves to stir the pot and this is one of his better posts!!

Attacking Shandler and Ambrosius in the same season is as good as it gets!!

eddiejag · Post by **eddiejag** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:28 am

I know Jonny Z crashed and burned this year with Chone Figgins in a lot of leagues, did he get you with Figgy in the AL auction.What a joke this year with 11 rbi's and zero homers.Even his bavg and speed is down.

JohnZ · Post by **JohnZ** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:42 am

Originally posted by eddiejag:

I know Jonny Z crashed and burned this year with Chone Figgins in a lot of leagues, did he get you with Figgy in the AL auction.What a joke this year with 11 rbi's and zero homers.Even his bavg and speed is down. Two of four... I think you burned me in the Super

. Two guys are on all four of my teams. Josh and GA.

W/O him in LV3, I'd be in that huge SB mess.. (7 teams separated by 9 sb)

BTW, you and KJ are sure making things interesting.

[ July 30, 2008, 05:46 PM: Message edited by: JohnZ ]

eddiejag · Post by **eddiejag** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:55 pm

Yes its nice to finally get in the ninties but KJ Duke has come out of no where and moving up.

I really wanted Figgins in the main and super but you were in front of me in the 3rd round in both leagues and took Figgins who i really wanted.Sometimes you get lucky.Long way to go but im waiting on Liriano to get me to the promise land.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:07 pm

Since John called me out on these relief pitcher decisions, I'll let you know how they played out as we allowed all of the closers to remain eligible for pickup in the NFBC leagues.

New York 3 is particularly tough to manage this year because the second place team had five good closers from draft day, built up a big lead in that category and then started cutting them. We checked over that league carefully before ruling each time and right now that league is really playing out for the top three prizes.

We allowed Brian Wilson to be cut and picked up and then we allowed George Sherrill to be cut and picked up. Sherrill went to the seventh place team in that league, which didn't affect the overall standings. Last week Huston Street and Kerry Wood were cut in NY3 and Street went for $8 and Wood for $130. The league is playing out as we had hoped without the overall standings being greatly impacted.

This has been a unique year for cuts and we're trying to allow the individual leagues to play out, with an eye on the overall standings. Good luck all the rest of the way as so many leagues are so close this year.