Gordon Gekko ESPN commentator this week

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:38 am

Originally posted by Lunatic:

OK; $500 Satellite League next year. Lower finisher OA pays the entry fee. Your NY 6 against my LV 9. sorry. i don't bet. been burned too many times. best for you to concentrate on your team and not on me. good day!

Lunatic · Post by **Lunatic** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:45 am

Oh, I am sorry, in your previous post you said, "My bets are in the form of entry fees." Now you say you don't bet. Mark, you won't get burned by me. I am a man of my word. But hey, I understand, I have been burned myself. But all who know me know I am good for it. But don't say one thing and then come back and say something different. Good luck to you also.

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:58 am

Originally posted by Lunatic:

Oh, I am sorry, in your previous post you said, "My bets are in the form of entry fees." Now you say you don't bet. Mark, you won't get burned by me. I am a man of my word. But hey, I understand, I have been burned myself. But all who know me know I am good for it. But don't say one thing and then come back and say something different. Good luck to you also. my "betting" money is in the form of the entry fees i paid this year to Greg. if i have a bad season, i'm not going to compound it by having to pay another $500.

Lunatic · Post by **Lunatic** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:02 am

No problem. Again, good luck. You obviously know your stuff and I am not taking that away from you. It is pretty remarkable to have 2 top 10 finishes in a row. In addition to winning the NFFC. Good luck with all your teams this year.

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:37 am

i'm a firm believer that in order for me to succeed at fantasy baseball, i need to do my homework each and every day. i don't take anything for granted.

i may not be as talented as some people, but i will attempt to overcome that by hard work.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:07 am

Originally posted by rockitsauce:

Gekko insults people on here who disagree w/ him all the time and now the boss (Greg) has to defend the worst smacktalker on this MB!

Who's defending? I just told both sides that I got the jist of the smack talk and now it's time to move on. After three pages of it, why do we need six? So someone can get the last word in?

I'm stating a fact: The loudest on the boards are sometimes the quietest in person. Not that Dyv or Fudd are quiet in person, but they are certainly different than their MB personas.

So carry on if it makes you feel better. I just know we have a lot of new members to the boards and at some point civility needs to take over stupidity.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:11 am

Originally posted by Lunatic:

No problem. Again, good luck. You obviously know your stuff and I am not taking that away from you. It is pretty remarkable to have 2 top 10 finishes in a row. In addition to winning the NFFC. Good luck with all your teams this year. See, now look how civil we can be after some time.

And Gekko, Jim's birthday is coming up soon, so be nice to him. It's the same day as my wedding anniversary I found out last weekend, so Jim and I are now attached forever.

Good luck all.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:23 am

Originally posted by Jim Young:

Gecko,

In the midst of all the back and forth on this posting, one thing has been left out. Is this true? Are you going to be on ESPN? If so, what show, date, and time? Or, is this all part of the hype machine? Do tell....... that's the funny thing about this thread. I highly doubt that GG is going on ESPN to talk about the NFBC or fantasy baseball. If that were the case, we'd all hear about it and trump the great publicity for the industry. As it is, I trust this was a bogus post to get the boards active. It succeeded.

I look forward to the day when ESPN is smart enough to feature Shawn or Mark or Terry or Chris or Eddie or any of our NFBC guys on a fantasy baseball special. It would be good entertainment and good information.

eddiejag · Post by **eddiejag** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:00 am

A couple guy's who did the nfbc were on the MLB baseball channel last night.They got an hour and a half with Harold Reynolds and another mlb guy.I thought they did a great job and they worked very well with Harold Reynolds.Was bummed out that when talking high stakes fantasy baseball they couldnt give the NFBC a plug.

Glenneration X · Post by **Glenneration X** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:53 am

I am a new member and I for one love the smack talk.

I hope I do enough this year to get some headed my way next year.

Having smack talk directed towards you is one of the highest forms of flattery in a sense.

bigdaddyk · Post by **bigdaddyk** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:44 am

ESPN had a 1 hour fantasy baseball special on friday night.They had the usual so called fantasy experts like Eric Karabell and the untalented Mr. Roto Matthew Berry.Gordon Gekko would have been an upgrade if he were a guest on that show.If he wins the main event this year then ESPN might have to recognize his greatness.How could they not?

eddiejag · Post by **eddiejag** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:21 am

How bad was Matt Berry.Telling people not to draft closers you can get saves on the waiver wire.Ishe nuts some years when 14 other guys are looking for saves on the wire you just cant get them.He also doesnt have Ryan Howard in his top 20.

751542 · Post by **751542** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:37 am

m berry should be getting gregs coffee!!!

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:43 am

Originally posted by bigdaddyk:

ESPN had a 1 hour fantasy baseball special on friday night.They had the usual so called fantasy experts like Eric Karabell and the untalented Mr. Roto Matthew Berry.Gordon Gekko would have been an upgrade if he were a guest on that show.If he wins the main event this year then ESPN might have to recognize his greatness.How could they not? if i win the main event? long ways to go for that to happen. i can't even make it through spring training healthy

i'll play the game as hard as i can. i can only hope it's enough to get there.

Purple Helmets · Post by **Purple Helmets** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:19 pm

Originally posted by bigdaddyk:

ESPN had a 1 hour fantasy baseball special on friday night.They had the usual so called fantasy experts like Eric Karabell and the untalented Mr. Roto Matthew Berry.Gordon Gekko would have been an upgrade if he were a guest on that show.If he wins the main event this year then ESPN might have to recognize his greatness.How could they not? Will never happen...the part referencing being on ESPN as a guest host.

Ryan C · Post by **Ryan C** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:19 pm

The problem with ESPN is there insistance to stick with a 10 team mixed league as their standard league. Of course you can find saves on the wire in a league this shallow!

While I understand their desire to make baseball more accessible to new players - by making it easier to play. But as the so called "Industry Leader" they do a dissservice to the entire industry by pushing this watered down product.

Then to compound matters they spout commentary geared to this format-basically giving no reason for those playing in deeper leagues to watch or read what they have to say.

MLB.com is just as bad with their fantasy game which has you draft an entire teams pitching staff to go along with your ALL Star 9 man lineup.

I checked out their fantasy show over the weekend for kicks - and thought the guys did a pretty good job. However, memo to Harold Reynolds, if you are on the panel for the inagural fantasy show I don't want to hear how you know nothing about fantasy, don't care about fantasy or thought it was silly when you were a player. You may think so - but it is likely that the majority of the people who will be regular viewers of your network DO - so shut up and let us try to enjoy the little bit of programming actually devoted to our game.

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:22 pm

Originally posted by Purple Helmets:

quote:Originally posted by bigdaddyk:

ESPN had a 1 hour fantasy baseball special on friday night.They had the usual so called fantasy experts like Eric Karabell and the untalented Mr. Roto Matthew Berry.Gordon Gekko would have been an upgrade if he were a guest on that show.If he wins the main event this year then ESPN might have to recognize his greatness.How could they not? Will never happen...the part referencing being on ESPN as a guest host. [/QUOTE]if Rome can get his own show, anything is possible.

PS - i've already been on ESPN as a fantasy football draft participant

Dickie V · Post by **Dickie V** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:29 pm

Ryan I am on board with you in that H Reynolds needs to take a time out! I used to enjoy his perspective when he was a regular on ESPN Baseball Tonight. But now the dude is way over the top.

I felt MLB fantasy baseball program was less painful to watch than ESPN's but still had to turn it off because of camera hog Harold.

Purple Helmets · Post by **Purple Helmets** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:37 pm

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II:

quote:Originally posted by Purple Helmets:

quote:Originally posted by bigdaddyk:

ESPN had a 1 hour fantasy baseball special on friday night.They had the usual so called fantasy experts like Eric Karabell and the untalented Mr. Roto Matthew Berry.Gordon Gekko would have been an upgrade if he were a guest on that show.If he wins the main event this year then ESPN might have to recognize his greatness.How could they not? Will never happen...the part referencing being on ESPN as a guest host. [/QUOTE]if Rome can get his own show, anything is possible.

PS - i've already been on ESPN as a fantasy football draft participant [/QUOTE]I remember that...along with a few others from the NFFC and other circles. Kudos for that...but there's a huge difference between that and what Matthew Berry is now doing. Definitely not saying he's better than you at fantasy anything, but he was able to market himself and got very lucky with timing. I was able to meet him and hear his story last year. You could win the NFBC or NFFC five years in a row and it wouldn't get you to be ESPN's host or primary spokesperson of their fantasy sports endeavors. He didn't really get there based upon successful results as a participant of fantasy sports.

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:45 pm

A side note re: targeting novice fantasy players...

USE THE 2 TO 5 PAGES OF WORTHLESS DRIVEL EXPLANING HOW TO PLAY FANTASY BASEBALL IN EVERY YEARS MAGAZINE with a simple...

If you are new to the rules of fantasy baseball, please go to NFBC.com for rules and league setup.

It's been over 20 years...I think folks would prefer to click on a link nowadays than have those pages clogged with the same crap year after year. Get more content in there! NFBC player content!!!

*Not ripping Fantasy Sports mags, as they only waste 2 pages in the first of their two seasonal fantasy baseball magazines. (2 too many!)

Other waste nearly 5 full pages some years.

~Lance

[ March 30, 2009, 06:54 PM: Message edited by: sportsbettingman ]

steve · Post by **steve** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:01 pm

Hey Greg, Nothing is bogus if it stirs up the message boards,,the message boards are just too quiet sometimes,,and Gekko would make a good host on ESPN,,Did you ever see his You Tube videos?

Ryan C · Post by **Ryan C** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:14 pm

Originally posted by Dickie V:

Ryan I am on board with you in that H Reynolds needs to take a time out! I used to enjoy his perspective when he was a regular on ESPN Baseball Tonight. But now the dude is way over the top.

I felt MLB fantasy baseball program was less painful to watch than ESPN's but still had to turn it off because of camera hog Harold. I think Reynolds is good on the MLB tonight show - and enjoy the instructional stuff on the "Diamond" stage.

But his presence here just undermined whatever knowledge, insight and actual excitement that Sciano and Scwartz brought to the table.

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:24 pm

Originally posted by Purple Helmets:

I remember that...along with a few others from the NFFC and other circles. Kudos for that...but there's a huge difference between that and what Matthew Berry is now doing. Definitely not saying he's better than you at fantasy anything, but he was able to market himself and got very lucky with timing. I was able to meet him and hear his story last year. You could win the NFBC or NFFC five years in a row and it wouldn't get you to be ESPN's host or primary spokesperson of their fantasy sports endeavors. He didn't really get there based upon successful results as a participant of fantasy sports. i understand what u are saying.

if i happened to win the nfbc 5 times, espn wouldn't be what i was looking at.

i'm from the school of creating your own opps

Jim Young · Post by **Jim Young** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:47 pm

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II:

quote:Originally posted by Purple Helmets:

quote:Originally posted by bigdaddyk:

ESPN had a 1 hour fantasy baseball special on friday night.They had the usual so called fantasy experts like Eric Karabell and the untalented Mr. Roto Matthew Berry.Gordon Gekko would have been an upgrade if he were a guest on that show.If he wins the main event this year then ESPN might have to recognize his greatness.How could they not? Will never happen...the part referencing being on ESPN as a guest host. [/QUOTE]if Rome can get his own show, anything is possible.

PS - i've already been on ESPN as a fantasy football draft participant [/QUOTE]Gecko,

Your in the jungle baby!

Rome is the man! Come on! Seriously, you may not like his schtick, but the guy has got some big ballz! Anyone that is willing to sit there and call a pro athlete by a female name to his face, and then do it again after the foot taller and 100 pound heavier athlete tells him that they better take a station break if he does it again, is okay in my book. They should errect a statue in Jim Rome's honor for this. If any of you have not seen this, or haven't seen it in a while, PLEASE click on the link below. I just watched it for the hundreth time, and it just gets better and better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HNgqQVHI_8

Also, as for Matthew Berry, this guy is a genius for marketing himself and getting on ESPN as the lead fantasy analyst, a job that would be Eric Karabell's if he had the face of Matthew Berry! Marketing though, is about all he should be commended for. I don't really care for his opinion on players, and I especially did not care for the third Crocidile Dundee movie, "Crocidile Dundee in Los Angeles." It was horrible! I loved the first movie, and the 2nd one wasn't all that bad either, but Berry ruined it all with part 3! He should have spent more time fine-tuning that script, and less time marketing himself as a fantasy guru. If he did that, he might have a multi-million dollar career as a screenwriter.

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:08 pm

Originally posted by Jim Young:

Anyone that is willing to sit there and call a pro athlete by a female name to his face, and then do it again after the foot taller and 100 pound heavier athlete tells him that they better take a station break if he does it again, is okay in my book. They should errect a statue in Jim Rome's honor for this. Wasn't this staged?