A Day in the Life...

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:23 am

I was gonna do a 'Stuff'' thing, probably still will, but I wanted to talk about being quietly pisssed.

There cannot be another hobby in the world that makes us as quietly pisssed as fantasy baseball does.

The trouble is, it can happen at anytime of day. We like listening to the radio while showering in the morning- "In baseball last night, Albert Pujols pulled up lame while running down the first base line...." ARRGGH!

Our wife says, "Good Morning". Just as cheerfully we say, "Good Morning". she asks if we took care of the trash. We tell her yes. We're glad that the trash is picked up on Mondays. It gives us an excuse to get up early and put in the lineups for the week. Pujols was just starting to hit! And to make matters worse, no updates since he doesn't play till Tuesday. ARRGGH!

"Pancakes?" "Sure, Sweetie"

We've also found out that another player has bereavment leave. Damn, why can't these people die in the off season?

We have the only hobby in the world where if some old guy dies in Puerto Rico, it affects us.

During the day, we go through the motions of our jobs and daily life, all the while thinking that Willie Bloomquist could still produce if Gibson will just give him more chances.

And what about Travis Hafner? How long can we keep starting him? He looks good. Maybe, too good. Travis being Manny? We hope not.

AJ Burnett has a double start this week. Should we start him?

He gets great run support and hasn't been too bad. Geez, we just know if we start him that he'll look more like Carol Burnett than AJ.

On the road home, listening to a ballgame, our pitcher has walked our hitter.

No good ever comes of that!

Hit a home run or strike out wuddja! C'mon!

A car honks, a voice screams and asks where we learned to drive.

"Screw you!"

"Our pitcher sucks almost as bad as you!"

We know we shouldn't have yelled, but it feels a lot better than the quietly pisssed facade for home and work. He'll probably mistake it for road rage anyway, unless, he's a fantasy player, in which case, maybe, he'll understand.

We get home from work, hugs and kisses for the family. Somehow a balance between following the ongoing games and being a family guy must be met.

Your player striking out with the bases loaded and nobody out, has us churning.

But, we can't show it to the kids, or more importantly, to the wife. If the wife finds out that we'd rather be rooting on players that are playing in different cities, rather than watching an animated tv special with the kids on the couch, our father/husband license could be revoked.

With the kids safely tucked in bed, we check the computer. No home runs, no stolen bases, and our pitcher was wild

(Ever notice how baseball people never call a pitcher 'wild' anymore?

No, now he has lost his command.

What a load!

Command this! We say.)

and walked in three runs.

On top of that, we bid on Ryan Roberts in every league and didn't get him in one!

PLEASE KIIRK! PLAY BLOOMQUIST screams in our mind!

"Time to go to bed, honey".

"Ok, be right there", we say, while wondering what else can go wrong.

In bed, our wife mentions what a lovely day it was and hopes tomorrow will be even better.

We kiss her tonight, and pray she's right.

[ April 25, 2011, 12:33 PM: Message edited by: DOUGHBOYS ]

Hells Satans · Post by **Hells Satans** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:31 am

Willie Bloomquist is the biggest scam perpetrated on the American public since One-Hour Martinizing.

I'm on the Ryan Roberts train though. Thinking about getting neck tattoo.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:40 am

Not the point....but I still don't agree.

Millie Bloomquist is in the Emily Bonafacio family of players, fool me once, but never again.

Corey Patterson fools people every year....

Hells Satans · Post by **Hells Satans** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:53 am

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Not the point....but I still don't agree.

Millie Bloomquist is in the Emily Bonafacio family of players, fool me once, but never again.

Corey Patterson fools people every year....

my Seinfeld reference failed

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:10 am

It did. My bad. I'm horrible with references.

Drives my son-in-law, crazy. He does lines from movies and tv shows that go over my head.

[ April 25, 2011, 01:10 PM: Message edited by: DOUGHBOYS ]

Winston's Empire · Post by **Winston's Empire** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:12 am

As a father of 2 young kids and a wife who always has dinner on at 5:00pm... I can totally relate to this one Dough!

Whenever there is an early game that I can follow from work, its a double edged sword of course. If my pitcher is great, flowers for the wife and candy for the kids... if he gets rocked for 8 er's in 3.1 innings and doesn't record a k... Sorry I am grumpy honey, I simply had the longest day ever...

This is the world we live in and I honestly think I would live 5 years longer if I didn't watch the baseball games live...

751542 · Post by **751542** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:19 am

great read doughy...and just think i have been experiencing this for 1 month...will it ever end??

my good teams are slumping...my mediocre teams suck and my bad teams are buried....and i love fantasy baseball??? please kill me!

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:20 am

Let's play who would you rather have-

I'll ask the question, answer it, then you guys and gal can chime in with agreement or disagreement....

Pineda or Ogando?

I'd rather have Pineda for the long run. I know, he plays on a worse team and will have his innings limited. But, he is a horse. He's a strike thrower with a wide assortment of pitches. He throws in a pitchers park and soon will have League and Aardsma closing out his games.

Ogando is like a pony, not a horse. He'll be a great flavor of the month, but I can see him wearing down, probably as soon as the end of May. He'll lose a couple miles off his fastball and in that ballpark, a couple of miles off the fastball is noticeable with mid-deep fly balls becoming home runs.

Heyward or Stanton?

Both these guys get nicked up. Chipper-nicked. Enough to stay out of the lineup without us knowing. Frustrating.

Heyward is a little more toolsy. He has less power than Stanton, but who doesn't?

Heyward will steal more bases, hit for the higher average, and injuries set aside, should contribute comforably in every category. Like Stanton, he is still learning, but more ahead of the curve than Stanton is. He seems right on the cusp of figuring things out. Give me Heyward.

Stanton is going to have some boffo games. You know the 5-3-4-6 box score with two home runs. Good for a week of stats. Unfortunately, he'll have the weeks that he has had up to this point as well.

He'll whale on certain pitchers. These pitchers are the ones dumb enough to throw it in his zone. He still whiffs on too many pitches outside of the zone and, until this is corrected, he'll be more like Mark Reynolds and not ARod. A stud in the making, but, still in the making.

Ortiz or Guerrero?

I won't own either next year and it's hard to imagine either of them getting a contract next year for anything close to what THEY THINK they're worth.

Guerrero moves like a gazelle....in the mouth of a tiger.

He is swinging at even more pitches this year. Easily leading baseball. He has only taken 86 pitches in 83 at bats! His obp is the same as his average since he has failed to draw a walk. Once on the bases, he is a road block. He has hit three home runs this year, but only scored seven runs while hitting in the middle of a lineup.

Ortiz is no faster, but has more help around him in the lineup. His swing looks much more fluid than Guerrero's, and truth be told, he moves on the field like he is younger than Vlad.

Ortiz has taken 14 bb's already this year and has five more runs scored than Vladdy, even though the Sox have slumped around him.

I'll take Big Papi.

But, next year with Posada, Matsui, Thome, Hafner, Guerrero, and Ortiz another year older and waning and no other position to play, And with guys like Martinez and Lind taking up a position while dh'ing, it could be the first year where our drafts are virtually free of the dh only hitter.

Most likely, it'll only last a year. Billy Butler is a liability at 1b and with Hosmer being the future, Butler looks prime to be a dh for a long time.

....I just discovered that this is going in the Day in the life thread instead of it's own, but, I am not starting over , so I'll just hijack my own thread

rockitsauce · Post by **rockitsauce** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:20 pm

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Guerrero moves like a gazelle....in the mouth of a tiger.

[QUOTE]

sentences like that are why I read the Doughboy Chronicles

Dan, you'll love this.....Vlad on pace for 682 AB and 0 WALKS!

751542 · Post by **751542** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:48 pm

bloomquist to dl...doughy prophetic!

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:06 pm

These quotes from organizations are so misleading. What, are some of these guys in our leagues?

Morneau and Young have the flu, no, not really.

Contreras just needed a day off. No, not really.

'I'm trying to find room in the lineup for the sparkplug'- Kirk Gibson

And, again, not really.

Where there's smoke, there's a liar!

Baseball Furies · Post by **Baseball Furies** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:14 pm

Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

great read doughy...and just think i have been experiencing this for 1 month...will it ever end??

my good teams are slumping...my mediocre teams suck and my bad teams are buried....and i love fantasy baseball??? please kill me!

...And yet you still talk trash as if they weren't. Perhaps you missed the memo that this aint yer year, RT.

Don't worry, I won't roast you too badly in this forum at the end of the year

751542 · Post by **751542** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:16 pm

Originally posted by Baseball Furies:

quote:Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

great read doughy...and just think i have been experiencing this for 1 month...will it ever end??

my good teams are slumping...my mediocre teams suck and my bad teams are buried....and i love fantasy baseball??? please kill me!

...And yet you still talk trash as if they weren't. Perhaps you missed the memo that this aint yer year, RT.

Don't worry, I won't roast you too badly in this forum at the end of the year

[/QUOTE]lets call a spade a spade my friend..i am kicking you ass in our sidebet...that was an easy k...sucker !! last count i was up over 30 pts...book it dano!

Baseball Furies · Post by **Baseball Furies** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:21 pm

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Let's play who would you rather have-

I'll ask the question, answer it, then you guys and gal can chime in with agreement or disagreement....

Pineda or Ogando?

I'd rather have Pineda for the long run. I know, he plays on a worse team and will have his innings limited. But, he is a horse. He's a strike thrower with a wide assortment of pitches. He throws in a pitchers park and soon will have League and Aardsma closing out his games.

Ogando is like a pony, not a horse. He'll be a great flavor of the month, but I can see him wearing down, probably as soon as the end of May. He'll lose a couple miles off his fastball and in that ballpark, a couple of miles off the fastball is noticeable with mid-deep fly balls becoming home runs.

Heyward or Stanton?

Both these guys get nicked up. Chipper-nicked. Enough to stay out of the lineup without us knowing. Frustrating.

Heyward is a little more toolsy. He has less power than Stanton, but who doesn't?

Heyward will steal more bases, hit for the higher average, and injuries set aside, should contribute comforably in every category. Like Stanton, he is still learning, but more ahead of the curve than Stanton is. He seems right on the cusp of figuring things out. Give me Heyward.

Stanton is going to have some boffo games. You know the 5-3-4-6 box score with two home runs. Good for a week of stats. Unfortunately, he'll have the weeks that he has had up to this point as well.

He'll whale on certain pitchers. These pitchers are the ones dumb enough to throw it in his zone. He still whiffs on too many pitches outside of the zone and, until this is corrected, he'll be more like Mark Reynolds and not ARod. A stud in the making, but, still in the making.

Ortiz or Guerrero?

I won't own either next year and it's hard to imagine either of them getting a contract next year for anything close to what THEY THINK they're worth.

Guerrero moves like a gazelle....in the mouth of a tiger.

He is swinging at even more pitches this year. Easily leading baseball. He has only taken 86 pitches in 83 at bats! His obp is the same as his average since he has failed to draw a walk. Once on the bases, he is a road block. He has hit three home runs this year, but only scored seven runs while hitting in the middle of a lineup.

Ortiz is no faster, but has more help around him in the lineup. His swing looks much more fluid than Guerrero's, and truth be told, he moves on the field like he is younger than Vlad.

Ortiz has taken 14 bb's already this year and has five more runs scored than Vladdy, even though the Sox have slumped around him.

I'll take Big Papi.

But, next year with Posada, Matsui, Thome, Hafner, Guerrero, and Ortiz another year older and waning and no other position to play, And with guys like Martinez and Lind taking up a position while dh'ing, it could be the first year where our drafts are virtually free of the dh only hitter.

Most likely, it'll only last a year. Billy Butler is a liability at 1b and with Hosmer being the future, Butler looks prime to be a dh for a long time.

....I just discovered that this is going in the Day in the life thread instead of it's own, but, I am not starting over , so I'll just hijack my own thread

Pineda. Check. Heyward. Check. Ortiz. Check. Happy I made the right choice on all three

bjoak · Post by **bjoak** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:24 pm

"You don't listen to me!" The bullpen just gave up two of Nolasco's earned runs to ruin his nice start. I can't be forgiven for missing an idle comment about the weather during a catastrophe like this?

Agree on Pineda and Ortiz. Stanton is too good for Heyward to compare.

Baseball Furies · Post by **Baseball Furies** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:14 am

Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

quote:Originally posted by Baseball Furies:

quote:Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

great read doughy...and just think i have been experiencing this for 1 month...will it ever end??

my good teams are slumping...my mediocre teams suck and my bad teams are buried....and i love fantasy baseball??? please kill me!

...And yet you still talk trash as if they weren't. Perhaps you missed the memo that this aint yer year, RT.

Don't worry, I won't roast you too badly in this forum at the end of the year

[/QUOTE]lets call a spade a spade my friend..i am kicking you ass in our sidebet...that was an easy k...sucker !! last count i was up over 30 pts...book it dano! [/QUOTE]So what you're trying to say is that you really believe that a 30 point combined total for three leagues is going to hold up the rest of the season after not even a month of play?! You just keep deluding yourself if it makes you feel better. And may I point out, that if you had kept the bet as it was originally made based upon the two leagues, you'd be losing to me right now. So just be happy that you lucked into me agreeing to include the third league otherwise you'd be talking out the other side of your ass right now. There's a good chance that I will beat you in two of three leagues we're in together, despite all of your supposed greatness and self-aggrandizement, with only the third to save you your money. We're a long way from the end of the season, so just keep letting your self-confidence get the best of you. This game has a way of being very humbling. So enjoy the appetizer of early season success, but in the end, the only thing on the dessert menu for you will be a slice of humble pie

751542 · Post by **751542** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:35 am

Originally posted by Baseball Furies:

quote:Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

quote:Originally posted by Baseball Furies:

quote:Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

great read doughy...and just think i have been experiencing this for 1 month...will it ever end??

my good teams are slumping...my mediocre teams suck and my bad teams are buried....and i love fantasy baseball??? please kill me!

...And yet you still talk trash as if they weren't. Perhaps you missed the memo that this aint yer year, RT.

Don't worry, I won't roast you too badly in this forum at the end of the year

[/QUOTE]lets call a spade a spade my friend..i am kicking you ass in our sidebet...that was an easy k...sucker !! last count i was up over 30 pts...book it dano! [/QUOTE]So what you're trying to say is that you really believe that a 30 point combined total for three leagues is going to hold up the rest of the season after not even a month of play?! You just keep deluding yourself if it makes you feel better. And may I point out, that if you had kept the bet as it was originally made based upon the two leagues, you'd be losing to me right now. So just be happy that you lucked into me agreeing to include the third league otherwise you'd be talking out the other side of your ass right now. There's a good chance that I will beat you in two of three leagues we're in together, despite all of your supposed greatness and self-aggrandizement, with only the third to save you your money. We're a long way from the end of the season, so just keep letting your self-confidence get the best of you. This game has a way of being very humbling. So enjoy the appetizer of early season success, but in the end, the only thing on the dessert menu for you will be a slice of humble pie

[/QUOTE]yada yada

wanna double the bet mouth??...keep chasing your tail my friend! let us know your answer...thanks

Cocktails and Dreams · Post by **Cocktails and Dreams** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:58 am

Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

great read doughy...and just think i have been experiencing this for 1 month...will it ever end??

my good teams are slumping...my mediocre teams suck and my bad teams are buried....and i love fantasy baseball??? please kill me!

I am with you. Going to be a long season it looks like. Takes a long time to make up for that Naavreson beating on every team. Glad he waited til his two start week for that.

751542 · Post by **751542** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:50 am

Originally posted by Cocktails and Dreams:

quote:Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

great read doughy...and just think i have been experiencing this for 1 month...will it ever end??

my good teams are slumping...my mediocre teams suck and my bad teams are buried....and i love fantasy baseball??? please kill me!

I am with you. Going to be a long season it looks like. Takes a long time to make up for that Naavreson beating on every team. Glad he waited til his two start week for that. [/QUOTE]chad...u are a great player and kicking my butt everywhere...u will make it up..its a long season..too bad we didnt know narveson was sick or more of a blessing would have been to skip him but we know that didnt happen

. best of luck to ya bro!

Baseball Furies · Post by **Baseball Furies** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:23 pm

Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

quote:Originally posted by Baseball Furies:

quote:Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

quote:Originally posted by Baseball Furies:

quote:Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

great read doughy...and just think i have been experiencing this for 1 month...will it ever end??

my good teams are slumping...my mediocre teams suck and my bad teams are buried....and i love fantasy baseball??? please kill me!

...And yet you still talk trash as if they weren't. Perhaps you missed the memo that this aint yer year, RT.

Don't worry, I won't roast you too badly in this forum at the end of the year

[/QUOTE]lets call a spade a spade my friend..i am kicking you ass in our sidebet...that was an easy k...sucker !! last count i was up over 30 pts...book it dano! [/QUOTE]So what you're trying to say is that you really believe that a 30 point combined total for three leagues is going to hold up the rest of the season after not even a month of play?! You just keep deluding yourself if it makes you feel better. And may I point out, that if you had kept the bet as it was originally made based upon the two leagues, you'd be losing to me right now. So just be happy that you lucked into me agreeing to include the third league otherwise you'd be talking out the other side of your ass right now. There's a good chance that I will beat you in two of three leagues we're in together, despite all of your supposed greatness and self-aggrandizement, with only the third to save you your money. We're a long way from the end of the season, so just keep letting your self-confidence get the best of you. This game has a way of being very humbling. So enjoy the appetizer of early season success, but in the end, the only thing on the dessert menu for you will be a slice of humble pie

[/QUOTE]yada yada

wanna double the bet mouth??...keep chasing your tail my friend! let us know your answer...thanks [/QUOTE]Brilliant comeback there pizza boy. It may take me all day to recover from that one

Would be more than happy to double our bet. Just make it the original bet it should have been, and you're on. SInce you're so certain of your superiority, you should have no issues agreeing to this...but since you don't have the balls to match the size of your ego, I expect that you will not accept. But hey, no harm in tryin' :rolleyes:

Winston's Empire · Post by **Winston's Empire** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:24 am

RT and MtM, please let me know what league I am supposed to be watching with a lot more flair... hopefully its the $1000 SLOW League.

Thanks

MtM and I also have a side bet, looking forward to buying my kids a pony with his money!

751542 · Post by **751542** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:45 am

Originally posted by Baseball Furies:

quote:Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

quote:Originally posted by Baseball Furies:

quote:Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

quote:Originally posted by Baseball Furies:

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RoundTrippers:

[qb] great read doughy...and just think i have been experiencing this for 1 month...will it ever end??

my good teams are slumping...my mediocre teams suck and my bad teams are buried....and i love fantasy baseball??? please kill me!

...And yet you still talk trash as if they weren't. Perhaps you missed the memo that this aint yer year, RT. Don't worry, I won't roast you too badly in this forum at the end of the year

[/QUOTE]lets call a spade a spade my friend..i am kicking you ass in our sidebet...that was an easy k...sucker !! last count i was up over 30 pts...book it dano! [/QUOTE]So what you're trying to say is that you really believe that a 30 point combined total for three leagues is going to hold up the rest of the season after not even a month of play?! You just keep deluding yourself if it makes you feel better. And may I point out, that if you had kept the bet as it was originally made based upon the two leagues, you'd be losing to me right now. So just be happy that you lucked into me agreeing to include the third league otherwise you'd be talking out the other side of your ass right now. There's a good chance that I will beat you in two of three leagues we're in together, despite all of your supposed greatness and self-aggrandizement, with only the third to save you your money. We're a long way from the end of the season, so just keep letting your self-confidence get the best of you. This game has a way of being very humbling. So enjoy the appetizer of early season success, but in the end, the only thing on the dessert menu for you will be a slice of humble pie

[/QUOTE]yada yada

wanna double the bet mouth??...keep chasing your tail my friend! let us know your answer...thanks [/QUOTE]Brilliant comeback there pizza boy. It may take me all day to recover from that one

Would be more than happy to double our bet. Just make it the original bet it should have been, and you're on. SInce you're so certain of your superiority, you should have no issues agreeing to this...but since you don't have the balls to match the size of your ego, I expect that you will not accept. But hey, no harm in tryin' ]

just as i figured, ALL MOUTH!!! no balls ...i am supposed to be scared of a guy who has a "entire" resume of a 3rd place finish??...u are a joke minnie mouth...u are a legend in your own mind!!! if not for YOU telling everyone how good you are ...WE would never know!! like i said ....lets double the bet mouth!!! since you felt the need to pile on. here is another chance to have bragging rights...all 3 leagues that we are in together cumulative point total for 2k...got it?? yes or no??...let the points speak for themselves!...i am sure i wont hear from you and hopefully u will go crawl back into your hole but if not.... we all will be waiting for your answer MOUTH! and by the way, if you have any problems with what i said feel free to call me at 406.581.0752...i have no problem lowering myself to converse with you...heck, i may be able to teach you something

!! and always remember mouth....JUS BUSTN BALLS!

Winston's Empire · Post by **Winston's Empire** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:55 am

"JUS BUSTIN BALLS".... So Good!

Since I think I am in all 3 of those leagues with you guys I will be watching this all year!

Again... SO GOOD!!!!

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:55 pm

Furies - weren't you giving me sh*t about drafting Asdrubel and Wolf - how did it shift to RT?

Baseball Furies · Post by **Baseball Furies** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:56 pm

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

Furies - weren't you giving me sh*t about drafting Asdrubel and Wolf - how did it shift to RT?

KJ, what, don't tell me you're jealous from the lack of attention?

Ok, I'll give you them so far, but I want to see them do it for a little longer before I'm a believer. And it's not like these two are helping you blow the doors off the competition in our league

Hey, at least I snagged Wolf in one league based on your genius

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