Elite draft completed

5280 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:44:37 GMT

The draft went well. 11 out of 12 members made it to the live draft. Nothing earth-shattering occurred during the draft such as Carson Palmer going No. 2 overall, but Louisiana VooDoo did join us for the draft instead of evacuating like everyone else in the New Orleans region. Gotta love a guy who has his priorities straight. ... Fantasy football vs. Evacuation from a hurricane. Love it.

I'll have a rundown of the draft sometime on Monday for WCB to post.

Rate My Fantasy Draft

DAnnino — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:17:49 GMT

I was almost done posting a long analysis of my draft for my team in my league from work, The Douglas Death Row League, when somehow, I accidentally deleted it. Such a shame, as it featured insightful analysis and witty prose. Anyway, I will post my lineup and backups (with round drafted), and invite comment.

By way of explanation, we start one QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 UTIL (may be RB, WR, or TE), 1 K, 1 DEF, and 1 ST. The big scoring difference we have from standard is double points for ...

California League Rankings

Joel — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:55:19 GMT

Pts Manager R HR RBI BB SB BA W S H K ERA WHIP

1 102.0 Dunedin Doomtroopers 11 6 10 6 8.5 12 9.5 1 7 12 9 10

2 101.0 Bilderbergers 9.5 9.5 11 4 6.5 4 1.5 10.5 12 9.5 12 11

3 96.0 Up Yours Joboo 6.5 4 9 11 4 8 9.5 10.5 9.5 1 11 12

4 87.0 The DyNasty 12 12 12 12 4 11 4.5 2.5 2 5 4 6

5 85.0 Bad News Cubbies! 4.5 8 6 7 10.5 5 12 7 7 6 3 9

6 78.5 Pittsburgh Black Sox 9.5 11 7 2 10.5 7 9.5 5 7 8 1 1

6 78.5 SouthSideSloopy 3 9.5 8 1 8.5 9 4.5 12 9.5 2.5 6 5

8 72.5 60 Driver 6.5 ...

Great year to come

jamesd — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:17:29 GMT

Hey guys. Let's make this site take off.

Support however possible and be professional.

Imagine playing for pay! Full time fantasy!

Why the NFBC is a joke

Working Class Boys — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:02:43 GMT

Every sport/game/competition has a pinnacle, a supreme championship...for baseball its the World Series, for football the Superbowl...poker players have the WSOP, while show dogs have Westminster...

Fantasy sports are no different...and to this point, we've got the NFBC and NFFC

For those that aren't familiar with the most "popular" championship in fantasy sports, it's a complete joke. Don't take my word for it, check out their rules at http://www.fantasybaseballchampionship.com/rules2008.asp. ...

Elite Fantasy Football ADP

Working Class Boys — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:56:58 GMT

After the first weekend of drafts for Elite Fantasy Football, here is where eveyone has been going:

1.20 LaDainian Tomlinson

2.80 Adrian Peterson

3.00 Brian Westbrook

3.80 Tom Brady

5.80 Steven Jackson

6.00 Joseph Addai

7.60 Frank Gore

10.20 Marshawn Lynch

10.60 Clinton Portis

10.60 Randy Moss

10.80 Marion Barber

13.40 Peyton Manning

15.20 Terrell Owens

16.20 Larry Johnson

16.80 Tony Romo

18.20 Ryan Grant

18.60 Reggie Wayne

21.00 Braylon Edwards

21.00 Drew ...

ELITE LEAGUE DRAFT ORDER

Working Class Boys — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:56:39 GMT

The draft order for the Elite League has been randomized and pick trading is now allowed. Here is the order:

1. Captain Crunch

2. The 5280

3. Gigantic Goons I

4. Team Dunning

5. Gang Green

6. TOP Shelf

7. High Octane

8. DOOMSDAY RAY

9. Plymouth Zoobahs

10. Team Mickelson

11. LOUISIANA VOO DOO

12. Corporal Punishers

Anyone Else Playing SimLeagues?

DAnnino — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:17:54 GMT

I received a free season-long sim baseball team on WhatIfSports for having a team on FoxSports, and I'm loving it. Why?

Years ago, when I was working in Vermont, we had a sim baseball league, using the old Full Count Baseball program. I had a Great Teams one that I inherited (1957 Braves and 1976 Red Sox), and a regular one that I had for two season (and I only got to play for one, because I transferred to Arizona shortly before the regular season ended and the stats disks arrived). ...

ELITE Draft date and time

5280 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:11:10 GMT

Are we locked into the draft date and time for the Elite league that Tarrell set up for us? We have 10 of 12 spots filled. Didn't know if the draft was set in stone or not, but hoped to be full by now so we could start a dialogue of some sort. Also, is the draft order randomized once the league is full? Couple of guys asking questions and not sure of the answers. Thanks!

1st year Dynasty League

Underdogger — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:36:39 GMT

I am still not sure if it will just be strictly a dynasty league or a dynasty league with a salary cap on the league. Lineups will consist of: 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 RB/WR, K, 5 IDP's. The bench will consist of 6 players. 3 is the maximum number of players which can be placed on the injured list in the season. There will be like a minor league system of players in college as well which will consist of about 5-8 players which will be put to vote upon once the league fills to determine the exact ...

Ryan Braun

JUNIPER — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:01:28 GMT

So, I went out on a limb in the BOC this morning and was worried about it before I even posted. To make matters worse the guy I think knows more than anyone else I play with totally disagrees with me and, well, I think he might be right. If you have read the article then you surely saw Czar's response. Just for discussion purposes I thought it would be cool to get some opinions.......Czar is pretty much always right, so I almost want to delete the thing ...but hey....its all for fun right.....any ...

Playoff opinions?

hibbzy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:11:36 GMT

Just thought i'd see what peoples thoughts were on who will make the playoffs, and win it all etc.

Last.fm

Foul Territory — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:43:23 GMT

Anyone else a member on Last.fm? If you listen to music on your pc/ipod and are a stat geek, this is cool stuff.

my page: http://www.last.fm/user/SAPike

League Reports

Working Class Boys — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:21:02 GMT

In 2009 we'll be running weekly reports on every league in the Elite system. These reports will be written either by Elite Staff, league commissioners or league managers. If anyone is interested in submitting a report for their league at anytime during the remainder of this season, I'll be glad to post it on the front page of the Elite site. Reports can be very brief and cover anything from recent transactions/trades, points battles, standings or any other news pertaining to the league.

For ...

YTD Daily League Records

Corporal Punishers — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:49:48 GMT

5280 posted information in their AA Texas league artticle that included league records for the best day each manager has had in each category. I thought it would be interesting to see what the league records looked like in all of the leagues.

The following are the YTD (1) day records for theAA southern league:

Runs - (6) different teams tied at (16)

HR's - Calapooia River Rats (9) in July

RBI's - Foul Territory (19) (twice both in April)

BB's = hoy (14) in July

SB's - horrible ...

Texas league deadline deal

Cory's Crew — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:56:29 GMT

Corys Crew gets Roy Halladay

Aristocrats gets Milton Bradley

Deadline Deals ??? Anyone ???

Cory's Crew — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:40:37 GMT

In the Texas Lg..

We have a 2nd place Crew dealing M.Bradley To the 4th place Aristocrats for R.Halladay

AA Southern League - Trade Thread

honeynutichiros — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:02:14 GMT

Honey Nut Ichiros sends Matt Capps to Hit Men for Pat Neshek

2 Deadline Deals in Elite League

Working Class Boys — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:38:15 GMT

#2 Working Class Boys trades Mike Aviles

#6 Boston Sniper trades Jacoby Ellsbury

and

#2 Working Class Boys trades Tim Lincecum, Adam Dunn, Damaso Marte

#6 Boston Sniper trades Chone Figgins, Francisco Cordero, Gio Gonzalez

Background Info: Working Class Boys desperately needs Saves and Steals, and despite having a starting staff of Lincecum, Lackey, Cain, Burnett and Cueto, WCB is near the bottom of the pack in ERA and WHIP. Trading away Lincecum might seem counter productive ...

The first one !!!!

Cory's Crew — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:11:26 GMT

Thats right the very first post on the football Forum...All of you bow down

Thats all i got and O by the Way Raiders SUCKKKKKKKKK

Texas is on deck

5280 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:17:35 GMT

Hey guys ... I'll try to post something similar to what AA Southern did on the front page. I'll see when I have time and shoot John an e-mail. Good idea. I like it ... especially as we're in the stretch run.

AA Eastern League - disappointment

Jerusalem — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:01:20 GMT

I just wanated to express my disappointment with the AA Eastern League. There have been numerous bench Coaches in use throughout the League including the commissioner. This was supposed to be active managers who pay attention all year. I am the the de facto Commish now. Are there any other leagues out there experiencing this problem??

So...

JUNIPER — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:50:51 GMT

I turned the BOC in early tonight because I am sick. But I was wondering if you guys could help me out. I would like to do some "email answering" in the daily article provided there are questions to be asked. Things like, shoud I trade this guy for that guy and what do you think of this guy. If you have some questions that i could use email me at junipergrange@gmail.com. Thanks guys.

OFFICIAL PCL TRADE THREAD

JUNIPER — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:33:28 GMT

DAnnino gives: Peralta and Youkilis

JUNIPER gives: J. Upton and Salty

it breaks my heart to have to do this deal with my boy Upton and my all time boy Salty in the deal, but i need a MI badly and Youk will help BB wise....

that two trades already - I am loving this league so far....

This Just in..

Cory's Crew — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:26:10 GMT

Joba is freakin Good...

And he just might be in Yuks head....Or is that a baseball he just put in his ear???

WOW

JUNIPER — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:51:47 GMT

Look, I am not talking about politics here......it just isnt worth the time or trouble....BUT this is seriously hilarious...

Manny being Manny

Corporal Punishers — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:05:59 GMT

Will the real Manny Ramirez please stand up...or get outta town...This is the latest blurb from Rotoworld;

[/quote]The Providence Journal reports that Red Sox GM Theo Epstein met with team veterans on Wednesday, and they told him that Manny Ramirez had to go.

The players were not only tired of Manny's antics and felt that he was a distraction, but they didn't trust that they could count on him during the pennant race. One story in the Boston Herald on Friday quoted a teammate as saying ...

[b]Elite South Atlantic 'A' League[/b]

Kenchi — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:19:16 GMT

I guess I'm the first from my League to come here. I'm a Rookie to this site, but I've been playing FBB for 6-7 yrs. @ ESPN and Yahoo!..Won a few...lost more!

The name of my team is the "Mudchickens" and we just had our draft last night, I did allright, but I'll just have to wait and see how it goes.

Well, looking forward to a great season with great competition......till then

Trade Vetoed in Southern League

KEOUGH — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:01:07 GMT

We just had a trade vetoed in our league and I want to know what everyone thinks about it. I'm not one to vote against trades, in fact this is the first time I ever have. We have 4 votes against almost immediately and only one vote for.

The trade was ALBERT PUJOLS for JJ PUTZ.

Even if Putz was healthy this still seems pretty ridiculous. I might not have voted against if Putz was in perfect form and perfectly healthy, but it still wouldnt be a deal that makes any sense. I contacted one ...

1500 Inning Pitching Max Limit Reached

Corporal Punishers — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:52:03 GMT

AA Southern's Boston Militia team has a YTD total of 1486 innings and shouldl eclipse the 1500 inning max limits tonight with (4) SP's slated to throw.

Currently, their pitching line looks like 89W, 41S, 66H, 1194K, 4.29 ERA, 1.32 WHIP.

It will be interesting to see how they handle their roster the rest of the way.

So much for the big match ups this week..

Cory's Crew — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:15:28 GMT

The Brewers fire out CC and Big Ben and get beat in both games...And the Angels have done the Red Sox twice in there own park....So is it a Cubs v Angels Series???? I think theres a STRONG chance.....But i would love to see the Brewers step up...But i dont know.... if the cubs can get over in Miller Park vs there 1 and 2 im not likeing there chances...Or should we call it Wrigley Field North..Come on Brewer fan where are you???

eastern Leaguers?

Jerusalem — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:32:28 GMT

anyone in this league still look at this forum????

TSN's website problems

5280 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:48:32 GMT

Has anyone else been having problems with their league home page not loading properly? Mine has been acting up for about 3 days now. I thought maybe it was just my crappy home computer, but then I tried to log on using a laptop from work. All other sites are working just fine, but TSN's home page timed out with a "not responding" message. I also had to reset my password since it said I had the wrong one. Sometimes I can get in and others I can't. There are also times that the live stats ...

Elite Fantasy Football Sign Up

Corporal Punishers — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:44:16 GMT

Does anyone have information about how the Elite Fantasy Football sign up period is suppose to be communicated??? I'm having a blast in the AA Southern league and look forward to the same this fall.

My own shameless plug for Baseball Guys.

The Czar — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:23:07 GMT

The guys here at Elite are doing a great job and I am enjoying the articles.

I am currently writing for www.baseballguys.com and I cover "The Rookie Report" on a weekly basis and discuss rookies and prospects, so I wanted to encourage players that enjoy my posts as "The Czar" on rotoworld, or my work in elite, to get my view on rookies and prospects there.

I know that I have mentioned it before, but I wanted to bring it up again as the site has been redesigned ...

The Czar

5280 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:44:37 GMT

Would The Czar mind sharing his current lineup here in this forum? I'm interested in knowing who he has on his roster that garnered him top billing in the Elite All-Star voting.

With Nady gone...

JUNIPER — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:58:29 GMT

....I know that the talk is Pearce will be called up and that does make the most sense, but what are the odds we see McCutchen get a call soon....the people I love in my life are as follows: God, Wife and Reyes, Family, McCutchen, Rasmus, Friends....I would be so exicted to see this guy get a shot....

How do we get..

JUNIPER — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:01:32 GMT

....someone famous to play with us? I understand that Geddy Lee is big into fantasy ....apparently Jason Bateman and Keith Oberman are in a fantasy league together...so how do we get a famous sponsor for the site?? Anyone got Oberman's or Geddy's email address?

2008 Elite Fantasy Baseball All-Star Team

Admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:33:34 GMT

The following teams were selected for the 2008 EFB All-Star team. Selections were made by ranking all 180 teams in the Elite system for each scoring category, with the highest ranking team receiving 180 points and the lowest receiving 1 point. Each team received ranking points for each scoring category and then all points were added together to calculate a cumulative score. Congrats to the selected teams!

The Czar (Elite) 1554 points

HoneyNutIchiros (Southern-AA) 1542 points

Romans ...

Hey ADMIN... Thats you John and or Tarrell

Cory's Crew — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:51:01 GMT

How goes football sign ups after 1 day..?? How many Elite Guys Signed up ??

WTF???

JUNIPER — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:28:20 GMT

Candlebox has a new album???? What the hell....and I just threw away all my flannel...

http://www.myspace.com/candlebox

Seahawks Represent!!!

JUNIPER — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:13:35 GMT

Probably somewhat BS, but still funny.....JT and smartfishes should get a kick out of this....

Wilmington residents drink a lot of beer

Updated: July 22, 2008 04:31 PM EDT

WILMINGTON -- Wilmington has made another nationally ranked list. The city has earned the number two spot in the nation for beer consumption.

The national study by the Media Audit Study reveals that nearly 9 million adults in 87 cities consume beer on a frequent basis, at least six or more times in two weeks.

The ...

Football questions??????

smartfishes — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:35:34 GMT

Who will be the first Bengal arrested this year?

Odds Shockey gets arrested during Mardi Gras? I say 3-5 right now

Which number will be higher: Travis Henry TD's, positive marijuana results or woman impregnated?

When will Patriot front runners (i mean fans, sorry) realize their coach is the Antichrist?

Who will win NFL humanitarian of the year award: Marshawn Lynch, Pacman (sorry, I mean Adam) Jones or Vince Young (for helping other teams win as many games as possible).?

Are ...

League

#4 Yawkey Way — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:44:37 GMT

Just wanted everyone know that wasn't me who drafted my team, because I ws in training at work and unavailable. I had a friend draft, and it has come to my attention that he may have gotten into it with a member, so I apologize for his behavior.

Also, I didn't vote on the poll for what to do yet. I think if we can't do a supplemental draft with TitMans roster, we should just find someone to manage his team though. That would be the best option. SOmeone could do it, as it costs them ...

AA Texas Trade Thread -- JUNE / JULY

5280 — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:47:26 GMT

Cory's Crew sends Justin Verlander and Carlos Marmol to 5280

5280 sends Miguel Tejada to Cory's Crew

Townies trades

smartfishes — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:08:43 GMT

Hey guys, lets use this thread to discue our trades. I have a few offers out there, so please check them and lets get to trading....

PCL AAA LEAGUE STATS - THE REAL ELITE

JUNIPER — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:53:50 GMT

Well, we do have some problems coming into the mid-season mark - Two teams, including one TSN five star player, are locked up for inactivity, but the other 10 are still battling....Valios and azinger are both gone and yes I am calling them out.......the beauty of the system is that they will be removed and I never have to deal with their dead teams ever again....

BUT.....we still have 10 very active and competitive teams, 4 teams still in the running for 1st place, a dead even tie for first ...

Bad Trade Offer In A TSN League

DAnnino — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:13:11 GMT

I'm in fifth place in SN_16882 with my team, INITECH Staplers. The league is admittedly, not the most active. Almost half the teams have had the Bench Coach running things since mid-May. I made a trade in early May with a guy whose team is Big fat SloBs, who's currently second. Then, I sent him Ichiro for Scott Olsen, Wigginton, and Nady. This helped me move from the bottom to fifth (along with those missing owners). Today, this exchange happened:

He sent me an offer of McGowan, Carlos ...

SUGGESTIONS FOR ARTICLES

JUNIPER — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:22:14 GMT

Hey guys....we have been providing new content everyday for about a month now and the response has actually been pretty good,and we appreciate that...now that we have a body of work for you guys to judge we would really like to know what you think of our content and alsoi f you have any suggestions or input please feel free to post here....

ALSO - if you are interested in writing a column we need one more once-a-week guy to provide some content....please post here or email if you are interested....thanks...

Never Count the Yanks out!!

KEOUGH — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:53:51 GMT

I know there are a lot of Boston fans around here and I hope you didnt count the boys in stripes out too soon. Yeah we've got injuries but does it really matter when you've got AROD!!! Hope the Rays had fun with their fifteen minutes in the sun cause here we come AL EAST!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. - When is Jose Tabata gonna make his debut?? Anybody have a clue?