Weekly Fantasy Baseball League - the Draft

[Berzerker]

Why does Stuie get picked on?

Because he took a player who would have been taken earlier by DD. And if Stuie wants a player taken after he took Schmidt, then someone else will be "picked" on.

What if DD saw the draft board and said, oh Schmidt is still on the board? I'll take him!

Or maybe he's telling the truth and you are a lawyer

[Imran Siddiqui]

Because he took a player who would have been taken earlier by DD.

So? DD should get to switch Matsui with a player that hasn't been picked. Not take someone else's pick. Who cares if he's a n00b?

[Deity Dude]

I know I look like the bad guy here and I'm not sure that asessment is fair. If you got a second, I would like to express how we got here from my point of view. I am sure everyone is pissed at me now but please hear me out.

Other players have approached 24 hours to take a pick when I was free. (23hr 39min in one case). I thought that was the norm. Since there are 3 weeks before the season started, I thought we should pick quick if we can, but if something comes up everyone understands. I didn't realize that 3 weeks before the season started we were in rush mode on the 8th round of the draft. .

I asked, as a newcomer, if there were any specific rules - the only thing I was told is we use Yahoo.

The only reason I took so long to make my pick was, due to time zone and work, I missed 18 of 24 hours and my son needed the comp the other six for a school project. I didnt feel real comfortable telling him, especially in front of the wife, to get off so i could pick fantasy baseball players. If I had been told there was a specific timeline, I would have have respectied it and done whatever necessary to make my pick or accepted a BAPAY as a penalty.

As for the pick itself, I hope you can understand how important it is not have your pick substituted for you by Yahoo. iI you are playing a chess game and are devloping a strategy, the last thing you want is for yahoo to move for you. It might not be a bad move, it might be the best move, but it certainly isn't your move and it definitely changes everything else you were going to do.

I apologize to the league for any inconvenience I may have caused (and I am sure it is very inconvenient) but, I would not have done this had I known there were specific rules.

I have suggested to Berz that he post rules then there can never be an argument.

Once again, I sincerely apologize.

[Guynemer]

So? DD should get to switch Matsui with a player that hasn't been picked. Not take someone else's pick. Who cares if he's a n00b?

Seconded.

[Stuie]

If I were to take Matsui, I would want to switch my other pick. I need a pitcher this round.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Or maybe he's telling the truth and you are a lawyer

Even if that's the case, now Stuie knows what the people behind him would have picked and can take any of them. Perhaps he thought a player would have slipped to a round or two later and now realizes he has to jump on him.

Not saying he would, but he could

[Stuie]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Or maybe he's telling the truth and you are a lawyer

Even if that's the case, now Stuie knows what the people behind him would have picked and can take any of them. Perhaps he thought a player would have slipped to a round or two later and now realizes he has to jump on him.

And no - it wouldn't be a pitcher someone already picked after me.

[Imran Siddiqui]

But then we have to ask if anyone after Stuie wants Durham .

[Guynemer]

Look, someone is going to end up screwed here. The question is, how many people that's going to be. No offense meant to DD, but the only fair thing to everyone else would be for him to keep Matsui and offer him in trade, or dump him and pick someone who HAS NOT BEEN PICKED YET.

[Berzerker]

DD got the first BAPAY but was never told about the time limit, so he gets to replace the bapay with Jason Schmidt. If anyone wants Hideki, say so.

So now Stuie has to redo his 9th round pick, and if he wants someone taken after his 9th round pick he gets that player. If he takes the player you took, then you get to repick. Everyone else's picks wont change. If Stuie wants Hideki then we'll just swap between DD and Stuie and we'll resume our draft where we left off before this problem came up.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Guynemer
Look, someone is going to end up screwed here. The question is, how many people that's going to be. No offense meant to DD, but the only fair thing to everyone else would be for him to keep Matsui and offer him in trade, or dump him and pick someone who HAS NOT BEEN PICKED YET.

[SlowwHand]

I didnt feel real comfortable telling him, especially in front of the wife, to get off so i could pick fantasy baseball players.

I can see your point on that one.

Try to plan your draft positions in advance. Send a list of players, various positions or position specific to one or a few if you think maybe there's a possibility that ...

I can only speak for me, but I love the starting the draft, and drafting; but once it starts, I want it to click by as rapidly as possible.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Berzerker
DD got the first BAPAY but was never told about the time limit, so he gets to replace the bapay with Jason Schmidt. If anyone wants Hideki, say so.

So now Stuie has to redo his 9th round pick, and if he wants someone taken after his 9th round pick he gets that player. If he takes the player you took, then you get to repick. Everyone else's picks wont change. If Stuie wants Hideki then we'll just swap between DD and Stuie and we'll resume our draft where we left off before this problem came up.

But Stuie wants to redo his other pick if that swap was made because he needs a pitcher. Meaning we have to ask everyone else if they want Durham.

How much time do we allot for this anyway? 24 hrs? 12 hrs? Everyone does need to have a say in this. And you should PM every owner.

[Jaguar]

As someone who just stumbled back on this thread, Guy and Imran are right IMO.

[Deity Dude]

Imran before you get that thumb too high remember you were the one that took 23hrs 39 mins to make a pick. I figured you had good reason and said nothing. No one ever told me there was a time limit and I asked about rules specifically so I wouldn't be the one to break them.

I am not here to ruin your guy's league or make a point. So maybe I should just drop and you can BAPAY me out. But please don't act like I did this to somehow get an advantage in the draft or that I acted totally different than yourself as far as length of time.

Remember its still 3 weeks before the season and until now, other than someone criticizing how long you were taking, no one has made time an issue.