Minor League Fantasy Baseball: The Rattlers Ring

by Captain D Bag on Feb 24, 2009 8:52 PM EST Comment 46 comments

The first invites for the minor league have been sent out. Just like in the big boy's game, the league invitees are expected to claim their team here, with a cut off for Monday, March 2nd. If your interested in joining this league and didn't get on mine or Jim's initial list, leave your e-mail address and we'll send out another round of invites next Monday or Tuesday, and than just open it up for the public after that.

An official number hasn't been decided, but this years top winners (minus Budd By Proxy, Commissioner) will be moving up to the SnakePit League in 2010 ... So, come claim your spot, or your claim to a claim to a spot, and let's double up the fun (at half the price and a quarter the attendance in Reno :) ).

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Yo yo yo

I’m here yo.

I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.

by soco on Feb 24, 2009 10:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Hiya!

Ready to go. Thanks for setting this up, Cap.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Feb 24, 2009 10:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Thanks!

Creating my team now

by Bakesteak on Feb 24, 2009 10:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Welcome

to the ’Pit!!

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 25, 2009 1:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

And

shouldn’t it be something about the Aces?

I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.

by soco on Feb 24, 2009 11:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I agree....

also, can everyone post your team name? Itll be more fun to trash talk if we know we were talking to….

I’m For Scherzer

You know how to cut to the core of me, Baxter. You're so wise. Like a miniature Buddha, covered with hair.

by Snake Bitten on Feb 25, 2009 12:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Merely Mammals

I think. Unless I change my mind while I’m asleep tonight.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Feb 25, 2009 2:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Chris Snyder's Nutty Buddies is up and running...

Yes, I'm a Diamondback and Suns fan. So you may be wondering, "Why does this fool like the Broncos so much?"

A: The Cardinals are too hard of a pill to swallow. Oh yeah and that Elway dude....

by Elway4Prez on Feb 25, 2009 12:36 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

The Wind Farm is ready.

"How'd you beat me? You have the street smarts of a cartoon princess!"
-The Guild

by kishi on Feb 25, 2009 12:36 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

NiceCrispyBacon!

Ahah! None can resist!!

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 25, 2009 1:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Byrnes When I Peavy

has signed up

"I always think one step ahead, like a carpenter....the builds stairs"

by sergey606 on Feb 25, 2009 3:23 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I approve.

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 25, 2009 4:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Best name so far

Yes, I'm a Diamondback and Suns fan. So you may be wondering, "Why does this fool like the Broncos so much?"

A: The Cardinals are too hard of a pill to swallow. Oh yeah and that Elway dude....

by Elway4Prez on Feb 25, 2009 1:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

thank you

"I always think one step ahead, like a carpenter....the builds stairs"

by sergey606 on Feb 25, 2009 3:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Is 11 the permanent cap

or is that simply how many people are in the first round of invites? If the former, I’ll pass. If the latter, I’ll wait until 12 or so other people sign up.

by dahlian on Feb 25, 2009 3:24 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I'm

PUT A CAR IN YO CAR

I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.

by soco on Feb 25, 2009 8:07 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I sorta figured

that name was too dumb to belong to anyone else..

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 25, 2009 9:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

If I was going

for dumb I would have just gone with “DbacksSkins.”

Hey-oh!

I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.

by soco on Feb 25, 2009 10:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

FACE!

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 25, 2009 10:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

In fact...

I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.

by soco on Feb 25, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Are we

really not going to be a head-to-head league? I feel that we should mimic the big league- like triple A does with the majors….

You know how to cut to the core of me, Baxter. You're so wise. Like a miniature Buddha, covered with hair.

by Snake Bitten on Feb 25, 2009 10:35 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm ...

Yahoo copied the wrong league rules, I think …

Let me get that corrected …

by Captain D Bag on Feb 25, 2009 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Makes sense.

Was wondering a bit about that myself.

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 25, 2009 11:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Ok ...

So, I am in 3 leagues, and Yahoo imported settings from my uber-competitive league. I have corrected this! All settings are the same as the Snakepit Major league, including openings for 20 invitees.

by Captain D Bag on Feb 25, 2009 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Cool

I thought it was pretty strange, having an odd number of teams.

"How'd you beat me? You have the street smarts of a cartoon princess!"
-The Guild

by kishi on Feb 25, 2009 1:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

awesome

thank you.

You know how to cut to the core of me, Baxter. You're so wise. Like a miniature Buddha, covered with hair.

by Snake Bitten on Feb 25, 2009 10:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My team is in --- though not with a name I am satisfied yet ...

by Wactivist on Feb 25, 2009 5:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Arizona Monsoons

reporting and ready for duty. Never done fantasy baseball before, so this should be quite a learning experience. And by learning experience, I mean “an adventure in being feasted upon by every other team.”

Arizona expatriate in Missouri

by Snakebitten on Feb 25, 2009 10:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

No,

NiceCrispyBacon is going to be feasted upon by every other team.

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 25, 2009 11:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Except for

the heathens who prefer soggy bacon. But they don’t really count.

Arizona expatriate in Missouri

by Snakebitten on Feb 26, 2009 5:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't care!

They can make do…

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 26, 2009 6:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Lt. Geronimo's Harem of Stars

Would like to become an expansion team if possible, not quite ready for the big leagues.

by Augie's Army on Feb 26, 2009 1:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

In all honesty

you should probably take my spot.

I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.

by soco on Feb 26, 2009 7:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Is the draft really on Monday the 23rd?

For some reason I thought it was on the weekend

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Feb 26, 2009 3:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

i hope

it’s the weekend

"I always think one step ahead, like a carpenter....the builds stairs"

by sergey606 on Feb 26, 2009 11:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I thought

it was on a Sunday, in the late afternoon?

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 27, 2009 12:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

like i said

hope so, i’m pretty busy with school during the week….. drunk on weekends though….. so for everyone’s sake, i’d go with weekend

"I always think one step ahead, like a carpenter....the builds stairs"

by sergey606 on Feb 27, 2009 1:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Weekend

And try not to make it Sunday afternoon, ’cause that would be Monday morning in Europe.

by paqs on Feb 27, 2009 3:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Oooh....

good call.

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 27, 2009 3:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

On that sunday ...

The only openings for Drafts were 7, 8, and 9 AM. I can change it for after the big leagues draft on Saturday night, or see if Yahoo has opened up any Sunday night draft slots.

by Captain D Bag on Feb 27, 2009 8:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Saturday'd be great

for me.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Feb 27, 2009 11:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sat or Sun

Would be great if it was a weekend around noon or up till 7 pmish?

by dbacksbj on Feb 28, 2009 4:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Just got my email notification im in

I’m in my team will be named dbacksbj

by dbacksbj on Feb 27, 2009 6:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Correction

new name= Grace’sFlaskIsEmpty

by dbacksbj on Feb 28, 2009 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I got my team, any time for the draft is fine with me, team name Hank Moody

I won the powerball

by jaydubsped on Feb 28, 2009 2:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

One bit of housekeeping:

I did another Yahoo draft earlier this week and a few rounds we found out that Matt Wieters was not yet draftable in their system. Considering that many people have him as a top-100 player, it can be a bit of an advantage for the 16th team to draft. They can skimp on catcher knowing full well that a month or two from now they’ll be able to pick up a stud catcher for nothing – the fact that the benches are so deep only lessens the downside to this strategy.

I propose that we nominate Chris Burke as a Matt Wieters redemption voucher. You can draft him whenever you feel that you would normally draft Wieters. At that point he must be kept on your bench (no DL!) until either Wieters’ is called and you are automatically awarded the claim or trade him to another team. And of course you are not allowed to put Burke into your lineup, but let’s be honest, it’s not like anyone would willingly do that to their team.

by dahlian on Mar 18, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs