Comments on: Establishing Your Fantasy Baseball Avatar

By: birrrdy!

birrrdy! — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:55:34 +0000

Hippos kill more people than any other wild animal in Africa:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1862/are-hippos-the-most-dangerous-animal

Birds apparently read blog-posts two years after they were written…

By: ralf0zero

ralf0zero — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:50:37 +0000

you have an uncanny troll sniffing ability, diamond. good article none the less.

-troll

By: Diamond, The Fantasy Baseball Pick-up Artist

Diamond, The Fantasy Baseball Pick-up Artist — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:41:38 +0000

@Jeff: I’d go Viking helmet. Not as kick ass, though, as rocking an eye patch or growing a ‘stache. Conan the Rotorian? If you’re going to use a Schwartenegger reference, I’d go with pumpingir0n, termin8r, or get2dachoppah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgWX6qjzw_c).

@ralf0zero: You think Diamond can’t sniff out someone hyping their own site? Diamond doesn’t roll with trolls…

By: ralf0zero

ralf0zero — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:10:37 +0000

hahaha this is an amazing article! out of all the times that i’ve wished that i had a wizard hat, this is probably the most intense! my question is, what if we could combine this power/confidence with some actual fantasy sports knowledge? sounds like a winning combination to me. but i guess we’ll have to wait on Diamond’s next post to see what he thinks.

as for now, im using a site called http://www.Iammhypingmysiteonrazzball.com. I usually use baseball monster for analysis but so far Iamhypingmysiteonrazzball.com seems better and definitely easier to use. i loaded my team last night pretty easily and it looks like its got some really good stuff including a trade evaluator. i would check it out. let me know what you guys think.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:23:45 +0000

@Diamond: Working on the image. Does a viking helmet work or is it too obvious? How about a Roman centurion’s helmet? (I don’t have either one, but they sound hot.)

And what about Conan the Rotorian as a team name? I especially like his philosophy of life: Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of their women. Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of men greater than the slayer of the nefarious Thulsa Doom…

By: Diamond, The Fantasy Baseball Pick-up Artist

Diamond, The Fantasy Baseball Pick-up Artist — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:44:34 +0000

@Pops: @Eric W: Sweet beard is good but an eyepatch is killer. I'd say any name with 'pirate' in it makes for a good powerphrase as long as it isn't proceeded by Pittsburgh or butt. @CustardHound: I take it you're talking about my friend Mystery's show on VH-1. Pretty good show. Mystery's game ends, though, when he enters the fantasy baseball draft room. @Jeff: Hobbits are not intimidating. Mordor is. I'm undecided on your image - (http://mvn.com/profile/Jeff%20Freels) - definitely says "I don't give a shit" but doesn't connote much confidence.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:34:57 +0000

Wow. Seeing Diamond in that wizard hat makes me want to grow hair on my feet and call myself Frodo. Too bad hobbits are about as intimidating as an underage Chinese gymnast.

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:04:59 +0000

@Doug Ault: Ha. Now I'll never get that 3 minutes of my life back.

By: Doug Ault

Doug Ault — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:47:32 +0000

@BigFatHippo: The Colonel sends his best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyFAtPK_s9E&feature=related

By: CustardHound

CustardHound — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:11:50 +0000

I am crossing my fingers for season 3–please God, let there be a season 3!

By: Eric W

Eric W — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:59:53 +0000

just rock a eye patch in your avatar picture nobody will be quite sure if your a pirate or not but know one is going to take that risk

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:46:05 +0000

@Diamond, The Fantasy Baseball Pick-up Artist: Apparently you haven't witnessed this hippo attack an all you can eat buffet at KFC after partaking in the Pineapple Express. It's a sight to behold.* * Apologies to the Colonel, I will never remove my pants to get more comfortable in one of your fine eating establishments again, ever.

By: Pops

Pops — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:46:14 +0000

Nothing projects confidence and illustrates a MadProp like a notoriously sweet beard. Hence the team name – Bedrosian’s Beard.

Abundantly clear: check….
Serious as a shark attack: check….
Non-humorous: chigedy- check.

By: big o

big o — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:57:19 +0000

think i’ll leave the realm of elf-dom to others .

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:24:03 +0000

@bfadds: I think spamming comments is similar to putting the moves on your boy's ex-girlfriend.

By: Diamond, The Fantasy Baseball Pick-up Artist

Diamond, The Fantasy Baseball Pick-up Artist — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:23:06 +0000

@BigFatHippo: Thank you for the kind words. For fantasy purposes, I suggest replacing ‘fathippo’ with ‘dickedrhino’. Hippos might be hungry but they don’t attack. @bfadds: The Samuel L. wallet is a good MadProp - the Samuel L. Jackson afro and sideburns would be a great MadProp. bfadds reminds me too much of k-fed and life of brian is too humorous. I suggest something like KillerMC.

By: bfadds

bfadds — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:20:30 +0000

haha, I agree. Funny stuff here. For starters, I used to frequent Samuel L. Jackson's wallet from Pulp Fiction (you know, the Bad Mother ------ wallet). It gives of a pretty serious vibe in most leagues. As for something behind the logo, I'm starting to analyze a few of Bill James' projections over at The Life of Brian. Feel free to swing by and take a look... especially if you're in a points-based league.

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:02:22 +0000

This is a fantastic piece of journalistic creativity. Just a couple guesses, Diamond is the real Rudy and Saber is your Uncle Sal Albright?

I know I’m right, you don’t have to lie to be cool.