Comments on: Razzball League Standings – Hail To The Chump!

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:04:43 +0000

@Mike Podhorzer: For hitters, I would sort hitters by Ks, then when I found a hitter with lots of Ks I would check their other stats. Pitchers were much more difficult and I would go to the waiver wire with a name in mind rather than sorting through them all. Or I would go on a Tuesday or Wednesday, when I had a good idea of who would be a two start pitcher for the following week, then I would grab the guys with the worst matchups.

By: Mike Podhorzer

Mike Podhorzer — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:59:58 +0000

If there was an easier way to sort through free agents to find the crappiest of the crap, instead of having to scroll through all the good players first, it would make transactions much easier. All Yahoo has to do is allow us to sort backwards, like with the worst ranked players appearing first. Especially for pitchers since there are a ton of those and it’s hard to find pitchers recently called up who have only had a couple of starts.

Anyhow, I’m just proud I finished with the 2nd worst ERA and a mark over 5, considering I started Cliff Lee for like 2 months!!

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:24:08 +0000

@Aardvark Trading Co: Thought you realized that all hitting points were based on adjusted #s. I just provided the non-adjusted so it was transparent what the accumulated stats had been. We'll likely have multiple leagues next year and introduce a daily league. I kind of like weekly b/c it puts a little less pressure on day-to-day maneuvering and more time to enjoy the schadenfreude but we'll work it in... @Jason: We used Yahoo! for the league and then I had to copy/paste into Excel to 1) Update the hitting stats so those w/ below minimum ABs had their hitting stats adjusted up and 2) Re-rank the points based on the rules - e.g., instead of getting a 1 for least # of HRs (by hitters), you get 10. We're in talks w/ a company to automate what I did. If it works, we're going to host a whole shitload of Razzball leagues next year. Our main thing will always be about 'real fantasy baseball' but it's kind of cool to add our own twist to it as well...

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:30:06 +0000

I’m curious, what pool service did you use to keep track of all of this fun? I hope you didn’t have to it manually with excel.

By: Aardvark Trading Co

Aardvark Trading Co — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:08:27 +0000

I guess I never really understood the scoring involved. For instance, why the RAZZ points are the same for both the non-adjusted and the adjusted stats. That alone is why I benched my hitters at the end of the season hoping to “gain” a few points as teams leapfrogged me in several offensive columns.

I really enjoyed the league until my pitching staff was sent to the glue factory.

I hated the weekly lineup format.

Thanks for the invite….

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:52:49 +0000

@Rudy Gamble: For Razzball, it should be Rudy Can Fail, no?

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:50:11 +0000

I don’t know if I proved the Clash right or wrong with my victory but I proved something:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU1stt0okdM

I guess you won the Melky/Greinke trade although Greinke probably did as much harm as good. Melky was kind enough to transparently suck…extinguishing hope immediately so I could drop him quickly…

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:41:38 +0000

*shakes fist* Damn you, Rudy!

At least I got the better of the Melky/Greinke trade.