tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951482011-06-07T23:28:21.913-07:00Rotisserie Baseball<P><small>e-mail us:<br>jbmorse2003-at-yahoo.com<br></small>petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783258117496267609noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-1160197767326074392006-10-06T22:08:00.000-07:002006-10-06T22:10:41.933-07:00Who can argue with a Blogtoberfest?If you've read this blog, or any of the other fine Arizona blogs, try to stop by the the Blogtoberfest tomorrow afternoon. I'll be there.James Morsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413661283986518624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-1149647643707260712006-06-06T19:29:00.000-07:002006-06-06T19:34:03.720-07:00For the recordJason Grimsely is not the player to whom I referred in the post immediately below, but I wonder if Grimsely named that player to the Feds:Grimsley provided "extensive statements regarding his receipt and use of anabolic steroids, amphetamines and human growth hormone over the last several years," the affidavit said.Grimsley also provided "details about his knowledge of other Major James Morsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413661283986518624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-1149569575900031232006-06-05T21:43:00.000-07:002006-06-05T21:52:55.910-07:00Things that make you wonderFriends of mine bought a beautiful home in Mesa. They bought the home from a baseball player who had played three years for the Diamondbacks before signing with another team in the National League. That player is still in the major leagues, currently toiling away in the American League. This player is no Barry Bonds. He's never hit .260 in a full year of play, and James Morsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413661283986518624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-1148535628571295652006-05-24T22:37:00.000-07:002006-05-24T22:40:28.573-07:00Kinsler ReturnsIan Kinsler is returning to 2B for the Rangers. He got off to a super-hot start before injury. Who knows how he'll do on return, but he was the Ranger's sixth best prospect according to Baseball America. Were I in an AL only league, I'd try to make room.James Morsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413661283986518624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-1148535280107208842006-05-24T22:31:00.000-07:002006-05-24T22:34:40.116-07:00RecommendationIf Corey Hart is available in your league, I'd pick him up.James Morsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413661283986518624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-1147838722536334102006-05-16T20:59:00.000-07:002006-05-16T21:07:14.053-07:00My museIf you're curious about why I decided to post again, look no further than this article by a "professional" rotisserie writer in the Seattle Times. On April 12, he wrote about the wisdom of cutting favored players who aren't panning out:But it soon became clear I needed to drop Swisher, who started just five of Oakland's first seven games and hit either eighth or ninth in each. And he James Morsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413661283986518624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-1147838008061882132006-05-16T20:52:00.000-07:002006-05-16T20:53:28.060-07:00Miss me?What's four years among friends? My rotisserie team is having its worst year yet, so what better time to try blogging again? Hopefully, I'll last a bit longer this time. And if we're really lucky, Pete will rejoin the effort.James Morsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413661283986518624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-773128382002-06-03T19:08:00.000-07:002002-06-05T17:05:44.000-07:00 The Powerful Lens
By June 1st there are four guarantees:
(1) My front lawn is scorched, the victim of my annual gamble that surely this summer it will rain;
(2) I’ve declared my undying love for a bronze twenty year-old wearing low-rider jeans and a belly chain;
(3) I’ve broken my vow minutes later for her even hotter friend; and
(4) I’m itchin’ to trade with Will
Regretably, Will’s no petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783258117496267609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-761291022002-05-03T12:23:00.000-07:002002-05-03T12:23:52.526-07:00Read this
Pete tells me that he's been too busy at work to post lately. That's too bad because by far the best thing on this site is Pete's comparison of a successful date and a successful draft. Enjoy.Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-760143782002-04-30T14:36:00.000-07:002002-04-30T14:36:35.963-07:00Hope for the Orioles
Cheer up Pete. Maybe your Orioles won't be the worst team in the AL forever. This guy looks like the real deal. Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-757588702002-04-23T23:24:00.000-07:002002-04-23T23:24:39.023-07:00On second thought
I don't really want to compare my pitching to yours. Thanks to your holdover of Schilling, you'll easily hold your own in W/ERA/WHIP. Thanks to your holdovers of Mesa and Graves you'll do well in Saves. The question for this season is whether I'll beat you on offense by anything close to your margin in pitching. To be honest, I don't think so right now.
By the way, don't Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-756111182002-04-19T21:59:00.000-07:002002-04-19T23:34:15.000-07:00Defense of The Codes
Almost two weeks ago, Pete had the audacity to classify my team as a "Team in Trouble" and said that I had a "sub-par" draft. I admit that I paid to much for Mo Vaughn ($27), but I contend that I had an above average draft. Tonight, I'll compare my draft day hitting team with Pete's. Later, we'll look at pitching.
The CornersI picked up Vaugh, A. Beltre and R. Sexson Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-754526232002-04-15T21:55:00.000-07:002002-04-16T09:36:46.000-07:00We have been linked
Pete,
After a little begging on my part, someone has actually linked to our site.
Patio Pundit - a site that offers the best in patio-based political commentary - now links directly to our baseball blog (view the link under "Shameless" on the right hand side). This means that someone other than the two of us might now be reading our commentary on rotisserie baseball. Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-754479172002-04-15T19:42:00.000-07:002002-04-15T21:56:59.000-07:00 Week 3 Observations
Late Friday night, somewhere in the fog when Montezuma replaced Jose Cuervo, I realized that the same rules that apply to dating apply to successful fantasy teams. (I also realized I desperately want to quit law and sell body glitter to young women under 30, but that's a differnt topic).
1. Go Younger Do rock or movie stars upgrade to an older model? No, and neither petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783258117496267609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-752338762002-04-09T21:37:00.000-07:002002-04-15T17:31:10.000-07:00Pete's got the bug
Wow Pete - you've got the blogging bug. There's something fun about writing when anyone in the world can see even if you and I are the only ones actually reading it.
I'll try and give you my thoughts in all of the same categories this week. Until then, two pieces of advice: (1) Select all and ctrl-c before trying to post. That way if you lose anything, you can just Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-752303872002-04-09T19:52:00.000-07:002002-04-09T21:39:07.000-07:00 Week 2 observations
I think we ought to lift the name "misery" from Masri and give it to McDowall. He's been perennially as snake bit as anyone. I remember 3 years ago when he had a slight lead only to have Rondell White go down for the rest of the season. With the Griffey injury, of the 11 players on offense he drafted, only 7 remain (although Griffey is now supposed to be back in about 6 petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783258117496267609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-752290602002-04-09T19:16:00.000-07:002002-04-09T19:16:55.643-07:00 Early Thoughts cont.
Arrgh. that's annoying. I wrote some thoughts only to not have it post and then, disappear. Anyhow, in short form, I agreed with your states - I inartfully stated my point, which was that the trend towards stolen bases was my way of saying a trend towards the importance (read: shortage) of stolen bases. Also I did not mean to imply that a Damian Jackson is the roto petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783258117496267609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-752133102002-04-09T11:44:00.000-07:002002-04-09T11:44:52.730-07:00Moves
Yesterday I moved Durazo to the DL and picked up Brady Clark for $5. I overpaid by a bit - the next highest bid was only $2. I figured that McDowall would be bidding high to pick up Griffey's replacement.
I filled the hole in my Tucker of Montreal for $3. I had never heard of him, but RotoTimes said that he was going to get some save opportunities in Montreal. I had really wanted Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-751954972002-04-08T23:20:00.000-07:002002-04-08T23:20:05.673-07:00Any suggestions for a quality shortstop?
Looks like I'm going to need another shortstop. Any ideas?Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-751840692002-04-08T17:35:00.000-07:002002-04-08T17:36:16.000-07:00Otherwise . . .
While I think that you're a bit off on SBs, I agree with you about pitching. The older guys went for too much and the younger guys didn't draw enough attention. David Williams (Pit), the guy you just picked up is a great example. He wasn't even drafted despite the fact that he pitched 114 innings last year and compiled a really solid ERA and Ratio (3.71 ERA and 1.27 ratio).Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-751836482002-04-08T17:24:00.000-07:002002-04-08T17:25:34.000-07:00Stolen Bases???
Pete, I'm not sure that I follow you. You say that two years ago we witnessed a shift toward stolen bases? Actually, during the last three years the number of stolen bases for the winning team has steadily declined. In 1999, 241 SBs carried that category. The number declined to 170 in 2000 and 157 in 2001. The number of HRs for the winning team during the same period was 314Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-750925942002-04-05T17:25:00.000-08:002002-04-05T17:25:02.043-08:00 Early Thoughts
I predict this is the year that the national league shifts more pronouncely towards the younger pitchers. Two years ago we witnessed a shift towards stolen bases. That season the winning stolen base team had little more than half as many steals as the winning home run team had homers. Men who stole 30 bases were worth the equivalent of someone hitting 60 in the home run petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783258117496267609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-114693702002-04-04T15:35:00.000-08:002002-04-05T17:17:04.000-08:00Team off to a slow start
Mo Vaughn was a disastrous pick. Why I spent $27 for him, I'll never figure out. Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-112314522002-03-28T17:35:00.000-08:002002-03-28T17:35:01.213-08:00The team to beat?
More commentary from Pete:
This is going to be a very interesting. McDowall had just a terrible draft. Hernandez has been cut by the Rockies and Tatis looks to have another knee injury and Cust was also optioned to Triple AAA = that's 3 of his 14 hitters that are now dead spots.
From doing a bit of reading it also looks like there will be some hitters coming in that mightJamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-111409372002-03-26T08:44:00.000-08:002002-03-28T17:33:57.000-08:00Pete's report on the post-draft activities
I'll try and post a report on the draft this week. Until then, here is Pete's report on the post-draft activities in Las Vegas:
Ended up winning just over a $1000 in the span of 5 hours Sunday night/monday morning playing Thunder Alley with Chuan and James to actually finish ahead for the week. Dan, who was drunk, continuing to drink and substiting Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395148.post-110167622002-03-22T12:30:00.000-08:002002-03-22T12:31:09.000-08:00Draft Day is on Sunday
I'm off to Vegas for our rotisserie draft. I'll be back next week with an indepth report. Until then, he're a list of the league's holdovers. Check out our league rules for an explanation of how our holdover system works.
Holdovers
Pete Holthausen:
Ryan Klesko $25.00 (1 year)
Curt Schilling $17.00 (1 year)
Danny Graves $19.00 (1 year)
Roy Oswalt $8.00 (1 year)
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