JD Fantasy Baseball 2008

[Morgbug]

Ok, the game last night was weird anyway.  It should have started a lot earlier and Yahoo didn't post anything until like 11 PM central and then all of a sudden it was suspended.  I was kind of excited, since the game was 2-1 when it was on and I have both Sherrill and Ryan, so I was thinking at least one save and then nada. 

I assume the reschedule was just because it was a light day in the league anyway.  Truthfully I didn't even look at the schedule yesterday to see if they were playing today, so I didn't even know there was a double header. 

Either way, yeah, yahoo glitch.  Yet again

[Dressel Rebel]

The first Orioles vs. Blue Jays game was the conclusion of a suspended game from earlier in the year.  It was not a true double header.

The 2nd game was a regular game.

All the stats will come out right in the end because 50,000 nerds like us email Y! about this.  It'll all come out in the wash.

[Scott]

Sounds like it is finally Liriano Time...so long Livan!

[Dressel Rebel]

Sounds like it is finally Liriano Time...so long Livan!

Yeah we saw that in May.  I wasn't too impressed.

I think that arm surgery took a piece of Liriano that he isn't soon going to get back.

We'll see. 

[Scott]

Sounds like it is finally Liriano Time...so long Livan!

Yeah we saw that in May.  I wasn't too impressed. 

Was that why you picked him 8 weeks ago?

10-0 over his last 11 starts at Triple is pretty crap too

[Dressel Rebel]

Sounds like it is finally Liriano Time...so long Livan!

Yeah we saw that in May.  I wasn't too impressed. 

Was that why you picked him 8 weeks ago?

10-0 over his last 11 starts at Triple is pretty crap too

Triple A.  That's the key.

And he got shelled a lot there too.

Anyhow let's see 5 starts in the bigs, and see if he's anything like he was in 2006.  I'm betting on "no".

[Rob]

****.

Tue, Aug 19 2B Ian Kinsler has very possibly played his last game of the season. What was initially called a sore left groin after Kinsler left Sunday's game is most likely a sports hernia, team orthopedist Dr. Keith Meister told the All-Star second baseman after an MRI exam on Monday. Kinsler will see a specialist in hernia repair, perhaps as early as Tuesday and could have surgery that would knock him out for the season.

[Dressel Rebel]

Well, a few things about that Rob.

1.  Duchscherer is hurt too (and a FA in our league) and Upton sucks so no harm no foul there.

2.  It would be quite a feat for you to lose this one now with or without Kinsler.  I have designs on making a late run here, but I'd say it's better than 80-20 odds that you're going to beat me out this year.

[Morgbug]

Yeah, I hate to hand out a championship this early, but it's looking like a stretch.  Losing Kinsler doesn't hurt the odds though. 

[Dressel Rebel]

Don't get too excited though Rob I do have a path to victory here and I am not waving the white flag of surrender just yet.  I will contest this to the last out of the 162nd game.

I have caught you twice in the last 6 weeks and if one of those streaks hits in September I could catch lightning in a bottle.

[Rob]

I'm certainly not holding my breath.  If there was a week left, sure, but not with this many games to go. 

It doesn't help that my bats have gone cold for about 3 straight days now either.


EDIT:  good news this morning...

Wed, Aug 20 Kinsler (sports hernia) may be able to avoid season-ending surgery after further examination revealed just inflammation and not a tear in the abdominal wall, the team's web site reports.

And of course, Ian Stewart, who I added on Monday night to replace Kinsler, Ian Stewart who didn't show up in my roster until today, went 2 for 3 with a home run and 5 RBI yesterday.   

[Scott]

Sounds like it is finally Liriano Time...so long Livan!

Yeah we saw that in May.  I wasn't too impressed. 

Was that why you picked him 8 weeks ago?

10-0 over his last 11 starts at Triple is pretty crap too

Triple A.  That's the key.

And he got shelled a lot there too.

Anyhow let's see 5 starts in the bigs, and see if he's anything like he was in 2006.  I'm betting on "no".

One more start...the only thing not there is the K's, I'll take 4 W's, a sub 1.00 ERA and WHIP though any day of the week.

[Dressel Rebel]

I concede that argument to you, through 4 starts you're right.

I don't really get it, the velocity isn't there.  But I'd still like to see a larger sample size.

[Scott]

I concede that argument to you, through 4 starts you're right.

I don't really get it, the velocity isn't there.  But I'd still like to see a larger sample size.

Slider is almost as nasty as it was before, plus he's learned how to throw his change up a lot better than '06.  While his fastball isn't at 96-97 it is still 92-94...I think he'll be just fine

[Rob]

Alright, now I think I'm losing it.  The TOOLS tab is gone on my team page. 

Did it get moved?