Canadian Baseball League Fantasy Game

by fischbowl on Nov 27, 2008 11:15 PM EST Comment 38 comments

The Situation:

In a rage of patriotic stupidity, Bud Selig contracts the Toronto Blue Jays and moves the team to the states.The Ottawa Lynx moved to Allentown, and unplanned, but necessary for this game, the Vancouver Canadians move south as well. Outraged, a grassroots movement known as Friends of Baseball In Canada, along with many conglomerate Canadian companies have started a 10 team league known as the Canadian League Baseball. It is an independant league. There is 5 teams in the East (Halifax, Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec City, and Montreal)and 5 teams in the West (Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg).

The Game:

There will be a 25-man draft to fill your roster. However, there is a bank of players, the 2008 Minor League Free Agent List below

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=1786#more-1786

The real challenge is filtering the talent on the list. At the end of the draft, there will be votes to determine the winner.

Only players from the list can be selected

Anyone Interested?

Fischbowl ~Edmonton

Fishercat ~ Vancouver

ofsticksandbats ~ Saskatoon

prhood ~

thecoolest ~

Gatling ~ Toronto

CWhitman ~ Halifax

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84 At Bottom?

Those count too?

by cwhitman412 on Nov 28, 2008 9:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Count me in!

:-D

Touch em all Joe...

by FisherCat on Nov 28, 2008 10:50 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

could be fun – I’d enjoy it

by ofsticksandbats on Nov 28, 2008 11:19 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

This could be

kind of interesting. I’m in.

"So's your mom"-David Sloane

by gatling on Nov 28, 2008 12:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

suggested realignment

Take out Regina (194000), move Winnipeg to the West (cause it is more West than East) and add in Hamilton to the East – (692,000). There’s a good argument to be made for Quebec City (792k) over Halifax (372K) as well, but the if you want Maritimes representation, Halifax should do fine.

by ofsticksandbats on Nov 28, 2008 12:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Geography

Hamilton is very close to Toronto and I’m trying to incorporate the coastal provinces, but in this case I’ll move Winnipeg and add QC

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by fischbowl on Nov 28, 2008 9:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm in also

If I find out more details.

by cwhitman412 on Nov 28, 2008 12:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Another interested player

Sure, why not ………. this could bridge the gap till things get real interesting in my other leagues in January :)

by prhood on Nov 28, 2008 2:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

St. John’s

by prhood on Dec 7, 2008 7:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Scoring?

Would we be able to keep score of our “players” for next season? If so, how would we grade players who play on different levels?

by ofsticksandbats on Nov 28, 2008 2:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I think

the idea is simply to draft the best team possible from the available minor leaguers and then have others (?) vote on who did the best job. Purely a “fun” exercise IMO.

by prhood on Nov 28, 2008 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I would be interested

in playing. Sounds like fun.

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by thecoolest on Nov 28, 2008 4:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Couple of questions

DH or no? How do we decide who gets what city? Once we have our city, can we determine what type of park we’ll have? Or will it just be considered a neutral park? I haven’t gone and check altitudes of any of the cities, but are we looking at any type of Coors Field effect? Sorry for the questions, but this kind of stuff will help with the manner in which you construct a team.

"So's your mom"-David Sloane

by gatling on Nov 28, 2008 5:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Erm...

I really don’t think it’s supposed to be that sophisticated.

by cwhitman412 on Nov 28, 2008 5:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well

probably not. But the more details you get, the better you can draft your team.

"So's your mom"-David Sloane

by gatling on Nov 28, 2008 8:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Eh....

It’s not really that sophisticated as Whitman said, just a setting and all.

Pick a city as you join the draft, sorry I should have mentioned that.

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by fischbowl on Nov 28, 2008 8:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Vancouver

I’ll take Vancy!

Touch em all Joe...

by FisherCat on Nov 28, 2008 10:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I'll take

Toronto I suppose. Yes or no on the DH?

"So's your mom"-David Sloane

by gatling on Nov 28, 2008 11:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

DH

Yes on the DH

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by fischbowl on Dec 1, 2008 2:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Halifax

Even though I support Matt and Nate.

by cwhitman412 on Nov 28, 2008 11:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Saskatoon

I’ll call them the Cleats

by ofsticksandbats on Nov 29, 2008 5:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Leftover Cities

Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, QC, and Montreal

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by fischbowl on Nov 30, 2008 2:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I would definitely be interested.

Question: Are minor league free agents that have already signed with teams still in play?

by JonBBT on Nov 30, 2008 8:59 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Answer

Yes, everyone on the list is still in play

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by fischbowl on Dec 1, 2008 2:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Want to just start?

Eh?

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by fischbowl on Dec 4, 2008 2:06 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Maybe you should explain how you want the draft to be conducted

by ofsticksandbats on Dec 4, 2008 10:50 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Post your pick in this thread

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by fischbowl on Dec 4, 2008 9:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

More specific – what is the order of selection – will you do the picking for the “open” teams? Can I possibly also run a second franchise? Maybe Quebec City?

by ofsticksandbats on Dec 5, 2008 9:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

We'll go with 5

Players may be limited.

1. Vancouver
2. Halifax
3. Toronto
4. Edmonton.
5. Saskatoon

Random order, snake style

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by fischbowl on Dec 5, 2008 12:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Vancouver selects

P- Nelson Figueroa

Touch em all Joe...

by FisherCat on Dec 5, 2008 8:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

We need to get everyone involved

to recommend this post, so it can stay up at the top, or at least everyone bookmark it so we can get this done.

"So's your mom"-David Sloane

by gatling on Dec 6, 2008 6:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

is it too late to sign up?

I’ll play. Doesn’t matter which team, and I can pick last if we’ve started drafting already

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Dec 7, 2008 10:57 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Halifax Selects

SS- Callix Crabbe

A noob or n00b is someone that lacks intellegance or common sense, most people think that noob is a word used only in the online gaming world, but in reality it is becoming an ever popular word with teenage society.

a noob could be simply a level 100 running round shouting ‘’WTF DO I GO!?’’ or someone calling someone else a noob and then getting hit with a brick, anyone can call anyone a noob, but normally they are noobs themselves
-robert_d_wilfong

by cwhitman412 on Dec 7, 2008 6:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs