Yahoo Fantasy Baseball

[scuba]

Anyone remember when Yahoo Fantasy Baseball starts up again? I want to say the end of February or beginning of March is when you can start creating leagues.

[DLee25]

February 2nd

[HOLYCOW!25]

We definetly need to start one.

[DLee25]

We shouldn't do yahoo though, IMO.

FoxSports has an awesome fantasy football. I am sure there baseball is too.

[VanMan]

Whichever you guys use for Fantasy Baseball, count me in.

[Webgem]

Fogpog league would be great

[ryno4ever]

Count me in....I LOVE fantasy baseball. Yahoo isn't too bad, especially if you create your own leage and can put the stats in there that you want to have counted.

[diehardnorthsider]

Count me in too.

[Webgem]

I believe Feb. 2nd is the first day you can start forming leagues for Yahoo.

[ryno4ever]

That is awesome! Just curious...for those of you who plan on doing Yahoo leagues...when you do your pre-ranking, who are your top 10?

[ryno4ever]

Pujols
Jeter
Soriano
Zambrano
Howard
David Ortiz
Carpenter
Jermaine Dye
Dee Lee
A-Rod

[bczar]

I'm in if you need more players. As long as the league is called "no quitters allowed" :D

[bczar]

Pujols
Jeter
Soriano
Zambrano
Howard
David Ortiz
Carpenter
Jermaine Dye
Dee Lee
A-Rod

Not a bad list, ryno. I'd have Manny over Dye and would take J. Santana and Halladay before Carpenter.

[Webgem]

Pujols
Howard
Manny
Ortiz
Beltran
Johan
Zambrano
Oswalt
Hafner
Aramis

[ryno4ever]

The only reason I left Aramis off my list is because he is so questionable in the early months! I had him on a couple of my teams before, and his just couldln't put up the numbers in April and May.

[Hot Strawberry]

I'm in! My Fantasy Football team blew chunks this year, so I'm ready for baseball! But, let's make it all inclusive. I did an NL only one, it sucked.:mad:

[Waveland007]

Count me in for sure Scuba

[Al Spanglers ghost]

We shouldn't do yahoo though, IMO.

FoxSports has an awesome fantasy football. I am sure there baseball is too.



I've played fantasy baseball and football for about 8 years now.
I,ve played Yahoo and CBS sportsline,and CBS sportsline is,in my opinion the best.

[VanMan]

I'm in! My Fantasy Football team blew chunks this year, so I'm ready for baseball! But, let's make it all inclusive. I did an NL only one, it sucked.:mad:
I'd be all for the league to be total MLB rather than a single league, because if it's a single-league format, you'd have to really keep track of who's being traded where. Let's say, for argument's sake, Jacque Jones gets traded to an AL team. That means, if you selected him for your NL-only league, you'd have to drop him and either find a new player in the NL or pick up the players for whom the Cubs traded him.

[Webgem]

Also a decision will have to be made if it's going to be a head to head league or pts league.

[bczar]

Also a decision will have to be made if it's going to be a head to head league or pts league.

That's always the tough choice. If you score a lot constantly and lose you're p.o.'d that it's head to head. If you win and don't score much, you hate that it's points. Anyone know the max amount of teams allowed for all the sites? I've always played yahoo and it's never been more than 10 in my leagues.

[Webgem]

I was going to say the same thing...if we get enough people we may need 2 leagues...fill the first one up and start a second.

[bczar]

I was wondering if any of the sites let you divide into divisions or leagues. Maybe one has and AL an NL and they do some interleague play. Who knows.

[Webgem]

I was wondering if any of the sites let you divide into divisions or leagues. Maybe one has and AL an NL and they do some interleague play. Who knows.

You can have an NL league only or AL league only....not sure on Yahoo though.

[Al Spanglers ghost]

That's always the tough choice. If you score a lot constantly and lose you're p.o.'d that it's head to head. If you win and don't score much, you hate that it's points. Anyone know the max amount of teams allowed for all the sites? I've always played yahoo and it's never been more than 10 in my leagues.

I've played both head to head and points,and I like the head to head much better.
CBS sportsline,were I've played fantasy football and baseball for 8 seasons,and I think is the best,has 10 teams in a leauge for baseball and 12
teams for football. For anybody who has never done it I highly recomend it.
It is not only a lot of fun,but you really learn alot about other teams and other players.

[Al Spanglers ghost]

I also suggest mixed leauge over AL or NL only leauges.
It's just more fun to put a roster together when your drawing from the best players in all of baseball,instead of one leauge.

[ryno4ever]

I found it is easier to stay "in tune" with all of the MLB players if it is mixed. You pay more attention to the AL teams and have a little more background info when Interleague Play comes to town.

[Hot Strawberry]

I'd be all for the league to be total MLB rather than a single league, because if it's a single-league format, you'd have to really keep track of who's being traded where. Let's say, for argument's sake, Jacque Jones gets traded to an AL team. That means, if you selected him for your NL-only league, you'd have to drop him and either find a new player in the NL or pick up the players for whom the Cubs traded him.

That's exactly what happened. Then at the end, when I was not eligible for the playoffs, I dropped all of my players to make them available to help out the guys still playing. But my Commish, the one who made the stupid rule to begin with, wouldn't let anyone pick them up because he said I was compromising the integrity of the league. I'm thinking, geez, it's a freakin' fantasy team. But NL only or AL only isn't much fun. Head to head is a cool style, but I know there are others out there, too.

[ryno4ever]

Sounds like a lot of interest out here...maybe do one head to head league and one points league. That way people can choose one or the other or both. No worries here... I was on 12 leagues last year and didn't give up on any of them (3 yahoo accounts with four leagues each).

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Sounds like a lot of interest out here...maybe do one head to head league and one points league. That way people can choose one or the other or both. No worries here... I was on 12 leagues last year and didn't give up on any of them (3 yahoo accounts with four leagues each).

Sounds like you were determined to get every Cubs player between 12 teams.

[ryno4ever]

Sounds like you were determined to get every Cubs player between 12 teams.

Actually, there weren't many Cub players last year that would have helped my team. I had Zambrano on one team. I had DeeLee on one, as well, but, well, we all know how that helped my team out.

[Al Spanglers ghost]

I found it is easier to stay "in tune" with all of the MLB players if it is mixed. You pay more attention to the AL teams and have a little more background info when Interleague Play comes to town.


Very true!!

[ChinMusic22]

Count me in. You can never get enough Fantasy Baseball. My top 10:

A. Pujols
A. Rodriguez
A. Soriano
R. Howard
J. Santana
D. Ortiz
V. Guerrero
C. Crawford
J. Reyes
T. Haefner

[Brutus T Manstrength]

No pitchers in the top ten? That's mildly questionable.

[Brutus T Manstrength]

and I feel like a jack, because now I see at least one.

[Waveland007]

I'm not around as much scuba because I'm busy, but don't forget about me for the baseball league I want dibs on league 1 lol.

[ChinMusic22]

and I feel like a jack, because now I see at least one.

Yeah, I figured I'd had to put to least one pitcher...;)

[ryno4ever]

If it is Feb 2nd...it's just days away! :)

[ryno4ever]

I just looked on the Yahoo fantasy baseball page...the info about signing up was from 2006. I did sign up for the alerts for when signing up and drafting begins.

[ChinMusic22]

Well today's the 2nd... I went on Yahoo and didn't see anything about registration. Just a message to check out current fantasy leagues... I'm not sure about fantasy racing...

[Al Spanglers ghost]

Just now checked,and CBS.Sportline Free Fantasy Baseball leauges are avalible
now.

[ryno23hof]

I have been the commish for a ton of yahoo leagues , both sites are fun , but the info and stats available on CBS are 10 times better. The nice thing about yahoo , if you want to start your own , you can have up to 20 teams in a league. You just have to keep the starting rosters and bench spots to a minimum , or else you are left with complate scrubs with your last few picks. On CBS you have to play by their rules whereas on Yahoo , you can ALMOST do whatever you want. I have played many H2H and rotisserie , they are both fun to try if you have not done both. Personally , I much prefer H2H.

[ChinMusic22]

I've played both as well (along with 5x5), and I like head to head the best.

[Webgem]

I haven't seen anything either.:(

[Brutus T Manstrength]

Hey, whenever someone gets the game up and running, it'd be my pleasure to whoop all yall's butts this summer..

[Al Spanglers ghost]

I've played both as well (along with 5x5), and I like head to head the best.

I like head to head the best. I also think that CBS.Sportline is much better than Yahoo.[I've played both]

[DLee25]

Well, we all need to vote, and get a league going. There are a couple up for registration already, like Yahoo, and CBS. Probably a couple others too.

[ryno23hof]

I think CBS is the only one up so far.

[bczar]

I created a league at CBS,if anyone is interested in playing,. It's head to head, NL/AL Live Draft.

League Name Bricks and Ivy
League Type Private
Draft Date February 07, 2007, 7:00 PM ET
Draft Style Live Draft
Scoring System H2H
Player Pool Both AL/NL

password: grateful

[HOLYCOW!25]

What's the password? I'm tryin to join but it's askin for a password since it's private.

[bczar]

My bad, sorry about that. The password is : grateful

I also edited the original post

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Thanks for setting that up Bczar I just registered.

[bczar]

You bet. Should be good and fun with everyone here playing...........as long as no one quits. You should be able to make no quitting a rule. If anyone quits, I castrate you:)

[HOLYCOW!25]

Alright I joined.

[Webgem]

What's the password? I'm tryin to join but it's askin for a password since it's private.

grateful is the password

I'm in....:)

[ChinMusic22]

I'm in. Looking forward to the draft... I might have to leave work a little early, to get home for it, but it'll work out...

[bczar]

Just a FYI, only 5 spots left. Draft is on Wednesday at 7:00 pm and I have dibs on the following players:

Manny
Soriano
ARod
ARam
Pujols
Vladimir Guerrrero
Jose Reyes
Joe Mauer
J. Santana
C. Zambrano
Halladay
Oswalt and
Carpenter

please choose your team around those players and we'll have a lot of fun...j/k:D :D

[HOLYCOW!25]

I'm "Da Cubbies" if anyones wondering.

[DLee25]

I joined! thanks

[VanMan]

I'm the VanMen. Oh, and I think it's 10 minimum, not maximum, so we need at least three more to draft before Wednesday night at 6.

[ryno4ever]

I may try to sign up later this week.... I don't know if I can make the draft on Wednesday night, depends on my son's schedule. If I can make the draft, I'll sign up!

[Al Spanglers ghost]

I joined this morning,there are 2 spots left.
Should be fun!

[VanMan]

I joined this morning,there are 2 spots left.
Should be fun!
Uh, that's two more needed, not left.

[bczar]

Actually according to their rules, it's two spots left and required (which is now only one spot). So we still need one more person if anyone is interested.

Overview
SportsLine offers two Fantasy Baseball league styles: Rotisserie and Head-to-Head. Each league will have a total of 10 teams. Each Head-to-Head league will be randomly divided into two divisions of five teams each. There are no divisions in Rotisserie leagues. All rosters will be subject to certain restrictions.

[ryno4ever]

Okay, I joined....can someone explain how to do the live draft..do we just go to that link for the team? I've always done an automated draft.

[ChinMusic22]

A live draft takes a few hours... Instead of a random pick of your players, you choose who you want on your team, based on availablity.

[bczar]

All right, we have all 10 teams now. Hopefully it won't take a few hours. Every draft I've ever done usually takes about 45 mins. I think it generally takes longer if someone is a no show for the draft since the computer will generate a team for them after the alloted time is up. I believe each person gets a max of 90 seconds to make a pick before the computer picks for you by giving your team the highest rated person left in the draft. Good luck, see everyone tomorrow night.

[ChinMusic22]

45 minutes... That's a fast draft... I'm looking forward to it!

[Al Spanglers ghost]

Okay, I joined....can someone explain how to do the live draft..do we just go to that link for the team? I've always done an automated draft.


CBS.Sportsline is very user friendly. Live drafts are much more fun than
automated. I suggest you go into the leauge link,and checkout Leauge Rules.
The way the Draft works and what you need to do is explained clearly there.
I also suggest everyone ranks their players in the order they would pick if it were an automated draft.This is a good back up,if for some reason you have
computer problems or miss a pick the computer will pick from your order of selection in the rank list.I think we should be able to get into the draft room
24 hours before the draft[6:00 PM CST tonight] At that time you will be able to check out the draft room and create a team logo,etc.

[Webgem]

Looking forward to kicking butt this year....:D :D ...;)

[VanMan]

Looking forward to kicking butt this year....:D :D ...;)
Gem, the only butt that's going to be kicked is yours... and the rest of you lot!

[ryno4ever]

Um... you all are in for a girl to kick your butts!

[HOLYCOW!25]

Trash talking isn't my style. Mostly because whenever I do, I lose.

[ryno4ever]

Ahhh.... I'll probably lose, but it's all in fun! I am just horribly excited. The offseason is just about over.... The light at the end of the tunnel... the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.... BASEBALL IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!

[bczar]

Draft is tonight at 6:00 CST. You can rank your teams now and pick a logo. Good luck

[ChinMusic22]

I've got the 10th pick... I like picking back to back...

[ryno4ever]

UGH! I may have to do autopilot for a bit tonight....my car has hit it's last mile! My suspension broke and my engine blew- I am going down to the local car dealer to look at a new car, but my dad is going with me to try to talk him down in the price, but I have to wait for him to get home from work. He doesn't want the salesman to take advantage of the fact I am a woman and just try to sell me the car outright. Hopefully I will be done by 6pm!

[Al Spanglers ghost]

Draft is tonight at 6:00 CST. You can rank your teams now and pick a logo. Good luck



Thanks for your efforts in setting up the leauge,bczar.
The draft is always a good time!!

[VanMan]

UGH! I may have to do autopilot for a bit tonight....my car has hit it's last mile! My suspension broke and my engine blew- I am going down to the local car dealer to look at a new car, but my dad is going with me to try to talk him down in the price, but I have to wait for him to get home from work. He doesn't want the salesman to take advantage of the fact I am a woman and just try to sell me the car outright. Hopefully I will be done by 6pm!
Best of luck to you on that new ride. My dad was going to help me with getting my '02 Cavalier, but he was recovering from an esphogeal scope he had earlier the night I went to the dealership to look at it. After finding the check engine light was on, but no other real problems, I had them fix it before we even talked numbers. The next night, I took the car to the gas station where my dad works to get his opinion. Then the used car manager took my old '91 Corsica out for a spin and talked with Dad about a trade-in number. Everyone settled on a number that I ended up taking.

[HOLYCOW!25]

Wow, looks like I'm gonna miss the draft too. I just found out that I'm going out to dinner with my dad and my grandma at 5:30.

[HOLYCOW!25]

Yea, since I'm gonna miss it I just went into the draft room and clicked on the "Autopilot" button, so it'll just go by that for the draft. Hopefully I won't be stuck with crappy picks then.

[HOLYCOW!25]

Draft is tonight at 6:00 CST. You can rank your teams now and pick a logo. Good luck

Ok I know this is 3 posts in a row, but I just looked at the site and it said 7:00.

[Webgem]

6 central 7 eastern

[bczar]

Thanks for your efforts in setting up the leauge,bczar.
The draft is always a good time!!

No worries, should be fun. Hopefully anyone not able to make it set their account on auto pilot, LOST is on tonight :D

[VanMan]

Anyone else having problems loading the draft room? All I have is a few scroll bars, a text box and a drop-down. I have no other details.

[ChinMusic22]

I'm on the bus right now, should get hom just under 7. i messed up too, I saw 7 and figured since everyone is in the Midwest it was CST, so I had an extra hour. I thought wrong. I should be home in aout 10 minutes so I'll see you there!

[ryno4ever]

I made it!!! However, I can't get into the draft room. It tells me it is loaded but an error is on the page!

[ryno4ever]

Anyone else having problems loading the draft room? All I have is a few scroll bars, a text box and a drop-down. I have no other details.
Yep...having the same problem here

[bczar]

try this link:

http://10702071122.baseball.sportsline.com

it may work

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Its showing everyone in the draft room. click on the drop down menu to the right where it says for everyone.

[ryno4ever]

I still can't get in...even with the link

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Me either its showing an error here also.

[ryno4ever]

The only thing I can do is hit "auto pilot"..so if I can't get the page to load, I think it will at least go off my pre-ranked list.

[ryno4ever]

It looks like it is autodrafting for us! I have dee Lee on my team!

[bczar]

did you get an email with a link to follow? that's what i used to get in instead of going through the website

[ryno4ever]

yeah, i tried it both ways

[VanMan]

Maybe we should junk this leauge and try again on Yahoo.

[ryno4ever]

did you get an email with a link to follow? that's what i used to get in instead of going through the website

Can you post the link on here?

[ryno4ever]

Maybe we should junk this leauge and try again on Yahoo.

Ah, I'm not too concerned...i'm getting pretty good players, I'm just not picking them.

[VanMan]

Ah, I'm not too concerned...i'm getting pretty good players, I'm just not picking them.
I'd rather pick my own players on a league that works. Who's with me in scrapping the CBS league in favor of the Yahoo! league? It's starting up on Feb. 15.

EDIT: I just took a look at the help FAQs and it seems that there's a problem with drafting using IE7. Sportsline is looking into the problem.

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

I'm sorry everyone I have tried to get into the draft room but its not allowing me so I hope I manage decent players :rolleyes:

[VanMan]

It seems Sportsline hates IE7. That's why many of us can't get into the draft room.

[ryno4ever]

While the first day of drafting has gone phenomenally well, there have been few isolated reports of draft room connectivity issues which appear to be associated with the Internet Explorer (IE) Browser version 7. We are currently investigating why some are experiencing such difficulty and we expect all to be resolved for tomorrow’s draft.



For those drafting tonight who may be experiencing such difficulty, we suggest using Netscape or Firefox browser versions to complete your draft. If you do not have these browsers, you may acquire them for free by clicking one of the links below.

Firefox

Netscape



from the help section

[ryno4ever]

I'm sorry everyone I have tried to get into the draft room but its not allowing me so I hope I manage decent players :rolleyes:

You can see the players that have been added to your team.

http://10702071122.baseball.sportsline.com/ In the "At A Glance" section toward the top center, click on your Roster.

[ryno4ever]

So far..I've got Joe Mauer...Dee Lee... Brian Roberts and Michael Young. For pitching, I have Joe Nathan, "K-Rod", and Bobby Jenks. i can't complain too much!

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Looks like I am getting loaded with Yanks. I have gotten 4 of them :confused: :confused: :confused:

[ryno4ever]

I didn't get much for starting pitching...but a couple quallity relievers.

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

I didn't get much for starting pitching...but a couple quallity relievers.

I am in desperate need for a catcher....;)

[HOLYCOW!25]

Yea my lineup's pretty good considering I had all but 3 picks auto drafted. I like my outfield and my pitching a lot.

[DLee25]

Not in favor of switching leagues. Unless we get the same players, cause I love my lineup, and its awesome in my opinion.

Not to be selfish.

Plus anyone who uses IE, should really switch over to firefox :)

[ryno4ever]

I am in desperate need for a catcher....;) Johnny Estrada is stilll available thru free agency.

[HOLYCOW!25]

Plus anyone who uses IE, should really switch over to firefox :)

Yea firefox is much better.

[ChinMusic22]

I need to check the waiver wire. I have too many bench OF. I need t add a pitcher... I'vew got 5 closers, which was a goal, but I could add a starter of a backup C.

[ryno4ever]

Too late now, but I finally got firefox onto my pc! I need starters! I got some Cub Killer pitchers!!!

[Webgem]

Might as well hand that trophy over to me...:D :D

[HOLYCOW!25]

Yea I'm looking for some backup catchers and 3rd baseman. I'll trade outfielders.

[ryno4ever]

I'd be willing to trade Kendall.... not a home run hitter, but does have some stolen bases, and since he usually bats lead off, he gets plenty of at bats.

Here's what you need to know about Kendall for your Fantasy team: He's always healthy, he scores a lot of runs, he bats leadoff as a catcher and he led the position in stolen bases with 11.

[ryno4ever]

I listed my "trading block" players

[Brutus T Manstrength]

wow. did I seriously miss the deadline for the league?

[HOLYCOW!25]

It would appear that way.

[Brutus T Manstrength]

I hate my life.

[HOLYCOW!25]

At least your not stuck in a vat of molten cheese. That's what I always try to think of when bad stuff happens.

[ryno4ever]

I hate my life.

no worries, brutus! We can set up a league in Yahoo, as well. You can sign up on Feb 15. I usually do multiple leagues, so if one isn't set up on here, i'll set one up!

[DLee25]

Brutus, i take it you didn't get in, or you don't like your lineup?

[ryno4ever]

Brutus, i take it you didn't get in, or you don't like your lineup?
So, you're the one that got a really kick a** lineup, huh? I saw your lineup and was wondering who it was! I'm jealous!

[DLee25]

Yeah it's good, but I am not gonna lie. I am in def need of relievers and closers.

[HOLYCOW!25]

Yea I just realized I only have starting pitchers.

[ryno4ever]

hmmm... take a look and make an offer if you want, I got a few of those!

Jason Isringhausen, Bobby Jenks, Joe Nathan, Francisco "K Rod" Rodriguez. I probably wouldn't deal K Rod or Nathan unless it was too good to pass up, but Jenks and Izzy would be expendable.

[ryno4ever]

Yea I just realized I only have starting pitchers.

That could be a problem. What's your team name?

[HOLYCOW!25]

That could be a problem. What's your team name?

Da Cubbies

[DLee25]

We should make our name our Forum name, but we can't now. Oh well.

If anyone wants an image for their team let me know!