Union of Concerned Gamers

This list may grow, but the following teams are known to be available. Full availability determined by 01/25/2012. You may speak now for any team on this list on a first-come, first-served basis. For 2012, the draft order will be: 2012 Draft Order (for all 3 drafts) Round 1 RickyV (NEW O) NorCal Machine VSD [...]

So according to the timeline, we should be submitting our keepers soon and beginning our draft(s) in February. However, by last count, I need to recruit 5 or 6 managers which is not conducive to a cohesive keeper league. We instituted a $10 fee in hopes to keep interest up, however there were still 3-4 [...]

http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/38805/matchup?week=6&mid1=1&mid2=7 @wynams The Ricky Vaughn’s Tough pitching matchups all week. Should be a good game, and I win! http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/38805/matchup?week=6&mid1=2&mid2=6 @shagwoodtm Chin Music Shags been on a roll really all season, just now got it going in the win col. Shags 2-4 bound http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/38805/matchup?week=6&mid1=3&mid2=5 NorCal Machine devastators NCM Autopilots will go down! http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/38805/matchup?week=6&mid1=4&mid2=12 Team Bartowski Van [...]

Anyone catch the end of the Cards-Fish game Tuesday? Eduardo’s got some filthy stuff:

last week: 5-1 (!) season: 16-6 (.727) @wynams Chin Music –+ Let’s try an affirmation “I like to think I correct the course and get another win streak going” @shagwoodtm devastators –+ Shags has to win at some point, no? NorCal Machine Team Bartowski –+ NorCalMa-autoPilot is on a roll, and I don’t know that [...]

Something I will do on a every 3 game basis or so … as of Week 3 end: Bats Awesomeness (226.9 average/wk – Bartowski) Bats Consistency (10.65 standard deviation – Bartowski) Bats Suckage (145.2/wk – Cubbies) Bats Inconsistency (93 – NorCal) Arms Awesomeness (265.4/wk – WolfPack) Arms Consistency (16.6 – Vaughns) Arms Suckage (103.8 0 [...]

It has been discussed briefly on Yahoo!, but this is a topic very near and dear to my heart multi-H2H weeks. This ‘compromise’ system leaves some of the intensity of H2H matchups while minimizing bad luck. Take for instance the 1.7 points that currently separate FLICKor (3-0-0) and @shagwoodtm (0-3-0). In multi-H2H weeks, you would [...]

last week: 3-3 (.500) season: 11-5 (.688) @wynams v devastators I’m going with me :) @shagwoodtm v Team Bartowski Barts kick a @shags while he is down NorCal Machine v Van Slykes Dykes NorCal ROLL Chin Music v yearofthecub One of these teams gets a win. I’m going with the music The Ricky Vaughn’s v [...]

Compiled from Yahoo! Forum, Twitter, /tells and such + RP negatives (i.e. Thornton’s 2011 start) + Deadbeat Owners (weeks of NA/DL players starting) + Multiple H2H Weeks (Yahoo permitting or track manually) + Lineup settings ok (not forced to have someone in every slot) + Wavier settings (3 pick ups per week limits and FAAB [...]

What do you tell … some 0-2 teams about disappointment out of the gate? Do you remind them it is April 18th? … or that there are 20 more regular season games? … or something targeted specifically at the state of their team! Dear Devastators, With an average age of 17.8, we all know who [...]