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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 04:16 PM) You are so right. It is in a baseball trivia book of mine, and although it was printed in 2006 or so, Thome definitely had more by then than the person behind Frank Thomas had.... Ok then..... Who ranks 3rd behind White Sox 1B/DH Frank Thomas in most HR by a player who's last name starts with "T". Damn trivia book. Frank Thomas

Les Miles to U of M, Rich Rodriguez to LSU? Someone of Rodriguez' coaching style would fit into the SEC fairly well, I think.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 03:56 PM) What numbers thing is everyone talking about in HIMYM, did I completely miss something.

What about a guy like Gary Patterson of TCU for Michigan? That would be similar to what ND did last year with Kelly.

Back in the old days...the Bulls had to get to 125 in order for people to win free stuff.

Someone ask another question!!!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 08:55 AM) They didn't mix up the gunpowder correctly though They used regular gunpowder and blew up the cannon. RIP Captain Kirk - Gorn Food.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 3, 2011 -> 11:47 PM) I'd BE Shatner and fight the Gorn. The Shatner Cannon failed on Mythbusters.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog...rn=ncaaf-303032

QUOTE (chwhtsox @ Jan 3, 2011 -> 10:02 PM) I agree, the most active league I've ever been a part of use to sim 10-15 games three to four times a week. Also, people and commishes have real lives, so you're not going to get 31 guys/gals to be available every night for transactions and simming.

I was thinking about it, but Rex is doing his list first.

QUOTE (TomPickle @ Jan 3, 2011 -> 09:50 PM) Lock-step in terms that our league will move at the same pace as the actual MLB. Perhaps I'm using the term improperly. See my last point. If it moves that slowly, you will get a lot of bored owners.

There are wikipedia links to the albums in question in the announcement link, if anyone is stumped about choosing 10.

I like 6.5 as well. The other versions have more bells and whistles, but 6.5 works fine for me. 1-10 allows for more mystery and is easier to calculate than 1-100, but either is fine. I've never used 2-8, but I guess it could be good as well. . . . First of all, since you (Tom) haven't played OOTP before, you'll find that it is almost impossible to stay "lock-step" with MLB because of OOTP's randomness. Secondly, if you wait until after the season to draft, you run the risk of your drafted players' development being stunted in your minors. Thirdly, if you're not using actual players on their actual rosters, how is it truly "lock-step"? Lastly, if your commish is deciding to play games day by day and do transactions day by day, I can forsee a burn out by members by the All-Star break. It's way too much work and can get extremely tedious.

OOTP is weird because development can change things so that the game doesn't represent real MLB. I can make a sure real MLB star into a journeyman, but make a stiff that never made it out of the minors into an All-Star. If you screen capture player ratings and post them, that would give people a better idea of what you really have.

We did this about 6 or 7 years ago with actual team rosters. Which version of OOTP are you using?

Some of the questionable past and present sports writers. They know who they are...

3 Years - 27 mil, spaced out like this would be more like what they'd (Boras/Soriano) accept: $7 mil - 2011, $10 mil - 2012, $10 mil - 2013

I don't listen to much new music, but I will get a list sent off to you within the next few days.

"Brassed Off" was a good movie if you have any sort of band music background.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 2, 2011 -> 11:48 PM) Week 17 isn't the best test sample for picking a game. Can't imagine that formula works too often. That was my other reason for trying it.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jan 2, 2011 -> 10:25 PM) Not me. I still think managers get way too much credit good or bad. Then again there are some managers who always win where ever they go. Funny, looking back at the Santana deal. Many Twin fans were mentioning how they don't have an ace. Well, they got rid of one. They also seem to do well in getting rid of players when their value is the highest. Most players don't excel at a higher level when they leave the organization. I expect Morneau to be traded in a few years if he rebounds from the concussions.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 2, 2011 -> 11:43 PM) That's because Omar Minaya's a bad GM. Now that he's gone, it will take them 3 or 4 years to clear the rubble and rebuild.

As an experiment - and of the fact that my NFL spread picks have thoroughly sucked over the last 4 weeks - I decided to pick against the majority on ESPN's Pigskin Pick Em. If more than 50% picked a team on Wednesday to win, I went the opposite way. Result: 9-7. Can't win for losing...