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TEAM LIST JoeCoolMan24 - White Sox (Giants) ROC Sox Fan - Blue Jays (Brewers) 2nd City Saint - Twins (Cardinals) Issacar - Rays (Phillies) And I think Issacar might be bringing a friend to our league too, so hopefully we will be at at least 5 members by the morning. Half way there!

QUOTE (kapzk @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 11:25 PM) Well with Dickey being a knuckleballer i guess 38 years of age is not that huge of impact as we have seen guys pitch till mid-40s throwing the knuckleball. His ERA in the past 3 seasons have been very good, but definitely coming over to the AL might spike that ERA up a bit. But Toronto seem to be paying a big price by potentially dealing D'Arnaud and Syndergaard who are #1 and #3 ranked prospects respectively in the Jays organization. His knuckleball is new to his arsenal. He isn't like a Tim Wakefield that hasn't put a ton of stress on his arm because he has been throwing a knuckle his whole career, or who doesn't have to worry about fastball velo. Dickey has a lot of innings as a normal thrower, and his fastball is a complement pitch.

This seems like a really risky move for the Jays. They are gambling that he can reproduce his 2012 season, at age 38, and in the AL East. I'm not betting on that happening.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 10:56 PM) I've signed up twice now and they never sent me a confirmation code yet. EDIT- I guess I don't need one, getting in right meow. Alright cool. I propose we hold on on any trades with CPU teams until we get the league started, so everyone has a fair chance to jump in, but while we wait we can try to work out trades amongst ourselves via either PMs here or PMing on the site or whatnot. I know I have interest in your 3B "hot prospect" Danny Valencia. LOL, weird to think of him being a good prospect still. EDIT: Oh, it doesn't allow for trades or FA signings until the season starts anyway. We can lay the groundwork then, I guess, if you are are interested in any trades.

BUMP. Come on people, 100 views, we can get more than 3 people! And ROC and 2nd City, I sent the passwords, make sure you login in and claim your team.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 04:43 PM) I watched Ted last night, what a disappointment, although I should have expected that from Family Guy's downslide. It might have been better if 80% if the funny jokes weren't in the trailer. What a coincidence, I too watched Ted last night. It was a decent comedy I thought. I loved the part where Ted sings Karaoke about the 90's bands, because that's EXACTLY how I sing most songs from the 90s, or anything by Pearl Jam, Creed, Nickleback, etc. I had to stop the movie immediately and find a clip of it online to send to my friends. Hah. Had some good stuff though, I liked it, but I'm glad I didn't pay to see it.

QUOTE (MAX @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 03:04 PM) Why can't I be the Toronto Buttplugs? Because ROC already has Toronto!

TEAM LIST JoeCoolMan24 - White Sox (Giants) ROC Sox Fan - Blue Jays (Brewers) 2nd City Saint - Twins (Cardinals)

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 11:29 AM) Mike Adams signed for 2 year $12mil with the Phillies I wanted him, but not at $6M a year.

Alright ROC, I sent the password. You can change your team name if you want to, but keep it realistic and appropriate, not like the Toronto Buttplugs. lol. TEAM LIST JoeCoolMan24 - White Sox (Giants) ROC Sox Fan - Blue Jays (Brewers)

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 03:20 AM) Sure I can,hell that is why I have my 12ga really.. but can't take a 12ga to the firing range. I have a revolver too but with a speed loader I can fire off damn near as many as my semi auto does. However, having the clips makes it much easier to deal with my semi auto. It really doesn't matter the type of gun. It all matters on if I choose to go on a shooting spree or not. You can kill just as many people with a revolver as you can a semi auto.. and revolvers don't jam. Semi auto can jam up the more you fire it. Either gun is a bringer of death if the person using it chooses it to be. I don't think this guy would have been able to get off 100 rounds with a revolver.

Also, the rosters are reflected for 2009, the most recent available. All teams will be put on equal economies, so don't pick Boston because you think you will automatically sell out every game, and don't shy away from KC because you want revenue. As far as initial team funds go, I think to balance things out, I will give every team $1M per team overall rating that is less than 100. So this means the best team in the league currently (The Red Sox), will start with $6M in funds, because their team is a 94 overall. The worst team on the list is the Royals at 81 overall, so they will start with $19M. This should help even the teams right from the get go, so rebuilding process for those teams won't take as long. All the CPU teams in the NL will just get $10M each.

Alright screw it, I made the league for us anyway. I can always delete it if we don't get enough people, but I am think we should get at least 10, considering how big our community is here. League name: SoxTalkBMO Password: PM me to find out If you want to play, post what AL team you want and then what NL team you'd want in the event we get more than 14 people signing up. TEAM LIST JoeCoolMan24 - White Sox (Giants) ROC Sox Fan - Blue Jays (Brewers) 2nd City Saint - Twins (Cardinals) Issacar - Rays (Phillies) Juddling - Angels (Braves) Soxfest - Yankees (Dodgers) Bigruss - Rangers (Reds) Infallable - Orioles (Pirates) GoGoSox2k2 - Royals (Rockies) Flippedoutpunk - A's (Marlins)

Anyone ever heard of this? They play it over at SSS, and I am wondering if anyone is interested in a SoxTalk version. It's really truly addicting. Good news is you really only need to check it once or twice a day during the season (or not even, but it's suggested), and then either not at all or often during the off-season, depending on if you want to rebuild your team or not I guess. I would hope to get at least 10 people involved, but 14 or 16 would be best (so we could control an entire AL or NL). Everything is free to play. I'd act as commish of the league. For anyone who has played OOTP, I would say it's in the same realm of game, but a LOT less involved and easier to understand and manage. Anyway, here is the link to the website. Hopefully I will get a handful of responses and I can then start up the league and wait for more to fill in. Like I said, over at SSS they do this, and they are in the year 2050 or something, and it's not their 1st league either. http://www.baseball-manager-online.com/login.pl EDIT: Updates for quick reference..... RULES: No sign and trades. ----It's going to be hard to police this, but don't take advantage of the game by signing a player just to use as trade bait. If you want to sign a player to replace someone you want to trade, that's fine, but don't signing trading chips. $15M Annual Budget Limit (Total) ----Under the "Expenses" page, you will find 3 boxes where you can put in the amount of money to want to devote to your Farm System, Scouting, and Medical Staff. To make things fair and promote parity, we are going to operate under a MAXIMUM of $15M to allocate between those 3 fields. This means you can do $10M on Farm, $3M on Scouting, $2M on Medical, or whatever you see fit, but they can only add up to $15M or LESS. Feel free to spend $0 in those 3 if you so choose. Post all trades ----Post all trades completed in this thread. This is so we can make sure that no unfair trades are occuring. You don't need to get pre-approval of trades, just post the result of the trade. There is a dialogue that shows what the trade was and then under it will say "Trade was accepted!" or something. Just copy and paste that dialogue here. It's pretty simple, and makes sure no one is taking advantage. As Commish I DO have the power to reverse trades, and it's an annoying process (I have to individually move each player back). Update trading block ----This isn't really a rule, but more of a suggestion. If you don't want people to continually ask if a certain amazing player is available, then give him a "RED" dot, that means he is not available. Green dot means they are on the block, and yellow means you'd listen on offers. Again, not required, but helpful, especially during the trading deadline and offseason. No trading for newly drafted players ----Much like in real life, don't trade for a guy that was just drafted. The draft occurs right after the World Series in this game. The CPU can be taken advantage of by trading for a guy who is like a 59++++ a week after he is drafted because he hasn't had a chance to mature yet. You must wait until the following draft to acquire that player. This DOES NOT apply to human to human trades.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 02:43 AM) For me its paper targets. Or anyone who wishes to come in my house uninvited. Other than that I wouldn't shoot at anyone or anything else. Would you not be able to shoot paper targets or people who wish to come in to your house uninvited with a regular pistol, or non semi-auto gun?

QUOTE (Rooftop Shots @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 12:01 AM) STILL attempting to hit a baseball Actually, I think Brian Anderson is now attempting to throw a baseball, unless he gave up on that already.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 14, 2012 -> 07:46 PM) Consider Deb is a by the book never miss a trick cop who wanted Hannah in jail. Why wouldn't she mention the water that Dexter found in her car? She knew Dexter would look for it and have it tested. I don't think he killed Hannah because he actually loves her. I do think the preview showing Dexter getting arrested is a dream sequence, but I have the feeling he will get arrested during the show but somehow the charges won't stick. If Deb was so slick, she would have drank the bottle and then thrown it out the window, not left the evidence in her car that she was about to possibly get in to a fatal accident in.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Dec 14, 2012 -> 05:45 PM) From what I've read he was no stranger to the school, meaning they already knew him? Probably. I walked in to my elementary school a couple years ago when I was 20 and the office people remembered me, probably because my aunt taught at my elementary school and I would often stay after school with her, and you tend to be more popular with other teachers and employees if you are a relative of a teacher, because you get talked about. EDIT: That, and I was a trouble maker in elementary school, so they always saw me walk in to the principals office. Haha.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Dec 14, 2012 -> 06:39 PM) With Wright and Davis (Olt might be an upgrade) on the corners I'd rather have JP and Gose or D'Arnaud and Gose if I was the Mets GM. I'd clearly just then flip Olt for De Aza and Flowers, and the Sox resign AJ.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 14, 2012 -> 05:38 PM) Unclear but probably related to the alleged fact that his mother worked there. Yeah, I'm guessing the said "Hey, my mom so-and-so works here" and they let him in. But I'm wondering how he got the guns in without anyone noticing. I heard he had 4 guns. Did he bring a giant dufflebag in? And how terrible that office aid or security guard must feel buzzing him through.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 14, 2012 -> 06:19 PM) Could be that Toronto has an even better offer on the table. Or Olt could have never been offered. Rumor is JP Arencibia and Anthony Gose, which I would not consider better than Olt. Also rumored is D'Arnaud may be involved with Gose, in which case I'd probably take that package. But either way, the Olt for Dickey rumor came out about a week ago.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 14, 2012 -> 05:03 PM) Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal Source: #Rangers no longer involved in Dickey talks. And did not offer Olt and Buckel to #Mets. I sure as s*** hope not. But not taking Olt originally is crazy to me.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 14, 2012 -> 05:59 PM) With his salary, if he wasn't hurt and had a normal season last year, the Sox would be shopping him everywhere. If Sale stays healthy in 2013, and Quintana holds up, I'd be totally willing to see the Sox trade Danks next offseason.

Andy Martino ‏@MartinoNYDN Really believe Toronto is strong frontrunner, but can report Texas has indicated will trade Olt and RHP Cody Buckel for Dickey. Oh my god, what are the Mets waiting for? They should have jumped all over it if it was just Olt, not Olt PLUS Buckel, a 2nd RD pick who dominated High-A at 19 years old, and did really well at AA when he turned 20 over the summer.

Now they are saying, at least on Fox, that it may actually be Adam Lanza, the brother of Ryan.