Fantasy Baseball: Anyone interested?

[bsfins]

Sorry  but it's true my hatred for head to head...

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

LOL B....if you don't mind me asking where does you extreme hate for the H2H format in Fantasy Baseball stem from?

[bsfins]

Sure...

Short answer:I think there are too many ways to "tie",and it makes the system fundamentally flawed to me...


long answer,makes me sound like a psycho...

Since I commit to playing....I'm all in,I can't say well I'm in last place screw it,and forget about it....I spend lots of time setting up my line up,reading ways to tweak my line up,watching MLB tonight every night,watching all the games on the MLB innings package game mix channel.....Then end up with a stat line like 3-3-4,5-4-1,4-4-2...I can have a great week,and end up in an EFFIN TIE! Baseball doesn't end in a Tie,then why should fantasy....Hockey has shootouts,so games don't end in a tie...

An example....
Stroke,Brian,Az,and I are all tied in the standings....

Stroke and Brian are playing each other Stroke wins 5-4-1,they have Average statistical week..
AZ and I have and Epic statistical week,Darwin Barney hits for the cycle twice in one week...We each have a pitcher throw a No-no...We end in a tie...3-3-4 We both fall in the rankings...Stats wasted...

It makes me so mad,so frustrating to end in a tie,play for a tie,have an awesome week to fall in the standings,or not be able to make up any ground.

If you play with points...There is only one way to tie...You both score the exact same amount of points....In head to head,there is 1-1-8,2-2-6,3-3-4,4-4-2,5-5-0....
I understand the balance,and not weighting a certain stat over another...It ends in a tie....

I put too much into it,get too frustrated,and become un-bearable to be around for 6 months of banging my head against the wall...for and effin tie....When I play it feels hopeless,I constantly feel like I'm drowning...So then I'm walking around like the incredible Hulk, pissed off,and generally pissy mood...

If I lost 500 to 499 every week...Then fine,someone won,someone lost...I could accept it,fix that,feel like my changes make a difference...

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

Well long story short....it makes perfect sense. I have never really looked at it that way but it does make a lot of sense.

[Brian Fein]

I'm not opposed to changing to a points format.  I actually kinda like that better as well.

[Sunstroke]

I'm not opposed to changing to a points format.  I actually kinda like that better as well.

I'm not a big fan of the "total points" h2h format...it's too much like putting training wheels on a Harley-Davidson.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Stroke and Brian are playing each other Stroke wins 5-4-1,they have Average statistical week..
AZ and I have and Epic statistical week,Darwin Barney hits for the cycle twice in one week...We each have a pitcher throw a No-no...We end in a tie...3-3-4 We both fall in the rankings...Stats wasted...

I had something similiar happen to me in Fantasy Football all season long.  Of the 12 week regular season there were 8 weeks in which I lost but had the second or third most points of any team that week.  I missed the playoffs but had the highest total number of points of anyone that season.  Everytime someone played me that had a moster game. 

[bsfins]

I didn't say I'd play,so no need to change the format...I was asked why I hate the H2H format,and I answered...

And Stroke...I always thought Motorcycles were around to thin the herd...

[mboss]

So do we have a decision on the # of teams and format?

[Brian Fein]

we need one more team...  11 people are in.

[mboss]

we need one more team...  11 people are in.

I have a friend that is interested...I'll see if he can make the draft.

[Brian Fein]

^^ Is it Chad?

[mboss]

^^ Is it Chad?

Yes...

[mboss]

Chad is in....

[Brian Fein]

I sent Chad the invitation.

I also moved the draft back 1 hour at the request of our west coast participants.  Draft is now noon EDT.