MLB Beat the streak 2012?

[tubba marxxx]

Nice run Stroke.....I have gone 4 straight days with an 0'fer due to the double dip.....I think I may start picking 1 at a time again it seemed to work ok for me last year.

same exact thing here.  I keep trying to get back to where I was "faster," and my theory is that double dip will help that.  Clearly it isn't working!!

[Brian Fein]

I can hit the double dip regularly, I feel like I have a good system going.  But my problem is remembering to make picks everyday, especially on weekends.  I liked how, last year, they had the "if you forget to make a pick we'll put in your backup buy" feature.  This year, not so.  They want you going to their site every day.

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

I can hit the double dip regularly, I feel like I have a good system going.  But my problem is remembering to make picks everyday, especially on weekends.  I liked how, last year, they had the "if you forget to make a pick we'll put in your backup buy" feature.  This year, not so.  They want you going to their site every day.

Yeah I liked that feature too and I wish they would devlop an app for Android like the have for the Iphone. I used mine a lot last year but thankfully I was able to part with that horrible device during the off season.

[bsfins]

Picked a good night to pick Ryan Braun last night season high streak of 6 (as I'm currently jinxing it)...Too bad I don't have a fantasy team with him....3HR's and triple 

[Sunstroke]

I had Braun active on my Baseball Challenge roster last night... 24 points all by himself. He outscored the other 8 hitters I had on my roster combined.

[Sunstroke]

Sorry to see that streak of yours end, Lil_B...I was enjoying running next to ya.

My streak treads water today, as my hitter (McCann) didn't play.

[bsfins]

Thanks Stroke,Sad I knew Barney wasn't in the line up (ok nothing gained nothing lost),after Braun limped off the field,I went to check to see If I used him the next few days.I noticed it said Barney was 0-1!!  I was watching the game,and must have missed his at bat...

Ohh Well Hopefully I'll be right back up there,I'm off to a good start got 2 today...

I've felt really good about most of my picks lately,starting to get into a groove.I tend to pick 3-4 days in advance...

[Brian Fein]

I gotta say I'm not really interested in this competition this year.  I can't seem to get a streak going because some days I'm too busy to remember to make picks and I just go back to zero.  I am thinking I might just let this one float away... 

Sucks, it was a good contest, but they kinda ruined it for me.

[Sunstroke]

Going with Derek Jeter and Ian Desmond on the double down...trying to get back to double digits.

Brian...you can set your picks way in advance, and you don't need to use the double down feature, so you could play it exactly like you did last year.

[Brian Fein]

Not really - last year I had batting average leader Adrian Gonzalez listed as my "if i forget to make a pick" pick, and when I often would forget to make a pick, it would give me the guy with the 0.368 average. 

I've submitted picks for the next week+ and we'll see how it goes.

[bsfins]

^^ That Jump pick was nice,but I like the Double down,so I'm a bit torn...

Ok,Fantasy Gods,I've learned my Lesson...I wont pick two players from the same team again...Thank you for giving Either the single in the 7th,and Mr Kemp a triple in the Top of the 8th....Back to 4...

[Sunstroke]

Not really - last year I had batting average leader Adrian Gonzalez listed as my "if i forget to make a pick" pick, and when I often would forget to make a pick, it would give me the guy with the 0.368 average. 

Totally forgot about that aspect of the game last year...mainly because I never actually used it.

What keeps me from forgetting to make a pick is the same thing that helps me make (what I hope will be) the right pick... ESPN's Baseball Challenge game. I have to do that one daily as well, and setting my roster there (which I do right before this game) means that I go through each position and sort all players at that position by how productive they've been (hits/runs/RBI) over the past 15 days. Once I have all the players at one position in production order, I tap a link to show me those players' BVP (batter vs pitcher) history against the starting pitcher they're going to face the next day. I take the best combo of hot hitter/best history I can find, then move to the next position and repeat the process until my roster is full. By the time I finish my BBC roster, I usually have a pretty good idea which player(s) I want for my streak game. Not that those players always work out, but the system at least gives me some solid options to consider.

[bsfins]

(I think Brian might have just done this)

Sort of a way around not having a jump pick,just pick one guy,and go out the farthest you can.(looking at today that's up to May 14) Throw him in for as far out,you can always change them when you remember...At least you're fairly covered for a week, in case you forget,you have a weeks worth of picks.They can always then be doubled down,or changed in case you forget,or get busy...unfortunately it's not automatic... Sorry for being captain obvious, I just enjoy having Brian in the game...

[bsfins]

3 out of the 4 people above me, all took Starlin Castro....The Cubs fan took,Carlos Beltran,and David Wright...

Brian's got a nice little streak going,Congrats...

[Brian Fein]

I was travelling last week, so I did exactly what you said - I picked 7 days in advance and couldn't check it while I was out.  I just found out today I was up to 7.  And Matt Kemp couldn't get a hit off of Father Time - err - Jamie Moyer.

Matt Kemp is starting to look like a lot of hype.  Too bad I picked him again tonight.