Franchise Player Choices

One Note: For each returning team, please make your name recognizable from last year. Thank you.

Post your franchise selections here in the comments. Team rosters can be found here.

I have already received Franchise choices from three people:

Thunder Bay:
Sidney Crosby (Pit)
Chris Pronger (Anh)

Mighty Taco:
Marian Hossa (Atl)
Roberto Luongo (Van)

AmIGone:
Nick Lidstrom (Det)
Ryan Miller (Buf)

Fantasy Hockey Begins!

Hey Hockey Fans!

The time has come to begin the new Fantasy Hockey Season! Time to take up your team from last year and defend your honor (or if you didn't do so well - regain your honor). For all the newcomers, this is a chance to prove that you should have been here all along. If you think you know hockey... this is the way to prove it! Join our fantasy league!

Since we decided to make this a keeper league, every team that existed last year gets to keep two players from their roster w/o drafting (deadline to choose those players: 9/5/07). Of course, if you are new - don't despair! There will be an expansion draft allowing each new team to get two franchise players prior to the main draft.

For details, check out the fantasy hockey section of our blog: Hockey Section of our Blog
And specifically:
Drafting Rules

Proposed Timeline:
9/5 = Deadline to reserve franchise players.
9/6 - 9/10 = Expansion Draft
9/10 - 9/23 = Main Draft

Fantasy Football Madness

It's that time of year again. People prepping for that lazy football weekend by stocking nachos, pretzels, cheese balls, chips and cold beverages. People buying that new uniform, breaking out the giant foam finger, checking their TV feeds, scoping out the newest sports bars, and readying their voices to scream at the refs. The draft has come and gone. Training camps have started and everyone has opinions as to which teams will do what this year. Of course everyone wants Vick as their #1 draft choice ... wait scratch that. Regardless, Fantasy Football is here ! Invites to the league went out this morning and about 18 people were invited for a 12 slot league. This provides a chance for everyone to play once and a top 8 playoff. If there's enough interest we will divide things up to 2 leagues for each division. If there are more people that wish to join please contact me via e-mail and I'll send out more invites.

Week 12 Results

Here are the stats you all love to agonize over (from week 12):
R: 40 (We Want A Touchdown!); 18 (WickedGreen Monstahs)
HR: 11 (Tiger Bandwagon); 3 (Philly Cheesesteaks, Loons)
RBI: 38 (We Want A Touchdown!, Tiger Bandwagon); 22 (Dirty Diamond D's)
SB: 9 (Pawtucket Red Sox); 1 (Stingrays I)
E: 0 (We Want a Touchdown!); 5 (Stingrays I)
AVG: .371 (Tiger Bandwagon); .243 (Loons)

W: 6 (Pawtucket Red Sox); 0 (We Want A Touchdown!)
S: 5 (WickedGreen Monstahs, Stingrays I); 0 (Pawtucket Red Sox, Gnorth Gnome Gninjas, Knights of Darkness, Margaritas, Loons)
HR: 2 (Mike Made Me Do This, Pawtucket Red Sox, Dirty Diamond D's); 7 (Pink Roos, Stingrays I, Knights of Darkness, Margaritas)
K: 50 (Hoot's Howitzers); 11 (Tiger Bandwagon)
ERA: 1.75 (Pawtucket Red Sox), 6.47 (Mike Made Me Do This)
WHIP: 1.02 (Hoot's Howitzers), 1.67 (Knights of Darkness)

Overall, the stats weren't that impressive this week except for Tiger Bandwagon's impressive batting average. The new season highs are as follows:
Batting
R: 46 (Stingrays I)
HR: 14 (Knights of Darkness)
RBI: 47 (Wicked Green Monstahs, Stingrays I, Margaritas)
SB: 10 (We Want a Touchdown!X3, Mike Made Me Do This, Gnome Gnorth Gninjas)
AVE: .371 (Tiger Bandwagon)

Pitching
W: 7 (Wicked Green MonstahsX2, Stingrays I)
S: 8 (Stingrays I)
K: 65 (Stingrays I)
ERA: 0.90 (Philly Cheesesteaks)
WHIP: 0.77 (Philly Cheesesteaks)

The new divisional rankings are as follows:
Standings after week 11:
(win-loss-tie, games back, prev. week rank)
Hoaggie-Grinder Division
1. Mike Made Me Do This (7-3-2,--,1)
2. WickedGreen Monstahs (6-4-2,1.0,2)
3. Tiger Bandwagon (7-5,1.0,3)
4. Philly Cheesesteaks (5-5-2,2.0,4)
5. Pink Roos (5-6-1,2.5,5)
6. Pawtucket Red Sox (4-7-1,3.5,6)

Deep Dish Division
1. Gnorth Gnome Gninjas (8-3-1,--,1)
2. Stingrays (8-4,0.5,2)
3. We Want a Touchdown (7-3-2,0.5,3)
4. Margaritas (7-4-1,1.0,4)
5. Hoot's Howitzers (4-7-1,3.5,6)
6. Knights of Darkness (3-7-2,4.5,5)
7. Loons (3-9,5.5,7)
8. Dirty Diamond D's (2-9-1,6.0,8)
[Ties broken by Yahoo! Ranks.]

Fantasy Hockey Offseason

Unfortunately, the Ducks have won the Stanley Cup after 3 big chokes dropped the Red Wings and Sabres in the conference finals and the Senators in the Stanley Cup finals. Fortunately, it is time to think about who you want to keep on your team. Remember, you only can choose two (but they can be traded). Please post your choices here in the comments.

Also - now is the time to collect people interested in joining the league. Please contact anyone you know and who might like to play and we can start building the new season.

Week 10 & 11 Results

Coming to you courtesy of Stephen Bowman:

Week 11:
R: 36 (Gnorth Gnome Gninjas); 21 (Pawtucket Red Sox)
HR: 13 (Stingrays 1); 3 (Mike Made Me Do This, Pink Roos)
RBI: 46 (Stingrays 1); 19 (Mike Made Me Do This)
SB: 9 (Mike Made Do This); 1 (Knights of Darkness, Tiger Bandwagon); 6 (Jose Reyes)
E: 1 (Knights of Darkness), 7 (Dirty Diamond D’s)
AVG: .335 (Philly Cheesesteaks); .224 (Mike Made Do This)

W: 5 (Loons, Hoot’s Howitzers), 0 (Dirty Diamond D’s)
S: 7 (Stingrays 1), 0 (We Want a Touchdown!, Pawtucket Red Sox, Knights of Darkness, Loons, Hoot’s Howitzers, Pink Roos)
HR: 1 (Philly Cheesesteaks); 10 (Hoot’s Howitzers)
K: 51 (WickedGreen Monstahs); 15 (Dirty Diamond D’s)
ERA: 0.90 (Philly Cheesesteaks); 7.62 (Tiger Bandwagon)
WHIP: 0.77 (Philly Cheesesteaks); 1.73 (We Want a Touchdown!)

Week 10:
R: 43 (Margaritas); 23 (Pawtucket Red Sox)
HR: 12 (Stingrays 1, Knights of Darkness); 3 (Pawtucket Red Sox, Gnorth Gnome Gninjas, Pink Roos)
RBI: 48 (Margaritas); 17 (Pawtucket Red Sox)
SB: 8 (Tiger Bandwagon, Margaritas); 1 (We Want a Touchdown!)
E: 1 (Loons, Pink Roos); 6 (Mike Made Me Do This)
AVG: .330 (Pink Roos); .237 (We Want a Touchdown!)

W: 4 (WickedGreen Monstahs); 0 (Dirty Diamond D’s)
S: 6 (Dirty Diamond D’s, Tiger Bandwagon); 0 (Hoot’s Howitzers, Pawtucket Red Sox, Knights of Darkness)
HR: 1 (Hoot’s Howitzers); 9 (Stingrays 1, Mike Made Me Do This)
K: 72 (Stingrays 1); 21 (Pink Roos)
ERA: 2.05 (Tiger Bandwagon); 6.04 (Loons)
WHIP: 0.96 (Pawtucket Red Sox); 1.70 (Loons)

Standings after week 11:
(win-loss-tie, games back, prev. week rank)
Hoaggie-Grinder Division
1. Mike Made Me Do This (6-3-2,--,1)
2. WickedGreen Monstahs (6-4-1,0.5,3)
3. Tiger Bandwagon (6-5,1.0,2)
4. Philly Cheesesteaks (5-5-1,1.5,4)
5. Pink Roos (4-6-1,2.5,6)
6. Pawtucket Red Sox (3-7-1,3.5,5)

Deep Dish Division
1. Gnorth Gnome Gninjas (8-2-1,--,2)
2. Stingrays (8-3,0.5,3)
3. We Want a Touchdown (7-3-1,1.0,1)
4. Margaritas (6-4-1,2.0,4)
5. Knights of Darkness (3-6-2,4.5,6)
6. Hoot's Howitzers (4-7,4.5,5)
7. Loons (3-8,5.5,8)
8. Dirty Diamond D's (2-8-1,6.0,7)

And for the season highs:
Batting
R: 46 (Stingrays I)
HR: 14 (Knights of Darkness)
RBI: 47 (Wicked Green Monstahs, Stingrays I, Margaritas)
SB: 10 (We Want a Touchdown!X3, Mike Made Me Do This, Gnome Gnorth Gninjas)
AVE: .351 (Stingrays I)

Pitching
W: 7 (Wicked Green MonstahsX2, Stingrays I)
S: 8 (Stingrays I)
K: 65 (Stingrays I)
ERA: 0.90 (Philly Cheesesteaks)
WHIP: 0.77 (Philly Cheesesteaks)
[Errors and HR allowed were not included as many people have had 0 in these categories.]

The only change from two weeks ago were in ERA and WHIP after the wonderful performance in Week 11 by the Philly Cheesesteaks.

Stats and Standings after Week 9

Here are this week's Divisional Standings

Hoaggie-Grinder Division (Record, Games Back)
1. Mike Made Me Do This (6-2-1, --)
2. Tiger Bandwagon (6-3, 0.5)
3. WickedGreen Monstahs (5-4, 1.5)
4. Philly Cheesesteaks (4-4-1, 2.0)
5. Pawtucket Red Sox (3-5-1, 3.0)
6. Pink Roos (3-5-1, 3.0)

Deep Dish Division
1. We Want a Touchdown (7-2, --)
2. Gnome Gnorth Gninjas (6-2-1, 0.5)
3. Stingrays (6-3, 1.0)
4. Margaritas (4-4-1, 2.5)
5. Hoot's Howitzers (3-6, 4.0)
6. Knights of Darkness (2-5-2, 4.0)
7. Dirty Diamond D's (2-7, 5.0)
8. Loons (2-7, 5.0)
[Ties broken by Yahoo! Rankings]

The stats from Week 9 are as follows:

Batting
R: 38 (Pawtucket Red Sox, Loons); 22 (Pink Roos)
HR: 13 (Pawtucket Red Sox, Gnome Gnorth Gninjas); 4 (Pink Roos, Hoot's
Howitzers, Philly Cheesesteaks)
RBI: 42 (Gnome Gnorth Gninjas); 22 (Hoot's Howitzers)
SB: 7 (Mike Made Me Do This); 0 (Hoot's Howitzers)
E: 1 (Knights of Darkness); 6 (Gnome Gnorth Gninjas)
AVG: .345 (Loons); .220 (Knights of Darkness)

Pitching
W: 5 (Stingrays I, Tiger Bandwagon, Mike Made Me Do This); 1 (Loons,
Hoot's Howitzers, Dirty Diamond D's)
S: 5 (Philly Cheesesteaks, Mike Made Me Do This); 0 (Pawtucket Red
Sox, Loons, Knights of Darkness, Hoot's Howitzers)
HR: 2 (Hoot's Howitzers); 15 (Margaritas)
K: 51 (Mike Made Me Do This); 27 (Loons)
ERA: 2.25 (Tiger Bandwagon); 6.91 (Dirty Diamond D's)
WHIP: 0.98 (Stingrays I); 1.78 (Dirty Diamond D's)


***New Addition***
Taken from all 9 weeks thus far, here are the outstanding performances in each category:

Batting
R: 46 (Stingrays I)
HR: 14 (Knights of Darkness)
RBI: 47 (Wicked Green Monstahs, Stingrays I, Margaritas)
SB: 10 (We Want a Touchdown!X3, Mike Made Me Do This, Gnome Gnorth Gninjas)
AVE: .351 (Stingrays I)

Pitching
W: 7 (Wicked Green MonstahsX2, Stingrays I)
S: 8 (Stingrays I)
K: 65 (Stingrays I)
ERA: 1.74 (We Want a Touchdown!, Wicked Green Monstahs)
WHIP: 0.92 (Tiger Bandwagon)
[Errors and HR allowed were not included as many people have had 0 in these categories.]

Week 9 Temp Post

Following the conclusion of Week 8, here are the standings and standout performances:

DIVISION STANDINGS

Hoaggie-Grinder Division (Record, Games Back)
1. Mike Made Me Do This (5-2-1, --)
2. Tiger Bandwagon (5-3, 0.5)
2. WickedGreen Monstahs (5-3, 0.5)
4. Philly Cheesesteaks (4-3-1, 1.0)
5. Pink Roos (3-5, 2.5)
6. Pawtucket Red Sox (2-5-1, 3.0)

Deep Dish Division
1. We Want a Touchdown (6-2, --)
2. Gnome Gnorth Gninjas (5-2-1, 0.5)
3. Stingrays (5-3, 1.0)
4. Margaritas (4-3-1, 1.5)
5. Hoot's Howitzers (3-5, 3.0)
6. Knights of Darkness (2-5-1, 3.5)
7. Loons (2-6, 4.0)
8. Dirty Diamond D's (2-6, 4.0)
(Someone please check me on my math)

Records
R: 36 (Gnome Gnorth Gninjas); 23 (Loons)
HR: 10 (Stingrays I); 1 (We Want a Touchdown!)
RBI: 47 (Stingrays I); 15 (We Want a Touchdown!)
SB: 8 (Margaritas); 1 (Stingrays I, Loons, Knights of Darkness)
E: 1 (Pawtucket Red Sox, Loons, Pink Roos, Dirty Diamond D's); 5 (Stingrays I)
AVG: .316 (Gnome Gnorth Gninjas); .198 (We Want a Touchdown!)

W: 6 (Stingrays I, Hoot's Howitzers); 1 (Wicked Green Monstahs, Loons,
Tiger Bandwagon, Gnome Gnorth Gninjas)
S: 7 (Tiger Bandwagon), 0 (Pawtucket Red Sox, Knights of Darkness,
Hoot's Howitzers)
HR: 1 (Knights of Darkness), 9 (Stingrays I, Mike Made Me Do This)
K: 57 (Stingrays I), 15 (Gnome Gnorth Gninjas)
ERA: 1.74 (We Want a Touchdown!), 7.11 (Wicked Green Monstahs)
WHIP: 1.09 (We Want a Touchdown!), 1.92 (Wicked Green Monstahs)

Week 8 Temp Post

Here are the best and worst stats for Week 7:

R: 41 (Mike Made Me Do This); 23 (Loons)
HR: 14 (Knights of Darkness); 3 (Loons, Gnome Gnorth Gninjas)
RBI: 47 (Wicked Green Monstahs); 18 (Gnome Gnorth Gninjas)
SB: 10 (We Want a Touchdown!); 0 (Knights of Darkness, Hoot's
Howitzers); 8 (Ichiro Suzuki)
E:1 (Loons, Wicked Green Monstahs, Margaritas); 6 (Tiger Bandwagon)
AVG: .336 (Mike Made Me Do This); .195 (Stingrays I)

W: 4 (Margaritas, Pawtucket Red Sox, Stingrays I); 0 (Dirty Diamond D's)
S: 5 (Wicked Green Monstahs); 0 (Pawtucket Red Sox, Hoot's Howitzers)
HR: 3 (Philly Cheesesteaks, Pink Roos, Gnome Gnorth Gninjas, Mike Made
Me Do This); 11 (We Want a Touchdown!)
K: 61 (Stingrays I); 17 (Pink Roos)
ERA: 1.93 (Tiger Bandwagon); 6.95 (We Want a Touchdown!)
WHIP: 0.92 (Tiger Bandwagon); 1.75 (Wicked Pissahs)

Fantasy Football this Fall

Whew there's a toungue twister of a title. Anyways, as you may or may not know, we're coming up quickly on Fantasy Football season. Hopefully everyone watched the draft and took careful notes. I'm starting to put together the league and was hoping to get some comments. After talking to some people about crazy setups like pure defensive lineups or playing a full defense with a full offense, I've decided to keep things pretty simple. I'm trying to keep it pretty basic to get more people in on the ground floor who don't necessarily have a ton of football knowledge. So there's no shame in not knowing about current gridiron greats or anything like that. Just show up hungry on draft day and hope for the best.

Tentative league setup looks something like this so far :

Playable positions per week

QB - 1
RB - 2
WR - 2
RB/WR- 1
TE - 1
K - 1
DEF - 1
Bench - 5 or 6
IR - 2

Feel free to post comments or e-mail me directly. I'm the manager of the basement kissing Knights of Darkness in our fantasy baseball league.