OT: Royals Review Keeper League Yr 3: Congrats to NYRoyal

by grudz96 on Nov 19, 2010 2:10 PM EST

2010 was the toughest year yet in the RRKL Fantasy Baseball league. 11 teams finished with above .500 records. Six teams had a legitimate shot during the last week to take the final playoff spot in the championships. Sisquatch Kids made a great run at the title only to be stopped by NYRoyal in the championship game. Congratulations to NYRoyal for taking it all. As ADM commented in the playoffs winning or losing hinged on whether you started a marginal pitcher or not. Thumbs up to all the managers who participated and stuck it out until the end. The last month was a killer with games being decided by a point or two. Yours truly finished eleventh and had a 122-116-14 record. The Winter Baseball Meetings will start in December and I am sure that all the returning managers are looking forward to the start of Year 4 of this tough hard core league.

We do have several orphaned teams for this next season. If you think you are good enough to compete against the likes of NYRoyal, AxDxMx, Raef, Marbot, JQ, Sisquatch, and other RR regulars then send me an email. My email is on my profile. The deadline will be November 30, 2010.

The Final Standings are below:

*1.   NYRoyal 138-93-21
*2.   Sisquatch Kids 128-108-16
*3.   AxDxMx Buttheads 138-96-18
*4.   Raef Slugger Hotdogs 140-87-25
*5.   Gordo's Cowboys 133-100-19
*6.   Average Gatsbys 125-106-21
7.   JQ's Sluggers 122-113-17
8.   Focs 128-111-13
9.   Royal from Queens 122-109-21
10.   stram#1 119-118-15
11.   Grudz96er's 122-116-14
12.   JasonM 117-122-13
13.   Marbot Exterminated! 113-120-19
14.   Rock Chalk 107-130-15
15.   Matty486 105-137-10
16.   Dayton Magic 89-144-19
17.   RR's Horribles 87-145-20
18.   TrumanRoyal 77-155-20

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That league is a lot of work

It was nice to come out on top. It’s a real marathon.

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by Scott McKinney on Nov 19, 2010 2:23 PM EST reply actions

Would love to join

Just sent you an email.

by Tito42 on Nov 19, 2010 2:47 PM EST reply actions

This league just gets tougher and tougher....

by AxDxMx on Nov 19, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions

While .500 might sneak me into the football playoffs, it would only be good for 12th in the baseball league.

by Tito42 on Nov 19, 2010 3:40 PM EST up reply actions

Not if we're getting rid of the inactive teams

Their records were bad because their counting stats were low each week.

by AxDxMx on Nov 19, 2010 6:57 PM EST up reply actions

I am still in shock that I found my way into the playoffs...

I fully went into the season building for the future.

Oh and just want to make sure you got my keepers.

Thats like saying: "Sure you didn’t get a hummer from Jessica Alba, but at least you got anally raped from Shaquille O’neil" --- Craig in Calgary

by averagegatsby on Nov 19, 2010 4:08 PM EST reply actions

how do I get on the waiting list?

Like a weapon labeled "very stupid weapon, do not use." - BabyBlues

by Crooow on Nov 19, 2010 7:21 PM EST reply actions

E-mail Grudz

I think he fills openings with first come, first served, and then puts others on a waiting list in case there are drop outs later on.

The immoderate moderator

by Scott McKinney on Nov 19, 2010 9:14 PM EST up reply actions

is there any reason

Grudz couldn’t use those waiting list guys to take over teams that he locks out mid season?

Thats like saying: "Sure you didn’t get a hummer from Jessica Alba, but at least you got anally raped from Shaquille O’neil" --- Craig in Calgary

by averagegatsby on Nov 19, 2010 9:14 PM EST up reply actions

I kind of think that Yahoo won't let you do that during the season, but I'm not sure

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by Scott McKinney on Nov 19, 2010 11:39 PM EST up reply actions

I really wish that was possible...

because it happens every year. No matter how hard I ride some managers to check their teams some just drop out. It would be great to replace them with people from the waiting list.

by grudz96 on Nov 20, 2010 12:00 AM EST up reply actions

If you switched over to ESPN you can...

It would be a lot of work, but might be worth it in the long run.

Thats like saying: "Sure you didn’t get a hummer from Jessica Alba, but at least you got anally raped from Shaquille O’neil" --- Craig in Calgary

by averagegatsby on Nov 20, 2010 11:16 AM EST up reply actions

Hold on a minute...

We had 5 orphaned teams and they are gone. I posted at 1:10 and by 4 pm. had 10 emails for the entrance into the league. I will email everyone and put their names on a waiting list to see if anyone drops out before the season or for next season. Thanks for all the interest.

by grudz96 on Nov 19, 2010 11:58 PM EST reply actions

Im going to create a dummy account

and get put on the waiting list to have 2 teams… DOMINATION WILL BE MINE!!!

Thats like saying: "Sure you didn’t get a hummer from Jessica Alba, but at least you got anally raped from Shaquille O’neil" --- Craig in Calgary

by averagegatsby on Nov 20, 2010 11:16 AM EST up reply actions

I like the idea of expansion.

Push the league back up to 20 teams. Hell, I’d be fine with 22 teams. The deeper the league goes, the deeper the managers have to go to find productive players for their rosters. I like that a lot.

www.rockchalktalk.com for pretty good KU baseball coverage

by James Quinn on Nov 25, 2010 11:18 AM EST reply actions

The problem with expanding now...

Is that you are hand cuffing new teams with few real quality players left. Im all for weak competition…. Unless we were to have some sort of expansion draft for new teams to get up to the amount of players the teams with keepers have.

Thats like saying: "Sure you didn’t get a hummer from Jessica Alba, but at least you got anally raped from Shaquille O’neil" --- Craig in Calgary

by averagegatsby on Nov 26, 2010 1:15 PM EST up reply actions

And I think 18 teams is deep enough

It still takes lots of hunting to find replacements for injured and poorly performing players. And I hate expansion drafts where we have to sit on our hands for the first six rounds.

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by Scott McKinney on Nov 26, 2010 4:46 PM EST up reply actions