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Welcome aboard!
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Also: As I previously wrote to all of you, Justin's team will be able to make further cuts to his team's roster, without penalty. Justin, please have your cuts sent to me and to this message board (so everyone knows who is being dropped). Justin's team has until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday to make his roster adjustments.
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Everyone: I'm happy to announce that Justin Dunbar is joining our league as manager of The Speedsters. Welcome, Justin.
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M or W works for me. I can make 7pm ET work but would prefer later or earlier.
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I should be fine for either.
The Jackson 5 on
February 16, 2022 1:16 PM
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would prefer M to W and sounds like eno can't do W anyway. any time would work since i'm in the earliest time zone
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I love seven pm ET and can’t do Wednesday.
It's A Perm on
February 16, 2022 10:30 AM
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I'm ok with either date, with a slight preference for Wednesday.
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7:00pm or after works for me on that Wednesday. Apologies for the multiple messages.
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Also, prefer Wednesday to Monday
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I’d prefer something a bit later - say 9:00pm - but I’ll make anything work.
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Does 7 p.m. EST sound about right for all of you?
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What time are we planning? I'm fine with either evening (Chad)
Hawken Hawks on
February 16, 2022 1:02 AM
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Among the team owners who listed available dates for our league's auction, it appears March 21 and March 23 are the best options. Could everyone please give a preference for either the Monday or the Wednesday? Let's try to have everyone's opinion counted by Friday.
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Make sure to make your cuts.
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Please vote on your auction availability by tonight: xoyondo.com/dp/pVmWBAT5WouByS2
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I propose: Finding Nimmo.
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Brad, you are now legally obligated to change your team name.
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Oh, Blackmon, Staumont, and Bummer too. Blackmon's a truly lovely platoon bat in this format.
The Jackson 5 on
February 14, 2022 11:37 AM
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Anyone want to trade today? Cheap Edman, Nimmo, Heaney, Escobar, Eflin, Emerson Hancock, and others available. Need players $5 and under.
The Jackson 5 on
February 14, 2022 11:35 AM
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We’re in the process of getting a FG/RG writer to take over The Speedsters. If that person joins after the cut Feb. 15 deadline, we’ll allow him/her to make penalty-free cuts. I’ll update all of you on the new owner when we get the person.
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Excited to join the league! Already have a few trade offers my way, I'm open for business
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Please vote on your auction availability by Feb. 14: xoyondo.com/dp/pVmWBAT5WouByS2
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That’s what I get for going on vacation. We agreed last week but I figured I didn’t need to click the button until I was back. Only logged on so I didn’t get booted from the league :)
The Jackson 5 on
February 9, 2022 5:25 PM
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The Speedsters' owner is being replaced so that we more closely align to the Ottoneu/FG partnership. I took the former owner off the team before the last trade was accepted. Because of that, I'm going to unilaterally cancel the trade between Speed and Hand. I hate to do it, but Speedsters didn't have an owner at the time the trade was made.
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I’d like to stay fwiw. I hope to resume with Fangraphs in the future.
The Jackson 5 on
February 9, 2022 4:53 PM
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Welcome Jeffrey!
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If anyone is looking for an exit from this league and would like to do that now, Niv can find replacements. I'd much rather this happen now than in the middle of the season. Please reach out to Niv if you'd like to move on, and then I can add the new owner(s). It's certainly our hope that we might make this a league that attracts outside attention and gets more people interested in this wonderful platform.
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Welcome to the league Jeffrey!
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Jeffrey Bellone has taken over as the new owner for the Geese. Welcome to the party, Jeffrey.
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The manager of Göttingen Gaussian Geese 🐦 has already graciously offered to give up his team for one of the FG writers I had in mind - I'll work with Robert to make this change later today or tomorrow. Thanks so much!
Hawken Hawks on
February 9, 2022 12:04 PM
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As such, I'd like to find room for current FG staff who are interested in Ottoneu to play in this league. So, if you are not currently writing about baseball at FG and are willing to give up your team, let me know. Otherwise I'd like to work with the commissioner and make some tough decisions about getting current writers into this league. I apologize if this comes off a little abrupt, but ultimately this league has an important role to fill and I'd like to work towards that. Thanks! 2/2
Hawken Hawks on
February 9, 2022 11:57 AM
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Hey everyone, this message is from Niv. First off, I really appreciate all of you playing Ottoneu and making this league an active one. This league is the first comped league I created as a way of solidifying the relationship between Ottoneu and the FG writers and to hopefully generate more writing about Ottoneu on FanGraphs organically. Obviously time has progressed and a few people in this league are no longer at FG or write about baseball at all any more. 1/2
Hawken Hawks on
February 9, 2022 11:55 AM
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Let’s make sure everyone fills out the date match by next week, and then we can begin making some decisions. Last year, we auctioned on March 21.
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I would prefer we not wait. Part of the point of this league is to create content to write about and we'll need that especially if the lockout drags. Getting this auction done relatively early would make more sense IMO. (This is Chad, but I am pretty sure Niv agrees)
Hawken Hawks on
February 8, 2022 10:08 AM
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Fill out the back end of the available dates, and hopefully the lockout will be over then. If not, we’ll reschedule the auction for April.
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My preference is to wait until the lockout is over before we draft. I think we'll have 3-4 weeks post agreement, whenever that happens, if it happens.
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I have no idea of my availability - way too many variables. Just consider me a yes and I'll either make it or use post-draft tools.
The Jackson 5 on
February 4, 2022 1:19 PM
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Use this link:
xoyondo.com/dp/pVmWBAT5WouByS2
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As promised, here's a link to the scheduling poll. Last year—just as an FYI—we auctioned on March 21. Vote for all the days that work for you. I left a "maybe" option to give us scheduling wiggle room. Fill in your team name and vote on the best days for you. We'll hopefully find a day that works for everyone. We'll say—for now—this is a 7 p.m. EST start time, but we can adjust once we cut this down to two or three date options. Please vote by Monday, Feb. 14.
xoyondo.com/
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March 16 doesn’t work for me. It’s the beginning of NCAA swim championships.
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As I have done for the past four years, I’ll send out a list of days and then we’ll figure out the one that has the most folks available. We generally start around 7 p.m. EST. I can send out that schedule next week, if we want, though it doesn’t seem there’s an MLB-MLBPA agreement on the horizon. Let me know if you guys want to auction without a spring training/Opening Day date, or if you’d like to hold off.
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3/16 works for me as long as we can confirm soon so I can block my wife's calendar to be on kid duty!
Hawken Hawks on
February 3, 2022 7:20 PM
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should we talk about draft times? i'd love to get ahead of this so we all don't get booked up. of course if (when) the season gets pushed back, we can push back, too, but we should talk about penciling in a date (unless 3/20 is actually our date)? i'm fine with doing a weekend although traditionally i think we've done weekdays. i'm pretty wide open, just can't do Sat 3/19, Sat 3/26 right now. i will throw out a random date, and we can pick a time later: W 3/16. does that work for folks?
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I'm a little deeper at 1B than I need to be - I'd love to move Belt ($11) and/or Votto ($9). Could use depth in the rotation.
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You’ve probably already noticed, but the keeper deadline has been extended to 11:59 p.m ET on Feb. 15. Enjoy the lengthened offseason trading season.
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Hey, guys! I hope your new year is off to a great start. Once we see some clarity on this labor dispute, we can figure out when to schedule the auction. In the meantime, I’ve changed the divisions to match the divisional draft. Those will pop up once we get close to the season. No rule changes this year. Keep trading. Post any questions here so the league can see them and chime in.
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Merry Christmas gentlemen! I hope you have a splendid day!
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I got my Covid booster yesterday, so I have nothing better to do than make ottoneu trades today. Get at me if you have a possible deal.
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Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is an even more spectacular day: ottoneu Trade Sunday. And I am open for business.
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