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Sorry to spam you guys, but if any of you are in Texas and want to play in a league with a bunch of fantasy analysts, send me a message.
The RiverDawgs on
February 21, 2022 1:19 PM
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Date and time work for me. Rams are doodoo
Violent Phams on
February 16, 2022 8:53 PM
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Hope you all enjoyed the Super Bowl, or perhaps the commercials, as is your wont. Just here to remind everyone that the deadline for trades and penalty-free cuts is tomorrow night, with the former resuming after the auction draft. As to that, we will await further bickering form the MLB & MLBPA though I've set a somewhat hopeful date that coincides with what NFBC high stakes leagues are largely observing. Here's hoping and stay tuned.
Tebow Forever on
February 14, 2022 1:07 PM
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Until we get some news on when the season will start, we'll remain in a holding pattern and plan to schedule the draft sometime after 3/12. Please feel free to email, post, or message on this as you see fit.
Tebow Forever on
February 2, 2022 9:27 PM
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Thanks, everyone, for getting your teams paid for, and especially to Paul for the very polite reminder email to make up for my hectoring here on the message board. It appears as if the Feb 15 deadline will hold, leaving us all ~ two weeks to finish any deals and cuts before the penalty phase kicks in. News from the bargaining table seems bleak, so buckle up and see where things go in these next few weeks.
Tebow Forever on
February 2, 2022 9:25 PM
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Not that I'll probably be able to be a huge player at the auction, fwiw, it's looking like I may not be available to draft the weekends of Mar. 5th & 12th.
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Lastly, for the three of you (Josh, Andy, and Mike) that have yet to pay for your teams, you'll want to get this taken care of by Monday evening. If you do not, your team will be marked as expired and be made available for anyone to claim, and there's precious little I can do about this as Niv considers it a business imperative to fill vacancies in established leagues.
Tebow Forever on
January 29, 2022 6:22 PM
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Thanks Tony, noted and we'll look to schedule the draft sometime after March 6th (hopefully) even if the players and owners miraculously come to some sort of agreement in the next week or two. My bet is on an early March agreement, a rushed spring training that likely screws up many fans' vacation plans, and something like a normal 162 game season. No matter how it comes together, I will be drafting in March for NFBC and will be ready for that in any event.
Tebow Forever on
January 29, 2022 6:20 PM
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Great points, Kevin, and my concerns are similar to yours. By pushing the keeper deadline back, if only for two weeks, Niv has set a precedent for pushing things back indefinitely. Unless the whole thing blows up, there will be baseball in the end and in the years ahead. This being a keeper league, we will continue in spite of any stupidity on the part of the game's principals. That said we'll await more information and do our best to schedule an auction draft once more information is to be had.
Tebow Forever on
January 29, 2022 6:16 PM
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I am not able to draft 2/27-3/6. Family vacation
Violent Phams on
January 24, 2022 10:27 AM
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I'm fine with the current date for auction...but also have no problem with putting it off. My biggest concern with waiting on the MLB Owner/PA decision, is it dragging out/then abruptly agreeing (when the mula not rolling in for too long causes everyone to give in) and then we're all scrambling to find an auction date that works for everyone...while many of the FA's still aren't signed yet anyway...and then there's hardly any time for post auction trades/FA moves etc. Just food for thought.
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N.B. while Niv moved the keeper deadline back to Feb 15 he did not move the renewal deadline back from Jan 31, and there are five of you who have yet to renew for 2022. Please get that taken care of in the next week.
Tebow Forever on
January 23, 2022 2:43 PM
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Seems anyone who cares to opine has at this point. We'll do our best to wait this out. There's another round of bargaining scheduled for tomorrow so let's hope that moves things forward. I think Niv set a bad precedent by moving back the Jan 31 deadline as it's highly unlikely anything substantive is accomplished by then that will effect cut down decisions, but nothing to be done about that now. The draft, as scheduled, is just a placeholder and we'll await more info before setting a date.
Tebow Forever on
January 23, 2022 2:41 PM
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I prefer to wait until after we get some resolution from the lockout
Kings of Crash on
January 15, 2022 12:31 PM
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Also would prefer to auction after spring training actually starts and remaining free agents have signed with their new teams.
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Personally I would prefer to wait til we know how shortened a season we will get…but I’m fine either way if people feel strongly about it.
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That is, we can stick to drafting when we've done so of late, around when ST would have started (late Feb). Or, we can await an agreement b/w the owners and players (cue frozen hell references) and hustle up to schedule the draft in the weeks ensuing such and preceding a likely abbreviated regular season (or not, hey, let's hope).
Tebow Forever on
January 15, 2022 11:08 AM
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Thanks Harry, appreciate the heads up. For those wanting to follow along, Niv is providing updates on the Community in a thread titled "Keeper Deadline Adjust if Lockout Occurs." You can also check out the updated calendar on the Tools page. Since the latest rumors of the owners and players tête-à-tête are not terribly encouraging, we may need to hunker down for a bit. As to how this impacts our auction draft for the Firehouse, please post up your preferences if you have them.
Tebow Forever on
January 15, 2022 11:05 AM
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Ottoneu moved the keeper deadline to 2/15.
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Welcome to the league Cedar Rapids. Hope you enjoy our league and are in it for the long haul. I'm sure we'll connect for some wheeling and dealing at some point...until then, best of luck!
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I'll echo Russ and also note that you'll find no shortage of engagement from this lot, though I believe we are all somewhat weary over the work stoppage (I am, at least).
Tebow Forever on
December 27, 2021 10:46 PM
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Welcome!
The RiverDawgs on
December 27, 2021 10:32 PM
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Hey everyone, I'll be taking over the open team. I've played ottoneu since 2019 and consider myself to be a dedicated and active manager. My other leagues are in danger of folding as we've struggled to keep all managers engaged throughout the season for whatever reason. Looking forward to diving in and always willing to talk trades.
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I moved Bezobrazie over to the Claim A Team page, in the hope that it might get more visibility there (the Community post does not see to have stoked much interest). As a result, I updated the league password (which I had forgotten) and this required that I set a very tentative draft date. If anyone knows for certain that certain dates/times would be blacked out for you, please let me know. Otherwise, the holding pattern continues.
Tebow Forever on
December 26, 2021 12:17 PM
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One more thing... the new owner of Bezobrazie ghosted and so we're looking to fill it again. I figure, for now, I'll bump the post on the community and see if we get any takers. If it gets out past Xmas and into 2022 without filling, I'll mark the team as abandoned so it lists on the (right now rather crowded) Claim A Team page. If any of you have a recruit who can step in, please let me or Paul know.
Tebow Forever on
December 2, 2021 8:42 AM
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Welp, the transactions rush was nice but now the players are locked out. Bobby M is on the case though, and simply protecting the 2022 season, as he does. And while no one still has enough pitching, seems times are good enough to admit that they are at least making a little bit of money. Anyway, ottoneu calendar sallies forth and into the great unknown. As you were.
Tebow Forever on
December 2, 2021 8:39 AM
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Welcome Kyle! Glad to have you. Best of luck. Hope you’re here for the long hall.
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Hey Everyone! Just wanted to introduce myself as a new guy in the league. I'm Kyle and I took over Player to Be Named Later (formerly Cosby Sweaters). Glad to see the messages on here that make this league seem pretty competitive. Hope everyone is enjoying the offseason so far!
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Just playing- it was a disaster over there but things are looking up!
Violent Phams on
November 19, 2021 12:48 PM
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To be clear, my position is that Firehouse Roto is the best league and therefore all other ottoneu leagues are easier leagues. This is true even when superlative players such as yourself and Russ are involved.
Tebow Forever on
November 19, 2021 12:45 PM
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"easier leagues" wow dude sick burn
Violent Phams on
November 19, 2021 12:34 PM
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In any event, let's get cracking and wishing you all a festive week ahead for Thanksgiving. Post up and reach out to your fellow owners with questions and trade proposals, or to me or Paul for any general questions on league-related business. If you're looking to expand your portfolio and participate in easier leagues, have a look at the one Tony's recruiting for (856), the Community's "Managers Wanted" category, or browse leagues through the Dashboard.
Tebow Forever on
November 19, 2021 9:05 AM
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Re MLB proper, they have at least gifted us with a few early signings (as is evergreen, pitching and it's more expensive than anyone thought) as we barrel towards the inevitable expiration of the CBA and ensuing lockout. Lots of dark clouds, but perhaps they surprise us? In any event, and as far as I'm aware, the ottoneu calendar will remain as is and we may need to consider draft scheduling as the only variable in that particular equation.
Tebow Forever on
November 19, 2021 8:59 AM
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Thanks, all, for setting arbitration. If not obvious, we are now on to the hot stove phase of the ottoneu calendar; you are all free to make penalty free cuts and trades. The $100 league fee is handled through your Dashboard; we all have the same Jan 31 deadline to get that settled. We will also need to set a tentative auction draft date, of which the start of spring training is the recent target, and while there is no rush there post up if you have any blacked out dates.
Tebow Forever on
November 19, 2021 8:55 AM
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in *another $100 5x5 roto
Violent Phams on
November 10, 2021 3:32 PM
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Hey guys does anyone want to play in $100 5x5 roto league I am in? We have 5 openings- I am relatively new but the OG members had some bad blood and half cleared out/abandoned. League 856 or Ottoneu 5x5 dynasty on "Claim a Team" page. Holler if you are interested
Violent Phams on
November 10, 2021 3:32 PM
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Just here to note, with the exception of one straggler whose names rhymes with bike, we have all allocated for arbitration and now have just four days until the clock strikes penalty free cuts and hot stove action. Or at least I hope so, as we also have an expiring CBA to monitor. In any event, take note of any late breaking news from the GM meetings and let's get cooking after midnight Sunday.
Tebow Forever on
November 10, 2021 2:23 PM
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Everyone in this league is very good, though, so bear that in mind as well. Guys who dominate elsewhere come here and lose for the first time, and hopefully learn some things. If you're into that, you're in the right place. Enjoy the Fall Classic, and sit tight as penalty free cuts and trades will be open in about three weeks.
Tebow Forever on
October 24, 2021 8:10 PM
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To those who may have read my prior comments as disparagements, please know that trade negotiations with Kevin are probably my second favorite thing about this league. I've done dynasty leagues with him in the past in baseball and we're in a football league as well, he's top notch and if you think you're winning a trade with him, well... maybe that's a good sign you need do a little more homework.
Tebow Forever on
October 24, 2021 8:07 PM
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Hope you all enjoyed the CS (I know Russ did), should be a fun WS. I was pulling for a repeat of that Dodgers-Astros banger from a few years back but alas and so it goes. Thanks to the half of the league that has eagerly gone about assigning arb amounts; I'll be waiting till the last minute, post WS and for whatever 40 man roster moves take place ahead of the inevitable expiration of the CBA and we end up on hold until June.
Tebow Forever on
October 24, 2021 8:03 PM
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oh hey last comment was a joke- only fair play around here
Violent Phams on
October 24, 2021 9:31 AM
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What's up guys? looking forward to a new season of freezing CPAs out of all trade opportunities so someone else can win this thing, and some new guys should help out! =)
Violent Phams on
October 18, 2021 3:32 PM
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Also to Cosby and Chris, don't be hating on the negotiation tactics...the new guys aren't going to want to trade with me, or won't trust me...thinking I'm all used car salesman style. Hah! If anything, if you trade with me, or pick up someone I cut, you're probably golden! Haha! Somehow I managed to turn in an All Star/Championship caliber team this offseason to a 7th place finish in just a few short months. Oh well. Got too greedy and impatient. I do like me some wheelin and dealin. Hah
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Welcome Kyle and Dan...Great to have you guys, looking forward to the new competition! Cosby and Bezo, really sorry to see you guys go. Wish you guys were hanging in there...I enjoy building the friendships/camaraderie over the digital airwaves. It's kinda funny when you feel like you begin to know people/build a relationship etc., yet you've never met each other, and really don't know each other at all, hah...the beauty of fantasy sports.
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So the guys who wanted Bezobrazie also had requested their own teams, and as such Kyle will be taking over Cosby Sweaters and Dan will hang on to Bezobrazie (both to be renamed soon, I'd think). Hope you're all enjoying the ALCS, and that great NLDS Game 5, and now on to arbitration while we enjoy a little ottoneu downtime.
Tebow Forever on
October 15, 2021 9:44 PM
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Sorry you to see you go, clearly a highly skilled roto manager. I don't blame you for opting to keep the leagues you get to smack around like piñatas, not at all. Good luck and of course you're going to miss Kevin's negotiating tactics, they're 99th percentile... something.
Tebow Forever on
October 15, 2021 9:41 PM
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Howdy all, thanks for the fun active season! Congrats again to the winners. Unfortunately it's become apparent that I cannot manage 4 Otto baseball leagues, so I will need to step down from this one. Happy to manage arbitration if needed while you search for a new owner, but I will not do anything until given the go ahead. Going to miss this place, especially arguing with Sombreros about how crappy my trade offers are. Best of luck to you all!
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Former Bezobrazie also has a co-manager; please welcome Dan to Firehouse Roto.
Tebow Forever on
October 14, 2021 8:26 PM
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Welcome, Kyle!
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Everyone, please welcome Kyle; he's taken over the former Bezobrazie and joins us via a Managers Seeking Leagues posting. Hope you're all enjoying the Division Series' and we'll have arbitration to fiddle with in a couple days.
Tebow Forever on
October 12, 2021 10:06 PM
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