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8 months ago: WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 24: Fans watch the Washington Nationals take on the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park on September 24, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Washington Nationals won, 4-1. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
The start of Spring Training means the 2012 season is getting closer which means if you're serious about fantasy baseball you've already started doing your research and compiling your draft list in anticipation of sitting through two-to-three hours of a nail-bitingly tense draft which is usually delayed slightly by the one guy who doesn't show up and forgets to set his status to draft players automatically. I don't like that guy. But there's one in every draft. We've discussed the best Washington Nationals to take if you're interested in having a Nat on your fantasy team and our friend bluelineswinger from FantasyInfoCentral.com provided some more suggestions with their Projected 2012 Overall Rankings. We are planning on running a few Federal Baseball fantasy leagues though we may need some volunteer managers. What follows is some copy from Yahoo! Sports on what they're offering in this year's edition of their Fantasy Baseball leagues...
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- Free live scoring
- Mock drafts
- Mobile apps
- Over 80 scoring categories
- Live and offline draft apps
- Tools to manage your keeper league
- Top-notch information and resources
- Expert advice throughout the season with bi-weekly video clips and weekly radio coverage on the Fantasy Freaks
Yahoo! Sports now offers the fantasy fanatic an even more competitive way to play. Pro Leagues are here! Join a Pro League for $20 or $100 and compete to win cash prizes.
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As I stated before my Federal Baseball HTH Championship will be defended!
but seriously I’ll volunteer to run one of the leagues if you want Patrick.
FanSince05 - February 21, 2012
I want to play! I've been considering just joining a public league, but...
Jorgath - February 21, 2012
+2, My brother and I are in if we want to set one up.
I know jeff550 has another one going in the Fanposts two, but we ended up with more than one last season two. So I’m in, + brother = 4 if you want to manage it, FS’05.
Patrick Reddington - February 21, 2012
[last season too] not two...
Patrick Reddington - February 21, 2012
Is it too late to join?
I’d love to get in on this
Rabid - February 22, 2012 via Android app
Check out the league info provided below, if that one fills up...
We’re likely to have at least one more.
Patrick Reddington - February 22, 2012
11th team in
Balls to the Wall will be hitting them over it all season long!
Rabid - February 22, 2012 via Android app
I still need 2 more people for my league
come and join y’all
/shameless self promotion
jeff550 - February 21, 2012
I'd like it if this were set up as an HTH under the rules of last year's HTH.
I followed that, though I didn’t play, and it looked like the kind of structure I’d like to play in.
Jorgath - February 21, 2012
The one that I was in with all the extra players and stats?
FanSince05 - February 21, 2012
It had extra players and extra stats, yeah, dunno if it was yours.
Stats, IIRC, were AVG, OBP, SLG, HR, SB, RBI (hitting) and W, ERA, SV, K, WHIP, HLD (pitching)
Positions IIRC were the starting 8 position (including the OF positions being differentiated), plus OF, MI, CI, 5 SP and (some number) of P. There might have been a Util spot too. 5-man bench, multiple (somewhere between 2 and 5, think it was 4) DL spots.
Jorgath - February 21, 2012
I think it was, I'll set it up and then ask for suggestions via the league
FanSince05 - February 21, 2012
the rotisserie league had almost those stats.. 2 utility spots though
I’m sad that nobody wants to play that league :(
dc Roach - February 21, 2012
I actually do prefer the rotisserie style, so if there's enough people for two leagues...
I’d go back to last year’s.
Patrick Reddington - February 21, 2012
I was in the HTH last year and would like to do that again
kingfishfarms - February 21, 2012
Yea I'll set it up, lets get a least 4 more people before I create it
FanSince05 - February 21, 2012
I'm in to avenge my playoff defeat last season.
Doncosmic - February 21, 2012
Im in
jeff550 - February 21, 2012
I'm in.
Doncosmic - February 21, 2012
By my count we're at 7 of the 8 FS05 wants before creating it...
Jorgath - February 21, 2012
I'm in.
dugjxn - February 21, 2012
Aaaand that's 8! Whee!
Jorgath - February 21, 2012
Alright setting it up right now.
FanSince05 - February 21, 2012
All set up
League Name: 2012 Federal Baseball HTH
Password: natgio
When you sign up make sure to post your team name here so that I know who is who and if I need to kick any randoms who just join to annoy us.
FanSince05 - February 21, 2012
Need the league ID #
Jorgath - February 21, 2012
My bad, completely slipped my mind
League ID: 74985
FanSince05 - February 21, 2012
Okay, I'm in as the District Devils
Jorgath - February 21, 2012
Im the Blue Ball Narwhals
jeff550 - February 21, 2012
Jackson Holes
dugjxn - February 21, 2012
I'm in as Brookland Grays
souldrummer - February 22, 2012
im in as fantasy guru
samoka10 - February 22, 2012
Is the roto league on for this year?
Nationalpastime9 - February 21, 2012
dunno.. I hope somebody steps up to run it..
(why is everybody looking at me..)
dc Roach - February 21, 2012
Step up! j/k, if you can it would be great though, Dave bowed out after kindly volunteering running last year's...
Patrick Reddington - February 21, 2012
yeah, I'll do it
roto league – What’s a good night for a draft? I forget what we did last year.. weekend maybe?
Per sully’z complaintments, I think I will drop the number of roster slots by a few.. perhaps drop the utility slots and a catcher slot from last year. Even if we have 15 teams again, that would make the draft a bit less deep. We could additionally cut the MI and CI spots no problem, if we do have a large number of teams.
dc Roach - February 21, 2012
Love to play again
Enjoyed the roto league last year but down for anything. Just let me get the info for whatever league. Thanks.
Fakey51 - February 21, 2012
And for all concerned, we won't be doing any more of the Yahoo! sponsored posts...
But I’ll keep this post updated and maybe put up a fanpost to keep this thread reachable while we sort out the number or leagues, rules, etc.
Patrick Reddington - February 21, 2012
[of leagues]
Patrick Reddington - February 21, 2012
I am in as the Awesomo 4000s
The Herndon Kid - February 21, 2012
Sweet
RoscoeNats - February 21, 2012
I'm in as kingfishfarms
kingfishfarms - February 21, 2012
I would be in
but I didn’t see any email in the post to talk to about joining. If you still need people I would love to join!
dasox313 - February 21, 2012
See FanSince05's comment above.
Jorgath - February 22, 2012
I'm in again
This year as “I need more Sub Horn” last year as “Bang Zoom”
Bang_Zoom - February 22, 2012
im in
team name: AOOOGAH
LogJam4 - February 23, 2012 via Android app
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