The problem is, I have no idea what I'm eating or why I'm eating it!

Just remember to load up on the BN. It's high in fibre.

I must have a lot of players needing high fibre diets because the experts say every last one of them should remain on the BN indefinitely.

don't get too comfortable in the fact that you are beating winless 9-0. if you had been playing me this week you would be down 9-3

Webz: You're right. But I left Granderson on the bench - not good!!!

I am studying Laimbeer's strategy of having 5 RP rather than lots of SP.
It seems that he'll win saves each week, have a low ERA(unless one of his RP gets bombed and then it will sky-rocket), and a low WHIP. He won't get many wins or K's but should win most pitching stats on average. NOt a bad idea.

I haven't had any real hot hitters (other than Granderson who is not playing) but my totals are O.K.

This is my first shot at a baseball fantasy league and I've much to learn from you guys.

ISN'T THIS FUN!!!!

dude, this is my first shot at baseball FULL STOP!

nearly 2 weeks down. i'm starting to get the hang of things. i'm a little impatient though, because there are guys i want to drop because they have had slow starts but they are apparently too good to waive. (low rankings)

the pitching thing i'm starting to see clearer. got no idea how to predict when someone is playing so i just go with the guys who i think will perform best that week.

my pitchers haven't been doing that well actually. my era's have been terrible. but hopefully they will come good. zito is close to being cut.

how are the other fantasy baseball noobs going out there?

Well it's kind of hard to say. All things considered I'd say I seem to be doing ok.

Baseball was not first on the list for me. For one thing, my guys are still hung over from their emotionally draining hockey championship. That's the one that really meant a lot to me.

Additionally, once again I am trying to knock off the number one team in basketball. My team doesn't really belong in the championship anyhow, but like everyone else, injuries are destroying me right up to the end. I've lost Aldridge, Gay, Arenas, and now possibly G. Wallace within the last couple of weeks. That being said, I haven't paid that much attention to it.

Ok, so baseball. Well, my gut told me to keep an eye on Bill Laimbeer (just like Woody did). I can't really explain why. It's not like his NCAA tournament picks were any good (not that I have room to talk), but I just figured he never joins our fantasy leagues so he probably had some experience in baseball. Sure enough, I just now checked his profile and he took 2nd place in a 16 team league last year. Anyhow, I saw he had a lot of pitchers. So I am stocking up and basically dumping my entire bench of fielders.

I've ignored the experts advice and dumped lots of guys who I drafted who got off to slow starts (since they were on the bench anyhow). I really don't like playing scared so I always go for it. I think right now pitching is my major concern (as Roscoe pointed out to me early on).

I don't think stock piling Philadelphia Phillies has hurt me much, but who knows. I'm currently tied for first in the "stat tracker" standings, but it's hard to tell this early in the season because you can't judge where you really stand until you've played each opponent one time.

I have a love/hate thing with the weekly lineups. It's frustrating that you can't make adjustments for injuries, but it's nice not having to agonize over who to play on a given day. It's also nice not needing to remember to set your lineup daily, but part of what I love is the tinkering and free agent searches. So right now it's a toss up for me, but I think it's helped at least this month because I'm totally distracted working on my other teams.

I picked up a pitcher named Greinke last night. It's weird though because he is a starting pitcher from what I can tell, but yahoo lists him as a reliever. Anyone know what's up with this?

I still recognize very few players names. As far as the computer drafting for me, it probably worked out fine. Impossible to say whether I would have done better or worse.

Anyhow, kudos to you Webz. It can't be easy playing a fantasy sport when the game itself is so foreign to you. Then again, as we all know, it's really all about numbers. If it actually took knowledge of the game to win, I would have an empty trophy case.

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Glad to see people are aspiring to be like me. LOL. The 16-team league from last year consisted of baseball "experts" from the Detnews Tiger Talk forum. I was proud to finish 2nd in my first attempt at fantasy baseball. With that league, you could adjust your lineup daily (versus once per week with our league). You really had to stay on top of things.

For some reason, I don't like college hoops as much as the NBA. I don't watch a whole lot of games. When I fill out a NCAA bracket, I actually flip a coin for many of my picks. Sometimes, it works. This year, it didn't.

This once-a-week lineup thing is hard for me. I want to juggle things daily.

I'm still trying to figure when my starters will pitch. The little ^ thingy helps, but do they always start on a 5-day rotation?? Seems like it. So while your opponent is raking up K's, your guys are on the bench. That's hard on the patience.

My hitters all went south this past week, maybe they'll all get healthy at the same time. I still haven't decided whether its best to load up on RP.
And how many hitters do we really need on the BN (big numbers). It would be nice to swap out injured guys for a few days where necessary instead of having to carry them a whole week before changing.

Oh well, I'll get it figured out eventually.