Draft Day 2004--ElisComing--Once a Giant, Always a Giant---Eli's Gone
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New YAHOO private group football contests set up--as noted previously, we are moving our contests to YAHOO
you will need to register a free YAHOO account if you don't already have one:
https://login.yahoo.com/account/create
1. Pick 'em
Group name Hubnutz
Password: Hubnutz
Group ID 4953
to join private group, use the group ID 4953 and password:
https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem/register/joingroup
2. Survivor
Group name:Hubnutz Survivor
Password: Hubnutz
Group ID: 3433
to join private group, use the group ID 3433 and password:
https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/survival/register/joinprivategroup/
3 Confidence
Group name: Hubnutz Confidence
Password: Hubnutz
Group ID:19481
to join our private group, use the Group Id 19481 and password
https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem/register/joingroup
*** when you join our contest groups, edit your pickset name to whatever entry name you want others to see
Holmes 11 blown saves is mind-blowingly atrocious compared across the leagues----with any other closer, the Yanks would have a 5-9 game lead in the division....
https://www.mlb.com/stats/pitching/saves?playerPool=ALL
Continuing to run Holmes out there fits the definition of insanity---the good news from last nite is Rodon was excellent--and Jazz Chisholm, Jr is a star in the making--and fun to watch---too bad he didn't pick up the 3B coach or he would have scored from 1B on a GB single
when you throw a 55' sinker followed by one over Trevino's head, it's obvious the lump in your throat is affecting your release point....
Gil is slated to start Friday---perhaps time to rethink that as with Schmidt back on Saturday, we have 6 starters and no closer
wish he would have walked him---granny ends it---pathetic....the defense in the 8th didn't help with DJ booting a Buckner grounder followed by the extreme of Gleyber either being brilliant or pathetic erasing a comfortable 4-1 cushion
yep---he's all over the place as usual---walked the bases loaded with 1 out
Luis Gil starting this Friday vs the Cubbies with Schmidt going on Saturday---interesting corresponding BP moves coming
2024 Football Pool setttings:
1. Hubnutz
straight pick 'em
Duration: Regular season and Playoffs
Pick deadline: 5 minutes before each game
Tiebreakers to determine weekly winners
2. Hubnutz Confidence
pick game winner and assign a confidence # to each game---your score will be the sum total of all your confidence points for every game you win...
he confidence #'s range each week from 1 thru the # of games that week (1-16 for week 1)--the higher the #, the more confident you are and a higher score
Duration: Regular season and Playoffs
Pick deadline: 5 minutes before each game
3. Hubnutz Survivor
pick one game per week---no repeat picks
Duration: Regular season
Double elimination
Pick deadline: 1:00 PM ET Sunday or 5 minutes before game if you pick a team that plays earlier than 1:00PM Sunday that week
Bocephus was King...Carrie Underwood's SNF intro is awesome----and if this is the video promo that has football fans "fuming" about Taylor Swift, these "fans" should find something else to bitch about
FOOTBALL IS BACK THIS WEEK 🏈 🚨 pic.twitter.com/YVR8kbZnfm
— NFL (@NFL) September 2, 2024
A Hail Mary from Clark would have made it interesting...
2023-24 Diehard standings Segment 3 Event 12 of 12---Event 40 of 40 overall---The End! :
Event 40: AUG 29 - SEP 1 TOUR Championship East Lake Golf Club Atlanta, GA • USA
MasterBlaster wins the season ending Tour Championship and sets a new Seg 3 Hi Score along with the Hi Event Score for the season---congrats
Brew3 overtakes Mick and takes the Seg 3 title--nice pickin'
The 4 Segment winners:
Fall: Eli
1. Eli
2. MasterBlaster
3. brew3
Eli is the Diehard Champ
***looks like the contest will undergo some changes---and we'll start again Jan 2nd, 2025 at The Sentry in Hawaii
You made up a lotta ground using your studs---just needed a longshot to win it in the end
That would have moved you to 7th place--and a participation trophy
Scottie Scheffler led the PGA TOUR in 40+ major statistical categories in 2024-----the stats that counted
https://www.taylormadegolf.com/clubhouse/816251-scottie-scheffler-winning-witb-tour-championship.html?lang=en_US&srsltid=AfmBOoq_BvEjciJvkv8_cBtdPxQ44dQavmDvGZ28aK5VBUoVqEzK9P1E
Password: Hubnutz
Group ID:19481
to join our private group, use the Group Id 19481 and password
https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/survival/register/joinprivategroup/
make sure the H in the password is a capital H
is it giving you an error?
Nice pick on Briscoe----lotta talent there but I always stayed away as he drove on the edge and was a wreck waiting to happen---thought Busch had a shot at him with fresher tires that he surely would have traded for that clean air---
Briscoe was awesome yesterday when he had to win---and a great playoff entry win for that hot mess that is/was Stewart-Haas Racing---good for his guys who are looking for jobs after getting laid off
gonna be interesting to see how he fares in the 19 car---could be a star in the making
Yankees whiffed on their Jasson Domínguez decision, and it could cost them in October
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5737819/2024/09/01/yankees-jasson-dominguez-decision-mistake-october/?campaign=5888993&source=dailyemail&userId=15386261
By Chris Kirschner
Sep 1, 2024
NEW YORK — With their season on the line, down 2-1 in the 2022 American League Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians, the New York Yankees turned to Oswaldo Cabrera at shortstop in Game 4. Cabrera had played just 28 innings at shortstop in the majors after being called up in mid-August and was mostly used in the outfield, but the Yankees were desperate.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa, the team’s starting shortstop, looked shaky defensively. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Kiner-Falefa was pressing and trying to avoid making mistakes rather than playing freely. All season long, Yankees observers could tell Kiner-Falefa never looked fully comfortable playing shortstop, despite the organization citing internal metrics suggesting he was one of MLB’s best defenders.
In September 2022, the Yankees called up top prospect Oswald Peraza, a known defensive wizard thought to be the favorite for the starting shortstop job in 2023. Instead of playing Peraza nearly every day to see if he could supplant Kiner-Falefa at shortstop, the prospect’s playing time was sporadic. At the most important position in the infield, the Yankees had a revolving door after Game 4 with Kiner-Falefa, Cabrera and Peraza all receiving starts.
Fast forward two years and the Yankees find themselves in a similar spot at the beginning of September.
Left field is a weakness for the club and an obvious spot where a possible upgrade could be warranted. Entering Sunday’s game, Alex Verdugo’s 78 wRC+ ranked 23rd among 24 left fielders with at least 250 plate appearances this season. His base running runs above average, a fully encompassing stat that measures everything a player does on the base paths, ranked 21st. Public defensive metrics are split on him. In defensive runs saved, Verdugo ranks fifth; but in outs above average, he is tied for 20th. Verdugo’s 0.2 fWAR ranks 21st among the 24 left fielders when calculating his entire value on the field.
General manager Brian Cashman recently said there was “no lane” for Jasson Domínguez, the team’s No. 1 prospect, to play in the big leagues because everyone is healthy. Boone said if Domínguez were to get called up, the organization would want him playing every day.
JASSON DOMÍNGUEZ! BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK JACKS IN THE FIFTH INNING! 💥
— SWB RailRiders (@swbrailriders) August 31, 2024
405 Ft. | 103.7 mph pic.twitter.com/jdCjlYogAr
Blake Snell had never pitched in the 9th inning until that no-no spanning 9 years and over 200 starts
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/picomg4.shtml
Next race: Sun., Sep 8 Quaker State 400 Atlanta Motor Speedway 60/160/260 3:00pm USA Race 27 of 36--Playoff Race 1 of 10
2024 NASCAR FANTASY LIVE CONTEST ARCHIVES: Race # 26 of 36 Sun., Sep 1 Southern 500 Darlington Raceway
Red went from hot to on fire headin' into the playoffs with 3 in a row....
Season standings: Eli stays on top at the end of the regular season
Playoffs start this week---each driver usage resets to zero--you can use each driver up to 5 times in the 10 race playoffs
Next race: Sun., Sep 8 Quaker State 400 Atlanta Motor Speedway 60/160/260 3:00pm USA
https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2024/9/1/12426_UNOFFRES.pdf
Next race: Sun., Sep 8 Quaker State 400 Atlanta Motor Speedway 60/160/260 3:00pm USA
Nazcarchives: 09-01-2024 Sun., Sep 1 Southern 500 Darlington Raceway 115/230/367 6:00pm USA
Vic and RizZo nail the winner---Vic hits the 175 club---nice pickin'
Hi Score:Vic 179
175 Clubbers: Vic
Big Mover: Aintright up 2 spots
Scores have been reset by a factor of 1:4 as we enter the Playoffs----top 10 rule is waived---pick any 4 cars
https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2024/9/1/12426_UNOFFRES.pdf
Scottie just shanked the worst shot of his life on the easy 8---yikes...lead down to 2
GL..all of youse
DJ's fall off from his career or even recent years #'s is staggering---7 XBH is wiffle ball territory...the decline is Donaldson-esque--difference being DJ is a good guy
I'm in: 45-5-23-17
I am rooting very hard for Rizzo to make me forget how bad he was when he went down....disappointed how far Rice fell off after his good start but his demotion was certainly warranted...
DJ's regression this season is painfully obvious, both in the field and offensively---his recent seeing eye and infield singles along with routine flyballs which only became SF's because Volpe was on 3b have done zero to change that
Earlier, we picked up Cam Eden for cash---speculation was he was considered as a playoff pinch runner piece--that idea is gone as he isn't on the 40...enter Mr Ellis--I guess the new plan is for him to pinch run for Stanton in game 7 of the WS, steal 2nd, 3rd, and home and keep running all the way to the Canyon of Heroes.
the window for Jasson losing his rookie eligibility has passed---so no idea why we are sitting on him especially when Verdugo has been useless.at the dish--I was excited about Verdugo early on and still think he's a good LFer but am sick of watching him roll over to 2B trying to be a hero, no more so than last night in the 8th inning on the 1st pitch after Stanton came 1 foot from setting NYC on fire---the good news is Jasson hopefully will be called up and is still eligible for the postseason
in other words, I have no idea
Yankee Sept 1st moves:
UP:
Marinaccio
Rizzo (starting today)
Effross
Duke Ellis (WTF is Dominguez?)
DOWN:
Warren
Rice
DFA:
Josh Maciejewski