Which Names Reign??? - Thanks for filling this. Topic

Got all the way to the end and have 3 AWOL owners.  The following categories are open.

6. I’ll take a vowel Last Name edition - These guys have some strange names because they both start and end with a vowel. Note, Y is not a vowel in this instance, so Bronson Arroyo and Jim O’Rourke count, but Dennis Eckersley would not


 
3/7/2013 10:59 AM (edited)
This was full, but we had 3 drop out...truly a fun build.
2/25/2013 4:59 PM
Can I switch to #23?
2/26/2013 7:08 PM
Posted by dlchow on 2/26/2013 7:08:00 PM (view original):
Can I switch to #23?
Be my guest man...I'll put you down for #23 and open up yours.
2/27/2013 9:15 AM
just need 3
3/1/2013 11:18 AM
Three solid teams left...
3/4/2013 9:17 PM

I will try #21 Mc of your team,,thanks

3/5/2013 1:29 PM
Posted by zephyr1949 on 3/5/2013 1:29:00 PM (view original):

I will try #21 Mc of your team,,thanks

They are yours zephyr...thanks for jumping in.

3/5/2013 2:03 PM
Up top...need 2.
3/6/2013 9:43 AM
Going for seconds. I'll take the alliterative team. Be in tonight.
3/6/2013 4:08 PM
Posted by dodgebob on 3/6/2013 4:08:00 PM (view original):
Going for seconds. I'll take the alliterative team. Be in tonight.
Thanks for taking team 2...I appreciate it.
3/7/2013 10:59 AM
Just need 1...
3/8/2013 9:57 AM
23 teams entered so sign up , enter your team and were off and running
3/8/2013 6:06 PM
I checked out the personnel of this team and since you created the league Frazzman, you may be aware that the team with last names beginning and ending with a vowel has a serious shortage of starting pitching. The tally is close to five quality pitchers and 80% of those are LHP's. On the flip side the bullpen is overloaded with awesome talent. My suggestion would be to permit the 'Y" as a vowel used 'sometimes.' Then, I feel this team could be competitive. Just offering my thoughts.
3/8/2013 10:01 PM
Posted by gyrene on 3/8/2013 10:02:00 PM (view original):
I checked out the personnel of this team and since you created the league Frazzman, you may be aware that the team with last names beginning and ending with a vowel has a serious shortage of starting pitching. The tally is close to five quality pitchers and 80% of those are LHP's. On the flip side the bullpen is overloaded with awesome talent. My suggestion would be to permit the 'Y" as a vowel used 'sometimes.' Then, I feel this team could be competitive. Just offering my thoughts.
I apprecieate that gyrene...but the point of the league is to build from a limited talent pool. Yes, some categories have more players to choose from than others (my first name colors team had about 100 players to choose from) but I had a blast building that team and I think they'll be competive at the cap.

You mention that the bullpen is overloaded and the starting pitchers are not as great...so you could conceivably draft 9 quality bullpen guys and have a 3 man rotation with a quick pull setting and have a great staff where the starters didn't go deep. I played in a league recently where the owner drafted 10 pitchers for his bullpen and had his starters go 45 pitches or so and he won the division.

A league like this lets you use players you would never use in an open league and to try new strategies. It's designed to push you out of your comfort zone a bit for the way you normally play the sim. WIth that in mind, I think that the category as it is should be competitive.
3/9/2013 1:04 PM
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