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Beans First Round Pick

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I watched Moneyball last night.

 

How are you guys getting your baseball fix now that the season has been postponed?

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It's about a GM who went against the grain, the owner wanted to fire him, almost had the coach quit, was called stupid and told he didn't know what he was doing. However, it all worked out in the end and he proved to them he knew what he was doing.. Feliz fin

 

You might like it;)

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Got the new OOTP21 baseball simulation game just released yesterday. It's going to keep me busy for many hours. The 3D animation play is getting better with each new release and this year they introduce a Ballpark Constructor Kit:
LGBJ29 First Round Pick

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It's about a GM who went against the grain, the owner wanted to fire him, almost had the coach quit, was called stupid and told he didn't know what he was doing. However, it all worked out in the end and he proved to them he knew what he was doing.. Feliz fin

 

You might like it;)

 

Good god, Draft Day is an awful movie. The only reason I watched it was because I was on a plane. The trade values were so unrealistic it was just constant eye rolling.

 

Spoiler alert for those who shouldn't waste their time:

 

The guy gets offered the first overall pick for his first (7th overall), a future first and a third, which he ponders and says no to. An hour later he wants to re-negotiate the deal and the other team says the price went up to 3 firsts, which for whatever reason he then accepts because he think he'll get fired if he doesn't.

The whole idea was to trade up and draft this star generational QB, but the GM says last minute that because nobody attended the kids birthday party that he must not have friends so he doesn't draft him and instead drafts the problem child linebacker who was slated to be a reach even at 7, their original draft slot. Now they have to pay him way more.

They then trade for the 6th pick for 3 2nd rounders and then trade back one spot to 7th for 2 future firsts and a punt returner..

-And if we are keeping track here, Seattle the original team with 1st overall traded back to 7th for 2 additional firsts, and then gave those firsts right back to Cleveland to move up one spot to 6th lol.

They end up taking an RB with the pick because his dad played for the browns. Taking an RB in the top 10 in is just extremely dumb to begin with.

The whole idea was to draft this QB to "save football in Cleveland" and instead they reached on a LB and an RB giving up 3 future 2nd's in the process, and if we know anything about the Browns they would have won 2-4 games the following three seasons.

 

Movie sucked.

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Good god, Draft Day is an awful movie. The only reason I watched it was because I was on a plane. The trade values were so unrealistic it was just constant eye rolling.

 

Spoiler alert for those who shouldn't waste their time:

 

The guy gets offered the first overall pick for his first (7th overall), a future first and a third, which he ponders and says no to. An hour later he wants to re-negotiate the deal and the other team says the price went up to 3 firsts, which for whatever reason he then accepts because he think he'll get fired if he doesn't.

The whole idea was to trade up and draft this star generational QB, but the GM says last minute that because nobody attended the kids birthday party that he must not have friends so he doesn't draft him and instead drafts the problem child linebacker who was slated to be a reach even at 7, their original draft slot. Now they have to pay him way more.

They then trade for the 6th pick for 3 2nd rounders and then trade back one spot to 7th for 2 future firsts and a punt returner..

-And if we are keeping track here, Seattle the original team with 1st overall traded back to 7th for 2 additional firsts, and then gave those firsts right back to Cleveland to move up one spot to 6th lol.

They end up taking an RB with the pick because his dad played for the browns. Taking an RB in the top 10 in is just extremely dumb to begin with.

The whole idea was to draft this QB to "save football in Cleveland" and instead they reached on a LB and an RB giving up 3 future 2nd's in the process, and if we know anything about the Browns they would have won 2-4 games the following three seasons.

 

Movie sucked.

 

LGBTQ29 = Debbie Downer... :(

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Can't we have a virtual, monte carlo simulation approach to keep fantasy baseball going.

 

Simulate a video baseball game to replicate the numbers. I saw people were doing this for March Madness.

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I watched Moneyball last night.

 

How are you guys getting your baseball fix now that the season has been postponed?

 

I watched it again the other night as well. Great movie!

 

Here's a list of some awesome movies to check out during these trying times...

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/best-baseball-movies-of-all-time-c301609142?partnerId=zh-20200317-156906-47943&query_id=1026&bt_ee=Jg2UzLy5XxSp%2B5l7NmSlqn4LIjloEA5hejypChqXdCuia1mV%2FN42Vk%2B7%2F3K3jjEK&bt_ts=1584444694470

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I really agree with that list - except For Love of the Game is wayyyy too low for my liking.

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I'm defs not much of a rom-com type of guy, but that movie had enough baseball that I enjoyed it. Plus good chemistry between likable leads helps.
Beans First Round Pick

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The Simpsons - Homer at the bat is a really great BASEBALL episode

 

 

Well Mr. Burns had done it

The Power Plant had won it

With Roger Clemens clucking all the while

Mike Scioscia's tragic illness made us smile

While Wade Boggs laid unconscious on the bar-room tile

 

We're talking softball

From Maine to San Diego

Talking softball, Mattingly and Conseco,

Ken Griffy's grotesquely swollen jaw,

Steve Sax and his run-in with the law,

We're talking Homer.....Ozzy and the Straw.

Beans First Round Pick

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Hall of Famer Roger Hornsby: "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."

 

Still feels like winter here, so I'll continue to wait.

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Spanky can not hold his liquor

 

If he drank as much as a normal person, he'd be fine. Spanky drinks enough for 10 men. I've seen it with my own eyes, it's astounding.

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If he drank as much as a normal person, he'd be fine. Spanky drinks enough for 10 men. I've seen it with my own eyes, it's astounding.

 

I can believe it, based on his completely incomprehensible posts.

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