degenerate gambling baseball league

ed243421

would there be any interest in a baseball pool?

i'm thinking
$30 a person- honor system to be sent to winner after world series
thats a $5 bet a month for the season

first 10 people are in
if we get 15 we go with that

10= winner take all
15= 1st and 2nd place

it would be a live on-thread draft of teams
draft order randomly selected
10 people = 3 teams per person
15 people = 2 teams per person

for combined wins
including playoffs and world series


10 people = draft would be snaked round 1 and 2 but 3 would be same as round 2(so the 1st pick would also pick 20th and 30th)

15 people = snake draft ( 1st pick also gets 30th pick)


the only trouble i see is if the phillies explode, but that guy still has a horrible team at 30th pick

any thoughts to add?
the season is just so long and boring

ed243421

i think first 10 people in would be best

phardin

i like this. im in.

how about $50 a person, but we'll have a monthly bonus for the person with the most wins that month. at least with this, everyone will stay interested all year long.

ed243421

i like that
it's still less than 9 dollars a month bet

Poncier

If enough sign up to make it happen, count me in.

The Fixer

sure, I'm in

NoCode416

i would like to do this... if you haven't yet decided on a platform, i like yahoo fantasy much more than espn fantasy...

Poncier

NoCode416 wrote:

i would like to do this... if you haven't yet decided on a platform, i like yahoo fantasy much more than espn fantasy...

Its not fantasy.

ed243421

NoCode416 wrote:

i would like to do this... if you haven't yet decided on a platform, i like yahoo fantasy much more than espn fantasy...

it's different
10 people
at least $30 to win $300
pick 3 teams in a draft
most combined team wins
wins the pot

we got 4 now

still want in?

ed243421

baseball pool?
anyone?

ed243421

we got a few days left
but this doesn't look promising

i can't believe how few degenerates there are around here

The Juggler

ed243421 wrote:

we got a few days left
but this doesn't look promising

i can't believe how few degenerates there are around here

i'd like to be in....just don't think i'll have time before friday. work is gonna be nuts this week.

81

The Juggler wrote:

ed243421 wrote:

we got a few days left
but this doesn't look promising

i can't believe how few degenerates there are around here

i'd like to be in....just don't think i'll have time before friday. work is gonna be nuts this week.

did you buy your coworker a nice gift card for covering for you

The Juggler

Bubbles wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

ed243421 wrote:

we got a few days left
but this doesn't look promising

i can't believe how few degenerates there are around here

i'd like to be in....just don't think i'll have time before friday. work is gonna be nuts this week.

did you buy your coworker a nice gift card for covering for you

haha...funny you should ask. i got him a nice bottle of tequila. price-wise, it's pretty even for the amount of time he covered for me verses me watching over his shit last year.

i was just packing it up actually.

ed243421

The Juggler wrote:

ed243421 wrote:

we got a few days left
but this doesn't look promising

i can't believe how few degenerates there are around here

i'd like to be in....just don't think i'll have time before friday. work is gonna be nuts this week.

we got plenty of time
we could do this sat or sun or mon nite

and have time to do what
we are just picking 3 teams

if we get 10 guys
draft should take about 15 minutes

NoCode416

ed243421 wrote:

NoCode416 wrote:

i would like to do this... if you haven't yet decided on a platform, i like yahoo fantasy much more than espn fantasy...

it's different
10 people
at least $30 to win $300
pick 3 teams in a draft
most combined team wins
wins the pot

we got 4 now

still want in?

i skimmed and saw the words league, baseball, and $50... assumed fantasy.

this looks interesting, though, and i'll give it a shot. i'm in.

ed243421

5 in
5 to go

juggs
can u do it

rrivers

I'm in. I didn't even read the whole thing yet, but I love throwing money away!

rrivers

NoCode416 wrote:

i would like to do this... if you haven't yet decided on a platform, i like yahoo fantasy much more than espn fantasy...

Second this. Yahoo is much better than espn.

ed243421

rrivers wrote:

NoCode416 wrote:

i would like to do this... if you haven't yet decided on a platform, i like yahoo fantasy much more than espn fantasy...

Second this. Yahoo is much better than espn.

i hope you want in the pool

but

this will be ten people in a draft for major league baseball TEAMS

for instance my teams might be

st louis
white sox
and seattle

most total wins for my 3 teams

vs everyone elses total wins for their 3 teams

we can try to do a monthly total win prize

but lets just see if we can get 10 people first

still want in?

rrivers

Yeah I understand how it is. I was just saying if you did use a platform, I like yahoo better.

I'm in!

The Juggler

ed243421 wrote:

5 in
5 to go

juggs
can u do it

okay.

give me the redsox, phillies, and yankees.

The Fixer

The Juggler wrote:

ed243421 wrote:

5 in
5 to go

juggs
can u do it

okay.

give me the redsox, phillies, and yankees.

I hate the red sox so much that I wouldn't take them in the top 10. There's just no way I can root for that team

The Juggler

The Fixer wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

ed243421 wrote:

5 in
5 to go

juggs
can u do it

okay.

give me the redsox, phillies, and yankees.

I hate the red sox so much that I wouldn't take them in the top 10. There's just no way I can root for that team

gamble with your money not your heart--you know that!

NoCode416

you know, having ten players kind of makes it unfair for the people drafting towards the end of the first round.

reason is because we'd be drafting an odd number of teams (3)... so, for instance, the person drafting #1 will get (theoretically) the best team, the 20th best team, and the 21st best team [total = 42], while the person drafting #10 will get the 10th best team, the 11th best team, and the 30th best team [total = 51].

this only becomes fair if we each draft an even number of teams (and therefore go up and down the snake draft an even number of times), which would work with 7 players (each drafting 4 teams, therefore leaving out two MLB teams) or with more players only drafting two teams each.

so, with 7 players each drafting four teams:
#1 pick, #14 pick, #15 pick, #28 pick [total = 58]
#7 pick, #8 pick, #21 pick, #22 pick [total = 58]
boom, equal.

i know that i am being way too serious laying things out like this, but i'm bored. if we get this to 7 people, we may as well stop in the interest of fairness... or get as many as possible and only draft two teams each.

peace.

The Fixer

The Juggler wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

okay.

give me the redsox, phillies, and yankees.

I hate the red sox so much that I wouldn't take them in the top 10. There's just no way I can root for that team

gamble with your money not your heart--you know that!

it's only 50 bucks. I'd rather lose than have to root for boston

The Fixer

NoCode416 wrote:

you know, having ten players kind of makes it unfair for the people drafting towards the end of the first round.

reason is because we'd be drafting an odd number of teams (3)... so, for instance, the person drafting #1 will get (theoretically) the best team, the 20th best team, and the 21st best team [total = 42], while the person drafting #10 will get the 10th best team, the 11th best team, and the 30th best team [total = 51].

this only becomes fair if we each draft an even number of teams (and therefore go up and down the snake draft an even number of times), which would work with 7 players (each drafting 4 teams, therefore leaving out two MLB teams) or with more players only drafting two teams each.

so, with 7 players each drafting four teams:
#1 pick, #14 pick, #15 pick, #28 pick [total = 58]
#7 pick, #8 pick, #21 pick, #22 pick [total = 58]
boom, equal.

i know that i am being way too serious laying things out like this, but i'm bored. if we get this to 7 people, we may as well stop in the interest of fairness... or get as many as possible and only draft two teams each.

peace.

We could up it to 5 teams each...and make it a secret ballot so people could end up with the same team.

Maybe throw a wrench in and say you have to take a team from the AL Central and that teams wins count double

The Juggler

The Fixer wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

I hate the red sox so much that I wouldn't take them in the top 10. There's just no way I can root for that team

gamble with your money not your heart--you know that!

it's only 50 bucks. I'd rather lose than have to root for boston

eh, only rule i have is never bet against the home teams. i've won plenty on the cowpokes over the years and i despise them, obviously.

The Fixer

The Juggler wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

gamble with your money not your heart--you know that!

it's only 50 bucks. I'd rather lose than have to root for boston

eh, only rule i have is never bet against the home teams. i've won plenty on the cowpokes over the years and i despise them, obviously.

yeah, I'm with you. this is different though. imagine having to root for the cowgirls for AN ENTIRE SEASON??

I know you're with me here...it just wouldn't happen. I don't care how much money is at stake. Well, I might care, but it would have to be a whole hell of a lot of loot

The Juggler

The Fixer wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

it's only 50 bucks. I'd rather lose than have to root for boston

eh, only rule i have is never bet against the home teams. i've won plenty on the cowpokes over the years and i despise them, obviously.

yeah, I'm with you. this is different though. imagine having to root for the cowgirls for AN ENTIRE SEASON??

I know you're with me here...it just wouldn't happen. I don't care how much money is at stake. Well, I might care, but it would have to be a whole hell of a lot of loot

yeah i see your point...but i think because its only 50 bucks, that might make it easier. if it were a grand or something that would be too conflicting maybe. i dunno

ed243421

NoCode416 wrote:

you know, having ten players kind of makes it unfair for the people drafting towards the end of the first round.

reason is because we'd be drafting an odd number of teams (3)... so, for instance, the person drafting #1 will get (theoretically) the best team, the 20th best team, and the 21st best team [total = 42], while the person drafting #10 will get the 10th best team, the 11th best team, and the 30th best team [total = 51].

this only becomes fair if we each draft an even number of teams (and therefore go up and down the snake draft an even number of times), which would work with 7 players (each drafting 4 teams, therefore leaving out two MLB teams) or with more players only drafting two teams each.

so, with 7 players each drafting four teams:
#1 pick, #14 pick, #15 pick, #28 pick [total = 58]
#7 pick, #8 pick, #21 pick, #22 pick [total = 58]
boom, equal.

i know that i am being way too serious laying things out like this, but i'm bored. if we get this to 7 people, we may as well stop in the interest of fairness... or get as many as possible and only draft two teams each.

peace.

as i said earlier
the draft could look like this

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11
30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21


i dunno know
this is new to me too

this is a crapshot
something to watch all year