Tout Wars Recaps: Spanning the Globe
Rob Steingall | Peter Kreutzer | Will Carroll | Joe Sheehan | Eric Mack | raygu | Mike Siano | Jeff Erickson | Lenny Melnick | Cory Schwartz | Brian Walton | JP Kastner | Scott Pianowski | Lawr Michaels | Jason Mastrodonato | Jason Collette | Michael Salfino | Matthew Berry | Tristan Cockcroft | Brendan Roberts
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My Bad Hairston Day
Alex Patton
A Bad Hairston Day
Tout Wars Mixed
The first thing you think – or ought to think – when you’re asked to join a 17-team mixed league is, man, that’s a tall mountain to climb. If you play it straight, you maybe have a one in-ten-chance of getting to the top, because at least that many of your opponents know as much as you do about major league baseball players and what they are capable of doing. The only way to increase your chances is to cheat. Continue reading “My Bad Hairston Day”
The Tout Wars Winners Predicted
By the Fantasy Sherpa
There was a man sitting in the back of the room during both drafts. He was quiet, didn’t eat any of the reserved cookies, and had a computer (as did most everyone else. It turns out he’s the Fantasy Sherpa (who knew?), and he has calculated the draft stadings based on his projections.
For the NL results, click here. Tristan Cockcroft had a good draft, which the Sherpa accurately reports, but it awards the prize to Nate Ravitz.
For the AL results, click here. He’s got Jason Grey finishing first, with Steve Moyer right behind. You can’t argue with that.
As a player, the value in the Sherpa’s exercise is outside corroboration of some elements of the fight. For me, it is the excess in wins that I (hope to) have, and an indication of the impact of the big bonus another regular player or two would bring me. Leagues are very rarely won on draft day, the saying goes, but they can be lost there.
Now it’s time to play.
TW NL Draft Results are Here!
Click on the NL Tout link at the top of the page.
TOUT WARS MIXED LEAGUE Draft Results
Click the “Mixed” Tab at the bottom of the page.
TOUT WARS NL Draft Live Blog!
Will begin Sunday morning at 9am. Jason Collette is leading it, because I’m drafting. Join the feed by Clicking Here!
Tout Wars Mixed Live Blog
Don’t know how long I’m going to make it. 17 team auction could go all night, and I’m drafting tomorrow morning. But we’ll go as long as we can, and get the results posted as soon as possible afterwards.