The LSB CBSSports.com League Update
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 16, 2010 12:40 PM CDT
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PrintOkay, we've got everyone signed up for the LSB CBSSports.com league now, although again, if anyone else wants to create a semi-official one, you can click on the link here to create one and get 50% of the regular price for the Commissioner's League package. And if anyone here create's another LSB premium league, I'll provide regular updates on that league, as well.
The standings have been set up to be publicly viewable, so you can click here and see how the standings are set up. This is going to be Rotisserie-style, with 6 categories for pitchers and 6 categories for hitters. I was tempted to throw in one of the more arcane categories -- No Hitters, maybe, or Triples -- but decided to stay pretty traditional, using AVG, OBP, SLG, R, RBIs, and steals for hitters, and ERA, WHIP, Ks, wins, saves, and holds for pitchers.
I also toyed with the idea of doing an auction-style draft, which this package allows for, and which I thought would be fun, but I decided I didn't want someone who ended up missing the draft altogether to just get stuck out with whatever leftovers there were when the auction was over. Still, it is another option that is available for folks who want to sign up.
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I think this is bullsh and wish these updates and plugs would go away
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Mar 16, 2010 12:42 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I move this comment be stricken from the record
Argumentative and lack of foundation.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
Well, here's the thing
This site is free for consumers. I put a lot of effort into it. A lot of folks behind the scenes put effort into it, so that we have cool things like the auto-updates on comments and the like, and so that when the trade deadline or the draft comes around, there is enough infrastructure in place that the sites don’t crash because of all the traffic.
Now, this costs money to do. There are two ways to make money doing this — advertising, or charging users for content.
Advertising on the internet is not the boom it was 10-12 years ago. Advertisers are paying less than they used to, and there’s a lot of competition for advertising dollars. And on SBN, anyway, the ads aren’t obtrusive, for the most part…I imagine they could charge more money if this was like snopes, where there are about 7 popups each time you go there, or if there were some video you had to watch before you could read something.
In any case, this is something that they’ve asked us to offer which would seem to offer a benefit for some users, and is thematically in line with what this site is about. If it is something that helps the company increase its revenues so that they can stay in business and keep SBN around, then I don’t see that it makes sense to complain about it.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 16, 2010 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 6 recs
You really didn't need to explain yourself
but it is appreciated.
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
Yep
If you can’t understand that sites like this cost money to run and how little of an annoyance this really is, then you don’t deserve an explanation.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
This is no place for logic and/or rationale thinking
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 16, 2010 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
From Jeff's posts at LL about their league, I got the feeling that you guys were told that you WILL do this
This sort of thing happens all the time in the newspaper industry. Corporate says you MUST run this ad promotion package that includes fluff stories in the news hole about businesses that advertised in this program. It happens in newspapers across the nation owned by all sorts of different companies. I just figured this was pretty much the same thing, where SB Nation was able to charge CBS more by guaranteeing that it would be on every baseball blog.
no doubt about it.
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I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
i dont care, but the thematically thing kinda rubs me wrong, you might as well be selling hard on pills it doesnt matter if its a fantasy league instead.
In any case, this is something that they’ve asked us to offer which would seem to offer a benefit for some users, and is thematically in line with what this site is about
this site is thematically about the owners fantasy baseball league? im pretty sure that thematically its not at all why any of us come here.
SBN is owned mostly by Comcast, so pull out the fiddle when it comes to making the black, i understand what you are doing and why you are doing it. but just be honest which i think you are good about and dont cram it down our throats. i think every1 here understands sbn is a Multimillion dollar company owned by one of the biggest media outlets in the world. i think we all assume you make at least something worth the trouble to do this site, but honestly, i dont come here for SBN, i dont care about most of the functions that SBN provides to the whole community of bloggers. Im here for rangers baseball and rangers baseball fans alone, nothing more. Im not even here for you or your take ajm, although your stuff is constantly improving and generally worth every1’s time. i just dont want you to think we come here for SBN, or CBS fantasy baseball or any of that, we come here for Rangers Baseball.
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
I do not believe...
…that SBN is owned mostly by Comcast, although I could be mistaken.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 16, 2010 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Im not sure the overall value of the company, but i found this so im assuming the comcast owns a good portion of SBN
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
Sportsblogs, Inc.
is a privately held company.
Hipsters, Flipsters, and Finger Poppin Daddies! Knock me your lobes.
well I got my answer I guess
http://www.lonestarball.com/2010/3/7/1361617/lsb-fantasy-league-with-cbssports#32136894
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 16, 2010 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Can this post or rangerdanger's post be read in any other way than thinking that these guys are incredibly full of themselves
and their contribution to the blog?
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
oh no
im pretty much here just to read at this point. my posts are pretty random and far between these days. hell there are a lot of people aound here that when they talk baseball i listen, thats pretty much the only reason im here now. community is pretty cool, but my contribution other than ranting on adam as a homewrecker buy1 get1 free divorces one time and dancing on tony snows grave, my contributions are minimal
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
I would humbly ask that you guys (Escher as well)
Read my reply to Adam’s “Well here’s the thing” comment (below). I am in no way one of those full-of-himself interweb guys. In fact, I really don’t feel as though I contribute much but goofiness.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Mar 16, 2010 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions
and shitty video links
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Mar 16, 2010 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Wouldn't that qualify as "goofiness?"
Lighten up.
It got 7 recs (yes, so did your sour grapes comment), but nearly 100 people contributed to the poll…so quite a few people enjoyed it enough to participate.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Mar 16, 2010 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions
No worries man
I can see how my critique came across as needlessly vitriolic.
It’s no big whoop.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Mar 16, 2010 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions
He's not Paul Harvey-ing it
It’s not like halfway through a post he starts talking about Bose speakers or TrueValue hardware stores. Anyone that has a problem with the site making buck can skip these posts since it’s pretty clear to what they pertain.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
This site is about baseball
and many of us here are interested in fantasy baseball, so yeah, its pretty much right in line with the sites overall theme
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
cool go start a side topic on what every1 thinks of your fantasy team
tell me what happens…
at least adams making a buck off it. which make him throwing this out something im totally cool with as long as its not overkill. but for you to insinuate that we all come here for baseball so that must somehow include fantasy baseball when in fact we all come here for in depth reporting on texas rangers baseball, is a little disingenuous.
honestly i only hopped in the comments to see people bitch at adam b/c i knew they would, and to read adams response, which i think he did a pretty good job on. hell its fantasy baseball who cares, but its all good discussion, i guess. i know i had to do a little knowledge check on Sportblogs Inc or whatever. Im sure others didnt know that,. so hey, it could be Josey infested.
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
Clearly, reading comprehension is just one of the many things you fail at in life
I said many of us here are interested in fantasy baseball, not all.
And you’re the one talking about how this thematically fits into the site. This isn’t a plug for some online poker site. AJM isn’t asking us to invest in Dykstra’s latest business venture (at least not this time). To keep the site running, there are many worse things they could have done that doesn’t involve starting a fantasy baseball league and offering 50% off to those that might actually want to start their own league.
P.S. I am failing to understand why you are posting here past trying to troll this topic.If you don’t care, then why spend even a second of your time bitching about it.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
one person sort of bitched
aside from that, you are the only one bitching
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
what do you think will happen in the fantasy team thread?
I think most people will talk about. I really don’t like playing fantasy but it’s clearly been established that like 75% of the people that read this blog do. If you don’t think so then I’m pretty sure you’re wrong.
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
The "theme" of LSB?
If you want to get strict about it, then we should quit talking about Frisco players not on the 40 man roster. Or maybe it’s just the 25 man.
The theme is dictated by AJM and possibly the commenters. I guarantee there are more fantasy baseball participants than soccer fans. Maybe more than Cowboys fans.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
and besides that
how many times has adam made a main page post about something other than the Rangers, or sports altogether. The theme is basically what Adam thinks people on this blog will find interesting.
If the issue was about Adam peddling a Maxim subscription, then maybe I could see the point. But it is about selling a fantasy baseball league to people who love the Rangers. You have to be dense or stubborn not to see the correlation.
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
Man, those are some serious nits you're picking there...
It’s a baseball site.
A fantasy baseball league would seem to be pretty damn thematically similar.
Granted it’s not a fantasy baseball site, but damn man.
It’s not like he went and violated our virgin ears with an evil insidious Direct TV offer like He Who Shall Not Be Named. (The Horror!).
SBN provides us with the medium, and AJM with the content. Without their tech support and infrastructure there’s no way we’d all be able to come on here and interact with each other in such a reliable, user friendly way all in what is now basically real time. Do they do it for money? Yes, of course. But why am I supposed to hold this against them again? And how does it relate to the LSB fantasy baseball league thing?
I’m not trying to be a jirk, but I’m lost.
Saying you don’t come here for SBN or AJM is like saying you don’t go to the restaurant cause you like the food, you go cause you like to eat there.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 16, 2010 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
People are way too demanding about free sites
It is as if people feel entitled to everything on the internet without any sort of “cost”. When in this case the cost is having to hear about a fantasy league that most people didn’t get invited to (because you can’t have 300 people in one league), then it is minimal. Heck, no one complained about Adam’s college football pick’em updates, and that isn’t even baseball.
Like I said before, if SBN can make some money off this, that is a good thing for everyone. If you want people to provide you services for free, try out North Korea.
Go Rice Owls!
well put sir
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 16, 2010 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
"If you want people to provide you services for free, try out North Korea."
im pretty sure you when from a to z pretty quick on that correlation. especially since soul south korea has 4g wifi for free throughout most of the city all the way down to the deepest tunnel of their metro.
but regardless, screw north korea, those people averaged like 3 inches shorter than the exact same genetic pattern of people less than 50 years after the separation. how the hell do you do that? i dont think hitler coulda pulled that crap off
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
Thoughts
I understand your point Adam, and I also understand that it wasn’t your decision to do this. But, I’m just a dude, a selfish consumer of the greatness of the internet. I think most of us would agree that web advertising is in large part, an annoyance, and if we had our way, this site would be free from advertising altogether. I also understand that is not realistic. I just made the statement that I wish I this advertising wasn’t here.
I think there’s something larger than the “advertising is annoying” argument going on here that makes me not like this particular method though…
In the 4+ years I’ve been visiting this wonderful site, I have, at least in my head, developed a quasi-relationship (I know this isn’t the correct word choice, but I can’t think of anything more accurate) with you where I see you as sort of my Rangers Leader. You are, in my eyes, a fan who is a leader of fans. You are not a member of the media—in fact, you are my voice in respectfully challenging those members of the media on their published perspectives, and I know they hear you, which I think is cool, and makes me somewhat proud.
Anyway, there is a certain amount of trust allotted to you in being my fan-leader; I want to know that you are in it for the love of my team and for me as a fan. Ultimately, I think you are. I guess I don’t like that the powers that be, those that are in it for the money (I know you are compensated something for this—but I would almost certainly bet the money is not why you run this site) are asking you to use your position as a trusted leader to sell something to us, your followers.
I don’t know, those are just my two cents.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Mar 16, 2010 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't think...
Adam has every asked you or anyone to bestow upon him the title of “Rangers Leader.” If that’s what you get out of this site, that’s your thing. However, Adam, me, and the rest of us have different things we get out of this site. And, honestly, if you see something on any website that you don’t want to read or you have no interest in, is it really so difficult to just scroll on by it? Does an ad, clearly marked as such, that you’re being forced in no way to participate in, really pollute your experience in any way whatsoever?
by ghostofErikThompson on Mar 16, 2010 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions
No, it is not difficult to scroll by at all.
I scroll by internet advertising all the time. And no, it doesn’t pollute my experience. This is however, in my opinion, different than the typical advertising we see on this site, and I was simply stating my thoughts on this type of advertising. I will definitely scroll right on by it in the future. It’s not a big deal, I just wanted to further explain my perspective.
And no, Adam has never asked me to be his Rangers Leader. I never said he did. I said that was my perspective of him, and regardless of whether anyone responds and agrees with me on this point, I would argue that there are others who hold this perspective as well.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Mar 16, 2010 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree. Adam can do this cause you can just scroll by it.
Different from the Newberg Conspiracies (heh) where you have to open it to see if you’re interested.
Jerk. Me. Off. With. A. Spoon.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 16, 2010 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't tell who anybody is
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
So you know who to root for...
I’m the Swingin’ Polyandrus team.
by ghostofErikThompson on Mar 16, 2010 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions
For those unaware and might not check fanposts
RPiA is doing their live ustream.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rangers-podcast-in-arlington
Even if at work and can’t do video, the audio is fine. Grant Schiller is pretty interesting
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
So I see there are four teams with no names
“The Assless Chaps” is still available for use, too. Is Ben playing? If so, I’m surprised he didn’t use that name.
well it didn't ask for a name when joining the league
You go back in later and add it in your settings. My team is nameless on there at this particular moment but I’ll certainly give it one before the draft, heh.
Fanatics - my webcomic
Forever Young?
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
I couldn't figure out how to change my team's name.
I can see “My Team” but not a spot that for name. Right now it’s just “Team 5”.
Too Bigot To quit (that's with a little "q") and I are froming our own league
There are 14 spots open.
Indian looking dudes need not apply.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
or cat owners
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 16, 2010 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Indeed
I’m still stuck on a name for my team.
I’m torn between “kitten decapitators” and the admittedly clunky but always a riot “gaybarfirebombers.”
Alas, “Mathew Shepherd’s just and true vigilantes” was already taken, damn the luck.
Anyone have a preference?
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Mar 16, 2010 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Read this today on another site
Kitten snuff film.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
Whups - missed the theme
No, I think you got all of them.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
Is that like fromage?
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
It's closer to cheese than Julio will be to an OBP of 360...:)
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Mar 16, 2010 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Julio's .360 OBP is straight chedda brotha
I know they do wine and beer infused cheeses – I wonder if they can do Bourbon? Second thought that sounds horrible.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
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