LSB Fantasy league with CBSsports.com
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 7, 2010 5:06 PM CST
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PrintOkay, folks...I have an announcement to make.
SBN is partnering with CBSsports.com on CBSsports.com's fantasy baseball offerings. As part of this, there is going to be an LSB league, that will include 12 folks (well, me and 11 other folks). Normally, you have to pay for the CBSsports.com Commissioner Baseball fantasy leagues, but this league is free for us 12 participants. It will be Rotisserie style, and anyone who wants to participate, speak up. I'll figure out some way to pick who will participate, since I'm guessing more than 11 folks will want to play.
Let me also be clear that this is part of an ad campaign CBSsports.com is doing with SBN. I'm being paid to do this. Not much -- it is less than my hourly billing rate at work -- but I am being compensated, and I want to be upfront about that.
In addition, if you want to have your own league, and if you sign up through LSB, you'll get a 50% discount off of the usual rate. You can sign up through LSB and get the discounted rate by clicking here. (And yes, I get a cut if you sign up, but again, the amount is pretty minimal).
Why should you pay for CBSsports.com's Commissioner set up, rather than using one of the free ones out there? Well, you get:
To be part of the web’s most powerful league manager that won 8 out of 9 Fantasy Sports Trade Association Awards for "Best Fantasy Baseball Commissioner League Management Product"
You have these features:
Customize entire league the way you want...rules, scores, teams + more
LIVE scoring & stats so you can follow along as your teams rack up points
Keeper league capability to carry on the tradition for many seasons to come
Expert analysis provides up-to-date information on all players & teams
Live chat/league messenger to trash talk with your competition
14-Day Free Trial included
This, for just $89.99 using the SBN discount signup rate. On a 12 team league, that's only about $7 per person. Its a bargain!
So, that's where we are. I'll be doing additional posts going forward about this, and be posting with regular updates about the league, but for those of you interested in doing fantasy baseball this year, click on my link above and check it out. There's no obligation -- you have 14 days before you have to pay, so you can try it out for two weeks to see if you like it or not.
Now the legal stuff:
CBSSports.com is an SB Nation partner and paying sponsor of the SB Nation baseball communities. This post is one of a series of sponsor endorsed posts related to the CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner League.
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Sellout!
This never would have happened on the old blogspot site.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
What I want to know is
What role will this new sponsorship play in increasing LSB’s payroll?
My sources tell me Adam’s only kicking in 30 bucks or so…
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
by LSJ on Mar 7, 2010 5:13 PM CST up reply actions
Of all the things....
I better be offered some free legal services soon after being subjected to this blatant marketing. I came to talk about baseball, not to have adam morris sell me fantasy baseball. don’t you have enough money?
Where's last year's projections?
"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.
There's an interesting story about that.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
Do tell
Does it involve jarring?
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Actually, it's not so much interesting...
as long and rambling.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
I did fantasy baseball with cbssportsline.com 1 year
it wasn’t bad, but I’m too used to Yahoo! at this point.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Throw my name in the hat.
I didn’t play last season and I’ve been thinking of playing again this season.
This sounds like just the ticket if I get picked.
I must break you.
That is to say, If you get beaten by me in this fantasy league that I would like to participate in with you, then you get beaten by me in this fantasy league that I would like to participate in with you.
by ghostofErikThompson on Mar 7, 2010 5:20 PM CST reply actions
Put me in....
Will this be a live draft or an automated draft?
If it’s a live draft, maybe you should make a pecking order list first with 20+ people. Maybe the date you select to do a live draft will conflict with some people.
I would love to play, but I will have to pass,,,,,
Between masturbating 3-4 times a day and chatting with chics from the phillipines for a good 6 or 7 hours….I just don’t have the time.
by death of the cool on Mar 7, 2010 5:27 PM CST reply actions 6 recs
So,
tell me about this chatting you do with chicks from the Phillipines. I’ve got the first part down, but would be interested in finding someone to love me long time. Is there a website?
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
I want in
Always wanted to be in a roto league but most of my friends wanted to do NL only which would stink.
Pick me and I’ll send my next Texas divorce referral your way. Or actually my first Texas divorce referral.
"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.
Oh yeah
And if you want to select me it’s cheyenian at yahoo dot com (I know there are two "n"s in Cheyenne).
"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.
Count me in
I’ll play if you have room. Thanks.
Me too?
I’d like to join if possible….Had to take a hiatus last year for my youngest to be spawned and I’m ready to get back into it!
What's the rumpus?
Any1 else wonder how Jayslick feels about this post?
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 7, 2010 5:48 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
I'll play
"We pitched, we caught the ball, we ran the bases, we had good days where we out-fundamentalized the other team." - Ronald Washington
I'll play
And that way we’ll have part of the standings in ink. Just mark me down for last.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Count me as outraged that you're using this space to shill for your products
And I totally expect a free book out of this rant.
(Also, please don’t consider me for the league, I’m not much for fantasy sports.)
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Did anyone ever hear what book Jamey
ended up sending to those idiots?
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 7, 2010 6:50 PM CST up reply actions
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
I hope.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Decide it by trivia
first 11 people to guess the right answer (like name 11 pitchers who threw a perfect game) or 11 closest to the right answer (capacity of TBIA) win
I was hoping you'd say the 11 closest to the right answer for who has thrown a perfect game
Pedro Martinez and Harvey Haddix get only partial credit.
Name all players who at one time pitched for the Rangers to throw a perfect game. I know at least two
Go Rice Owls!
Nah...
anyone can cheat and use the net to look up answers.
I say it should go by seniority. I realize that would probably leave me on the outside looking in, but other than cherry-picking 11 other people I’m not sure how you would choose.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Nope...
you were here a year earlier than I. I’ve been around for 2 1/2 years or so, but there are a lot of LSB vets who have been around much longer than that.
Now my total comments on the other hand, that’s fairly close to yours. What does that say about me though? You’ve been around longer than I have but have 1,000 or so less posts. And it’s not like most of my comments are from GDT’s either. I usually avoid those. I suppose I just have too much time on my hands.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I'll throw my name in
Another LSB league would be fun, as long as LiamP doesn’t beat me in this one too.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I havn't joined any leagues this year.
Because I usually join like 5 and updating all of them at once multiple times a week becomes so annoying i stop updating any of them a couple months in and feel guilty about it.
But one single league I’m sure I can stick with, plus I want to try cbs. So yeah I’ll apply to be considered or do whatever you end up deciding as the entry method.
Fanatics - my webcomic
I don't want to play.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Mar 7, 2010 7:48 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Ha.
The obvious fact that this comment did not have to be made makes me chuckle.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
$89.99
People pay that much to play fantasy baseball? Does that come with a blowjob or something?
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
by t ball on Mar 7, 2010 7:59 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Not if you play...
with 2 Legit to Quit.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
Lower case
q sir.
The snozberries taste like snozberries!!
by Chrom on Mar 7, 2010 9:33 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I was under the impression...
you don’t suck cock.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Mar 7, 2010 10:01 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
You don't get it
you said it.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
why do you even reply to that??
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
I'm interested in kicking everyone's ass
so put me in that list.
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
Just throwing this out there
Scott Hairston, Johnny Gomes, and Kevin Kouzmanoff. Who do you take out of those 3 players?
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
Wrong!
Kevin Richardson’s wife!
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
I see your Jose Lima's wife
and raise you a Kris Benson’s wife
She say she are the manager.
by rockin_rangers on Mar 8, 2010 8:58 AM CST up reply actions
Depends
would you be interested in trading for any of them?
Holy s***
both your and Mike E’s comments appeared at the very same time.
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
I'd like to play.
Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers. - Homer Simpson
by SarasotaRanger on Mar 7, 2010 8:45 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Hat in the ring and what not
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Well
That it’s his first post sorta makes it funny, in a way.
by brettgardner on Mar 7, 2010 10:25 PM CST up reply actions
I'm not really sure if it is, but
the whole “I’m getting paid and will receive a cut of all your friends that join” kind of seems like bullsh to me.
Like I said, I’m not sure if it is, but seems kinda sleezy for an otherwise classy, free-for-the-fan site that traditionally makes money the right way—by fucking big companies by charging outrageous advertising prices.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
if this can somehow get the Cowboys news ad off the left side of the page
I don’t care what Adam does
Go Rice Owls!
+1
“Texas Stadium soon Blasting Off…”
WTF!?
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
Adam will be picking the 11 other league members...
by who performs the best oral sex… on Ben.
by cmkelly29 on Mar 7, 2010 9:44 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
xxx
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Mar 7, 2010 9:49 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
just wondering
why Flo and not her, Adam? They look pretty similar.
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
Flo is homely?
I mean she kinda looks like a Stepford Wife, but you can tell she’s a freak…
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 8, 2010 10:03 AM CST up reply actions
She's not bad as far as mid-30's soccer moms go, I suppose.
I’d punch her in the face if I had to speak a conversation with her though.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 8, 2010 11:58 AM CST up reply actions
Flo: So who do you think is going to win the AL West, thedirkatron?
tron: The Rangers, of course.
Flo: Discount!!
(POWW!!)
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
I wanna play too
We should do some sort of trivia or prediction contest to see who gets in.
They rarely are.
Basterds, Serious Man, and Up were the best movies I saw.
by brettgardner on Mar 8, 2010 12:15 AM CST up reply actions
I was looking forward to up
But I hated the last half of the movie.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Serious Man
I watched that this weekend and i was kind of meh on it, probably because it just became uncomfortable watching that poor schmuck get kicked around after a while.
I really liked the hurt locker and basterds
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Rentz doesn't fuck around.
It took weeks of haggling over a much bigger trade to get him to take the Lester deal.
by LiamP on Mar 8, 2010 10:19 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Yah, Rentzington's a tasty little slut.
But I’ll get him in the end.
I’ll get you, too.
I hate that I have to respek’ someone in that league now.
You always were much better looking than the rest of those fools, though, so it’s not so bad, I guess.
I mean it’s not like I have to respect Knocked Out King or B 2 the Davison or Eric Rentzington or Spritsey-Boy or Niko Pinideirapierrehammerschmidt or Troy the Boy or any of those other horribly ugly fucks who I hate so, so much.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 8, 2010 11:56 AM CST up reply actions
Don't think you'll get me this year.
My 5 keepers are studly, I essentially have 3 first rounders and I’ll have the #1 waiver priority ready to use on AGon when he gets traded. This season was over before it started.
I still love you though.
by LiamP on Mar 8, 2010 12:51 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Miggs has quit drinking
80 homers are possible.
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
Yep...
I wasn’t a fan of A Serious Man either.
I liked Basterds, and Hurt Locker was pretty good but not really Best Picture worthy.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Inglorious Bastards
I liked the movie, and the guy that won best supporting actor really did deserve it for how well he played his role.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Mar 8, 2010 7:56 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
so true
Pitt was pretty decent in it but that guy stole the show.
The opening of the movie was pretty amazing.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 8, 2010 10:04 AM CST up reply actions
yeah, that opening set the tone
it was really well done
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I am very glad Hurt Locker won
If Avatar won I would have punched my tv.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
True about Avatar, but I don't think it really had any sort of a genuine shot.
I’d’ve much rather seen Basterds or Up win. Fantastic Fox didn’t even get nominated, which makes me want to explode an orphan.
Basterds getting shut out other than Waltz really pisses me off. Tarantino should’ve won best director and best original, imo.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
x
which makes me want to explode an orphan.
I’m curious as to how one would go about this. Dynamite hotdogs? C-4 pie crust? Nitroglycerin vodka?
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
by LSJ on Mar 8, 2010 2:48 AM CST up reply actions
Concur...
Basterds and Tarantino should have got more love.
It was nice to see Waltz win though. He was fucking fantastic.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Basterds was robbed of the screenplay award.
I would have given tarantino director too, but thats all debatable.. screenplay I though was pretty clear cut.
Oh well, none of it really matters.
Hurt locker was pretty good, but i didn’t really love it.
Fanatics - my webcomic
Are we still planning
on doing the A and B leagues in Yahoo, like last year? If so, then I’ll just play over there.
If not then count me in.
Hipsters, Flipsters, and Finger Poppin Daddies! Knock me your lobes.
Rob Neyer...
* I managed to buttonhole Michael Lewis, and got this bit of news: the rebooted Moneyball movie, scripted by Aaron Sorkin, is scheduled to start shooting in June. According to Lewis, Brad Pitt’s still going to play Billy Beane. But Demetri Martin’s out as Paul DePodesta. Instead — ready for this? — the ex-football player and Harvard graduate will be portrayed by … Jonah Hill.
They're going with the wrong Superbad star there.
I love Jonah Hill, but the kid who played McLovin’ would be a much better if they want to take the DePodesta character the comic relief/geeky route. There’s at least some resemblance.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
by LSJ on Mar 8, 2010 9:00 AM CST up reply actions
Damn, I'd eat that shit the mother fuck up. Food from a bus is always delicious... Busses are how they transport orphans, don'cha know.
Denton has always done a pretty shitty job of capitalizing on UNT/T-Dub and giving the place a fun college town kind of area.
Fry street was okay, I suppose, but I’ve always wondered why no one ever thought of doing something real around there.
When you’ve got a huge state university + a large woman’s college and Hanging at the Golden Triangle Food Court still ranks in the top 10 things to do on a Friday night, you officially suck at having a fun town.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Both are commuter schools - Dallas and Ft. Worth scenes are an hour away.
Cheap pitchers and low covers for local bands is about all Denton will be able to muster in competition.
I think I’m gonna go look for this fishnchip guy Friday nite – just listen along Hickory Street for LOUD Beatles music. I’ll tell you if his grub’s any good.
OT: The new UNT football stadium looks pretty sweet
Not sure if you’re a fan of the Mean Green or not.
I might have to head back some time and watch a game there.
Fouts flosses with my fucking gross grundle hairs. Though I had some pretty good times there as a kid.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 8, 2010 11:50 AM CST up reply actions
Rules of Denton, Rule #51, Part A, Subsection B-19: The Orange Julius at the G-Trizzle shall count as a food court unto itslef.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 8, 2010 11:45 AM CST up reply actions
Where is this movie going?
How can you make this a movie?
Jonah Hill? Is this going to be a serious film, a comedy (Jonah fucking Hill???), a musical?
What the shit?
Jonah Hill is better than Michael Cera at least
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
You must not be an Arrested Development fan.
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
Love me some Arrested Development
Was ready to kill someone when Fox canceled 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
in what way?
granted Cera doesn’t ACT – he just exists and they place him in roles where his very existence fits perfectly; but I enjoy watching that existence; Jonah Hill has made me laugh a few times, but he’s mostly just annoying
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 8, 2010 2:30 PM CST up reply actions
That's just it
I see Jonah Hill actually acting at time. Michael Cera just plays that same guy in everything he does and I get tired of seeing it. It fit perfectly in Arrested Development and Superbad, but I’m tired of seeing that in other movies.
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
Throwing my name in the hat for the league...
…because your group can’t all be hetero
Offering continued condolences to Stars and Liverpool fans.
attaboy Moto!
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
wrong fantasy?
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
CBS is a really cool league
I just joined a dynasty league and am in the midst of a 40 round MLB draft and we have a 80 round MiLB draft to follow. I really like the layout and how it functions
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
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