A Few Beers In 2034.3

[RonCo]

http://montybrewster.net/MBBA/phpBB3/vi ... 44&t=23857

[Rubaboo]

Spoiler alert:

[usnspecialist]

Did Brett follow thru on his threat to make the first ever edit?

[Fat Nige]

#cheesepizza

I will get this up as soon as I can but be warned, we went 4 hours again...

Great !! That’ll be a good lazy morning on the couch listening to another great podcast. I don’t mind the four hour stints at all lol

[Rubaboo]

Did Brett follow thru on his threat to make the first ever edit?

He might still be out throwing boxes. If he does, I'll be posting that section unedited anyway. Always have a backup, right?

[bschr682]

I’m way too lazy to edit. And yes I’m still tossing boxes. I’m hoping to get this uploaded tonight.

#fredshouldapologizetotheworldforthatterriblejoke

[bschr682]

#thatjokeisstillawful

Uploading now. Will edit top post once its ready which should be 30 minutes ish....

[bschr682]

And its up! Enjoy.

[bcslouck]

Listening now. The notification went to my phone that I was added, but I was settling down for the night. I'll jump in one night.

[bcslouck]

And no, I wasn't having a conversation with myself. lol

[bcslouck]

And.. I've listened to all of them, all of the way through. I have a desk job. Easy to do.

Good job, guys. Fun stuff.

[RonCo]

Regarding scheduling...I'll say I'm not a big fan of playing _every_ division interleague.

It sounds good in theory, but the numbers are terrible. The least you can comfortably justify playing any one team is 4 games (2/2 H/A). WIth 15 teams in "other" league, that means 60 (37%) of your games are played interleague. This leaves 102 games. Given the need to hit 162, that means you play either 8 or 13 games against each division rival (otherwise, you can't hit the "2" of 162). Either number then requires you to imbalance the playing of divisions in your own league.

I would strongly suggest going to a 13/8/8/6 or 18/6/6/6 structure with three game series and playing only one division interleague. At that point, if you want to rotate which interleague division you play each year, that would seem to work. Of those two, I personally prefer the 18/6/6/6 structure because then you're playing in division 45% of the time (vs. 32% in the 13/8/8/6). Everyone elses mileage may vary, though.

[usnspecialist]

Regarding scheduling...I'll say I'm not a big fan of playing _every_ division interleague.

It sounds good in theory, but the numbers are terrible. The least you can comfortably justify playing any one team is 4 games (2/2 H/A). WIth 15 teams in "other" league, that means 60 (37%) of your games are played interleague. This leaves 102 games. Given the need to hit 162, that means you play either 8 or 13 games against each division rival (otherwise, you can't hit the "2" of 162). Either number then requires you to imbalance the playing of divisions in your own league.

I would strongly suggest going to a 13/8/8/6 or 18/6/6/6 structure with three game series and playing only one division interleague. At that point, if you want to rotate which interleague division you play each year, that would seem to work. Of those two, I personally prefer the 18/6/6/6 structure because then you're playing in division 45% of the time (vs. 32% in the 13/8/8/6). Everyone elses mileage may vary, though.

I'm currently working on the schedule and I'm trying the 4 game model with the rotating division for interleague.

[agrudez]

Does anyone have rough time stamps for topics?

[RonCo]

Good luck with that.

[bschr682]

Does anyone have rough time stamps for topics?

If I wasn’t drinking, I’d do that.

[usnspecialist]

i feel like part of the fun of listening to these is NOT knowing what is coming next.

[bcslouck]

The first half hour is Brett not knowing how to use Skype. Well.. at least the first half hour. Someone edit the OP to timestamp that.

[RonCo]

Aside:


Des Moines hitters who have been intentionally walked:

Moreland: 6
Hardy: 2
Bullock: 2
Arreola: 1
Chavez: 1
Chon: 1
Silva: 1
Lopez: 1
Lopez: 1

[RonCo]

Another aside, just for fun: http://joeposnanski.com/the-willie-mays-hall-of-fame/