Daily DL thoughts

[Royals]

We're returning to weekly DL with the two week experiment concluded.
Does anyone have any thoughts on the Dail DL experiemnt (which, admittedly, I flubbed slightly by not being able to post boxes for a few days). Regarding that period, I didnt have a problem installing the proper Rosters or DLing guys for the proper days so i don't think it is something to count for or against the process.
Please share any thoughts, particularly if you felt one way about the idea (pro or con) before and feel differently (pro or con) now.

[Astros]

I liked it. I really have nothing else to add

[Yankees]

as someone who's about to get back on the road for extended periods of time - i hate it, i love once per week...

i really have nothing else to add...

[Mets]

It would have worked really well if there were consistent DB's to refresh recent transactions.

Having a daily injury report paired with a weekly DB defeats the purpose.

[Brewers]

In theory I think it's a decent idea but in terms of execution I don't think it will work for extended periods of time. Shit comes up, people in general have less time now that a good deal of us have graduated to the real world, and priorities change.

At least a dozen times over the course of a season boxes get delayed a day or two because of the above - life happens. Couple that with a weekly DB and doing a daily DL just doesn't make sense.

I'll go along with whatever the majority wants but I don't think the old way of doing it once a week was broken, so why try and "fix" it?

[Royals]

Why do you guys think a Database with daily transactions is necessary? Are you only carrying one Catcher?

[Athletics]

If a player goes down, I think it would be a benefit to be able sign someone to play, even if it was a backup for emergency purposes. There have been cases where 2 pitchers have gone down for the same team in one week. Using the Daily DL, if that team carries only 11 pitchers, its a disadvantage to keep them at 9 until the next DB comes out. I think if we did daily transactions with the daily DL, it would give people a better chance to field a full team. Just my two cents.

[Giants]

I don't think a daily DB is realistic, but certainly a second one coming out midweek makes a ton of sense.

[Mets]

I don't think a daily DB is realistic, but certainly a second one coming out midweek makes a ton of sense.

I'm in 3 other leagues where the daily DB occurs.

But, it's accompanied by daily boxes and daily injuries.

If you do one, you do them all, otherwise, it just becomes half assed.


And how many other people have made a trade, but had to wait over a week to be able to play the acquired players when the new DB comes out?

Are we allowed to make trades on the software ourselves and submit MP's?

Teams in a pennant race can't afford to make a deal, and suffer 5+ games until they can use those players in uniform.

If I sign a guy, most of the time it's because he has a projection that I want to use immediately.

[Yankees]

Here's my question - do the guys who send out the daily DB's and boxes have day jobs?

If I'm sitting around my office, getting a roster in every day is not a big deal - but a good deal of my time now (see the last 12 days I spent in Vegas) will be on the road. Getting in a roster on a daily basis will be an impossibility for me - and I sure as shoot don't want someone baby-sitting my team.

If you make a trade, you know what's gonna happen - so be available on Sunday, return emails, etc. Half the problem with making trades in this league is locating people - if one person can't devote 3 minutes a day to return an email about a trade, how is it going to be possible to expect 30 people to get in rosters?

Great job by your other leagues, look at the IBC as an exception - most of us (Nils clearly excluded), have lives.

[Mets]

IBC is the exception, which isn't a problem.

I guess as long as there's one format, and it's consistant, it'll be fine.

I personally have a day job from 8:30 to after 6 usually, have an hour commute, plus I'm married, play in a men's baseball league & I'm in a band.

I still find 15 minutes each day to update transactions, import MP's, SIM games, & export a DB. But since I am part god, I have special powers that allow me to do all this.

I'm not expecting IBC to be like the other leagues, but I don't see the arguement in "I don't have time". Time management is probably the single most important element in being part of a league like this. If you don't have time, it is selfish to the other league members who put a lot of effort into the league.

That being said, I accept this league for what it is, having been here for my 2nd season now, but it is frustrating that I cannot manage my roster as effectively as I should.

[Yankees]

Congratulations - you have clearly demonstrated to us that you have a life - and that's not actually a shot at you.

Last year, in DC, I had 8:30 - 6 job myself, played in 2 softball leagues, a baseball league, and never missed trivia night down in Cleveland Park. Granted I wasn't married, but I also maintained a rather strict drinking schedule of way too much.

If this was last year, then by all means I'd be thrilled to put together this shit everyday.

Here's my problem - my work computer is locked so I'm unable to download outside programs to it (IBC, iTunes, you name it, can't do it). There's no way in hell I'm lugging two computers to the airport just so I can send in SIM rosters in mp format.

"But Brett, can't you just send them to the roster guy?"

Great question - and the answer is, "not everyday, not by a long shot." There are going to be at least two days a week where I'm going to be leaving work in NYC to travel out to some teams, or from the teams out to another team. Leaving work or Milwaukee (for example) at 6:30, catching an 8 pm flight, will not get me in to Denver (for example) and in my hotel room until midnight - given that I'm waking up at 5 am to actually exercise and have breakfast with the head of ticket sales before I talk to his team - there is no way in hell you are going to make me set up my computer in my hotel room, pay 12 bucks for internet just so I can send in a roster.

"Brett, it says here you expensed $12 for the internet in your hotel room after you got in at 12:30 am, can you explain?"

"Well, Donna, I had to send in a roster for my simulation fantasy baseball league."

That becomes $12 out of my pocket. At a minimum of 2 time per trip ($24) for a minimum of 35 weeks of travel, you can bet your ass I'm not going to be paying nearly a grand out of pocket to participate in this league.

I find it moderately amazing - and I'm not even joking there - that you can follow this league, your other 2 leagues, and whatever other fantasy leagues you have with your friends - and maintain that schedule.

I'm in 2 of these leagues and JP can attest that I haven't paid a hell of a lot of attention to his. Also, I'm in 3 other fantasy leagues, 2 of which I haven't touched since the 2nd week of the season, and one since after the 1st month.

Between other people carrying on grad school and a job, and other circumstances, I also guarantee that I'm not even the busiest guy in this league.

I've always given this league priority because it was laid back and attempted to work with everyone's schedule. This league has been around - and with much of its core group - for 5 years - why the hell are we trying to move this guy into warp speed all of a sudden?

[Padres]

Like others I am in a number of other leagues ... DMB, as well as fantasy roto and HtH. (Too many leagues I think but I'll deal with that at the end of the year!) Also, like others, I have a life other then these leagues - only in my case it is largely built around the needs and wants of my children.

I have gone 180 on the daily DL - at first I thought it was something the IBC could and should do. I thought the IBC could because other leagues do -- I still think the IBC could do it but I no longer think the IBC should do it. The weekly format is unique and appears to be a workable manner of doing business for the majority of GMs in this league. It is unique to this league - and that's not bad.

I would, however, be a proponent of getting two databases per week with the current Sunday night/Monday morning coupled with a mid-week edition. My biggest reason for wanting this to have more fresh data particularly as it applies to pitching usage. I can live with one database per week, but I'd like to see two.

[Yankees]

Love the idea here - great thought. I'm all for 2 DB's a week. I can most certainly handle 2 rosters per week - no question there.

I think this is a reasonable solution for people - and keeping the overall is good too...

[Mets]

I've seen a lot of great GM's have to give up SIM because they didn't have the time to dedicate.

This league does offer travellers a good opportunity to still enjoy the adventures of SIM without being completely lost.

I guess my biggest issue was that I had to wait a week (or more) to be able to submit MP's with my trades/waiver claims.

I can easily see how GM's might become discouraged about trading if they can't see immediate impact......Especially when they possibly impact penant races.

I guess that was my biggest point.

[Giants]

Perhaps my favorite thing about league debates is that we always end up talking about something completely different.

[BlueJays]

to those complaining they don't have time to send in a daily MP.. your argument is simply invalid. the beauty of this system is that often you don't have to send in a new MP everyday. only when u want to. so Z, you could still do it every sunday if your schedule doesn't allow. If a guy is DLd he is deactivated & won't appear in games. Of course, this is where 1 guy doing the DL and deactivating/activating players in the DB comes in.. as well as "daily" databases...