So last year I sent out an invitation through a Daily Kos diary inviting people to participate in my yearly free Yahoo fantasy baseball league eloquently named "Cub Hater's Club '08". There was a pretty good response rate, and the league filled fairly quickly. Due to time constraints I wasn't certain I was going to do it again this year, but decided in the end to continue the tradition (if four years can be called a tradition). Thus "Cub Hater's Club '09" is born.
We currently have five returning league members, and need seven more to fill out the league. So if you have any interest in participating you can read the details after the jump.
It's a free Yahoo league - so it requires nothing more from you than having a Yahoo ID. The live draft is scheduled for Saturday, March 28th, at 5:00 pm Eastern (that will be 2:00 pm for anyone on the West Coast - everyone else can do their own time conversions). A Yahoo fantasy baseball draft usually lasts about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
The league id is # 166393, and the password is cubssuck. (Pithy, I know!!)
To sign up, go here: Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Signup Page
and enter the league id and password in the appropriate places.
Cubs fans and Cubs hater's are especially welcome - but anyone with an interest can join. I only ask one thing from you: be active, and participate until the bitter end. Nothing is worse than a league where half or more of the managers give up at the All-Star break.
A few more details:
- It's a head to head league(H2H) (that means you compete against one other manager each week - and collect wins and losses or ties depending on your statistics in several offensive and pitching categories).
- The roster spots are you standard catcher, first bases, second base, etc. There are 3 outfielder spots (not tied to any specific outfield position). There are 7 pitching spots (distributed between starting pitcher, relief pitcher, and generic pitcher spots).
- Here is the entire breakdown of the roster positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL
- I added an extra DL spot compared to standard leagues.
- A normal H2H league in Yahoo is 5x5 (i.e. there are 5 offensive categories & 5 pitching categories you compete in). This league is a 7x7 league. The categories for this league are: R, H, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OPS, W, L, SV, K, HLD, ERA, WHIP
- The minimum innings pitched each week is 21.
- Trades are subject to approval/disapproval by the commissioner.
Ok, that's it. If you're interested, you're welcome to join. The league is limited to 12 managers - so once that limit has been reached we'll be out of space. Thanks for your time, and to those who are interested, I hope you join and have fun!!