*** VD 9 Commentary Thread ***

[hacko]

We're gettin' old gents.

I am out - no time to crunch numbers like I used to (try).

Good luck all. Thanks for the invite johnny.

I was old when I first got in and work 60 to 70 hrs a week - no excuse - just get in

[johnnya24]

LFG

Need 2 people. Pick a list, randomize it, and PM it to me ... also make a post stating which list you have sent.

Name List:

Feral Slasher
Revo
Diablo
Johnny
Heyelander
Frae
Long John
Controller J
mjl
Hacko
DMT
Pogues

Number list:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

[DMT]

Randomized list of names (including Garp) sent to Johnny. If someone would be so kind as to randomize the numbers 1-13 and PM it to Johnny....

Done!

[johnnya24]

Was playing Starcraft 2, lost track of time:

Draft Order

1 TS Garp
2 Revo
3 DMT
4 Frae
5 Pogues
6 Heyelander
7 Feral Slasher
8 Hacko
9 mjl
10 Johnny
11 Diablo
12 Controller J
13 Long John

Names (from Eld)

Heyelander
Diablo
Pogues
Long John
DMT
Frae
mjl
Feral Slasher
TS Garp
Controller J
Revo
Johnny
Hacko

Numbers (from DMT)

6
11
5
13
3
4
9
7
1
12
2
10
8

[johnnya24]

OK for Garp eh!

[johnnya24]

Ok so let's finalize the format and get a spreadsheet up and running. Are we up to date with current stats through 2014 season?

I think there is an updated database with the latest stats that we can import. Does anyone remember what the database is called?

The finalized SS won't be available until the end of the first round when I'm sure how many participants are in the draft. If someone joined late, I'd have to rebuild the whole thing from scratch ... it's not like we need it for the first round anyway.

I'll provide a player list SS (hopefully with the updated stats), and hopefully get it updated with the latest numbers ASAP.

Edit: lahman database right?

[johnnya24]

Oh, I see you got it.

Yeah got it ... will need to do a little formatting to make it fit in with the current SS, and I'll provide the compete player list SS tomorrow.

[SeaDogStat]

Have fun, fellas! I'll be reading the draft and comments thread.

[johnnya24]

Has Garp been around yet?

Meant to get the stats sorted yesterday, but got sidetracked by Prison Architect ... damn that's an addictive game.

First time I've bought a game from G2A ... $5.

[johnnya24]

I have a variety of old spreadsheets, by the way. Most have my own rankings formulas but I can scrub that off if we need some sort of spreadsheet template.

I have all the SS's on my dropbox ... and I have a clean player stats only SS ... but I want to update it with 2013 and 2014 stats before I post it ... in case someone downloads and forgets to update.

[Long John]

something something dark side something something something complete

[johnnya24]

How we looking on this? When are we starting?

I'm on it right now ... I've been caught up the past 2 days, and didn't wanted to face a long session of copy pasta.

[TS Garp]

Hi all -- happy to be back in Vintage Draft land. Not sure how much I'll be checking the site itself so I'd be grateful if ElD or someone else could email me when I'm up.

[johnnya24]

The Lahman Database does not have IP as a pitching category ... WTF? What the hell is "IPouts"?

I've also had to manually calculate batting PA and BA.

Also looks like the Team ID formula has been changed, so that column is useless if we ever needed it.

[johnnya24]

... and of course, without IP, we can't calculate WHIP ...