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Post by glasspoet on Dec 3, 2014 17:14:23 GMT -5
2011 -- This was the start. I want to give special thanks to Commerce Comets, who has been a driving force for this league. He chose not to become a GST Commissioner, but his input has been invaluable!
Season Finish: 1. City of Champions 2. Northsiders 3. Judicial Activists 4. Commerce Comets 5. Polka Kings 6. Glassbreakers (Commish) 7. Clubbing Seals 8. Dodger Blue Babey 9. The Harangatangs 10. Wright Handed 11. Yellow Cap 12. Speedy Green Machine 13. Riverside Bullets 14. Mainiacs
GST Roto started with a 10x10 format. The points were lower. The Winning Margin the smallest of any year. Looked like Polka Kings would dominate, then City of Champions, then northsiders, then etc., etc. --- (same teams over and over) from first to 6th became the storyline of the league, over and over again. Didn't sort itself out until near the end. You can see the prevalence of the GST Regulars in the standings. Goes to show you. Hardly anyone returned, so you COULD say the league was a miserable failure -- but the league has only gotten bigger and stronger ever since.
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Post by glasspoet on Dec 3, 2014 17:30:39 GMT -5
2012 -- Ok, ok, so many of the teams DID in fact return. One of the new guys was TheGuru (now known as Fantasy Guru). It was special to see him and City of Champions compete in the same league, probably more so now looking back on it.
Season Finish: 1. The Guru 2. Northsiders 3. Commerce Comets 4. Potown Poboys 5. Mark Frydrich 6. City of Champions 7. Judicial Activists 8. Edmonton Royals 9. LA Islander 10. Riverside Bullets 11. Honey Nut Ichiros 12. The Harangatangs 13. Not of This World 14. Glassbreakers (Commish) 15. Rizzle 6
The Guru got the better of this one, the margin slightly larger than the previous year (2 more points).
This was another league that was VERY COMPETITIVE! Again, probably half the teams held the lead, or came close to it, at one time or another. No one held it overly long! I recall I even held it at one point, and I held last place most of the 2nd half and ended up next to last--WAY BEHIND.
The league contracted and spread out constantly. The same with the lead. When someone would stretch out the lead to seemingly never be caught, next thing you know, someone would take it over.
Fantasy Guru ended up with the Championship, though many GST Regulars were, once again, closing closely right at the end!
One of the Very Interesting Features of this league this year is the 2 Biggest Movers (by far) -- 1 ended up on Top of the League, while the other finished Dead Last. More proof, in GST, its NOT how many moves a team makes -- but the QUALITY of those moves.
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Post by glasspoet on Dec 3, 2014 18:07:17 GMT -5
2013 -- This is the year the league expanded to a 15x15 format. I like it -- if for no other reason than the Team Scores resemble Batting Averages. If you are at 400 -- you are the Ted Williams of GST Rotis. If you are below the Mendoza Line (200) then you are the Steve Drew of GST Rotis. Simple. The league expanded in size once again, this time to 17 -- it was very exciting!
Season Finish: 1. Northsiders 2. Blunt Force Trauma 3. Whiskeystarz 4. Hit N Run 5. Glassbreakers (Commish) 6. Potown Poboys 7. 1995 Atlanta Braves 8. Commerce Comets 9. Drinkup 6 10. City of Champions 11. Mindy 12. Screwballs 13. Chipper HOF 14. Judicial Activists 15. Grab Some Pine Meat 16. PC Yanks 17. EMC Bronx Bombers
This is the year Northsider FINALLY broke through, after two 2nd Place Finishes the last 2 years! I was never so pleased -- as nobody has "had my back" as much as Northsiders. It wasn't easy though! As par for the course with this league, teams would build up seemingly unsurmountable leads, only to be caught, followed by periods of closeness, only to have another team build up a Big Lead. I noticed this year how some teams would be constantly making Big Moves in the standings, both up and down, while other teams quieter -- just holding their ground all year. The Ending Lead was only slightly larger than previously with the smaller format -- so in essence, it was closer yet.
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Post by glasspoet on Dec 3, 2014 18:37:03 GMT -5
2014 -- This is the 1st year the league did not expand in size (it stayed the same), but there were less GST Regulars than ever (less than 1/3 the field) -- so it SEEMED to expand!
Season Finish: 1. DC Cubs 2. Commerce Comets 3. Glassbreakers (Commish) 4. 1995 Atlanta Braves 5. Blunt Force Trauma 6. Screwballs 7. Screwballs 8. Whiskeystarz 9. Gone Fishing 10. Punky's Punksters 11. Drinkup 6 12. Summer Passion 2014 13. Grab Some Pine Meat 14. Hit N Run 15. Sugar Shanes 16. Potown Poboys 17. Transaction Faction
Well, there weren't as many GST Regulars this year -- but they DID take 5 of the first 6 positions in the standings, so you could say it was the Best Year Ever for the GST Regulars! DC Cubs led the way with the Biggest Final Lead in League History! He didn't lead the entire year, but a good chunk, off and on -- he DID win the All-Star Break Payment as well as Win, so he did do QUITE FINE for himself! He ended up with 381, not Ted Williams Territory, but Close Enough -- its the Highest Points a Leader has ended up with yet! (Yes, we HAVE had teams flirt with 400 (Ted Williams Territory), some even getting well above -- and its Pretty Damn Exciting when it happens (not often, and usually not for long).
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Post by glasspoet on Oct 24, 2015 17:34:42 GMT -5
2015 -- We were a Bigger League than Ever!
Regular Season Finish: 1. Predators 2. Grand Theft Votto 3. Drink Up 6 4. Summer Passion 5. Israeli Bombers 6. Beer and Hit .400 7. Glassbreakers (Commish) 8. Cnacious 9. Eville Elite 10. Commerce Comets 11. DC Cubs 12. Potown Poboys 13. Hit N Run 14. Grab Some Pine Meat 15. Screwballs 16. Jamballs 17. 95 Atlanta Braves 18. Long Island Brawlers 19. Monster
Oh what a Year we had!! Many teams held the lead early on, some even for a Good While (even I held the Lead, for exactly ONE DAY), DC Cubs even got the Lead, at 1 point, well above 400 (that was Pretty Cool) -- but it was Drink Up 6, who had Paid his Dues in this league previously, that held it all the 2nd Half. He could never seem to pull fully away though. There were times when it looked like maybe he had -- but in the End Week Grand Theft Votto was the one who finally Caught Him, though many had tried before! That would be a Great Story if that were the End, but Our Story wasn't Done Just Yet!! On the LAST DAY of the Season Predators took the Lead from him!!! That's something you Don't See in FMLB Rotisserie!! Oh if that were the End of Our Story, it would certainly be a Wild Story -- but THAT'S NOT ALL!! Predators only had the Lead for that 1 LAST DAY!!!! You could play FMLB Rotis your WHOLE LIFE and NEVER see THAT happen!!!!! Pretty Fricking Amazing!!!!
High Score: 377.5 Low Score: 195.5
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Post by glasspoet on Feb 26, 2017 11:39:50 GMT -5
2016 -- We drafted with 19 Teams! Many old and new faces!!
Regular Season Finish: 1. Stealing First 2. Plate Dogs 3. Eville Elite 4. Potown Poboys 5. $crewballs 6. DC Cubs 7. Jamballs 8. Predators 9. Bat and Hit 400 10. The French Frog 11. Your Mom 12. Grand Theft Votto 13. Gordon's Drugstore 14. Glassbreakers (Commish) 15. Fenway Slammers 16. Hit N Run 17. Drinkup 6 18. Cnacious 19. Israeli Bombers
From the beginning it became apparent that one of the New Faces was a Big Mover. Making lots of moves had never been a Big Deal in this league prior. He started near the Cellar making more moves than anybody. But he moved Up the Standing slowly but steadily. Obviously he was making the Right Moves. It didn't seem he had a chance to get there, but Slowly he did. Eventually he took the lead and then did an Amazing Thing -- played with 400. I've always said in this league that you should think of your score like it was your Batting Average, to really get an idea of your situation. So 400 is Really a BIG DEAL. Stealing First accomplished that History by raising his score on the Last Day of the Season, ending with 400.5! It was a Compelling Story to watch enfold!
Most Moves: 277 Least Moves: 12 (Commish)
Most Points: 400.5 Least Points: 143.5
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