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Now "The Bird" Is Worm Food
04/13/09 05:13 PM
By
Pedregoso Rios
No! Being inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame would not have qualified Mark "The Bird" Fidrych for the Hall-of-Fame Death Watch Pool. R.I.P., crazy man.
P.S. Who knew Wikipedia kept a handy-dandy death-tracking page? Awesome!
No! Being inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame would not have qualified Mark "The Bird" Fidrych for the Hall-of-Fame Death Watch Pool. R.I.P., crazy man.
P.S. Who knew Wikipedia kept a handy-dandy death-tracking page? Awesome!
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For The Frick'n Record
04/13/09 05:09 PM
By
Pedregoso Rios
You’ve no doubt heard about the death of Philadelphia Phillies announcer Harry Karas. News accounts have all referred to him as “Hall-of-Fame” announcer, which likely prompted a lot of owners to check to see if they have him on their rosters. (No one did.) But here’s the deal: Harry Karas was not an inductee in the Hall-of-Fame and thus he was not eligible for the Hall-of-Fame Death Watch Pool. Instead, Karas was a Ford C. Frick Award Honoree. Even this HOF link makes a distinction between inductees and honorees when it says: “...Each award recipient (not to be confused with an inductee) is presented with a calligraphy of the award during the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony...” So it’s an award, not an induction, that announcers receive. So don’t go thinking you can backdoor a Frick award winner in future seasons.
And while we’re clarifying: Mascots in the Mascot Hall-of-Fame don’t qualify either, Sue Klinkhamer. So, even though you want the Phillies Phanatic to die in horrifying ways, his brutal death will not gain you any points towards the HOF Death Watch Pool. (Though, of course, it’s fun to know you hate the Phanatic that much; in the event of his untimely demise, we promise to all give you a toast.)
You’ve no doubt heard about the death of Philadelphia Phillies announcer Harry Karas. News accounts have all referred to him as “Hall-of-Fame” announcer, which likely prompted a lot of owners to check to see if they have him on their rosters. (No one did.) But here’s the deal: Harry Karas was not an inductee in the Hall-of-Fame and thus he was not eligible for the Hall-of-Fame Death Watch Pool. Instead, Karas was a Ford C. Frick Award Honoree. Even this HOF link makes a distinction between inductees and honorees when it says: “...Each award recipient (not to be confused with an inductee) is presented with a calligraphy of the award during the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony...” So it’s an award, not an induction, that announcers receive. So don’t go thinking you can backdoor a Frick award winner in future seasons.
And while we’re clarifying: Mascots in the Mascot Hall-of-Fame don’t qualify either, Sue Klinkhamer. So, even though you want the Phillies Phanatic to die in horrifying ways, his brutal death will not gain you any points towards the HOF Death Watch Pool. (Though, of course, it’s fun to know you hate the Phanatic that much; in the event of his untimely demise, we promise to all give you a toast.)
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League Primer For Potential Owners
04/02/09 11:59 PM
By
Pedregoso Rios
If you’re thinking about joining our league -- and we’d love to have you! -- here are some basics:
If you’re thinking about joining our league -- and we’d love to have you! -- here are some basics:
- This is fantasy baseball simplified. You choose a roster of hitters and pitchers. We award points to a hitter when he hits a home run and subtract points every time he strikes out. We award points to a pitcher for every strike out he throws and subtract points when he gives up a home run. The goal is to try to score more points than the other teams. It’s really that easy. League organizers track the stats and post the standings while you sit back and enjoy this here league blog.
- As sort of side-bets, we have two Death Watch pools. You choose five Hall-of-Famers and one Cardinal pitch you think might die during the season. Then you sit back and watch SportsCenter to see who might have kicked the bucket.
- We pay out every dollar that’s collected to season champs ... and there’s always a slew of champs. Like division champs. A hitting champ. A pitching champ. A regular season champ. An overall champ. You get the idea. Last season, 14 owners split $2,265.
- Did I mention that Joe Morgan is a Hall-of-Famer? In what other fantasy baseball league can you actively root for Joe Morgan’s untimely death and potentially win money when he mercifully finally does?
- To stay competitive, you can make ten trades over the season, though each one will cost you.
- When you become an owner, you agree to pay the $25 ownership fee and for every trade. If you don’t pay in a timely manner, you agree that we can make fun of you amongst your fellow owners for being a deadbeat. Why? Because if you don’t pay, the champs will be shorted what they rightfully earned.
- We have our own league bobblehead, the infamous Bobblehead-of-Lettuce.
- Rube Furrow is the alter-ego of Joe Livernois, the league founder. Pedregoso Rios is the alter-ego of Tony Livernois, the league founder’s brother with mean website Kung Fu. They operate the league by themselves as a sort of diversionary hobby, but they make it sound as though there really are front offices, real employees, and an actual town in California called Santa Lechuga.
- Santa Lechuga, which translates to Saint Lettuce, is not a real town. Don’t let Rube or Pedregoso convince you otherwise.
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