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Who are you, G-Men?Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt
Who are you guys? If you guys don't reveal who you are by Sunday 9:00pm PST, I'm kicking you out of the league. This league is for people who actually post in the Giants Thread (except LazyJOriginally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt
Alright, who are "Giants" and "G-Men" in the Giants League?), not the random Joe Schmo off the street.
I want to know so I can move on to the next step, which is setting up the draft date and time.
Warriors post gameOriginally Posted by FRANCHISE 55
I am skeptical about FP to say the least.
i didnt know thatOriginally Posted by GSDOUBLEU
you guys know theres a giants forum on yuku?
http://giantsvirtualforum.yuku.com/directory
Giants expecting more big things from Sandoval[table][tr][td]
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The San Francisco Giants are expecting more big things from young slugger Pablo Sandoval.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy had thoughts over thewinter about moving the switch-hitting Sandoval from his customary No.3 spot in the batting order to cleanup, hoping to take advantage of apower stroke that produced 25 home runs, 90 RBIs and a .330 averagelast year.
But the signing of first baseman Aubrey Huffprompted Bochy to alter his plan. He'll bat Huff cleanup and keep the23-year-old Sandoval at No. 3.
"I'm just going to go out and play. It doesn'tmatter where I hit," Sandoval said Tuesday, when the Giants held theirfirst full-squad workout of spring training.
And it doesn't seem to matter where the ball is pitched.
"He's got tremendous talent to hit a baseball.It doesn't necessarily have to be in the strike zone," Bochy said."He's very tough to pitch to. Up high, down low, in and out. He's a guyI know we lean on, and at the same time other teams talk about, "Don'tlet Pablo beat you.' That's how good he is."
Sandoval is popular among his teammates, too.They affectionately call him "Kung Fu Panda," a reference to hisboundless energy and 5-foot-11, 245-pound frame.
"We have a bunch of guys like that," catcherBengie Molina said. "That helps get you relaxed. But he knows when tobe serious and takes care of business on the field."
Sandoval provided a glimpse of his potential in2008, hitting .345 in 41 games, then played in 153 games last year. Heplayed 120 games at third base, 26 at first base, three at catcher,four interleague games as a designated hitter, and one as apinch-hitter.
"He can hit the ball, no question," Molina said."I always look at who is before him and who is after him and whetherthey are better because of him. I'd say that is definitely the casewith us."
Sandoval played winter ball back home inVenezuela and worked out in Arizona in the weeks leading up to thestart of camp. He talked about maintaining the proper tempo, fromeating properly to being fundamentally sound on the field.
"A good tempo is what you have to have. We haveit," he said. "I like playing third. I like the hot corner. My hitting... I just want to do the same that I have been doing, working hard."
NOTES: Bochy was pleased with the club's firstworkout, but said Wednesday's session would be about an hour longer aspitchers stretch their arms out. ... OFs Darren Ford and Thomas Neal(non-roster) looked strong with the bat, along with catcher BusterPosey. ... The team is expected to play its first intrasquad game onMarch 1, two days before its spring training opener against Seattle inPeoria.
http://giantsvirtualforum.yuku.com/directory
Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt
Ok cool. We have a full league of 12 teams. Now what I'd like to do is for everyone to post their availabilities for the week of March 7-13. We'll hold our Live Draft then. We'll look to see what day and what time slot is best of most, if not all teams, to schedule the draft. Below is a grid we can use to post our availabilities. Just copy and paste it with your availabilities. Thank you and let's have a great fantasy baseball league this year!
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MARCH 8
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MARCH 9
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MARCH 10
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MARCH 11
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MARCH 12
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MARCH 13
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[/td] [td]10am-all day
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[/td] [td]9am-8:30pm[/td][td]9am-all day
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[/td] [td]9am-8:30pm[/td][td]9am-8:30pm[/td][/tr][tr][td]patrickcakes
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[/td] [/tr][tr][td]The FreaK
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[/td] [td]10am-all day
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I just added a couple "N/A's" so that it doesn't look empty.Originally Posted by Burn916
[table][tr][th=""]TEAM
NAME
[/th][th=""]SUNDAY
MARCH 7
[/th][th=""]MONDAY
MARCH 8
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MARCH 9
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MARCH 10
[/th][th=""]THURSDAY
MARCH 11
[/th][th=""]FRIDAY
MARCH 12
[/th][th=""]SATURDAY
MARCH 13
[/th][/tr][tr][td]715
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]Paul Is On Tilt
[/td][td]10am-all day
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[/td][td]9am-8:30pm[/td][td]9am-all day
[/td][td]9am-all day
[/td][td]9am-8:30pm[/td][td]9am-8:30pm[/td][/tr][tr][td]patrickcakes
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]Los Zurdos - Burn 916
[/td][td]all day[/td][td]12pm-all day[/td][td]all day[/td][td]12pm-all day[/td][td]all day[/td][td]N/A
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]FRANCHISE 55
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[/td][td]10am-all day
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Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt
I just added a couple "N/A's" so that it doesn't look empty.Originally Posted by Burn916
[table][tr][th=""]TEAM
NAME
[/th][th=""]SUNDAY
MARCH 7
[/th][th=""]MONDAY
MARCH 8
[/th][th=""]TUESDAY
MARCH 9
[/th][th=""]WEDNESDAY
MARCH 10
[/th][th=""]THURSDAY
MARCH 11
[/th][th=""]FRIDAY
MARCH 12
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MARCH 13
[/th][/tr][tr][td]715
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[/td][td]
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[/td][td]
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]Paul Is On Tilt
[/td][td]10am-all day
[/td][td]9am-8:30pm
[/td][td]9am-8:30pm[/td][td]9am-all day
[/td][td]9am-all day
[/td][td]9am-8:30pm[/td][td]9am-8:30pm[/td][/tr][tr][td]patrickcakes
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]Los Zurdos - Burn 916
[/td][td]all day[/td][td]12pm-all day[/td][td]all day[/td][td]12pm-all day[/td][td]all day[/td][td]N/A
[/td][td]N/A
[/td][/tr][tr][td]FRANCHISE 55
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]The FreaK
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]Used to be Cool
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
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[/td][td]
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Statue of Selig
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[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][/tr][tr][td]JJA89
[/td][td]10am-all day
[/td][td]5pm-9:30pm[/td][td]5pm-9:30pm[/td][td]5pm-9:30pm[/td][td]5pm-9:30pm[/td][td]10am-all day[/td][td]10am-all day[/td][/tr][tr][td]Dc UniTeD
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]Bum Gardener
[/td][td]dont know yet
[/td][td]anytime after 7
[/td][td]7pm-
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That's the latest week I have for my work schedule. I could change it to the week of Feb. 28-March 6. I was thinking about doing it then, but that would only give us 4 days to get everything together. I would need everyone to respond before the start of that week. I might be cutting it close, but I guess I could do that to accommodate your Vegas trip. Would you be free that week?Originally Posted by What up
Why does it have to be that week? I'll be in Vegas March 6-11 .....
My spot in the league will be put up for auction on Ebay sometime this week.
Originally Posted by What up
* - I reserve the right to tell you to eff off if I don't like you.
[table][tr][th=""]TEAM
NAME
[/th][th=""]SUNDAY
MARCH 7
[/th][th=""]MONDAY
MARCH 8
[/th][th=""]TUESDAY
MARCH 9
[/th][th=""]WEDNESDAY
MARCH 10
[/th][th=""]THURSDAY
MARCH 11
[/th][th=""]FRIDAY
MARCH 12
[/th][th=""]SATURDAY
MARCH 13
[/th][/tr][tr][td]715
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][td]
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Paul Is On Tilt
[/td][td]10am-all day
[/td][td]9am-8:30pm
[/td][td]9am-8:30pm[/td][td]9am-all day
[/td][td]9am-all day
[/td][td]9am-8:30pm[/td][td]9am-8:30pm[/td][/tr][tr][td]patrickcakes
[/td][td]9pm-
[/td][td]N/A
[/td][td]all day
[/td][td]N/A
[/td][td]N/A
[/td][td]all day
[/td][td]8pm-
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Los Zurdos - Burn 916
[/td][td]all day[/td][td]12pm-all day[/td][td]all day[/td][td]12pm-all day[/td][td]all day[/td][td]N/A
[/td][td]N/A
[/td][/tr][tr][td]FRANCHISE 55
[/td][td]
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[/td][td]
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[/td][td]
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]The FreaK
[/td][td]8pm -
[/td][td]11:30am -
[/td][td]1:00pm -
[/td][td]11:30am-2:30pm
[/td][td]1:00pm -
[/td][td]11:30am -
[/td][td]8:30am - 12:30pm
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Used to be Cool
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]Statue of Selig
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]JJA89
[/td][td]10am-all day
[/td][td]5pm-9:30pm[/td][td]5pm-9:30pm[/td][td]5pm-9:30pm[/td][td]5pm-9:30pm[/td][td]10am-all day[/td][td]10am-all day[/td][/tr][tr][td]Dc UniTeD
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]dland24
[/td][td]
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[/td][td]
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[/td][td]
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[/td][td]
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Bum Gardener
[/td][td]dont know yet
[/td][td]anytime after 7
[/td][td]7pm-
[/td][td]7pm-
[/td][td]7pm-
[/td][td]7pm-
[/td][td]dont know yet[/td][/tr][/table]