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  • Wife Looking for Friendly Non-Keeper League

    My wife's jumping on the fantasy baseball bandwagon. I'd like to get her in a fun league with knowledgeable owners instead of taking a random chance on an ESPN or Yahoo league. Anyone have any opening?
    While the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.
    --Sherlock Holmes

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    What about the HQ leagues?
    What's the rumpus?

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    • #3
      That's a good idea. I'll see if there's still openings.
      While the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.
      --Sherlock Holmes

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      • #4
        Has there EVER been a women-only fantasy league? I'd love to know.

        24th year for us, and not a single woman has ever inquired about the league or been suggested by an owner (admittedly, we haven't had an opening since 2002, but before that we used to have 1 every year or two).
        NL 12-team 5x5 auction keeper. no bench, limited 'free' moves #oldschool
        our owners have a combined 292 years of experience in this 36-year-old league that is being cryogenically frozen until spring 2021.
        a redraft, no-transaction "race to the finish" served as our 2020 entertainment

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        • #5
          If there were openings how would one find them? My league is slowly disintegrating so close to draft day.
          "In this world, Elwood, you must be" - she always called me Elwood - "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

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          • #6
            The signups for the HQ leagues will start very, very soon. There will be an announcement and link on the main page.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Howie M View Post
              Has there EVER been a women-only fantasy league? I'd love to know.
              Now that would really be a fantasy league!

              We've had several women in our leagues over the years (and still do) and I see no difference between them and their male competitors. Some very good - some not so much. My experiences with women owners (as opposed to real life) have been uniformly good.

              Just don't make any Marge Schott jokes.
              What's the rumpus?

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              • #8
                "Wife Looking for a Friendly Non-Keeper League"

                RobR, does your wife not view you as a keeper, then?
                MiLBAnalysis.com / @NickRichardsHQ

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                • #9
                  In last year's HQ leagues (ten in all), there was one woman. Can't remember exactly, but I think her team did pretty well.

                  You know, an all-female Roto league would probably get some attention.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Nick View Post
                    "Wife Looking for a Friendly Non-Keeper League"

                    RobR, does your wife not view you as a keeper, then?
                    He's been optioned. She'll decide next year.

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                    • #11
                      No Differences

                      O.T.

                      As long as we area talking fantasy leagues, I hope you see SOME differences between them and their male competitors. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

                      Actually, I wonder about the gender participation on the site?
                      "In this world, Elwood, you must be" - she always called me Elwood - "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by TOM@HQ View Post
                        You know, an all-female Roto league would probably get some attention.
                        You're telling me!

                        Originally posted by jtownjohn View Post
                        Actually, I wonder about the gender participation on the site?
                        I'm willing to bet 95% male, at least. Mostly because of sexist comments like mine above.
                        What's the rumpus?

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by jtownjohn View Post
                          Actually, I wonder about the gender participation on the site?
                          I'd expect the % of posters who are female is even smaller than the % of subscribers who are female.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Old Tom View Post
                            Just don't make any Marge Schott jokes.
                            You certainly wouldn't want to offend the Nazis in your league.

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                            • #15
                              Three charter members of a league I've been in since 1992 are women, and all three have won at least once, and on average, those 3 finish better than the other 9 teams year-in and year-out.

                              One of them is a lawyer for Oprah (don't EVEN mess with her!)

                              One is a VP for Great American Insurance in investment management (she has her very own set of baseball metrics that she uses--BP would be jealous)

                              One is a private practice lawyer who used to be a prosecutor (she is very tough in trade negotiations).

                              The investment manager VP has a friend in Japan who regularly consults and tells her about the various players coming over. I rather doubt this is a reliable source, though, since she rostered Yoshii when he first came over.
                              The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen. -Bob Lemon

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