Michelle answers:

I’ve “cut and pasted” a long answer to another person’s similar question. The six team league will change the formula a bit, and I don’t know how FOX’s algorithm works. But, I thought the basic info might help you.

-Regards:

I’ve often thot about doin’ an article for Y! Sports about how to autopick successfully. I managed to get a gold, silver and bronze medal out of 4 fantasy basketball teams last year via autopick (3 for 4, woohoo!). Football’s a little tougher, but you can do it.

There are two main schools of thought – reaching and reverse drafting:

One, reaching: if you’re willing to skip, say, your fifth round pick, you can “reach” for the rest of your draft.

Rounds 1 to 4, are fairly predictable. Pre-rank or leave Y! Standard at least for RB’s and WR’s (drop or exclude the QB’s, or you could end up w/ both Bulger and Brees – too much value on the bench).

So, assume picks 1 – 40 are off the board by the time your 5th pick comes around. You should then look to the player ranked 51 or higher in the draft (preferably by ADP – average draft position, but the Y! Pre-rankings will do), and put that ordinarily 6th round player in, expecting him to be your 5th round pick. Repeat w/player 61+ for the 6th, then 71+ for the 7th, etc. (multiples of 12, of course, if you’re in a 12 team draft).

In Y! Leagues, where the algorithm will autodraft a starting lineup before it moves on to the bench, the computer will reach for the TE’s, Def, and Kickers for you. So, make sure none of them are ranked above 100 (120 in 12 team). It will take your highest ranked TE, DF, and K (you may want to put Bal or Chi above the TE’s).

Thus, rounds 7, 8 & 9 will be a TE, DF, and a K. Still worse, I think the algorithm will force you to take a backup of at least two of those positions, killing rounds 15 & 16. After the draft, you can trade ’em or exchange ’em from best available on the waiver wire. But, again, that’s why it’d be important in this strategy to keep your kickers all the way to the bottom.

Your second choice is to pre-rank a “reverse draft”. One guy did it in my Y! Autodraft league very successfully.

Reverse draft means to keep the first two rounds, but do ’em only with RB’s. Then, insert Gates at pick #21; Bears 22; and Vinatieri 23. At that point, you should have two good RB’s, including at least one stud, and THE premier TE, D, and K. It’s now round 6. A lot of live drafters will have waited til now for VYoung or Kitna. So, you can put in two mid-tier QBs selections if you want, and you can play matchup managment QB by committee through out the year. (Default will let you pick 4 QB’s and you don’t want that. So, be sure not to put in more than 3 names….) then, just rank WR after WR.

The theory behind the strategy is to have the best scorer PER POSITION at the most positions. You can use the strategy in a live draft, but it’s suitable for an autopick.
If it works, you’ll have the three best at TE, D & K, will be very competitive at the two RB spots as well as the WR3 (after the top 20 or so wideouts are gone, WR’s 21-40 are all about the same…); and you should be “okay” at the QB and WR2. The drawback – you’ll be lacking at WR1 from the first week flyover, and nobody can really predict the best D or K. But, reverse drafting can field a good team.

Either method can be made more effective if you know your draft position ahead of time. But, we rarely do.

I’d be interested to know how it turns out.

Stay up late pre-ranking!

– Regards

Michelle answers:

The number that is TYPICALLY attributed to a striker is No.9. It’s the number that most of the “clinical strikers” have on their jerseys, such as Inzaghi(ACMilan), Cruz(InterMilan), Toni(Bayern), Kovacevic (Olympiacos), Torres (Liverpool), and many many others. Alternatively, you can choose No.7,11,12,18,22,23,24,77,99. Hope I helped…

Michelle answers:

Because, if TV Executives do not get the “Dream Matchup” in the World Series – A POX will be placed upon their House !!

It’s Insane isn’t It ??

I don’t think a True Fan gives a Dang !!

My Team has not been in the Playoffs in 23 years, but I still Love to Watch, because I love Baseball !!

Even a 4-game Sweep scares the Heck outta them.

Trust Me !! Soon… The Negative Press about this Matchup, will disappear, as the TV Marketers dream-up some “hook” to make you think that this will be the Most Exciting Series, Ever !!

“….and You Will Especially Enjoy Our Commercials !!”

For the TV & maybe MLB, itself — Baseball is no longer a Sport, as much as it is “Entertainment” & “Big Business”

…and it is Sold as Such to the Public !!

They hope that someone who does not even care for Baseball, will be Brainwashed into thinking, “My God !! How can I Miss this Once in a Lifetime Event ??”

This applies to All Popular Sports IMO.

TV has to make everything LARGER THAN LIFE, instead of letting the Natural Beauty of the Sport, just “BE”

They want YOU to Affect the Sport, instead of allowing IT to Affect You.

I try to ignore it — In fact, when I watch a game, I turn-off the TV sound and listen to the Radio Guys — They are Much More Knowledgeable than the TV twerps IMO.

Am I making any sense or just ranting ?? Where’s my medicine…?

I have no idea, if I answered your Question, but I think the Other Answerers – DID 🙂

“Here’s to you, Joe Dimaggio”
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Michelle answers:

It’s been a veritable bashing potpourri.

First, the criticism that he was not being bellicose enough; at the end of February it was he was “pathetic” and “wimpy” for his comments, that he’s “not very bright,” that he was being “cautious in his criticism” of Gadhafi because of his past connection to Rev. Jeremiah Wright (posting this article on their website: http://www.wnd.com/index.php/index.php?pageId=267361 )

Then on 2/23, the lies began: anchor Bret Baier and his panel repeatedly claimed President Obama “has not released a statement” condemning the violence against protesters in Libya.

Charles Krauthammer also claimed Obama “has said nothing on what is happening in Libya” and added: “Why can’t the president find a voice, A. For reasons of morality, simply upholding our traditions? And secondly, our strategic interests. Here are the most anti-American regimes and he says nothing.”

Of course, Obama had indeed made such a statement five days earlier:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/18/statement-president-violence-bahrain-libya-and-yemen-0

But then, of course, after the attack began they tripped all over themselves to criticize it: they first painted a picture of a “President Gone AWOL” who “Bows (to) the UN” that “Authorizes No-Fly Zone” so that allies “Declare Military Action” while “Obama Outsources the War to the French.” So obviously the story climaxes with…

“Serious Doubts Raised About Obama’s War In Libya.” That’s right – it’s now Obama’s war. A military action that Obama was supposedly to indecisive to start, and too much a follower to lead, is now declared to be a full-fledged war that belongs solely to Obama.