A New Dynasty, and a Dilemma

by Clutch on May 11, 2009 10:24 PM PDT

To the point: I've recently started an Angels Dynasty over at DynastyManager. You can find it here: http://www.dynastymanager.com/teampage.php?sport=mlb&u=SeanRobinson

I ran a dynasty a couple of years ago, which is also posted somewhere here on HH, and I'm going to try to do the same in this case--to keep everything pretty realistic and see how the parallel Halos match up against the real-life team.

I might be completely and totally off base in even asking the following, so please slap me/kick me/etc. if that is the case.

I've got a problem. I've been planning this dynasty for a while, since around mid-March, and haven't gotten to do it until now. In the meantime, as you know, real life has intervened.

You can see what the obvious problem is here. How do I most respectfully handle it? Should I pretend it never happened, and keep Nick in my rotation throughout the season? Or should I pretend he never existed and/or invent some story whereby he retired before the season began? I want to be able to feel some kind of "closure," as a fan, either way--but I'm not sure what the best way to handle that is, especially since other people are going to be following along, such that what I wind up doing is going to enthuse or anger others no matter which way I take this.

What do you all as fans feel the best way to go is? Am I completely off base even asking this?

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What to do?

Keep

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Never happened

7 votes

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How dare you burden us with this terrible dilemma

or, yeah, sorry you got this problem bro, why do you do beat yourself up like this?

by Rev Halofan on May 11, 2009 11:42 PM PDT reply actions

Meh

Figured I’d ask, but I know I’m toeing the line of trivializing.

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on May 11, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions

i am just razzing you

you bring up a good question:

is the role of ART to stick with reality and mimic it in order to uplift us with a reminder of what we have or is the role of art to go beyond what we experience and reveal what might be or what might have been?

Are we enlightened by a representation of the world we know or a presentation of the world we can never otherwise know?

by Rev Halofan on May 12, 2009 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs

Nice....

I’ll go with both.

RIP Nick...

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by jimmuscomp on May 12, 2009 12:40 AM PDT up reply actions

Nice

Thanks, Rev.

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on May 12, 2009 1:38 AM PDT up reply actions

This is a very tough question

But I think leaving Nick in your dynasty rotation leads to too many “what ifs.” I mean, yes, it is fantasy baseball, but I think its better to let it go. That’s my own personal strategy, but its more to each his or her own.

RIP #34

by linkbruin on May 12, 2009 12:12 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah

That is what I am leaning towards. I’ve wanting to pitch “just one last game” with him, but I’m having trouble finding a tasteful way to do it. Hmm. I have an idea, but it might border on cheese. We’ll see.

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on May 12, 2009 1:41 AM PDT up reply actions

Eh

I’ve been wanting to pitch…

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on May 12, 2009 1:41 AM PDT up reply actions

Nick's staying on my team for the rest of the season

It’s not ultra-competitive anyways.

http://inplaynoouts.blogspot.com/ - A blog about teams I like, written by me.
#34

by Carl Johnson on May 12, 2009 12:08 PM PDT reply actions

To clarify

I’m actually playing through all of these games—or as close to it as I have patience for—throughout the season on MVP 2005. So it doesn’t have any “real world” fantasy baseball impact, insofar as fantasy baseball has “real world” impact. Ha. Anyway, just thought I’d clarify. I want to keep things realistic—so I’m having Lackey and Santana start the season on the DL, with Vlad, Moseley, Jepsen, and Oliver following shortly after that—but the Adenhart tragedy presents an interesting problem. I have an idea of how to handle it and keep things realistic, but it might be cheesy, so we’ll see.

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on May 12, 2009 9:17 PM PDT reply actions

so what happened?

That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey

by anaheim angels on May 14, 2009 12:00 AM PDT reply actions

Still haven't done anything

I’m thinking of having him start and then no one ever mentions him again…just sort of “disappears,” or do some ultra cheesy thing wherein Cy Young appears and ushers him off…probably the former, though.

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on May 14, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Thanks, all, for the advice

I’m going to go with the ultra-realist approach and play things out as they happened, dedicating the rest of the season to Adenhart. Anything else risks cheapening the importance and depth of what happened. You’re right, Rev, it is a fine line between desire and reality in art, and I think in this case it’s more appropriate and/or more valuable to go with realism.

Thanks!

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on May 15, 2009 11:25 PM PDT reply actions

Update

I ended up using Nick in that first game—I didn’t manage to get any strikeouts—it’s tough!—but Nick went seven strong innings and only gave up two runs on eight scattered hits, for a good 2.57 ERA. I then just put all his pitching stats—i.e., pitch control, pitch velocity, etc.—at zero and released him from the organization.

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on May 26, 2009 6:00 PM PDT reply actions