Monday, October 13, 2008

Week 1 Blog Interview: PoconoMets



Q: Who is PoconoMets?
A: 45 M from NY PA and now Vegas

Q: How did you learn about whatifsports.com?
A: playing sim baseball

Q: Which games of ours have you played?
A: Tried Basketball

Q: Besides sports, what are some of your other interests and hobbies?
A: Fantasy Baseball, Football

Q: Which five people, past or present sit at your dream roundtable discussion?
A: Roberto Clemente, Nostradamus, Bill Clinton, Ponce de Leon, Princess Diana

Q: Who are your favorite players of all-time?
A: Roberto Clemente, Mike Piazza, Tom Seaver

Q: Which are your favorite teams of all-time?
A: NY Mets, NY Giants

Q: Did you play baseball or basketball (or other sports) growing up?
A: Baseball and Football

Q: What is the top sports-related thing you want to do in life that you have not yet done?
A: Visit other major league parks

Q: What would you consider your greatest WIS moment?
A: Haven't had any yet.

Q: In Hardball Dynasty, how do allocate your budget?
A: I'm a Steinbrenner type, so I have extra cash for Free Agents and trades

Q: How do you approach off-season events with players such as arbitration and free agency?
A: Try to keep those players that are worth keeping, but always looking for that impact player, mostly pitchers

Q: What is your general strategy for hiring/re-hiring coaches?
A: Absolutely hate it.

Q: How do you finalize rosters at each level? What role does spring training play in your decision making?
A: Look at the players coming up in the system and try to move them up accordingly.

Q: What is your basic strategy for setting your starting lineups and pitching rotation?
A: I like to keep the same lineup until i start losing then change it around a bit.

Q: What do you believe are the most important individual player ratings for performance?
A: Glove and speed

Q: How do you approach in-season player events like the draft, international prospects, waivers and promotions/demotions?
A: Try to recruit as many pitchers as possible, mostly for trade bait. I don't like bidding wars for Internationals

Q: Do you think your strategy will be conducive to building a multi-season dynasty? Or, do you feel that your team may be great for a couple seasons, but then must rebuild?
A: I've gotten close a couple of times to the playoffs. Apparently my strategy to win now hasn't produced a winner, so maybe i need to change my thinking.

Q: Do you have any favorite players from any of your HBD teams?
A: My favorite would be a pitcher with a good era and lots of strikeouts.

Q: How much time do you spend on your Hardball Dynasty teams? How much do you think is necessary to be competitive?
A: I'm on every cycle and spend about 30 minutes. I think you have to keep a limited number of teams to devote enough time to be competitive.

Q: Who are the users you respect the most?
A: I respect the commisioners, you do a great job of keeping us informed and keeping the league running smoothly

Q: What is your favorite aspect of HBD?
A: the 31 other owners, it's a great place to have fun as we compete

Q: What is your least favorite aspect of Hardball Dynasty? As it is still a relatively new game, if you could change three things about HBD, what would they be?
A: Coach hiring is the worst. We should be able to hire for multiple seasons and be done with it.

Q: If you were in one of our games, which sport would you play? At which position? And, what would you be rated?
A: HBD Baseball, Second Base. High contact, great glove and base stealing threat.

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