I recall in Sam Walker's "Fantasyland" that he hired a woman with great cleavage to go around the room, making an attention-grabbing move, anytime any of the players he wanted came up for bid.
That may be extreme, but I'm wondering if anyone has any good theories on bidding success during live auctions, such as large and unpredictable raises, throwing out non-superstars in early bidding, or any bits of psychological warfare.
One basic strategy that I think many people use is to throw players you don't want in the early stage
For me, I always nominate closers and injury-prone starting pitchers early, because I don't want them on my team but other managers usually are willing spend good chunk of money of them.
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Nominate a new one everytime it is your turn. Start with the mid level catchers and it will get owners overbidding on them. The two or three you are targeting come out last in your bidding unless somebody brings them up.
I thought about alcohol, but isn't it likely to loosen inhibitions and make owners spend more than they might under sober circumstances? Maybe the trick is to get them drunk the night before, so they are bidding with a hangover. Then, when you are bidding against them, you announce your bids in an extremely high, aggressive voice. Perhaps your opponent will stop bidding against you because his head can't take the screaming.
bigwords wrote:I thought about alcohol, but isn't it likely to loosen inhibitions and make owners spend more than they might under sober circumstances? Maybe the trick is to get them drunk the night before, so they are bidding with a hangover. Then, when you are bidding against them, you announce your bids in an extremely high, aggressive voice. Perhaps your opponent will stop bidding against you because his head can't take the screaming.
Get them drunk and then let them waste their money on Barry Bonds, Griffey, Jeter, ect.
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Another Blown Save wrote:One basic strategy that I think many people use is to throw players you don't want in the early stage
For me, I always nominate closers and injury-prone starting pitchers early, because I don't want them on my team but other managers usually are willing spend good chunk of money of them.
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