[USML Announce] Miscellanious Ramblings

Sun Jan 11 11:50:57 EST 2009

Mark,

Just went to the website and see that both you and Jim are indicated to be "registered".? Where on the site does it show that you are Jim are "unregistered?"? 

TOeFuKi

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From: Mark Blocker <mbblocker at aol.com>
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Sent: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:37 am
Subject: RE: [USML Announce] Miscellanious Ramblings

Point by point in response to below.

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1 and 2.? Rick is not having the same problem.? When you pul up a list of all of the teams, it shows all owners as unregistered other than you and Rick.

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3.? If you go to www.usml.net, where Rich has the Constitution and other materials posted, you will see our official league name.? Its been that way for many years, including all of last year where the name appeared on the CBS site.

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4.? Jeff, just so we are clear, I am not trying to be an obstacle to switching to a new stat service, but I just want us to go in with eyes open.? I?d be happy to stay with CBS, but if the majority wants to switch, I will certainly work to make it happen.? Thanks for identifying this one anyway.

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From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of jhwinick at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 11:11 AM
To: announce at usml.net
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Miscellanious Ramblings

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1.? I will look into the issue of unregistered teams.? I'm interested to hear if Rick Gammons is h
aving the same problem.? If not, maybe we can isolate the differences and determine the cause.

2.? I expect that the problem in item #1 explains the problem in item #2.? Let's get that solved and then you should be able to make adjustments to the set up.

3.? This comes out of the blue for me.? I recall that we started using the acronym instead of the full name, but I'm certain I never voted to officially change the league name.? Serously....we're concerned that our league, along with Mount Sidley will show up in a google search?? And that is a problem because.......?????If we're really concerned about search engines pulling up our league, I say we change the league name to Uncle Stein's Major League.? I, for one, am not too concerned about any potential confusion.? And I'm quite confident that just like the company "Sidley Austin", Mr. Stein doesn't have any proprietary rights in his name other than in the context of the full law firm name.? By the way, a search of Sidley and Rotisserie, turns up Jennifer Sidley, Derek Sidley and "Uncle Larry Bodine".? It also turns up one reference to Uncle Sidley's Major League, so I'm afraid the cat is already out of the bag.? Interesting side note - if you search Sidley Rotisserie and Blocker you get "Paris Hilton Sex Tape Pics".? I have to admit that I feel a bit like Ja y Leno.? There should be enough great material to mine from this topic to keep me occupied the entire year.

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.? I don't disagree that switching services brings with it the likelihood of hiccups during the intial setup.? But given the known limitations of CBS, I think its worth the effort.? And I'm more than happy to assist.? OnRoto will be in its second year.? It is run by the guys who formerly owned TQStats.? The software is the TQStats software.? As you point out, it doesn't address our unique way of handling FAAB, but I am fairly certain that there isn't a system that would.? It does address waivers and appears to be more transparent with respect to the processing of FAAB bids.

I'll work on the site a bit to see if I can't figure out why you and Jim are having a problem.? I'll try to call later this afternoon or Monday.

TOeFuKi

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Blocker <mbblocker at aol.com>
To: 'USML Announcements' <announce at usml.net>
Sent: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:10 pm
Subject: RE: [USML Announce] Miscellanious Ramblings

Jeff:

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? Some quick observations on the website.

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1.? I had the same problem as Jim:=2 0I signed up but it still shows my team as unregistered.? I tried signing out and back in, but that made no difference.

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2.? It does not appear that I can alter any of the commissioner pages, such as ?basic set up.?? It lets me change the entries, but offers no way to save the changes.

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3.? One immediate favor:? please change th
e league name.? Many years ago we changed the league name to ?USML Rotisserie Baseball League.?? We did that so that search engines did not list our roto league in searches for Sidley.? (Humorous sidenote:? such a search probably still yields listings for Mt. Sidley, one of the tallest mountains in Antarctica, which incredibly is part of the ?Executive Committee Range.?? I am not making that up).

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4.? The site looks pretty similar to TQ Stats in terms of set-up, but it is really hard to tell how well it will work until we actually start using it.? Each time we have switched services, we have had some enormous start-up issues, and simply perusing the site does not tell you much.? It is also hard to tell how hard the initial data entry will be.? I can tell you right away that it will not handle e-bay bidding, and so we will have to make adjustments to the FAAB bidding each week, but that was true in TQ Stats as well.? One question I would have is how much we know about the people running it and whether they are likely to be around for awhile.? One of the benefits of sticking with the same service from year to year is that we can simply roll-over the rosters without data entry.

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? I am around this weekend if you want to talk.

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? -- Mark B.

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From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of jhwinick at aol.co
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Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 4:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Miscellanious Ramblings

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Jim,

The rosters haven't been entered, so if you're only seeing an empty roster, that is why.? If you can't link to your team at all, try using the code "FVMLUK".? Keep me posted as to whether that works.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Winick <jhwinick at aol.com>
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
Sent: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:39 pm
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Miscellanious Ramblings

As soon as I get to my computer I'll send you the code.?

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 10, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Jim Barrett <chicagojab at yahoo.com> wrote:

yes, I used that email address

--- On Sat, 1/10/09, Jeff Winick <jhwinick at aol.com> wrote:

From: Jeff Winick <jhwinick at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Miscellanious Ramblings
To: "USML Announcements" <announce at usml.net>
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 1:15 PM

Did you use this email address. If not, I need to send you a code. I'll send it later this afternoon.?

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 10, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Jim Barrett <chicagojab at yahoo.com> wrote:

I registered with the site.? It directed me to the USML and my team but it still says my team is unregistered.? Is there something else that I need to do?

--- On Sat, 1/10/09, jhwinick at aol.com <jhwinick at aol.com> wrote:

From: jhwinick at aol.com <jhwinick@
aol.com>
Subject: [USML Announce] Miscellanious Ramblings
To: announce at usml.net
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 11:31 AM

1.? I note that only Rick Gammons and I have signed on to OnRoto.com to check out the new site.? Please sign on and assess the site so we can reach a decision as soon as possible.

2.? To that certain someone who reveled in the departure of JJ Putz to the National League and waxed poetic about what that would mean for his team, here's a little news that brought a smile to my face this morning:

Jan 09, 2009 11:22 AM CST

Morrow prepping for starting gig 

The News
Former reliever Brandon Morrow is prepping for a starting gig in the Mariners' rotation for 2009, according to MLB.com. 

Our View
He is working on strengthening his right shoulder to handle 30-plus starts. He has a great arm and will compete for a role in the rotation at the onset of spring training, but will not likely have a solid supporting cast in Seattle, especially following the departures of closer JJ Putz and outfielder Raul Ibanez. 

That's all.

TOFK 

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