Jeff- I'm anxiously awaiting the further details about the "other contenders" as you promised.....<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Jeffrey Winick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com" target="_blank">jhwinick@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" face="arial"> More details coming, but here's the bottom line:
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<div>The top two teams are Berliners and Red Hots - both will be in the drivers seat this season. Weaknesses for the Red Hots are 2nd catcher (Hayes) and 5th outfielder (Sweeney). Two slots that he ought to have little trouble filling with a dump trade or two. But what is he going to dump? Best keepers are Darvish and Wilhelmson but they are going to be hard to replace. Zunino is a nice bean, but we all know how bean catchers generally do. However, this team is solid and will be in it to win it. </div>
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<div>Berliners have a quintessential Shandler team, but with a number of question marks - Parmalee, Lowrie, Young, Scott, Bailey, Tillman and Danks to be precise. If they perform as hoped, Berliners are the team to beat. If they struggle, Berliners have lots of work to do. But the Berliners have plenty of players to trade: Hosmer, Machado, Jennings, Peavy, Moore and Buxton. Definitely in it to win it.</div>
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<div>The only other team that looks like a serious challenger is, believe it or not, the Bombers. No real holes other than Alexi Casilla, which isn't a big deal. Great balance and if he gets lucky with his pitchers (Hughes, Santana, Strailey), he will be in serious contention for the Damon. Of course, Mark's well known reluctance to pull the trigger on a deal will be an impediment, but there's no question this was an outstanding draft for the Bombers.</div>
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<div>Other contenders, in order of strength are: Hoosier Daddies, Skippies, Riptorns and Klein Nine. I'll provide further details tomorrow.</div>
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<div>Good luck everyone. The shop is open and the Berliners are ready to rock and roll.</div>
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<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> I guess you haven't heard the news that Prince experienced an epiphany and decided to retire! BTW, my<br>
secret formula has Rich as the favorite, but not by much. Surprisingly, yours truly and Jeff W. seem to be on<br>
his heels, and there's a clump right behind us. Hey, I'm only the messenger. And it might be a surprise to <br>
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<div dir="ltr">Best email of the day. Thanks for the hardy chuckle.
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<div>Note to the league: I have started to post the rosters I have, but I am still missing some.</div>
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Brad: don't have a cardiac arrest but somehow Prince Fielder is not in the database. Seriously.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Brad Jansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com" target="_blank">bljansen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Kerbs, thanks for the link.<br>
Good seeing everyone today, including our special guest Jeff Cohen. Jeff W, thanks for the cardboard boxes and diet Coke. Awesome. I am so charged up right now I could trade away Trout. <br>
Andy, thanks for your entertaining impersonation of Woody Allen playing fantasy baseball.... Please, next year bring your life coach or therapist.<br>
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Rock and roll in '13. The Rips are ready to at least take down the Berliners' wall.img
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 6:54 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" face="arial">I <font color="black" face="arial">enjoyed it, too, although it's better to at least be able to hope for a chance at a title run. Oh well, not this year. It was great to see all of you.<br>
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For those of you with designs on the title, I have three words: first mover advantage.<br>
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By the way, here's a link to the BA capsule bio on the guy I took with the last pick in the rotation draft (he actually does exist): <a href="http://www.baseballamerica.com/statistics/players/cards/38961" target="_blank">http://www.baseballamerica.com/statistics/players/cards/38961</a>.<br>
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As Andy always says, our draft day is the best day of the year. And today was no exception.
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<div>It was great to see all of you.</div>
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<div>Jeff -- thanks for hosting.</div>
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Mark B -- thanks for everything that you do to keep the league running.</div>
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<div>Can someone tell me what Jeff paid for Parmalee?</div>
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