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From a Slow Draft held last November, at the First Pitch Arizona seminar: 15 Jonathan Lucroy C 16 Cory Luebke SP 17 Daniel Murphy 2B 18 Brandon League MR 19 Allen Craig 1B 20 A.J. Pierzynski C 21 R.A. Dickey SP 22 Matt Harrison SP 23 Rafael BetancourtMR 24 Chris Heisey LF 25 Zack Cozart SS 26 Chris ...

Current standings from League 3: 1 Team Feldman 39.0 72.5 111.5 2 Team Foerster 55.5 48.0 103.5 3 Gateway Cardinals 72.0 31.0 103.0 4 Team VanRiper 41.0 52.0 93.0 5 Dread Pirate Roberts 55.5 35.0 90.5 6 Big Fish 57.5 29.5 87.0 7 Team Potter 43.5 40.0 83.5 8 Northern Lights Crushers 23.0 59.5 82.5 9 ...

As the current first place team in one of these leagues, I'd sure love to see this too although I understand that it's set up as a 'private' league and thus might not be visible to us. If that's the case, is there any way to get a 1-45 overall standings perhaps on a weekly or bi-weekly basis? Even m...

Here is what two of Rotisserie's Founding Fathers are up to these days:

http://youtu.be/3mj3fLl8oSA

braun all the way back up to 1.1! It was the first NFBC league that he went higher than 4th. I believe Braun was taken 1.1 in one of the AFL leagues that were loaded on the NFBC system. I apologize if I'm mistaken. You are correct, it was Arizona Fall League #3. Top 5 were Braun, Kemp, Albert, Tulo...

It looks like the panic over at 3B has settled down just a bit, with a few guys going surprisingly later than expected (Zimmerman and Aramis in particular). A few are still going way too early IMHO (Lawrie, Sandoval) but the most interesting thing I see is that ARod and Youk seem to be joined at the...

What's happening with this? Did you get the missing emails? Any idea on when we'll get started?

I'll throw in a few I haven't seen yet: --Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Don't know why I always liked him better than Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn). --Dr. Tony Newman (James Darren) in The Time Tunnel. Before there was Quantum Leap, there was The Time Tunnel. And I can't...

I see three possibilities: 1) Texas if they don't sign Darvish. Mitch Moreland isn't going to block him, and neither will 36 year old Michael Young, who can still play multiple positions and let Prince DH 1-2 times per week. 2) Washington, whose owner will not let one year of LaRoche at $8m get in t...

Once a used car salesman, always a used car salesman...

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78 Days 'til the NFBC when both old rivalries and new get fired up once again. No matter, in 78 Days we're all rivals and for one of us it'll be a chance for immortality...... http://www.gymvalet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/BuckyDentTheHR.jpg I was at the Bucky Dent game in '78. Sophomore year in c...

I live about 12 miles from that hotel and know the area pretty well. First, you're going to need a car. It's about a 25 mile trip to Manhattan and is a bit isolated. There are plenty of restaurants/bars not far away on Route 17 in Bergen County, NJ or on Route 59 in Rockland County, NY (Mahwah is ex...

Greg, why don't you poll the 45 owners from the AFL Draft-and-Hold leagues to get their opinion? My guess is that the vast majority of them would be first-time players, and I'm guessing few of them monitor these boards. Yes, it's a small sample, but so are the active members of these boards (which a...

Originally posted by KJ Duke: Whatever the name, I'd skip the non-descriptive adjectives and go with some baseball lingo. Here is a list of players who wore the number 12: Wes Ferrell (Red Sox) Bobo Newsome (Red Sox) Pumpsie Green (Red Sox) Bobby Avila (Red Sox) Jose Tartabull (Red Sox) Ernest Riles...

I was a participant in League 1 and Avila went at the end of the 6th. Also, there's a mistake in our list above as the #9 pick was not Justin Upton but instead Michael Bourn (Upton went at the turn with pick #16). It was a fun experience but there were so many first-time drafters involved that I'd t...

Other than a couple of starters (CC, CJ), some decent closers, Prince, Albert, Reyes and maybe Aramis and Beltran, this list is a Big Yawn. True, some of the guys with asterisks are pretty interesting (Cano, Phillips, Yadier) but their option is Club or Mutual, so they're probably not going anywhere...

Originally posted by Cowboy Joe: If the goal is to increase the customer base, especially at live events, I suggest a different but complementary model to the main event. 1. Set the entry fee at the lowest point that is cost feasible to the NFBC. I bet there are far more prospective players who hold...

Just to throw it out there (not sure if this will help or hinder the discussion): why not just create one "Anonymous" league? Pick some pre-Main leagues (perhaps one at each pricing level) and say "if you want to play anonymously at the $350 level, here is the league. It will be the only $350 pre-Ma...

I think you missed one on the list of players who have played for 10+ years with just one team: Brian Roberts has played 11 seasons with the Orioles, and "O"nly them...

Mike Morse went for some huge numbers in a few leagues. LaRoche's torn labrum could turn Morse into the full-time 1Bman the rest of the season, plus he had a hot week.

Just got back from tonight's game, and they again played bullpen-by-committee but with a brand new set of arms. MacDougall takes the 7th, just like the night before. Then comes Rubby de la Rosa, throwing 96mph gas to cover the 8th. Then, the save goes to...Javy Guerra. Wha??? So that's the 8th innin...

I was at this game last night (in Houston for business). Jansen threw everything at around 92-93mph, which is just a bit below his usual 94-95. The main problem was, as usual, lack of control over that heat. When he missed the zone, he missed big. He was on his way to a usual Jasen inning (2 baserun...

I was at that Yankee game (took my son for his 11th birthday) when they set the record for GIDP's, and Harrison was constantly around the plate and did a nice job of mixing things up. Yanks were constantly chopping at the ball, resulting in all of those grounders. He also fielded his position quite ...

Well, I guess I'll be the buzz kill in the room...I think it's a little far-fetched, in all honesty.

Originally posted by ALL-IN JD: Thanks for the mention Jack. Thoroughly enjoyed the draft and looking forward to defending the title. Happy to go to war with the team I drafted: Posey (20) Soto (14) Ike Davis (6) Uggla (18) Castro (9) Headley (7) Brignac (1) Adam Laroche (9) Heyward (20) Rasmus (19)...