Thursday Chat

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:59 am

Hey folks, it's that time again so let's kick another afternoon off with a chat. As always, the topics are up to all of you. We're here to have some fun and chat a bit as the afternoon rolls on. So let's start chatting.

Plymouth · Post by **Plymouth** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:11 am

Tom, Which player that you think is currently being bantied about as a first rounder will turn out be a dud or has a high risk of injury this year? This question comes from someone that took Prior at #7 last year.......

seefer · Post by **seefer** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:11 am

Hi Tom. How are you today?

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:17 am

Originally posted by Plymouth:

Tom, Which player that you think is currently being bantied about as a first rounder will turn out be a dud or has a high risk of injury this year? This question comes from someone that took Prior at #7 last year....... I don't see too many duds to be honest, but if Soriano doesn't get his SBs back up he's a guy who could disappoint. Good thing I took him in the first round of one of my Expert Leagues, huh?

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:17 am

Originally posted by seefer:

Hi Tom. How are you today? I'm doing good. Thanks for asking.

seefer · Post by **seefer** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:19 am

Tom, any chance the Ultimate Draft order could be picked today?

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:21 am

Originally posted by seefer:

Tom, any chance the Ultimate Draft order could be picked today? I would say probably not. I know Greg is still getting all of the credit card info taken care of and I don't think he'll have that all finished today. Soon, though.

seefer · Post by **seefer** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:23 am

Are there going to be 30 picks (23/7) or 29 (23/6) for the mixed auctions?

baseballweenie · Post by **baseballweenie** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:23 am

Tom, I plan on booking my flight to Chicago tonight, and because of the small arrival window on that Friday, I have a question related to the 4pm Central start.

If we need to combine cities for an Auction, what's the absolute earliest it would start? 3pm Central?

Thanks!

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:25 am

Originally posted by seefer:

Are there going to be 30 picks (23/7) or 29 (23/6) for the mixed auctions? 30 picks.

seefer · Post by **seefer** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:26 am

Will the fungus on my left big toe go away on its own or should I have a doc look at it?

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:27 am

Originally posted by baseballweenie:

Tom, I plan on booking my flight to Chicago tonight, and because of the small arrival window on that Friday, I have a question related to the 4pm Central start.

If we need to combine cities for an Auction, what's the absolute earliest it would start? 3pm Central?

Thanks! It's a guess at this point because we would need to determine which cities would be merging. But I would say we wouldn't want to go much earlier than 3 p.m. Central time. Don't put that in stone yet, though.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:27 am

Originally posted by seefer:

Will the fungus on my left big toe go away on its own or should I have a doc look at it?

Go see a doctor and thank you for the very unappealing visual.

seefer · Post by **seefer** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:30 am

Eric Karabell wrote that a 20/20 season for Hollandsworth is possible.

Did I miss something here? Hasn't Hollandsworth had like 2 career threatning leg injuries? Also, isn't he in a position battle with Dubois and Hairston?

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:32 am

Baker said this week that Hollandsworth has been pencilled in as the starter in LF. Frankly I was shocked by this; it's been years since anyone thought Hollandsworth had any kind of decent potential. The word out of Chicago is that Hairston could rotate at all three OF positions and still get plenty of playing time. I downgraded him a bit on our rankings in light of Baker's announcement, but I still think at some point this season Hairston will be a full-time player and Hollandsworth a fourth outfielder. I think that's the best role for both of them.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:43 am

Tom, has there been any discussion about the time limit for players to be nominated in the auctions or what action is to be taken if someone goes over the limit. We don't want to have what happened in the NL auction in Vegas last year where one guy couldn't come up with any names and was passed over and over. Maybe have a minor league roster handy and throw out one of those at $1 if the team owner can't find someone.

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:44 am

tom,

who do you think will have the better overall ranking at the end of the season...me or seefer? be honest and choose one of us. thanks.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:46 am

Originally posted by Ken:

Tom, has there been any discussion about the time limit for players to be nominated in the auctions or what action is to be taken if someone goes over the limit. We don't want to have what happened in the NL auction in Vegas last year where one guy couldn't come up with any names and was passed over and over. Maybe have a minor league roster handy and throw out one of those at $1 if the team owner can't find someone. We won't set a specific time limit in the auctions but we'll keep things moving without the pace getting too frantic. That's something the facilitators will be told in advance. We won't have the facilitators bringing up players because the players you bring up -- especially late in auctions -- are often ones you want on your roster. So it will be up to each owner to be prepared and keep things moving.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:46 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

tom,

who do you think will have the better overall ranking at the end of the season...me or seefer? be honest and choose one of us. thanks. I think the two of you will each represent our event extremely well.

seefer · Post by **seefer** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:50 am

So much talk about Hudson Street. If the A's struggle out of the gate do you think they'd move Dotel and hand over the closer's job to Street? Is he really all that? I honestly don't know a lot about him.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:52 am

The A's are very high on Street. If they do move Dotel at some point I would believe Street is the guy they'll turn to as their closer.

seefer · Post by **seefer** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:58 am

Just wondering if anyone has XM satellite radio? Since they bought the baseball rights, are they currently doing baseball talk shows? I have Sirius and am "siriusly" thinking of switching as I am much more interested in baseball than football + basketball.

Top Dawg · Post by **Top Dawg** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:08 am

Originally posted by Tom Kessenich:

[/qb]I don't see too many duds to be honest, but if Soriano doesn't get his SBs back up he's a guy who could disappoint. Good thing I took him in the first round of one of my Expert Leagues, huh? [/QB][/quote]

Yea, I don't think I would pick him with the 2nd pick like I did last year either... that's for sure.

Top Dawg · Post by **Top Dawg** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:10 am

Tom - With the new muscle in Seattle (Beltre and Sexton), do you think Ichiro will run less this year?

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:16 am

1) Will you guys wait until the very last league is filled before drawing draft slots for the main event?

2) Can you get a link to your main website placed on the top of this message board?

3) Is there a way to add the "quick reply" option to this board?

Note...that Rotoworld magazine made me laugh when they said Alfonso Soriano would be a "good middle-round pick"...yea...so would Pujols.

~Lance