March 19, 2004

I have to wake up at noon? It was probably part of the plan, but don't be shocked if I end up taking someone really stupid in an early round.

posted by 86 at 11:05 AM on March 19, 2004

ARGH EARLY DRAFT NUMBER AGAIN! oh fuckity fuck. i'll be wide awake and ready for this. i have to get up early to get my right field roof tickets.

posted by jerseygirl at 12:32 PM on March 19, 2004

bleh. what happened to your computer?

posted by jerseygirl at 01:53 PM on March 19, 2004

single season as of right now, I don't know what we will do next year, but i'm excited to see how sportsline compares to yahoo during the season. and i'm certainly not drafting wickman this time.

posted by corpse at 02:36 PM on March 19, 2004

ohmygod, i haven't slept, how am i going to draft!!!! when i'm lucid again, my fantasy team is going to be funny.l

posted by corpse at 09:53 AM on March 20, 2004

two leagues?

posted by djacobs at 11:17 AM on March 21, 2004

I have two injured catchers ... want one?

posted by jasonspaceman at 02:16 PM on March 21, 2004

Any chance someone will post the draft results to a location that everyone can view?

posted by grum@work at 10:06 PM on March 21, 2004

Brandon Inge? Luis Rivas? Yuk! And I'm REALLY surprised Affeldt made it that late in the draft. And Jose Cruz Jr. The only pick in the first 5 rounds that I thought might have been a "bad" one is Derek Jeter in round 2. But I'm really stretching to call it a "bad" pick. This should be a competitive league.

posted by grum@work at 07:31 AM on March 22, 2004

corpse: I know that feeling. I had Rivas in another pool last year (and Inge! and R.Santiago!). I always wonder if it wouldn't be better to NOT draft a craptacular backup and just snag one from the waiver wire (with 30 teams and only 15 competitors in the league, there will ALWAYS be someone else available), and use that draft pick to go after a potential breakout player before he, well, breaks out and gets snagged by someone else with a higher waiver number than you.

posted by grum@work at 11:31 AM on March 22, 2004

I tried harder to pick up the players I really wanted, sometimes choosing them a little early to make sure I got them. I got Juan Pierre, Jarrod Washburn and Bobby Crosby, but I missed Troy Percival and Joe Mauer. Does anyone know who Gunboats is?

posted by dusted at 04:31 PM on March 22, 2004

yea, I work with gunboats. He's part of the law and order force where I work. He's a Yankee fan so be nice.

posted by jasonspaceman at 08:18 PM on March 22, 2004

yea, I work with gunboats. If he's into sports enough to be in a roto league, he's a SpoFi kind of guy. Sign him up! We need access to all players for smackdowns and trash talk.

posted by dusted at 11:42 PM on March 22, 2004

What? I'm not a "good" Yankee fan?

posted by jbou at 10:04 AM on March 23, 2004

no, you're not.

posted by jerseygirl at 10:32 AM on March 23, 2004

Absolutely not.

posted by dusted at 10:49 AM on March 23, 2004

jbou: Yes, you are. In the way that it gives the anti-Yankee fans someone to channel their hate towards. :)

posted by grum@work at 11:15 AM on March 23, 2004

I can't believe you all think I'm not a good Yankee fan, Is it because I have a two posters in my living room that sit under the carved number 1918, one poster is of Babe Ruth in a sox uniform, and the other is Babe in a Yankee uniform? Is it because I have my Bucky fucking Dent bat, poster, and ball on display for all Red Sox fans who enter my home in Massachusetts to see? All because the Sox can't make you proud don't hate on me, fuck it, hate on me, it beats you all being deppressed.

posted by jbou at 11:42 PM on March 23, 2004

Wow! Tough room! No respect for jbou!

posted by jasonspaceman at 05:26 AM on March 24, 2004

here's the fatal flaw in your reasoning jbou. all the people who said you aren't a good yankee fan aren't all red sox fans. i am under the impression goddam may even be a yankee fan. I think Bern may have disowned you once too. Ouch? we don't know much about your living room. we just know how you act in spofi. que sera sera. you carved 1918 into your living room wall? ehhh...

posted by jerseygirl at 07:21 AM on March 24, 2004

a good yankee fan doesn't go out of his/her way to root against the red sox first and root for the yankees second....if you need 1918 on a mantle to celebrate being a yankee fan...you're not much of one IMHO. back on topic: so who's not happy with their squad? i know i'm not. light hitting outfield and middle infield issues look to plague me....it's bad when you need pat burrel to *really* bounce back...

posted by oliver_crunk at 09:46 AM on March 24, 2004

Just back from vacation and wow does letting auto-pilot run suck.

posted by YukonGold at 11:07 AM on March 25, 2004

woah woah woah! I NEVER said I didn't like jbou! I just figured everyone was having fun with jbou and I thought I'd throw in a little joke. I could never hate someone because of the team they cheer for... ...unless they cheered for the Ottawa Senators. Then it's more like pity, than hate. :)

posted by grum@work at 03:08 PM on March 25, 2004

Well, let's put it this way. There are 10 players taken in the final three rounds that I would have gladly taken over any player auto-drafted for me after Round 6! If I can tell the kids out there anything it'd be: Look both ways before crossing the street. Stay away from cigarettes. and Always finish pre-ranking when you know you're gonna mis a draft. If I can change just one kid's path in life it will at least allow me to rest peacefully. ps. If you have any of those 10 players and want to trade them to me...please do.

posted by YukonGold at 05:51 PM on March 25, 2004

You had to know he would. Like he's gonna turn down a few million dollars to sit at home and wait to be a setup man for pennies come July? Hip Hip Hooray!

posted by YukonGold at 09:07 PM on March 25, 2004