Circle of Jerks

This is not a slam on our league rules, it's just a vocalization of my frustration.

I wish I could start Aubrey Huff at 3B to start the year. He's slated to be Tampa's starting third baseman, but since he only played 4 games there last year I can't start him there this year until the second week. It sucks having someone that good on my bench because of a technicality. Maybe there should be a rule that if a player is slated to start the season at a given position, they can qualify for that position. Just a thought. Or blog. Whatever.

Does anyone have a myspace page? My page is http://www.myspace.com/osgoodjr if anyone's interested.

4 hours. That's how long it took. 4 hours. That feels very long. But, if you consider we have 11 owners and if they averaged 1 minute per pick for 22 rounds, that comes out to 242 minutes. 4 hours.

So, despite our troubles with a certain owner who shall not be named, we still finished in a reasonable time. Now, would I LIKE to go faster? Hell yes. I don't see why we can't do it in half the time. If you are paying attention during the draft you should have several guys queued up and ready to go when it's your pick.

I think next year's commish might think about the draft a little more and how it might go more smoothly. I think 1 person not having 10 beers might help too. :)

Ok, besides that, is everyone happy with their team? I think I have a decent, well balanced team. I didn't go nuts over one position as I have in the past ("this is the year I get saves") . I'm a little upset that I took Bonds but despite his evilness he could put up some big numbers. I hope he doesn't and I have to bench him or even cut him but who knows for sure. I guess the only thing we do know is that my stats may have an asterisk next to them.

I can't believe we're back to discussing draft order for the league. We have been through every possible scenario since this league's inception... even as much as every third person gets the first pick of the next round... and I think that all this is going to do is cause a whole bunch of disgruntled owners. Last season we went with the traditional snake draft, and we had some people from the bottom, middle and top of the pack finish in the top of the league. To go last to first for any amount of rounds is rewarding those who tank... but the worst part of this is that we're basically going to see votes that help each individual's team and not what's best for the league. The bottom 5 teams will want as much last to first as possible, and the top 5 will want as much snake as possible.
This is not something that should be voted on after the draft order is set. And with Jack picking last for any consecutive number of rounds after he was basically FORCED to have certain keepers (even though they're good) - he's really being punished with this last to first possibility.

There. I feel better now that it's off my chest. Almost. Stupid commish.
Okay... NOW I feel better.

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Thanks. That way we don't have 12 million posts that are just replies to other posts.

I should have mentioned that earlier, sorry.

Colombia (my mom's 100%) didn't qualify; I guess having SS Orlando Cabrera play eight positions would've been a bit unfair.
I went to the debut game (US/Mex) and kept a scoresheet... looks like the game vs Canada today would've been the better one to see! Still, it was the first time I saw Damon, Jeter, A-Rod, and a lot of stars play live, which was thrilling. (Seen Griffey, Chipper, Castilla, Lee and a few others before)
And Lidge got the save, with Wheeler doing okay in relief.

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