EVIL~! alkeiper

I'll take it. I've got two posters' picks already.

Much of a Selig hater that I am, I can't see giving him blame for the steroid scandal. Steroids have popped up in every corner of world sports. MLB, NFL, NBA, boxing, professional wrestling, the Olympics, the Tour de France. How should the commissioner of one sport put a hedge on that? Selig might have covered it up, but he couldn't have stopped it.

I can take the picks.

Done.

I don't see a problem with efforts to prevent player injuries in the NFL (and I wish MLB did something about home plate collisions, but I'm usually alone on that). Toning down celebrations though is really unnecessary. You scored points. Celebrate. It's a football field, not a church.

You can always make your pick if there is no one left to pick before you.

Yahoo has a tournament scenario tool. Kind of depressing to see that if I got every game right the rest of the tournament, Richard would still beat me.

My feed did switch.

I'm just commenting that it's competitive, no longer a blowout. The hell? We don't ban or suspend posters for not explaining sports allegiances.

Hey, Memphis is making a run!

We're in the 11th round, meaning the players picked at this stage are numbers 181-198. Sheffield is top 100 in OBP, Slugging and OPS+. I say steal.

CL Dan Quisenberry

Great pick. Mackey was also a capable enough player to move around the diamond. He was the shortstop for Hilldale's 1924 championship club.

For the Mets or another team? The Phillies do the same thing, which is an annoyance but inevitable in a 47000 seat stadium. They actually do the same for Red Sox and Yankee series.

My favorite part of that fiasco is how the lame duck Expos proceeded to (for all intents) outdraw the Florida Marlins in 2002.

My ninth round pick won his first MLB game at the age of 31, and went on to win 197 in his career. He led the league in ERA three times, and seven times led the league in strikeouts. Dazzy Vance

I'd guess the latter. When he debuted, Fred Blassie went on and on about how he discovered a latin superstar.

My eighth round pick is one of the most talented players in history. 1964 Rookie of the Year. 1972 Most Valuable Player. Four times led the league in OPS. Dick Allen

Eddie Graham

You know that's because they didn't keep caught stealing numbers then, right? Updated the front page. Have I missed anyone's picks?

Bettman. I hate Selig but the overwhelming incomes from MLB can not be dismissed.

A side question, what makes Alfonso Soriano or Aramis Ramirez riskier than any normal player?

Ok, here's why I'm optimistic on the Cubs. 1. They have the division's best pitching staff, and would even if Rich Harden missed the entire season. The Cardinals are restocking, the Brewers lost Sheets and Sabathia. The Astros are paper thin. Who is going to beat these guys? 2. Giovany Soto is legitimate. Having a catcher who can slug .500 is a huge advantage. 3. This is a team that is solid up and down, rather than relying on one or two big stars. If Bradley gets hurt for a couple weeks, it will not kill the team. 4. Really, that 2005 club had Neifi Perez playing 154 games at shortstop. They were going to contend?

Here's a blast from the past. Al Costello

Troll.