Krankor

I'm not even going to bother weighing myself this week. I've been brutally sick. I assume I lost weight due to lack of any appetite. Just put me down for what I was last week.

That time limit?

Alright Brooklyn Zoo isn't keeping David Ortiz, via pm. Updated that. Time for the coin flip. Elgin Baylor will be the official grand marshal since he's so accustomed to the lottery process proceedings. http://www.random.org/coins/ That's the site I used. Apparently it uses atmospheric noise to come up with the randomness, sounds impressive. 1 coin flip. Matt Young will be heads since he signed up first. JHawk will be tails since he was second. JHawk will have the first pick. Matt Young will have the second pick. Draft proceedings will begin anytime on February 2nd when JHawk makes his first pick. Even though, we already know who its probably going to be. If you want to edit your keepers, be sure to post or pm me BEFORE Midnight EST Sunday, February 1st so I have time to do any last minute modifications to the draft list.

Welcome back MJ! We're at 20 now. Could a mod remove the "Spots Available" from the Thread Sub-Title? We're using the Yahoo system again. I'll go back and look in the old thread and see if I can determine when the player pool was up last year. EDIT: Leagues open February 6th last year. Doubtful we'll even be done with Round 3 by that point. By the time anyone would consider drafting a guy that didn't play in the bigs last year, the Yahoo player pool should be up. It really makes no sense to draft a guy that early anyway if he has never played a day in the bigs. If they logged MLB statistics last season, they will be in the player pool. The early portion of the draft always goes at a snails pace anyway so I don't think it'll be a real big issue.

I always find the news stories on obesity entertaining. Mainly because they always have the stock video of the fat ass walking down the street. Minus their face. Like that person doesn't know that's their fat ass walking down the street.

165 I haven't really done a whole lot so far except trying to eat better. I was eating pretty horribly before. So I'm trying not to be as gluttonous. I hit the exercise bike once so far and that was two days ago. Yesterday, I got to whip 50 pound boxes around for about an hour. I'm pretty sure that classifies as exercise.

Awesome! That was quick! You're in. Still 1 possible spot available, I'm 90% sure MJ won't be back but it won't be official until the 25th that he isn't returning. So, if there is anyone interested in the possible spot opening I'd suggest posting now. It may not be open but might as well state your claim now if it becomes available. First come first serve.

Ok, I'll re-edit the draft list and keepers subtracting Vern's picks. Could a mod add this to the thread's subject sub-title... "Spots Available!" I highly doubt MJ is returning since last year he said this was the only thing bringing him to the forum. I'll give him to the 25th until he's officially declared out. A random number generator will determine the order between the new teams in the draft, like always.

I sent both him and Vern pm's. I guess we'll give them until the 25th or 26th then we'll make their spots available for 2 new teams. Updated the keeper list for pinjockey.

Alright, Matt Young will be taking the spot vacated by Popick. I updated your keeper listing Roy. Styles and Gagne are the last two managers that haven't checked in.

Oh what the hell. If I can drop 20 pounds or so or at least 15 with more definition, I'll be back to normal for me. 5'9 166 lb I just bought a ton of new pants and I don't intend on buying anymore until these are riddled with holes. Might as well start the diet off right with a night of heavy, heavy drinking.

Computer Games: They may be entertaining but I have a lot better way to spend 18 hours of the day. Computer Games that are in development: Who cares about something that doesn't even exist yet? Disney related shit: People love this shit. I don't know why. Disneyland, Disney world, fucking mouse. I don't care. This is some of the shit that would come out of my ex's mouth. Anything that comes out of my ex's mouth: Her mouth starts moving, and I start thinking about things that don't normally interest me like golf. Golf: If I need a visual sedative, this is the sport I choose. Cars: Some older cars are fun to drive and speed around, but other than that I don't give a shit. As long as my car's breaks work and the car runs I'm set. Car Accessories: Rims, tinted windows, stereo system, tv in the steering wheel, gps system, airplane wing on the trunk... All useless garbage to me. I'll be interested once I can make a cup of coffee in my car, while driving to work. Cell Phones: I don't care about cell phones at all. It's a fucking phone. I don't care how much your phone cost, or what it can do, or what stupid ringtones you purchased. No one, cares. Your Boss: I don't care what he did to you. You probably had it coming. And the answer is yes, I think he's out to get you. He goes home and plots and schemes about it. Political Commentators: There has got to be a Tony Little infomercial on somewhere that's more interesting than what comes from these half wits. Poker TV: Why is this on TV? Who is at the edge of their seat watching this crap with glee and excitement? MY GOD LOOK AT THE RIVER!!!! no. Why doesn't ESPN start showing all facets of casino gambling? I'll tune in to watch old lady on a stool with a bucket of nickles at the slot machine before poker. Saturday Night Live: No explanation necessary.

Figured you'd definitely want Tulowitzki. He's a damn nice bargain at Round 13. Hell, I've tried trading for him the past 2 years because of that value. I updated the 3 posts to reflect the changes. Still waiting on a new manager.

Sure, you only had 3 keepers so you can add up to another 3.

For reference, here are the rules from the end of last year for any potential new teams that will be joining us at some point. Next is a listing of each team's keepers. The order of the teams is the order of how the standings finished out last year. First to Last. Draft Order JHawk "Carolina Horseman" alkeiper "The Expansion Team" bored "Rebels of Oakland" Vitamin X "Portland Wet Sox" SteakGrowsOnUecker "Steelertards 2009" St. Gabe "Team Jefferson Darcy" MJ Styles "Rockbirds" Krankor "Random Hero" 909 "Kings of Crunk" Cuban Linx "Best of the Rest" Canadian Chris "Legendary Stinsons" Cheech Tremendous "Stat Mongers" Cartman "Pawtucket Red Sox" treble "Brockvegas Posse" HarleyQuinn "Gotham Harlequins" Will Scarlet "Mighty Quails" Brooklyn Zoo "The Layden Express" Smues "Anchorage Ice Hoes" [has spot via Marvin leaving midway through draft] the pinjockey "Serenity" Precious Roy "THE CHAMP IS HERE"

Adam Lind, OF (Round 17 - Year 1) Adam Wainwright, SP (Round 8 - Year 1) Adrian Gonzalez, 1B (Round 3 - Year 1) Albert Pujols, 1B (Round 2 - Year 1) Alexei Ramirez, 2B/SS/OF (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) Armando Galarraga, SP (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) BJ Upton, 2B/OF (Round 19 - Year 1) Brad Hawpe, OF (Round 11 - Year 1) Brandon Webb SP (Round 4 - Year 1) Brian McCann, C (Round 18 - Year 1) Brian Roberts, 2B (Round 3 - Year 1) C.C. Sabathia, SP (Round 3 - Year 1) Carlos Quentin, OF (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) Chad Billingsley, SP (Round 4 - Year 1) Chris Carpenter, SP (Round 12 - Year 1) Chris Davis, 1B/3B (Round 17 - Undrafted - Year 1) Chris Dickerson, OF (Round 17 - Undrafted - Year 1) Chris Iannetta, C (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) Chris Volstad, SP/RP (Round 19 - Undrafted - Year 1) Cliff Lee, SP (Round 19 - Undrafted - Year 1) Cole Hamels, SP (Round 20 - Year 1) Conor Jackson, 1B (Round 10 - Year 1) Corey Hart, OF (Round 19 - Year 1) Cristian Guzman, SS (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) Curtis Granderson, OF (Round 11 - Year 1) Daisuke Matsuzaka, SP (Round 1 - Year 1) Dan Uggla, 2B (Round 20 - Year 1) David Price, RP (Round 18 - Undrafted - Year 1) David Wright, 3B (Round 2 - Year 1) Delmon Young, OF (Round 16 - Year 1) Derek Lowe, SP (Round 7 - Year 1) Dustin Pedroia, 2B (Round 5 - Year 1) Edinson Volquez, SP (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) Elijah Dukes, OF (Round 19 - Undrafted - Year 1) Ervin Santana, SP (Round 13 - Year 1) Evan Longoria, 3B (Round 5 - Year 1) Gavin Floyd SP (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) Geovany Soto, C (Round 7 - Year 1) Gil Meche, SP (Round 10 - Year 1) Grady Sizemore, OF (Round 4 - Year 1) Hanley Ramirez, SS (Round 20 - Year 1) Hunter Pence, OF (Round 19 - Year 1) Ian Kinsler, 2B (Round 3 - Year 1) Ian Stewart, 2B/3B (Round 8 - Year 1) Jake Peavy, SP (Round 3 - Year 1) Jair Jurrjens, SP (Round 15 - Year 1) James Loney, 1B (Round 14 - Year 1) James Shields, SP (Round 18 - Year 1) Jay Bruce, OF (Round 7 - Year 1) Jermaine Dye, OF (Round 4 - Year 1) Jimmy Rollins, SS (Round 1 - Year 1) Joba Chamberlain SP/RP (Round 18 - Year 1) Joe Nathan, RP (Round 2 - Year 1) Johan Santana, SP (Round 1 - Year 1) John Danks, SP (Round 18 - Year 1) John Lackey, SP (Round 2 - Year 1) Jon Lester, SP (Round 11 - Year 1) Johnny Cueto, SP (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) Jonathan Papelbon, RP (Round 1 - Year 1) Jose Reyes, SS (Round 2 - Year 1) Jose Valverde, RP (Round 7 - Year 1 Josh Beckett, SP (Round 5 - Year 1) Josh Hamilton, OF (Round 18 - Year 1) Justin Duchscherer, SP (Round 15 - Year 1) Justin Morneau, 1B (Round 8 - Year 1) Justin Upton, OF (Round 18 - Year 1) Justin Verlander, SP (Round 19 - Year 1) Kerry Wood, RP (Round 14 - Year 1) Kevin Slowey, SP (Round 12 - Year 1) Kevin Youkilis, 1B/3B (Round 8 - Year 1) Lance Berkman, 1B/OF (Round 3 - Year 1) Manny Ramirez, OF (Round 3 - Year 1) Mariano Rivera, RP (Round 5 - Year 1) Mark Buehrle, SP (Round 7 - Year 1) Mark DeRosa 1b/2b/3b/OF (Round 11 - Year 1) Mark Reynolds, 3B (Round 14 - Year 1) Mark Teixeira, 1B (Round 1 - Year 1) Matt Holliday, OF (Round 7 - Year 1) Matt Kemp, OF (Round 6 - Year 1) Max Scherzer, SP/RP (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) Miguel Cabrera 1B/3B (Round 3 - Year 1) Nate McLouth, OF (Round 13 - Year 1) Nick Markakis, OF (Round 19 - Year 1) Placido Polanco, 2B (Round 20 - Year 1) Prince Fielder, 1B (Round 6 - Year 1) Rafael Furcal, SS (Round 6 - Year 1) Ricky Nolasco, SP (Round 18 - Undrafted - Year 1) Roy Halladay, SP (Round 2 - Year 1) Russell Martin, C/3B (Round 9 - Year 1) Ryan Braun, 3B/OF (Round 20 - Year 1) Ryan Church, OF (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) Ryan Dempster, SP (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) Ryan Howard, 1B (Round 1 - Year 1) Ryan Ludwick, OF (Round 19 - Undrafted - Year 1) Ryan Theriot, SS (Round 8 - Year 1) Scott Kazmir, SP (Round 8 - Year 1) Shane Victorino, OF (Round 15 - Year 1) Shin-Soo Choo, OF (Round 20 - Year 1) Stephen Drew SS (Round 10 - Year 1) Tim Lincecum, SP (Round 3 - Year 1) Travis Snider, OF (Round 19 - Undrafted - Year 1) Troy Tulowtizki, SS (Round 13 - Year 1) Ubaldo Jimenez, SP (Round 12 - Year 1) Xavier Nady, OF (Round 18 - Year 1) Yovani Gallardo, SP (Round 19 - Year 1) Zack Greinke, SP (Round 18 - Year 1) originally round 17, pushed to 18

Looks like the World Series is probably going to be done prior to November 1st. So, that'll make Nov 1st. at midnight PST the deadline for any keeper modifications.

TSM Fantasy Baseball 2008 2008 TSM Fantasy Baseball End of Season Awards LEAGUE CHAMPION Precious Roy "Band of Broheims" BEST OF THE REST Cuban_Linx "Born to Runner Up" REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS WINNER Precious Roy "Band of Broheims" CELLAR Bored "Rebels of Oakland" End of 2008 Regular Season Standings with Keepers 1. Precious Roy "Band of Broheims" 139-93-32 Brandon Webb SP (Round 4 - Year 1) Matt Garza SP (Round 8 - Year 1) Stephen Drew SS (Round 10 - Year 1) Shane Victorino, OF (Round 15 - Year 1) Joba Chamberlain SP/RP (Round 18 - Year 1) Gavin Floyd SP (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) 2. the pinjockey "Serenity" 140-100-24 Lance Berkman, 1B/OF (Round 3 - Year 1) Ervin Santana, SP (Round 13 - Year 1) Francisco Liriano, SP (Round 17 - Year 1) Zack Greinke, SP (Round 18 - Year 1) originally round 17, pushed to 18 Yovani Gollardo, SP (Round 19 - Year 1) Edinson Volquez, SP (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) 3. MarvinisaLunatic "NuclearHD" 139-102-23 Mark Teixeira, 1B (Round 1 - Year 1) Joe Nathan, RP (Round 2 - Year 1) Adrian Gonzalez, 1B (Round 3 - Year 1) Justin Duchscherer, SP (Round 15 - Year 1) Brian McCann, C (Round 18 - Year 1) Ryan Braun, 3B/OF (Round 20 - Year 1) 4. Brooklyn Zoo "The Layden Express" 139-103-22 David Wright, 3B (Round 2 - Year 1) C.C. Sabathia, SP (Round 3 - Year 1) Grady Sizemore, OF (Round 4 - Year 1) 5. Will Scarlet "Mighty Quails" 136-106-22 Josh Beckett, SP (Round 5 - Year 1) Mark Buehrle, SP (Round 7 - Year 1) Justin Morneau, 1B (Round 8 - Year 1) Russell Martin, C/3B (Round 9 - Year 1) Cliff Lee, SP (Round 19 - Undrafted - Year 1) Shin-Soo Choo, OF (Round 20 - Year 1) 6. HarleyQuinn "Gotham Harlequins" 135-106-23 Jonathan Papelbon, RP (Round 1 - Year 1) Kevin Youkilis, 1B/3B (Round 8 - Year 1) Mark Reynolds, 3B (Round 14 - Year 1) Ricky Nolasco, SP (Round 18 - Undrafted - Year 1) Ryan Ludwick, OF (Round 19 - Undrafted - Year 1) Carlos Quentin, OF (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) 7. treble "Brockvegas Posse" 130-113-21 John Lackey, SP (Round 2 - Year 1) Scott Kazmir, SP (Round 8 - Year 1) Adam Lind, OF (Round 17 - Year 1) James Shield, SP (Round 18 - Year 1) Travis Snider, OF (Round 19 - Undrafted - Year 1) Dan Uggla, 2B (Round 20 - Year 1) 8. Cartman "Pawtucket Red Sox" 128-118-18 Daisuke Matsuzaka, SP (Round 1 - Year 1) Jose Reyes, SS (Round 2 - Year 1) Jose Valverde, RP (Round 7 - Year 1) Nate McLouth, OF (Round 13 - Year 1) Xavier Nady, OF (Round 18 - Year 1) Cole Hamels, SP (Round 20 - Year 1) 9. Cheech Tremendous "Stat Mongers" 122-113-29 Jimmy Rollins, SS (Round 1 - Year 1) Albert Pujols, 1B (Round 2 - Year 1) originally round 1, pushed to round 2 Manny Ramirez, OF (Round 3 - Year 1) originally round 2, pushed to round 3 Dustin Pedroia, 2B (Round 5 - Year 1) Conor Jackson, 1B (Round 10 - Year 1) Chris Iannetta, C (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) 10. Vern Gagne "Landfall Jacobites" 125-118-21 Felix Hernandez, SP (Round 1 - Year 1) Chase Utley, 2B (Round 2 - Year 1) Joe Mauer, C (Round 3 - Year 1) Joey Votto, 1B (Round 8 - Year 1) Denard Span, OF (Round 19 - Undrafted - Year 1) Joakim Soria, RP (Round 20 - Year 1) 11. Canadian Chris "Toronto Dirtbags" 120-124-20 Ian Kinsler, 2B (Round 3 - Year 1) Chad Billingsley, SP (Round 4 - Year 1) Geovany Soto, C (Round 7 - Year 1) David Price, RP (Round 18 - Undrafted - Year 1) Hunter Pence, OF (Round 19 - Year 1) Ryan Church, OF (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) 12. Cuban_Linx "Born to Runner Up" 116-122-26 Johan Santana, SP (Round 1 - Year 1) Jake Peavy, SP (Round 3 - Year 1) Matt Kemp, OF (Round 6 - Year 1) Curtis Granderson, OF (Round 11 - Year 1) Jair Jurrjens, SP (Round 15 - Year 1) Hanley Ramirez, SS (Round 20 - Year 1) 13. 909 "Kings of Crunk" 117-124-23 Ryan Howard, 1B (Round 1 - Year 1) Miguel Cabrera 1B/3B (Round 3 - Year 1) Rafael Furcal, SS (Round 6 - Year 1) Derek Lowe, SP (Round 7 - Year 1) Justin Verlander, SP (Round 19 - Year 1) Ryan Dempster, SP (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) 14. Stephen Joseph "Team DL" 113-124-27 None - Team Not Returning. 15. Krankor "Team Random Hero" 117-129-18 Prince Fielder, 1B (Round 6 - Year 1) Matt Holliday, OF (Round 7 - Year 1) Chris Dickerson, OF (Round 17 - Undrafted - Year 1) Justin Upton, OF (Round 18 - Year 1) BJ Upton, 2B/OF (Round 19 - Year 1) originally round 18, pushed to 19 Cristian Guzman, SS (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) 16. MJ Styles "Rockbirds" 106-137-21 Roy Halladay, SP (Round 2 - Year 1) Brian Roberts, 2B (Round 3 - Year 1) Evan Longoria, 3B (Round 5 - Year 1) Jay Bruce, OF (Round 7 - Year 1) Nick Markakis, OF (Round 19 - Year 1) Johnny Cueto, SP (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) 17. St. Gabe "Team Jefferson Darcy" 104-141-19 Jermaine Dye, OF (Round 4 - Year 1) Ryan Theriot, SS (Round 8 - Year 1) Gil Meche, SP (Round 10 - Year 1) Mark DeRosa 1b/2b/3b/OF (Round 11 - Year 1) Kerry Wood, RP (Round 14 - Year 1) Armando Galarraga, SP (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) 18. SteakGrowsOnDmitri "Not Quite The Cellar" 89-137-38 Brad Hawpe, OF (Round 11 - Year 1) Ubaldo Jimenez, SP (Round 12 - Year 1) originally round 11, pushed to 12 Delmon Young, OF (Round 16 - Year 1) John Danks, SP (Round 18 - Year 1) Elijah Dukes, OF (Round 19 - Undrafted - Year 1) Max Scherzer, SP/RP (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) 19. Vitamin X "Portland Wet Sox" 92-141-31 Ian Stewart, 2B/3B (Round 8 - Year 1) Jon Lester, SP (Round 11 - Year 1) Chris Carpenter, SP (Round 12 - Year 1) Josh Hamilton, OF (Round 18 - Year 1) Chris Volstad, SP/RP (Round 19 - Undrafted - Year 1) Alexei Ramirez, 2B/SS/OF (Round 20 - Undrafted - Year 1) 20. bored "Rebels of Oakland" 92-148-24 Tim Lincecum, SP (Round 3 - Year 1) Adam Wainwright, SP (Round 8 - Year 1) Kevin Slowey, SP (Round 12 - Year 1) James Loney, 1B (Round 14 - Year 1) Corey Hart, OF (Round 19 - Year 1) 2008 Preseason Draft Results Round 1 1. Vitamin X - Albert Pujols, 1B 2. Cheech Tremendous - Jimmy Rollins, SS 3. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Alfonso Soriano, OF 4. HarleyQuinn - Jonathan Papelbon, RP 5. Krankor - Carlos Lee, OF 6. Precious Roy - Roy Oswalt, SP 7. Vern Gagne - Felix Hernandez, SP 8. MJ Styles - Aaron Harang, SP 9. Will Scarlett - Brandon Phillips, 2B 10. treble - Victor Martinez, C/1B 11. Marvinisalunatic - Michael Young, SS 12. Deep_Thought - Mark Teixeira, 1B ROUND 1 KEEPERS Cartman: Daisuke Matsuzaka, SP King: Ryan Howard, 1B bored: Carl Crawford, OF CanadianChris: Derek Jeter, SS the pinjockey: Vladimir Guerrero, OF Cena: David Ortiz, 1B Stephen Joseph: Alex Rodriguez, 3B Cuban_Linx: Johan Santana, SP Round 2 1. Deep_Thought - Magglio Ordonez, OF 2. Cuban_Linx - John Smoltz, SP 3. the pinjockey - Robinson Cano, 2B 4. CanadianChris - Aramis Ramirez, 3B 5. Bored - Adam Dunn, OF 6. Will Scarlett - Garrett Atkins, 3B/1B 7. King - Jorge Posada, C 8. Precious Roy - Chipper Jones, 3B 9. Krankor - Francisco Rodriguez, RP 10. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Nick Swisher, 1B/OF 11. Cheech Tremendous - Derrek Lee, 1B 12. Vitamin X - Manny Ramirez, OF ROUND 2 KEEPERS MarvinisaLunatic: Joe Nathan, RP treble: John Lackey, SP Stephen Joseph: Carlos Beltran, OF Cena: David Wright, 3B MJ Styles: Roy Halladay, SP Vern Gagne: Chase Utley, 2B HarleyQuinn: Carlos Zambrano, SP Cartman: Jose Reyes, SS Round 3 1. Vitamin X - Todd Helton, 1B 2. Cheech Tremendous - Ryan Zimmerman, 3B 3. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Chien-Ming Wang, SP 4. Krankor - Jason Bay, OF 5. Precious Roy - Carlos Pena, 1B 6. Will Scarlett - Jered Weaver, SP 7. bored - Tim Lincecum, SP 8. CanadianChris - Ian Kinsler, 2B 9. Marvinisalunatic - Adrian Gonzalez, 1B ROUND 3 KEEPERS Cartman: JJ Putz, RP HarleyQuinn: C.C. Sabathia, SP King: Miguel Cabrera, 3B Vern Gagne: Joe Mauer, C MJ Styles: Brian Roberts, 2B the pinjockey: Lance Berkman, 1B/OF Cena: Ichiro Suzuki, OF Stephen Joseph: Chris Young, SP treble: Huston Street, RP Cuban_Linx: Jake Peavy, SP Deep_Thought: Paul Konerko, 1B Round 4 1. Deep_Thought - Bobby Abreu, OF 2. the pinjockey - Pat Burrell, OF 3. CanadianChris - Hideki Matsui, OF 4. bored - Kelly Johnson, 2B 5. Will Scarlett - Brett Myers, SP 6. MJ Styles - Ben Sheets, SP 7. Vern Gagne - Alex Gordon, 3B/1B 8. Krankor - Rickie Weeks, 2B 9. HarleyQuinn - Gary Sheffield, OF 10. Cartman - Juan Pierre, OF 11. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Jermaine Dye, OF 12. Cheech Tremendous - AJ Burnett, SP 13. Vitamin X - Chad Billingsley, SP ROUND 4 KEEPERS Cuban_Linx: Travis Hafner, 1B MarvinisaLunatic: Erik Bedard, SP treble: Chone Figgins, 2B/3B/OF Stephen Joseph: Dan Haren, SP Cena: Grady Sizemore, OF King: Alex Rios, OF Precious Roy: Brandon Webb, SP Round 5 1. Vitamin X - Dustin Pedroia, 2B 2. Cheech Tremendous - Rich Hill, SP 3. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Ted Lilly, SP 4. HarleyQuinn - Jack Cust, OF 5. Krankor - Pedro Martinez, SP 6. Precious Roy - Mariano Rivera, RP 7. King - Bobby Jenks, RP 8. Vern Gagne - Rich Harden, SP 9. MJ Styles - Evan Longoria, 3B 10. CanadianChris - Billy Wagner, RP 11. the pinjockey - Miguel Tejada, SS 12. Cena - Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C/1B 13. Stephen Joseph - Carlos Delgado, 1B 14. treble - Andruw Jones, OF 15. Marvinisalunatic - Adrian Beltre, 3B 16. Cuban_Linx - Rafael Soriano, RP ROUND 5 KEEPERS Cartman: BJ Ryan, RP Will Scarlet: Josh Beckett, SP bored: Takashi Saito, RP Deep_Thought: Freddy Sanchez, 2B Round 6 1. Deep_Thought - Troy Glaus, 3B 2. Cuban_Linx - Matt Kemp, OF 3. Marvinisalunatic - Vernon Wells, OF 4. treble - Kosuke Fukudome, OF 5. Stephen Joseph - Howie Kendrick, 2B 6. Cena - Jeff Francoeur, OF 7. the pinjockey - Jim Thome, UTIL 8. CanadianChris - Dustin McGowan, SP 9. bored - Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B 10. Will Scarlett - Dontrelle Willis, SP 11. MJ Styles - Francisco Cordero, RP 12. Vern Gagne - Wily Mo Pena, OF 13. King - Rafael Furcal, SS 14. Precious Roy - Edwin Encarnacion, 3B 15. HarleyQuinn - Randy Johnson, SP 16. Cartman - Jeff Kent - 2B 17. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Adam LaRoche, 1B 18. Cheech Tremendous - Jeremy Hermida, OF 19. Vitamin X - Kenji Johjima, C ROUND 6 KEEPERS Krankor: Prince Fielder, 1B Round 7 1. Vitamin X - Jhonny Peralta, SS 2. Cheech Tremendous - Jeremy Bonderman, SP 3. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Ty Wigginton, 3B 4. Cartman - Jose Valverde, RP 5. HarleyQuinn - Mike Napoli, C 6. Krankor - Ian Snell, SP 7. Precious Roy - John Maine, SP 8. King - Derek Lowe, SP 9. MJ Styles - Jay Bruce, OF 10. Will Scarlett - Manny Corpas, RP 11. bored - Khalil Greene, SS 12. CanadianChris - Geovany Soto, C 13. the pinjockey - Mike Lowell, 3B 14. Cena - Aaron Hill, 2B 15. treble - Raul Ibanez, OF 16. Marvinisalunatic - Barry Zito, SP 17. Cuban_Linx - Yunel Escobar, 2B/3B/SS 18. Deep_Thought - Mark Buehrle, SP ROUND 7 KEEPERS Vern Gagne: Chris B. Young, OF Stephen Joseph: Matt Holliday, OF Round 8 1. Deep_Thought - Andy Pettitte, SP 2. Cuban_Linx - Orlando Hudson, 2B 3. Cena - Trevor Hoffman, RP 4. the pinjockey - Matt Garza, SP 5. CanadianChris - Tom Gorzelanny, SP 6. Vern Gagne - Joey Votto, 1B 7. King - Brad Lidge, RP 8. Precious Roy - Johnny Damon, OF 9. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Ryan Theriot, SS 10. Cheech Tremendous - Josh Willingham, OF 11. Vitamin X - Ian Stewart, 3B ROUND 8 KEEPERS MarvinisaLunatic: Javier Vazquez, SP treble: Scott Kazmir, SP Stephen Joseph: Matt Cain, SP bored: Adam Wainwright, SP Will Scarlet: Justin Morneau, 1B MJ Styles: Edgar Renteria, SS Krankor: Homer Bailey, SP HarleyQuinn: Kevin Youkilis, 1B/3B Cartman: Hank Blalock, 3B Round 9 1. Vitamin X - Jacoby Ellsbury, OF 2. Cheech Tremendous, Lastings Milledge, OF 3. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Tim Wakefield, SP 4. Cartman - Jason Varitek, C 5. Krankor - Chad Cordero, RP 6. Precious Roy - Jonathan Broxton, RP 7. MJ Styles - Colby Rasmus, OF 8. bored - Bronson Arroyo, SP 9. CanadianChris - Matt Capps, RP 10. the pinjockey - Carlos Marmol, RP 11. Cena - Greg Maddux, SP 12. Stephen Joseph - Felipe Lopez, 2B/SS 13. treble - Shaun Marcum, SP 14. Marvinisalunatic - Heath Bell, RP ROUND 9 KEEPERS HarleyQuinn: Torii Hunter, OF King: Tim Hudson, SP Vern Gagne: Jeff Francis, SP Will Scarlet: Russell Martin, C Cuban_Linx: Kelvim Escobar, SP Deep_Thought: Brad Penny, SP Round 10 1. Deep_Thought - Joe Borowski, RP 2. Cuban_Linx - Chris Duncan, OF 3. Marvinisalunatic - Jeremy Guthrie, SP 4. treble - Kevin Gregg, RP 5. Stephen Joseph - Ivan Rodriguez, C 6. Cena - Brian Wilson, RP 7. the pinjockey - Gil Meche, SP 8. bored - Josh Bard, C 9. Will Scarlett - Orlando Cabrera, SS 10. MJ Styles - Ramon Hernandez, C 11. Vern Gagne - Andrew Miller, SP 12. King - Aaron Rowand, OF 13. Precious Roy - Stephen Drew, SS 14. Krankor - J.R. Towles, C 15. Cartman - Casey Kotchman, 1B 16. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - AJ Pierzynski, C 17. Cheech Tremendous - Conor Jackson, 1B 18. Vitamin X - Willy Taveras, OF ROUND 10 KEEPERS CanadianChris: Eric Byrnes, OF HarleyQuinn: Carlos Guillen, 1B/3B Round 11 1. Vitamin X - Jon Lester, SP 2. Cheech Tremendous - Rick Ankiel, OF 3. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Mark DeRosa, 1B,2B,3B,OF 4. Cartman - Hideki Okajima, RP 5. HarleyQuinn - Daric Barton, 1B 6. Krankor - Michael Cuddyer, OF 7. Precious Roy - Kurt Suzuki, C 8. King - Tom Glavine, SP 9. Vern Gagne - Brandon Lyon, RP 10. MJ Styles - Billy Butler, 1B/OF 11. bored - Bill Hall, OF 12. CanadianChris - Ubaldo Jimenez, SP 13. the pinjockey - Hiroki Kuroda, SP 14. Cena - Ken Griffey, OF 15. Stephen Joseph - Todd Jones, RP 16. treble - Lyle Overbay, 1B 17. Marvinisalunatic - Austin Kearns, OF 18. Deep_Thought - Troy Percival, RP ROUND 11 KEEPERS Will Scarlet: Brad Hawpe, OF Cuban_Linx: Curtis Granderson, OF Round 12 1. Deep_Thought - Eric Gagne, RP 2. Cuban_Linx - CJ Wilson, RP 3. Marvinisalunatic - Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B/SS 4. treble - Julio Lugo, SS 5. Stephen Joseph - Matt Stairs, 1B/OF 6. Cena - John Patterson, SP 7. the pinjockey - Pat Neshek, RP 8. CanadianChris - Peter Moylan, RP 9. bored - Kevin Slowey, SP 10. Will Scarlett - JD Drew, OF 11. MJ Styles - Franklin Morales, SP 12. Vern Gagne - Jon Garland, SP 13. King - Mark Ellis, 2B 14. Precious Roy - Melky Cabrera, OF 15. Krankor - Scott Rolen, 3B 16. HarleyQuinn - Luis Castillo, 2B 17. Cartman - Michael Bourn, OF 18. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Jake Westbrook, SP 19. Cheech Tremendous - George Sherrill, RP 20. Vitamin X - Chris Carpenter, SP ROUND 12 KEEPERS None Round 13 1. Vitamin X - Ian Kennedy, SP 2. Cheech Tremendous - Cameron Maybin, OF 3. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Jeremy Accardo, RP 4. Cartman - Nate McLouth, OF 5. HarleyQuinn - Juan Cruz, RP 6. Krankor - Dallas McPherson, 3B 7. Precious Roy - Jason Giambi, 1B/DH 8. King - Gary Matthews Jr., OF 9. Vern Gagne - Jason Bartlett, SS 10. MJ Styles - Adam Loewen, SP 11. Will Scarlett - Rocco Baldelli, OF 12. bored - Nate Robertson, SP 13. CanadianChris - Nick Johnson, 1B 14. the pinjockey - Ervin Santana, SP 15. Stephen Joseph - Ryan Doumit, C/OF 16. treble - Mike Jacobs, 1B 17. Marvinisalunatic - Scot Shields, RP 18. Cuban_Linx - Luke Scott, OF 19. Deep_Thought - Bengie Molina, C ROUND 13 KEEPERS Cena: Troy Tulowitzki, SS Round 14 1. Deep_Thought - Garret Anderson, OF 2. Cuban_Linx - Mark Teahen, 1B/OF 3. Marvinisalunatic - Richie Sexson, 1B 4. treble - Casey Janssen, RP 5. Stephen Joseph - Bob Howry, RP 6. Cena - Casey Blake, 1B/3B/OF 7. the pinjockey - Carlos Ruiz, C 8. CanadianChris - Kevin Millwood, SP 9. Will Scarlett - Boof Bonser, SP 10. MJ Styles - Tony Pena, RP 11. Vern Gagne - Franklin Gutierrez, OF 12. King - Joel Zumaya, RP 13. Krankor - Yuniesky Betancourt, SS 14. HarleyQuinn - Mark Reynolds, 3B 15. Cartman - Akinori Iwamura 3B 16. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Kerry Wood, RP 17. Cheech Tremendous - Andy LaRoche, 3B 18. Vitamin X - Henry Owens, RP ROUND 14 KEEPERS bored: James Loney, 1B Precious Roy: Jason Isringhausen, RP Round 15 1. Vitamin X - Masahide Kobayashi, RP 2. Cheech Tremendous - Dave Bush, SP 3. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Joe Crede, 3B 4. Cartman - Felix Pie, OF 5. HarleyQuinn - Chris Capuano, SP 6. Krankor - Justin Duchscherer, RP 7. King - Mike Cameron, OF 8. Vern Gagne - Wilson Betemit, 1B/3B/SS 9. MJ Styles - Gio Gonzalez, SP 10. Will Scarlett - Pedro Feliz, 3B 11. bored - Jeff Keppinger, SS/3B 12. CanadianChris - Chase Headley, 3B 13. the pinjockey - Moises Alou, OF 14. Cena - Chris Snyder, C 15. Stephen Joseph - Kyle Kendrick, SP 16. treble - David Eckstein, SS 17. Marvinisalunatic - Jason Kubel, OF 18. Cuban_Linx - Jair Jurrjens, SP 19. Deep_Thought - David DeJesus, OF ROUND 15 KEEPERS Precious Roy: Shane Victorino, OF Round 16 1. Cuban_Linx - Dioner Navarro, C 2. Marvinisalunatic - Manny Parra, RP 3. treble - Brad Wilkerson, 1B/OF 4. Stephen Joseph - Dave Roberts, OF 5. Cena - Anthony Reyes, SP 6. the pinjockey - Milton Bradley, OF 7. bored - Jonny Gomes, OF 8. Will Scarlett - Daniel Ortmeier, 1B/OF 9. Vern Gagne - Rafael Perez, RP 10. King - Jason Schmidt, SP 11. Precious Roy - Andre Ethier, OF 12. Krankor - Brian Bannister, SP 13. HarleyQuinn - Scott Moore, 3B 14. Cartman - Wandy Rodriguez, SP 15. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Jose Contreras, SP 16. Cheech Tremendous - Chad Gaudin, SP 17. Vitamin X - Russ Springer, RP ROUND 16 KEEPERS Deep_Thought: Joe Blanton, SP CanadianChris: Oliver Perez, SP MJ Styles: Delmon Young, OF Round 17 1. Vitamin X - Josh Johnson, SP 2. Cheech Tremendous - Daniel Cabrera, SP 3. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Scott Linebrink, RP 4. Cartman - Mark Lowe, RP 5. King - Mark Prior, SP 6. Vern Gagne - Adam Lind, OF 7. Will Scarlett - Mike Mussina, SP 8. bored - Matt Belisle, SP 9. CanadianChris - Rick VandenHurk, SP 10. Cena - Jon Rauch, RP 11. Stephen Joseph - Jeff Suppan, SP 12. treble - Miguel Batista, SP 13. Marvinisalunatic - Kazuo Fukumori, RP 14. Cuban_Linx - Andy Sonnanstine, SP 15. Deep_Thought - Rich Aurilia, 1B/3B ROUND 17 KEEPERS HarleyQuinn: Orlando Hernandez, SP Krankor: Micah Owings, SP Precious Roy: Zack Greinke, SP/RP MJ Styles: Frank Thomas, DH the pinjockey: Francisco Liriano, SP Round 18 1. Deep_Thought - John Danks, SP 2. Cuban_Linx - Brendan Harris, 2B/SS 3. Stephen Joseph - Aaron Heilman, RP 4. Cena - Chris Burke, 2B/OF 5. bored - Gregg Zaun, C 6. MJ Styles - Aubrey Huff, 1B/3B 7. King - Jose Vidro, 1B/2B 8. HarleyQuinn - Yusmeiro Petit, SP 9. Cartman - Xavier Nady, OF 10. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Brad Hennessey, RP 11. Cheech Tremendous - Kevin Frandsen, SS/2B/OF 12. Vitamin X - Corey Patterson, OF ROUND 18 KEEPERS MarvinisaLunatic: Brian McCann, C treble: James Shields, SP the pinjockey: Joba Chamberlain, RP CanadianChris: Josh Hamilton, OF Will Scarlet: BJ Upton, 2B/OF Vern Gagne: Fausto Carmona, SP Precious Roy: Jose Guillen, OF Krankor: Justin Upton, OF Round 19 1. Vitamin X - Brandon Wood, 3B 2. Cheech Tremendous - Ronny Paulino, C 3. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Michael Barrett, C 4. Cartman - Kevin Millar, 1B 5. HarleyQuinn - Dallas Braden, SP/RP 6. Precious Roy - Jensen Lewis, RP 7. Vern Gagne - Yadier Molina, C 8. Will Scarlett - Tom Gordon, RP 9. Cena - Scott Olsen, SP 10. Stephen Joseph - Scott Hairston, OF 11. treble - Edwin Jackson, SP 12. Cuban_Linx - Randy Wolf, SP ROUND 19 KEEPERS Krankor: Scott Baker, SP King: Justin Verlander, SP MJ Styles: Nick Markakis, OF bored: Rafael Betancourt, RP CanadianChris: Hunter Pence, OF the pinjockey: Yovani Gallardo, SP MarvinisaLunatic: Corey Hart, OF Deep_Thought: JJ Hardy, SS Round 20 1. Stephen Joseph - Shin-Soo Choo, OF 2. MJ Styles - Brian Fuentes, RP 3. HarleyQuinn - Cliff Floyd, OF 4. St. Gabriel of Djibouti - Jayson Werth, OF 5. Cheech Tremendous - Al Reyes, RP 6. Vitamin X - Bobby Crosby, SS ROUND 20 KEEPERS Deep_Thought: Placido Polanco, 2B Cuban_Linx: Hanley Ramirez, SS MarvinisaLunatic: Ryan Braun, 3B treble: Dan Uggla, 2B Cena: Philip Hughes, SP the pinjockey: Josh Fields, 3B/OF CanadianChris: Dmitri Young, 1B bored: Travis Buck, OF Will Scarlet: Adam Jones, OF Vern Gagne: Joakim Soria, RP King: Ryan Garko, 1B Precious Roy: Kazuo Matsui, 2B Krankor: Clay Buchholz, SP Cartman: Cole Hamels, SP I know we're about 3 months away from the regular season starting, but last year this is when we got things started. We're definitely going to need the time. At the end of last season, it seemed like things sort of fizzled out with the commish and we didn't get a lot accomplished in the off season in the ways of resolving some questions. I'm just going to sort of act as the commish as long as no one else in the league has any problems with it. I've got plenty of experience running fantasy sports leagues. I run a basketball and football league every year and we never have any problems. I have access to the internet at work and at home and I'm always accessible. This is my favorite fantasy baseball league that I'm in and I don't want it to get too late in the season before we start drafting since it always seems to take us right up to opening day for us to get done with drafting. I've sent MJ a pm letting him now that I'm going to get the league started but I haven't gotten any sort of response yet. Hopefully he will at least be back to participate in the league with his team. I was going to wait another week or so to get this started but then I noticed that only 13 out of the 20 teams actually posted keepers at the end of last season. I know some teams were unsure of the number of keepers since the commish never set it in stone. It seemed that everyone was going with 6 keepers as the number of keepers for this year. I'm going to send out pm's to everyone in the league telling them the thread is up. Everyone needs to make sure their keepers are correct and confirm that they are still going to be in the league this year. I'm sure we will have at least a few spots opening in the league for new teams as we always do. There was also discussion last year that never was resolved about what we want to do with the length a team can have a keeper. Some people wanted no limit, some wanted a 3 year limit, and some wanted a combination of the two. We can hash this out once we get all 20 teams confirmed and keepers locked in. Last year we started drafting around Feb 5th or 6th and that was just enough time to get done drafting before opening day so that's the time I'm shooting to start the drafting. We had a great finish in the playoffs last year and crowned a new champion that came all the way from fourth in the standings to win the title. Anyways, I’m quite excited about baseball this year and I think we’re going to have a great year!

Chris Dickerson is going to round out my 6th and final keeper. Team Random Hero keepers Prince Fielder - Round 6 Matt Holliday - Round 7 Justin Upton - Round 18 BJ Upton - Round 18 (Traded for so it is pushed to Round 19) Cristian Guzman - Undrafted Chris Dickerson - Undrafted Reminder, keepers are due November 1st or 1 day after the World Series is over. Which ever occurs last.

Two Scolas would be terrifying!

Introducing my 2008 Random Hero 5 roster!

Random Hero 5 finishes the lineup up with... Josh Boone, FC, Jersey He's a little sad to be picked last to play.

Everyone slated to return next season has turned in some form of tentative keepers. My god, I went back and looked at Precious Roy's team weekly results. Including the post season, he won 10 straight match ups to end the season. Going back slightly further, he won 13 out of the last 16 match ups... That's 4 months of utter dominance.

Random Hero 5 selects Yi Jianlian, F, NEW Jersey Nets