| Posted by: Guru
- [330592710] Sun, Mar 14, 2010, 14:29
The draft will be activated shortly, although the clock will not be turned on until Monday morning. The early activation is to allow people to set up queues, as needed. (Although the clock will be off today, you are free to pick if you wish.)
We will once again use a 6 hour clock. The clock will pause between 1am and 7am ET. I know that the pause times extend late for easterners and end early for westerners, but with a 6 hour pause, this still provides a 12 hour window for any pick which extends through the pause period, which should be ample.
If you time out, the draft will move on. Skipped picks can be made up at any time thereafter. If your turn arises and you still have an outstanding skipped pick, I will probably move the draft on to the next picker. If we get well ahead of pace, I may relax that stance. But hopefully it will not become an issue. This also means that people on the turn have a single clock period to make their first pick, or both picks will be skipped.
Although the clock will be set at 6 hours, we cannot make satisfactory progress if many managers use much of that allowance. We need to average about 1.5 rounds (24 picks) per day, so please do your best to keep up that pace. If we fall behind, managers who are chronically slow may be put on an shorter clock. Note that the clock will not be suspended on weekends.
We will use this thread for logistical communications, to help others anticipate potential delays, to recruit someone to accept a queue, to announce or solicit trades, and to coordinate changes in the clock. Please check this thread regularly throughout the draft, as we will rely on it as the primary means of communication among RIBC managers.
Established draft etiquette is that no undrafted player names should be mentioned either here or in the rationale threads, and in the event of an infraction, should be edited out.
After two rounds have been completed, a separate draft rationale thread will be started. We will try to keep that thread on a 2 round lag. Therefore, after you make your pick in round 3, please immediately post your round 1 pick rationale, and so forth. I usually draft my rationales as I make picks, so that all I need to do when the time comes is copy and paste. I recommend that approach for everyone.
You may draft a player even if he is not currently listed on Yahoo. In that event, you will have the first rights to claim that player when he is listed, as long as you preserve that roster slot for him.
Once the draft is completed, you will no longer be able to protect a slot for any unlisted player. At that point, unlisted players will only be available through the standard Yahoo waiver/free agent process.
When you select a player, please list him at the position that you primarily expect to use him. Of course, these positions are not binding, and are only indicative of your anticipated usage. Yahoo position eligibilities will be used throughout the season.
The draft software allows you to set up a queue, and to make that queue available to any other manager who you authorize as a designated picker. Be aware that, as commish, I am automatically authorized as a DP for everyone. Your queue will not be visible to your DPs (or me) until it is your turn to pick, and you may specify whether the entire queue should be visible, or only the top name. However, if you do not make your queue "available", then no one will be able to see it when it is your turn. If you want your queue to be used, then please be sure that you have it set as available. If you do not want your queue used, then be sure to make it unavailable. If it is your turn and a queue is available to me, I will make that pick for you unless you have posted explicit instructions to the contrary in this thread.
In order to keep the draft moving at an acceptable pace, please make active use of queues if you expect to be unavailable when it is your turn. Recent drafts have gone very smoothly due primarily to the active use of queues.
The draft will last for 25 rounds. You are not required to draft a player for every position. |
| 1 | Guru
ID: 330592710 Sun, Mar 14, 2010, 14:33
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For those who may have work-related limitations in accessing kafenatid.net, or for those who would like to see a single page showing both the sequential pick and a draft grid (at the bottom), the following is available:
http://rotoguru1.com/cgi-bin/kpeek.pl?347
Also, if you are blocked from the rotoguru1.com domain at work, you may be able to monitor this thread with the following "end run" URL:
http://rhccucc.org/cgi-bin/endrun.pl?board=base&thread=20016
This will only allow you to see the thread, but does not allow the ability to post.
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| 2 | Tequila Donor
ID: 5411492418 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 07:27
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i made the first pick
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| 3 | MBT
ID: 191142515 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 10:29
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I'm just glad to get going. For some reason I'm more excited this year than in years past. Maybe it's because my fantasy football and basketball teams both sucked and I'm looking for some fantasy redemption.
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| 4 | JeffG Dude
ID: 01584348 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 10:45
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MBT - Maybe they were just living up to your team name :)
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| 5 | MBT
ID: 191142515 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 11:35
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Thanks for that vote of confidence Jeff. The moniker is really old and I felt that changing it would cause more confusion than it's worth, thus MBT.
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| 6 | Species Dude
ID: 07724916 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 11:36
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I might be interested in trading down a few notches in Round 1 from the 9th pick. Standard 1st and 2nd for your 1st and 2nd round deal.
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| 7 | Tequila Donor
ID: 5411492418 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 13:03
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i'll be away for a couple of days...starting tomorrow 16th of march from 5.am. ET more or less... i hope to keep up with a decent queue in order not to slow the draft too much.....
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| 8 | JeffG Dude
ID: 01584348 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 13:21
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Species - email sent.
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| 9 | JeffG Dude
ID: 01584348 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 13:39
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Guru - Trade confirmed
JeffG gets 1.09 and 2.08 Species gets 1.11 and 2.06
Once you admin the trade, you can select Joe Mauer C Min for me at 1.09.
Thank you
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| 10 | Species Dude
ID: 07724916 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 13:46
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Confirmed.
If Guru doesn't do it soon, I'll pick Mauer and we can go from there.....I can give JeffG my pick and fix it later.
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| 11 | Species Dude
ID: 07724916 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 13:50
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Bah. Screw it. I just did it.....will email you JeffG for my pick.
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| 12 | Species Dude
ID: 07724916 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 14:01
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I'm up again. Anyone else want to move up a spot or two or three? I'm up for another trade, possibly.
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| 13 | Guru
ID: 330592710 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 14:30
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Trade processed
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| 14 | Species Dude
ID: 07724916 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 17:27
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TD with an AWESOME pair of picks around the turn. Dayum!!
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| 15 | Slackjawed Yokel
ID: 47227122 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 17:49
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Guru - it looks like all the players are free agents in yahoo. Should we just pick up our guys as we go along?
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| 16 | Guru
ID: 330592710 Mon, Mar 15, 2010, 18:07
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No, that won't work. I'll enter the draft results at the end of the draft. Yahoo has a very fast interface for the commish to do that.
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| 17 | Guru
ID: 330592710 Tue, Mar 16, 2010, 09:30
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Remember to start posting your rationales now. A separate thread has been set up for that.
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| 19 | judy Leader
ID: 7771722 Tue, Mar 16, 2010, 12:22
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One of our guys in PCL AAA is on a cruise and the friend he gave his info and lists to has not checked in/picked and it is now over 40 hours. We skipped that pick, but he will come up again today and I do not want to skip him again. His Q is open but empty, so I can access it.
SO, we need a volunteer to look at our draft peek, his selections so far and pick for him until he gets back. (I am assuming over the weekend.)
Any volunteers? Either send me an email or post in our thread...
Thanks.
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| 22 | filthy
ID: 591332022 Tue, Mar 16, 2010, 19:18
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Johan was 6th of 7 on my queue, when I was 7 away... not surprised I got him, he was just too tempting to take off the queue though.
Left 11 man queue for 4th round, top 8 are bats, wish me luck!
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| 26 | MBT
ID: 523302621 Tue, Mar 16, 2010, 22:30
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I'm out for the rest of the night, Q available for round 4 only. Thanks
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| 29 | Tosh Leader
ID: 057721710 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 01:41
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Message from SPECIES via text ... "Dude ... I don't have access ... trying to draft from my phone ... PLEASE POST TO PEOPLE THAT I MEANT TO DRAFT CARLOS PENA!! HELP" This is the pick in question ...Species 4.08 Tony Pena 1B CWS 01:30 am
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| 30 | Species
ID: 0243170 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 01:43
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Guys.....I am afk and have little to no access....mainly access via my phone. I MEANT TO DRAFT CARLOS PENA!! Hellllllpppppp!
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| 31 | JL
ID: 2626171 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 02:07
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For some reason the first thing that came to my head when I read that was "No, I'm sorry. The card says 'Moops'."
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| 32 | Uptown Bombers Donor
ID: 035616416 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 05:37
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Queue available for round 4 only please.
I'll be able to check in @ 8:30 am and again at 11 am.
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| 33 | Dave R SuperDude
ID: 3010361110 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 07:28
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JL, LMAO
Classic Seinfeld episode
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| 38 | MBT
ID: 191142515 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 11:07
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Short Q set for round 5. I'll be in and out throughout the day so give me about 30 minutes to post my pick so I can adjust if necessary. If I haven't picked in those 30 minutes and a player is available in my Q go ahead and make the pick and put in a placeholder for my rationale.
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| 39 | Uptown Bombers
ID: 52191710 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 11:19
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Queue updated for round 5. Pick away.
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| 40 | MBT
ID: 191142515 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 12:12
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I curse the last 5 picks! You all decimated my Q!
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| 44 | Guru
ID: 330592710 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 14:15
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I'll have limited access from about 5pm through 10pm. If you are depending on using me to pick from your queue, there will be delays.
Who can take a queue for me?
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| 45 | JeffG Dude
ID: 01584348 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 14:28
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I'm around this evening. I can be a DP and will look on this board for any special instructions before pulling the trigger.
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| 49 | Guru
ID: 330592710 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 16:46
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JeffG: queue is set. Ok for round 5-6.
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| 51 | loki SuperDude
ID: 4211201420 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 18:51
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Queue for 6.12 only. Thanks.
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| 53 | holt Donor
ID: 308491916 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 20:00
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sorry for the delay there. Those were probably the two most difficult picks I'll have this draft.
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| 54 | holt Donor
ID: 308491916 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 20:02
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TD has a player queued up. I don't see any instructions from him. Will wait a couple minutes.
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| 55 | JeffG Dude
ID: 01584348 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 20:05
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Just selected for TD and Guru as their DP. I think since TD posted no instructions and must have just set his queue after his recent pick, it is a safe move.
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| 57 | MBT
ID: 523302621 Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 22:25
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Q good for round 6 only, thanks.
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| 59 | Species
ID: 57932516 Thu, Mar 18, 2010, 00:52
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Back from 2+ days with no access outside of my phone.....should be more prompt with picks and will get rationales started.
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| 66 | Tequila Donor
ID: 5411492418 Thu, Mar 18, 2010, 11:47
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i'm picking in half an hour......
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| 68 | holt
ID: 56217179 Thu, Mar 18, 2010, 12:16
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JL, I forgot to write in my rationale about how disgusted I was when I reloaded the draft page and saw 3.10 Dan Haren. Why the hell was he still available there? I would have tried to trade up if I had been more aware of what was going on. Just wrong. Any time you want to deal him let me know.
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| 75 | Species Dude
ID: 07724916 Thu, Mar 18, 2010, 15:23
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Okay.....really just starting to catch up on things. I LOVE what filthy is doing with his team and cannot wait to see how he can fill in his team. I doubt there has been a stable of SP's like that in the history of RIBC! Crazy, but I love it!
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| 77 | filthy
ID: 591332022 Thu, Mar 18, 2010, 19:44
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Almost timed out... sorry for holdup if anyone was waiting.
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| 78 | Species Dude
ID: 07724916 Thu, Mar 18, 2010, 20:22
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holt Donor ID: 308491916 Thu, Mar 18, 2010, 19:54 Damn you Species. You totally screwed up my 1 man queue. =======================
Which pick? Kershaw or Uggla? :)
Thank you Fantasy Gods for letting Kershaw be there. I didn't want to go through the season with some of the other options as my #1 starter. I figured I was "safe" when it was just filthy's turn left, but with him you never know! Then I had to endure the nearly 6 hour wait and I didn't have a 2nd option.....it was Kershaw or nothing! lol
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| 79 | MBT
ID: 523302621 Thu, Mar 18, 2010, 20:51
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I almost took Kershaw, he was actually first in my Q for this round, but I decided to go with Ubaldo instead.
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| 85 | MBT
ID: 191142515 Fri, Mar 19, 2010, 14:29
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Q available for next pick
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| 89 | jeffg on blackberry
ID: 272591915 Fri, Mar 19, 2010, 16:59
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Picked while sitting in friday traffic. Owe rationale. Be back online at eight if it comes back to.me
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| 93 | MBT
ID: 523302621 Fri, Mar 19, 2010, 21:14
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Q good for round 10, if there is anything left of it by the time it gets to my pick.
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| 96 | JeffG
ID: 47112621 Sat, Mar 20, 2010, 00:53
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Set my queue available for round 10. Made the folks on drafting either side of me, JL and tilt, additional DPs.
Thanks in advance.
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| 98 | Species Dude
ID: 07724916 Sat, Mar 20, 2010, 12:04
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Queue set for Round 10 only please.
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| 102 | Slackjawed Yokel
ID: 47227122 Sat, Mar 20, 2010, 16:32
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sonofa.... Uptown, I just spent an hour prepping for this pick and decided to get Danks only to see him snatched right outta my grasp. You're killing me - I also wanted Scott Baker last time around...
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| 103 | Uptown Bombers Donor
ID: 035616416 Sat, Mar 20, 2010, 16:34
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Ha! I plead not guilty on Danks!
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| 104 | Slackjawed Yokel
ID: 47227122 Sat, Mar 20, 2010, 16:40
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my bad. I'm drunk. I must've put him in my queue and not realized. pshew. But your fault on baker...
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| 105 | Uptown Bombers Donor
ID: 035616416 Sat, Mar 20, 2010, 16:47
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On Baker, guilty as charged. You got me right back though, as I really wanted Pence to make it back to me in round 9. Cheers!
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| 108 | Tosh on phone
ID: 3653910 Sat, Mar 20, 2010, 19:21
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I was hoping to get Danks and Weaver both on this turn. I'll be back to my computer in about an hour to decide on my next pick. Sorry for the delay.
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| 110 | Tosh on phone
ID: 3653910 Sat, Mar 20, 2010, 19:45
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Re: 108 - the ferry I'm waiting for is about 30 minutes late. Please add that to my original estimate. Sorry for the delay.
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| 113 | Species Dude
ID: 07724916 Sun, Mar 21, 2010, 02:05
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Queue set for Round 11 only please
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| 124 | Species
ID: 0243170 Sun, Mar 21, 2010, 19:57
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Queue is good for this round.
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| 131 | Guru
ID: 330592710 Mon, Mar 22, 2010, 11:11
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Looks like we're going to have our first time-out. Too bad that it's someone at the end, as two picks will now go in arrears.
That sucks - but we have rules for this draft, and it's only fair that we enforce them.
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| 134 | filthy
ID: 591332022 Mon, Mar 22, 2010, 11:39
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looks like goldcoach is posting, ill wait on my rationale a bit for 11
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| 137 | Species Dude
ID: 07724916 Mon, Mar 22, 2010, 12:15
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Decided "F it" and bit the bullet on Beltran. Was the latest he was chosen in all of the RIBC drafts so far.
Was he on anyone else's radar??
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| 138 | Tosh Leader
ID: 057721710 Mon, Mar 22, 2010, 12:18
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Species ~ At 13.02, I had it down to Reimold, Beltran, and -undrafted-.
I've had too many people tell me of the "Mets Curse". Already having K-Rod on my team ... I decided that one Met is enough for now!
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| 139 | MBT
ID: 191142515 Mon, Mar 22, 2010, 12:24
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He was in my Q, at the bottom :)
But Ortiz was at the top of my Q, curse you Bombers!
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| 141 | JeffG Dude
ID: 01584348 Mon, Mar 22, 2010, 12:44
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Yes, would have taken Beltran had he made it to me, (he is mentioned in my yet to be posted 11.11 AND 12.06 rationale) but was anquishing the whole time I was waiting for 13.11 because it is now 'Early May' for his ETA. Semi-glad I don't have to worry about any potential setback now. Great pick if he only misses 1 month and plays near the levels he is capable of.
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| 142 | Species Dude
ID: 07724916 Mon, Mar 22, 2010, 13:05
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Ok.......good to know that I pulled the trigger at the right time. I had him written down in the "margins" of my draft sheets. I hadn't really targeted him......but basically felt that it was now or never.
WTF it's only a league. How great will it be if he's back by May 10th and still gets 400 AB's? :)
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| 144 | Uptown Bombers Donor
ID: 035616416 Mon, Mar 22, 2010, 16:47
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I was also considering Beltran in rounds 12 and 13, but decided to intentionally mess with MBT and take Ortiz. ;)
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| 147 | loki SuperDude
ID: 4211201420 Mon, Mar 22, 2010, 21:00
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Tied up at doctor's office--will pick shortly.
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| 151 | Tosh Leader
ID: 057721710 Tue, Mar 23, 2010, 11:21
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Attn: Tequila - I've grown weary of putting placeholders for you in the rationale thread. Please do that the same time that you make your picks. Thanks.
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| 175 | holt Donor
ID: 308491916 Tue, Mar 23, 2010, 23:15
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TD - you were right about Sizemore. I'm pretty sure I would have taken him on that turn.
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| 176 | Tequila Donor
ID: 5411492418 Wed, Mar 24, 2010, 06:41
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Tosh i got your message, i'm sorry As for last night i left a queue and i couldn't leave a placeholder, i think. I'll put my placeholders for the future
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| 180 | holt
ID: 56217179 Wed, Mar 24, 2010, 10:26
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re 14.08 rationale: At least the Red Sox stink can be washed away. Cub stink is the stink that never goes away.
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| 181 | filthy
ID: 591332022 Wed, Mar 24, 2010, 12:39
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hah eewww the Bartman stink....
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| 183 | holt
ID: 56217179 Wed, Mar 24, 2010, 15:47
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omg, David Freese was taken right before me. I'm a jackass.
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| 184 | MBT
ID: 191142515 Wed, Mar 24, 2010, 16:51
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Which would be worse, Bartman stink or Alou stink? I'm pretty sure Alou's stench was stronger.
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| 196 | holt
ID: 56217179 Thu, Mar 25, 2010, 12:44
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leaving a small queue, hope it's enough. I might not be back til 2 pm central.
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| 197 | holt
ID: 56217179 Thu, Mar 25, 2010, 12:47
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btw - if it's close to 2pm central, don't use my queue. I'd rather doublecheck these guys first if I can. Just leaving a queue in case my pick comes up soon.
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| 198 | Guru
ID: 330592710 Thu, Mar 25, 2010, 13:21
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Dave R just did it to me again (Iannetta). Back to the drawing board...
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| 199 | Guru
ID: 330592710 Thu, Mar 25, 2010, 14:06
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Since holt should be back in an hour (post 197), I'm going to defer picking from his queue for now. If anyone else is his DP, please refrain as well. We are making excellent time progress in this draft, so there is no need to rush.
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| 200 | holt
ID: 56217179 Thu, Mar 25, 2010, 14:57
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I'm back, thanks. Will pick shortly.
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| 201 | holt
ID: 56217179 Thu, Mar 25, 2010, 14:57
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Oh, and Ianetta was top of my queue too.
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| 202 | Tosh Leader
ID: 057721710 Thu, Mar 25, 2010, 17:51
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My next pick is 20.15. I will unable to make this pick until about 7pm pacific.
Sorry if there is a delay. Just too busy at work to make a queue.
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| 205 | loki SuperDude
ID: 4211201420 Thu, Mar 25, 2010, 22:03
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Queue for 21.05 only. Thanks.
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| 208 | holt Donor
ID: 308491916 Fri, Mar 26, 2010, 00:08
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sorry - been very busy past 2 days - I'll catch em up at work tomorrow.
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| 211 | MBT
ID: 191142515 Fri, Mar 26, 2010, 10:19
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Just an FYI, I'm won't have internet access starting tomorrow for about a week. I have a friend who's familiar with Kafenatid and the draft who will be making my last couple of picks (I'm still confirming, but I'm pretty sure he'll do it). However I won't be able to post rationales after tonight. I will post them as soon as I have access again.
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| 212 | TD Leader
ID: 036331011 Fri, Mar 26, 2010, 14:23
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I will be out of town this weekend with limited internet access. I will periodically update my queue for DPs. I will post the remainder of my rationales on Monday.
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| 213 | holt
ID: 56217179 Fri, Mar 26, 2010, 15:53
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my rationales are going to have to wait til tomorrow so I can do them decently. no time at all today.
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| 219 | JL
ID: 22227271 Sat, Mar 27, 2010, 02:27
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Feel free to use my queue for any of the remaining rounds.
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| 229 | JeffG
ID: 47112621 Sat, Mar 27, 2010, 23:09
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Starting tomorrow I'll be gone until Thursday 4/1. Taking the family on a road trip to DC. Will leave queue available for round 25 and will post my rd 25 rationale and draft recap upon my return.
Great job by all getting this draft done in 2 weeks.
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| 236 | filthy
ID: 591332022 Sun, Mar 28, 2010, 22:54
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sorry for the late holdup, forgot to turn queue back on again.
superfast draft anyways, nice job all around.
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| 237 | Guru
ID: 330592710 Sun, Mar 28, 2010, 22:57
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Good draft. We averaged about 49 minutes per pick, which is ahead of the normal pace.
Please post your remaining rationales here, and I'll get them transferred over.
Tomorrow, I'll load up the players in Yahoo, and then we can start the clock for a 2-day waiver period.
I'll also start a draft recap thread shortly.
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| 258 | Guru
ID: 330592710 Mon, Mar 29, 2010, 15:16
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Draft results have been entered. Please review your roster selections: Draft results
Don't worry about the order - just the names.
Only one drafted player was unlisted at Yahoo: Jennry Mejia. Can someone suggest a placeholder for him - preferably a RP who would otherwise be unrosterable?
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| 259 | holt
ID: 56217179 Mon, Mar 29, 2010, 16:18
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Joe Nathan comes to mind
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| 260 | Uptown Bombers Donor
ID: 035616416 Mon, Mar 29, 2010, 18:12
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Thanks for the Jenks jinx in your Putz rationale, Guru! Very funny stuff.
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| 262 | Tilt
ID: 72232920 Mon, Mar 29, 2010, 21:23
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Pretty sure no one would want Joe Nathan if you want to throw him in as a placeholder
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| 268 | holt
ID: 56217179 Mon, Apr 05, 2010, 12:33
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MBT, I agree with your opinion on Carlos Lee in the 6th. Very cool pick. And glad that I could also help with the Slackjaw jinx!
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