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| Date | 2009-03-01 |
| Message | AUCTION DAY Can everyone make it for Friday April 4th in the evening? Or Satuday the 5th during the day? Tim is busy Sat night, Sunday I might be able to make avail, but those are my preferred times above. Everyone please confirm.. There's still a 5% chance we have to pick a more creative time if my holidays aren't confirmed.. apparently that weekend is highly sought after for the ppl i work with??? |
| Date | 2009-02-28 |
| Message | it's a shitty server.. something i found out after spending hours moving files over.. |
| Date | 2009-02-28 |
| Message | what happened to the website? |
| Date | 2009-02-27 |
| Message | i've actually nearly retired twice before. once in 99.. but then i re-read the "draft day memories" and was inspired to keep going (plus the championship in 2000 helped keep me going. and then oddly enough, i thought about it again two years ago (and actually approached derksen about merging together) but then i won again! Auction day is also my favourite time.. and is the reason why i have been the most vocally resistant to massive in-season rule changes. i just have no desire to have to super-manage my team during the year. i love following the boxscores every day but i have no interest in the craziness that most of the online pools require. that's why i've decided that i'll try to keep my mouth shut in the future about such changes. its clear i'm in the minority and i don't want to be the one holding everyone else back. so really, i'll probably just retire one day b/c i'm just not interested in that type of pool. its not me being whiny i really just am not into it. maybe derksen and i will merge one day and derek can stay on (though there's no way in hell i'm attaching my name to the Gunslinger GMP legacy!) nevertheless, i will still say that for 2009.. victory guaranteed!!! |
| Date | 2009-02-26 |
| Message | I second Dan's post on draft day being the best day of the year. I look forward to it more than Christmas day. Anyway's my only other thought is wondering if there are other GM's out there who want to split the cost of getting the Yahoo live updates. I think it's 10 bucks or something. |
| Date | 2009-02-26 |
| Message | -AUCTION DAY IS MY FAVOURITE DAY OF THE YEAR -i'm disheartened/suprised to hear that donny is down on things, i know it has a lot to do the enthusiasm level of other gm's -rule changes are irrelevant, and the motivation behind recent changes i think has been misunderstood -change for the sake of change isn't good, but not taking a fresh look at old rules or throwing around new ideas isn't good either.. (harold's had some great ideas in past posts).. -an additional GM gathering is a great idea.. an awards dinner in the fall or a mariners game ($7 and a tank of gas!) -i've really enjoyed the whole Auction Day experience the last couple years with Park League, dinner and auction.. making it a whole day event.. it's usually only a matter of making it a priority.. -don's active on the banter board, so i won't hold your comment tooo much against you, but if a regularly updated website would reinvigorate you, i'd love to post your column! tim's involvement with the preseason analysis and yahoo have been huge in preventing me from getting overwhelmed and losing interest.. you get out of it what you put in.. i wouldn't want to read my own stuff all the time, input from others has always been intriguing to me, even though i know it's not everyone's thing.. -i apologize in advance for stealing the trophy again if someone has it in their possession and quits |
| Date | 2009-02-26 |
| Message | Here are a couple ideas for potential rule changes to keep things a little more active throughout the season. 1) The idea of buyers and sellers, in real life come trade deadline you have buyers and sellers, teams looking to beef up in a run for the playoffs or teams looking to beef up for next year. This doesn't happen in ULB due to the "stacking trade" clause. Perhaps we remove the rule that says if you trade a guy this year you can't sign him next year. I think this would keep things competitive for top teams and keep bottom teams interested in possibly selling a top player for somebody they can sign next year. If we can find a way around the fears of stacking trades etc. I think it would be a nice addition. 2) A 1 round prospects draft, at the end of the season a bottom team picks first and that team holds the players rights for the next 2 years. IE. Gunslingers finish last in 2008 and they pick Matt Wieters and hold his rights till the start of 2010 or something. Prospects could be tradeable and could be an addition to the slim picks or something. As we've seen in the past slim picks can be wasted on guys who aren't quite ready but have huge potential ie. Cameron Maybin. I haven't totally thought it out but it's an idea. |
| Date | 2009-02-26 |
| Message | Don you would go out on a high note wouldn't you. After years of bottom dwelling you'd leave thinking of yourself as high and mighty. I'm all for spicing the pool up a bit. Maybe with enough planning we could have mid-season meeting or something, possibly a mariners game. Or perhaps we have the auction in Arizona one year at spring training. And personally I wouldn't be suprised to never see the Derksen back in the pool.  |
| Date | 2009-02-25 |
| Message | nice work danny. i never realized i had sheffy so much. 5 out of 6 years, including '07. I guess that means he gets to wear the fighter Cap in his induction ceremony? I got to tell you.. i'm having a tough time getting fired up for auction. i have to say that if derksen or Rob or anyone else decided to permanently retire I'd probably be inclined to join them. I've said it before and i'll say it again I really don't think any amount of rule changes can re-invigorate things. in my mind the only possible way is to once again have a regularly updated website, ongoing banter and a minimum of 1 additional GM gathering during the season. i know all these are tough to pull off with our busy lives (and speaking of which, congrats to Pat on the engagement). anyway.. just rambling. thoughts? |
| Date | 2009-02-25 |
| Message | The Kris Peters article is sweeeet!!!! That guy knew everything about every sport and wasnt afraid to share it, although his love for Carlos Baerga was disturbing!! |
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