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Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:59 pm

I finally signed up - sorry it's taken me so long, I've been a bit preoccupied lately

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:55 am

Barry Bonds in drag - God that's frightening!...

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:39 pm

oh. good. lord.

that's the last time I visit this thread!

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:42 pm

Who Shot Sam? wrote:Barry Bonds in drag - God that's frightening!...

no more frightening than paula abdul.

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:45 pm

In and signed up.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:47 pm

8 teams now. Nice!

wardo68 · Post by **wardo68** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:41 pm

Hey there -- finally catching up. I'm in as soon as I register, and I might have another team manager who might want to join in. I know he visits the ECFF, but I don't think he's ever posted anything. Shall I drag him in?

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:43 pm

wardo68 wrote:Hey there -- finally catching up. I'm in as soon as I register, and I might have another team to join in. I know he visits the ECFF, but I don't think he's ever posted anything. Shall I drag him in?

Most definitely. The more the merrier.

wardo68 · Post by **wardo68** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:52 pm

Done. The Town Cryers are on board. I've notified our potential tenth.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:52 am

Any more players before I set the league for auto-draft? We have ten teams now.

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:00 am

oh man, don't click ready yet. we got plenty of time for spring training injuries and i got some ranking to do first. give us a target date.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:15 am

OK, the season begins on April 2 and ends on October 1. I would like to give people the opportunity to get their teams set and make any necessary transactions prior to opening day, so I will not set the league status as "Ready" for the auto-draft until Saturday, March 25. Does that sound reasonable? Until then, any new players who wish to join are more than welcome.

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:21 pm

I'm good with that date.

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:27 pm

yes, thanks.

moody, this good with you?

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:47 am

OS, you are such a card. get it? st. louis? CARDinals? have I got the right sport?

come play with me here - I'm inviting everybody I think I can beat.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/ml ... _good.html

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:51 am

mood swung wrote:come play with me here - I'm inviting everybody I think I can beat.
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/ml ... _good.html

I'll only play if I can have Preki!

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:59 am

now, Sam, I don't think I can beat you.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:22 am

mood swung wrote:now, Sam, I don't think I can beat you.

Have you seen our Premier League fantasy standings lately? Only BWAP is below me - and he hardly follows the sport.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:39 am

Barry Bonds - what a scumbag. Anyone read the SI story? Sheesh - like a walking pharmacy from the sound of it. And from all accounts a charming man in person.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:07 pm

I did read that story. What's amazing to me is that he got away with it for so long. Like he gains 50 lbs of muscle and everyone pretends they don't notice.

And Sam, you can play - as long as you take Preki.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:14 pm

mood swung wrote:I did read that story. What's amazing to me is that he got away with it for so long. Like he gains 50 lbs of muscle and everyone pretends they don't notice.

And Sam, you can play - as long as you take Preki.

Sad to say, I think that Preki and his silky skills are no longer gracing the pitches of the US of A.

Regarding the Bonds story, it's shameful really. Selig and the other idiots in charge of MLB were completely asleep at the wheel for an entire decade. It makes a mockery of the record books. We now can be sure that Bonds, McGwire and Palmeiro were juicing. Sosa and guys like Brady Anderson almost dead certs as well. If I were one of the old school guys like Hank Aaron I'd be livid.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:37 pm

Sad to say, I think that Preki and his silky skills are no longer gracing the pitches of the US of A

.

hence the

.

He is or was ass't coach with Chivas.

but back to baseball - steroids! in baseball!

(this is where the crusty Tom Hanks character says 'there's no steroids in baseball!')

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:09 pm

Do any of the stars take asteroids?

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:28 pm

WSS wrote -

Regarding the Bonds story, it's shameful really. Selig and the other idiots in charge of MLB were completely asleep at the wheel for an entire decade. It makes a mockery of the record books. We now can be sure that Bonds, McGwire and Palmeiro were juicing. Sosa and guys like Brady Anderson almost dead certs as well. If I were one of the old school guys like Hank Aaron I'd be livid.

Many in the know believe that steroid use was even more rampant among pitchers. It's just a cloud over the whole era - I mean Clemens seems to have gotten better over the last several years - it's just not normal that guys like Bonds and Clemens would be at the peaks of the careers into their early 40's - there is no precedent for that happening in any sport (maybe darts).....Not only a shame about Selig, but what about the national media - guys like Gammons and Kirchen = regular Bonds apologists. You're right - shameful.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:35 pm

Boy With A Problem wrote:Many in the know believe that steroid use was even more rampant among pitchers. It's just a cloud over the whole era - I mean Clemens seems to have gotten better over the last several years - it's just not normal that guys like Bonds and Clemens would be at the peaks of the careers into their early 40's - there is no precedent for that happening in any sport (maybe darts).....Not only a shame about Selig, but what about the national media - guys like Gammons and Kirchen = regular Bonds apologists. You're right - shameful.

Good point about the pitchers.

I remember watching the McGwire/Sosa home run hysteria and thinking there was something not quite right about it - the numbers they were putting up were just obscene. They were so eager to get the sport back on track after the strike that I think they lost sight of a lot of things - steroids among them.

The sad thing about Bonds is that he was an incredible player BEFORE he began this steroids regime. I remember going to a game at Candlestick Park in the early '90s and being amazed by his ability at the plate - he never swung at a bad pitch and always seemed to know what was coming. Think he hit two homers against the Reds that day.