February 2, 2016
Embrace the suck
--TAMUCC ROTC motto
I was going to lead off with something else I saw – but this quote from the folks in ROTC at Texas A&M Corpus Christi kind of summed it up.
I intended to quote Scott Van Pelt of ESPN who was talking about a photo op with an NYC mascot (Mets, Jets, Nets – I don’t remember) who was getting a new, and not well regarded, female counterpart. Both were supposed to go to one of the Indian casinos:
“A chance to sit next to a woman from Providence who rode the bus all night to chain smoke and play the penny slots”
When I heard that, I considered it a definitive welder moment. But the local ROTC guys and gals stole the thunder.
Anyway, the draft is less than two months away so it’s time to do some housekeeping.
I have been remiss/busy/drunk and have not yet done the reserve list cleanup. To remind everyone, if you have guys tied together (active to reserve) you can only keep one of them for the upcoming year. Remember, this step does not mean you are keeping anybody, it merely means you are retaining the rights to one of the players. Should you decide to keep one of the players now reserved on roster freeze day, it will cost you $5 to activate the player then.
For example, Ken has Domingo Santana (active) tied to Domonic Brown (reserve). If he chooses to retain the rights to Brown, then the Chief Welder needs to let me know so I know which player to release. If he does not, then he retains the rights to Santana and Brown is available.
If I don’t hear from each of you by February 15, I will assume you want to keep your active players and release the linked players. A full list is at the bottom of this newsletter.
Now, the news,
It will be a speakerphone draft. Otis will not be in Vegas for personal reasons and Hutch won’t be there for logistical reasons. Hutch has taken a one-year sabbatical from IBM and is studying Chinese language and culture in China. So Hutch cannot be there, and Otis won’t be there.
I’ve got Glenn securing the phone line (which team 2 will pay for), but I need one of the Austin contingent to check with Otis and arrange for a speakerphone to be taken to Vegas. Let me know privately by email.
On a semi-related (participation) note, Mr. Fraser has decided to join us at the draft. He has booked his flight and room. So I’ve got my partner to draft the team while I run the draft – hide and watch fellas.
Don’t know yet if I’ll be there for golf (haven’t picked up my sticks in over a year), but Weve has taken the lead on this the last few years, so check with him if you want to chase that little white ball all over Gods’ green acre.
Timeline:
Monday, Feb 15 – list of “keepers” between active/reserve rosters due. Let me know by email.
Tuesday, March 1st – initial buy in due. Since Glenn’s life is in flux, send payments to me. Make checks payable to Glenn Cekala, but send them to:
Jim Purcell
6141 Jessica Dr.
Corpus Christi, TX 78414
I will forward them on to Glenn.
Friday, March 25 – Roster Freeze day.
Friday, April 1 – Draft.
See you all in Vegas.
Jim
I screwed up somewhere during the year with one of the Rons moves. Adam Wainwright is on reserve, but not tied to anybody. Checking back, I see that he was tied to De La Rosa (Arizona), who was waived on 9/14. On the surface, this seems simple, when the Rons waived De La Rosa they should have also waived Wainwright.
Only problem is there is more than one De La Rosa in the league and the Rons owned both of them at some point. They got the Colorado De La Rosa in a trade with Farabee and later waived him. Then they picked him up again and waived him again. Somewhere in the De La Rosa plethora, I failed to see the linkage.
Since it’s my fault (I would have warned them as I have most of you) about the waiver gone astray, I will allow them to maintain the option on Wainwright at $14.50, although, if they elect to keep him, it will cost them an extra $5 activation fee from their reserve list.
Team 1 (Ken)
Domingo Santana/Domonic Brown
Tommy Pham/Billy Hamilton
Tsuyoshi Wada/Cody Martin/Zack Wheeler
Team 2 (Otis & Hutch)
None
Team 3 (Glenn, Craig & Dennis)
Trea Turner/Eury Perez
Jose Reyes/Ben Revere
Brad Ziegler/Adam Ottavino
Team 4 (Terry & Rich)
Alexi Amarista/Zack Cozart
Tom Koehler/Henderson Alvarez
Jason Motte/Brandon Maurer
Team 5 (Steve F & Bill)
Angel Pagan/Gregor Blanco
Chase Utley/Nori Aoki
Jarrett Parker/Yadier Molina
Carter Capps/Jason Grilli
Team 6 (Steve S & Jared)
Ben Paulsen/Mark Trumbo
Freddy Garcia/Arismendy Alcantara
Tyler Clippard/Johnny Cueto
Team 7 (Ron & Ron)
Brandon Moss/Gerardo Parra
Juan Uribe/Devin Meopraco
Chris Hatcher/Marco Gonzales
Nobody/Adam Wainwright
Team 8 (Steve T & Vern)
Cory Spangenberg/Jung-ho Kang
Wellington Castillo/Ryan Braun
Kelby Tomlinson/Joe Panik
Team 9 (Jim & Jim)
Carlos Frias/Brandon Morrow
Pedro Baez/Cory Lubke
Team 10 (Marcus & Matt)
Jhoulys Chacin/Drew Stoiren