[USML Announce] The Conventional Winick: Blocker Bound To Bomb Again in '07

[Brad Jansen]

Fresh from his engagement in sunny Scottsdale, roto savant Jeffrey Winick is
back and ready to resume his off-season analysis of likely reservists, with
a look this week at the Block's Bombers.  Winick's musings:

 As helmsman of the monolithic Sidley Austin LLP, Mark Blocker finds little
time to focus on life's trivialities, such as roto baseball.  "About the
only break I had this past summer was when Rich Robbins was sucking on an
oxygen machine during one of our weekend tennis matches," reminisced the
low-key and erudtite Mark Blocker, slightly befuddled at the thought of
discussing baseball in November. "And even then I spent most of my free time
poring over my associates' billing sheets."

 Nevertheless, Blocker did find a few spare moments to make lightning strike
deals with the always willing Doug "Shameless" Shabelman.  Jeff Winick
observes that those deals provide the cornerstones of the Bombers' '07
campaign: Nick Swisher (2/yr2),  Jorge Cantu (10/y2) and Chris Gomez (5/yr
1).  "Beyond those names I expect the Bombers' reserve list to
include Lowell (14), Giambi (12) and Rivera (8)," observed Winick.  "Thanks
to the cursed long-term contract, he's stuck with Cliff Lee (12/LT07) and I
suppose he'll take a flyer on Brandon McCarthy (5/yr1) if he remains in the
AL.  There are no minor leaguers on that roster that *I *would retain, but
then what do I know: I've only won an experts league twice in the last 3
years.  In any event, I must say the prospect of reviewing several more
rosters is quite daunting, especially now that the H-Dads will go into the
draft with Matsuzaka at $2. I state without equivocation or equanimity: it
won't be a draft, it will be a coronation of the Hoosier Daddies...but more
on them in the weeks ahead."

For now, that's it.
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