[USML Announce] Just Trying to Be Helpful

Brad Jansen bljansen at gmail.com
Mon Aug 6 07:23:51 EDT 2007


I've got enough on my hands fending off those blasted Red Hots.   I thought
Chad Gaudin was on my team.  And what the hell is Blocker doing in the north
woods of WI anyway?  Working out with militia men?

On 8/6/07, Richard E. Robbins <RERobbins at itinker.net> wrote:
>
>  I too am not happy with the web site.  There's too much I find
> counter-intuitive.  I would welcome a discussion of alternatives.
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> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On
> Behalf Of *MBBlocker at aol.com
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 05, 2007 9:05 PM
> *To:* announce at usml.net
> *Subject:* Re: [USML Announce] Just Trying to Be Helpful
>
>  In a message dated 8/5/2007 5:37:25 PM Central Daylight Time,
> jhwinick at aol.com writes:
>
> Ah, but I'd did have FAAB dollars left since the successful bid on Betemit
> was 34, leaving me with 43 dollars left.
>
> I had been led to believe that a blockbuster trade was imminent with
> Blocker. Guess you're going to ride it out. Since Brad long ago annointed
> you as champ, I can't imagine there's anything to worry about.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Jeff
> Sent from my BlackBerry(r) wireless handheld
>
>
>
> All:
>
>   Just back from the remote woods of Northern Wisconsin.  I can confirm
> that I had trade talks with various teams, making my long drive home today
> much more enjoyable.  An actual quote from my wife at 12:12 p.m.:  "Well,
> the deadline has passed."
>
>   With regard to Jeff's message above, I was wondering how we should
> handle the various bids/results of the weekend.  Some of Jeff's bids show up
> on the evaluator results as "over limit."  Jeff may well be correct in the
> message above about how to treat those bids, but I was wondering if others
> share that view.
>
>   I will offer one observation here that I think Jeff's e-mail points up:
> I think the All Star Stats website was not worth the extra money we paid.  I
> think it could well be a fine system for other leagues, but I think it is
> ill-suited to our rules, particularly the e-bay style FAAB bidding.  In
> addition, lets not forget the many start-up issues we experienced at the
> beginning of the season.  Once the current season concludes, we should have
> a discussion about whether to return to TQ Stats, or some other cheaper
> alternative.  Just one person's opinion.
>
>   -- Mark B.
>
>
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