[USML Announce] Just Trying to Be Helpful

[jhwinick at aol.com]

One other comment is necessary. My guess is that other than the Gaudin glitch (and Mark's bizarre hangup about it) almost every other problem relates to our use of automated transactions. 

The league got used to taking advantage of Mark B's willingness to trudge through pages of transactions to arrive at the "intuitive" result that Rich is looking for. 

Truth be told, unless we know another website that is willing to offer us the services of an Harvard educated lawyer to sort out our transactions, we're going to be frustrated no matter where we move. 

And to all of you who checked the website at 12:01 yesterday to see who got whom, keep in mind that such instant results weren't available using TQ Stats and won't be available that quickly absent the use of automation and all its associated frustrations. 

I do, however share the general sentiment that the $50 premium doesn't seem to have bought us much, so I'll start looking for alternatives. 

Jeff

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Richard E. Robbins" <RERobbins at iTinker.net>

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 06:33:52 
To:"'USML Announcements'" <announce at usml.net>
Subject: RE: [USML Announce] Just Trying to Be Helpful


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
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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
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All: 
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? 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." 
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? 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. 
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? 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. 
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? -- Mark B. 
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