[USML Announce] ANYONE DEALING
rickgam at comcast.net
rickgam at comcast.net
Sun Mar 11 22:34:32 EDT 2007
Greetings;
In a reversal of Tareyton's old slogan (I think only a couple of us are old enough to remember ciggys being advertised on TV), "I'd rather switch than fight". Consider me officially off of the TQStats bandwagon!
Rick
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Andrew R. Klein" <anrklein at yahoo.com>
> If I'm the holdout, switching is fine with me given Jeff's comments.
>
> -Andy
>
> Blocker, Mark B. wrote:
> > Jeff:
> >
> > Thanks for doing a little investigating. I will hold off on
> > re-registering our league until I hear further league commentary.
> >
> > -- Mark B.
> >
> >
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> > *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net
> > [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On Behalf Of *jhwinick at aol.com
> > *Sent:* Sunday, March 11, 2007 04:12 PM
> > *To:* announce at usml.net
> > *Subject:* Re: [USML Announce] ANYONE DEALING
> >
> > What with the recent injury to Gordon, I thought you'd include him
> > on the list of players, too. I sure hope that shoulder is okay.
> >
> > On a more important note, I just finished attending the Shandler
> > Seminar in Oak Brook. There were more than 50 people there
> > representing no less than 30 different leagues. Better than 90%
> > of them used TQ Stats last year. Not a single one will be using
> > TQ Stats this year. Having heard their stories and found out a
> > bit more about the company that now owns TQ Stats, I want to lobby
> > strongly in favor of moving sites. Many of these leagues lost
> > data during the season (i.e. rosters were "inadvertently"
> > deleted), many found mistakes in the data compilation and all were
> > subject to periodic interruptions in service. Last year the
> > company that operates TQ Stats (CDM) was in the midst of being
> > sold to FUN Technologies. Now FUN Technologies is looking for
> > another buy so they can get out of the business. Putting aside
> > whether you can really trust a company called FUN Technologies, i
> > f they're selling, things could get ugly.
> >
> > The good news is that there are at least a few good candidates for
> > new sites. I can personally vouch for All Star Stats, but it is a
> > bit more expensive than what we are now using,
> > www.allstarstats.com <http://www.allstarstats.com> . Although I
> > have no experience with the site, a number of the guys at the
> > seminar were switching to an Illinois based company called Custom
> > Stat, located at www.customstat.com <http://www.customstat.com>
> > It looks pretty good and its cheap. Then again, sometimes you get
> > what you pay for.
> >
> > Regardless of where we end up, it appears that TQ Stats may be in
> > trouble. Let's move our league to a site with which we can have a
> > bit more confidence.
> >
> > Jeff Winick
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bljansen at gmail.com
> > To: announce at usml.net
> > Sent: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: [USML Announce] ANYONE DEALING
> >
> > Rips players that may interest teams and are available for trade
> > include Jim Thome (26), Lyle Overbay (20), Dan Johnson (5), Boof
> > Bonser (9), Zach Greinke (2). If interested, advise. I am not
> > going to Las Vegas.
> > BLJ
> >
> > On 3/10/07, *Bbuddhas at aol.com <mailto:Bbuddhas at aol.com>*
> > <Bbuddhas at aol.com <mailto:Bbuddhas at aol.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Players I would make available for the right offers are Melky
> > Cabrera, Jesse Crain, Carl Pavano and/or Jose Lopez.
> >
> >
> > Anybody have interest?? I leave for Vegas Wednesday morning
> > so time is creeping.
> >
> >
> >
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