[USML Announce] ANYONE DEALING

Mon Mar 12 09:20:20 EDT 2007

Ditto...
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew R. Klein  <announce at usml.net>
At:  3/11 19:48:41

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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