[USML Announce] Pass Over This: 2009 Draft Day

[Andrew Klein]

Dear Brad,

March 29 works well for me, too.

-Professor Klein

Brad Jansen wrote:
> April 11 per the Rules of Roto Baseball.  That's my religion.  I could 
> give two wits about the First, Second or Fifth Days of Passover, Good 
> Friday, Easter, Administrative Professionals Day or any of that other 
> nonsense that continually messes with our draft dates.
> As for our league members fretting over the possibility of a job 
> action at AT&T, BFD: Let me say that as a tough-skinned fair-haired 
> labor/employment attorney for the nation's second largest transit 
> authority, I can say with a reasonable degree of confidence that once 
> you give in to union threats, then the unions have won. Live your 
> lives, men, free of the threats of union activities. At least no one 
> here expects me to drive a bus if our operators so dared to engage in 
> such an illegal strike activity.  Like you guys are really going to 
> lay phone lines or something....and given the sad state of ATT's 
> "customer service" you guys could phone it in from the draft and no 
> one would notice.
>  
> So I'll be at Sidley at 8:00 a.m. on 4/11.  Blocker,  put me on that 
> guest list. Who's with me??!!
>
>  
> On 11/21/08, *Richard E. Robbins* <RERobbins at itinker.net 
> <mailto:RERobbins at itinker.net>> wrote:
>
>     I am out of town the weekend of March 21 and I don't return until
>     the evening of March 28.
>      
>     March 29 would work.
>
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>     <mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net>] *On Behalf Of *Mark Blocker
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:48 PM
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>     *Subject:* [USML Announce] USML - Planning for 2009
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>      
>
>     League:
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>      
>
>                 When I see Brad Jansen starting to implement his
>     pump-and-dump trade practices, I know its time to start getting
>     back into roto, so here goes.  Some of you may have noticed that I
>     have been virtually invisible the last two months.  The reason is,
>     as some of you know, I have been out of town for most of the last
>     six weeks defending the honor of Kerber's employer in a jury trial
>     in Kansas City.  Thankfully for Kerber's bonus, the jury made sure
>     that everything came out just fine.
>
>      
>
>                 But with that episode behind me, I now want to attend
>     to roto.  There are four items of note, each of which is addressed
>     below.
>
>      
>
>     1.         _Draft Day 2009_
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>      
>
>                 We need to try to set a draft day well in advance this
>     year.  Opening day is April 6, 2009.   Assuming we want to draft
>     on a Saturday, here are the options
>
>      
>
>     After opening day:
>
>      
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>     April 11:  The second day of Passover, and the next day is Easter
>     Sunday
>
>      
>
>     April 18:  Available, but do we want to wait that long?
>
>      
>
>     Before opening day:
>
>      
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>     April 4:  I know I will be out of town at the Sidley partners meeting
>
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>     March 28:  Likely to be the end of most kids' Spring Breaks
>
>      
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>     March 21:  Open, but pretty far in advance
>
>      
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>                 Let me know what your schedules look like and what day
>     makes sense. 
>
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>     2.         _Rules proposals_
>
>      
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>                 If anyone wants to make rules proposals, I think you
>     should try to do so by mid- January at the latest, and preferably
>     by mid-December.  As in the past, please circulate proposed text
>     for your rule.
>
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>      
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>     3.         _Stat Service_
>
>      
>
>                 We need to decide if we are going to stick with our
>     current stat service.  I would vote to keep our current service,
>     which is reasonably-priced and was working fine, but I recognize
>     that there may have been some dissatisfaction with aspects of the
>     service.  Jeff W., if you heard about any other stat services that
>     were impressive, please feel free to update us.
>
>      
>
>     4.         _League participation_
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>      
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>                 Finally, I am hoping it goes without saying that
>     everyone will participate again next year, but if there is some
>     uncertainty, please let us know now.
>
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>      
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>                 That's it for now.  Please respond with comments on
>     the above, especially preferred dates for our 2009 Draft.
>
>      
>
>       -- Mark B.
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