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2008 DRAFT DATE:
Friday, March 28th, 2008
6:00PM
DRAFT LOCATION:
123 Frey Road, Oley, PA
610-944-5190
(Drew's Parents' house)
Since some of you
forget every year:
You must draft
27 players for $290
(2) C, 1B, 1/3, 3B, 2B, 2/S,
SS, IF, (7) OF, U, (10) P |
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ESL ROSTER FREEZE:
Friday, March 21st, 2008
6:00PM
You may retain up to 16 players. You must also
note any contract extensions at that time. You
must also note any rookies that you will retain on
reserve. You may submit your freeze list early -
you can change it as many times as you like up until the
dead-line. However, once you submit your list, you may
no longer make any trades until after the draft. |
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Threepeat?
Drew Gallagher,
9/29/08 |
PRESS RELEASE
September 28, 2008; Millwood, VA:
Perkolators' owner and Tim Lincecum fluffer, Jon Perkins
was photographed today holding a bottle of Korbell in
one hand and raising his middle finger on the other hand
as he put lovechild Ryan Theriot in a bear hug. When
asked if the finger was directed at anyone in particular
he responded:
"The finger is for threepeat! You tell the rest of the
ESL that we'll be holding a clinic before next year's
draft on how to win back to back championships. So the
finger is merely a symbol of success and not directed at
anyone in particular. Now that you mention it
though…tell those fifth-place Scottsmen it's for them."
Perk then took a long swing of champagne before
wrestling Kevin Kouzmanoff to the floor and tickling his
belly.
Thus endeth the first repeat championship in the ESL
since the Malcontents did it many years ago. And the
championship was not without some last day stress. Had
the Malcontents gotten another hit or two on Sunday they
likely would've passed the Chuck N Ducks in batting
average and only needed to salvage a half point
elsewhere in the standings to tie for first. When the
skintight standings were broached with an increasingly
drunk Perkins he had this to say:
"A couple of hits? Come on, this team was built to
withstand all comers from the outset. I admit that I
made quite a few shrewd moves along the way, not the
least of which was Fernando Tatis, but we coasted down
the stretch. This team was a better investment than my
401K. And please remind Dale that this middle finger is
for him…" |
The race for
first place did come down to the last day of the season
but the race for the third place literally came down to
one of the last innings played in the regular season.
When Delwyn Young pinch-hit in the ninth inning of the
Dodger game yesterday the Druids' season hung in the
balance. The Druids trailed Marty in batting average by
mere percentage points. If Delwyn had made an out Marty
would've beat Drew in average and tied Mal for fifth
place and the Druids would've tied the Scottsmen for
third place. Instead, Mr. Young doubled to deep
rightfield and the Druids' batting average cleared Marty
by one hit. If the Mets had won yesterday it all may
have hinged upon a Endy Chavez pinch-hit appearance
today. What might've been...
Congratulations to all of the money winners and thanks
to all three of the new owners for making the league as
competitive as it has been in recent memory. Paul made a
run at the money while still managing to stow away some
nice players for next year. The Question Marks and Chuck
N Ducks retooled their rosters extensively at the trade
deadline and both are loaded with keepers for 2009. (And
thanks to my Dad for beating Dale by one very important
RBI.)
Payouts will be issued in something approximating real
time and not Winterburn time.
I enjoyed the season and will now begin my six-month
quest to get Shane Victorino back where he belongs. And
please let me finish by uttering the phrase that Mal has
been dying to hear: "Let the trades begin." |
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2007 Annual Winter Rankings
Jamie Schlesinger, 11/16/07 |
*I will
summarize the 3 other teams once we know what is going
on.
Jamie
Offense: B
Decent core of Wright, Loney and Drew (assuming he picks
up where he left off in the playoffs). Reynolds could be
valuable if Tracy gets moved. I have some other question
marks who could be starters with Ortmeier $2, T Abreu
$5, Headley $7, Keppinger $5 and Burke $8.
Starting Pitching: D
All I can say is I have Billingsley and possibly
Villaneuva.
Closers: B
Izzy $17 had a nice season and is a good value assuming
he is healthy. I hope one of Howry and Marmol is the
closer as Dempster is supposedly in the rotation.
Minors: B-
Rasmus is young and could be patrolling CF in July.
Chris Mal
Offense: A
Phenominal OF lead by Byrnes and Young (thanks Mal for
making the rich richer). Trades may be down fall with
Kemp and Quentin in many packages.
Starting Pitching: D-
Might have one SP keeper if Bush is traded and Pelfrey
goes to the pen.
Closers: A
May have 3 cheap closers with Valverde, Corpas and
possibly Linebrink.
Minors: A
Votto, Gomez, Bruce and Bailey may start the year in the
NL.
Drew
Offense: C+
Basically five keeper options at this point lead by a
cheap Uggla and a $10 Victorino.
Starting Pitching: C
No head toppers but decent value in Gorzelanny and
Maine.
Closers: D-
None but potentially Fuentes could find a role if he is
traded.
Minors: None |
Marty
Offense: A
Love the core of Phillips, McCann, A Gonzalez, Pence and
Hart for under $35. You certainly have room to move
someone like Hawpe for a SP and do yourself a favor with
pitching.
Starting Pitching: D-
I must admit Looper was actually not terrible.
Closers: B
I do not want to talk about Weathers.
Minors: C
Kershaw is a great prospect but not sure he makes the
staff so he could become a $10 rookie SP. Gonzalez is a
nice prospect too but no place to play at the moment. He
also seems to be trade bait for Arizona.
Perk
Offense: B-
Certainly could have some cheap SB value potentially
with The Riot, Bourn, Weeks and Davis (if he gets PT).
Not a whole lot of power but you could make that up at
the draft given you have a ton of value at pitcher.
Starting Pitching: A
Incredibly cheap good young SP with the only reason you
do not get an A+ is Sabean saying Lincecum is available.
$12 could fill up your whole starting staff on draft day
and still finish toward the top in the major categories.
Closers: A+
Three potential closers for $8, wow. We all hope the
Astros sign a closer to give us a chance.
Minors: D-
At least you have nothing here.
Mal
Offense: C+
Solid base with the #1 catcher and a solid OF in
Francoeur but a lot of ? after that. Hamilton could make
the grade in the B range.
Starting Pitching: A-
Nice SP staff lead by the Cy Young winner, Young and
Mal’s messiah Gallardo. Olsen blew up in the wrong way
in 2007, not sure he is a keeper because he is such a
head case.
Closers: B-
Wilson at a buck could be a nice cheap closer after that
not much there.
Minors: B
Lots of options but most of them have high salaries but
one or two may help in 2008. |
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For the ESL
Trade Archives
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Team |
Asterisk
Players
Received |
Player
Received
from who? |
| Drew Gallagher |
none |
n/a |
| Mal Maher |
C.C.Sabathia ($75, s2) |
Chuck |
| Chris Mal |
Chase Utley ($45, s1)
Edwin Encarnacion ($11, L1) |
Chuck
Mark |
| Jon Perkins |
Jimmy Rollins ($52, s2)
K.Kouzmanoff ($25, s2) |
Mark
Chuck |
| Marty Slickers |
Johan Santana ($44, s2)
Francisco Cordero ($32, s1) |
Jamie
Mark |
| Jamie
Schlesinger |
Andre Ethier ($7, opt)
Rich Harden ($65, s2) |
Chuck
Mark |
| Paul & Jack |
Billy Wagner ($33, s2) |
Jamie |
| Mark Bennett |
Rafael Furcal ($35, s2) |
Jamie |
| Dale Scott |
Alfonso Soriano ($47, s2)
Jayson Werth ($4, opt) |
Mark
Chuck |
| Chuck Gallagher |
none |
n/a |
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ESL TRADING RULES: |
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Between Draft Day and noon on August 31st,
teams may accept only TWO "asterisk" players
total and those must be from different
teams. On the flip-side, a team may
trade AWAY as many "asterisk" players as
they like (but no two "asterisk" players to
the same team.) "Asterisk" players are
any players auction drafted for $25 or over,
any players FAAB drafted for $60 or over,
players of any salary in the final year of
their contract, and players traded to the
A.L. |
Thursday after the All-Star Game, 12:01 p.m. thru noon August 31st:
Restricted trading, you may trade with any
team +/- 5 points in the standings (based on
the most up to date standings on the front
page of the All-Star Stats web-site.
"Live" standings will not count, as there
will be no way to verify it later.)
Also during this period, teams with less
than 40 points and not in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
or 5th place will also be able to continue
trading with each other. The asterisk
rules will apply during this period.
Between 12:01 p.m. on August 31st thru the
end of the regular season: NO
trading what-so-ever. |
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