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 ) What part of The Sunshine Draft stands out most to you?\\
-**Probably the part where my plane was on time, I was picked up from the airport in a stretch Hummer, got to sit in the front seat of said Hummer, was promptly delivered to a baseball game, where I sat ten rows behind home plate, drank extremely cold beer and caught - for all narrative purposes - a foul ball pitched by I. Nova, and was then safely delivered to a beachside resort, this time in the back of the Hummer just to switch up the experience, and having all of this happen inside of four hours without experiencing any financially or emotionally-ruinous interactions with the law. It was also pretty cool eating multiple breakfasts the day after, and not being charged for either. The trick is to sit down with one set of Rockem Colleagues who are already eating, and then switch tables when other Rockem Colleagues enter and start doing their thing. Just smile, switch tables and re-order…the waitress thinks you're a mirage. Also, the Gods were particularly kind in forcing a run in with that elderly snowbird couple who drove me and the Water Ghost to the airport. I'll tell you…I've ridden with a lot of private citizens in my day. Taxi cabs are the strip clubs of getting around. Why pay? Why not just use a little "awe shucks" American charm and get your mileage honestly? They're going there anyway. They want it too. Anyway, when I got in that car, and then saw Don run up out of nowhere and jump in, looking equally shocked to see me - having made totally separate arrangements of the same nature…in that moment I've never felt more "a part of something larger than myself" in my life. That moment hit me as Easter strikes devout Christians. It said it all. In Rockem, we're the kind of people who make alternate arrangements.** \\
+**Probably the part where my plane was on time, I was picked up from the airport in a stretch Hummer, got to sit in the front seat of said Hummer, was promptly delivered to a baseball game, where I sat ten rows behind home plate, drank extremely cold beer and caught - for all narrative purposes - a foul ball pitched by I. Nova, and was then safely delivered to a beachside resort, this time in the back of the Hummer just to switch up the experience, and having all of this happen inside of four hours without experiencing any financially or emotionally-ruinous interactions with the law. It was also pretty cool eating multiple breakfasts the day after, and not being charged for either. The trick is to sit down with one set of Rockem Colleagues who are already eating, and then switch tables when other Rockem Colleagues enter and start doing their thing. Just smile, switch tables and re-order…the waitress thinks you're a mirage. Also, the Gods were particularly kind in forcing a run in with that elderly snowbird couple who drove me and the Water Ghost to the airport. I'll tell you…I've ridden with a lot of private citizens in my day. Why pay? Why not just use a little "awe shucks" American charm and get your mileage honestly? They're going there anyway. They want it too. Anyway, when I got in that car, and then saw Don run up out of nowhere and jump in, looking equally shocked to see me - having made totally separate arrangements of the same nature…in that moment I've never felt more "a part of something larger than myself" in my life. That moment hit me as Easter strikes devout Christians. It said it all. In Rockem, we're the kind of people who make alternate arrangements.** \\
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 ) How soon are we doing another Spring Training Draft?\\
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 It seemed too hot in FLA for Soup, but this Campbell's kid drafted a hell of a team. Wilson had one of the happiest draft experiences of his life (I think) limos, foul balls and drafting next to BK. Seriously if Neezer does as well as I think he will I want BK to draft in an isolation booth next year, but I am getting ahead of myself.\\
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-His bats? Well 3 OF’s in the first three rounds, I wouldn't have thunk it going in, but these three picks could seal all the O categories for EWC. Harper is going to be first round for the next ten years, Jones is primed for a career year and I haven’t even talked about his first pick The Dread Pirate. Willingham, Altuve, Freeman are just icing on the Spearmint Rhino horn…if anything speed could be an issue, but I doubt it.\\
+His bats? Well 3 OF’s in the first three rounds, I wouldn't have thunk it going in, but these three picks could seal all the O categories for W. Harper is going to be first round for the next ten years, Jones is primed for a career year and I haven’t even talked about his first pick The Dread Pirate. Willingham, Altuve, Freeman are just icing on the Spearmint Rhino horn…if anything speed could be an issue, but I doubt it.\\
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-On the arm side of things I see a reasonable, well thought out, strategy…adjectives and thoughts I would never associate either of those come EbTek on Draft day. CC, Wilson, Latos are reliable sociable arms that will chat up Hooters Girls and Cottage waitresses with the best of them. With Putz in the back end (teehee) his closers look serviceable, and I can’t believe I am going to say this….\\
+On the arm side of things I see a reasonable, well thought out, strategy…adjectives and thoughts I would never associate either of those come Wilson on Draft day. CC, Wilson, Latos are reliable sociable arms that will chat up Hooters Girls and Cottage waitresses with the best of them. With Putz in the back end (teehee) his closers look serviceable, and I can’t believe I am going to say this….\\
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 Prediction: Top 3rd. The Spearmint Rhinos will be saving that money for g-strings…\\
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-**3)I like Eben and Birdie's teams. Eben in particular. ** \\
+**3)I like Wilson and Birdie's teams. Wilson in particular. ** \\
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 Prediction: Middle 3rd. I think Don will slip and slide his way to a mid table finish, no free eats, but no shame either. Same can’t yet be said for the Water Ghost persona… \\
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-**Shawn:** \\ 1)How would you rate your draft (feel free to create your own scale)? \\ **On the scale of frozen beach cocktails I am going to go Mango Daiquiri. I always seem to go for the Mango mix when I am sipping frozen ‘nuciousness on the beach, it is the flavor I want, shoot for, and consume. This draft pretty much went to plan (minus the end bits) but when all is said and done there is probably a better team out there, just like that Miami Vice Drink….** \\ {{http://www.jazzhostels.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/miami-vice-florida-photo-cocktail-cc.jpg?direct&|external image miami-vice-florida-photo-cocktail-cc.jpg}} \\ 2) One pick you were stoked about, One you should have changed?    \\ **Stoked, that word kinda fits this year with the beach motif. I will say Szjamdriasimcdnf or however you spell that former Tight End (teehee) from Notre Dame’s name. Seriously, I think umm The Shark, will have a top 10 pitching season this year for Rockem when all is said and done…depending on those Cubbie W’s I guess.** \\  \\ **Changed, Well any of my late picks of rookies who aren’t even making the club in the first few months. I am building the best team possible…for 2016. I will say Bundy particularly though because I literally thought he was older than 20 and would be in the O’s rotation…whooops.** \\  \\  \\ 3) Whose team are you most impressed with? \\ **Read the Previews!!!** \\ 4) Creatively name of the Duo who forced us out of our draft spot? \\ **Mad Dog and Cunty Woman.** \\  \\ 5) What part of The Sunshine Draft stands out most to you? \\ **Jesus I loved the whole damn thing. Limos, Dumb Floridians, Munch Box, Hooters, Catch on the Beach, The Tiki Bar, The Maid Peeping in my window every time she walked by, The Stadium, The Foul Ball, Eben Drafting Matt Weiters 8 times, Before you guys got there all the fucking… Too me this one had no downside, Jeff even found his phone. ** \\  \\ 6) How soon are we doing another Spring Training Draft? \\ **Kind of a serious question but I wanted to get peoples opinion on this one. Honestly I wouldn't mind making this an every few year kind of thing I was that impressed. I wouldn't even mind keeping it exactly the same (maybe checking out the Red Sox next time) because the combo of Beach and Baseball really works for me. It screams that summer is almost here after the shatty winter and juices me up.** \\  \\ **I had mentioned doing Cooperstown for a draft but there would have been snow on the ground up there this year, should make that an all-star trip or something instead. I am down to check out any other cool combos off Beach and Baseball[[http://www.flasports.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=88|__off this list__]] before all the teams move to Arizona….hmmm Cactus draft!!!** \\  \\ 7) Anything To Say to your competitors? \\ **Read the Previews!!!!!** \\  \\  \\ **Guest Reviewer Mike Ryniec’s Take:** \\ **My flight from LA left at 1:20am. I didn’t even know there were flights at that time? But there you have it. To get to Fort Myers I had to do a twisted red-eye that only began at 1:20am. But after a three-hour stopover in Dallas, a second flight, and an hour and a half cab ride from the airport I was getting close.** \\  \\ **My pace quickened as I walked through the Outrigger with a backpack and a duffel bag on my shoulder, in jeans and a hoodie that were as traveled and worn out as me. And then I saw him. I saw The Commish. He was standing at the Tiki Bar with the ocean and beach behind him, in trunks, with a cocktail in hand.** \\  \\ **And I tell ya fellows, only if he had been sanding a boat or had the chessboard at the ready could this moment have felt any more like the ending of The Shawshank Redemption!** \\  \\ **The Shawnshank Redemption?** \\  \\ **“You remember the name of the town, don’t you Red… (whispers to himself) Fort Myers Beach…”** \\  \\ **I was amped to see Shawnee Dufresne, my friend.** \\  \\ **In honor of that magical moment, I offer you a review of his draft. To be read in the voice of Morgan Freeman…** \\  \\ —- **“I remember thinking how can anything good come from the back of the draft this year. You need a Trout. Or a Braun. Or a Mig Cab.** \\  \\ **But we don’t decide where we draft. Fate does. Fate and some cards pulled out of a hat in downtown Manhattan. It was there that Shawn Donohue found himself at the 10 pick. And the back of the draft.** \\  \\ **I don’t know how he did it. But Shawn put a together a squad that just may take that leap towards the top. The top and a sushi boat. ** \\  \\ **Taking Prince Fielder in the 1st round is just about as solid as it gets. Taking two 3B’s back to back? Well, that is The Commish. Fearless. No real concern for filling a position when there is a better player on the board.** \\  \\ **The offense looks balanced. Speed. Power. The real question here is Hanley Ramirez and his injured thumb. Shawn might find himself crying out what I’ve heard so many great men cry out before – ‘if only there were more middle infielders. If only there were more middle infielders.’ But lets believe that Hanley is 20/20, if not for just a while longer. And that Shawn’s offense will stand up.** \\  \\ **Now, I wish I could tell you that Matt Moore and Jeff Smardzija can anchor a staff, and that each will take a step forward to elite status this year.** \\  \\ **I wish I could tell you that. But Rock’em Sock’em is no fairy-tale world.** \\  \\ **With Vogelsong and Kennedy and a couple of hotshot NA prospects, this is where Shawn’s season lies. The pen will be there. Mo Rivera. Wilhelmsen. And Jansen is a closer even if the Dodgers don’t know it yet.** \\  \\ **There is potential here. Potential to be great.** \\  \\ **The perfect draft position didn’t matter for Shawn. He made it work. No matter the pick, we are all lords of creation. And in fantasy, as in life, the same words hold.** \\  \\ **Get busy drafting, or get busy dying.** \\  \\ **Or something like that.”** \\  \\ **GUEST PICK’EM: Middle 3rd, with a real chance for the top if the young guns on the P side of life can elevate and dominate.** \\  \\ **Tom** \\ **1)How would you rate your draft (feel free to create your own scale)?** \\  \\  \\ **On a scale of non-karaoke karaoke with one being "Sweet Emotion" and 10 being silence, I think my team is "Harvest Moon". Whether it is the first or second rendition of "Harvest Moon" will be determined once the season gets underway.** \\  \\ **2) One pick you were stoked about, One you should have changed?   ** \\  \\ **I was pretty happy to get the Adrian Gonzalez/David Price package with the Round 3&4 wrap-around.** \\  \\ **I never like to see Garrett Jones on my team. Yet here he is again.** \\  \\ **3) Whose team are you most impressed with?** \\  \\ **I don't actually believe that I'm going to say this but Eben's line up looks pretty good. His pitching is a little suspect but he could make some noise if things fall right.** \\  \\ **4) Creatively name of the Duo who forced us out of our draft spot? ** \\  \\ **The Angel & Vagabond** \\  \\ **5) What part of The Sunshine Draft stands out most to you?** \\  \\ **Draft day itself. A perfect day weather-wise and even though we were run out of the thatch hut by Comic Book Bad Guys, the move inspired the well needed pool participation.** \\  \\ **6) How soon are we doing another Spring Training Draft?** \\  \\ **I'll need to confer with my schedule and my wallet.** \\  \\ **7) Anything To Say to your competitors?** \\  \\ **Congratulations, BK.** \\  \\  \\ **Commish’s Take:** \\ I didn't know Tom was a carnivore but his love of meat is evident with his first three picks. Going for big bopping bats Giancarlo and Joey Bats puts Tom in the envious position of having two guys who could hit 40 home runs with ease, no other team can boast that. Going back for a second helping of Adrian Gonzalez this year proves Galbowski ain’t scurrred when it comes to last years under-performers… \\ {{http://memecrunch.com/meme/C29M/ain-t-scared/image.png?direct&|external image image.png}} \\ I think that 2012 was a fluke for A-Gone and he will be back to mashing in Dodgertown. Side note, Vin Scully is the greatest thing ever, yes I put this in Tom's post for a reason. \\ | {{http://throwbackattack.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/scully_vincent_10801.jpeg?direct&|I am making this into a t-shirt}}|
+**Shawn:** \\ 1)How would you rate your draft (feel free to create your own scale)? \\ **On the scale of frozen beach cocktails I am going to go Mango Daiquiri. I always seem to go for the Mango mix when I am sipping frozen ‘nuciousness on the beach, it is the flavor I want, shoot for, and consume. This draft pretty much went to plan (minus the end bits) but when all is said and done there is probably a better team out there, just like that Miami Vice Drink….** \\ {{http://www.jazzhostels.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/miami-vice-florida-photo-cocktail-cc.jpg?direct&|external image miami-vice-florida-photo-cocktail-cc.jpg}} \\ 2) One pick you were stoked about, One you should have changed?    \\ **Stoked, that word kinda fits this year with the beach motif. I will say Szjamdriasimcdnf or however you spell that former Tight End (teehee) from Notre Dame’s name. Seriously, I think umm The Shark, will have a top 10 pitching season this year for Rockem when all is said and done…depending on those Cubbie W’s I guess.** \\  \\ **Changed, Well any of my late picks of rookies who aren’t even making the club in the first few months. I am building the best team possible…for 2016. I will say Bundy particularly though because I literally thought he was older than 20 and would be in the O’s rotation…whooops.** \\  \\  \\ 3) Whose team are you most impressed with? \\ **Read the Previews!!!** \\ 4) Creatively name of the Duo who forced us out of our draft spot? \\ **Mad Dog and Cunty Woman.** \\  \\ 5) What part of The Sunshine Draft stands out most to you? \\ **Jesus I loved the whole damn thing. Limos, Dumb Floridians, Munch Box, Hooters, Catch on the Beach, The Tiki Bar, The Maid Peeping in my window every time she walked by, The Stadium, The Foul Ball, Wilson Drafting Matt Weiters 8 times, Before you guys got there all the fucking… Too me this one had no downside, Jeff even found his phone. ** \\  \\ 6) How soon are we doing another Spring Training Draft? \\ **Kind of a serious question but I wanted to get peoples opinion on this one. Honestly I wouldn't mind making this an every few year kind of thing I was that impressed. I wouldn't even mind keeping it exactly the same (maybe checking out the Red Sox next time) because the combo of Beach and Baseball really works for me. It screams that summer is almost here after the shatty winter and juices me up.** \\  \\ **I had mentioned doing Cooperstown for a draft but there would have been snow on the ground up there this year, should make that an all-star trip or something instead. I am down to check out any other cool combos off Beach and Baseball[[http://www.flasports.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=88|__off this list__]] before all the teams move to Arizona….hmmm Cactus draft!!!** \\  \\ 7) Anything To Say to your competitors? \\ **Read the Previews!!!!!** \\  \\  \\ **Guest Reviewer Mike Ryniec’s Take:** \\ **My flight from LA left at 1:20am. I didn’t even know there were flights at that time? But there you have it. To get to Fort Myers I had to do a twisted red-eye that only began at 1:20am. But after a three-hour stopover in Dallas, a second flight, and an hour and a half cab ride from the airport I was getting close.** \\  \\ **My pace quickened as I walked through the Outrigger with a backpack and a duffel bag on my shoulder, in jeans and a hoodie that were as traveled and worn out as me. And then I saw him. I saw The Commish. He was standing at the Tiki Bar with the ocean and beach behind him, in trunks, with a cocktail in hand.** \\  \\ **And I tell ya fellows, only if he had been sanding a boat or had the chessboard at the ready could this moment have felt any more like the ending of The Shawshank Redemption!** \\  \\ **The Shawnshank Redemption?** \\  \\ **“You remember the name of the town, don’t you Red… (whispers to himself) Fort Myers Beach…”** \\  \\ **I was amped to see Shawnee Dufresne, my friend.** \\  \\ **In honor of that magical moment, I offer you a review of his draft. To be read in the voice of Morgan Freeman…** \\  \\ —- **“I remember thinking how can anything good come from the back of the draft this year. You need a Trout. Or a Braun. Or a Mig Cab.** \\  \\ **But we don’t decide where we draft. Fate does. Fate and some cards pulled out of a hat in downtown Manhattan. It was there that Shawn Donohue found himself at the 10 pick. And the back of the draft.** \\  \\ **I don’t know how he did it. But Shawn put a together a squad that just may take that leap towards the top. The top and a sushi boat. ** \\  \\ **Taking Prince Fielder in the 1st round is just about as solid as it gets. Taking two 3B’s back to back? Well, that is The Commish. Fearless. No real concern for filling a position when there is a better player on the board.** \\  \\ **The offense looks balanced. Speed. Power. The real question here is Hanley Ramirez and his injured thumb. Shawn might find himself crying out what I’ve heard so many great men cry out before – ‘if only there were more middle infielders. If only there were more middle infielders.’ But lets believe that Hanley is 20/20, if not for just a while longer. And that Shawn’s offense will stand up.** \\  \\ **Now, I wish I could tell you that Matt Moore and Jeff Smardzija can anchor a staff, and that each will take a step forward to elite status this year.** \\  \\ **I wish I could tell you that. But Rock’em Sock’em is no fairy-tale world.** \\  \\ **With Vogelsong and Kennedy and a couple of hotshot NA prospects, this is where Shawn’s season lies. The pen will be there. Mo Rivera. Wilhelmsen. And Jansen is a closer even if the Dodgers don’t know it yet.** \\  \\ **There is potential here. Potential to be great.** \\  \\ **The perfect draft position didn’t matter for Shawn. He made it work. No matter the pick, we are all lords of creation. And in fantasy, as in life, the same words hold.** \\  \\ **Get busy drafting, or get busy dying.** \\  \\ **Or something like that.”** \\  \\ **GUEST PICK’EM: Middle 3rd, with a real chance for the top if the young guns on the P side of life can elevate and dominate.** \\  \\ **Tom** \\ **1)How would you rate your draft (feel free to create your own scale)?** \\  \\  \\ **On a scale of non-karaoke karaoke with one being "Sweet Emotion" and 10 being silence, I think my team is "Harvest Moon". Whether it is the first or second rendition of "Harvest Moon" will be determined once the season gets underway.** \\  \\ **2) One pick you were stoked about, One you should have changed?   ** \\  \\ **I was pretty happy to get the Adrian Gonzalez/David Price package with the Round 3&4 wrap-around.** \\  \\ **I never like to see Garrett Jones on my team. Yet here he is again.** \\  \\ **3) Whose team are you most impressed with?** \\  \\ **I don't actually believe that I'm going to say this but Wilson's line up looks pretty good. His pitching is a little suspect but he could make some noise if things fall right.** \\  \\ **4) Creatively name of the Duo who forced us out of our draft spot? ** \\  \\ **The Angel & Vagabond** \\  \\ **5) What part of The Sunshine Draft stands out most to you?** \\  \\ **Draft day itself. A perfect day weather-wise and even though we were run out of the thatch hut by Comic Book Bad Guys, the move inspired the well needed pool participation.** \\  \\ **6) How soon are we doing another Spring Training Draft?** \\  \\ **I'll need to confer with my schedule and my wallet.** \\  \\ **7) Anything To Say to your competitors?** \\  \\ **Congratulations, BK.** \\  \\  \\ **Commish’s Take:** \\ I didn't know Tom was a carnivore but his love of meat is evident with his first three picks. Going for big bopping bats Giancarlo and Joey Bats puts Tom in the envious position of having two guys who could hit 40 home runs with ease, no other team can boast that. Going back for a second helping of Adrian Gonzalez this year proves Galbowski ain’t scurrred when it comes to last years under-performers… \\ {{http://memecrunch.com/meme/C29M/ain-t-scared/image.png?direct&|external image image.png}} \\ I think that 2012 was a fluke for A-Gone and he will be back to mashing in Dodgertown. Side note, Vin Scully is the greatest thing ever, yes I put this in Tom's post for a reason. \\ | {{http://throwbackattack.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/scully_vincent_10801.jpeg?direct&|I am making this into a t-shirt}}|
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