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 Was it the Hollywood run with Tom?
-Was it the Afterlife Welcome Party with Eben?
+Was it the Afterlife Welcome Party with Wilson?
 Was it the teriyaki salmon?
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 Greetings from the OK Coral
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 === Commish’s Take: ===
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-Then he went big dick..err..arm style grabbing Verlander Sale. Boom. Along with Hamels Musgrove and a strong closer crew (2 and half closers on opening day) Moon makes an argument for best staff in the draft.
+Then he went big dick..err..arm style grabbing Verlander Sale. Boom. Along with Hamels Musgrove and a strong closer crew (2 and half closers on opening day) Moon makes an argument for best staff in the draft…well Moon didn't make that arguement, I am doing it here and now.
 The bats are more iffy, but poised for big things. If Vlad Jr. is the real deal he will be a steal in the 4th, Shaw could be the best offensive 2 bagger since someone lit fire to a bag of shit on someone’s porch….
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 ) How would you rate your draft (feel free to create your own scale)?
-Yeah we smoked cigarettes and stared at the moon.
+"Yeah we smoked cigarettes and stared at the moon."
-This draft was Damn The Torpedoes, the third studio album from Tom Petty, which was released on Earth the same year as me and Winston and included the track “Even The Losers.” Check the top of that board the first week of October. This is the year of the add-ons and perennial also-rans. Of water ghosts and spandex-clad wrestlers. Of commishes removing championship asterisks and Tom G’s picking places to eat. This may be the year that the boat gets left in the overhead compartment of a southbound train and winds up in Orlando.
+This draft was //Damn The Torpedoes//, the third studio album from **Tom Petty**, which was released on Earth the same year as me and Winston and included the track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E30XxSYgmqo|“Even The Losers".]] Check the top of that board the first week of October. This is the year of the add-ons and perennial also-rans. Of water ghosts and spandex-clad wrestlers. Of commishes removing championship asterisks and Tom G’s picking places to eat. This may be the year that the boat gets left in the overhead compartment of a southbound train and winds up in Orlando.
 ) One pick you were stoked about, one you should have changed?
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 ) We have stayed in some interesting houses, where does this one rank and what was your favorite part of the Mansion Under The Hill?
-It was up there with Key West, only with sturdier furniture. That first night I was sleeping on the bottom bunk on the bottom floor, when I awoke at 3am to find Drunk Moon trying to negotiate his way into the top bunk. If you’ve never experienced this, don’t. At that hour, you awake and remember only that you are somewhere in California, where a giant is unsuccessfully trying to stuff himself into an enclosed space fit for a toddler, right above you. Not all parts of Moon seemed to fit into the bunk simultaneously, but he didn’t care, he just kept on cramming himself in there, with the bed frame creaking. This seemed like a strange end for the Big Show, with Shawn having to call Carol with the news, “Look, the way he died was fucking weird. But the fellas all chipped in on what may as well have been his last words, a la Malcolm X, for his tombstone, “I didn’t land on the moon. The moon landed on me!”
+It was up there with Key West, only with sturdier furniture. That first night I was sleeping on the bottom bunk on the bottom floor, when I awoke at 3am to find Drunk Moon trying to negotiate his way into the top bunk. If you’ve never experienced this, don’t. At that hour, you awake and remember only that you are somewhere in California, where a giant is unsuccessfully trying to stuff himself into an enclosed space fit for a toddler, right above you. Not all parts of Moon seemed to fit into the bunk simultaneously, but he didn’t care, he just kept on cramming himself in there, with the bed frame creaking. This seemed like a strange end for the Big Show, with Shawn having to call my wife with the news, “Look, the way he died was fucking weird. But the fellas all chipped in on what may as well have been his last words, a la Malcolm X, for his tombstone, “I didn’t land on the moon. The moon landed on me!”
 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BlHY69ZsZ0|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BlHY69ZsZ0]]
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-Nah, the draft of Rockies and Yankees, but what else is new? We go with what we know, which is why Wilson immediately flew home and went to an **Arianna Grande** show…huh?!?!?
+The "Nights of Wine and Roses"?
+[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3KtKAySDBs&list=RDe3KtKAySDBs&start_radio=1|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3KtKAySDBs&list=RDe3KtKAySDBs&start_radio=1]]
+Niether. It was the draft of Rockies and Yankees, but what else is new? We go with what we know, which is why Wilson immediately flew home and went to an **Arianna Grande** show…huh?!?!?
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-He may know more of her songs than players not on NYY or COR but the good thing is those players he knows are pretty damn good. Nolan, Blackman, Sanchez, Torres, and Desmond, Happ Hicks, later will be # machines. But will Kimbrel get saves? Will Rosario make a leap?
+He may know more of her songs than players not on NYY or COR but the good thing is those players he knows are pretty damn good. Nolan, Blackman, Sanchez, Torres, and Desmond, Happ Hicks, later will be # machines. But will Kimbrel ever take the mound let alone get saves? Will Rosario make a leap?
 His late picks of Greene, McNeill, Martinez and Jac may prove more palpable than the middle of his draft…Then again there are 4 open slots for Neezer to play with post draft…dear god.
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 ) One pick you were stoked about, one you should have changed?
-Stoked for Judge at 4. I'm banking on him being a top 5 guy by the end of the year. One I would have changed is Garrett Hampson in the 11th round. Eben's soul temporarily took over my body and saw that there was an undrafted Rockie and made me yell out "Garrett Hampson". I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Eben works for the Kochs. That fucker has no soul.
+Stoked for Judge at 4. I'm banking on him being a top 5 guy by the end of the year. One I would have changed is Garrett Hampson in the 11th round. Wilson's soul temporarily took over my body and saw that there was an undrafted Rockie and made me yell out "Garrett Hampson". I'm kidding, I'm kidding. That fucker has no soul.
 ) Whose team are you most impressed with?
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 ) One pick you were stoked about, one you should have changed?
-Ryan McMahon….maybe just because Eben was literally a Vinny Castilla pick away from assembling the entire Rockies roster.
+Ryan McMahon….maybe just because Wilson was literally a Vinny Castilla pick away from assembling the entire Rockies roster.
 Change…Luis Castillo….I like him but I brain farted and lost Miguel Cabrera in that round.
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 ) Favorite moment of Rockem 18 Draft?
-Eben’s recounting the story of Jay Moon getting into that triple bunk above him is probably my favorite moment.
+Wilson’s recounting the story of Jay Moon getting into that triple bunk above him is probably my favorite moment.
 I did enjoy our Hermosa Beach Football game. We need to bring these type of excursions back to the league….Rockem Golfem, Rockem Bowlem, Rockem Touchem (errrr Footballerem)
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-It is on the arms side of things the true questions lie, is Bauer a real Ace? (Fuck Trump) Hand a real Closer? (Bird will be hawkeyed on the Tribe this year) Ray, Arrietta, and Morton everyday fantasy starters? Not liking Bird’s limp staff in the least, HOWEVER you never bet against the champ…
+It is on the arms side of things the true questions <del>lie</del>, err <del>lay</del>,…await us. Is Bauer a real Ace? (Fuck Trump) Hand a real Closer? (Bird will be Tony Hawkeyed on the Tribe this year) Are the collection of Ray, Arrietta, and Morton everyday fantasy starters? Not liking Bird’s limp staff in the least, HOWEVER you never bet against the champ…
 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbSYgSOZHqI|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbSYgSOZHqI]]
 Prediction: …or do you?!?! Middle Third
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 ) We have stayed in some interesting houses, where does this one rank and what was your favorite part of the Mansion Under The Hill?
+Mansion Under the Hill was pretty killer. I loved the Pink Key West house, but this place was t!ts. My fav part of the house was that I kept finding new places and things?! Place was huge!
 ) Favorite moment of Rockem 18 Draft?
-=== Commish's Take: ===
+Screw Crew!!!
+) Anything to say to your competitors?
+Forgive me if I don’t shake hands.
+=== Commish’s Take: ===
+Donny Mac was the last to arrive in LA but he made the most of it splitting time between The Bar Boys and the Screw Crew and that inebriation may have hampered his picks…uhh you know Kuechel isn’t in the league Don? (Yet.) And you know you're not really in the Screw Crue right? (Yet.)
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+As it stands I think the majority of teams are fairly even but if I am forced to write a 18,976 word preview I need to make some hard choices and Don Pigeons team seems to be the furthest from these eyes to soaring to free eats. Sorry Cillian Jack, daddy’s gonna need his medicine this summer.
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+Not saying it CAN’T happen. There are a few good picks in there. In fact his first two can be vying for NL MVP honors come September, but just what is a Cody Bellinger? A top tier 1b or a part time player for Dave “Platoon” Roberts. Come to think of it McNally does seem to have a bit of William Dafoe circa Platoon in him…
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+Anyways…Dee Gordon felt about 10 rounds to early, but I may be projecting, Upton returned home a solid if unspectacular pick and he did the same motif with his late grabs of Choo and Kipins; drunk D-Mc needed some stability.
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+Where he won’t find it is in his pitching rotation. McNally needs Walker Buehler to shine because the likes of Price and the aforementioned Dallas are iffy. Seeing how this is McNally he only has one closer, but somehow that isn’t the worst in the league so maybe he can scratch out points with a solid MR of Betences and Stripling…wait Stripling backs up Jansen his only closer…he better hope Jansen doesn't have a heart attack when he strolls into the Tangled Upton Blue club house.
+[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrQATSvhsaA|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrQATSvhsaA]]
+**Prediction: **Bottom Third. Gonna be an interesting season if Donny’s squad is eating for free at the table come December. (Editor's Note: Of course Don dominated all of the league for the first month and is still in 2nd place as of May16th)
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 === Commish’s Take: ===
-BK, like Birdie, seemed at home on the left coast…perhaps the two family men just need a vacation with friends…or perhaps they have half the league titles between them so they know the rest of us are suckers and they can just chilllll…GRRR! Any which way but loose BK had a good time all weekend, that includes the draft.
+Honestly, this should be my full preview:
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+But since you guys pay me for top notch work….BK, much like Birdie, seemed at home on the left coast…perhaps the two family men just need a vacation with friends…or perhaps they have half the league titles between them so they know the rest of us are suckers and they can just chilllll…GRRR! Any which way but loose BK had a good time all weekend, that includes the draft.
 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrhzX3dRRiI|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrhzX3dRRiI]]
-BK went for well rounded it looks like and it paid off. On the bat side of the ledger there are a lot of AVG heavy guys who can also pop, Lindor, Abreu, Springer, Merrifield and a couple of those can run as well (EDITOR'S NOTE: A day after writing this Lindor went out with a serious ankle sprain…ouch). (EDITOR’s NOTE 2: The Revenge of Editor’s Note- The original note was written in March, it’s now the middle of May). The sneaky still productive Nelson Cruz was a great pick while later grabs like Piscotty Schwarber and White all have contributing and legit breakout potential.
+BK went for well rounded it looks like and it paid off. On the bat side of the ledger there are a lot of AVG heavy guys who can also pop, Lindor, Abreu, Springer, Merrifield and a couple of those can run as well (EDITOR'S NOTE: A day after writing this Lindor went out with a serious ankle sprain…ouch). (EDITOR’s NOTE 2: The Revenge of Editor’s Note- The original note was written in March, it’s now the middle of May). The sneaky still productive Nelson Cruz was a great pick while later grabs like Piscotty Schwarber and White all will contribute and have legit breakout potential.
-While the bats are OK, BK has the deepest staff…surprising for an Irishmen. But will he be able to finish the deal? Starters are dominant (Max, Carrasco, Flaherty, Mikolas) but the closers, while talented may not rack up a ton of SV’s. The thing is I am thinking there will be a lot of K’s low ERA and WHIP and since this is BK coaching…
+While the bats are OK, BK has a deep staff…surprising for an Irishmen. But will he be able to finish the deal? Starters are dominant (Max, Carrasco, Flaherty, Mikolas) but the closers, while talented may not rack up a ton of SV’s. The thing is I am thinking there will be a lot of K’s low ERA and WHIP and since this is BK coaching…
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 **Prediction:** Top Third…seriously, this is BK I am typing about…
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 Now that quote may be a bit harsh to describe Shawn’s drafting, but so are 18 years of rhyming Pink and Stink.
-Shawn lives and dies with the sexy picks and they are certainly plentiful in the top of this draft. Baez a legitimate MVP candidate screaming regression……well according to Eben’s magazine that somehow miraculously did not make it into the nicest Hot Tub we’ve ever scored.
+Shawn lives and dies with the sexy picks and they are certainly plentiful in the top of this draft. Baez a legitimate MVP candidate screaming regression……well according to Wilson’s magazine that somehow miraculously did not make it into the nicest Hot Tub we’ve ever scored.
 And yes I would consider myself the Rockem Authoritative Source on the subject
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 The one place Vig is stacked, besides his lovers underwear, is in the Bullpen. Vig grabbed three true top notch closers and may be able to shift them for needs later on as he will probably be running away with saves at the All-Star break. Overall, it’s true we never know with injuries, and if healthy this team could contribute but I am not so sure you can’t draft away from the doctors office…
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+{{:nurse.gif?nolink&220x127|Ahh this was such a funny smart show, I wonder if it holds up? I used to watch it when I baby sat 4 boys who lived next door to me in CP, it would be this and old Batman re-runs which always resulted in wrestling. Animaniacs though was witty need to revisit ti sometime soon as I own Pinky and the Brain DVD's...oh thanks for reading this and strolling back down memory lane with me...}}
 **Prediction:** Many trips to the ER, Dr. James Andrews and the Bottom Third
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 Last year I kinda shit all over Ryniec’s draft in real time, went back to write the review and was shocked to see I dug his squad (picked them to finish 2nd overall) then the season happened and he plummeted to 10th. Guess my drunken draft self was right…
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+{{:druuuunk.gif?nolink&500x221|Party Down is a criminally underrated show. I need to go back and watch that again as well, but who has Starz these days?!?}}
 This year, in real time I disliked the other LA Rockem’s resident team. With Fatone drafting at the snake I never really got nipple hard for any of his choices and yet now back in the grimy gray, concrete cold of NYC I have to say I may have been mistaken.
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 Kinda interesting no one is over 100. Quick, since we went to our patented scoring system, what’s the highest point total?
+Bonus (fake) points if you know who did it (not many options) and what year (tougher)….
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-[[http://rockemsockemfantasybaseball.com/2011|BK, 124 in Rockem X]].
+..
-Anyways… Now that the robots and bad memories are done here are my thoughts. I say my patented sentence every year below, but with young players, mixed up bullpens, shifts and new playing roles to be defined daily, it seems like this season is totally up in the air. The points will be split pretty evenly and I gotta feeling (like the robot) very few peeps will be over 100, so without further ado…my annual lead in:
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+[[http://rockemsockemfantasybaseball.com/2011|BK, 124 in Rockem X]].
 ==== Commish Predictions: ====
+Anyways… Now that the robots and bad memories are done here are my thoughts. I say my patented sentence every year below, but with young players, mixed up bullpens, shifts and new playing roles to be defined daily, it seems like this season is totally up in the air. The points will be split pretty evenly and I gotta feeling (like the robot) very few peeps will be over 100, so without further ado…my annual lead in:
 The league is waaaay too tight, injuries and breakout seasons are what will decide this year’s champ. It will come down to the final days like always and something weird will probably decide the title and who eats for free. I seriously believe anyone can win this thing…and the great thing is? Someone will.