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 Was it the Hollywood run with Tom? 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? Was it the teriyaki salmon?
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 Greetings from the OK Coral Greetings from the OK Coral
  
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 === Commish’s Take: === === 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…. 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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 1) How would you rate your draft (feel free to create your own scale)? 1) 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.
  
 2) One pick you were stoked about, one you should have changed? 

 2) One pick you were stoked about, one you should have changed? 


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 5) We have stayed in some interesting houses, where does this one rank and what was your favorite part of the Mansion Under The Hill? 5) 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]] [[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"?
  
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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? +
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-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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-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1aHhXnN1k|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1aHhXnN1k]] +
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-**Prediction:** Maybe he didn’t pick ninth…but he will finish around there…Bottom Third +
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-1) How would you rate your draft (feel free to create your own scale)? +
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-On the scale of Jeff's sobriety with 1 being "Jeff is sober" and 10 being "Jeff is dead", I think my team is "Jeff has severe liver damage". We're not quite dead yet, but compared to other teams that look more like "Jeff is hungover" and "Jeff is doing dry January", I think my team has a decent shot at getting the trophy named "The Winston Cup". +
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-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. +
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-I think BK has a good chance to see the boat float further west down the Island. +
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-4) Rockem 18 in beautiful Los Angeles had more guests; new/old friends join in on our fun than any of our past drafts. Tell your favorite story about any of the people who interacted with the Rockem crew in some capacity during this adventure. +
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-__Picture it,__// Playa del Rey, 2019. 1:10am Saturday night/Sunday morning// +
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-//Phone rings// +
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-Mike: "Hey buddy, I'm so sorry. I'm locked out out of the house. Can you come and open the door?" +
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-Me: "Snarfkmnsnjkw. Fucking jhshwi3w drunk assholejejhehei. I'll be right there" +
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-//Walks to the door. It's unlocked. Opens it. No one is there.// +
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-//Walk to the kitchen. Sees Vig and the dude that was wearing a WWI fighter pilot jacket and a scarf?!// +
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-Me: "Did Mike just come in?" +
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-Me: "I just asked you if you saw him walk in, How would….never mind." +
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-//Calls Mike// +
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-Mike: "C'mon buddy! Let me in!" +
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-Me: "You're not in front of the right house, are you?" +
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-Mike: "I'm right in front of…." (pause) "I am NOT in front of the right house!" +
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-Me: "Please get away from that house before you break and/or enter." +
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-Mike: OH DUDE! I HAD NO IDEA! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A GIANT HUG! I OWE YOU BIG TIME" +
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-Me: "Please don't do that. Where are you? How far away are you?" +
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-Mike: "I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A GIANT HUG, YOU SONOFABITCH" +
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-//Hears "you sonofabitch" both through the phone and the still open front door. // +
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-//Mike enters and throws sweaty, uncoordinated arms around me. He steps back and I see tombstones where his pupils should be. He takes a deep breath and is ready to blow the windows out with a bellow…// +
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-Me: "No! Wait! wait. You don't owe me anything. Just please….PLEASE no more fucking Tombstone quotes. That's all I want." +
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-Mike: "How lewd." +
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-5) We have stayed in some interesting houses, where does this one rank and what was your favorite part of the Mansion Under The Hill? +
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-This has to be the tops for the actual house but definitely not for location +
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-It might be seeing Moon and BK show up to Cozy's with tacos +
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-Suck it! +
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-**Commish’s Take:** +
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-Tom reunited the Twin Towers (not those) and the first and second cities of the country (sorry host town, not really a city) by going off the board and grabbing Judge first and Bryant second. (which is Bossman and which is Akeem? You decide) +
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-Two players who were ROY’s, Bryant already an MVP and Judge could easily become one, that is a lockdown 1-2. Then again both underperformed last year, and tend to get hit by pitches (and bitches, both are sooo handsome…wait, where was I) so it is risky, but I love me some Risk. +
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-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSxD044qFqg|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSxD044qFqg]] +
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-For the rest of his bats, there is a reliance on old, (EE, Cano) and super young (Eloy, Hampson, O’Hearn) but with Akeem and The Big Bossman up top he should be set with counting stats for bats. His pitching is fairly sexy, like **Jenny Lewis’s** new album cover (how was she at Amoeba fellas? Don’t remember talking about it) +
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-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9PjniODmbU|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9PjniODmbU]] +
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-Nola, Straus, LeClerc Colome and May he can pull together…err…something…hmmm can he? Man, I actually thought I liked his staff better until I actually wrote out those names. No team is a lock this year, but I think Tom will be fighting for his first trophy… +
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-**Prediction:** Being the grumpy old man helps on trips when he needs to keep his wits…Top Third +
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-| \\ 1) How would you rate your draft (feel free to create your own scale)? \\   \\ On a scale of LA house bedrooms, I’d rate it the basement hot tub apt. Random assortment of dudes, completely disconnected from the rest of the house, closest to the hot tub, farthest from the exits. Not sure if that’s good or bad - you decide. \\  \\ 2) One pick you were stoked about, one you should have changed? 

 \\  \\ My plan going in was Yelich / Bellinger in the 1st two rounds and I completely punked out when it became my turn. Remains to be seen how that pans out… I love me some Albies, glad he is back. Think Gallo and German Marquez were great values in the 8th and 10th rounds. \\  \\ 3) Whose team are you most impressed with? \\  \\ Can I borrow your free time? \\  \\ 4) Rockem 18 in beautiful Los Angeles had more guests; new/old friends join in on our fun than any of our past drafts. Tell your favorite story about any of the people who interacted with the Rockem crew in some capacity during this adventure? \\  \\ Seeing Patrick in the airport made my trip. Love that dude. (Don’t think I saw him after the airport..) \\  \\ 5) We have stayed in some interesting houses, where does this one rank and what was your favorite part of the Mansion Under The Hill? \\  \\ I have a hard time ranking things, time and place, way too many variables, intangibles, and memories. This house did not come with a limo, so there’s that. Elevator rides with Jay Vig are dope though. \\  \\ 6) Favorite moment of Rockem 18 Draft? \\  \\ Shivering in bed post draft, Deadwood playing continuously on the TV, in and out of consciousness and I keep hearing Wyatt Earp on the landing outside of my bedroom. That was some shit. \\  \\ 7) Anything to say to your competitors? \\  \\ Best of luck fellas. Love you all.| +
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-=== Commish’s Take: === +
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-Hurricane Jeffe came in like a Lion to L.A….a Lion sick with rabies…and went out like a lamb…a wounded bleeding lamb, doing a sober (well no drinks Saturday, but probably still toasty) draft…and it is confusing to me. Each year there is one team I really can’t place, lately I always feel like it is Bull, but Jeff seems to have taken the fantasy “experts” to heart this year taking a cold calculating team, which I think could finish literally anywhere on the table. +
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-The bats look pretty similar, .260 30 90 guys with outliers of JD and Goldy on the higher avg level and Gallo on the lower but a lot of the same-same, no speed with which to speak on the Poles, but with this much HR power, perhaps a late trade will be in order, or if not he will just keep everyone on edge…like he did this trip? Segura could be a steal in the 6th and Taylor was a great grab in 16 giving some flexibility to a station to station team. +
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-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY77zDzNmYw|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY77zDzNmYw]] +
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-Looking on the P side of things (teehee), again same-same with the arms as well, lots of 13-14 win guys with high 3’s low 4 eras. Will Jameson (nectar to Jeff’s ears as he pours him all over the bar) and Clevinger make that jump to next level? Very possible, but his Bullpen is heavy with questionable closers on questionable squads which could kep SV’s down and WHIP’s up…I am confused. +
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-**Prediction: **When I have a hard time gauging a team I usually just slap them in the…Mid Third…but with little confidence. +
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-Equal to my volleyball experience on Manhattan beach. Great for 6 minutes and then I tweaked my back. +
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-Ryan McMahon….maybe just because Eben was literally a Vinny Castilla pick away from assembling the entire Rockies roster. +
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-Change…Luis Castillo….I like him but I brain farted and lost Miguel Cabrera in that round. +
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-Shawn’s….because it’s so damn sexy! +
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-4) Rockem 18 in beautiful Los Angeles had more guests; new/old friends join in on our fun than any of our past drafts. Tell your favorite story about any of the people who interacted with the Rockem crew in some capacity during this adventure. +
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-“Dude I just got kicked out of this bar” +
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-BK and I subliminally communicating: “Um……ok”……”Why are you back in the bar?" +
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-Probably the weirdest houses by far, but as far as I can tell no furniture was broken and discarded in the woods. Weird suits us, so this might be the best. Definitely best Hot Tubbin! +
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-Eben’s recounting the story of Jay Moon getting into that triple bunk above him is probably my favorite moment. +
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-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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-Seriously….want to see my ID? +
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-=== Commish’s Take: === +
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-The big Bull waited until the second day of the trip to do damage…to himself. Busting out his back in a swift VB move. Did the slow motion walking, Jacuzzi, sauna, or bed sharing with Moon, help things come draft time or hurt them? Let’s take a gander shall we tubby? +
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-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWdQVieC-H0|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWdQVieC-H0]] +
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-His first pick almost broke himself pre-season but avoided a scare, that said I am not a big fan of JoRam repeating his success, however his follow up picks load up on bats which the Commish digs. Bregman, Rizzo, K Davis and Marte are all hefty enough to lift Vig up a flight of stares. Toss in Carpenter, Andrus, Marzara and long shots like Buxton and Wendle and I really like Bull’s Big Bat…eww. +
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-His pitching is another story. The Corbin Bumgarner Castillo Foltynewicz isn’t awful…but it ain’t that great…and could be tragic barring big years from Corbin and Mad Bum. In a year with little bullpen solids, Bull is on the plus side with perhaps the best in the league Osuna, and while closing for the Reds Castillo might not yield great results, his other MR arms will help out, but I am not thinking it is enough. +
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-**Prediction: **Bull is bat heavy, with minimal arms, gross combo for a man who loves to whack it on Broadway…ewww…Mid Third +
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-Based on the Tombstone quotes from the weekend (BTW how did that even come up, probably too much Red Dead Redemption playing with Mike and Shawn), .."not before I turn your head into a canoe". To me, Draft was VERY fast this year and didnt have enough patience to go through all of my check and balances. that said, felt like i got a decent team overall but will be a tough +
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-Stoked about getting Trea Turner again, think he can get 70 Steals this year and .300 AVG (4/17 UPDATE: THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN) +
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-Should have passed on Trea Turner and taken Max Scherzer +
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-The Captain of team "Screw Crue", Mr. Fatone. Solid team across the board, and think he will win the league this year +
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-Helga's quote in the kitchen "I have never eaten steak in a mansion before" +
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-#1 Spa and Sauna, A+++++++ +
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-Hanging out at the beach, drinking beers in the sun. +
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-You tell em I’m coming, and hell’s coming with me!” +
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-The three time defending champ (four time overall) was loving life in LA as we all bounced around and I for one could def see him relocating there someday. The sun does wonders for Bird but the booze may have done a number on his draft…or was that just his app? Truth is a lot of Bird’s picks left me scratching my grizzled hog… +
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-Who am I to question the champ though?!? The commish, that’s who! Question I will! The law firm of Turner and Turner seems to be shooting for AVG predominantly with the early picks. Young Han Soto is a wild card who could carry his team to glory or sink it back down with the peons. Actually even if Soto soto’s the bed I think his offensive will be alright. Oldies like McCutchen and Braun could pitch in while youngsters like Dahl and Robles should inject life. +
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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… +
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-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbSYgSOZHqI|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbSYgSOZHqI]] +
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-Prediction: …or do you?!?! Middle Third +
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-To [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwViQxSJJQ|The Left to The Left]]….. +
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-…..Coast! +
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-Rockem set up shop next to the Pacific and actually saw the green flash as the sun set into the far side of the continental United States. For 2019, we drafted in beautiful Los Angeles, California. +
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-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwus2nqU0SY|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwus2nqU0SY]] +
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-The Mansion Under The Hill was pretty insane, the weather was gorgeous, the partying went long into the night (and started early in the morning) and for the 18th year we drafted fantasy baseball players. What joy. +
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-The truth is the longer we do this, the more amazing I find that we can still pull it off. I know we all have so much else going on in our lives, but to get these magical weekends together really re-charge my soul and are dynamite on all fronts. Much love to you all and to your families for understanding and making this possible. +
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-Now let’s get to the preview…last year I called Birdies team special from the beginning and was correct as he won wire to wire in a blowout, this year I don’t see things as so clear cut. Injuries and career years will decide things as always, but as of three days removed from the draft, I am currently having a hard time separating one squad as better than another (was that the right then/than Tom?, all have faults, strengths and weaknesses; Rockem 18 is wide open and I will probably be very wrong with this preview. +
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-As always I am just dealing with your team as of the draft with my takes; I can’t keep track if you picked up Johnny Hotnuts or slipped the tongue to Malcolm McVultureSave. I am also doing this before I read your responses to my questions, any connection is just serendipitous. In Draft Order… +
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-On a scale of WESTERN MOVIES, with 1 being “A Million Ways To Die In The West”… and 10 being “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly,”… I would say myyyyy draft waaaaaaaaaaaas………. I can’t do it. just can’t do it, you guys. I’m laughing too hard on this plane now. +
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-Stoked for Corey Seager in the 5th Round. Remember when this guy was a second rounder??? Not that long ago! And he is 24 years old?!? +
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-I should have changed that last pick, Lourdes Gurriel? That Madonna’s kid? Anyways, I wanted Tulowitzki. I had Tulowitzki written down somewhere. But I was too drunk to remember Tulowitzki and I walked away from all of my draft materials around the 21stround. I currently have a WAIVER CLAIM on Tulowitzki! So let’s see if I get Tulowitzki! +
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-…Tulowitzki +
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-I don’t know. For the first year, ever, I didn’t keep track of my team paper. I didn’t swap papers with folks post-draft. I didn’t pore over names and possibilities across the league. And I robbed myself of a Rockem tradition that I positively love. +
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-Piss on me, Wyatt! +
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-Pat. Culliford. +
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-Don’t get enough of that guy in my existence. And being shoulder-to-shoulder, talking bout life and tossing back beverages at Jumbo’s was a fantastic moment, if not a fantastic story. Would probably be a better story if I remembered more from that evening. +
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-This was a great trip, fellows. And really they are getting harder and harder to rank. I will say this, however… +
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-I just realized now, sitting down to write this preview that our L.A. residents book ended our draft…How did I not realize this the whole fucking time we were drafting?!? Or even at the draft order party?!?! Shit maybe it was because the draft went so fast (not sure officially but it felt like our fastest)…oh no, I didn’t realize it because of SCREW CRUE! +
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-He mentioned that he was going one known, one unknown for each of his quick picks and I am not so sure that was for the best…Somehow both his bats and pitch look a bit wonky. Let’s start with the arms as Mike normally excels as those…Thor, Berrios, Severino, John Gray, Urias? With what looks like only one true closer pre opening day via Chapman (D-backs, you named Holland? Really?) sadly his MR’s might be the best he’s got on the mound if the injury risks of Noah and Luis don’t hold up. Is Berrios ready for top 5 starterville? Mike, sure as Hermosa beach, hopes so. +
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-Bats look a tiny bit better but still has lots of ??? Trout, Story no brains….but is Seager fully healthy, Cain ready for another run? Villar and Devers the real deal? That swing pick right there might come back to haunt (Jesus, Chapman, Encarnacion, Muncy, Myers all picked after) and he may need good late picks of Domingo and Kemp to deliver as there aren’t many safe bets on the squad. +
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-Like colliding into Jay Vig playing beach football. +
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-Stoked about Vlad Jr. Yes, fourth round may have been early, but that kid is gonna rake. I was keying in on Nola, but decided on Sale. Should have went with new, young blood over an old lanky injury waiting to happen. Also, really hated the Jesus Aguilar pick (as I write this, he has 2 HR tonight, but those are his first 2 of the season). +
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-The Commish - Almost all NL, heavy on Mets and Cubbies. Continues his infatuation with the sexy youngsters. Maybe this will be the year it all comes together. +
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-4) Rockem 18 in beautiful Los Angeles had more guests; new/old friends join in on our fun thanany of our past drafts. Tell your favorite story about any of the people who interacted with the Rockem crew in some capacity during this adventure. +
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-More privacy than Key West, more accessible than Vegas, less unexplained bite marks than Philly (I know, not a draft), less to clean up than Ski House, slept on the floor in AC, but the transportation was better. Am I missing one? +
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-Moon sitting in the catbird seat.. What the fuck is a catbird? That shit auto corrected to one word…(looks it up)…huh, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catbird_seat|it most likely comes from Baseball]]…who the fuck knew?! Thanks Red Barber! Well anyway, Jay had the benefit Betts with the Deuce (seeing him at the BBWA in that get up and he would fit as an extra on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deuce_(TV_series)|The Deuce]]) +
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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. +
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-Profar Moncada are ready for big years. Moon needs some luck (with a sick family and his o-stats) but I think his pitchers can leverage him (either by a trade or killer stats) towards the top of the league. +
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-Yeah we smoked cigarettes and stared at the moon. +
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-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. +
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-If “pleasant surprise” is the fuel of being stoked, then Pete Alonso is my favorite pick. I…wait for it…had never heard of him. Shawn had to clue me in that just because his last name ended with a vowel didn’t mean he was Hispanic. But I was reading the New York Times in the week leading up to the draft and found a page not obsessed with Trump. It was obsessed with another fellow from Queens, Pete Alonso. And that’s how you draft. +
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-I Google my bad pick every twenty minutes, every day. I don’t know where he is. I don’t know that anyone does. I drafted him. I gave him a job. And he never showed. Decent people don’t do this. I know this, because I’ve done this. In the summer of 2000 I scored an internship with the New York Times. My elders were happy. “Maybe he’s growing up?!” Nope. The first day of work, while getting dressed for the job, I’m listening to Blood on the Tracks and that felt more like the thing to do. Never stroked one bit of ink on the Grey Lady. A week later, because fortune favors ingrates, I score a callback for an internship with Rolling Stone.Had we learned anything? We had not. Instead we went to Provincetown for a booze cruise whale watch with a girl who immediately jilted us for an alcoholic in Boston and promptly got knocked up. The point? There is none. Late Gen-Xers and Millennials are listless layabouts who understand that what CAN be done may as well NOT be done. And in the end—and across all the anxious hours in between—it doesn’t matter. That’s the real third revelation. +
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-I am most afraid of Winston’s and McNally’s, because they got girls pregnant recently and Rockem Sockem is basically becoming a fertility clinic (for further reading, see Moon and Birdie and Bull, who taught us that if you you want to go up the board, you gotta first go up to the bridal suite). +
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-One morning I passed a girl sitting on the balcony staring off into the distance. She was wearing black fishnet stocking and drenched in red lipstick, most of which was not on her lips. She looked like a cross between a Navajo Warrior and the portly girl from Wilson Phillips. “Who’s the girl?” I asked. This was a notably stupid question. Because obviously she was The Androgynous Titan—the next release in the Marvel Superhero movie series. For she had spent the previous evening carrying Vig—Vig!—up flights of stairs while asking people if they wanted to see her Driver’s License as proof of gender. +
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-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!” +
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-(1) Landing.The plane’s rear wheels touched down and I turned on my phone before the front wheel drops, and we’re rolling at 130 miles per hour down the runway. In that moment Shawn calls. No lag time. No brakes. No taxiing to the gate. We’re doing 130, no hint of brakes, with white knuckled fliers still praying, and Shawn’s in my ear talking about Jumbo’s Clown Bar. It had a Swearangean-like vibe of “Welcome to fucking LA!” +
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-If I win, I promise to be insufferable. I will send Tom a telegram every single weekday with advice on how to do better at baseball. +
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-With the 9th pick. Wait, when did Wilson really draft?!? Does he even fucking know?!? Wilson set a record drafting four out of twenty four picks who are not in the Yahoo system…wow. Simply wow…maybe his materials should get tossed in water every year. +
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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?!?!?+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. 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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-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.
  
 3) Whose team are you most impressed with? 3) Whose team are you most impressed with?
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-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. Change…Luis Castillo….I like him but I brain farted and lost Miguel Cabrera in that round.
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-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) 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…
  
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-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 iebreation may have hampered his picks…uhh you know Kuechel isn’t in the league Don? (Yet.) And you know your not really in the Screw Crew right? (Yet.)+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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-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.
  
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-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… **Prediction:** Top Third…seriously, this is BK I am typing about…
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-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 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… 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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 **Prediction:** Many trips to the ER, Dr. James Andrews and the Bottom Third **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… 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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 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. 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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-[[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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 +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. 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.
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