La Ruina

[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
1. Made In The Dark (Justin) / 142.5 (+0.5): Carlos Lee, we’ll see you in 2009.
2. Franklin Comes Alive (Chris Rosen) (me!) / 140.5 (-1.5): Hidden arm injury alert! Carlos Zambrano will be on the DL by the end […]

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[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
Why do I bother?
1. Made In The Dark (Justin) / 142 (+8.5): I’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that ERA is the tiebreaker that Yahoo! uses to decide placing.
2. Franklin Comes Alive (Chris Rosen) (me!) / […]

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[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from two weeks ago) / Snarky comment]
1. The Starlighters (Chris Rosen) (me!) / 139 (-0.5): Don’t worry everyone! According to Crimmings, my team is “done.”
2. Made In The Dark (Justin) / 136 (-4.5): “Hmmm. Do I add Jesus Flores? Or John Buck? No, maybe […]

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Rosen’s gone for the week, but not his power rankings…
1. Sabor de Soledad (Rosen) / 138.5:  Goddamn this team is awesome!!!!!  It should play on Cinemax at 3am.  I need a cold shower.
2. Made In The Dark (Justin) / 136.5:  You’re doing it wrong.
3. Berkmanandthe1-4s (Kenny) / 133.5:  Awful.
4. into Mexico (Alex) / 130.5: Sucks.
5. […]

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It’s amazing how internet advertising can target its audience so accurately:

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The Bronson Arroyo Penalty:
Any manager starting Bronson Arroyo automatically forfeits a roster spot for a period of 5 days.  

(La Ruina League Rules Sec. 18 L.R.L.R. 185c)

I accept the penalty.

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A conversation I had earlier with the 2008 La Ruina Champ:

me: you starting arroyo

John: yup

Sent at 6:05 PM on Tuesday

me: probably should bench both

John: probably
but that is why i’m going to win the league

About two hours later on Rotoworld:

Bronson Arroyo was pummeled for 10 runs in one-plus innings by the Blue Jays on Tuesday night.
Call […]

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[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
1. Made in the Dark (Justin) / 137 (+8.5): I’m hoping that if I mention how good Rich Harden has been this season, I’ll jinx him and he’ll get hurt. So here we go: Rich Harden has been an […]

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[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
1. The $3600 Suit (Alex) / 147 points (+3): Alex’s team is like Chipper Jones (and it’s fitting that he owns him): Sure he could hit .400, but he won’t. Could Alex win? Of course. Do any of us […]

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Kenny traded Curtis Granderson today, making him the fourth member of La Ruina to cut bait on their first round pick in 2008. Figured it would be as good of a time as any to go back and look at the first round.
1. The $3600 Suit (Alex): Carlos Beltran, OF, NY Mets
Season to date: […]

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[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
1. The $3600 Suit (Alex) / 144 points (+6.5): Johnny Da-man is hitting .562 over the past seven days. Normal.
2. Sabor de Soledad (Chris Rosen) (me!) / 138 points (-14): This is the type of week it was for […]

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This just crossed the desk of the La Ruina commissioner: The Audacity of VORP trades Jorge Posada to Made in the Dark for Brett Myers.
Yes, on the face of this, it’s a fair trade. A crappy and old catcher off a shoulder injury for a crappy and youngish pitcher hiding a shoulder injury. I get […]

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