La Ruina

[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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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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Me:  Sidney Ponson
Me: jesus
Rosen: lol
Me: they are so desperate
Rosen: is 8 ER good?
Me: that is a John Crimmings La Ruina add, not a major league transaction
I’m also reminded of an unpublished outtake of the second La Ruina Podcast (”Let’s Get Drunk and Record In Studio!”), when Rosen postulated that Ponson’s dismissal from the Texas Rangers […]

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Which one of the following pitchers listed below is currently on the waiver wire?
Jorge Campillo
Chad Gaudin
Darrell Rasner
Jose Arredondo
Bronson Arroyo
Kelvim Escobar (DL)
Take a guess then click here.

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Billy Wagner, Met’s closer
A recent conversation between Kenny and I regarding Billy Blown Save:
Kenneth: bell for wagner
me: bell who?
me: ok
me: done

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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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Well it’s June 1st and Justin just added his 10th Catcher of the year.  Let’s hope Varitek fares better than his previous hacks:
1. Salty: AAA
2. Inge: DNP
3. Snyder: 2-19,  0 runs, 1 rbi, .155 avg, .333 ops
4. Hernandez: 0-15,  0 runs, 1 rbi, .000 avg, .000 ops
5. Kendall: 15-67,  7runs, 3 rbi, .224 avg, .614 ops
6. Mathis: 0-3, […]

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Just before going to bed I have to check how Chris Young is doing in his start. He’s cruised through the first two innings, then in the third he runs into some problems, puts a man on first and second with one out.
Pujols comes up and drills one off Young’s head.

I figure he […]

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Ahh, Rotoworld. Is there anything they can’t make funny?
Also: Andruw Jones, just retire.
An MRI revealed fluid and torn cartilage in Andrew Jones’ right knee.
After Monday’s game, Joe Torre said that Jones would be out until at least Friday due to the injury. Jones painted a more dire picture: “I’m going to give it two days, […]

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Stats and photo courtesy of Yahoo Sports.
Every year there is an addition from the wire that just boggles the mind.
Last year, Alex added Doug Brocail, which sparked 1500 emails in 10 minutes.
This year, John Crimmings adds John Grabow.
Who?
Yes, some shitty reliever on Pittsburgh.
This is the classic “look at the wire, click on the ‘WHIP’ category […]

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From Rotoworld:
Jake Peavy will miss his scheduled start Monday due to a sore elbow.
No word yet on who will replace him, but there’s a good chance they’ll take Wilfredo Ledezma out of the pen unless they need him as a reliever. The Padres desperately need this to be a minor injury, but they have good […]

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