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La Ruina Power Rankings: The Final Results

September 29th, 2008 · 9 Comments

[Team name / Point Total / Snarky comment]
1. Franklin Comes Alive (Chris Rosen) (me!) / 148.5: As the first member of La Ruina to ever win a second league title (and back-to-back, no less), I have something to tell you. Winning never gets old. This year was a real battle. I remember writing in my […]

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Tags: "blown" managers · "blown" players · "blown" saves · Back to Back · Belly to Belly · Bobble Head Doll · Disrespecting everyone · Power Rankings · We Are The Champions · You're Doing It Wrong · consulting charts

First in our Draft, Last in our Heart

June 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments

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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Tags: "blown" managers · "blown" players · Hey remember the first round! · consulting charts

Blind Squirrel

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

On the day of the draft, one of the worst picks of the day (excluding Gottsegen’s entire draft of course: “Byrnes is the poor man’s Sizemore!”) was when Bleak picked Adrian Gonzalez in the first round. Seriously? A Padre? A first baseman that we all thought would be there 5 rounds later? And you won […]

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Tags: First Round · HareBrained Drafting Methods · House Rules · How To Be Last After The First Round · Ian Snell · Players Actually Drafted · Remember 06 · Someone actually made a good move · consulting charts

Asleep At The Wheel Redux

June 3rd, 2008 · 7 Comments

Back on May 9th, Kenny asked why everyone had passed on Oliver Perez.  I’m curious if Rosen has figured out that Perez sucks.
He just got roughed up by the Giants.  Ray Durham was 3 for 4.  Brian Horwitz was 2 for 3.  To be fair, however, most of that damage came against other pitchers because […]

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Tags: Do Something · Guess who's blowing their season? · consulting charts

Brocail, the Second?

May 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments

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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Tags: "blown" managers · "blown" players · "blown" saves · Baseball Prospectus · Even Alex Agrees · Guess who's blowing their season? · I think I'm going to win the league this year · blown elbows · consulting charts

Asleep At The Wheel

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

  
                         
I seriously love how no one needed Oliver Perez.  The guy with an 8 or 9 priority actually waivered him.  This just in, he’s a good pitcher.  He plays on the Mets.  He is in his contract year.  He is going to win games and he has 200 k stuff.  No one needed that.
“I don’t need […]

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Tags: Do Something · Guess who's blowing their season? · consulting charts

Really Home Sick

April 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Dear Bottom of the League,
I’m leaving now, I’ll be there tonight.
Sincerely,
John Crimmings

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Tags: "blown" players · A lot of these players should have been kept · Crazy · Even Alex Agrees · am I still the frontrunner? · consulting charts · wtf