La Ruina

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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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 the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:
Hitters will adopt virtually any ritual, talisman or superstition to get an edge: steroids, HGH, greenies, pine tar, high-tech batting gloves, rubbing the barrel of a bat on a bone, extra batting practice, human sacrifice, soft toss, hitting off a tee, watching tapes, calling relatives for swing tips, changing types of wood […]

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The moment you’ve all been waiting for. A “La Ruina Power Rankings” based on the current standings! How original!
(Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning / Snarky comment)
1. Made in the Dark (Justin) / 147 points: The pre-season favorite is predictably in first place despite the fact that he starts dead bodies […]

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The above quote was IM’d to me this morning by Kris. And after looking at the waiver wire moves from April 4th, I can’t say I disagree. To get an idea of what I’m talking about, it’s time to take a Trip Around the Wire!
At 3:57 PM Justin adds Bill Hall and drops Xavier Nady
What Justin […]

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People Magazine’s Sexiest Basestealer Alive was dropped for Justin Duchererererererererererer?
This is the second time in less than a week that Ducherererererererererererer has been added. Two questions:

Did I miss the league wide memo that went around saying he was a good pitcher?
Did we switch this to an “Only AL Teams That Play in California” league without […]

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I can’t wait until 6:05am EST tomorrow. I almost added Jack Cust just so I could pull for someone on offense.

I’ll be up watching early in the morning.  If I’m awake enough, I’ll live blog Dice-K’s first win.

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Gottsegen on Guthrie:
He’s going to be the No. 1 starter on a bad team in a tough division.
Rotoworld on Guthrie:
Jeremy Guthrie gave up four runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings against the Cardinals on Friday.
Although he was far better last year than the other options, Guthrie hasn’t yet been told whether he’ll be […]

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From Rotoworld:
Rich Hill had to be pulled after walking six and allowing three runs Thursday against the Rockies.
Hill has walked 14 in 10 2/3 innings during March. He’s only been truly bad in two of his five appearances this spring, but the awful command could be a sign of some sort of injury. Regardless, the […]

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Courtesy of Nine Bo Jacksons, I present to you projected results for the 2008 La Ruina season (* excluding Total Bases, OPS, K/BB, and Blown Saves). You can find an explanation for how these results were tabulated at the link, and I’m pretty sure the 2008 individual projections came from RotoAuthority.

Congratulations to Justin (Made […]

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In preview of this coming weekend, I’m going to pick five teams who royally blew the draft last season and then leave it to you to see if you can guess who this manager is!
I call it Guess Who’s Blowing Their Season!?
Yesterday, we learned how Kris Lo Presto blew his season.
Today, it’s time for another […]

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