La Ruina

[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
1. The $3600 Suit (Alex) / 150.5 points (+6): Brandon Webb is on pace to go 34-0. Brad Lidge hasn’t given up an earned run. Chipper Jones is hitting .425. Yeah, it’s early.
2. The Audacity of VORP (Crimmings) / […]

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Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes expected to be out until July
From AP -
NEW YORK (AP) - Phil Hughes has a stress fracture in one of his
ribs, and the New York Yankees’ pitcher is expected to be sidelined
until at least July.
The Yankees, through conversations with Phil Hughes, think the injury occurred last week when he coughed. […]

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Dear La Ruina,
It has come to my attention that some of our Yahoo! logins have been compromised.  Please check your current rosters for any additions or drops that may seem short-sighted or impulsive.  Managers with the following players on their roster should immediately contact Yahoo! Account Security:

Cliff Floyd
Justin Duchscherer
Yuniesky Betancourt
Joe Borowski
Mike Napoli
Jonny Gomes
Edwin Jackson (not […]

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For those not yet aware, this afternoon Kenny poured about 1,000 gallons worth of lighter fluid on the drought affected field of dry grass that is his fantasy team.
He added Troy Glaus to a team that already includes Adam Dunn.
If this sounds familiar, it’s because I had Glaus and Dunn on my team last […]

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I woke up early to watch Dice K, my first drafted pitcher, open the season in Japan.
6:28AM EST: I’ve been up 5 minutes and already Mark Ellis took a fast ball over the left field wall. And there’s a walk. Current team WHIP: Infinity.
6:31AM EST: Should have added Cust. Dice K […]

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That is all.

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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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Last night I dreamt I accidentally clicked on the name of a no name player while I was trying to draft someone else with the second pick overall.

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I just got back from the future. Don’t worry, your kids don’t become assholes.
But the point of my visit was to take a look at John Crimmings’ future La Ruina Draft. Here’s an exclusive photo from March 15th, 2008.

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Just drove to Borders about twenty minutes ago and picked up my copy of Baseball Prospectus.   My son enjoyed his bedtime story, it was a comedy called Crimmings Keepers.
The following excerpt is from BP
Lee’s 2006 wrist injury seemed to have sapped him of his power early last year, but he banged out 16 home runs […]

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ESPN.com is reporting that the Red Sox and Bartolo Colon have agreed to a minor league contract.
We’re really not expecting much from Colon, but since the cost is only a minor league deal, it’s a fine gamble for Boston. Ideally, he’d start out in Triple-A and get the call the first time the Red Sox […]

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