Wino's World Series 2011

What's the format and some general rules?

LT is in... need to redeem myself after last year.

In again.

Plan to get back into the wine this year. Having a couple of good keepers should help towards that goal.

Now if I can just avoid making the mistakes I made last year, I should be ok.

I'd love to join this year.

I'm in again. I love donating.

Sad to say, but I must bow out after only one year. Enjoy the season!

Sorry to hear that, Sparty. I guess that leaves me as the only "Michigan" participant.

I'm in.

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Originally posted by WineO:
Sorry to hear that, Sparty. I guess that leaves me as the only "Michigan" participant.

There'll be nobody left to battle you for drafting all the Tigers this year.

I shall attempt to redeem myself after my piss poor showing last year.

Of course Im in...if I was going to quit I should have quit on the High Note.

Anyone else already have their keepers figured out?

Guess I'm ready for baseball to start.

Go Giants!!

I'm in again. And I'm pretty certain of my keepers:

Longoria
Holliday
Stanton

Right now, I believe I will be keeping:

Weeks
Konerko
Gardner

Has Powell renewed for the 2011 season yet?

Carlos Santana in the 20th is now my only definite keeper. Might make a pre-season trade offer (to be completed after the draft), which will effect my other two keeper picks.

Locked in on who I will be keeping;

Votto - 10th
Youkilis - 12th
McCutchen - 18th

Loving the fact that Youkilis will be eligible at 3rd shortly after the season starts.

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Originally posted by ChillyWino:
Locked in on who I will be keeping;

Votto
Youkilis
McCutchen

Loving the fact that Youkilis will be eligible at 3rd shortly after the season starts.

Once again... you're very welcome.

You have SICK keepers.

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Originally posted by ChillyWino:

Loving the fact that Youkilis will be eligible at 3rd shortly after the season starts.

That's good, but it also means you need to draft a 3B anyway for the 1st week. Kind of annoying.

Donating.

Lincecum and Bumgarner for sure. The last one is a bit tougher.

Morneau 1st
Hamilton 3rd
A. Jackson 16th

I'm in again. My keepers:

For sure:
Tulowitzki (10)

2 of these 3:
Aaron Hill (17)
Joe Nathan (22)
Delmon Young (13)

VM

Looks like we are going to have at least 1 opening. I think we should fill it instead of folding the team.

For those interested, here are the league details:

-16 team keeper league
-up to 3 keepers each year and you lose the draft pick they were taken in the year before (it is more complicated than that but I'm keeping it simple)
-5x5 roto
-entrance fee is $75 bottle of wine
-snake draft
-this is the 8th year of the league
-new owners would take over the open teams
-top 4 teams win wine

VM

I'm interested in taking the open spot if I can? Does it complicate things that I live in Toronto?

Where are the rest of the guys? Need to know how many slots to fill, methinks.

(Don't see why Toronto would be a problem....)

Owners Coming Back (So far):
Scotty
Brian
Chillywino
Wine-O
Rogue
Flop
Ekoostik
Eyesintime
Dom'n'Vin
Whales

That's 10 out of 16. Wine Sparty is out, so 5 owners left to let us know.

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Originally posted by TomNYC:
Don't see why Toronto would be a problem

It's not exactly easy for me to ship a bottle to the winner or to have others ship me wine if I win. Damn LCBO!...

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Originally posted by The Analyst:

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Originally posted by TomNYC:
Don't see why Toronto would be a problem

It's not exactly easy for me to ship a bottle to the winner or to have others ship me wine if I win. Damn LCBO!...

Can always go the route of a check or a bottle from a retailer. I have trouble shipping and go that route.

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Originally posted by The Analyst:
It's not exactly easy for me to ship a bottle to the winner or to have others ship me wine if I win. Damn LCBO!...

Or you can just drive your bottle down to me in NYC and hand-deliver it.

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Originally posted by ChillyWino:

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Originally posted by The Analyst:

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Originally posted by TomNYC:
Don't see why Toronto would be a problem

It's not exactly easy for me to ship a bottle to the winner or to have others ship me wine if I win. Damn LCBO!...

Shouldn't have that problem this year, right?

Can always go the route of a check or a bottle from a retailer. I have trouble shipping and go that route.

I'm in again. Chilly, I need to find something soon!

Owners Coming Back (So far):
Scotty
Brian
Chillywino
Wine-O
Rogue
Flop
Ekoostik
Eyesintime
Dom'n'Vin
Whales
Benchland

That's 11 out of 16. Wine Sparty is out, so 4 owners left to let us know.

Has anyone heard from Powell? I have messaged him, but no reply yet. I know he has been very busy with his projects. Since he's da Commish, we need to renew and get things going

Any ideas?

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Originally posted by Scotty:
Has anyone heard from Powell? I have messaged him, but no reply yet. I know he has been very busy with his projects. Since he's da Commish, we need to renew and get things going

Any ideas?

I've touched base with him. He is swamped and traveling quite a bit. I'll shoot him an email and check in with him.

Powell has already renewed the league for 2011. However, he does need to set dates to dislose keepers and a draft date.

VM

Excellent! Now, we need to finalize who's in and fill any open spots!
Game on!

I talked to Powell last week. Yes, he is doing a lot of traveling. I am sure he will be in touch soon. I also think that he would be willing to relinquish the commish duties if anybody is willing to take them over.

I think Scotty would make a great commish, if Powell was looking to hand it off.

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Originally posted by TomNYC:
Carlos Santana in the 20th is now my only definite keeper. Might make a pre-season trade offer (to be completed after the draft), which will effect my other two keeper picks.

I think your next best options are Kemp(7), Zimmerman(4) and Jennings(18).

VM

Powell just sent me an email with some thoughts. I'm still waiting to hear back from him on a couple questions, but I think these 3 dates are what we're thinking;

Feb 27th - Confirmation from owners that they are back in again. If we don't hear from an owner by the 27th, we start giving the teams to new owners on the 28th.

March 6th - Keepers Due

March 20th - Draft

Can we push the draft a week? I'm out of town the 20th, and I think it would be better to get it closer to opening day.