Congratulations, Stones!

Steve's Stones capped off a commanding 2nd half performance by winning the second championship in franchise history, joining David's Copperfields, Dem Rebels, David's Ruffins, and Eric's Lambchops as the only two-time league champs.

At the season's halfway point, the Stones held a slim 1.5 point lead, only recently having moved into the top spot. A week later, the lead had grown to 12.5 points, and for the rest of the season never fell below 8.5 points. The Stone's final 12.5 point margin of victory was the third highest ever, and marked just the 4th time in the CFCL's 25-year history that the Champion finished with a double-digit lead over the second place team.

Speaking of the second place team, back when the Stones were beginning their second half surge, Mo's Red Hots sat in 8th place. However, while teams above them in the standings turned toward next year and started dumping, the Red Hots went to work on their current squad, adding talent via trades and free agent acquisitions, and began a surge of their own. Over the next five periods they picked up 20 points and injected themselves into the pennant race. They fell short in the end, but deserve kudos for their attempt.

Congrats to the Stones, nice try to the Hots, and thanks to everyone else for taking part in the CFCL's 25th season.

Roster Moves for September 22, 2008

September 22
MOORE BETTER reserve Fernando Tatis, activate Josh Anderson.
MOORE BETTER reserve Billy Wagner, activate Kevin Hart.
MOORE BETTER reserve Henry Blanco, activate Wil Nieves.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Manny Acosta, activate Rafael Soriano.

BULLS reserve Pablo Sandoval, activate Ian Snell.
BULLS reserve Darin Erstad, activate Jose Bautista.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Geoff Jenkins, activate Dave Bush

Roster Changes for September 19, 2008

September 19
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Anthony Reyes, activate Yovani Gallardo.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Chin-lung Hu, activatge Alex Romero.

DOORMATTS reserve Micah Hoffpauir, activate Ty Wigginton.

RED HOTS reserve Jason Marquis, activate Joel Hanrahan.

REVENGE reserve Todd Helton, activate Juan Pierre.
REVENGE reserve Manny Parra, activate Barry Zito.
REVENGE reserve Kevin Gregg, activate Aaron Cook.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Braden Looper, activate Bill Bray.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Paul Maholm, activate Brett Myers.

DEM REBELS reserve Rich Harden, activate Greg Maddux.
DEM REBELS reserve Scott Olsen, activate Doug Brocail.

Roster Moves for September 15, 2008

September 15
RED HOTS reserve Cla Meredith, activate Jason Marquis.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Dave Bush, activate Braden Looper.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Rafael Furcal, activate Geoff Jenkins.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, activate Scott Schoenweiss.

BULLS reserve Ian Snell, activate Joe Blanton.

DOORMATTS reserve Carlos Villanueva, activate Ben Sheets.

DEM REBELS reserve Greg Maddux, activate Rich Harden.

REVENGE reserve Barry Zito, activate Brian Moehler.
REVENGE reserve Luis Gonzalez, activate Todd Helton.

FAAB Results for September 14

No free agents were acquired today.

Roster Moves for September 12, 2008

September 12
BULLS reserve Blaine Boyer, activate Ian Snell.
BULLS reserve Jose Bautista, activate Reed Johnson.
BULLS reserve Joe Blanton, activate Kyle Lohse.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Wade LeBlanc, activate Anthony Reyes.

MOORE BETTER reserve Jack Wilson, activate Augie Ojeda.
MOORE BETTER reserve Gabe Kapler, activate Tony Gwynn.

REVENGE reserve Chad Gaudin, activate Barry Zito.

DOORMATTS reserve Ben Sheets, activate Tim Redding.
DOORMATTS reserve Ty Wigginton, activate Steve Pearce.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Emmanuel Burris, activate Rafael Furcal.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Randy Wolf, activate Paul Maholm.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Brett Myers, activate Bill Bray.

DEM REBELS reserve Rich Harden, activate Scott Olsen.
DEM REBELS reserve Greg Norton, activate Luis Castillo.

FAAB Results for September 14

No free agents were acquired today.

Roster Moves for September 8

September 8
RED HOTS reserve Jason Marquis, activate Cla Meredith.
RED HOTS reserve Joel Hanranhan, activate Ryan Langerhans.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Paul Maholm, activate Dave Bush.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, acitvate Randy Wolf.

DOORMATTS reserve Tim Redding, activate Carlos Villanueva.

DEM REBELS reserve Wandy Rodriguez, activate Rich Harden.
DEM REBELS reserve Scott Olsen, activate Hiroki Kuroda.
DEM REBELS reserve Luis Castillo, activate Greg Norton.

BULLS reserve Ian Snell, activate Chris Young.
BULLS reserve Kyle Lohse, activate Takashi Saito.
BULLS reserve Reed Johnson, activate Jose Bautista.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Justin Miller, activate Manny Acosta.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Anthony Reyes, activate Wade LeBlanc.

DOORMATTS reserve Sean Marshall, activate Micah Hoffpauir.

RUFFINS reserve Jeff Karstens, activate Doug Davis.
RUFFINS reserve Aaron Harang, activate Dmitri Young.

FAAB Results for September 7

No free agents were acquired today.

Roster Moves for September 5

September 5
BULLS reserve Tadahito Iguchi, activate Edgar Gonzalez.

STONES reserve Carlos Marmol, activate Johan Santana.
STONES reserve Jeff Kent, activate Kaz Matsui.
STONES reserve Humberto Quintero, activate Javier Valentin.
STONES reserve Jorge Campillo, activate Cole Hamels.
STONES reserve Jon Rauch, activate Mitch Stetter.
STONES activate Dave Roberts.

RED HOTS reserve Ryan Langerhans, activate Jason Marquis.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Ronnie Belliard, activate Nick Evans.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Jody Gerut, activate Nate Schierholz.

REVENGE reserve Aaron Cook, activate Jake Peavy.
REVENGE reserve Juan Pierre, activate Luis Gonzalez.
REVENGE activate Rich Aurelia for September Roster Expansion.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Yusmiero Petit, activate Paul Maholm.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Dave Bush, activate Brett Meyers.

DOORMATTS reserve Joe Beimel, activate John Lannan.
DOORMATTS reserve Carlos Villanueva, activate Sean Marshall.

DEM REBELS reserve Hiroki Kuroda, activate Wandy Rodriguez.
DEM REBELS reserve Greg Norton, activate Ryan Spillborghs.
DEM REBELS reserve Doug Brocail, activate Scott Olsen.
DEM REBELS reserve Bob Howry, activate Ted Lilly.

RUFFINS reserve Jesus Flores, activate Ronny Paulino.
RUFFINS reserve Doug Davis, activate Jonathan Sanchez.
RUFFINS activate Aaron Harang.

Roster Moves for September 1, 2008

September 1
COPPERFIELDS reserve Braden Looper, activate Yusmiero Petit.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Paul Maholm, activate Mike Adams.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Brett Myers, activate Bill Bray.
COPPERFIELDS activate Eugenio Velez for September Roster Expansion.

RED HOTS activate Ryan Langerhans for September Roster Expansion.

BULLS activate Justin Upton for September Roster Expansion.
BULLS reserve Jamie Garicia, activate Blaine Boyer.
BULLS reserve John Maine, activate Kyle Lohse.

DEM REBELS activate Luis Castillo for September Roster Expansion.
DEM REBELS reserve Wandy Rodriguez, activate Joe Smith.
DEM REBELS reserve Scott Olsen, activate Greg Maddux.
DEM REBELS reserve Ted Lilly, activate Bob Howry.
DEM REBELS reserve Rich Harden, activate Doug Brocail.

REVENGE reserve Brian Moehler, activate Max Scherzer.
REVENGE reserve Jake Peavy, activate Manny Parra.
REVENGE reserve Barry Zito, activate Ryan Franklin.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Jason Bergmann, activate Chris Carpenter.
KENNDOZA LINE activate Chin-lung Hu for September Roster Expansion.

DOORMATTS reserve Yorvit Torrealba, activate Clint Sammons.

FAAB Results for August 31, 2008

The following player was acquired via Free Agent Bid today:

LaTroy Hawkins
.10 DoorMatts (release Tyler Yates)

Roster Moves for August 29, 2008

August 29
RED HOTS reserve Jason Marquis, activate CC Sabathia.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Eugenio Valez, activate Dave Bush.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Mike Adams, activate Braden Looper.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, activate Paul Maholm.

CLOWNS reserve Jerry Hairson, activate Blake DeWitt.

DOORMATTS reserve Anibal Sanchez, activate Ubaldo Jimenez.
DOORMATTS reserve Renyel Pinto, activate Tim Redding.
DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, activate Carlos Villanueva.

DEM REBELS reserve Joe Smith, activate Rich Harden.
DEM REBELS reserve Greg Maddux, activate Hiroki Kuroda.
DEM REBELS reserve Doug Brocail, activate Kyle McClellan.

STONES reserve Johan Santana, activate Jorge Campillo.
STONES reserve Dave Roberts, activate Manny Ramirez.
STONES reserve Cole Hamels, activate Pedro Martinez.

September Happenings

September 1 is just a week away, and reaching that date means two things:

1. CFCL active rosters can expand by one player. You can activate a player from your Reserve List effective next Monday (happily, this year Sept. 1 corresponds to a regular transaction date) or on any Friday or Monday through the rest of the season. The extra player can also be a free agent acquired during the regular Sunday FAAB bidding, but remember that free agents acquired on or after September 1 receive an S contract (unless the bid is .25 or more). Players with S contracts are automatically released at the end of the season, but are not eligible for Home Town Discounts next year.
2. In order to accomodate the extra player, the salary cap increases by .10 to 3.60.

Keep in mind that it's the ACTIVE ROSTER only that expands on September 1 - your full roster can still only be 40 players total. This means that if you activate a 24th player for September Roster Expansion, you are limited to 16 players on your Reserve List. Keep this in mind when you bid on free agents - don't assume you have an extra roster spot to play with and can acquire a player without releasing someone to make room.

Roster Moves for August 25, 2008

August 25
MOORE BETTER reserve So Taguchi, activate Brandon Jones.

DOORMATTS reserve Ubaldo Jimenez, activate Ben Sheets.

RED HOTS reserve CC Sabathia, activate Bronson Arroyo.

DEM REBELS reserve Rich Harden, activate Wandy Rodriguez.
DEM REBELS reserve Hiroki Kuroda, activate Scott Olsen.
DEM REBELS reserve Kyle McClellan, activate Ted Lilly.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Braden Looper, activate Brett Myers.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Geoff Jenkins, activate Pedro Feliz.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Dave Bush, activate Bill Bray.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Alex Romero, activate Nick Evans.

STONES reserve Jorge Campillo, activate David Weathers.
STONES reserve Javier Valentin, activate Humberto Quintero.

FAAB Results for August 24, 2008

The following players were acquired via free agent bidding today:

Nick Evans
.05 Kenndoza Line (release Robert Andino)

Angel Guzman
.05 Ruffins (release Jason Isringhausen)

Roster Moves for August 22, 2008

August 22
MOORE BETTER reserve Augie Ojeda, activate Jack Wilson.

RUFFINS reserve Jonathan Sanchez, activate Doug Davis.
RUFFINS reserve Duaner Sanchez, activate Chris Dickerson.

RED HOTS reserve Saul Rivera, activate Jason Marquis.
RED HOTS Reserve Aaron Heilman, activate Matt Capps.

BULLS reserve Edgar Gonzalez, activate Pablo Sandoval.
BULLS reserve Johnny Cueto, activate Randy Johnson.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Randy Wolf, activate Dave Bush.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Paul Maholm, activate Mike Adams.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Brett Myers, activate Brandon Moss.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Andruw Jones, activate Nyjer Morgan.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Chris Carpenter, activate Sergio Romo.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Angel Berroa, activate Argenis Reyes.

STONES reserve David Weathers, activate David Riske.

DOORMATTS reserve Ben Sheets, activate Anibal Sanchez.
DOORMATTS reserve Steve Pearce, activate Cristian Guzman.

REVENGE reserve Manny Parra, activate Aaron Cook.
REVENGE reserve Ryan Franklin, activate Adam Wainwright.
REVENGE reserve Rich Aurelia, activate Ryan Church.

DEM REBELS reserve Wandy Rodriguez, activate Joe Smith.
DEM REBELS reserve Scott Olsen, activate Doug Brocail.
DEM REBELS reserve Ted Lilly, activate Kyle McClellan.

Roster Moves for August 18, 2008

August 18
BULLS reserve Eddie Kunz, activate Edgar Gonzalez.
BULLS reserve Randy Johnson, activate Jamie Garcia.
BULLS reserve Charlie Morton, activate Johnny Cueto.

RED HOTS reserve Bronson Arroyo, activate CC Sabathia.

DOORMATTS reserve Anibal Sanchez, activate Ben Sheets.
DOORMATTS reserve Clint Sammons, activate Yorvit Torrealba.
DOORMATTS reserve Sean Marshall, activate Dan Haren.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Yusmeiro Petit, activate Braden Looper.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Dave Bush, activate Tony Pena.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Joel Piniero, activate Randy Wolf.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, activate Paul Maholm.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Odalis Perez, activate Brett Myers.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Brandon Moss, activate Eugenio Valez.

STONES reserve Kaz Matsui, activate Dave Roberts.
STONES reserve Humberto Quintero, activate Javier Valentin.
STONES reserve Pedro Martinez, activate Todd Wellemeyer.

DEM REBELS reserve Joe Smith, activate Rich Harden.
DEM REBELS reserve Doug Brocail, activate Hiroki Kuroda.
DEM REBELS reserve Kyle McClellan, activate Ted Lilly.
DEM REBELS reserve Luis Rivas, activate Greg Dobbs.

REVENGE reserve Aaron Cook, activate Manny Parra.

FAAB Results for August 17, 2008

The following players were acquired via free agent bid today:

Chris Dickerson
.15 Ruffins (release Seth Smith)
.05 Clowns (Jason Hirsh)
.05 Bulls (Tom Glavine)

Pablo Sandoval
.05 Bulls (release Tom Glavine)

Ryan Freel
.05 Bulls (release Randy Flores)

Roster Moves for August 15, 2008

August 15
RED HOTS reserve CC Sabathia, activate Bronson Arroyo.

DOORMATTS reserve Dan Haren, activate John Lannan.
DOORMATTS reserve Ben Sheets, activate Anibal Sanchez.
DOORMATTS reserve Tyler Yates, activate Jair Jurrjens.
DOORMATTS reserve Yorvit Torrealba, activate Clint Sammons.
DOORMATTS reserve Christian Guzman, activate Steve Pearce.

BULLS reserve Tom Glavine, activate Randy Johnson.
BULLS reserve Jose Bautista, activate Carlos Zambrano.
BULLS reserve Johnny Cueto, activate Chad Billingsley.
BULLS reserve Kyle Lohse, activate Charlie Morton.

STONES reserve Manny Ramirez, activate Jeff Kent.
STONES reserve Dave Roberts, activate Randy Winn.
STONES reserve Javier Valentin, activate Humberto Quintero.
STONES reserve David Riske, activate David Weathers.
STONES reserve Todd Wellemeyer, activate Jon Rauch.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Braden Looper, activate Yusmiero Petit.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Randy Wolf, activate Joel Piniero.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Paul Maholm, activate Heath Bell.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Brett Myers, activate Bill Bray.

DEM REBELS reserve Rich Harden, activate Wandy Rodriguez.
DEM REBELS reserve Greg Dobbs, activate Eric Patterson.
DEM REBELS reserve Hiroki Kuroda, activate Greg Maddux.
DEM REBELS reserve Ted Lilly, activate Doug Brocail.

CLOWNS reserve Zach Duke, activate Chris Perez.
CLOWNS reserve John Bowker, activate Jerry Hairston.

Roster Moves for August 11, 2008

August 11
STONES reserve Bill Hall, activate Felipe Lopez.
STONES reserve Jose Valverde, activate Luis Ayala.
STONES reserve Jon Rauch, activate Johan Santana.

RED HOTS reserve Bronson Arroyo, activate Aaron Heilman.
RED HOTS reserve Orlando Hudson, activate Mark Loretta.

MOORE BETTER reserve Homer Bailey, activate Brad Penny.
MOORE BETTER reserve Jack Wilson, activate Augie Ojeda.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Elijah Dukes, activate Alex Romero.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Tony Pena, activate Dave Bush.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Mike Adams, activate Odalis Perez.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Eugenio Valez, activate Nomar Garciaparra.

DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, activate Ubaldo Jimenez.
DOORMATTS reserve Jair Jurrjens, activate Tyler Yates.

DEM REBELS reserve Wandy Rodriguez, activate Rich Harden.

GRAGING BULLS reserve Blaine Boyer, activate Ian Snell.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Jamie Garcia, activate Tom Glavine.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Carlos Zambrano, activate Johnny Cueto.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Chad Billingsley, activate John Maine.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Justin Upton, activate Jose Bautista.

REVENGE reserve Collin Ballester, activate Barry Zito.
REVENGE reserve Manny Parra, activate Brian Moehler.
REVENGE reserve Luis Gonzalez, activate Adam LaRoche.

FAAB Results for August 10, 2008

The following players were acquired via free agent bidding today:

Chris Duncan
.05 Dem Rebels (release Chris Duffy)

Tim Hudson
.05 Candy Colored Clowns (release Jon Lieber)

Alex Romero
.05 Kenndoza Line (release Tom Gordon)

Roster Moves for August 8, 2008

August 8
GRAGING BULLS reserve Chris Young, activate Carlos Zambrano.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Randy Johnson, activate Joe Blanton.

STONES reserve Johan Santana, activate Jorge Campillo.
STONES reserve Micah Owings, activate Todd Wellemeyer.
STONES reserve Luis Ayala, activate Jose Valverde.
STONES reserve David Weathers, activate Jon Rauch.

RED HOTS reserve Cla Meredith, activate Bronson Arroyo.
RED HOTS reserve Aaron Heilman, activate CC Sabathia.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Argenis Reyes, activate Chipper Jones.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Sergio Romo, activate Anthony Reyes.

DOORMATTS reserve Anibal Sanchez, activate Ben Sheets.
DOORMATTS reserve Tyler Yates, activate Sean Marshall.
DOORMATTS reserve Ubaldo Jimenez, activate Joe Biemel.
DOORMATTS reserve Clint Sammons, activate Matt Treanor.
DOORMATTS reserve Joe Mather, activate Skip Schumaker.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Yusmeiro Petit, activate Braden Looper.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Joel Pineiro, activate Randy Wolf.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Chuck James, activate Paul Maholm.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Heath Bell, activate Brett Myers.

DEM REBELS reserve Rich Harden, activate Scott Olsen.
DEM REBELS reserve Greg Maddux, activate Hiroki Kuroda.
DEM REBELS reserve Doug Brocail, activate Ted Lilly.
DEM REBELS reserve Bob Howry, activate Kerry Wood.

RUFFINS reserve Brendan Ryan, activate Kory Casto.
RUFFINS reserve Jonathan Sanchez, activate Neal Cotts.

Roster Moves for August 4, 2008

August 4, 2008
MOORE BETTER reserve Augie Ojeda, activate Adam LaRoche.

STONES reserve Jeff Kent, activate Dave Roberts.
STONES reserve Randy Winn, activate Manny Ramirez.
STONES reserve Todd Wellemeyer, activate Micah Owings.
STONES reserve Jorge Campillo, activate Luis Ayala.

RED HOTS reserve Jason Marquis, activate Aaron Heilman.
RED HOTS reserve CC Sabathia, activate John Grabow.

GRAGING BULLS reserve Edgar Gonzalez, activate Darin Erstad.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Jose Bautista, activate Chad Billingsley.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Ian Snell, activate Blaine Boyer.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Joe Blanton, activate Jamie Garcia.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Johnny Cueto, activate Danny Murphy.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Carlos Zambrano, activate Eddie Kunz.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Braden Looper, actigvate Arthur Rhodes.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Paul Maholm, activate Chuck James.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Brett Myers, activate Joel Piniero.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Rafael Soriano, activate Chris Carpenter.

DOORMATTS reserve Matt Treanor, activate Clint Sammons.
DOORMATTS reserve Carlos Villanueva, activate John Lannan.
DOORMATTS reserve Joe Biemel, activate Dan Haren.
DOORMATTS reserve Ben Sheets, activate Jair Jurrjens.
DOORMATTS reserve Sean Marshall, activate Anibal Sanchez.

DEM REBELS reserve Russell Branyan, activate Greg Dobbs.
DEM REBELS reserve Scott Olsen, activate Joe Smith.
DEM REBELS reserve Hiroki Kuroda, activate Doug Brocail.
DEM REBELS reserve Ted Lillyl, activate Bob Howry.

REVENGE reserve Scott Podsednik, activate Luis Gonzalez.
REVENGE reserve Barry Zito, activate Matt Lindstrom.

FAAB Processing Change

I mentioned about a month ago that Eric was going to be on hiatus as Officer of FAAB while he relocated to Memphis and that his former Assistant GM, Paul Mahlan, would be forwarding the bids from the FAAB e-mail address to me each week.

Now that I've expended my FAAB for the season, we're able to cut out the middle man and I'll be accessing the bids directly each week -- you should still send them to the cfcl_faab@live.com address.

Just wanted to be above board so everyone is aware of how things will be working behind the scenes.

FAAB Results for August 3, 2008

The following players were acquired via free agent bidding today:

Danny Murphy
.05 Graging Bulls

Vladmir Nunez
.05 Ruffins (release Omar Vizquel)

Neal Cotts
.05 Ruffins (release Matt Clement)

Clint Sammons
.06 DoorMatts (release Chris Duncan)

Eddie Kuntz
.05 Graging Bulls (release Tim Hudson)

Roster Moves for August 2, 2008 (Post-IFAB Day)

August 2, 2008
COPPERFIELDS reserve Nomar Garciaparra, activate Brandon Moss.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Odalis Perez, activate Mike Adams.

REVENGE reserve Adam LaRoche, activate Casey Kotchman.

Roster Moves for August 1, 2008

August 1, 2008
GRAGING BULLS reserve Tim Hudson, activate Johnny Cueto.
GRAGING BULLS reserve John Maine, activate Joe Blanton.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Darin Erstad, activate Ryan Ludwick.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Chad Billingsley, activate Tadahito Iguchi.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Randy Flores, activate Ian Snell.

RED HOTS reserve Bronson Arroyo, activate Paul Maholm.
RED HOTS reserve Aaron Heilman, activate Jason Marquis.

DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, activate Ubaldo Jimenez.
DOORMATTS reserve Dan Haren, activate Sean Marshall.
DOORMATTS reserve Jair Jurrjens, activate Tyler Yates.
DOORMATTS reserve Tim Redding, activate Renyel Pinto
DOORMATTS reserve Skip Schumaker, activate Joe Mather.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Dave Bush, activate Yusmiero Petit.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Joel Pinero, activate Tyler Walker.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Scott Eyre, activate Odalis Perez.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Pedro Feliz, activate Gabe Gross.

DEM REBELS reserve Eric Patterson, activate Luis Rivas.

MOORE BETTER reserve Wil Nieves, activate Henry Blanco.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Delwyn Young, activate Elijah Dukes.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Chipper Jones, activate Emilio Bonifacio.

STONES reserve Micah Owings, activate Johan Santana.
STONES reserve Luis Ayala, activate Jorge Campillo.
STONES reserve Paul LoDuca, activate Javier Valentin.
STONES reserve Jose Valverde, activate Cole Hamels.
STONES reserve Felipe Lopez, activate Craig Counsell.
STONES reserve Jon Rauch, activate Pedro Martinez.

PICTS reserve Jeff Salazar, activate Ronny Cedeno.
PICTS reserve Paul McAnulty, activate Rajai Davis.
PICTS reserve Jeff Francis, activate Geoff Geary.

IFAB Day Results

NOTE: Revised to remove Revenge acquisition of Craig Hansen. They did not have enough FAAB left. He realized this, but in my haste to get the results posted I mis-read Tim's message. Thanks to Kenn for catching this.

The 2008 Interleague Free Agent Bidding Day saw eight teams take part in spirited bidding on a number of players. Manny Ramirez and Casey Kotchman both recieved guaranteed 2009 contracts from their new owners.

Here are the full bidding results:

Manny Ramirez
.50 Stones (release Esteban Loaiza)
.43 Moore Better (Tony Gwynn Jr)
.39 Copperfields (Travis Denker)
.35 Dem Rebels (Chris Duffy)
.28 Revenge (Jacque Jones)

Casey Kotchman
.28 Revenge (release Jacque Jones)
.24 Moore Better (Sean Gallagher)
.24 Clowns (Jon Leiber)
.17 Ruffins (Matt Clement)
.15 Copperfields (Travis Denker)

Brandon Moss
.24 Copperfields (release Ryan Freel)
.13 Ruffins (Omar Vizquel)
.08 Kenndoza Line (somebody LeBlanc)

Arthur Rhodes
.05 Copperfields (release Scott Eyre)

Jeff Karstens
.07 Ruffins (release Matt La Porta)

Chuck James
.05 Copperfields (release Jo-Jo Reyes)

Mike Adams
.05 Copperfields (release Brad Ausmus)

Sportsline rosters will be updated with the new acquisitions later tonight.

Quiet Trade Deadline

Today's Noon deadline for CFCL trades passed fairly quietly compared with 2007, when there were five deadline day deals. Attention now turns to the 3:00 PM Central time deadline for the Interleague Free Agent Bidding Day auction.

Only two trades were completed at the trade deadline, both of them involving Mo's Red Hots:

• Hots Improve Bullpen in Deal with Copperfields
• Red Hots Deal Again as Bulls Wave White Flag

Interestingly, the Red Hots are the only team that does not have anything remaining in their Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB), so perhaps they saw trades as the only way to improve their team while the other contenders are eyeing Manny Ramirez, Casey Kotchman, and the rest of the incoming free agents.

Red Hots Deal Again as Bulls Wave White Flag

In a stunning turn of events, the second-place Graging Bulls have apparently shifted focus toward 2009.

In a trade completed this morning, the Bulls send outfielder Xavier Nady (.09-10+), second baseman Orlando Hudson (.12-08), and reliever Saul Rivera (.05-10+) to Mo's Red Hots for outfielder Ryan Ludwick (.01-10+), reliever Jeff Samardjzia (.05-10+), and the Red Hot's 7th round Rotation Draft pick in 2009.

The trade is a study in contrasts, with the Red Hots going all out for this year, continuing a climb that has taken them from 9th place and 26 points out of first 5 periods ago to 5th place and only 9 points back. Meanwhile, despite starting the day only 5.5 points out of first place, the Bulls apparently feel they cannot make up the ground in the remaining two months. It marks the second time in 5 years the Bulls have gone into rebuilding mode while first place, and certainly a money spot, were within their reach.

Hots Improve Bullpen in Deal with Copperfields

Mo's Red Hots, who have been one of the more active teams leading up to the trade deadline, today completed their third trade in the last couple weeks.

In their latest deal, they acquired relievers Jonathon Broxton (.05-08) and Brian Shouse (.01-10+) from the Copperfields. In return, they sent bargain-priced pitchers Paul Maholm (.01-09+) and Hong-Chih Kuo (.01-10+) to the Coppers.

FAAB Balances - July 31, 2008

In preparation for IFAB Day, here are the current FAAB balances for each CFCL team as they're recorded in the official league records. If you feel you have a different amount available to spend, contact me ASAP so we can investigate.

As a reminder, FAAB balances for each team always appear on the Excel roster sheet that is available in the Download Center of the CFCL Internet Headquarters. In addition to viewing the amount left to spend, you can hover your cursor over the amount and a pop-up window will display a list of the free agents you've acquired during the season to day and the amount you paid for each.

So, without further ado, here's what each team we have to work with on Friday:

• Morkertzuma's Revenge - .28
• David's Copperfields - .39
• Moore Better - .67
• DoorMatts - .20
• Dem Rebels - .35
• Graging Bulls - .30
• Nick's Picts - .48
• David's Ruffins - .42
• Candy Colored Clowns - .24
• Mo's Red Hots - .00
• Kenndoza Line - .13
• Steve's Stones - .50

Remember, IFAB Day bids must be received by 3:00 PM Central time on Friday August 1.

Roster Moves for July 28, 2008

July 28
STONES reserve Johan Santana, activate Jose Valverde.
STONES reserve Humberto Quintero, activate Paul Lo Duca.
STONES reserve Craig Counsell, activate Jeff Kent.
STONES reserve Pedro Martinez, activate Pedro Feliciano.
STONES reserve Cole Hamels, activate Micah Owings.
STONES reserve Jorge Campillo, activate Luis Ayala.

RED HOTS reserve Jason Marquis, activate Bronson Arroyo.
RED HOTS reserve Paul Maholm, activate CC Sabathia.

DOORMATTS reserve Ubaldo Jimenez, activate Ben Sheets.
DOORMATTS reserve Renyel Pinto, acitvate Tim Redding.

BULLS reserve Johnny Cueto, activate John Maine.

REVENGE reserve Luis Gonzalez, activate Juan Pierre.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Gabe Gross, activate Casey Blake.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Randy Wolf, activate Braden Looper.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Odalis Perez, activate Brett Myers.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Mike Rabelo, activate Nick Hundley.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Shawn Hill, activate Russ Springer.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Robert Andino, activate Argenis Reyes.

DEM REBELS reserve Bob Howry, activate Hiroki Kuroda.
DEM REBELS reserve Doug Brocail, activate Trevor Hoffman.
DEM REBELS reserve Luis Rivas, activate Eric Patterson.

MOORE BETTER reserve Andy LaRoche, activate Augie Ojeda.

CLOWNS reserve Blake DeWitt, activate Chris Burke.
CLOWNS reserve Jared Burton, activate Clayton Kershaw.

FAAB Results for July 27, 2008

The following players were acquired via Free Agent Bid today:

Casey Blake
.24 Copperfields (release Tony Armas)
.24 Ruffins (Omar Vizquel)
.23 Stones (Esteban Loaiza)
.15 Graging Bulls (Cole Rohrbough)
.14 Clowns (Jon Lieber)

Russ Springer
.05 Kenndoza Line (release Pat Misch)

Nick Hundley
.05 Kenndoza Line (release Tom Gorzelanny)

Argenis Reyes
.05 Kenndoza Line (release Jon Meloan)

Yusmiero Petit
.05 Copperfields (release Logan Kensing)

Roster Moves for July 25, 2008

July 25
STONES reserve Mike Fontenot, activate Felipe Lopez.
STONES reserve Pedro Feliciano, activate Pedro Martinez.
STONES reserve Luis Ayala, activate Cole Hamels.
STONES reserve Jeff Kent, activate Craig Counsell.

BULLS reserve Joe Blanton, activate Chad Billingsley.
BULLS reserve Darin Erstad, activate Lastings Milledge.

RED HOTS reserve Bronson Arroyo, activate Joe Nelson.
RED HOTS reserve CC Sabathia, activate John Grabow.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Braden Looper, activate Dave Bush.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Brett Myers, activate Scott Eyre.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Kevin Corriea, activate Odalis Perez.

RUFFINS reserve Cory Kasto, activate Omar Infante.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Tom Gordon, activate Ian Stewart.

MOORE BETTER reserve Joe Koshansky, activate Daryle Ward.

DOORMATTS reserve Ben Sheets, activate John Lannan.
DOORMATTS reserve Sean Marshall, activate Dan Haren.
DOORMATTS reserve Tim Redding, activate Jair Jurrjens.
DOORMATTS reserve Chris Duncan, activate Alfonzo Soriano.

DEM REBELS reserve Hiroki Kuroda, activate Wandy Rodriguez.

REVENGE reserve Seth McLung, activate Chad Gaudin.

CLOWNS reserve Brent Lillibridge, activate Cesar Izturis.

Transactions for July 21, 2008

July 21
STONES reserve Felipe Lopez, activate Craig Counsell.
STONES reserve Pedro Martinez, activate Johan Santana.
STONES reserve Paul LoDuca, activate Javier Valentin.
STONES reserve Cole Hamels, activate Luis Ayala.

RED HOTS reserve Joe Nelson, activate Jason Marquis.
RED HOTS reserve Doug Waechter, activate Paul Maholm.

RUFFINS reserve Dmitri Young, activate Ryan Zimmerman.
RUFFINS reserve Seth Smith, activate Kory Casto.

DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, activate Ubaldo Jimenez.
DOORMATTS reserve Dan Haren, activate Sean Marshall.
DOORMATTS reserve Jair Jurrjens, activate Chris Duncan.

BULLS reserve Jamie Garcia, activate Randy Johnson.
BULLS reserve Takashi Saito, activate Randy Flores.
BULLS reserve Chad Billingsley, activate Troy Tulowitzki.
BULLS reserve Blaine Boyer, activate Joe Blanton.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, activate Joel Pineiro.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Jo-Jo Reyes, activate Brett Myers.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Odalis Perez, activate Kevin Correia.

CLOWNS reserve Cesar Izturis, activate Brent Lillibridge.
CLOWNS reserve Chris Perez, activate Ryan Madson.

REVENGE reserve Chad Gaudin, activate Barry Zito.

DEM REBELS reserve Wandy Rodriguez, activate Rich Harden.
DEM REBELS reserve Angel Pagan, activate Greg Norton.
DEM REBELS reserve Kerry Wood, activate Bob Howry.

Trade Deadline and IFAB Day

The CFCL mid-season trade deadline is about a week and a half away.

All trades and associated moves to make rosters legal must be reported by Noon Central time on Friday August 1.

August 1 is also Interleague Free Agent Bidding (IFAB) Day. The Major League trading deadline in July 31, and typically there is quite a bit of activity in the days prior to that, with a number of players being added to the CFCL Free Agent Pool after being traded from the AL to the NL. Rather than waiting until the following Sunday to bid on those players, we'll have a special free agent auction on Friday the 1st. Some notes on IFAB Day procedings:

• The process for bidding on players on IFAB Day will be the same as it is on Sundays.
• Bids must be submitted by 3:00 PM Central time (3 hours after the CFCL trade deadline)
• All players in the CFCL free agent pool are eligible for bidding on IFAB Day, not just those who recently came over from the AL.
• Things will be kind of tricky, since Friday is also a regular transaction day (for active/reserve moves). The lineups on August 1 lock at 12:50 PM Central, so any IFAB Day acquisitions will go into effect on Saturday the 2nd. As with usual free agent acquisitions, you will be able to adjust your roster for any acquisitions on Saturday.
• We will then have the usual Sunday free agent bidding on August 3.

So here are how things are shaping up for the weekend at the end of this month (all times Central):

July 31 - MLB Trading Deadline
August 1 (Noon) - CFCL Trading Deadline
August 1 (12:50 PM) - CFCL Lineups Lock for Friday Roster Changes
August 1 (3:00 PM) - IFAB Day Bids Due
August 2 (11:35 AM) - CFCL Lineups Lock for IFAB Day Roster Changes
August 3 (3:00 PM) - Sunday Free Agent Bids Due

FAAB Results for July 20

The following players were acquired via FAAB today:

Joe Blanton
.24 Bulls (release Josh Donaldson)
.16 Revenge
.09 Clowns (Jon Lieber)
.08 Copperfields (Tony Armas)

Brent Lillibridge
.05 Clowns
.05 Graging Bulls (release Cole Rohrbough)

Red Hots and Clowns Complete Deal

Just days after making a splash by acquiring Chase Utley, the Red Hots were at it again, this time in a deal with the Candy Colored Clowns.

In their latest move, the Red Hots picked up outfielders Ken Griffey (.13-09+), Aaron Rowand (.24-09+), third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff (.28-10+), and pitching prospect Jeff Samardzija (.05-10+).

In return the Hots sent second baseman Brandon Phillips (.12-09!), infielder Cesar Izturis (.15-10+). outfielder Austin Kearns (.30-10+), and pitcher Ryan Madson (.01-10+) to the Clowns.

Transactions for July 18, 2008

July 18
GRAGING BULLS reserve Charlie Morton, activate Jamie Garcia.

STONES reserve Johan Santana, activate Carlos Marmol.
STONES reserve Mitch Stetter, activate Jose Valverde.
STONES reserve Jorge Campillo, activate David Riske.
STONES reserve Javier Valentin, activate Paul LoDuca.

RUFFINS reserve Jason Isringhausen, activate Jamie Moyer.

RED HOTS reseve Paul Maholm, activate Cesar Izturis.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Joel Pinero, activate Jo-Jo Reyes.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Travis Denker, activate Eugenio Valez.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Scott Schoenweiss, activate Brian Shouse.

DEM REBELS reserve Bob Howry, activate Ted Lilly.
DEM REBELS reserve Trevor Hoffman, activate Scott Olsen.
DEM REBELS reserve Greg Norton, activate Brian Giles.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Ian Stewart, activate Rafael Soriano.

DOORMATTS reserve Omar Quintanilla, activate John Lannan.
DOORMATTS reserve Ubaldo Jimenez, activate Ben Sheets.
DOORMATTS reserve Tyler Yates, activate Jair Jurrjens.

CLOWNS reserve Jerry Hairston, activate Chris Burke.
CLOWNS reserve Jon Lieber, activate Chris Volstad.

REVENGE reserve Wily Mo Pena, activate Rich Aurelia.
REVENGE reserve Aaron Boone, activate Luis Gonzalez.
REVENGE reserve Ryan Church, activate Scott Podsednik.
REVENGE reserve Brian Moehler, activate Chad Gaudin.

Stones and Kenndoza Combine on 16-Player Blockbuster

Johan Santana wasn't around long enough to be fitted for his Kenndoza Line uniform, as the Line sent him to Steve's Stones as part of an 8-for-8 trade.

Along with Santana (.48-10+), the Stones received catcher Russell Martin (.10-08), first baseman Albert Pujols (.41-10), second baseman Kaz Matsui (.01-08), outfielder Randy Winn (.24-10+), and pitchers Jorge Campillo (.06-10+), Luis Ayala (.02-10+), and David Riske (.02-10+).

Going from the Stones to Kenndoza are outfielder Matt Kemp (.05-09+), infielder Geoff Blum (.10-10+), catcher(?) Mike Rebelo (.01-10+), pitchers Tim Lincecum (.10-09+), Yovani Gallardo (.10-09x), and prospects Ian Stewart (.05-10x), Alcides Escobar (.02-Mx), and Pedro Alvarez (.05-Mx).

YES!

Addendum to previous All-Star Game post:

He gone! Carlos (NL) whiffs Carlos (AL) to send it to the 14th.

All-Star Grumblings

As I sit here watching a very entertaining All-Star contest carry into the 13th inning, I wonder (once again):

• Why can't we start these games at a reasonable time? The Hall of Famer opening was nice, but by the time it was done, it was damn near 8:00 Central. My kids were enjoying the heck out of the game, but I had to send the two youngest to bed before we ever reached the 9th. I know it's an event and all, but they've got an early call for day camp in the AM, and 10:00 was our cutoff. It's a shame they had to miss all this.
• If it's so important that guys like Kazmir and Webb not get in the game, and if using Marmol is such a scary proposition, why are they on the team? If a guy is starts the Sunday before the AS game, give him an "honorary" slot and put a usable pitcher on the roster.
• After the last time we had an extra inning tie, a big deal was made about making the game mean something by giving home field advantage to the AS winner. I've never understood how that action was supposed to prevent ties, but now that we're possibly in the situation again, who gets home field advantage if we do, in fact, end in a tie?

At least Dennis Cook may have (hopefully) saved us from the "Uggla Loss for the NL" headlines.

Go Nationals!

Red Hots and Kenndoza Combine on 2-Player Blockbuster

THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout! With just over two weeks left until the trading deadline, Kenndoza Line and Mo's Red Hots have teamed up on a good old fashioned blockbuster, trading one of the league's top pitchers for one of the league's best hitters.

In the deal, the Red Hots send starting pitcher Johan Santana (.48-10+) to Kenndoza for second baseman Chase Utley (.53-10+).

The Red Hots have been surging in the standings lately, and find themselves only 14 points out of first. The trade comes on the heels of their stunning .55 acquisition of CC Sabathia, a pitcher who can step into Santana's shoes, and allows the Hots' to significantly upgrade their hitting without impacting their starting rotation.

Time will tell whether Kenndoza acquired Santana as an expensive but solid keeper for 2009, or whether they'll flip him to one of the losers in the Sabathia sweepstakes for a set of cheaper keepers.

Regardless, it's refreshingly rare to see a deal so evenly-balanced talent-wise this late in the season.

For their associated moves, the Red Hots reserved Cesar Izturis and activated Sabathia, while Kenndoza reserved Shawn Hill and activate Angel Berroa.

Revenge Add Spare Parts in Deal with Clowns

Morkertzuma's Revenge, fighting for a championship in their first CFCL season, have picked up a couple veteran role players who can fill in down the stretch.

In a deal completed yesterday, the Revenge sent pitching prospect Brett Sinkbeil (.02-Mx) to the Candy Colored Clowns for outfielder Luis Gonzalez (.05-10+) and infielder Rich Aurelia (.01-08).

The Revenge released Jason Perry and the Clowns activated Blake DeWitt in their associated moves.

Salary Cap Increase

Tomorrow is All Star Game Tuesday, which means 1) we're in the middle of a period during which no meaningful baseball will be played, and 2) the CFCL in-season salary cap increases to $3.50. It will stay at that level until September 1, when it nudges up to 3.60 for the final month or so of the season.

Some clarification on what the salary increase means ... or more specifically, what it doesn't mean.

It does not mean that you can make roster moves on Tuesday in order to take advantage of the increased salary room - Tuesday is not a transaction day.

Nor does it mean that you were able to make roster moves on Monday (our usual transaction day) that put you over the $3.00 cap with the anticipation that your roster would become legal when the cap increases on Tuesday.

Although the cap technically increases on Tuesday, the earliest you can make roster moves to take advantage of it is on Friday (aside from a trade, which can be effective any day).

For clarification, please refer to the Constitution: "The fact that the salary cap may increase in the middle of a transaction period does not imply that mid-week roster moves are permitted in order to take advantage of the higher cap."

Roster Moves for July 14, 2008

July 14
STONES reserve Micah Owings, activate David Weathers.

RED HOTS reserve John Grabow, activate Paul Maholm.
RED HOTS reserve Jason Marquis, activate Bronson Arroyo.
RED HOTS reserve Dout Waechter, activate Joel Hanrahan.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Kevin Correia, activate Braden Looper.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Jo-Jo Reyes, activate Bill Bray.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Brian Shouse, activate Scott Schoenweiss.

DEM REBELS reserve Brian Giles, activate Angel Pagan.
DEM REBELS reserve Scott Olsen, activate Bob Howry.

GRAGING BULLS reserve John Maine, activate Johnny Cueto.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Angel Berroa, activate Kaz Matsui.

RUFFINS reserve Roger Bernadina, activate Seth Smith.
RUFFINS reserve Aaron Harang, activate Doug Davis.

FAAB Results for July 13, 2008

The following players were acquired via Free Agent Bid today:

CC Sabathia
.55 Red Hots (release Alex Gonzalez)
.44 Bulls (Josh Donaldson)
.43 Stones (Tony Abreu)
.36 Copperfields (Tony Armas)
.32 Revenge (Mark Prior)
.28 Kenndoza Line (Anthony Reyes)
.25 Dem Rebels (Brandon Backe)

Rich Harden
.37 Dem Rebels (release Norris Hopper)
.35 Stones (Tony Abreu)
.34 Bulls (Josh Donaldson)
.32 Ruffins (Omar Vizquel)
.26 Copperfields (Brad Ausmus)
.24 Kenndoza Line (Anthony Reyes)
.24 Revenge (Mark Prior)
.21 Clowns (Jon Lieber)

Chad Gaudin
.11 Revenge (release Mark Mulder)
.06 Copperfields (Logan Kensing)
.05 Bulls (Cole Rohrbough)

Chan Ho Park
.05 Stones (release Tony Abreu)

Scott Podsednik
.05 Revenge (release Mark Prior)

Anibal Sanchez
.06 DoorMatts (release Burke Badenhop)

Jhoulys Chacin
.05 DoorMatts (release Trot Nixon)

Roster Moves for July 11, 2008

July 11, 2008
REVENGE reserve Jason Perry, activate Jeff Francouer.

RED HOTS reserve Matt Capps, activate Doug Waechter.
RED HOTS reserve Ryan Langerhans, actvate Austin Kearns.
RED HOTS reserve Paul Maholm, activate John Grabow.
RED HOTS reserve Matt Murton, activate Cesar Izturis.

BULLS reserve Ryan Tucker, activate Charlie Morton.

DEM REBELS reserve Ryan Spillborghs, activate Greg Norton.
DEM REBELS reserve Ted Lilly, activate Trevor Hoffman.

MOORE BETTER reserve Sean Gallagher, activate Homer Bailey.

COPPERFIELDs reserve Braden Looper, activate Joel Pinero.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Andrew Miller, activate Jo-Jo Reyes.

DOORMATTS reserve Ben Sheets, activate Tyler Yates.
DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, activate Tim Redding.
DOORMATTS reserve Jair Jurrjens, activate Ubaldo Jimenez.

FAAB Update

With big (in a couple senses of the word) free agents like CC Sabathia and Rich Harden hitting the market this weekend -- and more possible in the next couple weeks -- now is a good time to do a little refresher on some of the rules and elements surrounding FAAB processing.

Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB) Balances
Wondering how much you've got left in your FAAB? The official balances are included on the Excel roster sheet that is available both from a link in the sidebar to the right and in the Download Center.

Your outstanding balance is listed up near the top of your roster where your name, e-mail, and phone are listed. Note that if you hover your cursor over your FAAB amount, a pop-up will display listing the free agents you've acquired so far and their salaries.

If you think there may be a discrepancy in your balance, let me know. All this is updated manually - often late at night - so there's always the chance my math may be off.

Consequences of High Bids
This is just a reminder that if you acquire a free agent with a bid of .25 or higher, he'll receive a guaranteed contract for next year. This means you'll have to keep him at that salary on the following Roster Freeze Day or pay a buyout fee (assuming he is still in the National League). The amount of the buyout fee is half of the player's salary, and this amount is deducted from your Draft Day spending limit. For example, if I had cut Mark Teixeira and his .42 salary prior to this year's draft I would have had only $2.39 (2.60-.21) to spend on Draft Day.

This obligation is entirely transferrable, so if you trade a .25+ free agent, the team acquiring him will have the same obligations/restrictions next Draft Day.

IFAB Day
Interleague Free Agent Bidding Day is coming up in a few weeks. We'll get into more detail on the event as the day approaches, but essentially it is a special non-Sunday free agent bidding day to handle all the free agents who came over from the American League between the usual Free Agent Sunday (July 27) and the Major League interleague trade deadline (Thursday July 31).

IFAB Day will be Friday August 1, with bids due by 3:00 PM Central time. All players listed on the Sportsline free agent listing are available for bidding on IFAB day, including those that were traded to the NL on the previous day.

Constitution
There is additional detail on all this stuff in the Constitution. Speaking of which, now is a good time to remind everyone that the what's in the Constitution and how the Executive Committee interprets it supercedes what I post here in the blog or elsewhere (unless those posts specifically state an exception is being made to the Constitution). Just on the off chance that I accidentally misrepresent a rule while posting on the fly here. It's everyone's responsibility to know what is in the Constitution.

Roster Moves for July 7, 2008

July 7
RUFFINS reserve Doug Davis, activate Brandon Webb.

MOORE BETTER reserve Brandon Jones, activate Joe Koshansky.

BULLS reserve Randy Johnson, activate Ryan Tucker.
BULLS reserve Johnny Cueto, activate Saul Rivera.
BULLS reserve Troy Tulowitzki, activate John Maine.

STONES reserve Craig Counsell, activate Dan Uggla.

DOORMATTS reserve Tim Redding, activate John Lannan.
DOORMATTS reserve Sean Marshall, activate Jair Jurrjens.
DOORMATTS reserve Chris Duncan, activate Omar Quintanilla.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, activate Randy Wolf.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Jo-Jo Reyes, activate Tony Pena.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Tyler Walker, activate Kevin Correia.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Logan Kensing, activate Andrew Miller.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Dave Bush, activate Odalis Perez.

DEM REBELS reserve Greg Norton, acitvate Brian Giles.
DEM REBELS reserve Khalil Green, activate Eric Bruntlett.
DEM REBELS reserve Trevor Hoffman, activate Ted Lilly.

CLOWNS reserve Clayton Kershaw, activate Jack Taschner.
CLOWNS reserve Daryl Thompson, activate Matt Herges.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Justin Miller, activate Jorge Campillo.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Tom Gordon, activate Ricky Nolasco.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Elijah Dukes, activate Delwyn Young.

REVENGE reserve Todd Helton, activate Aaron Boone.
REVENGE reserve Jeff Francoeur, activate Jason Perry.
REVENGE reserve Michael Barrett, activate Paul Bako.

Free Agent Bid Results for July 6, 2008

The following players were acquired via Free Agent Bidding today:

Jack Taschner
.05 Clowns (release Scott Podsednik)

Matt Herges
.05 Clowns (release Steve Holm)

Jeff Samardzija
.05 Clowns (release Anibal Sanchez)

Jason Perry
.05 Revenge

Ruffins Acquire Rollins

Hot on the heels of their trade with Dem Rebels a day earlier, David's Copperfields continued their dealing ways, completing a 10-player trade with David's Ruffins.

In this latest move, the Copperfields dealt outfielder Mike Cameron (.18-10+), shortstop Jimmy Rollins (.38-09+), reliever JC Romero (.02-10+), shortstop Omar Vizquel (.01-10+), and rehabbing pitcher Matt Clement (.02-10+) to the Ruffins.

In return, the Ruffins gave up outfielder Chris Young (.10-09+), shortstop Emmanuel Burris (.02-10+), reliever Tony Pena (.01-09+), second baseman Travis Denker (.08-10+), and prospect Michael Burgess (.05-Mx).

Dem Rebels Acquire Teixeira, Others

David's Copperfields became the latest team to get an early start on their 2009 keeper list, dealing 5 veterans to Dem Rebels for a package of young talent.

The Coppers sent first baseman Mark Teixeira (.42-09+), outfielders Brian Giles (.23-10+) and Jeremy Hermida (.10-08), second baseman Ray Durham (.09-10+), and pitcher Ted Lilly (.15-09+) to the Rebels.

In exchange, the Rebels gave up first baseman Prince Fielder (.07-X), outfielder Hunter Pence (.05-09+), pitchers Andrew Miller (.02-10+) and Logan Kensing (.05-10+), and second base prospect Eugenio Velez (.08-10+).

The deal put the Rebels in instant salary cap jeopardy, forcing them to place new acquisitions Giles and Lilly on the Reserve List until the cap expands or they can shuffle their roster further.

Roster Moves for July 4, 2008

July 4
STONES reserve Carlos Marmol, activate Cole Hamels.
STONES reserve David Weathers, activate Geoff Blum.
STONES reserve Humberto Quintero, activate Javier Valentin.

DOORMATTS reserve Tyler Yates, activate Ben Sheets.
DOORMATTS reserve Ubaldo Jimenez, activate Sean Marshall.
DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, activate Chris Duncan.
DOORMATTS reserve Dan Haren, acitvate Jair Jurrjens.

BULLS reserve Ryan Tucker, activate Tim Hudson.
BULLS reserve John Maine, activate Carlos Zambrano.
BULLS reserve Saul Rivera, activate Blaine Boyer.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Nyjer Morgan, activate Andruw Jones.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Jorge Campillo, activate Jason Bergmann.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Rickey Nolasco, activate Shawn Hill.

DEM REBELS reserve Hiroki Kuroda, activate Scott Olsen.
DEM REBELS reserve Eric Byrnes, activate Greg Norton.
DEM REBELS reserve Luis Castillo, activate Luis Rivas.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Tony Armas, activate Braden Looper.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Randy Wolf, activate Jo-Jo Reyes.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Joel Pinero, activate Nomar Garciaparra.

CLOWNS reserve Steve Holm, activate JR Towles.
CLOWNS reserve Luis Gonzalez, activate Mark Kotsay.

REVENGE reserve Barry Zito, activate Brian Moehler.

OOF on the Move

I've been meaning to post this news tidbit, but never seemed to get around to it.

Several weeks ago our Officer of FAAB, Eric, informed me that he and his wife will be picking up and moving to Memphis in the very new future. The move is a result of a new career opportunity for Eric (he'll be managing a large group of school therapists). As I recall, though they'll be living in the Memphis area, the job is actually across the state line in Mississippi.

The CFCL Front Office wishes to officially extend our congratulations and wishes of good luck to the Lamb clan in in their new adventure?

What does this mean in terms of Eric's ability to fulfill his role in the FAAB process? In the long run, it shouldn't affect it. Since we work mainly by e-mail, Eric doesn't forsee a problem with continuing to forward the bids to me each Sunday once he gets settled.

There will be a slight hiccuup in the process during the time that Eric is moving and getting his new life organized, but we've come up with a process to keep the FAAB flowing with minimal disruption.

While Eric is out of touch, we've identified his former Assistant GM, Paul, to act as BOOF (Backup Officer of FAAB). From a bid submission stand-point, things will work exactly the same. We'll still submit our Sunday bids to the cfcl_faab@live.com address (note the underscore between cfcl and faab).

The process of getting the bids to me after the Sunday deadline may vary a bit while Paul is in place, however. I don't think this will be a big deal, but I at least wanted to let everyone know what would be happening...

Given Paul's situation (he's a quadriplegic, for those who don't know him), he's not always able to get to the computer on a predicatble schedule - though he is online quite a bit. So rather than tying him down to a committment every Sunday afternoon, here's how we'll work it:

1. After the 3:00 PM Sunday deadline passes, I will call Paul and he'll give me the password for the FAAB e-mail account.
2. I'll sign into the account and get the bids, then process them as I usually do.
3. Sometime the following week (as early as possible, but when it's convenient for him), Paul will sign on to the FAAB e-mail account and change the password, thereby locking me out for the next week.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 as needed until Eric can resume his duties.

As I said, from the standpoint of submitting bids, this should be totally invisible to us as owners. In fact, it may even speed things up -- while Paul may not always get online every Sunday, I will nearly always be able to get ahold of him via phone at 3:01 Sunday afternoon, so I should be able to get in and process bids right away rather than waiting for the e-mails from Eric (which, as you might have noticed, got later and later as his move prep increased).

Hopefully this workaround is OK with everyone, and once again, many thanks and best of luck to Eric!

Stones Reacquire Stetter

Steve's Stones reacquired reliever Mitch Stetter from Moore Better. The Stones had originally dealt Stetter to the Better about three weeks ago as part of an eight-player deal.

To ransom Stetter, the Stones sent first base prospect Joe Koshansky to Moore Better.

The Stones made room for Stetter on their active roster by reserving Dan Uggla.

Yoo Hoo to Arms!

In this week's Monroe Doctrine, Rich writes about some of the minutia in the CFCL Consitution. He even mentions something that's missing from our rules - the Rotisserie League's Yoo Hoo Ceremony.

He writes about the Doctrine's namesake, Bob Monroe's, experience undergoing the ritual at the hands of his son Ryan:

Bob Monroe was out of town at the end of the season in which he won the title. So he had his kids dump a bottle of Yoo-Hoo on him while his wife took photographic evidence for the league.

Here, for your enjoyment, is that photographic evidence:

Ok... I realize there may be some cleansing of the pallate needed after viewing the above, so here's a link to something to take your mind off of it: an excerpt from the original Rotisserie League Baseball book: A Yoo-Hoo to Arms

Hmmm. These reminiscences have me a bit nostalgic. Now that it's pretty darn clear that the Copperfields have no chance at the 2008 title, maybe it's time we reinstate the Yoo Hoo ceremony...

Roster Moves for June 30, 2008

June 30
STONES reserve Geoff Blum, activate Bill Hall.
STONES reserve Cole Hamels, activate Todd Wellemeyer.
STONES reserve Javier Valentin, activate Humberto Quintero.

RUFFINS reserve Jamie Moyer, activate Doug Davis.
RUFFINS reserve Jonathan Sanchez, activate Aaron Harang.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Kaz Matsui, activate Ricky Nolasco.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Shawn Hill, activate Robert Andino.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Jason Bergmann, activate Sergio Romo.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Kevin Correia, activate Dave Bush.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Braden Looper, activate Ted Lilly.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Jo-Jo Reyes, activate Tyler Walker.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Brett Myers, activate Tony Armas.

REVENGE reserve Matt Lindstrom, activate Collin Balester.
REVENGE reserve Juan Pierre, activate Wily Mo Pena.

PICTS reserve Derek Lowe, activate Eric Gagne.

DEM REBELS reserve Scott Olsen, activate Wandy Rodriguez.
DEM REBELS reserve Bob Howry, activate Hiroki Kuroda.

DOORMATTS reserve Trot Nixon, activate Tyler Yates.
DOORMATTS reserve Ben Sheets, activate Tim Redding.
DOORMATTS reserve Dan Haren, activate Ubaldo Jimenez.

CLOWNS reserve Chris Burke, activate Jerry Hairston.
CLOWNS reserve Scott Podsednik, activate Rich Aurelia.

RUFFINS reserve Kory Casto, activate Roger Bernadina.
RUFFINS reserve Emmanuel Burris, activate Willie Harris.

BULLS reserve Lastings Milledge, activate Reed Johnson.
BULLS reserve Tim Hudson, activate Kyle Lohse.
BULLS reserve Blaine Boyer, activate John Maine.

RED HOTS reserve Cesar Izturis, activate Matt Murton.
RED HOTS reserve Charlie Manning, activate Cla Meredith.

FAAB Results for June 29, 2008

The following players were acquired via Free Agent Bid today:

Brian Moehler
.06 Revenge

Sergio Romo
.05 Kenndoza Line (release Brian Bixler)

Eric Stults
.05 Moore Better (release Shawn Chacon)

Dave Roberts
.05 Stones (release Derrick Turnbow)

Tyler Walker
.05 Copperfields (release Claudio Vargas)
.05 Stones (Ruben Gotay)

Humberto Quintero
.05 Stones (release Ramon Martinez)

Roger Bernadina
.08 Ruffins
.07 DoorMatts (release Burke Badenhop)
.05 Kenndoza Line (Anthony Reyes)

Willie Harris
.05 Ruffins
.05 DoorMatts (release Burke Badenhop)

Roster Moves for June 27, 2008

June 27
MOORE BETTER reserve Augie Ojeda, activate JJ Hardy.

GRAGING BULLS reserve Kyle Lohse, activate Tim Hudson.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Charlie Morton, activate Johnny Cueto.
GRAGING BULLS reserve John Maine, activate Saul Rivera.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Reed Johnson, activate Xavier Nady.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Randy Flores, activate Randy Johnson.

STONES reserve Mike Rabelo, activate Javier Valentin.
STONES reserve Bill Hall, activate Craig Counsell.
STONES reserve Todd Wellemeyer, activate Cole Hamels.

RUFFINS reserve Omar Infante, activate Kory Casto.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Dave Bush, activate Kevin Correia.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, activate Brett Myers.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Ted Lilly, activate Randy Wolf.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Scott Schoenweiss, activate Joel Piniero.

DOORMATTS reserve Tim Redding, activate John Lannan.
DOORMATTS reserve Sean Marshall, activate Jair Jurrjens.

DEM REBELS reserve Luis Rivas, activate Eric Patterson.
DEM REBELS reserve Wandy Rodriguez, activate Scott Olsen.

Roster Changes for June 23, 2008

June 23
RUFFINS reserve Kory Casto, activate Rickie Weeks.
RUFFINS reserve Guillermo Mota, activate Jamie Moyer.
RUFFINS reserve Brandon Webb, activate Manny Corpas.

GRAGING BULLS reserve Tim Hudson, activate Kyle Lohse.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Randy Johnson, activate Charlie Morton.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Saul Rivera, activate Troy Tulowitzki.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Ian Snell, activate Randy Flores.

RED HOTS reserve John Grabow, activate Johan Santana.
RED HOTS reserve Vinnie Chulk, activate Aaron Heilman.
RED HOTS reserve Matt Murton, activate Jim Edmonds.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Kevin Correia, activate Dave Bush.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Brett Myers, activate Braden Looper.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Randy Wolf, activate Bill Bray.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Joel Pinero, activate Jo-Jo Reyes.

DOORMATTS reserve Ubaldo Jimenez, activate Ben Sheets.
DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, actigvate Dan Haren.
DOORMATTS reserve Jair Jurrjens, acitvate Sean Marshall.
DOORMATTS reserve Omar Quintanilla, activate Jeff Keppinger.
DOORMATTS reserve Micah Hoffpauir, activate Josh Willingham.
DOORMATTS reserve Chris Duncan, activate Trot Nixon.

PICTS reserve Alex Hinshaw, activate Josh Banks.
PICTS reserve Geoff Geary, activate Jeff Francis.
PICTS reserve Ronny Cedeno, activate Clint Barmes.

CLOWNS reserve Jason Hirsh, activate Daryl Thompson.
CLOWNS reserve Franklin Morales, activate Chris Perez.

STONES reserve Ian Stewart, activate Mike Fontenot.
STONES reserve Cole Hamels, activate Todd Wellemeyer.
STONES reserve Craig Counsell, activate Bill Hall.

DEM REBELS reserve Norris Hopper, activate Eric Byrnes.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Patrick Misch, activate Jason Bergmann.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Ricky Nolasco, activate Justin Miller.

REVENGE reserve Aaron Boone, activate Ryan Church.

FAAB Results for June 22, 2008

The following players were acquired via Free Agent Bid today:

Trot Nixon
.05 DoorMatts (release Adrian Cardenas)

Daryl Thompson
.07 Candy Colored Clowns
.07 Kenndoza Line (release Brian Bixler)
.05 DoorMatts (Omar Quintanilla.
.05 Graging Bulls (Cole Rohrbough)

You Decide: Real or Fake?

Incredible catch by the Fresno Grizzlies ballgirl, or incredible editing job??

DoorMatts trade Brandon Webb to Ruffins

This trade announcement is brought to you by 7-Up, the Un-Cola. 7-Up - now that's refreshing.

In a refreshing change of pace, two CFCL veterans combined on a deal today in which a contending team sent significant major league talent to their trading partner rather than a package weighted heavily toward prospects and potential as had been the trend so far this year.

Today, David's Ruffins acquired pitcher Brandon Webb (.21-08), first baseman Dmitri Young (.04-09+), and a 2nd round Draft Pick in 2009 from the DoorMatts. In return, the Ruffins gave up first baseman Joey Votto (.10-09+), reliever Chad Qualls (.01-10+), plus prospects Gerardo Parra (.05-Mx) and Thomas Hanson (.02-Mx).

Whether this value-for-value approach will work against the Ruffins, since cometeitors have gotten more in exchange for less in terms of current-season production, or if it will re-establish the trend where non-contenders demand major league talent in trades, only time will tell...

Clowns Pitch In to Bulls' Title Hopes

The Candy Colored Clowns restocked the Graging Bulls' pitching staff with four fresh arms today, completing a seven-player deal.

Joining the Bulls will be starters Calros Zambrano (.22-10+) and Randy Johnson (.06-10+), relievers Takashi Saito (.21-09+) and Fransisco Cordero (.24-08), plus their 8th round Rotation Draft pick in 2009.

In exchange, the Clowns received third baseman Mark Reynolds (.09-09+), pitcher Clayton Kershaw (.05-10+), and prospect Fernando Martinez (.05-Mx).

Roster Moves for June 20, 2008

June 20
STONES reserve Javier Valentin, activate Paul LoDuca.
STONES reserve Joe Dillon, activate Craig Counsell.
STONES reserve Bill Hall, activate Geoff Blum.
STONES reserve Todd Wellemeyer, activate David Weathers.

BULLS reserve Johnny Cueto, acitvate Blaine Boyer.
BULLS reserve Randy Flores, activate Tim Hudson.

RED HOTS reserve Bronson Arroyo, activate Matt Murton.
RED HOTS reserve Jim Edmonds, activate Jason Marquis.
RED HOTS reserve Aaron Heilman, activate Paul Maholm.
RED HOTS reserve Johan Santana, activate John Grabow.

RUFFINS reserve Doug Davis, activate Mike Gonzalez.
RUFFINS reserve Jamie Moyer, acitvate Jason Isringhausen.

DOORMATTS reserve Tyler Yates, activate Joe Beimel.
DOORMATTS reserve Ben Sheets, activate Tim Redding.
DOORMATTS reserve Dan Haren, activate Jair Jurrjens.

DEM REBELS reserve Greg Norton, activate Greg Maddux.
DEM REBELS reserve Scott Olsen, activate Norris Hopper.
DEM REBELS reserve Hiroki Kuroda, activate Wandy Rodriguez.

PICTS reserve Moises Alou, activate Paul McAnulty.
PICTS reserve Josh Banks, activate Geoff Geary.
PICTS reserve Phil Dumatrait, activate Roy Oswalt.
PICTS reserve Jeff Francis, activate Jeff Suppan.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Scott Eyre, activate Kevin Correia.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Omar Vizquel, activate Damion Easley.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Braden Looper, activate Ted Lilly.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Odalis Perez, activate Brett Myers.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Delwyn Young, acitvate Nyjer Morgan.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Jason Bergmann, acitvate Jorge Campillo.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Justin Miller, activate David Riske.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Anthony Reyes, activate Ricky Nolasco.

NEWS FLASH: Fantasy Owner Rips Team in Media

When I saw this headline, I thought it might have been our own Steve Olson. It's not, but still a good read...Link to article: Fantasy Baseball Owner Rips Team In Media

SPECIAL NOTE: Roster Correction

When I enter the rosters at the stat service after each Draft Day, there are typically 15 or so minor leaguers who were selected by CFCL teams in the Rotation Draft by who are not yet in Sportsline's player data base.

In order for these guys to show up on rosters at Sportsline, I've got to type them in manually as placeholders. Unfortunately, there's no notification when they're eventually added to the data base by Sportsline.

One such player this year was the Ruffins' Thomas Hanson. I had listed him on the Ruffins roster (as Tommy Hansen), but he eventually was added to the Sportsline where he showed up as a free agent. The DoorMatts noticed him, and acquired him via FAAB on May 12.

Dave Holian just noticed Hanson on the DoorMatts roster, and called the error to my attention. Luckily, since Hanson was never called up to the majors, or the the DoorMatts' active roster, this one's fairly easy to straighten out.

Hanson will be removed from the DoorMatts' roster and placed on the Ruffins. In addition, Matt Herges will be reinstated to the DoorMatt's reserve list (that's who they'd released when they "acquired" Hanson), along with the .06 in FAAB they spent on him.

I apologize to everyone, especially the Ruffins and DoorMatts for the error. Thankfully Hanson never accrued stats for the DoorMatts - that would have been rather hairy indeed (though we probably would have noticed earlier).

Speaking of noticing - I publish the full FAAB results each week. Be sure to check these postings out and if you see a familiar name going to another team, speak up. Now that we can acquire minor leaguers via FAAB, I don't recognize a quarter of the names being bid on. As long as he's listed in the Sportsline pool as a free agent, he's OK by me.

Roster Moves for June 16, 2008

June 16
STONES reserve Mike Rivera, activate Javier Valentin.
STONES reserve Scott Proctor, activate Todd Wellemeyer.
STONES reserve Mike Fontenot, activate Joe Dillon.
STONES reserve Craig Counsell, activate Bill Hall.

MOORE BETTER reserve Brad Penny, actrivate Ryan Dempster.
MOORE BETTER reserve Homer Bailey, activate Oliver Perez.
MOORE BETTER reserve JJ Hardy, activate Augie Ojeda.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Jorge Campillo, activate Jason Bergmann.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Rafael Soriano, activate Anthony Reyes.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Ricky Nolasco, activate Angel Berroa.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Robert Andino, activate Ronnie Belliard.

DOORMATTS reserve Joe Beimel, activate Brandon Webb.
DOORMATTS reserve Jeremy Affeldt, acivate John Lannan.
DOORMATTS reserve Joe Mather, activate Chase Headley.

RED HOTS reserve Cla Meredith, activate Vinnie Chulk.
RED HOTS reserve Paul Maholm, activate Bronson Arroyo.
RED HOTS reserve John Grabow, activate Aaron Heilman.
RED HOTS reserve Paul Janish, activate Charlie Manning.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Kevin Correia, activate Braden Looper.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Brett Myers, activate Randy Wolf.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Ted Lilly, activate Joel Pineiro.

GRAGING BULLS reserve Tim Hudson, activate Ian Snell.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Tom Glavine, activate Ryan Tucker.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Xavier Nady, activate Darin Erstad.

PICTS reserve Roy Oswalt, activate Alex Hinshaw.
PICTS reserve Paul McAnulty, activate Jeff Salazar.
PICTS reserve Jeff Suppan, activate Michael Wuertz.

RUFFINS reserve Travis Denker, activate Brendan Ryan.

DEM REBELS reserve Greg Maddux, activate Scott Olsen.
DEM REBELS reserve Wandy Rodriguez, activate Hiroki Kuroda.

REVENGE reserve Max Scherzer, activate Matt Lindstrom.

FAAB Results for June 15, 2008

The following players were acquired via Free Agent Bid today:

Jason Marquis
.05 Red Hots (release Brent Lillibridge)
.05 Picts (Mark Hendrickson)
.05 Graging Bulls (Darin Erstad)

Charlie Manning
.05 Red Hots (release Matt Wise)

Ronnie Belliard
.14 Kenndoza Line (release Lee Gardner)
.08 Copperfields (Dan Ortmeier)

Angel Berroa
.08 Kenndoza Line (release Martin Prado)

Mike Pelfrey
.05 Clowns (release Tyler Walker)

Nomar Garciaparra
.07 Copperfields (release Willie Harris)
.06 Clowns (Devin Mesoraco)

Roster Moves for June 13, 2008

June 13
RUFFINS reserve Seth Smith, activate Jayson Werth.
RUFFINS reserve Rickie Weeks, activate Omar Infante.

DOORMATTS reserve Tim Redding, activate Tyler Yates.
DOORMATTS reserve Alfonzo Soriano, activate Chris Duncan.
DOORMATTS reserve Brandon Webb, activate Jeremy Affeldt.
DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, activate Micah Hoffpauir.

GRAGING BULLS reserve Clayton Kershaw, activate Ryan Tucker.
GRAGING BULLS reserve John Maine, activate Kyle Lohse.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Tadahito Iguchi, activate Edgar Gonzalez.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Johnny Cueto, activate Ian Snell.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Tom Glavine, activate Blaine Boyer.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Jason Bergmann, activate Jorge Campillo.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Anthony Reyes, activate Shawn Hill.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Manny Acosta, activate Patrick Misch.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Chin-lung Hu, activate Robert Andino.

REVENGE reserve Adam Wainwright, activate Seth McLung.
REVENGE reserve Ryan Church, activate Adam LaRoche.

DEM REBELS reserve Greg Dobbs, activate Greg Norton.
DEM REBELS reserve Hiroki Kuroda, activate Greg Maddux.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Braden Looper, activate Kevin Correia.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Randy Wolf, activate Odalis Perez.

STONES reserve Bill Hall, activate Craig Counsell.
STONES reserve Todd Wellemeyer, activate Scott Proctor.
STONES reserve Javier Valentin, activate Mike Rivera.

PICTS reserve Alex Hinshaw, activate Jeff Francis.
PICTS reserve Geoff Geary, activate Josh Banks.
PICTS reserve Raj Davis, activate Moises Alou.
PICTS reserve Michael Wuertz, activate Phil Dumatrait.

RED HOTS reserve Joel Hanrahan, activate Paul Janish.

CLOWNS reserve Jerry Hairston, activate Scott Podsednik.

MOORE BETTER reserve Josh Anderson, activate Brandon Jones.
MOORE BETTER reserve Ryan Dempster, activate Brad Penny.

Stones - Moore Better Trade

First-year franchise Moore Better continued to dismantle their inaugural roster today by completing a deal with second place Steve's Stones. The move is their second trade this week, following their earlier deal with the front-running Morkertzuma's Revenge.

In their latest move, Moore Better shipped second baseman Jeff Kent (.22-09+), rehabbing catcher Paul LoDuca (.13-09+), reliever Jon Rauch (.10-09+), and infielder Ramon Martinez (.10-10+) to the Stones for pitchers Homer Bailey (.05-10+) and Mitch Stetter (.05-10+) and prospects Matt Antonelli (.10-Mx) and Brandon Jones (.10-Mx).

Roster Moves for June 9, 2008

June 9
STONES reserve Geoff Blum, activate Ian Stewart.
STONES reserve Homer Bailey, activate Scott Proctor.

DOORMATTS reserve Tyler Yates, activate Tim Redding.
DOORMATTS reserve Jeremy Affeldt, activate John Lannan.

REVENGE reserve Adam LaRoche, activate Jake Peavy.

RED HOTS reserve Vinnie Chulk, activate Joe Nelson.
RED HOTS reserve Bronson Arroyo, activate Paul Maholm.
RED HOTS reserve Austin Kearns, activate Ryan Langerhans.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, activate Brett Myers.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Ryan Freel, activate Ted Lilly.

MOORE BETTER reserve Brad Penny, activate Gabe Kapler.
MOORE BETTER reserve Oliver Perez, activate Cory Wade.

RUFFINS reserve Brendan Ryan, activate Travis Denker.
RUFFINS reserve Omar Infante, activate Kory Casto.

PICTS reserve Phil Dumatrait, activate Roy Oswalt.
PICTS reserve Jeff Francis, activate Matt Cain.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Jorge Campillo, activate Jason Bergmann.

CLOWNS reserve Scott Podsednik, activate John Bowker.

Trade Reporting Rules

When Tim and Mike e-mailed me about their trade this past weekend, they said they weren't sure about the proper procedure for reporting a trade. They actually did a fine job of it, but since we've had some changes to our transaction reporting procedures for this season, I thought it would be a good idea to go over the process for trades (it's that time of year...).

After you and another owner agree to a deal, here's what the two of you should do to make things official:

1. You should both report it to the League Secretary (David M.) via e-mail.
2. Your e-mail should contain the details of the trade, as well as specific moves you will make in order to ensure your roster is complete and legal following the deal. This might involve:
   • Releasing players to get your down to 40 players if you acquired more guys than you gave up
   • Activating and/or reserving players in order to meet the positional requirements

Until all parties involved in the deal send me an e-mail that meets the above requirements, the trade will not be considered official - even if the deadline passes, pushing the effective date for the trade back a day.

Once the necessary e-mails have been received, I'll enter all the transactions (the trade and the associated moves) at the Sportsline site. This will help ensure that the trade meets all the requirements - if I can't get legal and valid active rosters based on the e-mails I was sent, the trade will not go through.

Other things to keep in mind about trades and associated moves:

• Owners cannot propose/accept trades themselves at the Sportsline site. We have some special requirements and restrictions involving trades that Sportsline is not able to monitor, so we require all trades are reported via e-mail to ensure we can do a validity check before the stat site is updated.
• When you acquire players in a trade that will put you over the salary cap, you CANNOT make associated moves in order to get your active roster under the cap. You'll have to reserve the expensive player(s) for the time being, then activate them at the next regular Monday or Friday transaction date.
• You cannot make a trade that will leave you unable to fill an active roster position. If you have a guy on your Reserve List that you can activate as an associated move, that's fine. But you cannot leave an open spot after a deal figuring you'll pick up a free agent to fill the roster spot later - even if you make the trade on a Sunday. You have to have the replacement available on your roster prior to making the deal.

For more explaination or additional details on the rules on trades and reporting them, refer to Article XIII. of the Constitution.

Official Period 10 Standings

Here are the official standings for Period 10. These point totals will be used to determine the winner of the Dallas Green Award as described in an earlier post.

Period 10 Point Totals
80.5 - Morkertzuma's Revenge
78.5 - Steve's Stones
77.0 - Graging Bulls
76.0 - Dem Rebels
74.5 - David's Ruffins
69.0 - DoorMatts
66.5 - Nick's Picts
62.5 - Mo's Red Hots
60.0 - Kenndoza Line
56.0 - Candy Colored Clowns
51.0 - David's Copperfields
28.5 - Moore Better

How Addicted Are (Were) You?

A multiple choice fantasy sports quiz to evaluate how obssessed you are with this pastime:

Sports Crack: Fantasy Sports Quiz

I found I needed to adapt some of the questions here and there, since I'm not one of those oddballs that partakes of non-baseball fantasy sports, but it wasn't too tough to adjust.

Also, a few questions in I realized I was thinking "I'm a 'B' now, but a few years ago I would have said 'D'." I guess I've got to face it - I'm no longer the RotoNut I was in my heyday (1990-2000, probably). I still love the game, but real life has invaded to the point that I can no longer devote the time and effort to it that I once did (and, boy, does it show). I imagine others among us are in the same boat.

Anyway, I ended up choosing two answers to each question - one reflecting my current state, and one based on how I remember myself behaving 10-15 years ago.

Out of a possible 40 points, my scores were:
2008 me: 24 points
1990s me: 34 points

Sounds about right...

FAAB Results for June 8, 2008

The following players were acquired via Free Agent Bid today:

Cory Wade
.05 Moore Better (release Ricardo Rincon)
.05 Kenndoza Line (Pat Misch)

Anibal Sanchez
.05 Clowns (release Nick Evans)

Edgar Gonzalez
.11 Graging Bulls (release Justin Smoak)

Travis Denker
.08 Ruffins (release Taylor Tankersley)
.07 Clowns (Gorkys Hernandez)

Ryan Langerhans
.05 Red Hots (release Matt Belisle)

Doug Waechter
.05 Red Hots (release Todd Coffey)

Charlie Morton
.05 Graging Bulls (release Jon Herrera)

Kory Casto
.16 Ruffins (release Ronnie Belliard)
.08 DoorMatts (Burke Badenhop)
.05 Kenndoza Line (Lee Gardner)


Some Nice Things You May Have Missed:

• Revenge - Moore Better Trade
• Period 10
• You Can't Beat Fun at the Old Ballpark

Period 10

We're coming to the end of 2008's 10th reporting period, which is a significant milepost in the CFCL season.

The standings in Period 10 are what we use as the benchmark for the Dallas Green Award, which goes to the CFCL team that gains the most points from Period 10 until the end of the season.

The award is named for the architect of the Cubs' near-championship season in 1984, which was due in a large part to in-season acquisitions of players like Rick Suttcliffe and Dennis Eckersley.

The goal of the award is to recognize the CFCL GM who does the best job of improving their team during the season. We chose Period 10's standings as the starting point because it eliminated much of the flukiness of early-season standings, but also left enough of the season for GMs to have an impact on their team's fortunes.

A look at the Dallas Green Award winners from seasons past should be very encouraging to nearly all of the current CFCL GMs. Since the turn of the century, Dallas Green Award winners have averaged a gain of over 22 points from Period 10 until the end of the year.

And in the past two year, the Dallas Green winners have gained 25.5 and 30.5 points respectively. A look at the live standings while I'm writing this, shows the gap between the first place Revenge and the 11th place Copperfields to be 29.5 points, indicating that a Copperfield championship in 2008 is still within the realm of possibility - or certainly at least a money finish.

In other words at this point in the season, really only one team has fallen out of the race.

Gaining twenty-some points in the final 16 weeks is one thing, but can a team really come from 25-30 points behind to actually win?

Ask the Ruffins, who won the Dallas Green Award (+30.5 points) and the CFCL Championship in 2006. Or ask Kenndoza Line, who won the Dallas Green Award (+25.5 points) and the CFCL Championship in 2007. Can it happen again?

Food for thought...

Revenge - Moore Better Trade

Morkertzuma's Revenge took steps today to solidfy their position atop the CFCL standings, making two strong additions to their offense in a deal with the 12th place Moore Better.

The Revenge acquired first baseman Todd Helton (.27-09+) and outfielder Andre Ethier (.17-10+) for infielder Jose Castillo (.01-10+), outfielder Gabe Kapler (.05-10+), pitcher Sean Gallagher (.02-10+), and third base prospect Andy LaRoche (.05-09+).

The acquisitions were a key strategic move for the Revenge -- although they rank 4th in the league in offense overall, they find themselves dead last in On-Base Percentage at .327. Helton's OBP of .417 and Ethier's .359 are sure to help that cause.

Roster Moves for June 6, 2008

June 6
GRAGING BULLS reserve Blaine Boyer, activate Tim Hudson.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Jon Herrera, activate Conor Jackson.

PICTS reserve Josh Banks, activate Jeff Francis.
PICTS reserve Roy Oswalt, activate Alex Hinshaw.
PICTS reserve Matt Cain, activate Geoff Geary.

DOORMATTS reserve Micah Hoffpauir, activate Ben Sheets.
DOORMATTS reserve Tim Redding, activate Brandon Webb.
DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, activate Dan Haren.
DOORMATTS reserve Jair Jurrjens, activate Ubaldo Jimenez.

RUFFINS reserve Ryan Zimmerman, activate Emmanuel Burris.

RED HOTS reserve Paul Maholm, activate Vinnie Chulk.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Brett Myers, activate Braden Looper.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Odalis Perez, activate Bill Bray.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Ted Lilly, activate Randy Wolf.

DEM REBELS reserve Greg Maddux, activate Hiroki Kuroda.
DEM REBELS reserve Brandon Backe, activate Andrew Miller.

CLOWNS reserve JR Towles, activate Steve Holm.
CLOWNS reserve John Smoltz, activate Tyler Walker.
CLOWNS reserve John Bowker, activate Chris Burke.

Up With Fans!

The Supreme Court has ended (hopefully for good) the battle of MLB vs Fantasy Baseball by refusing to hear their appeal of a lower court's ruling that stat services were free to use player names and stats without a license, as it were.

The legal fight began a number of years ago when the then-parent company of Total Quality Stats (CDM) took MLB to court when they were refused the right to use stats.

Details and opinion can be found in this editorial:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/06/03/in_this_fantasy_fans_come_first/

Pro sports should worry more about alienating core fans than about unlicensed fantasy leagues. From foamy fingers to fantasy leagues, fans have invented elaborate new ways to show their devotion over the years. Pro leagues benefit handsomely, even if indirectly, when these innovations flourish.

Roster Moves for June 2, 2008

June 2
STONES reserve David Weathers, activate Pedro Martinez.
STONES reserve Mike Rivera, activate Javier Valentin.
STONES reserve Scott Proctor, activate Homer Bailey.
STONES reserve Joe Dillon, activate Ian Stewart.

MOORE BETTER reserve Matt Diaz, activate Josh Anderson.
MOORE BETTER reserve Shawn Chacon, acitvate Kyle Kendrick.
MOORE BETTER reserve Tony Gwynn, activate Fernando Tatis.

REVENGE reserve Shawn Estes, activate Sean Gallagher.
REVENGE reserve Jacque Jones, activate Ryan Church.
REVENGE reserve Matt Lindstrom, activate Barry Zito.

RED HOTS reserve Aaron Heilman, activate Bronson Arroyo.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Braden Looper, activate Scott Eyre.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Randy Wolf, activate Odalis Perez.

PICTS reserve Alex Hinshaw, activate Phil Dumatrait.
PICTS reserve Mark Hendrickson, activate Roy Oswalt.

DOORMATTS reserve Ben Sheets, activate John Lannan.
DOORMATTS reserve Chris Duncan, activate Joe Mather.
DOORMATTS reserve Brandon Webb, activate Micah Hoffpauir.
DOORMATTS reserve Dan Haren, activate Jair Jurrjens.

BULLS reserve Conor Jackson, activate Neal Cotts.
BULLS reserve Tim Hudson, activate Jon Herrera.

CLOWNS reserve Steve Holm, activate Ryan Doumit.
CLOWNS reserve Jon Lieber, activate John Smoltz.
CLOWNS reserve Mark Kotsay, activate Scott Podsednik.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Jason Bergman, activate Anthony Reyes.

REBELS reserve Eric Bruntlett, activate Luis Rivas.
REBELS reserve Hiroki Kuroda, activate Wandy Rodriguez.
REBELS reserve Andrew Miller, activate Bob Howry.