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.

FAAB Results for June 1, 2008

The following players were acquired via Free Agent Bid today:

Micah Hoffpauir
.10 DoorMatts (release Oscar Villareal)
.07 Dem Rebels (Chris Duffy)
.05 Copperfields (Willie Harris)

Joe Mather
.07 DoorMatts (release Anthony Thomas)
.06 Kenndoza Line (Lee Gardner)

Neil Cotts
.05 Graging Bulls (release Chris Coglan)

Josh Banks
.16 Picts (release Briah Moehler)
.05 Graging Bulls (Jonathan Herrera)

Phil Dumatrait
.11 Picts (release Nelson Figueroa)

Scott Eyre
.05 Copperfields (release Doug Slaten)

Fernando Tatis
.10 Moore Better (release Angel Chavez)