End of Season Reminders

We are fast approaching the homestretch of the 2012 season.  Here are a couple of things to remember.

1)  For those of you that still have a Free Agent Budet, this weekend is the last weekend to acquire a free agent and keep him next season.  That's because . . .

2)  Anyone you acquire during September receives an "S" contract, which means the contract expires at the end of the current season.  Also, for "S" contracts, there are NO Home Team Discount rights.

3)  A week from Saturday (September 1st) you are able to activate an extra player into a second Utility spot.  The player can be pitcher or position.  Keep in mind that if you activate a player from your reserve to the September Roster Expansion (SRE) spot, this does not allow you to fill the open reserve spot without waiving someone.  You are allowed 40, and only 40, players on your roster.  For five months the split is 23 active 17 reserve.  For September it can be 24 active 16 reserve.  You are not required to activate an extra player in September.

For the above three points, more details can be found in our beautiful Constitution.

I have started putting together the ballots for our end of season awards.  If you would like to submit some suggestions, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Free Agent Bidding Reminder

Just a quick reminder that this Sunday (August 28th) is your last chance to pick up a player via FAAB and keep them going into next year should you so choose. Everyone acquired starting on September 4th will be assigned a contract of "S" which means they are immediately released at the end of the season.

Happy spending.

FAAB Results

Gentlemen -

It looks like everyone understands how to submit Free Agent Bids at OnRoto - thanks in LARGE part to Mike's excellent descriptive e-mail.

Not only does OnRoto allow us to submit our moves directly to the website, rather than sending it in via e-mail, they also allow us to see the results of the bidding.

When you go to OnRoto, on the left-hand side under the LEAGUE PAGES heading, hover over "Transaction Logs". That will activate a drop down menu to the right. Click on either "View Bid-Meister Results" or "View Bid-Meister Bids" and you will see everyone's bids for that week.

Since we can see all that on our stats site, I will not be reposting the bids and results here at the Front Office. For the most part, this site will be used (during the season) for major announcements, rule interpretations, feedback requests from owners and the like.

I encourage you to stop by every week or so, to make sure you don't miss out on any important news or announcements.

A Dubious End

The 2010 CFCL Free Agent Season came to an end with an incomplete bid. The DoorMatts bid the final .05 of their FAAB on Mark Melancon. For good measure the 'Matts also submitted three back up bids. The only problem was they didn't designate anyone to be released which would have left them with 41 players on their roster. Since there was no player designated for release, the bid is incompete/illegal and therefore unaccepted.

I'm sure the 'Matts management hope that Melancon doesn't provide ten points of standing production this week.

I would also like to take this time to publicly thank David's brother, Paul Mahlan, for his help throughout the season. Each Sunday Paul would take time away from his activities to call me with a new password to the Free Agent Mailbox thus ensuring the integrity of the Free Agent Bidding Process. Thank you Paul!

So Long Soto

Aaron Cunningham
Ruffins .06 (Soto)

Oh,Gee!

Dillon Gee
DoorMatts .07 (Clement)

Jeremy Jeffress
Bulls .05 (Edmonds)

Justin Maxwell
Bulls .05 (Maholm)

Micah Hoffpauer
Bulls .05 (Renteria)

Cory Luebke
Ruffins .06 (Coffey)

** AS A REMINDER -- ALL PLAYERS ACQUIRED TODAY WILL BE ASSIGNED A CONTRACT OF 'S' AND WILL BE RELEASED AT THE END OF THE SEASON **

No September Help

No bids this week, so I've updated the race for the Sweet Spot (Trademark Candy Colored Clowns). Also a reminder, feel free to stop by the Monroe Doctrine for your weekly baseball musings.

Red Hots 66 points .06
Bulls 59 points .05
Kenndoza 43 points .03
Revenge 42 points .03
Copperfields 42 points .03
Twin Killers 34 points .03
Dem Rebels 27 points .02

Also don't forget to check your calendars for possible Banquete dates in October. And send me your nominees from your team for the various award categories.

Last Minute Help

Brandon Belt - (Bid disallowed since Belt is already owned by Clowns)
Bulls .05 (Belisario)

Devin Mesoraco
Bulls .05 (Renteria)

Brandon Beachy
Bulls .05 (Maholm)

Chris Vailaka
Clowns .06 (C Jones)

Matt Carpenter
Ruffins .05 (Ishikawa)

Barney But No Fred

Darwin Barney
Bulls .05 (Jackson)

Brad Davis
Kenndoza .05 (Harris)

Chris Carter
Kenndoza .06 (Paul)
Ruffins .06 (Coffey)

Chris Heisey
Kenndoza .06 (Gload)
Bulls .05 (Jackson)

Ross Ohlendorf
Kenndoza .05 (Belliard)

Ruben Tejada
DoorMatts .06 (Olsen)

Brooks Conrad
DoorMatts .06 (Eldred)

**** KEEP IN MIND THAT NEXT SUNDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO BID ON A PLAYER THAT YOU CAN KEEP GOING INTO NEXT SEASON. ALL SEPTEMBER ACQUISITIONS ARE RELEASED AT THE END OF THE SEASON. ****

Guillen and Rodriguez

Jose Guillen
Bulls .24 (Webb)
Revenge .05 (Winn)

Ivan Rodriguez
Ruffins .05 (Buchholz)

Ten Little Ballplayers

James McDonald
DoorMatts .05 (Eldred)
McDonald is already owned by the Ruffins - apparently this bid was retribution for the John Jay bid.

Ross Gload
Kenndoza Line .05 (open)

Wilton Lopez
Dem Rebels .05 (Kawakami)
Kenndoza Line .05 (Ohlendorf)

Paul Janish
Kenndoza Line .05 (Ohlendorf)

Yunesky Maya
Ruffins .07 (Pearce)
Clowns .05 (Parnell)

Barry Enright
Ruffins .06 (Paulino)

Brett Lawrie
Clowns .05 (Guzman)

Brandon Belt
Clowns .05 (Parnell)

Brandon Allen
Clowns .05 (Heisey)

Thomas Diamond
Bulls .05 (Kottaras)

IFAB 2010 - a.k.a. "The Revenge and Their Pocketbook"

Jake Westbrook
Revenge .24 (Robertson)
Bulls .09 (Kottaras)
Clowns .08 (Rodriguez)
DoorMatts .08 (Eldred)

Dan Hudson
Revenge .07 (Baker)
Clowns .06 (Rodriguez)
Kenndoza .05 (Open)
Bulls .05 (Kottaras)

Brett Wallace
Revenge .24 (Carter)
Clowns .14 (Rodriguez)
Red Hots .10 (Hairston)
Kenndoza .08 (Open)
DoorMatts .08 (Eldred)
Bulls .06 (D Young)

Scott Podsednik
Red Hots .24 (Smoltz)
Ruffins .24 (Open)
Rebels .17 (Kawakami)
Coppers .14 (Cunningham)
Clowns .14 (Rodriguez)
DoorMatts .10 (Eldred)
Bulls .05 (Kottaras)

Kyle Farnsworth
Red Hots .12 (Sanches)
Kenndoza .08 (Open)
Dem Rebels .07 (Cook)

Joe Saunders
Dem Rebels .09 (Moyer)
Bulls .07 (Kottaras)

Kyle Kendrick
Dem Rebels .05 (Cook)

Wilson Ramos
Bulls .05 (D Young)

Rick Ankiel
Copperfields .14 (Cunningham)
Bulls .08 (Lincoln)
Revenge .07 (Winn)

Angel Sanchez
Bulls .05 (Lincoln)

Miguel Tejada
Copperfields .11 (Manzella)
Bulls .08 (Kottaras)

Jason Bourgeois
Ruffins .05 (Open)

Chris Dickerson
Ruffins .05 (Stetter)

Ernesto Frieri
Ruffins .05 (Fulchino)

Brendan Ryan
Copperfields .05 (Crosby)

OK, But He Committed a BIG Error in 2003!

Alex Gonzalez
Red Hots .18 (Carroll)
Revenge .09 (Carter)
Copperfields .07 (Dukes)
Clowns .05 (Rodriguez)

Mike Morse
Killers .05 (Murphy)

Nick Stavinoha
Killers .05 (Tatis)

Lorenzo Cain
Revenge .07 (Delgado)

Josh Thole
Red Hots .05 (Vandenhurk)

Travis Ishikawa
Copperfields .07 (Dukes)

Gentlemen, next weekend the Rebels will be heading south for a week (gone from 7/24 and back on 7/31). This has various implications.

If you complete a trade you need to report the deal to both Mike C (Sportsline Czar) and David M (Draft Pick Tracker and Front Office Poster).

If you are trying to pick the Rebels roster clean, you need to do it before next Saturday or hope to make a last minute deal the following week.

Don't forget the deadlines coming up.

Sunday, August 1st is the IFAB Day, which so happens to be our normal Free Agent bidding day. The CFCL Trade Deadline is also Sunday, August 1st (noon). All deals have to be reported by both teams by noon, Sunday the 1st. Since I will be arriving back in town late morning on the 31st, I would appreciate it if any last minute deals are e-mailed to me. But if this will cause confusion, reporting them to Mike and David will also be accepted.

All-Star Shopping

Lucas Duda
Revenge .06 (open)

Mark DeRosa
Clowns .06 (Sampson)

Brad Eldred
DoorMatts .08 (Bastardo)

John Jay
DoorMatts .06 (Ryan)
Kenndoza .05 (Russell)

Vincente Padilla
Kenndoza .05 (Dickerson)

Homer Bailey
Clowns .05 (Schafer)

4th of July Bids

Kameron Loe
Dem Rebels .05 (Herrera)
Kenndoza Line .05 (Dickerson)
Bulls .05 (Morales)

Mike Minor
Bulls .05 (Bailey)

Aaron Cunningham
Copperfields .05 (DeRosa)

Bobby Parnell
Clowns .05 (Nix)

Tyler Greene
Kenndoza Line .05 (Dye)

On Second Thought

After losing two bids to tie-breakers last week, the Line modified their initial bid to ensure success this week.

Sam Demel
Kenndoza Line .08 (Hawksworth)
Clowns .06 (Nix)
Ruffins .05 (Open)

Jamie Moyer
Dem Rebels .05 (Lannan)

Kenn's original bid was .06 which also would have been the winning bid due to placement in the standings.

Shopping for Father's Day

Humberto Quintero
Revenge .08 (Schneider)

Santiago Casilla
Dem Rebels .05 (Hawkins)
Kenndoza Line .05 (Baker)

R.A. Dickey
Dem Rebels .05 (Maxwell)
Kenndoza Line .05 (Baker)

Jon Herrera
Kenndoza Line .05 (Baker)

Ryan Webb
Copperfields .05 (Zaun)

Happy Father's Day to all you Daddios!!!

It's a DoorMatts World

Joe Beimel
DoorMatts .05 (PJ Walters)

Chris Johnson
DoorMatts .05 (Donnelly)

Welcome Pat the Bat

Pat Burrell
Clowns .10 (Bowker)
Revenge .09 (Gerut)
Ruffins .05 (Open)
Bulls .05 (D. Young)

Felipe Paulino
Ruffins .05 (Open)

Steve Pearce
Ruffins .05 (Open)

Johnny Venters
Clowns .05 (Lincoln)

Craig Counsell
Twin Killer .05 (Taveras)

Randy Wynn
Revenge .07 (Gerut)

Bidding In The Land of Lincoln

Brad Lincoln
Bulls .05 (Grabow)

Hisanori Takahashi
Copperfields .09 (Lohse)
Red Hots .06 (Badenhop)

Luis Durango
Kenndoza Line .05 (Quintero)

P.J. Walters
DoorMatts .06 (Nieve)

Matt Belisle
Copperfields .05 (Davis, D.)