From: tseng-neill@CS.YALE.EDU (Neill Tseng)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball.fantasy
Subject: Re: Top Picks, Trades, and etc.
Date: 4 Oct 92 16:26:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Oct4.162643.9435
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158

In article <ahn-031092210718@branford-college-node.net.yale.edu> ahn@pop.cis.yale.edu (Eugene R. Ahn) writes:
>I'm running an NL rotisserie league and just wanted to bring up some sweet
>picks and trades that occurred. Perhaps others would like to share their
>duds and "I knew he was going to be good (jaah!)" picks.
>
>HERE'S THE HIGHLIGHTS
>
>Picked up Doug Jones for a $1. Knew he would get saves (expecting 15), but
>11 wins and 35 saves and a sub 2.00 ERA! Thanks to Doug, I won the saves
>category with only two closers, Lee Smith (41) and Doug. Closest behind 76
>is 65.

I picked up Gary Sheffield and Bob Tewksbury for free.
>
>Bought Bret Barberie for $8. DUD! I have no idea what happened to him. Was
>it the pressure of fielding? He started to hit when Delino went down, but
>has slumped again. He's now hitting around .235. Anyone have any
>explanations?

I paid $36 for Dibble, then when I found out he was having arm troubles in
spring training, I traded him for Dale Murphy, Larry Andersen, and Eric
Karros.  Then I proceeded to waive Karros because I thought they were going to
send him back to Albuquerque!
>
>Dave Hollins! I knew he was going to be solid, but his 26 HR and 91 RBI is
>amazing. I can't believe how little publicity this guy's getting
>considering the fact this is his first full year. Of course, John Kruk and
>Darren Daulton had the spotlight, but still. He's in a class all by
>himself, though below Pendleton and Sheffield.
>
Yup, Hollins was had for $7 in our league.

>Also had Jeff Bagwell (mediocre year for him. he was in two long stretches
>of slumps. but still .273 thus far, and approaching 20 HR, 100 RBI) and
>Eric Karros (but I eventually traded him for Jeff Blauser and Sid Bream. I
>was completely sans middle infielder at the time) who many know already the
>impact he is having. Not bad for a cornerman triple!
>
>Reggie Sanders was a curious player. I agree that he has the potential to
>be better than Eric Davis but some things bothered me about him. He is an
>exciting player to watch. However, during his homerun string (he clobbered
>about 7 homeruns in a tight number of games), most of the homeruns were
>with no one on, and I believe they weren't in crucial situations. He also
>struck out quite a bit. He needs more discipline and development.
>
>Serious DUDS! Paul O'Neill. Acck! Sure, I hear he can't hit lefties, but
>still, he never was THIS bad. 

I paid $28 for him and still haven't gotten over it.
>
>Bret Saberhagen. Right after I picked him someone told me, are you sure
>about that? You just picked the man with the evenyearitis! Sure enough, he
>gets the mysterious finger injury. 

How about Ramon Martinez?  Someone paid $22 for him in our league!
>
>Trevor Wilson. I saw this guy pitch three games. He looked AWFUL! His
>pitches were flying high and so were the hits, usually out of the stadium.
>Control was weak (never a strong point).

Listen to some of the trades that were made in our league:

Bonds, Dawson and Sosa for HoJo, Calderon, Pedro Guerrero, McClendon, and 
Randolph!

Also, Darrin Jackson and Chico Walker for Lenny Harris!

Finally, Bip Roberts and Rex Hudler for Roger McDowell and Mark Portugal. 
Consider that this trade was made in late July!  Everyone knows how awesome
Bip was in the last two months of the season, and anyone who had McDowell the
last two months is still suffering from it.  Moreover, Portugal wasn't 
activated from the DL until one or two weeks ago.
>
>
>--
>Eugene "Mos Eisley" Ahn     ahn@suncis.cis.yale.edu
>"What did you think of that reply?"
>"No sir. I don't like it."


-- 
Neill Tseng (neill@minerva.cis.yale.edu)
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