No Glory Blog: Let's Go 2014 Texas Rangers!

No Glory/Guts Sites Updated
I used their pick-entering client to enter our holds into the two Scoresheet sites so if you go to Undrafted Players, the ones who are held are removed.

Their program was really buggy and it took a lot of fixing to get it right. Please don't fool around with it as a joke, or touch it, really. No, don't even look at it.

Actually, just spot checking the Undrafted Players there are some bugs there too... as their pick-enterer says I have Chris Young (SD) on Ken Smith's team but he's still in the list of Undrafted players. So... use it to help you make your lists but take it with a grain of salt and use what I emailed you as the true info.

The rookies are not included on there because I don't want to confuse Scoresheet. Confusing you guys is fine.

NL trade: Cholesterol Kings trade 498 David Eckstein to Smoking Guns for 424 Ray Durham.

AL Trade
Burninators to Fuzzy Puppies: C Ramon Hernandez
Fuzzy Puppies to Burninators: P Javier Vazquez
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Comp. Probs
Sorry about the delay in posting Carl's 1st round AL rookie pick. My computer at home is kaput until I get a new graphics card. It was my fault for the delay, not Carl's.

AL TRADE

Bingo's Puppies trade 1st Rd. rookie and 1st Round main to Bambinos for 1st rd. rookie and 2nd round main.

2006 Atarijin Fight Song

Here we go,
Here we go,
Here we go, Sokos, here we go,
Atarijin gonna win the Glory No!

Cheer the Soko, straight from Japan,
We're over thirty, every last man.
Pitchers still good, the bats can still score,
It's too bad it's not still Nineteen Ninety-Four.

(chorus)

We got Guillen, Walker, Burnitz,
Their outfield defense gave Jeff Liefer the shits.
Wily Mo, has got lots of po',
And a seven-to-one strikeout/walk ratio.

(chorus)

'Round the infield, we got lots of pop,
Wish their glove hands could make the ball stop,
Wilson's talent is easily seen,
When you look past his '04 K's Two-Hundred-Fifteen.

(chorus)

Our stranded runners jog off the field,
But soon replaced from the walks that we yield,
The ace hurlers a Real Wolf and Derek,
And our closer's best known for his hitting clinic.

(chorus)

Now the owner is ready to draft,
Boca-chica, some guys with hair grafts.
There's never noise here, it's soft as a mouse,
Except the night when the Homers will clinch in our house.

Here we go, (so-kos! so-kos! so-kos!)
Here we go, (so-kos! so-kos! so-kos!)
Here we go, Sokos, here we go,
Atarijin gonna win the Glory No!

Another Legendary Rant

Years ago, I was analyzing the upcoming football season when I looked at a team that was about to take a huge leap forward. To my eye, they were adding the best running back in football, Marshall Faulk, potentially adding the best WR in football (Isaac Bruce returning from 2 injury-plagued campaigns following 2 of the greeates receiving seasons ever), and adding a quality QB, Trent Green (though he later got hurt) who had a successful year for a terrible Skins squad the prior year. To me, that looked like a juggernaut offense. It was. I made a ton of money on SBG Global gambling on them on-line. But I have major regrets.

6 weeks into the season, John Madden said "Nobody could hve predicted the Rams breaking-out and anyone that tells you otherwise is a liar." Bullshit John Madden. I did. Unfortunately, nobody believes I called that shot anymore than Madden.

So I must now go out on another limb and predict superstardom over the next couple of years for the most under-rated player in baseball. A man loved by nobody. A man who cannot even make under-rated lists. A man who stat-analysts say that you should not believe his stats! You may laugh. I may fall flat on my face. But I will have faith in my read.

OPS Age Name

.922 28 Andruw Jones
.918 36 Jim Edmonds
.912 23 David Wright
.911 25 ?????
.905 35 Brian Giles
.879 31 Bob Abreu

Pretty good company...and he has age on his side. Chad Tracy hit in the minors. Chad Tracy hit in the majors. Baseball Prospectus loves to tout minor leaguers hitting doubles as future home run hitters. But in Tracy's case they cry fluke. It isn't like Tracy stopped hitting other XBH's as 38 combined 2B/3B is pretty good to go with 27 HR in 80-100 less plate appearances than other top hitters.

You heard it hear first: Chad Tracy. Superstar.

Here are a list of guys you might be likely to take, but they were on league teams last year. I didn't bother to check their playing time. They might have been ineligible anyway. Qualification is Fewer than 130 at bats and 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues. We don't do the Service Time qualification unless it's really ridiculous... like a relief pitcher in the majors all last year. Once again, thanks to Slave and Carl for providing 90% of these lists.

Unavailable Rookie List: NL

679 R*Young(Ari),Ch
536 R*Ramirez,Ha
130 L*James,Ch
174 R*Billingsle,Ch
209 R*Petit,Yu
97 R Cain,Ma
144 R*Valdez,Me
318 L*Ring,Ro
388 L*Montero,Mi
410 L*Fielder,Pr
408 R Shealy,Ry
476 R Encarnacio,Ed
552 L*Drew,St
551 R*Tulowitzki,Tr
553 R*Upton,Ju
641 R Hairston,Sc
652 L*Pie,Fe
645 L*Godwin,Ty
*Hochevar,Lu
143 R*Aardsma,Da
115 R*Capellan,Jo
138 R Hendrickso,Be
359 L McCann,Br
372 R Quintero,Hu
360 B Navarro,Di
415 L*Loney,Ja
451 R*Harris,Br
640 R Freeman,Ch
646 L Ankiel,Ri
*Taylor,Aa

Unavailable Rookie List: AL

101 R Papelbon,Jo
128 R Nageotte,Cl
146 L*Lester,Jo
114 R*Verlander,Ju
131 L*Alvarez,Ab
88 R Baker,Sc
138 R*Durbin,J.
372 B*Morales,Ke
374 L*Aubrey,Mi
369 R Huber,Ju
480 R Upton,B.
564 L*Stern,Ad
152 R*Weaver,Je
127 R Tadano,Ka
140 L*Meyer,Da
200 R*Niemann,Je
377 L*Barton,Da
412 R*Pedroia,Du
418 R*Kinsler,Ia
446 L*Gordon,Al
481 R*Wood,Br
567 R*Gutierrez,Fr
586 R*Butler,Bi
599 R*Dukes,El
549 L Granderson,Cu
559 L*Snelling,Ch
571 L*Kubel,Ja
562 L 23 2.10 Sea Shin-Soo Choo
594 R 21 2.10 Sea Wladimir Balentien