GOLD RUSH 17, 200 mil, dh, waiver, somdraft $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[N Texas Widowmakers]

[quote:a74a9f5b69="dspeters5"]N.Texas is up, I left messages. I called Orlowek, Mike will wait two hours before he skips Rick, if necessary. Mike has to take a nap this morning. Be patient, we have seven picks left and its Tuesday morning.[/quote:a74a9f5b69]

No need to worry there was no activity for hours up until midnight when I last checked. I will be able to make my picks in a timely manner. When does the clock start and stop ? And how much time do we have to pick ? We've been stuck now for almost 3 hours. :?

[Blutarsky]

Correction in re: I'm skipping town...

I'm actually leaving on Thursday morning. Worst case scenario I'll have some trustworthy owner (if I can find one...) load my team for me when my division comes up.

[N Texas Widowmakers]

Pushing 4 hours since last pick. Draft not set up to skip after 3 hours on pick.

Ric

[N Texas Widowmakers]

10:00 p m cst I will see if it is my pick around 9:00 a m cst tomorrow morning

Been waiting 5 hours tonight to pick. Please give me the same consideration.

Ric

[dspeters5]

Thanks for waiting for Mike. He was working at bowling alley and his proxies ran out. I told him to take a nap this morning so he wasnt pushing this am.

We are in good shape.

[dspeters5]

Budo, is leaving town on Thursday and has to be loaded before he goes. We talked about him creating the league. Does anyone have a problem with that?

That would put JW, irish, budo and N. Texas in the east

srmorgan, wjanssen, orlowek and I would slide into the central

and Frank, don f, ldanred and chops would be in the west.

If no one has a serious problem with that, I will instruct Pete to create the league. Gold Rush 17, 200 mil, dh, waiver, advanced.

[dspeters5]

Everyone has been on their best behavior, thank you. And we are almost done. We have had a couple of slow downs, that is okay as long as we manage them and ourselves.

We should think about Ron and his family. Losing the patriarch of the family is something. God bless those guys.

This has been one crazy spring. One close friend lost his job and they have to foreclose on their house. They are actually thinking of moving to Texas, its that or my daughters bedroom. Four other families that are close to us, the husband was laid off and still off work.

Makes one think about what the heck is really important. I have the privilige of speaking with most of you during the draft and I count you as friends and fellow comrades. I have been thru Mike's heart attack, his son's girlfriend who had cancer, the Mets blowing last years lead, the Red Sox winning two rings. Another coach lost his job. We are doing this for fun, but sometimes our ties are for more than baseball, like caring for someone in a crisis.[b:c06fc3d387][/b:c06fc3d387]

[Blutarsky]

Well said, coach! Let's put it in perspective.

[dspeters5]

As soon as we start this 18th and 19th rounds. Stadium picks need to pour in. Pete will setup the league, later today.

The new east coast managers will be Pete, Ron, JW and Rick

central will be coach, Bill, Mike and Steve

West coast to be Frank, Don, Dan, and Chops


It would be great to be fully loaded by Thursday evening.

Friday midnight east coast time is absolute limit.

I hope you are purchasing your team and loading them as we speak.

[Blutarsky]

I'm off to work, so I'll set it up when I get home tonight. I work from 0700-1900 PST.