http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx So it had all ended in 1994. The baseball strike - and the prospect of having to draft replacement players for our rotisserie league the following spring ("UPS drivers; I see UPS drivers") - got me out of fantasy sports "for good" after a decade.en-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101107Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:34:45 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101107Carolyn Ross Ridgefield, CT (formerly NS Chicago)Unlike NYY fans, (sorry, Keith) Cubs fans would actually cheer for A-Rod (note: Nomar) and he would have to do something really bad (note: Sammy)to turn them against him. I (an old Cub fan) and my son (of the new breed of Cub fans that are actually getting tired of being called losers) would gladly have Alex (can I just call him that instead of A-Rod?) on our team. New York can have (almost) anybody. (OK, they can have Prior and Wood. Actually, I'm going to throw them in for free.) Will sports media people (you know who you are) please stop saying that they are our "aces." Did anyone actually witness either one of them doing anything last season other than keeping each other company in the dugout? Please Lou, send Alex a Candygram or something. http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101108Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:40:00 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101108TobyInteresting comments about Schmidt -- this SF Giants fan is hoping that you're right and we let him leave at just the right time. Jury still out on Benitez; I've heard he's lost some weight which will put less pressure on his knees, but I want to see him in action in games that count before all is forgiven. Just hope he hasn't worn out his welcome in the Ballpark By The Bay (that place has had more names than K-Fed's had hit records)... http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101211Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:17:22 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101211C A, Tuscaloosa, ALI played in organized baseball from age 6 until 25. High School, College ball and AAA for a few seasons. I played because I loved the game. I loved it so much I would arrive at the park ready to play hours before the game started and would cuss up a storm when we were rained out. I used to collect baseball cards as a kid of those players in the past who played for love of the game as well. I could care less about most of the players today, their stats or how drafts are handled. Baseball as with most other professional sports today has become a victim of econimics where love of the game has been replaced by dollar signs. Money can buy good players but it can't buy love for the game. Now if you want to talk about those players just starting out in T-Ball who love to play, have yet to be corrupted by greed, and who think the snow-cone they receive at the end of the game is a just reward, then I am ready to listen. http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101222Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:31:18 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101222Steve Turner Cedar Falls IowaThe Cubs, if the MO holds to form, will undoubtedly give "Goose" Gossage, one more chance.http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101238Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:42:45 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101238Barb G, Albany NYreally, really interesting, and i agree with many of the NYM placements, although i think you have glavine too far down the food chain, and heilman up to high. but here's my choice for player most likely to screw up a clutch game for whatever team he plays for: benitez. hate that guy. messed up in NY, and still gets booed when he's in the park. and you've got loduca rated a little low, but i'm not as good at math as you arehttp://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101369Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:06:25 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101369Mike Parsons, Eugene,ORInteresting.... not a single Oakland A's player on your top 200. Because.......http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101375Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:10:58 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101375Countdownbecause.... it's a list of National League players.http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101418Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:11:25 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101418Pat, BostonKeith, the best part of a new season - the possibilities. It's what we live for. Loved reading your comments, even though I'm an AL fan. Most interesting of all - ARod perhaps to the NL this year. Ah, baseball. Yankees, Bonds, etc., can't wait to see you @ Fenway this year. http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101453Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:47:15 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101453Carol M, Xenia OHIn 1993 my friend, another baseball fanatic and long-suffering Cleveland Indians fan, formed a FBB team and have been at it ever since. Oh yes, I remember those early days of scouring the newpapers every evening to find out how many points we had accumulated. We put our tallies on a special form we had designed and had to make certain that our and our opponent's points tallied correctly. I don't miss that one bit! I only wish that your top 200 had been out a day earlier -- I saw that this was posted just AFTER we completed our draft. I was happy to see that 2 of our players are in the top 10 (Reyes, Wright) and that all of our NL players made the top 100. I'm looking forward to your AL list.http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101474Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:13:51 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101474KAK, Chicago, IL"Cubs fans would actually cheer for A-Rod " Cubs fans would cheer for plate of liver if it got them into the World Series. http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101477Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:15:46 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101477Dan , fond du lac, wiwow seems like keith has become a brewer fan.. Maybe , we should pull some strings and see if we can get him in the sausage racehttp://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101506Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:44:26 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101506L M McFarlandI'm a huge Cubs fan, but I'd rather have a solid player like Arasmis Ramirez at third than the media circus that is A-Rod any day of the week. Granted, much of the media's portrayal of A-Rod is probably crap, but I'm not so desperate for a world series win that I'd suggest Chicago go out and buy one. That only works for the Yankees--and then only some of the time. http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101565Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:01:33 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101565KAK, Chicago, IL"huge Cubs fan" McFarland, please re-read (very, very slowly) what you just posted. Wrigley field is already a media circus. A-Rod is better than Aramis Ramirez. (The fact that I must type that last sentence reminds me of why I love Cubs fans, you all are really so cute). The Cubbies spent $300 million to get you a World Series you don’t seem that “desperate” for. Heck, it’s only been about 99 years, whats the hurry? Mr. Olbermann, keep the baseball nuggets coming! This is way more fun than American Idol!http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101627Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:24:23 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101627just missed my train to write this, New York, NYA few years ago hapless Cub management thought they were getting Alex Rodriguez to play short. Too late they found out it was Gonzalez. Not Rodriguez. Now that the Cubs have located their checkbook, after looking for it for 97 years, A-Rod would fit in just fine at shortstop. He could win a couple more MVP's and even better start a few All-Star Games opposite his old buddy Derek.http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#101661Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:51:02 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:101661Tru M., Cleveland, OhioI laughed and smiled to see that you're back into fantasy baseball, Keith. Oh, and if you do enter the sausage race, I bet on you to win. Just watch out for players with bats and strange senses of humor.http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#129647Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:21:44 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:129647Sweet Melissa, FloridaReyes should be 2nd. When's your AL top 200? NYY fanhttp://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#131575Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:10:38 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:131575amber weiss, st. augustine, floridahave i gone mad or did you not rank the world series MVP anywhere on that list? rich aurilia goes 175, but nothing for eckstein? i'll grant you that the guy doesn't crank 'em, but he gets on base. and then he gets on base some more.http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#257520Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:12:30 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:257520Alice SwanI agree with Keith's message of July 3,2007. Bush and Cheney should resign for the good of the country.http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/25/101035.aspx#257521Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:13:23 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:257521Alice SwanKeith is right:  Bush and Cheney should resign.