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Owner Reputations
I apologize for the lateness of this column.  I was waiting for as much owner response as possible before writing this week's edition of the column.

With all of the trade talks buzzing around the MRLB this year, I thought this would be a good time to reveal the perceived reputations of each owner based on comments from their peers.  With a majority of owners responding to my informal poll earlier this week, there were some great comments made about each owner, some in jest and some serious.  Without further adieu, here are the highlights:
Stonecutters
Never available.  Don't think this person even exists, just a way for [Marcinkus] to get 2 teams in the league and make a few bucks off his buddies.  Seems like a stand up dealer.  Only makes deals with former college roommates.  Refuses to consider players under 35 years old as MLB players.  Loner. Probably enjoys watching public access T.V. (UHF with Stanley Spidowski is on his top 10 movie list).  He hath no involvement with other dumb-ass owners shall sit
atop at the end.  Very conservative, seldom involved in trade talks.

Threepeats
Thinks it's ok to start out w/ a crazy offer, then even it out.  Shows no respect to the other owners. Tries to rip people off but never pulls it off.  Three words for you here: "Used Car Salesman".  Who does this guy think he is?  He wants your best for his worst....like trading a Mercedes for a Pinto and getting kicked in the ***** at the same time handing over the
keys to the Mercedes.  I would never cut deals with this snake.  Thinks players are better than their stats because he drafted them early.  Marsupial- Rat like. Likes cheese with his whine. Is not winning any popularity contests.  Probably has some gender issues.  Just a victim of his own pride.  Truly thinks he is God's gift to our fantasy league. If he were lying there, in the middle of the desert, with nothing to eat or drink... I would not help him.

Northsiders
Always looking for more Cubbies.  Mr. "bait and switch" - dangles players to trade to get you
interested, then pulls them back for lesser players.  I think he's offered everyone Shawn Green at some point.  Fairly good trade relations. Willing to sit down for lunch, openly discuss the pros and cons of any trade.  INSIDE SCOOP: buy him lunch and you'll receive a Jeff Kent for free.  Willing to cut a deal. but not willing to compromise.  Offered me Mondesi for Don Baylor and Ernie Banks.  Girlish and very high maintaince.  All he needs is a little pampering, take him to get his nails and his hair done and you can get what you want from him.  Impossible to deal with.  He will agree to any trade but never will go through with it.

Redrum
Unwilling to trade his strengths to improve his own club.  Will make any deal if reasonable because he thinks his team is out of it.  This guy is a joke!  Keeps asking for strikeout guys - refuses to believe the commish will not want to reward him for winning a category by the biggest margin.  Poet, Warrior, Rebel, tough guy. Curiosity probably killed this cat.  I liken the talks to your first sexual encounter - days, weeks, months, years of hype. build-up. restraint. excitement. tension. and then wham, bam, thank you ma'am! the biggest explosion of our fantasy lives. (commissioner's note:  say what??)

Sj & Associates
A fair dealer, easy to negotiate with.  Difficult to deal with because of how terse he is.  Get a few drinks in him and anything is possible.  Sometimes has a little too much to drink and then starts talking deals.  Would have been great back in the day with a "three martini lunch".  Always says one of his associates handles that part of the team and is not currently in the country but he will forward the message.  Cool as ICE. Supreme Alah! Negotiates hostage situations in his spare time. (note:  previous comment was autobiographical)  I will not even waste my time or yours!!!

Eggs
MEGER@propoint.com is a dead end.  Often quiet, but fair to deal with.  Doesn't initiate deals often.  No experience in dealing with him.  Never had the pleasure.....or misfortune.  Cannot make a call.  Always drunk when writing emails, makes it hard to deal.  Nobody loves stolen bases more than this guy.  Apparently gets advice from Redrum.  "Is anybody home?"

Vavster
In love with his players.  Afraid to pull the trigger on a blockbuster that could put his team
on top.  Will not trade many of his good players, but why would he ---he has a very solid squad.  If it is not broke why fix it?!  Won't do the big deal.  Too set in his ways (that was for not
giving up Vlads or Juan Gon).  Absolutely the worst GM in the game regarding discussing trades.  Believes most of his players are of another species unknown to common man.  Conservative, doesn't like to share his toys with the other kids.  Nearly impossible to have discussions with.  Hearing the offers he makes is almost as bad as listening to BANDCAMP, a local band notorious for jam sessions at the Bartlett and Glendale Heights town festivals.

Badass Cowboys
Always willing to deal.  Too volatile.  Will make any trade that is fair for both teams but for some reason whoever he trades for gets hurt.  What more can you say about this guy - he does it all.  He is not afraid to trade to anyone, primarily because he has no room to sink lower.  A good guy to deal with because he doesn't have that much leverage.  Bad news bears had a better club even without the punk on the motorcycle.  Will trade years off his life for healthy players.  Ass and Boys = Bad Cow who spilled his milk. You figure it out.  My mamma always told me never to talk to people who give away Maddux, Mussina, and Kile!

Slim Shady
The crazyass *******.  He won't deal with a sole.  He got Bernie baseball out of me, and all i can say is that I hope Bernie comes down with [a sexually transmitted disease].  Irreverent but loved by all.  Considered the most rational and sane guy to deal with.  Never complains.  Struck a deal with Red in record time.  (note:  again, autobiographical)  Flippant. Comes from a broken home, racially confused.  Probably means well but his statements are a bit outlandish, too much content not enough meaning. Misdirected hostility. He's your boss?  No real trade talks have ever emerged.  Therefore I plead the 5th on this one.  Unreasonable.  Gets offended too easily by any trade offer that he doesn't agree with.  Will not make a trade unless he rips someone off.

Firewire
Negotiates for days, reaches a deal, and then doesn't see it through.  Tries to trade his happy meals for a five course dinner but can't understand why people don't agree with his offers.  The absolute worst to deal with.  You can talk for days without accomplishing anything.  Very similar to NS -that is why they can only deal with each other.  This guy is a stickler and he does not have that good of a lineup.  LoDuca to him is the next savior of baseball....why, i ask?  He will make the big deal, even if it has potential to blow up in his face.....that is character.  Loves his players second most to Vavster.  Loves to propose trades of players with potentially serious injuries for better healthy guys.  Trammell or Cordova anyone?
Well I hope you enjoyed this week's column.  The owners wrote most of it so my job was easy.  I regret to inform you (all 5 of you) that this will be the last column I will write for the MRLB Weekly Update.  It has been a pleasure writing for such a reputable website, but with the number of readers failing to increase (only about 70% of MRLB owners view the site) into double digits, I feel that my efforts are being wasted.  For those who enjoy the wit of wisdom of The Commish, fear not;  I will be appearing in other website publications soon.  The website statistics and data will continue to be updated in a timely and accurate manner.  Only this column will stop production.  Thanks again for reading, and may all your hits be "looooonnnngggg fly balls" (as the great Vin Scully says)  that sail clearly over the fence.

The Commish