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    The Beginning of Madness

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    If you could, start by imagining Bud Selig falling all the way off his rocker one day and decides that there will no longer be a 162 game season. Instead, all 30 teams will be in a tournament played on neutral sites to determine the best of the best. That means every team plays, even the dregs of the world like Baltimore and Florida. Since it's an odd number for a tournament, the top two seeds will be given first round byes. To make it fair, the reigning World Series representatives will get the top seeds. That's Boston and Colorado for those who live in a closet, or downtown New York. Like a college tournament, teams will be broken up into four regions or brackets and play in neutral sites that really hold no homefield advantage for anyone. Yes, we're bringing baseball back to Montreal. And because college ball is King in Omaha, we're invading that city too.

    Now your first question might be, could be, and even if it's not, I'm pretending it's the first and answering it. Even if they're the top of the class, isn't it unfair for teams to have a bye, especially if a series goes to 5? Certainly. It's a good question to bring up and we have decided that in the spare time for Boston and Colorado, they will play Asia's finest. No, not singular teams, but Japan and Chinese allstars in scrimmage like games. They owned in the Baseball Classic, let's just assume they offer up the same competition. Yes, injuries can happen and that's too bad if they do, but let's be honest, injuries could happen in any baseball game. Your next question might be how the seedings happened and how which region they were placed in happened. Ultimately, I was striving for some equality in terms of the number of AL and NL teams per region. As funny as it turns out, the brackets turned out that way without any modifications. For seedings, I took into account things such as last season results, pre rankings, what if X Y or Z was healthy, and above all, my own preference. Actually, my own preference factored in on just a couple of instances:
    1. The Angels are Anaheim, not LAA. I don't care what you say.
    2. Oddly enough I modified the 1-30 rankings several times, and then several times some more. Look, tournaments will never be perfect because seedings and matchups will never please everyone.
    3. Bias did not play into my seeds, for example, I hate everything about New York but they fairly got #2 seeds. Likewise, Atlanta and Oakland are on down the pecking order.
    4. Small case of bias actually, San Diego is prolly lower than what their fans would like. Originally, they were even lower, but something crazy happened.. I took out the PetCo factor.

    You'll see the matchups for the first round, and the second round. You can obviously deduce what the third round matchups are going to be, hopefully. From there, the Rob Deere Regional winner plays the Kent Bottenfield Regional winner, and that leaves the Todd Hollandsworth Regional winner facing the Hideki Irabu Regional winner. Final Four meets in Peyton Manning's backyard. Winners meet on the moon. One day, they will.

    Now the parameters for the tournament.

    Special parameters for the tournament are the following:
    -Up until the Final Four, each series is the best of 5.
    -All major injuries are magically erased, i.e. Chris Carpenter, Eric Chavez, J.D. Drew, John Smoltz, Yovanni Gallardo, etc. etc. are geared up and ready to go.
    -Roster sizes are increased to 30.
    -The reason for 30 man rosters is that once the tourney begins, teams may not sign players or call up players from the farm system. Just because I magically healed everyone at the start of the event, doesn't mean someone blows out their elbow during the event. Read: Dusty Baker, Rich Harden, Mark Prior
    -Also, no trading. Not that it would matter cause anyone you acquire you can't call up.
    -Instant replay will be in play.
    -FOX will not be covering, I repeat, will not be covering any of the games.
    -Gus Johnson will be apart of every round and will do the World Series.
    -George Steinbrenner will be kept on ice the entire tournament.
    -Donald Fehr will be put into a drug induced coma for the entire tournament.
    -Hank Steinbrenner will be told that aliens live in Antartica, he will spend the entire tournament searching for them.
    -Tampa Bay drops Devil and picks up Eagle. Owner denies any coincidence in the recent death caused by an eagle ray.
    -To be fair, DH's are in effect for every team.
    -In the event a game goes more than 18 innings, pitchers and hitters used and were subsequently taken out of the game between innings 1-9, will become eligible to play after inning 18.
    -No weather delays, it would take a hurricane or tornado, cause every game will be in a dome of sorts.
    -Players and coaches that are ejected for whatever reason will be substantially fined, but not suspended. We're not having any Amare Stoudemire incidents.
    -Finally, all those young and saucy prospects that are competing for a starting position, such as Luke Hochevar, Evan Longoria, Andy Laroche, etc. etc., we're assuming at the very least, they make the 30 man roster. Cause I'm not against the Youth of the Nation.

    Some people..
    Barry Bonds
    Roger Clemens
    Mike Piazza
    Jeff Weaver
    Freddy Garcia
    Sammy Sosa
    Preston Wilson
    Kenny Lofton
    Rodrigo Lopez
    Corey Koskie

    And then...
    Craig Biggio
    Shawn Green
    Mike Lieberthal
    Mike Matheny
    Ryan Klesko

    You ask, why did I list all of those names? Those 15 guys are currently unemployed, either by choice (last five retired) or not (first ten have yet to be signed). Now, hypothetically, several of the first ten will wind up on teams in real life during the course of the season. But in this maddening sense of reality, I'm putting those 15 players on teams because either A. teams decided it's less of a risk in a tournament format to burn a roster spot on them or B. in the case of Biggo, why the hell not try for glory one last time. Let's be honest, Biggio could be 70 and could still outplay Chris Burke. Now on to the mad dash results. Remember, teams can obviously spend what they have and players can sign wherever they want, no restrictions but obviously no guarantees. Because life is made of silly putty.

    Starting with the retired folk, in the order players signed.
    1. Craig Biggio pulls the first trump card, spurns Houston, and signs on with the Indians to show Josh Barfield how to play ball.
    2. Klesko goes back home to Atlanta to backup Hot and Texy, and Mattrick Diaz.
    3. Mike Matheny decides to sit back and let the goodness of San Diego pitching.. pitch, to, him.
    4. Mike Leiberthal says hello.. again, to the Phillies. No surprise really, he left his talent there.
    5. Shawn Green sees an opportunity when Oakland fields Emil Brown and Chris Denorfia. Billy Beane sees an opportunity to get the Jewish community on his side.

    Now the free agent crop, in the order they signed.
    1. Roger Clemens plays it safe and goes back to Houston. Andy Pettite quickly demands to be traded immediately following the press conference.
    2. Jeff Weaver heads back to the last place and only place aside from Detroit in which he was good, St. Louis. Anthony Reyes puts his house up for sale.
    3. Corey Koskie boringly goes back to Minnesota.
    4. Sammy Sosa in a shocker does not accept the Cubs offer, and does not accept the White Sox offer. Instead, he signs with the New York Mets.
    5. Rodrigo Lopez quickly becomes the ace in Baltimore again.
    6. Kenny Lofton sees a chance to show Curtis Granderson the ways of being cocky, and heads to Detroit.
    7. Mike Piazza sets off a media flurry when he inks with the New York Yankees to backup Posada and Giambi.
    8. Barry Bonds puts the media into a heart attack by signing with the Seattle Mariners. Raul Ibanez contemplates baseball suicide.
    9. Preston Wilson wonders aloud why he even bothered to follow up Piazza and Bonds, he signs with Florida. No one notices.
    10. Freddy Garcia, finally healthy, spurns a chance to make Seattle the free agency darlings by giving pitching life to the Tampa Bay Eagle Rays.

    Now for your brackets. Step back Joe Lunardi, there's a hurricane a comin'

    Rob Deere Bracket
    (Neutral Site: Omaha City, Nebraska)
    1. Detroit
    2. New York A
    3. Philadelphia
    4. Atlanta
    5. Chicago A
    6. Kansas City
    7. Washington
    8. San Francisco

    1 Detroit vs. 8 San Francisco
    2 NYY vs. 7 Washington
    3 Philadelphia vs. 6 Kansas City
    4 Atlanta vs. 5 Chicago A

    1/8 vs. 4/5
    2/7 vs. 3/6

    Todd Hollandsworth Bracket
    (Neutral Site: Mexico City, Mexico)
    1. Boston - Bye
    2. Arizona
    3. Toronto
    4. Milwaukee
    5. Tampa Bay
    6. Minnesota
    7. Pittsburgh

    2 Arizona vs. 7 Pittsburgh
    3 Toronto vs. 6 Minnesota
    4 Milwaukee vs. 5 Tampa Bay

    Boston vs. 4-5 winner
    2/7 vs. 3/6

    Kent Bottenfield Bracket (Neutral Site: Washington D.C.)
    1. Cleveland
    2. New York N
    3. Seattle
    4. San Diego
    5. Cincinnati
    6. St. Louis
    7. Texas
    8. Baltimore

    1 Cleveland vs. 8 Baltimore
    2 NYM vs. 7 Texas
    3 Seattle vs. 6 St. Louis
    4 San Diego vs. 5 Cincinnati

    1/8 vs. 4/5
    2/7 vs. 3/6

    Hideki Irabu Bracket (Neutral Site: Montreal, Canada)
    1. Colorado - Bye
    2. Chicago N
    3. Anaheim
    4. Los Angeles N
    5. Houston
    6. Oakland
    7. Florida

    2 Chicago N vs. 7 Florida
    3 Anaheim vs. 6 Oakland
    4 Los Angeles vs. Houston

    Colorado vs. 4/5 winner
    2/7 vs. 3/6


    In the coming days, I will post the results with narratives and with each article will be links guiding from the beginning (here) and throughout, so you can keep in order. Stay tuned, my babies.[BREAK=Round 1 of Madness]

    Rob Deere Region
    1 Detroit vs. 8. San Francisco
    Jim Leyland upon hearing news of magical healings, quickly inserts Zumaya in at closer. Zumaya walks away with two saves. Yes, of course, Zito gets the only win in the series when he gives Kenny Rogers the big F-U stare. The giants muster a total of 9 hits in 4 games, 6 by Rajai Davis alone. Davis hits a new high by slugging three triples in the giants game 2 victory. Rumor starts around that Tim Lincecum injected Omar Vizquel with Flintstones Vitamens. That Cabrera guy hits a homerun that hasn't landed yet and reportedly was seen flying over the Mediterranean. Detroit moves on 3-1.

    2 New York Yankees vs. 7 Washington
    Who can name more than 4 Washington pitchers? I proudly declare I cannot. NYY gets an early wakeup call when Shawn Hill shuts them down for 9 innings, but the Nats can't muster any offense either. Hughes goes 6, cause he's on the innings count. ARod chews off a few faces, hits a game winner for once. Posada goes down with a facial injury, Piazza hits a homerun in his first at bat. Hank Steinbrenner is pronounced missing in Antartica. Yankees move on 3-0.

    3 Philadelphia vs. 6 Kansas City
    Rollins says the phillies are the team to beat. Gil Meche quickly dispatches of the phils in route to a stunning 9-2 win. And then reality sets in. Bannister watches Rollins, Utley, Howard, and Feliz go back to back to back to back off him, after which he declares he's clinically depressed and wants to hug Zach Grienke. Phils pop off double digits in runs in the following three games. Utley, he only makes one out the entire series, goes 13/14 with a couple of walks. Barrack Obama declares him Jesus. Ryan Howard declares him overpaid. Phils go, 3-1.

    4 Atlanta vs. 5 Chicago A
    Worried about second base, Ozzie Guillen suits up to be a player-manager. He also tells Jermaine Dye to sit on the bench and to never leave the bench and only talk when he's given permission to talk. At the very last minute, someone informs Guillen that Jose Contreras is on the roster. Guillen has a heart attack, Jermaine Dye is forced to manage. He tells Josh Fields to play 2B. The white sox, thinking they have enough power to conquer the braves, forgot John Smoltz was pitching. And Tim Hudson. Crede ends up being the only guy to drive in runs for the series, as the sox strike out 37 times in three games. Braves roll, 3-0.

    Buzzworthy: We're about stats here, and let's face it, who doesn't feel giddy when Miguel Cabrera's homeruns are bigger than his mass? Cabrera walks out of round 1 hitting somewhere around .800. Chuck james enjoys coming out of the bullpen, racks up six relief innings and 8 strikeouts. Jim Thome goes 0/8 with 6 strikeouts and 5 walks. Who said Jimmy Rollins had a big mouth? He's got that, and a big bat, while Utley stole the show, Rollins racked up multiple doubles, triples and homeruns. Brian Bannister's therapy begins with success as he is able to recount the back to back to back to back homeruns without throwing punches or kicks. Rajai Davis is still stranded at third base.

    Round 2:
    1 Detroit vs. 4 Atlanta
    2 NYY vs. 3 Philadelphia
    Smoltz vs. the team that dealt him. Can the veteran arms of Atlanta hold down the power surge flowing in Detroit, or will Cabrera be black kryptonite? In one of the more enticing second round matches, big offenses will go back and forth. Posada returns to the lineup after Piazza held his own. Utley looks to build on 13-of-14 against the royals.


    Todd Hollandsworth Region
    2 Arizona vs. 7 Pittsburgh
    Arizona walks into a potential buzz-saw. For all their shortcomings, the pirates at least have a real, solid starting rotation. We're still looking for something nice to say about the offense. Haren does not disappoint when he goes toe to toe with Gorzelanny, winning 2-0. But the pirates give hope to any fans they have left by beating Webb and Owings in the next two quite easily. Apparently Jason Bay is still around too, and he did his best impression of willie Mays by carrying the offense. But Arizona countered with the Big Unit. Who benefits the most from players being healthy? A 6'10 future hall of fame lefty. Call it disturbing, pirates whiff 15 times. Haren seals the series with a game 5 performance that has Josh Beckett and Jack Morris in tears. 'Zona goes on, 3-2

    3 Toronto vs. 6 Minnesota
    JP Riccardi was last seen laughing after hearing the Jays got the Twins. More laughter ensued when it was discovered that the twins ace was Livan Hernandez, and they started Mike Lamb. Halladay, Burnett and McGowan were last seen with sinister stares on their faces. Hernandez throws 142 pitches in 4 innings as he quickly learned that Alexis Rios is good. McGowan and Burnett don't even break sweats in route to shutouts. Greg Zaun hits a cycle, literally, when his homerun hits a bicycle that for whatever reason was in the stands. Ron Gardenhire was last seen filling out applications at Arby's. Justin Morneau retires out of embarrassment. Toronto goes 3-0.

    4 Milwaukee vs. 5 Tampa Bay
    Another team happy to have health, as the brewers get Gallardo and Sheets in fine condition. Fielder is still whining he's not getting paid more, demands his salary to be equal to ARod's left leg. Somewhere Ryan Howard cries foul. Corey Hart and Ryan Braun erupt on poor Scott Kazmir, bringing back memories of Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco... if they were athletic. And steroid free. Milwaukee feels great about themselves, up until they get waxed by Matt Garza. BJ Upton and Carl Crawford quickly declare Braun and Hart to be overrated. James Shields keeps the ball rolling when he finds out the brewers swing a lot, and miss a lot. Game four starts off sour for the brewers when Fielder sprains his stomach bending over, but after moving Braun to 1B, Anthony Gwynn hits a walk off grand slam. Game five goes to the spoilers, Freddy Garcia debuts, and sends the brewcrew packing. Fielder demands a pay raise for his stomach. Bob Uecker is left speechless. I mean, speechless.

    Buzzworthy: Bob Uecker is still speechless. Tampa end up 11/11 in steals in that series. Halladay, Burnett, and McGowan still have yet to break a sweat. Turns out, Lance Armstrong was in the stands for the Toronto series. After a big scare from the pirates, Arizona institutes a take no prisoner approach and hires Rampage Jackson as a personal trainer. Justin Upton's biceps grow to Jack Cust head proportions. Haren is still looking for a challenge.

    Round 2:
    1 Boston vs. 5 Tampa Bay
    2 Arizona vs. 3 Toronto
    Epic battle as Cinderella faces a team it has made quick work of in regular season past. Freddy Garcia will try to carry his magic against Josh Beckett, who threw 16 perfect innings against Allstar Japan. Zona and Toronto will be locked in pitching warfare, Haren vs. Halladay - Webb vs. Burnett - and Johnson vs. McGowan. Put your bats to bed, folks.



    Kent Bottenfield Region

    1 Cleveland vs. 8 Baltimore
    You know who's lived in great futility for awhile now? Fans of Josh Barfield. Oh yeah, yeah fans of Baltimore too. Good news kids, Brian Roberts is still an oriole and Rodrigo has returned! Bad news kids, Dennis Sarfate, Rocky Cherry and Greg Aquino are your pen. Cleveland starts off toying with Baltimore by opening with Paul byrd, starting Craig Biggio over Cabrera and letting Jamey Carroll start at 3B. Adam jones and a still pissed off cause he's paid poorly Nick Markakis give Byrd two run shots of adrenaline. Baltimore dominates the first 7 innings behind Adam Loewen, and then the pen happened. From there, it was never the same. Cleveland would score 9 runs in two innings, and decided to take the series seriously. Carmona throws a no hitter after Jones and Markakis collide in the outfield and knock each other out. Sabathia stuns the tournament by striking out the side on 9 pitches in the 6th, while gaining 43 lbs and wearing three different hats. Cleveland, 3-0.

    2 New York N vs. 7 Texas
    A tournament for Texas, and there's no Kevin Durant or DJ Augustine in sight. Santana stuns the mets faithful by walking the bases loaded in the 1st, but because Texas is starting Gerald Laird at catch and not Jarrod Saltalamacchia, he walks up to the plate and watches three strikes go by. No damage done. David Wright puts up such a dominating performance in the series, at one point, he drove himself in. And Jose Reyes stole 6 bases, in one inning. Breaking news just occurs when it dawns on Bud Selig that the rangers have an Oreo for an outfield. George W. Bush politely asks if he can eat the oreo. Oliver Perez gets to start game 2, lasts 3 innings because he walks 10. Pedro is called into to save the day and magically begins throwing left handed, putting up a gutsier performance than Schilling's bloody ankle. ESPN honors Pedro with Hall of Fame induction. Mets roll. 3-0

    3 Seattle 6 St. Louis
    Tony La Russa constantly badgers the tournament committee after a low 6 seeding, claiming that with a healthy Chris Carpenter, Albert Pujols, and Troy Glaus that they are the team to beat. The committee points out their shortstop is Cesar Izturis and Ryan Franklin sets up Jason Isringhausen. La Russa goes quiet. Bedard opens up against Wainwright, as the two young guns battle it out up till the moment Pujols hits a homerun that effectively goes through Adrian Beltre's left shoulder when Beltre thought Pujols might bunt. Seattle counters with a game tying single from Ichiro. Bonds subs in for Jose Vidro, and effectively hits a the ball so hard that the bat cleared the fence as well as the ball. Bonds also checked in at 220 lbs before the at bat, weighed 225 after. Carpenter makes his glorious return by dominating the mariners and proving King Felix is a mere pawn in is world. Weaver and Washburn clash in what is deemed by many fans.. a boring game. Seattle wins on a bunt single with bases loaded. Anthony Reyes takes the mound after Kyle Lohse was found illegally intoxicated. Reyes sends the series to game 5 with a F-U performance, Bonds hits a homerun in his fourth straight game. Wainwright battles Bedard again, but this time Bedard gets revenge when Richie Sexson manages to stop Albert Pujols line drive homerun with his head. Bonds hits 5 homeruns in the series. Seattle, 3-2

    4 San Diego vs. 5 Cincinnati
    The committee swears this is coincidence that the forums top two fanbases collide in an epic yawnfest. Dusty Baker laughs when he believes Callix Crabbe is an STD, while Jake Peavy laughs when he believes the reds pitchers are Jose Rijo and Paul Wilson. Harang matches Peavy in game 1, but Brian Giles ends the dual with homeruns in the 5th and 7th. Chris Young believing he will go unopposed, picks up a fake Russian accent and says he will break the reds. Johnny Cueto has other plans, standing at an amazing 5'1, mows down the padres and racks up 13 k's in an upset over Young. Mark Prior enters game 3 to Wild Thing music and accidently throws a pitch at Dusty Baker's head. The umps only laugh. Prior turns the clocks back and basks in the moment of dominance. Greg Maddux lulls the reds to sleep in game four. No really, Dusty Baker fell asleep, his kid had to manage. His first move was forcing Homer Bailey to throw 205 pitches in a 9 inning, 12 run, 7 walk performance. Padres, 3-1

    Buzzworthy: Albert Pujols had 19 rbis, Barry Bonds had homerun in ever game. Bonds weight was up to 250 by the end of the series, reports have him back down to 210 at this very moment. Homer Bailey releases himself from the Cincinnati Reds organization, the padres sign him even though for future purposes. Texas really did show up against the mets, contrary to popular belief. Nick Markakis was last heard demanding Adam Jones be fired for purposely running into him. Adam Jones denies the claim and said the ball was in left field, not center field.

    Round 2:
    1 Cleveland vs. 4 San Diego
    2 New York N vs. 3 Seattle
    Peavy has already declared Cleveland will suffer. Carmona has already declared he's eager to see the new Indiana Jones movie. Josh Barfield bobblehead night, every night for the Cleveland/SD series. The mets plan to start Sammy Sosa over Moises Alou in hopes to combat Barry Bonds superdom that was on display in round 1. President George W. Bush announced that David Wright was a WMD, Vice President Dick Cheney refuses to act on the discovery.


    Hideki Irabu Region
    2 Chicago N vs. 7 Florida
    Lou Pinella banned Carlos Zambrano from any computer use. In fact, he locked big Z in a padded cell until game 1. The media did a collective double take when Mark Hendrickson took the mound for Florida- Pat Riley in attendance makes an offer to Hendrickson during the 4th inning to be the starting center for the Miami Heat. Jorge Cantu gives Florida early hope with a solo shot, but is quickly trumped with Alfonso Soriano manages to hit two solo shots in one at bat. Hanley Ramirez is thrown out at home to end game 1. Florida goes with rookie Andrew Miller against Ted Lilly. Miller quickly exits after Fukudome does a mid-air spinning roundhouse to his neck. Nolasco struggles, giving up a grand slam to Derrek Lee. Game 3 goes to the Marlins have they unveil the secret weapon, Josh Johnson, as he magically returned from injury. Johnson dominates Ryan Dempster, and immediately cut after the game three win. Rich Hill gets the cubs back on track, with help from Soriano going 5/6 with 4 doubles. Experts still can't explain how he hit 2 solo homeruns in one atbat. Cubs roll, 3-1

    3 Anaheim vs. 6 Oakland
    Division rivals go toe to toe as Rich Harden opens up with a grizzly performance, going so far as to striking out Torii Hunter four times. Guerrero thinks he won the game with a go ahead blast game two in the bottom of the 8th, but that Jack Hannahan guy that no one knows about, gives the lead back on a 3 run double. Street is yanked after giving up another run, Dallas Braden takes advantage and closes the door by throwing the ball through Gary Matthews Jr.'s bat. Game 3 opens up in favor of the Halos, when Chone Figgins clears the bases with a triple, and steals home on Joe Blanton. Howie Kendrick ends Blanton's night with a 2 run shot off Jack Cust's 73 inch face. The A's don't go quietly into the night when Bobby Crosby asserts himself as a player who still exists by hitting a 3 run bomb off Santana. Shawn Green ties things up with a double and then, in the bottom of the 9th, K-Rod meets his impending doom when Crosby delivers a Kirk Gibson-like moment when it's learned he broke both knees when he slipped and fell trying to use the bathroom. A's, 3-0

    4 Los Angeles vs. 5 Houston
    Houston tried finding a loophole to get Andy Pettite on the team but was unable to when Roger Clemens said he swore to God, he has no idea who Andy Pettite is. Clemens gets shell shocked by James Loney and Andre Ethier. Joe Torre uses Juan Pierre as a decoy by having Matt Kemp throw Pierre at the chest of Lance Berkman, thus getting Pierre and because Major League Baseball is racially equal, Berkman both ejected for brawling. Ethier hits another homerun. Oswalt fairs no better when he again, receives no run support. Ethier hits two more homeruns. Houston gains the advantage in game 3 when Shawn Chacon gets 8 runs, Ethier provides the only run support for Billingsley with a couple more homeruns. After hitting 6 homeruns in 3 games, Joe Torre benches Ethier in favor of veteran Jason Repko. Game 4 goes scoreless for 8 innings, but when Ethier slips Repko a little cyanide, Torre is forced to sub Ethier in. Ethier draws a go ahead RBI walk, and Saito quickly waxes the Houston bats in the 9th. Torre is demoted to assistant bench coach, Andre Ethier is named new manager. LA, 3-1

    Buzzworthy: Crosby hits 4 homeruns in the series with no knees? Ethier literally drove in all of the dodger runs. His first act of managment was making Juan Pierre the backup catcher and that himself would bat third. The marlins claimed Josh Johnson was too good for them to handle, their excuse for releasing him after thrashing the cubs. Billy Beane seizes the opportunity to bolster his rotation next season, Oakland quickly signs him to a 500k, 5 year deal. Dallas Braden was named closer for rest of the tournament.

    Round 2:
    1 Colorado vs. 4 Los Angeles
    2 Chicago N vs. 6 Oakland
    Cubs will have to contend with a suddenly hot hitting Oakland team. Crosby plans to be DH while Hannahan will fill in at SS. He still has no knees, and pees in a dixie cup out of fear of bathroom stalls. Pinella still has Zambrano locked in secret location away from computers. The Fightin' Ethiers will be in for a lengthy battle as Troy Tulowitzki and a group of fire eating starting pitchers arrive. Colorado averaged 15 hits per game in 5 games against Allstar China.
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    Re: The Beginning of Madness

    Ok guys, round 1 is up and look for the next rounds to go up soon. Enjoy.
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    Looks really awesome bro! I can't wait to see how this turns out. You have to be one creative madman to pull this one off. I am intrigued how Clemens will do.

    Here we go...

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    Oh and Reds vs. Pads = epic yawnfest? Nice...

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    I blame Dusty Baker.
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    Yeah well I would too. I just wish the Reds had a chance in this one. But I love how that series turned out. And Mark Prior beaning Dusty in the dome? Hilarious...

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    Quote Originally Posted by redsrbetter View Post
    Yeah well I would too. I just wish the Reds had a chance in this one. But I love how that series turned out. And Mark Prior beaning Dusty in the dome? Hilarious...
    I think they would have under Narron, granted the lineup would be something out of a science fiction novel, but..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kingdom_of_Zito View Post
    I think they would have under Narron, granted the lineup would be something out of a science fiction novel, but..

    Haha, nah Narron would have made it extra yawn esque.

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    Playing the padres is going to be a yawn no matter what.
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    Re: The Beginning of Madness

    Oh man, Leo where are you at to defend yourself? PFF? Fresnan?

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    I'll take any readers, even padre fans.
    >=)

    I kid! They did win.
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    Prod
    I did a lot of good things as a sim league GM.

    Ah, give me something clever to say here.

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    I blame Dusty Baker.

    Er.. hey hey hey. I had to do something else for s3sl, though ;]
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