ok guys ... i have taken the liberty of posting this tournament over at www.couchmanagers.com

24 rounds
8 hours/move ...(hopefully not always)
start date ... 1/24/09
time .... 9pm (est)

i know that some of you would rather this start later , but i have committed to being out of town the 3rd week of march.

since our last slow draft took about 3-4 weeks to complete , i also did not want this to interfere with any late "real" drafts that you might be contemplating.

the password for this draft will be gabaz2 ... (no caps).

please cast your vote on this thread ===> DO YOU WANT THE DRAFT ORDER TO BE RANDOMLY SELECTED ?
understand that "random" order may delay the speed of the 1st few picks , as it would require you to be on site at 9pm .

as always , judicial use of the Q functions is always appreciated.

sign me up and i dont care if it is random or not

Either way is fine with me, too!

big o, I'm in.

Let's keep the draft order what you signed up for, that way we don't all have to be there at 9pm. you have 14 spots now, could take forevahhhhhh!!!!!!!

Especially if we get guys in with names like "3toedsloth" or "slugsRcool" or "bigfatlazyhippo",............. know what i mean?

I'm in: "January Molasses", expect blazing speed.

cool .
will planet 11 be making a quest appearance ?

Planet 10 is always up for a quest. I'm in at #10, but if we want to randomize prior to the draft, that's good for me, too.

Would love to but away on holiday so can't really give it the attention it deserves.

So - if this shindig's kicking off in < hour, ya'll seem one short of having one more than a baker's dozen. If ya'll need it, I'm happy to jump in. Long time lurker, no-time commenter, but I know what to do when I'm staring down the barrel of the business end of a mock draft.

So far...

1.1 David Wright 3B baseballgeek
1.2 Albert Pujols 1B caveman
1.3 Alex Rodriguez 3B EricW
1.4 Hanley Ramirez SS IowaCubs
1.5 Jose Reyes SS jsp2014
1.6 Grady Sizemore OF pwangsta
1.7 Miguel Cabrera 1B Tight Sphincter
1.8 Ryan Braun OF Dirt
1.9 Mark Teixeira 1B Campenaris, Bert
1.10 Ian Kinsler 2B Planet 10
1.11 Ryan Howard 1B VanHammersly
1.12 Josh Hamilton OF chata
1.13 Chase Utley 2B Oquendo, Jose
1.14 Jimmy Rollins SS freak
2.15 Manny Ramirez OF freak
2.16 Evan Longoria 3B Oquendo, Jose
2.17 Lance Berkman 1B chata
2.18 Carlos Beltran OF VanHammersly
2.19 Carlos Quentin OF Planet 10
2.20 Matt Holliday OF Campenaris, Bert
2.21 Prince Fielder 1B Dirt
2.22 Johan Santana SP Tight Sphincter
2.23 Dustin Pedroia 2B pwangsta
2.24 Carlos Lee OF jsp2014
2.25 Justin Morneau 1B IowaCubs
2.26 Jake Peavy SP EricW
2.27 Adrian Gonzalez 1B caveman
2.28 Tim Lincecum SP baseballgeek
3.29 Alfonso Soriano OF baseballgeek
3.30 Cole Hamels SP caveman
3.31 Nick Markakis OF EricW
3.32 Aramis Ramirez 3B IowaCubs
3.33 Brandon Phillips 2B jsp2014
3.34 CC Sabathia SP pwangsta
3.35 Carl Crawford OF Tight Sphincter
3.36 Jason Bay OF Dirt
3.37 B.J. Upton OF Campenaris, Bert
3.38 Brandon Webb SP Planet 10
3.39 Matt Kemp OF VanHammersly
3.40 Alexis Rios OF chata
3.41 Vladimir Guerrero OF Oquendo, Jose
3.42 Magglio Ordonez OF freak
4.43 Roy Halladay SP freak
4.44 Dan Haren SP Oquendo, Jose
4.45 Jacoby Ellsbury OF chata
4.46 Chipper Jones 3B VanHammersly
4.47 Ichiro Suzuki OF Planet 10
4.48 Adam Dunn OF Campenaris, Bert
4.49 Brian Roberts 2B Dirt
4.50 Nate McLouth OF Tight Sphincter
4.51 Corey Hart OF pwangsta
4.52 Kevin Youkilis 1B jsp2014
4.53 Brian McCann C IowaCubs
4.54 Alexei Ramirez 2B EricW
4.55 Jonathan Papelbon RP caveman
4.56 Russell Martin C baseballgeek
5.57 David Ortiz DH baseballgeek
5.58 Francisco Rodriguez RP caveman
5.59 Curtis Granderson OF EricW
5.60 Joe Mauer C IowaCubs
5.61 Joey Votto 1B jsp2014
5.62 Derek Jeter SS pwangsta
5.63 Chris Davis 1B Tight Sphincter
5.64 Shane Victorino OF Dirt
5.65 Dan Uggla 2B Campenaris, Bert
5.66 Stephen Drew SS Planet 10
5.67 Chad Billingsley SP VanHammersly
5.68 J.J. Hardy SS chata
5.69 Bobby Abreu OF Oquendo, Jose
5.70 Derrek Lee 1B freak
6.71 Garrett Atkins 3B freak
6.72 Ryan Ludwick OF Oquendo, Jose
6.73 Robinson Cano 2B chata
6.74 Jhonny Peralta SS VanHammersly
6.75 Geovany Soto C Planet 10