Gabers:

My compliments for a detailed analysis from a highly reputable source, but 
the last guy who was paid that compliment was a pope who argued that the 
earth was flat. Let me make several observations before getting back to 
bilking some old ladies:

a. My original thought was to take A-Rod first, but my people persuaded me 
that the talent gap between Pedro and any other starter was much greater than 
the gap between the Rod and another offensive player. Time will tell, but I 
think Pedro will post some dazzling numbers in Beantown while the Rod starts 
sulking in Seattle.

b. C'mon, not a word about one of Knobby's biggest fans about the impact he 
will have this year. Forget the yips chucking from 20 feet to 1B - Torre 
would get hung from the balls not to play him enough to smack the ball around 
and run bases with the best in the business.

c. Albert Belle? Ding, dong, the DICC is dead in the water with that cork 
head floating around in the roster. 

d. Mac, Moises and Mondesi? These three musketeers should make short work of 
your cluster of 'Busters.

e. Roger Clemens. Once a rocket, not yet a dud, but as ace of your staff, 
he'll land with a thud. Trachsel? Look for a flat line on the radar gun.

f. Actually I liked the Womack pick, but even a blind squirrel will find a 
nut. Sorry, though, he hasn't earned a capital N.

g. Kinda blew your lump early with the Nevin pick. Check your hand for spuzz.

h. Corey Koskie way ahead of Jacques Jones. Whoaaaa, Big Fella. I said that 
he had promise, not that he walked on water. My conscience is almost telling 
me to give you your candy back. Almost.

Let me mull over a little wager that the real world is still round, even if 
Gabesworld is flat.

Galileo