All,
    Congratulations to all on a great drafting job.  It was obvious from the
start that everyone had done a little preparation by at least buying into
one or more solid roto magazines and all continued to add information to
intelligent selections all throughout the draft.  I predict a season decided
in the final weeks of the season with all but one team capable of being in
position to take it all.  Willo, which magazine did you use?  Field and
Stream?  NASCAR News?  National Lampoon?  Tunnel Vision?
    My takes:

Electric Pin Stripes -
    Nice team.  Plenty of pop, a good balance of speed and what could be a
solid pitching staff.  Definitely a contender.  Albert Belle (tick, tick,
tick)  instead of A-Rod in round one?  Eric Davis?  What stats were you
looking at that day, Eikey?  Something from the oncology lab?  Just treat
'em, you don't have to draft 'em.  Looking forward to collecting a down
payment on my C-Scan machine.

Red Foxes -
    Another good team.  Solid throughout with the minor exception of a
bullpen.  Can a winner emerge in this competitive a league from a team that
is dead last in any category? Solid lineup otherwise.  Red Foxes won't
embarass, they just won't win it all.  A typical Fox runner-up strategy.

Ball Busters -
    Well balanced.  Pitching is a big question mark, but the rest of the
league is in that same boat as well.  I liked the Cabrera pick, but then
again, I picked Febles.  Caminitti?  You knew there would be risks involved.
Encarnacion?  I like it better than Gwynn.  Hey, if Gwynn gets traded to the
Mets, he and Rickey can both ride the bus to the game for free.  Brady?
Wrong Anderson Buster.  Santiago?  Oh boy, is that going to be fun to watch
in Chicago.  Most picks strictly by the book.  Will probably vie with the
Red Foxes as an also ran.

Invincibles -
    Thanks for setting up the league page.  Now help prop it up from the
second division.  Solid hitters, but needs speed desperately.  Womack isn't
superman and Hunter doesn't add that much help.    Sanders, Ventura, Larkin,
Taubensee, Finley, Harnisch, ..... hope your medical insurance is paid up.
Will hang tough early and fade in August.

Tamales -
    Fair team.  Pitching is much worse than it at first looks.  Offense has
too many holes.  Marlon Anderson?  We'll see.  Todd Greene?  What's all the
fuss about?   Ellis Burks?  I think Fox took a pee next to him one day.  Put
on your red dress, girlfriend.  Get ready to hang out with the Invincibles
for a while.

Nuzzahs -
    Another second division club.  No real speed.  No real power.  No
dominating starters.  Well, at least you have Troy Percival and Jeff Shaw.
I heard Sheffied is already demanding a trade from the Nuzzahs.  Cairo,
Vizquel?  Ho hum.  Tatis?  When are you going to learn?  Probably the best
hope for the Nuzzahs is to have "Bug Eyes" Grissom put the jinx on the other
teams in the league.  Take solace in the fact that you are an expansion
club.

Muckrats -
    Good team.  Better than you might at first think.  Then you think again,
and realize that you were right - too many holes to carry out of the second
division.  Matt Williams? Jeff Cirillo? Mark Grace? Surhoff?  Saunders?
Jones?  Yes, those are definitely huge question marks.  Look on the bright
side, John, only 26 more weeks until the harvest season.  Don't count on a
big cabbage crop coming in, though.

Leathernuts -
    Good job on this team, Mel.  Rock steady.  Not a Blauser in sight.  Of
course Pat Meares is a pretty good Blauser look - a - like.  Meluskey?  Nice
pick.  Too bad this isn't a permanent keeper league.  He should be ready by
next year.  All in all a remarkable turnaround from last year's pathetic
bunch.  I predict a low, upper division finish.

Hogmen -
    Unquestionably the worst team in the league.  Whomever picked this team
must have had his head in some dark hole for the last three years.  All
downhill after Chipper.   Vina, Perez, and Loretta?  Get back, Loretta.
Nice triple A pitching staff, too.  It's a shame that such a competitve
league can have such a lonesome loser.  Prediction:  Hogmen will be
mathematically eliminated by the All Star break.  More immediate prediction:
Once the Hogmen realize what a hapless bunch of wastes reside on this team
they will cry about their draft spot and want to take their ball and go home
by refusing any side wagers.  Cry, baby, cry.  Whaaa!   Whaaa!   Whaaaa!

Panzas-
    Unquestionably, the best team in the league.  Just ask Al.   Rickey?
Don't you worry about the cane or that .230 batting average.  Sosa?  Mr.
Consistency.  Gonzalez?  Take my wife, please.  Canseco?  Sequi?
Grudzielanek?  Puhleeeassse!  I have just two words to sum up the Panzas:
Mike Sweeney.  And I have owned Mike Sweeney, so believe me when I tell you:
He's no Raul Cassanova.

Mazins -
    Ok.  There a couple of gambles.  Chavez, Febles, Chen, Irabu, Loiselle
and Haynes.  All have tremendous upside.  Chavez will hit in the middle of
that Oakland lineup and that should mean runs and R'sBI.  Remember, Helton
and Grieve were rookies last year too.  What was I supposed to do?  Take
Matt Williams?  David Sequi?  Febles had one of the best years in all of
professional baseball last year, but I suppose that's too much information
for you also-rans to ferret out.  He can flat out fly.  As a mumber three
middle infielder, I'll take my chances.  Chen and Irabu are solid number
fives and not much different than any of your number two or threes.  I'm
hoping Roger is a positive influence on Hideki's fat, lazy ass.  Loiselle
has the job and is a good, young arm.  Why not take a few more saves?  And
Jimmy Haynes just happens to have some of the greatest stuff I have ever
seen.  I just hope he learns to pitch real soon.  If not, I've got some
waiver moves I can use.
    Yes, the Mazins have some gambles, but then again, this IS all about
gambling, isn't it?

    Now then, any takers?

Mazins