Trade

Horde sends: Shane Victorino
Walden sends: Nick Markakis

Trade

Walden sends: Verlander
Wyoming sends: Heyward

2010 Minor League Draft Order

1. Bombers
2. Giants
3. Warriors
4. Bears
5. Renegades
6. Oedipus
7. Pigs
8. Bums
9. Warriors
10. Sox
11. DaFaze
12. PTI
13. Bombers
14. Giants
15. Stars
16. Bears
17. Renegades
18. Oedipus
19. Pigs
20. Bums
21. Warriors
22. Bombers
23. Giants
24. Stars
25. Bears
26. Renegades
27. Oedipus
28. Bums

Walden Extends Deal of GM Goodell

Walden – The Walden Warriors and General Manager Paul Goodell came to terms on a contract extension Tuesday.

Goodell was hired during the 2007 season. During the 2 years prior to 2007, the Warriors’ record was 315-423-56 (.432 Win PCT). The Warriors won their league-leading 3rd ICA championship in 2009.

“The Warriors have been good to me,” said Goodell. “I've been a Walden Warrior since my first day in the Illinois Chooch Association, and I'm happy that we could come to an agreement that will keep me [here] for the long term.”

“Paul’s presence has helped this organization turn around 360 degrees,” said owner Tom Lyons from his Madison, WI home.

“He means 180 degrees,” replied Goodell.

Lyons continued, “Our team has come a long way with Paul on the clock. He’s saved us from a number of boneheaded decisions, any one of which could easily have set our team back years.”

Before hiring Goodell, the Warriors had worsened substantially after 3 consecutive playoff appearances – including back-to-back Fuggin Finals championships – in the league’s first three years.

“We sucked ass,” said Lyons. “Crikes, JD Closser was our starting catcher one year. What the hell were we thinking? We won it all [last season] because we nailed the drafts in 2008 and 2009. That was largely Paul’s doing,” he said.

Goodell’s current deal with Walden expires in February of 2011. He will now remain under contract through the 2013 ICA season with a club option for 2014.

He continued, “Now that the contract situation is dealt with, I look forward to putting all of my energies toward helping the Warriors repeat as champions of the Illinois Chooch Association."

Financial terms of the extension were not disclosed. Goodell is rumored to be the ICA’s highest paid general manager.

All-Time Postseason Series Records

1. Warriors: 6-1 (.857)
2. Renegades: 3-1 (.750)
3. DaFaze: 6-4 (.600)
4. Golden Sox: 5-6 (.455)
5. Stars: 2-3 (.400)
6. Pigs: 3-5 (.375)
7. PTI: 1-5 (.167)
8. Bums: 0-1 (.000)

All-Time Postseason Appearances

(Asterisk denotes champion)

SIX
DaFaze (02, 03, 05*, 06, 08*, 09)
Golden Sox (02, 03, 05, 06*, 08, 09)

FIVE
Pigs (03, 04, 05, 07, 08)

FOUR
Stars (02, 04, 05, 07*)
Warriors (02*, 03*, 04, 09*)
PTI (06, 07, 08, 09)

TWO
Renegades (04*, 06)

ONE
Bums (07)

NEVER
Giants
Mamas Boys
Bombers
Bears

Eight Years of Fuggin Cup

Ever wonder what names are on the Fuggin Cup? Since 58% of ICA owners have never had it in their possession (not counting the month it sat in the back of Jason's car), chances are, you have no idea. Here, then, is an accounting of the all-time Fuggin Cup roster ...

2002 Walden Warriors
Bobby Abreu
Garrett Anderson
Rich Aurilia
Jeff Bagwell
Joe Borowski
Eric Gagne
Karim Garcia
Brian Giles
Luis Gonzalez
Shawn Green
Eddie Guardado
D'Angelo Jimenez
Jorge Julio
Jeff Kent
Ryan Klesko
Steve Kline
Eli Marrero
Jamie Moyer
Mark Mulder
Mike Mussina
Josh Phelps
Albert Pujols
Arthur Rhodes
JC Romero
Curt Schilling
Ichiro Suzuki
Miguel Tejada
Javier Vazquez
Randy Wolf

2003 Walden Warriors
Garret Anderson
Josh Beckett
Carlos Beltran
Kevin Brown
Octavio Dotel
Ryan Franklin
LaTroy Hawkins
Eric Gagne
Brian Giles
Jeff Kent
Carlos Lee
Esteban Loaiza
Darrell May
Eric Milton
Guillermo Mota
Mike Mussina
Magglio Ordonez
A.J. Pierzynski
Albert Pujols
Brad Radke
Edgar Renteria
Johan Santana
Miguel Tejada
Jim Thome
Randy Wolf
Tim Worrell

2004 Newmaniacs
Armando Benitez
Paul Byrd
Francisco Cordero
Jim Edmonds
Rafael Furcal
Freddy Garcia
Marcus Giles
Ross Gload
Todd Helton
Raul Ibanez
Guillermo Mota
David Ortiz
Rafael Palmeiro
Jake Peavy
Troy Percival
Juan Pierre
Ivan Rodriguez
Aaron Rowand
Johan Santana
Curt Schilling
Ben Sheets
Mark Teixeira
Brett Tomko
Billy Wagner
Larry Walker
Brad Wilkerson
Jaret Wright

2005 DaFaze
Bobby Abreu
Joe Blanton
Miguel Cabrera
Eric Chavez
Zack Duke
Morgan Ensberg
Scott Eyre
Jay Gibbons
Tom Glavine
Ryan Howard
Bob Howry
Jeff Kent
Brad Lidge
Javy Lopez
Hideki Matsui
Kevin Millwood
Matt Morris
Roy Oswalt
Andy Pettitte
Mark Prior
Jose Reyes
Juan Rincon
Mariano Rivera
Brian Roberts
B.J. Ryan
Mike Sweeney
Mike Timlin
Ugueth Urbina
Chien-Ming Wang
Vernon Wells
Randy Winn
Victor Zambrano

2006 VP Golden Sox
Matt Belisle
Lance Berkman
Joe Blanton
David Cabrera
Mike Cameron
Roger Clemens
Doug Davis
Jermaine Dye
Prince Fielder
Chone Figgins
Jeff Francis
Ryan Garko
Geoff Geary
Aaron Heilman
Ramon Hernandez
Tim Hudson
Bobby Jenks
Kenny Lofton
Pedro Martinez
Wade Miller
Dustin Moseley
Akinori Otsuka
Hayden Penn
Albert Pujols
Mike Rivera
Scott Rolen
John Smoltz
Jeff Suppan
Miguel Tejada
Jim Thome
Carlos Villanueva
Billy Wagner
Brandon Webb
David Wells
Bob Wickman
Dontrelle Willis
Jake Woods
Barry Zito
Joel Zumaya

2007 Outlaw Stars
Adrian Beltre
Robinson Cano
Fausto Carmona
Jose Contreras
Chad Cordero
Chone Figgins
Jeff Francis
Brian Fuentes
Chad Gaudin
Vladimir Guerrero
Derek Jeter
Kenji Johjima
Chipper Jones
John Lackey
Pedro Martinez
Hideki Matsui
Joe Nathan
Oliver Perez
Chad Qualls
Aaron Rowand
George Sherrill
Ty Wigginton

2008 DaFaze
Alfredo Aceves
Mike Aviles
Hank Blalock
Mark Buehrle
Marlon Byrd
Miguel Cabrera
Joba Chamberlain
Coco Crisp
Jermaine Dye
J.J. Hardy
Aubrey Huff
Cliff Lee
Derek Lee
Brad Lidge
Tim Lincecum
Matt Lindstrom
Braden Looper
Victor Martinez
Kyle McClellan
Melvin Mora
Scott Olsen
Manny Ramirez
B.J. Ryan
Scot Shields
Ryan Spilborghs
Adam Wainwright
Brandon Webb

2009 Walden Warriors
Jeremy Affeldt
Julio Borbon
Andre Ethier
Prince Fielder
Luke Gregerson
Matt Guerrier
Cole Hamels
Ryan Howard
Raul Ibanez
Matt Kemp
John Lackey
Evan Longoria
Ricky Nolasco
Dustin Pedroia
Rick Porcello
Hanley Ramirez
Arthur Rhodes
James Shields
Geovany Soto
Kurt Suzuki
Nick Swisher
Claudio Vargas
Javier Vazquez
Justin Verlander
Joey Votto

2009 Draft Breakdown

Updated 3/6/09

Bombers (9) 13 16 19 23 28 47 49 53 68
Bears (9) 2 14 26 38 39 50 62 74 98
Oedipus (9) 1 3 5 15 17 20 27 37 48
Giants (13) 6 18 25 30 40 52 55 63 64 67 76 88 99
Renegades (7) 65 66 75 85 87 89 100
Stars (7) 7 29 54 60 71 78 83
Warriors (10) 4 12 21 24 56 58 61 79 91 104
Bums (9) 8 32 36 42 51 80 84 92 101
PTI (8) 9 33 44 45 57 81 93 102
DaFaze (10) 10 22 31 34 41 46 70 82 94 103
Sox (7) 11 35 73 77 86 95 97
Pigs (9) 43 59 69 72 90 96 105 106

Trade Update

The Outlaw Stars are sending either their 4th round pick or the 4th round pick acquired from Newman's Renegades (whichever is the later pick) to the Upper Deck Bleacher Bums for RP Kerry Wood.

Trade

Wyoming trades:
Cole Hamels

Walden trade:
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Joey Votto

If Philadelphia is drawn MR, Walden can rescind the trade up to one week after the winter meeting. Same for Wyoming if Cincy or Boston are drawn.

Wyoming sends:
7th Round '09 Pick

Bums sends:
Jeff Clement

Wyoming sends:
John Lackey

Walden sends:
Mark Teixeira

Further, if Lackey's 2009 HR/9IP is not lower than 1.05, Wyoming sends a 2011 5th round pick.

Trade to Report

Outlaw sends:
-Newman's 2010 2nd round pick
and
-a claim on an Outlaw Star minor leaguer through 2011
-future considerations*

Walden sends:
-Rich Harden.
-future considerations*

*I'll be proposing a rule change at the winter meeting (just one this year, I swear). I'll propose to legalize the trade of minor league picks. I suspect that will pass. If I'm wrong and it doesn't pass, this trade stands as is and both of us are cool with it. If it does pass, Weiland's 2011 claim option will convert into a 1st round minor league pick in 2010.

Bill Simmons on Irrationality

Irrational Grudges (+4.5) over JULIUS JONES
When Matt Berry mentioned my "Fantasy Kryptonite" concept in his Week 5 column, I realized my Kryptonite is unquestionably Brandon Lloyd. He just keeps luring me back in. I think he could convince me to strip naked and let him take photos of me as I cried like Irene Cara in "Fame." I would do it for him. Brandon, you're my man. Anyway, I have a flip side to that one, the "Fantasy Grudge" guy, aka the guy you inexplicably dislike and continue to dismiss even when he's doing well. For me, it's Julius Jones. I found out two years ago that he smokes cigarettes and I just can't think rationally about him after that. He could rush for 200 yards a game and be sitting there on the waiver wire and I wouldn't go near him because I fear he'd pulled a Ricardo Mayorga on me. He might have quit smoking; I don't care. He's out.

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It's tough to not have an irrational grudge on most Cubs. Any other specific players?