Posted by tridentric on 6/22/2025 7:37:00 PM (view original):
we generally let the commish know if we are going away and unable to draft, that way there are no screwups and people are not kept waiting in the dark.

LISTEN BROTHER I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE THAT NEED TO SUBMIT KEEPERS TODAY SOON AS THE LAST KEEPER WAS GIVEN, I WAS OUT AT 443 WE DIDN'T EVEN WAIT TELL 5 OCLOCK
I'm NOT SAYING I WASN'T IN THE WRONG HERE BUT I GOT OFF MY 10 HOUR SHIFT THUR AND HEAD FOR THE MOUNTAINS THIS LEAGUE OR ANY OF THE 18 LEAGUES I PLAY IN ( WITHOUT ISSUES) ACROSS 3 SPORTS WAS NOT ON MY MIND ONCE RECEPTION WAS SKETCHY I NEVER CHECKED MY PHONE
BUT AS SOON AS I GOT HOME I GOT RIGHT ON THINGS TO GET CAUGHT UP HELL I'M IN 4 OTHER DRAFTS
I THINK MAKING THE CALL TO MAKE MY PICK IS FAIR I THINK KICKING ME OUT OF THE LEAGUE JUST LIKE THAT IS BULL
NOT MY LEAGUE NOT MY RULES

Posted by ff09 on 6/22/2025 7:47:00 PM (view original):
From the Commish:

Nobody likes to run a league and have to replace an owner. Unfortunately in an active draft league, being MIA for over 78 hours does create problems. Especially this type of draft where every keeper affects every other owners pick. I totally understand vacations and bad internet (as I was in the middle of nowhere Michigan last week).

My sitemail on Thursday was opened by petroff. That sitemail specifically asked for keepers to be sent. Unfortunately we didn't hear anything. I thought waiting until this afternoon was fairly generous. I had to make a decision based on no responses. No one knew how long we would have to wait. (I was actually worried that something may have happened to petroff. As a long time owner on this site (25 years), I have seen so many owners disappear forever.) Schwarze was nice enough to step up.

There are no hard feelings from my end and I understand these things happen, but I will ask schwarze to stay. I will put petroff on the waitlist #1 for next season.

Thanks everyone for your patience and understanding.

NO NEED WHEN YOUR OUT YOUR OUT
THIS IS BULL
EVEN YOUR TEXT SAID HE WOULD MAKE MY PICK NOT TAKE MY TEAM

If he doesn't submit his keeper by tomorrow, Sunday 5pm EST, I will have long-time owner Schwarze select his keeper for him. That will be 78 hours of waiting, which is long enough.

I DO WANT TO APOLIGIZE FOR THIS DRAMA TO WHO EVER FEELS BUT HURT

Yeah I read the post as schwarze picking the keeper not taking over the team

Posted by alleyviper on 6/22/2025 8:32:00 PM (view original):
Yeah I read the post as schwarze picking the keeper not taking over the team

I called an audible and asked him if he would take over the team. I was concerned about having to find a replacement owner and made that decision to ask him. He agreed to do it. He said he would give the team back to petroff, but I asked him to stay on at this point. I'm sorry that petroff is angry. Petroff had ample time to respond to sitemails and left us all hanging. He read my request on Thursday to send in a keeper and he decided not to. Decision has been made.

btw - I did send petroff a private message letting him know I was concerned for him and let him know that I was replacing him, but I hoped that he was ok. That was a couple of hours before he showed up back on the site.

anyway, back to the draft: I was hoping to get Fernando but will settle for Lance Berkman HOU

Spencer Strider braves

Tony Phillips, Det

Ted Simmons, Cardinals

Going in for #12

Scott Rolen, Cardinals

Dodgers are not off the board. Fernando has been noted as being chosen twice. It was Lance Berkman Houston that was chosen.

Posted by spikeboots on 6/23/2025 9:10:00 AM (view original):
Dodgers are not off the board. Fernando has been noted as being chosen twice. It was Lance Berkman Houston that was chosen.

oops, thanks.

Braves are off the board by the way (Smoltz/Strider)