Congrats to Metalheads - 2011 Championship

A new Evil Empire is born...

DC Loves Sushi

The DC Dynasty re-acquires man crush Ichiro along with Jon Lester and LEO #3, LEO #7 in a four player trade with Irish Labatt.  Heading to Labatt land is Dan Uggla, Justin Verlander, and ERIC #10, ERIC #12.

Hamels Family Takes A Ride On The Orient Express

The Boston Pilgrims have traded man-crush Cole Hamels to the Wuxi Opium Eaters in exchange for PAT #2 draft pick.  Included in the deal are smoking hot wife Heidi and family Shih Tzu Muffin.

ANALYSIS: This deal is pretty cut and dried.  Wuxi needed keepers and had a surplus of picks.  BP needed to shed a surplus of players and was choosing between Hamels, Bautista, Strasburg among others.  The #2 pick is pretty fair value for SP of Hamels calibre even if he does end up as the #4 starter in the best rotation in baseball.

Thunderlips Give Rios/Kinsler Scorgasms!

Thunderlips have traded Alex Rios and Ian Kinsler to the Multiple Scorgasms for Charlie #9 and Brandon Phillips.

Werth A Star!

The Luoyang Yellow Stars have traded Patrick #4 pick to the DC Dynasty for OF Jayson Werth.

Draft 2011

So I know everyone is starting to get ramped up for the season.  I thought that I would offer a little food for thought.  Who will Tom select with the #1 pick in the draft?  The first 2 rounds are listed below for everyone's mocking pleasure...

ROUND 1

1.  Irish Labatts (via Multi Scorgasms)
2.  Melrose Warriors
3.  Luoyang Yellow Stars
4.  Fenway Flats
5.  DC Dynasty (via Metalheads)
6.  Royal Rooters
(Supplemental Picks for all who keep 4) - my estimate is 2

(Supplemental Picks for all who keep 5) - my estimate is 3

7.  Thunderlips

8.  DC Dynasty 2

9.  Irish Labatt 2 (via Rockers)     

10.  Chin Music

11.  Boston Pilgrims

12.  Royal Rooters 2(via Irish Labatt)

ROUND 2

13.  Irish Labatt 3

14.  Boston Pilgrims 2

15.  Chin Music 2

16.  Irish Labatt 4 (via Rockers)

17.  DC Dynasty 3

18.  Thunderlips 2

19.  Multiple Scorgasms (via Royal Rooters)

20.  Metalheads 

21.  Multiple Scorgasms 2 (via Fenway Flats)

22.  Luoyang Yellow Stars 2

23.  Multiple Scorgasms 3 (via Melrose Warriors)

24. Multiple Scorgasms 4

So there it is, the first 24 picks, plus another approx 5 from supplementals.  Metalheads are the last team not named Rockers to select a player.  Both Labatts and the Scorgasms will have made 4 selections (non supplemental) by the end of the second round.

Not Quite "Scott Free"

EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) - WMAQ-Ch. 5 sportscaster Mike Adamle is facing DUI charges after being arrested in north suburban Evanston early Monday morning.
Adamle, 61, of Evanston, was arrested at Main Street and Judson Avenue in the southeastern part of Evanston about 1 a.m., Evanston police said.
The former running back for the Bears and the Northwestern University Widlcats was driving his four-door, 2002 BMW when he was pulled over for failing to observe a flashing red light at Main Street and Sheridan Road, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.
The arresting officer suspected Adamle had been drinking and put him through a field sobriety test, which he failed, Parrott said.
Adamle was then taken back to the Evanston police station, where he exhibited some “erratic behavior.” He was subsequently taken to Evanston Hospital for a drug screen, Parrot said.
Those tests were submitted to the Illinois State Police Crime Lab. The results are pending.
Adamle is scheduled to appear in Cook County Circuit Court in Skokie on Feb. 14.
He was charged with disobeying a traffic control device, driving while under the influence and a minor vehicle code violation — failure to notify the Secretary State’s office of an address change.
Adamle is a freelance staffer at NBC 5, who appeared on weekend newscasts and the “Sports Sunday” show. He was scheduled to appear next on Channel 5 newscasts Friday.
Station spokeswoman Toni Falvo had no immediate comment about the DUI charge or Adamle’s status at the station.
Adamle graduated from Northwestern in 1971 after earning team captain, All-America and Big Ten MVP honors his senior season. He still holds four NU rushing records.
He was a fourth-round draft choice of the Kansas City Chiefs in 1971, and also played for the New York Jets before joining the Bears from 1975 to 77.
Since retiring from football he’s held a variety of sportscasting jobs, including stints with NBC Sports, ABC Sports, ESPN, ESPN2 and WLS-TV ABC 7. He hosted the “American Gladiators” TV show from 1989-94, and was also CBS 2′s princpal sports anchor from 2001 to 2004.