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2001 Bi-Weekly Report (3-5-01)
Site relaunch
Well, the day has finally come, and I am not to upset about it.
One of the toughest parts of setting a date for something new is
the actual coming through with providing that new thing on that
date. This year proved to be somewhat...nerve-racking. We set the
date for March 5th obviously, and up until March 4th, everything
was running pretty smoothly and as planned. Terry Creighton and
I planned on forming the final pages Sunday afternoon/evening and
spending a couple hours on Monday making sure the site was ready
to go before the 6:00 pm deadline. Well, a funny thing happened
Sunday. Actually, it's not that funny at all. The power went out
at our headquarters thanks to some freak storm in Northern California,
leaving us helpless for however long the power stayed off. Power
outages at our headquarters are very uncommon and never last more
than 30 minutes, so we patiently waited for the power to return.
We read the latest issue of Sports Illustrated multiple times. We
played Yahtzee 3 times. We ate. We got pissed. We called our gas
company. We got no help. We waited until 10:00 pm...a total waste
of about 5 hours, before deciding to just unplug the computer and
relocate it to Terry's crib in order to get some much needed work
done.
Well, we set up shop at Terry's at about 11:00 pm, and went to work.
Around 4ish in the morning, we decided to call it a day. You know,
we DID still have classes today, so figured we should at least get
a couple hours of rest. Now it's 1:15 pm, and I'm back on the horse,
doing the little shit work that accompanies site design. I have
a little less than 5 hours to be completely done, and I think it
will happen. As I've heard from unimportant sources, no one likes
a whiner, so I'm gonna save the drama for my mama, and move on to
other matters.
Wattenberg now TO return for opening
day
Hell yeah! After a couple weeks of teasing me with "maybe/maybe
not" statements regarding his possible arrival for opening day,
Clint has confirmed that he will be here and will be ready to play.
He did this in the time-honored tradition of sending me a plane
reservation e-mail, proving that he indeed had a seat on a flight
headed for NorCal. Seth and I should obviously benefit from Clint's
presense, unless of course Clint reverts back to 1998 form. Yes,
for all the ladies, Eric is being forced to attend all three games,
even though he can't play, so rest easy knowing there may soon be
new pictures of "that retarded guy who wore the helmet on last year's
site." It's doubtful that he'll be wearing a helmet however. He's
learned his lesson.
Playoff news
Calm down, games don't begin until March 24th.
News and Rumors
--This isn't news, but help it become news! We need your input!
What is the best part of the site? What section of this page are
you most impressed by, look forward to visiting again, is most humorous,
etc? Hey, if you think something sucks, let us know as well! We're
looking for quality, intelligence-bearing critiques here, so help
us out and examine us.
--This fantasy thing we're trying out
is something that we hope will cause a stir, and we hope it will
help people enjoy our league a bit better. Let it be known that
NO players in the league are permitted to participate in the festivities.
I wish I could be totally trustworthy in the fact that our players
wouldn't "throw" games or innings, or flub grounders in order to
help their little fantasy team score a few more points, but I'm
sad to say I can't. Some people are just a little too competitive
and sometimes it worries me. So if you join the fantasy league,
be assured that no players of this league are in it with you.
--On the topic of gambling, maybe someday
this league will set up a betting line, where you could post bets
on games, players reaching certain statistical marks, etc. Like,
there'd be 6-5 odds that Scott Carmichael's going to lead the league
in homeruns, and 350-1 odds that all rookies will finish the season.
Something to ponder.
--Well, with our crack team of writers,
I'm finding it hard to find topics to speak of that have not already
been said. Like my witty line in the first section of this report
says, I should stop talking when I start talking too much. Damn
my head hurts.
--Later, enjoy the site...please.
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