RUFFINS reserve J Reyes, activate R Gutierrez from the Reserve List.

RUFFINS reserve F Sanchez, activate J Castro from the Reserve List.

RUFFINS reserve C Carpenter, activate D Miceli from the Reserve List.

SLUDGE reserve M Prior, activate C Daigle from the Reserve List.

SLUDGE reserve C Tsao, activate J Christiansen from the Reserve List.

PICTS reserve T Armas, actiate C Vargas from the Reserve List.

DEM REBELS reserve S Eyre, activate B Meadows from the Reserve List.

LAMBCHOPS reserve G Miller, activate D Hermansen from the Reserve List

BY KENNEN reserve N Johnson, activate C Ross from the Reserve List.

COPPERFIELDS reserve J Rivera, activate R Cedeno from the Reserve List.

DA PAUL MEISTERS reserve Jae Seo, activate H Ramirez from the Reserve List.

STONES call M Bradley (.45) from the Free Agent Pool, reserve K Garcia, waive K Hill.

STONES call D Burba (.05) from the Free Agent Pool, reserve him, waive B Hawksworth.

DOORMATTS reserve G Roberts, activate K Gryboski from the Reserve List.

DEM REBELS reserve B Larson, activate M Kinney from the Reserve List.

PICTS call P Norton (.05) from the Free Agent Pool, reserve J Schmidt, waive M Parra.

PICTS call M Johnston (.05) from the Free Agent pool, reserve P Shuey, waive T Pratt.

BY KENNEN reserve C Ross, activate M Lamb from the Reserve List.

RESERVOIR DOGS call M Wuertz (.05) from the Free Agent Pool, reserve him, waive M McBride.

RESERVOIR DOGS reserve S Hitchcock, activate D Davis from the Reserve List.

RESERVOIR DOGS reserve D Oliver, activate J Lopez from the Reserve List.

SPLINTERS reserve L Walker, activate J Bay from the Reserve List.

DA PAUL MEISTERS reserve J Hammonds, activate R Makowiack from the Reserve List.

This is a reminder that I'll post the results of the weekly free agent bidding in the CFCL Forum as soon as I can after the transaction deadline each week. Since I don't usually get the report posted until late Friday night or Saturday morning, this will eliminate some of the suspense I'm sure everybody endures wondering whether their bid for that key free agent was successful. Feel free to post replies to the FAAB results and vent if you were outbid.

Also, you'll notice in the detailed listing of bids above there's a name following each team. That is the player that the team would have waived had their bid been successful. I realized that in some sense these players could be seen as potential trade targets (since their teams were willing to cut them loose), so it's only fair for me to make that information public.

There was great concern expressed about my health by some owners at the Draft, and by others in e-mails after the Draft. To put those concerns to rest, be assured that (as far as I know) all is well health-wise. Yes, I have lost a ton of weight (well, not a ton literally, more like 135-140 lbs), but it was intentional and not the result of a ravaging illness of some sort. I appreciate the concerns, and wasn't at all offended by the questions – more flattered than anything.

In 2005, the teams that finished in 5^th-12^th place in 2004 will receive a budget of up to .06 to use toward reacquiring players who had played out their option with the team (B-contract players). The exact amount each team receives will be based on how far behind the 5^th place team they are at the end of the year, in terms of a percentage of the 5^th place team's point total.

Based on the standings through last Thursday, here are the teams that would receive Topper Budgets for use in the 2005 Draft and the amount each team would receive:

Record Book

Week Ending 4/9:  No new records set this week.