DA PAUL MEISTERS reserve K Robinson, activate J Hammonds.

April 15

PICTS reserve A Petitte, activate J Schmidt.

April 17

COPPERFIELDS reserve A Gonzalez, activate N Perez.

DEM REBELS reserve M Koplove, activate S Mitre.

LAMBCHOPS reserve W Alvarez, activate K Merker.

LAMBCHOPS call V Nunez (.05) from the Free Agent Pool, reserve him, waive R Bottalico.

DOORMATTS reserve R Ventura, activate S Taguchi.

DA PAUL MEISTERS reserve B Myers, activate JW Seo.

DA PAUL MEISTERS call A Cora (.10) from the Free Agent Pool, reserve M Grudzielanek, release B Trammell.

STONES reserve R Durham, activate D Easley.

SLUDGE call F Beltran (.06) from the Free Agent Pool, reserve waive C Daigle.

SLUDGE call J Kennedy (.05) from the Free Agent Pool, reserve him, waive O Saenz.

PICTS claim M McBride own waivers, waive G Atkins.

PICTS call B Cooper (.05) from the Free Agent Pool, reserve him, waive E Gonzalez.

SPLENDID SPLINTERS call CF Chen (.05) from the Free Agent Pool, reserve C Floyd, waive G Geary.

RESERVOIR DOGS reserve H Nomo, activate D Oliver.

RESERVOIR DOGS reserve D Davis, activate B Duckworth.

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

Catching up on something I should have covered last week, thanks to everyone for making the 2004 CFCL Draft so speedily successful. Once more, special thanks to Rich for arranging the splendid accommodations for us, and also for manning the bidding spreadsheet that allowed us to communicate with Ruffin Headquarters in Greensboro.

Speaking of the spreadsheet, it also tracks the name, team, salary, and auction time of every player acquired. Using this data, I'm able to present the following Draft Day Statistics:

Overall, the auction was 16 minutes shorter than last year's Draft. Considering the seemingly brisk pace, that may not seem like a lot. But remember this – we auctioned off 140 players in 2003. This year, we sold 162 players – nearly a full CFCL roster's worth. Last year, we didn't have a single full round that was shorter than our longest rounds this year.

The full record for this years draft can be viewed at: http://www.geocities.com/cfclhist5/2004/04draftrecord.html

Finally, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention our two new owners. Kenn and Teddy both seemed to step right in as if they were long-time owners. Which is good, because I realized later that we completely forgot to do any kind of introductions at the beginning of the Draft. It didn’t seem to matter, though, as they seemed to have no trouble fitting in. Still, a belated welcome to Kenn and Teddy!

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 4/16:  No new records set this week.