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    • Tbone's 2010 active roster contest...
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  • Nov-5
  • tbone456

In the same spirit as last year's, it's Tbone's official contest for the '10 roster. Whoever comes closest to picking the correct 25 man roster wins supreme bragging rights for all of '10, and the right for me to automatically side with you on any forum dispute, provided it's baseball related (no political threads). Here are the rules:

1. Submissions must be in this format:
Rotation:
(insert five starters, order does not matter)
Bullpen:
(insert 7-8 relievers, roles [CL, Setup man, ect.] do not matter)
Lineup:
(insert the 8 starters, order does not matter)
Bench
(insert 4-5 bench players)

2. Points will be awarded as follows:
- 10 points for each correct starting pitcher
- 8 points for each correct starter in the lineup
- 5 points for each correct reliever
- 5 points for each bench player
- 3 points for a predicted starter that pitches in the bullpen, or vice-versa
- 3 points for a predicted bench player that starts, or vice-versa

3. Submissions must be received no later than November 19th.

4. Tiebreakers will be decided on who submitted the highest-scoring prediction first.

Good luck!

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  • Nov-5
  • thomasj13
who won last year?
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  • Nov-5
  • dave meads

"the right for me to automatically side with you on any forum dispute, provided it's baseball related"

Or not?

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  • Nov-5
  • tbone456
Semperstros. The amazing thing is that the winning roster only had 25 men on it...
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  • Nov-6
  • royosfan
Can we ask Ed Wade for help on this one?
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  • Nov-6
  • tbone456
Pfft, nobody asked Wade for help last year!
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  • Nov-6
  • Saint
I'd play, but, since I've already won that prize via the Garland Contest, I'll pass for now.
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  • Nov-6
  • royosfan
Well they weren't smart enough to think of that! I should win for creativity.
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  • Nov-7
  • Ashitaka

*submits first entry while everyone else is jabbering*

Rotation:
Roy Oswalt
Wandy Rodriguez
Brian Moehler
Bud Norris
Felipe Paulino

Bullpen:
Jose Valverde
LaTroy Hawkins
Chris Sampson
Samuel Gervacio
Alberto Arias
Jeff Fulchino
Tim Byrdak

Lineup:
C - J.R. Towles
1B - Lance Berkman
2B - Kazuo Matsui
3B - Chris Johnson
SS - Tommy Manzella
LF - Carlos Lee
CF - Michael Bourn
RF - Hunter Pence

Bench
Geoff Blum
Jeff Keppinger
Jason Michaels
Reggie Abercrombie
Humberto Quintero

Man I hope I don't win this thing......

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  • Nov-7
  • royosfan
Ha ha. Me too! But if you do, Letterman will call us Dairy Queen again.

Edited Nov-7   by  royosfan
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  • Nov-7
  • astrosfan911a
That lineup sent chills down my spine, not the good ones.
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  • Nov-7
  • Ashitaka

Yeah, any lineup in which a rookie of Johnson's caliber would be hitting 6th is...wow...yeah I just kind of thought about it for real for the first time...

...I need to go sob in the corner of my room for a while......

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  • Nov-7
  • Saint

Rotation:
Roy Oswalt
Wandy Rodriguez
Brett Myers
Brian Moehler
Bud Norris

Bullpen:
LaTroy Hawkins
Chris Sampson
Samuel Gervacio
Alberto Arias
Jeff Fulchino
Tim Byrdak
Felipe Paulino

Lineup:
C - J.R. Towles
1B - Lance Berkman
2B - Kazuo Matsui
3B - Miguel Tejada
SS - Tommy Manzella
LF - Carlos Lee
CF - Michael Bourn
RF - Hunter Pence

Bench
Geoff Blum
Jeff Keppinger
Jason Michaels
FA Outfielder On The Decline
Humberto Quintero

I don't know about the rest of the 40-man roster, but CJ Lo, Chris Johnson, Maysonet, and Castro will all see playing time at the MLB level this year.

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  • Nov-7
  • Marshall

Rotation:

Wandy Rodriguez
Roy Oswalt
Wesley Wright
Brian Moehler
Bud Norris

Bullpen:

Chris Sampson
Samuel Gervacio
Alberto Arias
Jeff Fulchino
Tim Byrdak
Felipe Paulino
Yorman Bazardo

Lineup:
C - Humberto Quintero
1B - Lance Berkman
2B - Kazuo Matsui
3B - Geoff Blum
SS - Tommy Manzella
LF - Carlos Lee
CF - Michael Bourn
RF - Hunter Pence

Bench

J.R. Towles
Jeff Keppinger
Jason Michaels
Reggie Abercrombie
Darin Erstad

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  • Nov-7
  • Saint
I hope you lose badly, because that all looks down right horrible.
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  • Nov-7
  • Marshall
So you see why I'm not optimistic that we'll be even as good as we were last season then.
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  • Nov-7
  • tbone456

I'm going to give it a go this year:

Rotation:
Wandy
Oswalt
Paulino
Norris
Moehler

Bullpen:
Hawkins
Arias
Gervacio
Wright
Byrdak
Fulchino
Lopez

Lineup:
Bourn
Tejada
Berkman
Lee
Pence
Matsui
Manzella
Towles

Bench:
Blum
Keppinger
Bourgeois
Michaels
Quintero

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  • Nov-7
  • thomasj13

Rotation:
Roy Oswalt
Wandy Rodriguez
Brett Myers
Brian Moehler
Bud Norris

Bullpen:
LaTroy Hawkins
Chris Sampson
Samuel Gervacio
Alberto Arias
Jeff Fulchino
Tim Byrdak
Wesley Wright

Lineup:
C - J.R. Towles
1B - Lance Berkman
2B - Kazuo Matsui
3B - Adrian Beltre
SS - Tommy Manzella
LF - Carlos Lee
CF - Michael Bourn
RF - Hunter Pence

Bench
Geoff Blum
Jeff Keppinger
Jason Michaels
Bourgeois
Humberto Quintero

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  • Nov-8
  • Bortaz

Rotation:

Wandy Rodriguez
Roy Oswalt
Wesley Wright
Brian Moehler
Bud Norris

Bullpen:

Chris Sampson
Samuel Gervacio
Alberto Arias
Jeff Fulchino
Tim Byrdak
Felipe Paulino
LaTroy Hawkins

Lineup:
C - Humberto Quintero
1B - Lance Berkman
2B - Kazuo Matsui
3B - Chris Johnson
SS - Tommy Manzella
LF - Carlos Lee
CF - Michael Bourn
RF - Hunter Pence

Bench

J.R. Towles
Jeff Keppinger
Jason Michaels
Reggie Abercrombie
Geoff Blum

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  • Nov-8
  • Go BGO

* indicates players currently playing for other organizations.

Rotation:

Roy Oswalt
Wandy Rodriguez
Bud Norris
Brian Moehler
Jarrod Washburn(*) or Chan Ho Park(*)

Bullpen:

LaTroy Hawkins
Chris Sampson
Samuel Gervacio
Alberto Arias
Jeff Fulchino
Tim Byrdak
Wesley Wright (as long man)

Lineup:
C - J.R. Towles
1B - Lance Berkman
2B - Kazuo Matsui
3B - Geoff Blum
SS - Tommy Manzella
LF - Carlos Lee
CF - Michael Bourn
RF - Hunter Pence

Bench:
Humberto Quintero

Robb Quinlan(*)
Jeff Keppinger

Jason Michaels
Brian Bogusevic

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