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Tips From A Hooker is BACK for 2008!!!

Southpaw (Wade Alberty) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:55:52 GMT

Hey folks,
I have revived my "Tips From A Hooker" fantasy golf column. You can find it at http://tipsfromahooker.blogspot.com/ and SOON at http://TipsFromAHooker.com

Looking forward to the 2008 season!
See you there!

Not that he frequents this site anymore...

uconnhusky — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:01:42 GMT

Happy birthday to the TMR.

Tips From a Hooker is up!!!!

Southpaw (Wade Alberty) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:36:28 GMT

Just an FYI, the final "Tips From a Hooker" Column for the season is posted in the golf section of the forums!

Best of luck in this final week!

Wade "Southpaw" Alberty (AKA The Hooker)

Message Board future

Smosher — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:51:33 GMT

Has there been any type of announcement on here about where these boards are going once the consolidation of the sites is complete?

TMR and ESPN

wb1960@verizon.net — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:01:23 GMT

I already had a subscription to espn insider. So what happens to me for being a TMR subscriber. Also, I dont have a roto pass subscription so how do I access that site for the boards??

How to move our subscriptions to ESPN?

pbisaillon@peoplepc.com — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:19:09 GMT

Can we move our subscriptions from TMR web site to ESPN? If so how? please post on here since my email is not updated on this web site.

Sorry

C-Dub — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:03:57 GMT

Folks,

Sorry I missed last night's chat. I had an accident and my modem was out of commission last night, everything is working today. Provided nothing goes wrong today I shall be in the chat room tonight. Again, sorry but I had no way to access the internet last night.

Congratulations Ian

C-Dub — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:46:41 GMT

Congratulations Ian on 10,000+ excellent message board posts.And more importantly, the 5,000 posts where I just got to agree with you and look smart.

did anyone notice?

ian — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:03:40 GMT

with all the advice he doles out around here somebody should've gotten him a present. i however, didn't do that.

anybody in Colorado that can go buy the guy a beer or something?

What happen to the Daily TRUM?

pbisaillon@peoplepc.com — Sat, 19 May 2007 00:27:55 GMT

It seems to me that the site is slacking a bit after the ESPN annoucement. The daily TRUM is weekly now and the 3 daily baseball articles is down to 2 maybe even one a day. Whats the deal ? ?? ?

ESPN and TMR announcement

tmr — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:34:37 GMT

For Immediate Release
February 12, 2007

FREE FANTASY BASEBALL BEGINS AT ESPN.COM
ESPN TO ACQUIRE AWARD-WINNING SITE TALENTED MR. ROTO, CREATOR MATTHEW BERRY JOINS AS SR. DIRECTOR OF FANTASY GAMES
USA Softball Star Jennie Finch Joins ESPN as Fantasy Sports Personality

As Fantasy Baseball fans prepare to report to their own spring training, ESPN.com is swinging into the season with a brand new ESPN Fantasy Baseball – which is now completely free for the first time. ESPN also announced today a deal to acquire the fantasy sports site Talented Mr. Roto and the hiring of its creator, Matthew Berry, as senior director of fantasy games. In addition, former Olympic Gold Medalist and avid fantasy sports player Jennie Finch has joined ESPN.com as a fantasy sports columnist and analyst.

"We expect the launch of free ESPN Fantasy Baseball to build on the enormous fantasy sports success we’ve seen over the past three years," said John Kosner, senior vice president and general manager, ESPN New Media. "The addition of Matthew, Jennie and the Talented Mr. Roto team to an already industry-leading editorial team of Eric Karabell, Scott Engel and Tristan Cockcroft allows us to solidify our role as the leading fantasy content destination and enhance our service to some of the most dedicated and knowledgeable sports fans around – fantasy players."

According to the Fall 2006 SRI Knowledge Networks ESPN All Day, Every Day study, fantasy sports participants consume 19 hours and 47 minutes of ESPN media each week, and Fantasy sports users spend 352 percent more time on ESPN.com than the typical adult.

FREE ESPN FANTASY BASEBALL

In 2007, ESPN Fantasy Baseball presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods will be entirely free to play for the first time in ESPN’s 12 seasons offering fantasy baseball. The new game launches on the heels of a second-consecutive banner year for ESPN Fantasy Football – which doubled the number of teams and leagues playing in 2006 (compared to 2005).

The new ESPN Fantasy Baseball will deliver fans a host of new features, and will continue to deliver industry-leading fantasy football content. Among the new features of ESPN Fantasy Baseball, are (all features are free in ESPN Fantasy Baseball):

Live Scoring – players will get ESPN Fantasy Baseball live scoring for free;
Customizable Rules and Scoring – league managers have complete control over the rules and scoring for their leagues, including rotisserie, head-to-head, and points-based;
Multiple Draft Options – teams and leagues can draft in multiple ways, including:
- Private live online draft – at a designated time;
- Live Draft Lobby online draft – the popular draft lobby returns for teams and leagues that want to "drop-in" and draft on the fly, or join an open public league;
- Automated online draft – via ESPN’s improved list-ranker draft tool;
- Offline draft – get together with friends, draft and upload the results to ESPN.com;
Mock Draft Lobby – the new mock draft lobby lets players drop in at any time to run through a mock draft -- for fun, to practice for their real draft and see who and how other ESPN players are drafting.
Embedded Player Information Cards – players will be able to get all the information on each of their players – from ESPN, Scouts Inc., Talented Mr. Roto and more – right from their roster;

Additionally, ESPN.com will offer a comprehensive Online Draft Kit that includes complete rankings, cheat sheets and draft strategies, sleepers, busts, breakthrough players, salary deals, top rookies and more. The draft kit is available for an additional $9.95 at ESPN.com.

ESPN ACQUIRES TALENTED MR. ROTO, SIGNS FINCH

ESPN has acquired the award-winning fantasy sports site Talented Mr. Roto and has hired the site’s creator, Berry, as senior director of fantasy games, fantasy sports writer and on-air analyst.

Launched by Berry in March 2004 as an online fan group, Talented Mr. Roto quickly and organically became known as an online community with quality, timely fantasy news and analysis from top writers and analysts covering all sports. Developing as a place for "Personality Driven Fantasy Analysis," the site has earned 51 Fantasy Sports Writers Award (FSWA) nominations (winning 12), and four Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) award nominations (including Best Site). With the acquisition, Talented Mr. Roto subscribers will automatically receive a subscription to ESPN.com’s award-winning premium content service, ESPN Insider.

Berry, a four time FSWA award-winner and the 2006 FSWA Fantasy Basketball Writer of the Year, will lead product and editorial development for ESPN.com, serve as a lead writer and on-air personality and will seek to expand upon integration of fantasy sports across all of ESPN’s media assets. He takes the position looking to build upon ESPN.com’s reputation for industry-leading fantasy sports editorial, featuring the last two FSWA Fantasy Football Writers of the Year – Scott Engel (2006-2007) and Eric Karabell (2005-2006) – as well as FSWA award-winner Tristan Cockcroft, award-wining contributor Will Carroll, and the team of experts at ESPN Scouts Inc. In a recent survey more than 40 percent of fantasy players said ESPN has the most useful fantasy content, double our nearest competitor.*

With the acquisition, Talented Mr. Roto’s network of more than 50 fantasy sports columnists, reporters, scouts and stringers will contribute to ESPN.com – including FSWA-nominated editor Pete Becker and two-time FSWA award-winner Christopher Harris – joining Berry, Karabell, Engel, Cockcroft and Carroll to offer the deepest pool of expert content online.

Also joining ESPN.com’s fantasy sports team this baseball season is Finch, who will write a weekly column, host a weekly chat, provide analysis for online video and podcasts and appear on select ESPN television and radio programs. She holds the NCAA softball record for consecutive wins (60), helped The University of Arizona (where her number, 27, was retired this year) to a NCAA Women’s College World Series title, and was a member of the gold medal-winning 2004 USA Olympic team. Finch first worked for ESPN as a television analyst for the 2004 NCAA Women’s College World Series.

* November 2006 TNS/ESPN Sports Poll

Announcing a Baby Addict

The Roto Addict — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:30:43 GMT

Hey all,

It is my supreme delight to announce the birth of a Baby Addict.

Makayla May Daube was born today -- St. Patrick's Day -- at 11:29 AM EDT. She weighed in @ 8 pounds and 10 ounces while measuring 22 inches tall.

If all goes according to plan she will be accepting a Division I Volleyball Scholarship in the year 2024 and then make the Olympics in 2028. :D

Email address showing as your user ID??

Dave Hunter — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:25:11 GMT

Anyone that would like their board user name changed may email me at dalecega@talentedmrroto.com. This message goes out mainly to anyone that has their email address showing as their board user ID. It's an easy fix, so email if you want it changed.

C-Dub

lloydy — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:48:29 GMT

Dub is the pulse of these boards IMO - a major reason for the success here, and a major reason people keep coming back for advice. The dude is about to hit 25,000 posts. Seriously - think about that for a minute. I feel like I post my ass off and I'm not even at 5,000 yet. TWENTY FIVE FREAKING THOUSAND POSTS.

That's a lot of dedication (or insanity), and I think we all owe the man a huge "atta Dub". Personally, I want to thank him for all the great advice - here on the message boards and also with the articles he's written/writes. I feel like we need to take him out for drinks or something but that would involve a lot of airfare.

Thanks Dub

FantasyGuru's Scott Pianowski to host Celebrity Chat

C-Dub — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:30:41 GMT

Join us tonight at 10 eastern, 9 central, 8 mountain, 7 pacific as Scott Pianowski of FantasyGuru hosts our celebrity chat.

INTRODUCING (2) NEW DESIGNATED POSTERS!

Dave Hunter — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:49:17 GMT

Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to introduce BSTONE and SPROLESFORHEISMAN as TalentedMrRoto.com's newest Designated Posters!

They both have done a fantastic job with their posts, so congratulations Guys! Keep up the great work!

Disappearing Premium Football Forum?

Javert35 — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:34:14 GMT

Hi,

Even though I'm a member and am fully logged into my account, several of the Premium Forums have disappeared from the Message Board site when I log on, including the Premium Football Forum. Is this a temporary maintenance issue of some sort, or is there another problem I should be aware of?

(this suddenly started happening for me today in both IE and FF)

Thanks!

George del Prado of FantasyAuctioneer Host the Thursday August 24th Chat

C-Dub — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:03:24 GMT

Join us in the www.talentedmrroto.com chat room this Thursday at 10 Eastern, 9 Central, 8 Mountain, 7 Pacific as George del Prado of www.fantasyauctioneer.com is our celbrity guest host. There is no better person to help you prepare for your fantasy football auction than Goerge, so come join us thursday night in the chat room.

Multiple deals offered

Osbo — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:08:55 GMT

Here's the e-mail I got from someone trailing the league badly, as I fight for a league championship::

Definitely up for a deal. I think that you are now in a point where you can punt in saves – you can only lose 1 more point and it is questionable if Pete will even catch you considering he only has Wagner. Also, you can gain 2-3 points in HR fairly easy. As you can tell, I am going for three categories – average, SB, & Saves. Here are my thoughts/options (hopefully not overload):

Lester for Borowski
Lester, Fielder for Borowski, Turnbow, and Phillips
Sexson for Phillips and Turnbow
Sexson, Lester for Borowski and Phillips
Fielder and Maddux for Borowski and Phillips

My lineup is below. Should I do anything?

C: Mauer with Napoli on the bench

1B/3B/CI: Jacobs/Wright/Huff

2B/SS/MI: Phillips/Peralta/Hall with Upton and Lopez on bench

OF: Beltran/Edmonds/Holliday/Ethier/Berkman, with Winn on the bench

DH: Big Hurt

P: Liriano, Kazmir, Carpenter, Orlando Hernandez, King Felix, Borowski, Eaton, Scott Young, and Clemens, with Turnbow on the bench.

O.K., maybe I'm an idiot but....

lloydy — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:41:09 GMT

This site is obviously head-and-shoulders above the old one, but one of the few things that I had found annoying was how quickly posts got sent to a 2nd page (than before). I just found out - and I'm probably just being I Am Sam slow - that you can set the #of posts per page under your user settings. Figured I'd mention it in case I'm not the only one who's late to the party...

Todd Zola Hosts Thursday's Chat

C-Dub — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:27:33 GMT

Our celebrity chat host tonight is Todd Zola of www.mastersball.com. Ask Todd your fantasy baseball questions in our chat room tonight at 10 Eastern, 9 Central, 8 Mountain, 7 Pacific.

no premium baseball forum?

dundeeslugger — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:44:33 GMT

Is there anyone that can tell me why I don't see the premium baseball forum board?

Viewing Post While Replying

C-Dub — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 07:19:07 GMT

Right below the post options -- with all the smiley faces etc -- there is a bar that says see the last 10 posts. Expand that and you will be able to see the last 10 posts at bottom of the screen.

Virus on baseball page???

njseaprman@yahoo.com — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 06:52:13 GMT

While trying to transfer or copy topics from the baseball forum for distribution to my own league, two disturbing things have happened.
Yesterday I got a note from Yahoo saying my account was suspended for content.
Today, when trying to print out the file, I got a notice there was a virus in it and I had to close up.
This is the topic "Trade Change...Even Less Vetoable.."

Any assistance would be appreciate...Other league memembers are insisting they NEVER saw this. although sent teice yesterday.

Virus on baseball page???

njseaprman@yahoo.com — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 06:47:44 GMT

While trying to transfer or copy topics from the baseball forum for distribution to my own league, two disturbing things have happened.
Yesterda

Please Stand By

C-Dub — Thu, 18 May 2006 07:14:14 GMT

We are experiencing technical difficulties, please stand by. Guys, there are a few bugs with the new forums. They are being worked on, please be patient.

New to the site - how often should I watch it

EMP — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:50:19 GMT

I'm new to the site and wondering how to make the best use of it for fantasy football. I imagine I'll have to wait for a while before football is the focus. When should I start checking it more frequently?

Back

forbesjl7623 — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:18:08 GMT

Hey guys I'm back from military temporary duty and man I missed a lot in the sports world. Baseball's almost a lost cause for me, guess I'll study up on the NFL trades and get ready for the upcoming season.

Great to be back

-John

LOVE the new site.... however....

jakeaaronmiller@gmail.com — Fri, 19 May 2006 19:57:25 GMT

With all those free articles on the home page, my league guys can read what I'm paying to read. I'm sure it's temporary and I'm a purist, but how long will that last? The Weathers owner in my league (is an idiot and) he picked up Coffey the day after "Relief Efforts" should have been free :cool:

Please Include Actual Trade in Messgae Bord Posts

C-Dub — Wed, 24 May 2006 14:48:41 GMT

I have noticed this a couple of times. Once someone clicks on a message, they can no loger see the description that was placed in the description field. Please include any trade to be avaluated in the body of your posts so we can see what trade you are talking about.

(2) more DP's on board!

Dave Hunter — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:24:58 GMT

I want to announce Rjblakel as a new DP! Congrats,Jason!And...Timothe is rejoining the DP ranks again. After a long hiatus, Tim is back! Great job fellas and keep up the good work!Dave__________________________________________________Contact me at:dalecega@talentedmrroto.com As Manager of the TalentedMrRoto.com Message Boards, I'm here to help. Also, make sure you check out the MLB Daily Notes before setting your lineup!

this new site

wb1960@verizon.net — Thu, 18 May 2006 12:55:28 GMT

This new format is very aggravating. I can get as many as 10 error messages in a row before I can get into a topic or post anything.Hope this gets cleared up quickly

Update

C-Dub — Thu, 18 May 2006 08:45:00 GMT

Guys and Gals,

I just got the following e-mail from Darryl one of the fine poeple resposible for the new site:

"Hey -

I'm the guy working on the forum data. You can
let people know that by noon pacific time all the
remaining data will be transferred, including post
count and new topics."

RE: (2) more DP's on board!

rjblakel — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:30:11 GMT

Thanks guys, its an honour.

RE: (2) more DP's on board!

ian — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:56:49 GMT

congrats guys. welcome aboard.Ian

RE: (2) more DP's on board!

C-Dub — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:59:14 GMT

Welcome aboard!Need to reach me try C-Dub@Talentedmrroto.com.

RE: (2) more DP's on board!

Logman — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:23:04 GMT

i love DP!!Esche is Freshhttp://www.myspace.com/riversiderock

RE: (2) more DP's on board!

lloydy — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:24:17 GMT

congrats Rjblakel - well deserved! tim - welcome back!

Congrats, Pystos!!

Dave Hunter — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:19:31 GMT

Great job on reaching the 5,000 mark, Ian! A job well done, my friend. And here's to 5,000 more...(Beer bottle raised in your honor!)Dave__________________________________________________Contact me at:dalecega@talentedmrroto.com As Manager of the TalentedMrRoto.com Message Boards, I'm here to help. Also, make sure you check out the MLB Daily Notes before setting your lineup!

RE: Congrats, Pystos!!

ian — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:50:58 GMT

wow. to be honest i hadnt noticed, is that bad or good?well thx for the good thoughts. i believe in community and enjoy this block pretty well.Ian