Catherine Trammell - Contributing Reporter
Q: Tell us about dakar. What is he like? What does he do in his spare time when not obsessing over your rosters?
A: He is a guy who likes to pretend that he is middle-aged, when in actuality, he is retiring in a few months yet acts like a juvenile, Sort of averages out. Currently engaged in several home improvement projects that should have been made long ago in order to downsize and get the hell out of the town we live in. Also just joined a fantasy football league after a several year hiatus.Q: Rumor has it that the Commissioner strong armed into joining our league because he beat you in one playoff game. Not a series, but a game. Is this true? Or is the Commissioner just talking crap like normal?
A: TRUE! Not only that , but I hear he has a contract out on the star pitcher of the team I am facing in the Series so that he can say he was the only team to beat me.
Q: You have a great pedigree with your 18 World Series championships, but what is your favorite part about building a franchise? Do you try to make a lot of trades? Would you rather build through the draft or IFA? Or just buy a team like Steinbrenner used to do?
A: Favorite part is definitely building through the draft and IFA, I like that even better than the winning with them in all honesty. Probably a little below average on making trades. Too hard to find other owners who appropriately value the turd....er.....superstars I am offering them.
Q: Of your current roster, who do you like most? Promise they will never read these articles? What about prospects? Who are you looking forward to the ML team in the next couple of seasons?
A: No one that I am in love with, but Allan Wright at C is a good combination of defense and power hitting, In the minors, reliever Carl Jackson is the best of a sorry bunch.
Q: What are your goals for the upcoming season? Are you looking to push for the playoffs? Or do you expect to rebuild for a couple of seasons?
A: Hold down salary, and make the best of what I hope will be a lot of draft picks and pick off an IFA or two. I try not to ever fall below 100 losses in the ML level during a rebuild.
Q: Since you've only been in the league for a few days, this may be tough to answer but what has been your favorite aspect(s) of Cobbfather so far?
A: Looks like a good collection of owners (and topoftheworl, too). A lot of familiar faces....well, not faces of course, but you know what I mean,
Q: What advice would you give a new owner in Cobbfather? Besides making sure to ignore most conversations with the Commissioner?
A: The same as most every vet would give: if you are not sure how something works, ASK!
Q: Any final thoughts going into the Season?
Just interested to see if my team will be at all competitive. I actually feel kind of good about it, despite holding down salary to play for the future.