PARTY! Draft set for March 8th

All,

Great news: Saturday, March 8th is a go ... for both AL divisions.

Start time: 9am ET (8am CT).

Which division goes first?: Kyle says he'll take the early slot, so we'll start with the AL West draft. Brian, that means the AL East draft should start at approximately 11:30am ET (10:30am CT).

Division reminders: East is the AL East + Cleveland + Detroit. The AL West is the West + Chicago + Minnesota + Kansas City.

Scheduling: Unless there are objections, we'll move to all 3-game series within the division and 4-game split series outside the division. This will eliminate all divisional split series, and also allow for speedier series -- on lunch breaks or late at night. The downside, it will add more series to the overall ledger, which will mean more aggressive scheduling is required.

GANZA: How about Saturday, April 12th? My wife is out of town that weekend. Let's do an early-season Ganza to commemorate the real Opening Day.

Order of selection: As a reminder, the numbers below are for owners to choose their drafting position. So, Paul has the first choice of where he wants to pick in the East (then will have the last ballpark selection in the East). In the West, Scott has the first option of where to pick.

Technically, you both are now "on the clock" ... however, the clock won't be enforced until next Wednesday. Let's try to get everything wrapped up by Thursday night. Here it is:

AL East
1-Paul, 2-Biv, 3-Brian, 4-Greg, 5-Chad, 6-Scott
(reverse order for park; Scott, you are on the clock for East park)

AL West
1-Scott, 2-Chad, 3-Greg, 4-Kyle, 5-Biv, 6-Paul
(reverse order of park; Paul, who does not have cards, is on the clock for West park)

Any questions?