Feel free to make any offers if you're interested.
Note: Bryan, Larry, and I would be interested in going as a package deal - we've played together over 20 years...
Keith
C-League Manager Messages
January 28, 2013, 9:54 a.m.
Keith -
The Radars are also very hungry for players. We would take your package deal and/or any others.
Jeff (Plaut)
January 28, 2013, 9:55 a.m. If this happens, I propose the team name "Graydars". sorry.
(Richard Chen)
January 28, 2013, 9:57 a.m. Richard,
Thanks! That made my day - er, week!
Keith
January 28, 2013, 9:58 a.m. All of these emails reminds me of the goat in Jurassic Park.
Charlie (Kaczinski)
January 28, 2013, 10:07 a.m. Ah, thanks for taking that well, Keith.
I hope it works out for you guys. It'd be great to have you on Homers except that adding three would make sufficient playing time an even
bigger problem.
Would you like me to add some or all of the Goats listed below to the C League page as free agents? It seems like you guys have plenty of
opportunities already.
Richard
January 28, 2013, 10:08 a.m. Hi Goats,
The Eccentrics would be happy to have any of you join our team.
Cris Windoffer
January 28, 2013, 10:19 a.m. As would the crawdads! We promise not to eat you jurassic park style.
Mike Gangl
January 28, 2013, 1:04 p.m. Hi Keith,
Sorry to hear of the Goat Scouts' demise. The Turkeys have always enjoyed playing against the Goats, and we'd be happy to have some of you
as teammates — as we did the last time the Goats folded (temporarily) in 1999, when Bryan, Miki, and Paula joined us for one year. Nowadays,
however, our attendance has been pretty healthy, so it probably makes more sense for you to join some of the teams that are more desperate for
players.
Not only do the Goat Scouts have more than 20 years of history in C League, you've also maintained one of the better team websites. It
would be a shame to lose that team history just because you'll no longer be in the league. For defunct teams with a long history of
participation such as yours, I'd like to archive their websites -- to be accessed from the history.jplsoftball.org page because the links from
the active cleague.jplsoftball org will disappear after the team drops out.
If you agree with this plan, there's nothing you need to do. I'll take care of establishing a new link from the history page to the existing
goatscouts.jplsoftball.org subdomain to replace the link on C League's page that will go away. However, you might give some thought as to how
you'd like the Goat Scouts' website to appear as a permanent historical archive, rather than just a snapshot of the active website taken at the
end of your final season. For example, you could replace your current home page with an overview page that briefly describes your 20+ year
history in the league, and link all of the individual seasons from there. I'm not suggesting anything complicated, or anything that needs to
be done soon. You'll continue to have ftp access to goatscouts.jplsoftball.org until you tell me that you've done your final update.
-Sam (Dolinar)
January 28, 2013, 1:14 p.m. Sam, thanks for keeping us in mind.
Keith
January 28, 2013, 1:32 p.m. Keith,
And I like the idea that the Goats might be able to come back next year. Your team already holds the award for "most impressive Lazarus act in
C League history" — in the league for 10+ years, then died off for a year, but then resurrected for another 10+ years. Now I can look forward
to the Goats possibly pulling off this feat twice :-)
-Sam
February 7, 2013, 9:03 a.m. Goats,
Dave "Too Tall, Too Fast, Handsome as a Goat" Herman asked me to forward this to the team - or the remnants therein:
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Hello Now-Scattered Goat Herd,
I wanted to let you all know that I will be taking a six-month leave of absence from JPL beginning on February 11, 2013.
It has been a pleasure and an honor to play (and work) with you all.
May the Goats one day rise again!
Dave
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May that we have a team to welcome him back to!
Keith
June 5, 2013, 9:02 a.m.
Message from Goat Scouts Managers Dave Herman and Keith Martin
Goat Stats, playing on another team
The image shows how the wayward Goats are faring after seven games this season. The power numbers are down this year, but as Bryan noted, we are missing several motivational factors.
Lloyd, as you can see, Wonder Boy is still in good hands. Your recruit Daria is doing well. Without the Dark Side influence of The Cheeze, she is bound to be a solid player. We hope your rehab assignment to Cucamonga is strengthening the old knees so we can see you again next season.
Keith
June 5, 2013, 11:26 a.m. Great to see the old guys are still rocking the ball. I notice there were no HRs. Ability to run all four bases in one stretch is getting
too much for you these days?
Knee is not any better most days. The final tearing of the ACL makes the joint unstable in causes lots of pain with extension, so I am
afraid the old spikes are hung up for good. Dr. said no more running or twisting sports or else a knee replacement will be in order shortly.
This limits me to golf and riding an exercise bike, but it’s better than surgery right now.
Keep up the good work and make all the old retired Goats proud (or at least as proud as any of us can get).
Lloyd
June 5, 2013, 11:42 a.m. Lloyd,
Isn't golf a "twisting" sport, or are you only partaking of the "miniature" kind?
Keith
June 5, 2013, 12:11 p.m. Yes, but much more controlled and slower. I play the full size kind.
Lloyd
September 9, 2013, 10:53 a.m.
Final Goat Stats, playing on another team
The image above are the final (unofficial) stats for this year. We laughed, we cried, we kissed $20 goodbye. At least the EE's approached .500, at 7-8-1.
Bryan is already scheming how to reanimate the Goat Zombies for next year. I wonder if that means he wants to manage again...
Keith