PEDs, HBDPA make for wild conclusion to off-season

(AP) CINCINNATI, OH - Major news breaking with wide-reaching impacts.

That was the feeling when the news broke that WIS-HBD will be taking its lead from Major League Baseball in a new, stronger, unified stance on performance-enhancing drugs. The reprecussions will surely be felt with this news coming on the eve of the first season in Moneyball.

With dozens of aging stars suddenly exceeding the numbers they put up in their prime, there was little outcry from owners, but a small rumbling finally gained enough steam to catch the eyes and ears of the WIS-HBD offices.

However, the one-year contracts that typically caused aging vets to consider various performance-enhancing drugs have also recently been publicly chastized by the player's union, and the players themselves are increasingly turning down the short-term security to test the FA market.

How these major changes to the landscape for 30-something players will affect GM decisions remains unclear, but with the cutthroat rules of Moneyball should provide us with a good idea of how the prevailing winds will start to blow.

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Word has just leaked that the owners elected to the Vetran Committee for the band new Moneyball World are TheJester74, pb15 and ck1909 in the American League, while over in the National League threester, jgoblue152 and brickyard9 get the nod.

It has also recently been whispered that csherwood has been named the league's first ever Commissioner.

There are a lot of championships on the table here, and a lot of experience in running other leagues, so hopefully everyone will be able to put their respective egos aside, and concentrate on getting down to business.

VETERANS COMMITTEE ELECTIONS UNDERWAY!

G.M.s Converge on the Music City!

By Dick O'Toole/ MBL.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- December brings that special time of the year where the owners and GMs of the newly created Moneyball Baseball League will take over the lobby and conference rooms of the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. But before the trade rumors start brewing, important business must be voted on in the 1st few days. First on the agenda is the election of both the N.L. & A.L. Veteran committees in addition to the official announcement of a 1st time Commissioner of this upstart league. The heavy favorites to be elected include highly respected NL owners Threester (Oklahoma City), CSherwood (Las Vegas) & Hatt11 (Detroit) and AL owners theJester74 (Cincinatti) & ck1909 (Salt Lake City). Rumor has it that after elections are held, several owners will head to the first of many watering holes, the WildHorse Saloon. This should be a very interesting winter.

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