2012 Hardy House draft

Yesterday (Saturday April 14), all but one member of the Hardy House fantasy baseball league met in Louisville to conduct the annual player auction. Guys flew or drove in from Chicago, Cincinnati, Lexington, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Washington D.C., though four team owners reside in Louisville.

That photo is courtesy of Rich Puszczewicz, who is obviously not pictured. You can see his brother Jim third from right in front of the brick wall.

Jim took this photo, which includes a photo of Rich sitting to my left:

Friday night, most of us attended the home opener for the Louisville Bats and watched the team win 4-2. Saturday, Ohioan Mike Toguchi purchased Columbus Clipper Lonnie Chisenhall (we can buy anyone on a 40 man roster).

Unfortunately, Kevin Hamrick was at a debate-related event in Las Vegas and was unable to attend -- but he managed to have a good auction on the phone.

I'll post the annual piece about my team soon.

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