The RIMA Plan
By Ron Shandler
April 2nd, 2004 1:00am
After six years of LIMA, most anyone can tell what you're doing within the first hour of the draft. Not so much with the RIMA Plan. RIMA is not easily recognizable from a scan of someone's roster, which is one of its hidden benefits. When I grabbed an $18 Esteban Loaiza early on in Tout Wars -- not a typical low-cost LIMA pitcher -- and then added a $15 Joel Pineiro, it was clear that something was different.
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