As some of you already know, wink0094 hadn't been answering sitemails for the last couple weeks, making validating team entries difficult. I had hoped he was just on a camping trip with no internet or something, and then when I saw a sitemail notification from him yesterday I was quite relieved he was back.
But it turned out the sitemail was from his wife, telling me that he had died unexpectedly on April 25th at the age of 41. Absolutely horrible, I've been in a daze ever since and I can't imagine what she and his family are going through.
I only knew him through sitemails and league forum discussions, but he always seemed like a great guy, helped out a lot last year with the standings page and volunteered right away this year to be one of the commissioners. He was also very good at Sim Baseball, so good that his last team started play in NebHusker's Eight Is Enough league four days before his death and currently has the best record in the league at 39-19!
I asked his wife about any charitable donations we could make in his name, and she said we could donate to the American Heart Assocation in his name (David J. WInkelman). I would encourage anyone who can spare some money to do so.
Out of respect for the situation and due to the logistical difficulties this creates, the start of the WIS Championship will be postponed for at least a week. Please bear with me as I try to handle this. I understand what will need to be done (finding new commissioners for his six leagues, filing a ticket with admin to switch commissionership and remove wink's teams) but it will take me a bit of time. Thanks everyone for your patience.