Saturday, March 31, 2007

I’m SO Excited - The Fantasy Baseball Draft Is Today!

The draft is today and I’m a dolt.  I’m the commissioner and I made the draft on the last day possible (if we want to start our league at the same time as MLB), but I forgot that we had hockey tickets.  Normally, that would be fine because most hockey games are at 7p, but this is celebrity/has-been game and it’s at 1:30p, before the Wranglers game.  The draft is at 3p.  Oh well, I’m pre-ranking, so that should be fine.  I’m excited that we have a phone with internet access now, so I’ll be able to at least check in on the draft before we come home.  I don’t think the Windows Mobile browser is capable of using the draft program, but you can be sure I’m gonna see if it is.  Although, in general, the baseball draft isn’t nearly as important as the football draft.  Your football season could be decided on two key players, your QB and your RB.  In baseball, you need a more well-rounded team.  I’m actually pre-ranking heavily toward the Dodgers, even though I know that won’t get me the best possible team, but I like having players to watch and I plan on watching as many Dodger games this season as I can.  Plus, I’m looking to get two players from last season who are both cute and good - Joe Mauer and Derek Jeter.  Apparently Joe isn’t having a great pre-season, but I think he’s just saving up his good stuff until he’s on the LV Marauders.  I’ve already been through three name changes.  I can’t decide which team name I want etched on the virtual first place trophy.

But, before I get into baseball, there’s still hockey.  Ugh, it’s Maple Leafs nail biting time again.  Will they or won’t they make the playoffs?  You can be sure that in either case, they’ll make it as hard as possible on their fans.  I have to admit, they’ve been fun to watch this season when they’ve been healthy.  I like lots of the youngsters, and that oldster, Darcy Tucker.  I’ve kind of missed Tie Domi this season, but with the publicity over the past six months, I’ve discovered that my beloved first favorite hockey player may very possibly be a jerk.  And, I know for a fact that both he and his wife are ingrates.  I discover that someone has been impersonating both of them for more than six years, and it’s probably someone close to them, and do I get a thank you? No sirree, bob.  I didn’t expect a million dollar reward (it would’ve been nice though), but a brief “thanks” would’ve been nice.  I guess they were too busy trying to damage each other.  Anyway, my point was about the Leafs.  At the beginning of the season, I missed him, but I’ve enjoyed watching Kyle Wellwood, Carlo Colaiacovo, John Pohl, Ian White, Alexei Ponikarovsky, et al., play the game.  I think their prescence bodes well for a good Leafs future.  I still wish they could’ve gotten Sidney Crosby though.  They just were quite bad enough last season.

update - damn, I didn’t expect to be proven right immediately.  This is from this morning’s news:  “Former Leafs’ tough guy Tie Domi was “like a beast” as he screamed obscenities at his 11-year-old son Max’s peewee hockey coach at a North York arena last night. ”

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