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Fantasy Baseball News and Notes

I've decided to make good use of this blog to talk about my Fantasy Baseball league. Ten of us are in it, and I'm currently in last place - but battling daily with "Oil Can Rocket" (Alex Rivard) for that honour. My nickname in the league started as Borat...was changed to Officer Brinkman...but is now Shithead. It was stay as Shithead until I creep out of the basement for over a week...and even then I may stick with the name.

Anyway, here's my baseball notes...(I know most of you don't care, but then again...do you care about anything I write?).

Randy Johnson Past His Prime? After throwing 92 pitches and two key wild pitches in less than four innings and getting soundly booed against Boston Tuesday, Randy Johnson said he couldn't remember the last time he pitched a good game. Shithead thinks it's time for Johnson to admit he doesn't have it anymore (Owner - "Luch7" - Dave Lucenti).

Chris Shelton - Booming start for the young Tiger. Early home runs had him as one of the top players in the league for the first month. Times have changed. Shelton has gone 5/30 in his last ten games with only one RBI and no home runs. Owner Marc Lucenti (Kirbypuckett34) should have listened and traded him while he was hot.

Hideki Matsui - A player that even Shithead coveted. I was trying to find a way to pry him away from KirbyPuckett34 without looking too obvious I wanted him on my team. Good thing I didn't get him. Matsui broke his wrist and will most likely be out for the season.

Richie Sexson - You dirty piece of garbage! Ranked 39th in the whole league prior to opening day, he's now ranked 549th. Shithead put him on waivers and picked up Tori Hunter, who had a slow start, but is hitting over .500 in his last ten games. Guaranteed Sexson was on the juice...but now feeling the effects of no enhanced power.

Barry Bonds - Garbage. Apparently he's having trouble walking out of the dugout his knees are so bad. GoCanada (Jay Botello) owns him. The former MVP and accused steroid taker will probably never be the same as his Hall of Fame years past.

Jason Bay - Picked in the first round, the Canadian only has 14 RBIs this season. His average is a paltry .252 and he's hitting 6th in the lineup. bad news for the Guru (Matty Lambert).

Nick Swisher - Shithead believes this kid will be top 5 in American League MVP voting this year. Oil Can Rocket's got a player on his hands here.

Jonathon Papelbon - great start to the season by the Red Sox rookie. Closing games with ease for much of the first month, the Blue Jays finally got to him last week. Most experts say he's the real deal - but that was also said about Shelton. It'll be interesting to see whether or not Kirbypuckett34 moves Papelbon with Eric Gagne coming back off the DL soon. Papelbon's value is high but will he make the same mistake that he did with Shelton? Hot streak players may make you look good for a month, but won't win you the pool in the long run. Just too many games in baseball for lucky streaks to count enough.

to be continued...

posted by The Vitamin's Blog @ 9:58 a.m.