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What sorority are you in? Awkward.

I couldn't watch. Did he get a nice standing ovation? How's about DeRosa? I hate not having them on the team.

Miles looks like a player someone would create on a video game as a joke.

Why did I click on this thread while I'm hungry? My brain is worthless.

The topic is over-reacting with the whole left handed hitter thing.

I would be pissed if we traded Greg Maddux for Blanco, or were paying Blanco millions of dollars. As it is, I'm not pissed, just a little disappointed we don't have a better option.

What are you talking about? If it weren't for his trick shots, the series would already be over. That should be all they do at practice.

and a non-torn labrum too. And a manager that knows how to handle him. I can't believe this Prior is a [expletive] stuff is still continuing as he comes back too injured to pitch every season. I can't believe he suckered you too. His plan was obviously to have one good season and then pretend to be injured for the rest of his career and collect like 500 large per season for doing NOTHING. Beats the heck out of making 20-25 million per season (and millions more in endorsements) doing what you've trained your whole life to do.

I don't really see a downside here. It's nothing to get too excited about, but what the hell was Gathright going to do for us?

Haha. We're at .500 at the end of april with Ramirez, Bradley, Marmol, and Lee all in the process of coming back from injuries. I'm not sure any other team in the division will be able to stay at .500 the rest of the year. I don't think now is the time to panic. Lee was pathetic before the injury so I'm not ready to see what he can do after he's healthy. I wonder if anyone would be stupid enough to give us something decent in a trade/if Lee would accept a trade. I'd rather have Hoffpauir out there.

Haha. We're at .500 at the end of april with Ramirez, Bradley, Marmol, and Lee all in the process of coming back from injuries. I'm not sure any other team in the division will be able to stay at .500 the rest of the year. I don't think now is the time to panic.

They did have Swisher to move into that spot.

completely washed up: "Lee, Bradley, Fuku" couldn't hit: "Fontenot, Soto, and the bench" Terrible signings that pitched terribly "the entire bullpen and Ryan Dempster" Which team are u a scout for? (If by some insane twist of fate, you aren't being paid big bucks by a pro team as a scout, then sorry for the silly question.)

Totally unnecessary. You better hope he doesn't read this.

Does someone really need to explain the difference between baseball players playing with injuries and football players playing with injuries? Just think about it for a few minutes.

No.

I can't believe people are comparing these videos to game threads. After a crappy game it's natural to want to bitch about it. After a crappy game it's not natural to want to set up your webcam and record yourself bitching about it for the world to see....and then repeat this process over and over.

Why isn't Disney marketing these kids yet? The best part of any of the videos is the mom whistling in the background and talking about dishes.

Let's compare it to Christmas. How would you feel about Christmas if your dog died at the end of every Christmas? Again...I'm still excited. I think I'll be back to full excitement mode once they win a few games.

Same here. I'm not sure if it's just the heartbreak of the past two years or if there are other factors. Agree. I'm really underwhelmed with excitement for tomorrow. I mean, sure it'll be nice to watch Cubs baseball again (maybe), but I can hardly say I'm excited. What a bunch of sucks. It's baseball, for God's sake. Stop embarassing yourselves. I didn't say I wasn't excited, just not as excited as I've been the past several years. I think a lot of it is that I just haven't had as much time to follow spring training and such this year.

Same here. I'm not sure if it's just the heartbreak of the past two years or if there are other factors.

I don't know anything about trading tickets and stuff, but I've sat in the non-alcohol section before because those tickets are usually a really good deal (especially if you're not planning on spending $50 on beer). It's just a few rows away from the Bartman seat, they aren't bad but it is basically like sitting in the first few rows of the bleachers only you have a back to your seat.

Yes, you see that alot in fantasy where a guy might be very valuable in the "real world" but not in fantasy. Oh another thing to keep in my mind is how UNvaluable outfielders are. I didn't draft any outfielders until like the 10th round or so. It is my opinion that unless you come across some uber-stud outfielder like Carlos Beltran was a few years ago, then you would be wise not to take an OF high. The reasoning being that outfielders are dime a dozen in that the difference between an elite outfielder and a regular outfielder is slight. For example, look at last year's stats. There were 23 outfielders with 25 or more HR (the most being Dunn with 40) and 25 outfielders with 85+ RBI. First base is similar as well in that there are plenty of guys who can get you 25 HR, 85 RBI, and score 85 runs. Thus, unless a truly elite player at one of those positions falls in your lap in the first round or so, it is wiser (at least in my opinion) to take a stud SP or middle infielder high in the draft. Yeah, that's one thing I did a good job with because that's something I'd do if I was building a real team. I was pretty happy with my early picks of Utley, McCann, and Stephen Drew. But another thing that didn't even really cross my mind during the draft was steals. I think Utley is my top steal guy. But hopefully with the way I drafted, my HR, RBI, R/K, ERA, WHIP will make up for losing the steals and saves every time.

Thanks for the tips. This fantasy stuff is just going to take some getting used to. I never would have imagined a scenario where someone like Brian Wilson would be more valuable than David Price.

This year is the first time I've done fantasy baseball and I'm not really sure what the hell I'm doing. After the draft I realized I drafted more towards the players I would want on a real team more so than who will be better this year in a fantasy format. So I have a few questions if anyone would want to take a shot at them. 1. What's a good ratio of SP/RP? Is it better to do like a real draft and pick the overall better pitcher, or is there a certain ration that is good to have? 2. Similar question. Because of the drafting method I mentioned, I picked up David Price towards the end. I guess a lot of this question is based on actual knowledge of the Rays situation, but do you think it would be better to hold onto a potential steal like Price, or to pick up someone like Kevin Gregg to take his place? 3. Let's say I have a lot of good strikeout SP, would it be better to have an awesome set up man (holds are not counted) or an average closer?