Cuz it's time for fantasy baseball!
O baby am I ready for the fantasy baseball season! We got past stars, future studs, slumbering sleepers, whiney sweepers, and closers by committee. Cannot wait. I'm planning on doing a huge baseball-centered blog in anticipation of the season.
However, the baseball season technically started monday/tuesday in tokyo w/ boston vs. oakland, and yes, those were real games. It seems, though, that any time that happens in the MLB ( the out-of-this-time-zone games in Japan) that the games split. At least the cubs and mets did a few years ago, and boston and oakland did this year.
A few notes: I wouldn't buy too much into Rich Harden's awesome performance in game 2, and i'm assuming most of you who own him sat him against the red sox, so I'd start him the next game, but I wouldn't draft him TOO HIGH if you're still drafting, cuz this is what happened last year: Great start.....injury. Be careful. If he does this again next week I'm almost start sellin high immediately.
Manny Ramirez- been burned by this guy a bit the last few seasons wouldn't trust him.
Dustin Pedroia- Not too fond of him. Would take kelly johnson over him.
Athletics lineup - not looking too hot. Do you really want to pick up Emil Brown? Is Kurt Suzuki the best hitter on that roster?
Okajima vulture win already. That's why you pick up neshek, betancourt, broxton- They keep those peripherals down and pick up those odd wins + saves. Can't hurt your team.
Josh Beckett- injury problems already? Not serious, but i cringe whenever i hear pitchers miss time at the beginning of the season cuz of possible lingering effects.
Alright so basketball- haven't updated in a WHILE.
Jerry Stackhouse biggest beneficiary of Dirk injury, as predicted. Close to 20 points a night now and probably the primary offensive weapon, no longer a spot-up 3-point shooter, he drives to rim, dunks on people, it's enlightening. It's what he was supposed to be coming out of college.
Antawn Jamison, former Mav, thriving on the Wiz. Really a breakout season this year, really impressed with this guy keeping Washington in the playoff hunt--- they even leapfrogged toronto.
T.J. Ford is clearly the better option now than jose calderon. It's reminiscent of last year's time share. If only one of them was like 5 inches taller and played power forward. Urg. Bad time if you're a caldern owner that this happened, DURING the fantasy playoffs.
D-12 might have run out of gas, or is out of breath, or something. His #'s just aren't as beastly as when he was dominating kids in the middle of the affair.
Just read Harlan Coben "Gone for Good." I regard Coben's books as more of airport novels, not exactly literary classics, but this man knows how to come up with a plot. Probably one of his best, Gone for Good. Niiiiiiice.
Will we look back on 2007-2008 as peja's renaissance season? Probably not, but his 3.0 three's are a career high ( tied).
If you want to look at correction to career averages and why you should draft based on talent, look at jason richardson. Man is tearing it up this year after being relegated to like the 3rd or 4th option on GS last year. Points are back to normal, stls back to normal, shoots better FT%, sinks more 3's, and is "The Man" of his team again.
If you want to look at a young player breaking out, case #1 is chris paul. Been dissected already. Case #1a): Deron Williams. 10.4 assists, 19.5 pts. Wow. Really blossomed as pretty much the MVP of that team, and don't tell me it's carlos boozer. Booz is soft on D and doesn't run that offense. Williams gets that show on the road and feeds it to booz who would look like a lost puppy without a good PG feeding it to him.
Marcus Camby still hasn't had a serious injury yet. Guess I underestimated him. Him and B-diddy, toughed out the whole season ( almost). Both still have to lead their teams into the playoffs. Well, they're the only reasons those respective teams are even still in the playoff picture. 3.7 blks for the camb-man? That team's defense would be worse the way carmelo and AI don't play any if not for camby protecting the rim.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
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