Fantasy Baseball

We are just around the corner from being treated to photo ops of Pedro Martinez smiling in a spandex shirt and orange shorts tossing the ball around. The excitement is palpable and everyone is getting their panties wet over the thought of baseball being played rather than rumors of deals involving Lastings Milledge and Jose Vidro. In lieu of the lack of news, rather than dedicate another meaningless post that crapola, we'll get down to some business. The first (and possibly the last) The Metropolitans sponsored fantasy league is here. The man known as Benny has expressed desire to run a league and be the commissioner. So far we have Ken (got your email off your site), Benny (have your email), John (please send yours), Kyle (please send yours), Jake (got your email), Scott (send me yours), Mike in Spain (have yours), Webb (you are playing), and myself. If you are interested, please email me, but just keep this in mind. We are playing for second place since as Benny pointed out, Chuck Norris has already won.

If you agree to play and back out, there will be consequences.

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I guess weathermen are not the only people who can get rewarded for doing a horrendous job.

Despite four consecutive losing seasons as a tandem, Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd and manager Clint Hurdle on Monday had their contracts extended for one year, through the 2007 season. -- Denver Post

The Nats are looking to make an offer to the offer-less Sammy Sosa. In reality, the move is not a bad one. I would not expect big numbers from Sammy, but 20+ homers is not out of the question and for the little money it should cost them, everyone might end up being happy.

Yusmeiro Petit and Justin Huber crack the top fifty prospect list of Dayn Perry.

Jose Valentin had a big game for the Puerto Rican team in the Caribbean World Series.

A 12-year Major League veteran who will play this season for the New York Mets, Valentin was the offensive force for Puerto Rico with four hits, including a game-tying homer in the eighth.