La Ruina

I decided to needle drop Fantasyland today, just for the goof. Here are the pages I stumbled upon (pages 184-185 for reference):
Lawr Michaels once told me a story about the first time he played Rotisserie baseball, long before his Tout Wars title year. He was riding in the car with his second wife, Ava, […]

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I’m drafting my 2008 fantasy baseball team with half of La Ruina and we’re all about to die.

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Considering my status as preseason favorite, I was feeling some serious pressure leading up to the draft to give my excellent keepers the company they deserve. For the most part, I felt okay about my draft. I had one major, major, inexplicable screwup that I hope does not end up costing me a chance to compete for a title. […]

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4.) Beltran - Obviously there were smarter choices. Carlos Lee, Aramis, etc… But, I was compelled to take the guy with the poodles. And so what he has no knees. The “Mets” factor was too much to ignore and it’ll be more fun for me to watch him all year than […]

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I thought it was fitting to give you the logic behind the death of Ron Paul as we celebrate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
4. Brian Roberts (45) – I was just saying that I don’t want this guy on my team days before the draft and yet here he is because I am not convinced […]

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Eric Bedard (4): Did the draft already start?  I’m hungry. Bleak needs to go meet the pizza guy out front.  Wait, my turn…I contemplated an offensive keeper for months leading up to the draft, particularly due to the fact that the “contracts” run out on all three of my keepers at the end of this […]

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Reyes, Fielder and Martin. The biggest positive is I can trade Fielder to Crimmings for anything I want.
4. (42) Adrian Gonzalez — I was so excited to pick Alex Rios with my first pick.  It was going to be as brilliant as my Prince Fielder pick from the year before. Oh crap, I didn’t want […]

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The draft was a blur, but here goes:
Round 4 (44): Travis Hafner. I really had no idea what was going to fall to me at this spot, so I was prepared for anything. I think Hafner’s down year last year was a fluke, and he’s still hitting right in the middle of one […]

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Curtis Granderson (4):  I was hoping to get Rios here till I heard Tony say he was taking him with his first pick (and I thought I was reaching for him). Still I was more than thrilled Grandy got to me.  What’s not to like here, 5 tool player with tons of upside.  (projection: 25  80 .280  25  115)
Derek Jeter […]

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Since the show I work on right now is in “best of” mode, and I’m literally just sitting here watching the NCAA tournament, I might as well follow John’s lead and give you my thoughts on this trainwreck of a draft.
1. (48) Brian McCann: I love Brian McCann. I can’t believe he slipped all the […]

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I’ll take Kenny’s bait. I excluded my keepers (Ichiro, Cano, D. Lee) since I’ve already explained why I kept them and I numbered my picks according to how I drafted with the pick number in parenthesis.
1) Aramis Ramirez 3B (38): Could have taken Carlos Lee, but I figured it was harder to make […]

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