I'm A Slave To The Fantasy Addiction

Sounds kinky, no? Actually it is Yahoo baseball fantasy. We got a league together when I was still at the Mary Davis Home, so by now it must be close to 10 years old. Some of the charter members have drifted away (Brian McGrath, Lance Brooks, Randy Storm, and others), but there still some of us who started with it still drafting and making our lineups. Other charter owners still in it besides myself are Gullywhacker, Wilhelm, and the Crazy Asian. My team has been named the Metros after the Mets. We have won the regular season race the past couple of years. This years team looks like this:

1B - Berkman
2B - Utley
3B - Wright
SS - Reyes
OF - Burrell
OF - Crisp
OF - Holliday
C - Ianetta
Utility - Howard

SP - J. Santana
SP - F. Hernandez
SP - Lowe
SP- Lester
SP- Blackburn
SP- Snell
SP-Jimenez

RP-Lindstrom
RP- Zeigler
RP-Ray
RP-Lyon

It is not uncommon to have some 50 or so roster moves throughout the season, through injury, trade or waivers.
It is a fun, diversionary pastime during the summer and I enjoy the competition, the camaraderie, and the kicking of ass.

And, no, I don't have any Cubs or Cardinals on my team. Had once, but don't anymore. Nothing personal, if they had good players then I'd want them.

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