We're back on the day suite today, with a respectable slate of six games on tap besides weather shenanigans. Before we get to the schedule, though, I have a several of items to go over.
It's Fantasy Baseball Week here at the Concern, and I'll spend a little time breaking down the available so far, in particular the Ted Williams Frozen First place league that all us HoG farmers participate in. In the on I've given Banky a gentle ribbing in this play over some of his management decisions, and that's made him very, very angry. So Bank gets a out of date and I'll instead focus on fellow staffer Cecil. His Fort Meast Blood Badgers are, thus far, the Ted's finest gang. In fact, he's playing yours truly this week, and I'll enrapture you with updates--because there's absolutely nothing more thrilling than hearing about hot stuff else's fantasy team. I'll also analyze the basement-dwellers, who've assembled two of the worst clubs I've ever seen.
If you missed the HBO idiosyncratic Bob Costas hosted last night, you should shot at to catch the re-air in the next week or two (I had no luck digging up a YouTube clasp). Utterly jaw-dropping. I have to get into it later in the day, because it touches on so many nerves--sports, blogs, talk wireless, ESPN, angry old dick journalists, the finish of newspapers, privileged athletes, favoured sportswriters, Big Daddy Drew, dudes in their moms' basements typing in their underwear. Prevention tuned, and enjoy the day games after the surge...
Chicago White Sox @ Minnesota, 11:10 Mountain These two AL Medial rivals renew unpleasantries under the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome today. Take in Blackburn starts for the home crew, while the visitors turn to Nick Masset for a stigma start, the second of his career. It's hot Go on Nick action. But it's not Nick at Nite, because it's Baseball In The...
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