@Chase: Quentin and Dunn, no question.

@Baron Von Vulturewins: Not sure there’s truly anyone one of us loves and the other hates. I’m not a huge Zimmerman fan right now b/c of the bad wrist and 3B is so deep.

@Andy: Duchscherer isn’t looking bad right now. Ålways had a good arm when he pitched middle relief. I don’t care as much that he pitches in the AL…it’s just he pitches for one of the worst teams in the league. I’d keep him on the radar for a 12-team mixed league but he doesnt make the 10-team cut.

@BSA: He’s better than Figueroa and I picked him up earlier today in an NL-Only league. I think he’s a lock to stick with the Mets and he was actually better than Bush who stuck with the Brewers.

@Chase: Arod

You kill me with your random rants. I about lost it when I read the Milton Bradley comment!
Do you think C. Pena needs to stop watching Ryan Howard swing videos??? that dude is killing me with his KO’s! Anywho, keep up random but classic comments!!!

@Chase: You shouldn’t sell Dunn short.

Members of this generation are facing higher costs for higher education than previous generations.[9] [10]

Damn, I was hoping for something more, umm, risque, sexy, or funny? Sorry for hijacking a fantasy baseball thread, but I find this stuff fascinating. However, maybe the traits of the newer gens are/should/will leak their way into the fantasy baseball realm. Fantasy Baseball 2.0, anyone?

As the late comic Mitch Hedberg said, “I did not learn my AA, BB, CCs.”

I’ll check out the Klosterman book, though I doubt it’s something stocked in the educational section of the Des Moines library. Sounds like a Hunter S. disciple to me.

@Ethan: Pena isn’t fat, but he was on my bust list for this year. He’s a .249 career average guy. Last season was the outlier.

Konerko is not fat either. But he is struggling. Last year he hit 31/.259, as he gets older those may be his numbers. Konerko and Nathan for Fielder is solid. Rudy and I are also big believers in Tex.

@Ben: Honestly, when I see Zimmerman with an ADP of 82 and 100% owned, I don’t think he’s rated correctly. Rudy even likes him, which I can’t figure out.

re: Petco pitchers — good point.

@p0rk burn: You are so first basemen rich that I would consider moving Gonzo for Lidge and Betancourt. Or Betancourt and Wainwright. If Betancourt loses the closer role (which I’m not sure is going to happen) and then you can get holds. Or Saito and Betancourt.

@Chris: I wouldn’t invest too heavily in Soriano because of the leg issues, yeah.

@peter: Actually I knew that Braun was Jewish and I know Zimmerman has a Jewish surname but no one knows if he is Jewish, so it wasn’t coincidental.

Didn’t know about the Greenberg house, that’s interesting and a good bit of useless info for another post, thanks.

Why the hell would Bill James rate Braun so high? http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=3410&position=OF

I think that the CUBS are underrated on this blog. You’ve got more anti-Cubs bias on this site than Fox News.

whew.

Also, according to wikipedia (aka where Rudy and I are getting our GEDs), Ryan Braun’s grandfather lives in the former house of none other than (Jewish) HOFer Hank Greenberg. Awesome.

Or do we still shy away from him with the leg issues?

Grey/Rudy: Question about my league that I don’t currently suck in (see Acosta votes for democracy, comment #20). I see myself as being rich in 1st basemen and have been wanting to unload one for a while now. One of the leaguemates declared he needed a first baseman so I’m tempted to make a trade.

h2h 10×10 league including holds and complete games.

My team (in its lineup for today):
c – G. Soto
1 – Adrian Gonzalez (drafted him something like #120, dont know why he was still available there)
2 – D. Uggla (yes, I know, but I have a rule for myself that I have to have him on my teams)
3 – Garret Atkins
ss – Yunel Escobar
of – Alex Rios
of – Carlos Lee
of – Alfonso Soriano
util – Ian Kinsler
Carlos Guillen
Teixeira
Mclouth
Longoria
Hawpe

Pitchers:
Tim Hudson
Harang
Shields
Billingsley
Sabathia
Joe Nathan
Isringhausen (delusional for hoping he gets things together?)
Huston Street
Heath Bell

His team:
Doumit
Conor Jackson
Chase Utley
Larry “Chipper” Jones
E. Aybar
Magglio
Holliday
Carlos Quentin
Matt Kemp
Carlos Pena
Ryan Church
Melvin Mora
Stephen Drew
Tulo

Carmona
Bedard
Saito
Franklin
Kerry Wood
Rafael Betancourt
Brad Lidge
Wainwright
Peavy
Dempster

Any deals worth offering? Parenthetically, this time without the parentheses, I apologize for the long, formatted posts but 3 years of law school will ruin you as a normal writer. Thanks again for the advice, insight, and most importantly the laughs.

Also, I tend to think of San Diego’s pitching as being overrated because of Petco. They’re only good when they’re at home; everywhere else, they’re average.

What do you think of Matt Garza? I’m thinking about dropping Richie Sexson for him in my 12 team deepish mixed league. Other intruiging guys on the WW are Scott Downs, Health Bell, Aaron Laffey, Shawn Hill, and Andrew Miller (I still belive in his K’s and ground balls).