baseball pool bitch....

It's official! Three weeks into the major league baseball season and my team is toast. My chances of repeating as champion of our yearly baseball pool is remote at best. Drafting third this year, I seriously thought that I put together quite a powerhouse team. It just so happens that every single one of my offensive players is playing like a jabroanie and is off to a less than mediocre start. Thank goodness for my pitching staff or I would undoubtedly be lingering at the bottom. As it stands, I'm only fourth last. Yay for me. My draft went as follows:

1 - Mark Texeira (Tex/1B)
2 - Manny Ramirez (Bos/OF)
3 - Chone Figgins (Ana/2B)
4 - Aramis Ramirez (Cubs/3B)
5 - Josh Beckett (Bos/SP)
6 - Ichiro Suzuki (Sea/OF)
7 - Ryan Howard (Phi/DH)
8 - Bartolo Colon (Ana/SP)
9 - Josh Willingham (Fla/C)
10 - Curt Schilling (Bos/SP)
11 - BJ Ryan (Tor/RP)
12 - Matt Clement (Bos/SP)
13 - Juan Pierre (Cubs/OF)
14 - Nomar Garciaparra (LAD/SS)

Right now, Garciaparra is back off the DL and actually hit a salami last night. However, Colon just went on the DL, so I picked up Tom Glavine. Of course, Mets' manager Willie Randolph had a brain cramp and continually walked Barry Bonds last night and sure enough, Moises Alou made the Mets pay for these decisions. Why the hell wouldn't Randolph just let Glavine pitch to Bonds? It's not like Bonds was tearing up the league. Glavine's been doing great and the lefty vs. lefty matchup favoured the pitcher. Dammit. Instead, Glavine got lit up like a Christmas tree by the right-handed hitting Alou. Dumb, dumb, dumb! And why I have NO Indians on my team is beyond me. I can't even cheer for my favourite team. Yup, it's sure 'gonna be a longgggggggg summer! Ugh.