A new blog and some fake baseball

Daddy Will Do It

This one's not going to be for everybody. It's a new blog I just started, and it is only going to be about my kid (soon to be kids!) and about me trying to be healthy. That's it. Don't click the link lightly. There will be sadness, sappiness, and pain there. But I hope there will be some good moments too. I've considered blogging about one or the other for a while now, so combining those two seems like a good idea. Feel free to check it out. If it's not your bag, I completely understand. No hard feelings. This blog will still be here, with way too much babbling about movies, TV, and sports.

Like my fake baseball teams, for example.

We're at the All Star break, which is a perfect time to assess things, and to pull a muscle giving myself a pat on the back for how awesome I am. I'm in one money roto league this year, the one with the first year auction draft, and I'm in first place at the break. This is great, because there was a cash bonus for this accomplishment. It's also nice because I'm in great shape to win this league and the big prize at the end of the season. I intentionally loaded up on offense and amassed a huge lead in steals, so last month I traded speedy Rays outfielder Carl Crawford for shaggy Giants ace Tim Lincecum. This move has worked out in a crazy good way. In the six starts since I acquired him, Lincecum has gone 5-0 with ungodly peripherals: a 1.29 ERA and a 0.80 WHIP, along with 54 Ks in 48.2 innings.

I was actually in first place at the time of the trade, with 102 points. A lot of owners would be satisified with this and simply stand pat, but I knew that my abundance of steals and my ability to move up in so many pitching categories made this trade a great one for me. I've moved up 2, 3, 4, and 2 spots in wins, Ks, ERA, and WHIP, to 113.5 total, good for a healthy five point lead.

I'm going to run away with this league.

My other fake baseball team is the mighty Chatham Bluefish squad of the computer-based SWBA Diamond Mind league. This is the simulation that uses actual statistics to play games. My Fighting 'Fish are the two time defending league champs and right now we are running away with our division, playing .700 ball and already looking ahead to October with visions of an unprecedented three-peat.

And that's not even all the good news. Since the computer uses all real-life stats, the game is always one season behind. That means my potential three-peaters are doing it with 2008's numbers. So how am I shaping up for next year? I have Albert Pujols having one of the greatest offensive seasons in the history of the game. My 2B, SS, LF, and DH all made the All Star team, as did a couple of my pitchers. The 2010 Chatham offense is going to be all-time good, and I'll have enough pitching to be in the mix to win another championship. And this is before even drafting anyone next year, where I always manage to work a little magic.

In other words, yes...I'm a big, huge dork. Enjoy the All Star game tonight.