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It's still pretty early for me to think about FF, since I'm still embroiled in a fantasy baseball war. I usually start really looking into things around the beginning of training camp. The fantasy mags are starting to come out for this year, so I'll probably be picking one or two up over the next few weeks or so. Oh, and I also think 12 teams is perfect for a league. Having 20 is overkill, and there's a greater chance of people quitting when they aren't doing well. With 8-12, everyone gets good talent and at least can stay in the game.

Hey wait, Chauncey Billups was MVP? And remembering Rick Pitino's tenure as Celtics Coach/GM gets THAT MUCH MORE aggrivating.

Jesus, you're trying too hard, kid. Sane, rational discussion of the Finals still goes in the proper thread. EDIT: Opened briefly so I can laugh at Kotz.

I really liked how they're just going balls to the wall right away with this season. Bryce owns you and watches you from the balcony while doing it, the frog gift had me in stiches. Tim seems even more gullible than Matt was, but it seems like Ingrid has watched her share of reality shows. After seeing the trailer for next week, it seems like they are going to use Ingrid's sharpness to launch a feud with the Bitch character. And British Ralph may own you even more than Bryce. The falcon is just icing on the cake.

Good to see that Red is still king of the mountain of NBA coaches, and Phil is on the ledge below still looking up. If I was a Laker fan, I'd be embarassed with my team right now. Just like Yankees fans were after the Marlins beat them. Congrats to the Pistons. Don't burn the city down now.

Man, to give me ANOTHER reason to hate off-days, all the talk on the radio yesterday was about Curt Schilling revealing that he's getting work on his ankle in a private chat and the news getting out despite Curt telling everyone in the chat to keep it to themselves. I mean, trusting people on the internet to keep a secret? How naive can you get? Besides, Sons of Sam Horn are a bunch of elitist pricks. I mean, you have to get a WRITTEN reference from a current member to post at an INTERNET MESSAGE BOARD? That's insane.

Was there a reason I started all three Cup games for the Jokers? I mean, it's fairly obvious that I was going to get shelled in the other two starts. Is someone trying to sabotage my career and my future endorsement deals here or what?

Hey Al, you said in your recent baseball column that "The Diamondbacks are easily baseball's most successful expansion franchise." How do you figure that? The Marlins have TWO titles, and a lot of those Diamondbacks were gone over the next few years, or weren't the same (Luis Gonzalez, for one).

This week begins the 8th (its been that many already?) year of Interleague Play. The AL East plays the NL West, AL Central plays the NL East, and the AL West plays the NL Central. I know people have differing opinions about the matter, so let's make it our Topic of the Off-Day: Do you like/dislike interleague, and why?

In case you didn't know, they're playing the entire first season on Spike today. They're at the first Rags to Riches ceremony right now. And the first season is coming to DVD on June 22nd.

He once hyped up doing live coverage of some PPV, and completely forgot about it the day of the event, didn't he? Where has that kooky kat been, anyway?

I got Rise of Nations a few days ago. Excellent game, and I'm one that doesn't usually have the patience for RTS games. I'm looking for a place where I can download some scenarios and mods. Any help here?

Well.....why not? If we're only talking single season here, they have plenty of reasons to appear on a Top 25 teams list. - 14 straight wins, 2nd longest streak in NFL history. Add to that they beat some of the league's top teams in that stretch while dealing with injuries. - Absolute dominance at home; 8-0 record with the defense giving up only about 13 PPG (and only about 4 PPG the last 4 games of the regular season). - Beating both co-MVPs twice. I wouldn't dare put them #1, or even in the top 5, but somewhere in the teens (I'd say 15) would be about right. They weren't really a team that tore apart their opponents, but the numbers don't lie.

Well, not THAT bad a first start for the Jokers. I'm just surprised that we got 11 hits but only scored 4 runs. Where is this offensive machine I keep hearing about? RUN SUPPORT, people, run support. Oh, and while I'm here, after the NBA Finals are over, I'm pinning this thread until football season. It's popular, and Evo keeps up with it, so he deserves some love. Er.....some platonic, moderator-poster love, that is.

I'm assuming that small explosion I heard earlier was Dave Mishkin's larynx bursting? I'll bet every dog within a 5 mile radius were howling after the final horn sounded. Ah well, so long NHL. Let's bring on the WNBA talk!

Sure, send me to Vegas. The Pride's trainers grab my ass too much, and that's when I feel tightness in my shoulder!

All right, I demand out of Columbus. I get too many "close, but no ring" seasons from the real life team I root for as it is.

Just like to point out that Al created a thread for the MLB Draft, so please take the discussion there if you haven't already. Thanks.

Got a little behind the times there. I don't get the Sox road trip this week; they fly all the way out west for TWO games against the Angels, and then trek to Kansas City for the weekend. Who thought THAT up?

Well, when there is $60 million bet on the favorite, any other horse would net a good payday. The superfecta was over $11,000. Heh, the winning owners are getting booed.

Wow, first time I've ever won a bet on this big a race. I proabably won about $70, since I had it boxed, but I'll take it. Birdstone made his move at the perfect time and the track was just too long for Smarty to hold on. Good race, but it doesn't match up to the photo finish in '98 with Real Quiet. THAT was close.

And I don't get why people gather to watch a bunch of cars go around the same oval 200 times, but different strokes for different folks and all.

The Belmont is the longer track of the three. It's a mile and a half long, the only major horse race to be run on a dirt track that long. And the jockeys do have a purpose, you know. They're like NASCAR drivers; they steer the horse and make sure it is on a good pace.

The track was sloppy at the Derby, wasn't it? And that was after a big storm passed. This is the first steady rain of the day, so I guess the track won't be that bad (there is one more race to go before the Belmont, though).

Huh, here comes the rain just in time for the race. I played a 9-4 exacta box and a 4-5-9 tri key.