Cuban Linx

Home run #589 for Slammin' Sammy, and 2 wins in a row over the Red Sox. The Rangers would be pretty good if they could find a way to never have to face the Angels & Vlad Guerrero ever again.

29th, buried about as deeply in mediocrity as i expected.

With my final pick i select: OF Jim Edmonds

SP Esteban Loaiza

The best i can finish now is 3rd, if Florida make the Final 4 and Ohio State beat UCLA in the Championship game. If only i didn't change UNC to Texas in my Final 4 at the last minute.

AL East New York Boston (Wildcard) Toronto Tampa Bay Baltimore AL Central Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago Kansas City AL West Texas Los Angeles Oakland Seattle NL East Philadelphia New York (Wildcard) Atlanta Florida Washington NL Central St. Louis Milwaukee Chicago Houston Cincinnati Pittsburgh NL West San Diego Los Angeles Colorado Arizona San Francisco Playoffs Yankees over Rangers Twins over Red Sox Phillies over Padres Cardinals over Mets Yankees over Twins Phillies over Cardinals World Series: Yankees over Phillies

RP Justin Duchscherer

9-7 for the day with two Sweet 16 teams gone already, not exactly an encouraging start.

OF Kenny Lofton

C Gerald Laird

Damn, with Otsuka gone i'll be relying on Eric Gagne being healthy for a full season, and that can't possibly end well. Makes this pick an easy one for me though. OF Andre Ethier

1B Ryan Shealy

Just missed out on Connecticut & Kentucky, not too bad for a guy on the other side of the planet. Only got 52/192 countries, i knew i was going to go bad but damn. I used to be good at Geography, but clearly that was a long time ago.

Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart, 3/23/97, WrestleMania 13, "I Quit" match

OF Curtis Granderson

SP Kevin Millwood

I figure Anglesault shot himself the moment Jeff Weaver won a World Series.

I'll add to the Shoot The Sky love, i've played it by far the most out of all the new games. I dig the music too, probably my second favorite behind only the Benny Hill music on the Bat & Mouse game. I also like the word games, or at least i did until i discovered how alarmingly bad i've become at them. Spending so much time on internet message boards seems to have caught up with me and rotted my brain. At least my hand-eye co-ordination remains intact judging from all my high scores on the shooting/driving/platform games.

I really shouldn't have left 1st Base as one of my final positions to fill. At this rate i'll be stuck starting Scott Hatteberg again.

Scott Boras Allstars

SP Kelvim Escobar

RP Francisco Cordero

Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart, 3/20/94, WrestleMania X Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels, 10/5/97, Badd Blood, Hell in a Cell

I almost took Gordon with both my two previous picks, looks like i chose the right time to not let him slip another round.

3B Alex Gordon