Ouch-iro

Ichiro to start the season on the DL, with a bleeding ulcer...that can't be good. Now, i wont update this dumb blog with every (big) injury throughout the year, but since we are about to get it started, I thought I would share this info. Note to the rookies: Each week starts on a Monday, if your player gets injured on a Monday Night, you cannot change your pick. If you pick a player that is on the DL prior to Monday, I will let you know of it, so that you can change your pick, because per league rules, you may not pick a player that is on the DL. Ichiro is pretty much the one go-to go for a high average week...Hope you weren't planning on taking him anytime soon.

Whats Your Strategy??

So, how are you gonna pick your players? For the start of this year, do you look and see who finished strong last year? Or do you see who was hot this spring? Do you favor players that are playing in the warm weather or in domes in April? Or do you automatically chose from the teams that will play 7 games that week? Do you go for the sure fire players that hit for average? Or do you go for that guy that may only get 4 hits all week, but 3 leave the yard? Do you pick the player that everyone has on their radar? Or do you go far that guy that guy that for sure no one else will pick. Do you just pick heads, or do you go tails? This is the guessing game we all know as Race to the Crown. What I do know, out of the 26 weeks, there WILL be a week where you only get 2-3 hits, a few of us will go 0fer. There WILL be a week when someone hits 4-5 HRs, meanwhile it may take some of us to the All-Star break to get 5 HRs. However this season turns out, it will be a fun ride. Remember its a not a sprint, its a marathon.

2 days til Opening Night..get your picks/money in! Will you pick this years Opening Day outburst, ala Tuffy Rhodes?? Good Luck

Swing Harder Sheffield

Well we are 5 days from the first pitch of the 2009 season and Gary Sheffield is 1 HR shy from 500 in his career....he won't be getting #500 as a Tiger. He was released today by Detroit after a terrible spring thus far, and to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if his career is over...seems like he can't stay healthy anymore. As a Tribe fan, I am not happy about this, because they are better without ole Sheff.

Remember to email me your Week 1 picks by Sunday and to also get your payment in if you haven't yet. Have a good one....PS...my bracket sucked this year