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Just a quick update to report that there's nothing to report. No play.

As much as I enjoy baseball, I haven't been paying attention beyond reading AP stories relating to the Tigers. I'm not able to watch games unless I muck around with finding one online. It's golf season. There are house projects to be done. Etc. Etc.

So, in other words, any posting here will be random and occasional until football season approaches.

Weather Fail

Note to self: Check the weather next time. Just because it's nice where you are doesn't mean that a baseball game a hundred miles away will be played. All those zeros hurt.

12th place out of 13. I may have lost a few points (but not many) by swapping my initial pick of Jon Garland for Derek Lowe - both got wins, Garland only struck out a couple batters. Otherwise, too many Tigazzz and White Sox. Oops.

Interesting how insignificant the relief pitcher spot was. IIRC only one person got more than 3 points - Chad Qualls' inning and save was worth 7.

Draftbug Blogger Contest

It looks like a baker's (dirty) dozen in the Draftbug blogger baseball challenge, running this evening:

Alex Zelvin, ‘waiver wire’, The Waiver Wire, http://waiverwire.blogspot.com

Kyle Huberman, ‘icehube’, Draftbug Millionaire, http://draftbugmillionaire.blogspot.com

Dave Hall, ‘Roto Guru’, Roto Guru, http://www.rotoguru2.com

Troy Patterson, ‘TroyPatterson’, Rotosavants, http://www.rotosavants.com

Sean, ‘scojo’, 27 Pitches, http://www.27pitches.com

Nick Cichielo, ‘Junkballers’, junkballers, http://www.junkballers.com

Mark Perry, ‘PokerBankrollBlog’, Poker Bankroll Blog, http://www.pokerbankrollblog.com

Josh Culp, ‘Future of Fantasy’, Future of Fantasy, http://www.futureoffantasy.com

Dan Williams, ‘TheInsidePitch’, The Inside Pitch, http://www.theinsidepitch.com

Justin Hulsey, ‘JayHulsey’, Fandemonium Sports, http://fandemoniumsports.blogspot.com

Paul Bourdett, ‘The Pick-up Artist’, Rotoexperts, http://www.rotoexperts.com

Mike, ‘bonds’, Winning at Fantasy Sports Live, http://winatfantasysportslive.com

Steve Schroeder, ‘stv1313’, Steve’s Gambling Sketchbook, http://stevesketchbook.blogspot.com

I have made my picks, unfortunately it was based on my usual casual level of "research". At least I'm pretty sure that I picked a guy that's going tonight for my starting pitcher and I don't think any of my position players are on the DL. How's that for focus?

More thoughts later - most likely tomorrow - on picks, results etc.

Coming Back Around

It's been slow here as of late. Too many things to do, not enough hours in the day. I'm way behind on getting up to speed with baseball and I haven't been paying any attention whatsoever to the NBA playoffs or NASCAR.

For years I counted myself as a hardcore baseball junkie. I played in multiple rotisserie leagues, followed the box scores religiously and knew every organization's top prospects. That's no longer the case - the leagues have died off and I no longer have a subscription to a major newspaper.

Part of getting back into the game - and I do think that baseball is going to be where it's at - involves finding some regular online reads. Ideally, I'm hoping to find the equivalent of Aaron Gleeman for a variety of teams, backed up by some local beat writers. If I'm really really lucky, I can use RSS feeds and an aggregator to create a "virtual newspaper" so that keeping on top of things won't suck up all of my precious free time. It's a work in process.

Anyway, I'm signed up for a blogger bragging rights freeroll at Draftbug tomorrow. I'll be posting later about the entrants and just how poorly my selections fare.