Ok. Off for a haircut. Sending off broadsheets (our printer people weren't quite on the ball here). Celebrating St. Patty's and birthdays with the 'rents tonight. Then, with less hair on my head/face, I'll grade papers this weekend, write poems.

If you're not a baseball fan, the following will bore you to death. But I promise not to use this blog as a fantasy baseball venue from here on out (except for the occasional gloat here and there).

Here's what I managed to scrounge together in my fantasy baseball draft last night (not bad for a league 18 teams deep):

C. Mike Piazza. After Victor Martinez, all catchers are pretty much the same, statistically I think. And, I'll admit, a little nostalgia is at work here. At least I didn't pick Sammy Sosa. No one did.

1B. Jim Thome. I've been hooked on this guy since I ate the Thome Triple at McDonalds. So beefy. So cheesy. Packed with homeruns.

2B. Ray Durham. Hey, the draft was low on quality second basemen, and I waited too long. Lets just hope he starts most of the time.

3B. Aramis Ramirez. 100 RBIs. 35 HRs. Solid pick.

SS. David Eckstein. He's a little twirp who has little natural ability. But the kid has heart. He's good filler. Won't kill the team.

LF. Carl Crawford. I'll be toward the top of the league in SBs because of this guy alone. Solid all around. Stongest and most dependable guy I got.

CF. JD Drew. He's either a sleeper or a bust. He's made of glass, but so is his ceiling (all these lines are mine, especially that last one. I could write for a really bad fantasy mag).

RF. Jermaine Dye. 80 RBIs. 30 HRs. In the middle of a solid White Sox lineup. This was my late round steal if I may say so.

UTIL/OF. Jacques Jones. Carl Everett. Gary Matthews, Jr. Darin Erstad (my boy).

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My pitching is solid. I passed up Johan Santana to get Carl Crawford, but I think I cleaned up afterward. Lots of Red Sox. Lots of K's in this rotation.

SP. Dontrelle Willis. Josh Beckett. John Lackey. Cliff Lee. Matt Clement. Tim Wakefield.

RP. Dan Wheeler. Chris Reitsma. David Riske. Wheeler has a great chance of being the closer if Lidge gets hurt. He's lights out. Reitsma will start the season as the closer, but I don't imagine he'll last too long.