Newspaperman, this is your lucky day. With the recent ruling by the California Supreme Court which in essence overturns the ban on gay marriage, Newspaperman can now live his dream: He can marry David Wright. All of those love letters and naked photos Newspaperman has sent to David Wright hasn’t gone for naught. There is now an end goal in sight: Nuptials.

The Jon dedicates this video to Newspaperman who has already created an account on youtube called mrsdwright5 and he wrote this in response to the one of many David Wright videos: omg i love him so much! he is so gorgeous!

And if for some inexplicable reason David Wright spurns Newspaperman’s advances … there are a whole lotta Newspaperman to go around … Read more »

So, yeah, I beat TheJon in the TBS/State League for the first time since 2006. And while this should be a joyous ocassion filled with floats, champaige corks flying and dancers everywhere, there is no room for gloating. Between lost loved ones, and a flurry of rainouts
on Sunday that aided my victory, the win is bittersweet. Hurray, I won. Now on to Week 7. Read more in this week’s FOUR BAGGER.

As journalists, we are trained to write a certain way. We have to be factual. We have to have a developed argument. We have to follow certain rules. The act of writing itself comes with its guidelines too. If you want to write a book, it has to be done a certain way, or like a certain author.

The Jon tries to forget all of that when The Jon gets on this site.

Communication is changing. Writing is changing. The days of newspapers being the main source of information is long gone. That is one of the reasons why we started this site. Sports is changing.

We are still fans of our respective teams, but now it is more important that we follow our own individual players for our fantasy teams.

The Jon is huge Yankees fan. I only have Jorge Posada and Phil Hughes on The Jon’s team. Newspaperman fawns over the Red Sox. He does not have one Red Sox on his team.

Hence the video … and for personal reason that we will get to in a very short version of this week’s segment. Let’s get started … Click on this Read more »

I whined about my lack of a catcher last week. This week I decided to do something about it. I’ve given up on waiting for Jeff Clement to gain position eligibility. I’m not waiting for Jarrod Saltalamacchia to find his stroke. I’m taking advantage of my league’s daily lineup changes and going with a platoon.

This was a difficult decision, if for no other reason than it reeks of desperation. Read more »

It all started simple enough. Newspaperman in the deep throes of watching one of his many sweethearts have a good game, e-mailed The Jon. In this case it was Joey Votto’s three homer game Wednesday. This is a rough quote:
“Monster, baby. Monster. Three jacks in three at-bats, four RBIs, three runs, a walk and a stolen base. I have to change my panties!”

It was then The Jon finally pinpointed who Newspaperman reminded The Jon of.

Daniel LaRusso. Yes, you read that right, Daniel-San. Read more »

“No Gimmicks Needed” finally posted a victory in the TBS/State League, and the team picked up a couple of coveted young hurlers in the process. But such was not the case in the SLO League where another beatdown sends my squad back to the cellar. Read more in this week’s FOUR BAGGER.

When you’ve got an exciting rookie hurler who seemingly could become a dominant force in the fantasy game, you’re going to have temptation to insert him immediately into your lineup. So what do you do when you’re at the bottom of your league looking up at the teams with established pitching rotations? Read more »

The Jon has been gone for a week and you have seen the true beauty of this site. The Oz has stepped up, Newspaperman wrote some stuff and FreeSanJose made an appearance. A day late mind you, but he still showed. PoiDog on the other hand hasn’t. After reading some intelligent writing, there is always room for mindless, rah-rah banter.

But we can forgive the guy, can’t we? PoiDog has been salivating over the Iron Man movie since it was announced two years ago and has been indisposed. Sorry, all Silver Web Surfers aside, The Jon only knows of only one Ironman and he is down below.

And, uhhhh …. you have to click on the read more under the video to get to the rest of this riveting reading.

But enough of all of that Jibber Jabber. Now onto baseball, shall we?

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There are certain players that have the ability to get so hot, it defies any rational explanation. Guys that will heat up and hit as good as the best players at their best, and then fall back to earth with such a thud it baffles the mind. From a fantasy perspective these players can seem almost useless.

Which brings us to our first item.

Jack MF Cust just received a shipment of corked bats. Since Monday, the man you have an unhealthy fascination with has gone 10-for-20 with five walks (.600 OBP) and three homers. Read more »

I went into this year’s fantasy draft with one thing on my mind: offense.

With four starting pitchers as keepers, I knew my team would depend on the offensive players I was able to acquire early.

My first three off the board were Nick Markakis, Carlos Guillen and Brian Roberts — all of which I was happy with. But it was the fourth player that I was unsure about at the time. Today, though, I’m elated with him.

He’s a name fantasy owners might be familiar with: Derrek Lee.
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