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So Newspaperman is down on playing fantasy football. The Jon searched far and wide to try to peak Newspaerman’s interest back in another fantasy sport The Jon has dominated. The best option was this video in a field of a lot of blond and er … silicone participants. Hey you can always count on a token minority girl on such Web creations as Fantasysportsgirl. Seeing how TheBaseballStars are all minorities, the quasi/unkown/asian, latina host suffices.

Unfortunately, there were no videos of Manny Ramirez or Grady Sizemore to share. We all know Newspaperman’s affliction with Grady (Newspaperman, this does not give you the right to walk around crying in your Superman Underoos), but apparently The Jon was all over Manny’s Planters peanuts or something a couple of months ago before the season started.

But The Jon digresses … let’s talk baseball fools.

The worst fantasy decision ever

So last week the decision had to be made. The two options were Orlando Cabrera and JJ Hardy. The decision was to go with Cabrera because of his overall steady track record.

JJ Hardy only had 17 hits, 12 RBI and 6 homers this past week. It is only one of the best fantasy weeks in recent memory.

The Jon sucks.

C.C. Sabathia was traded … what does this mean fantasywise?

A running joke among the minorities of this site was how we approached writing fantasy baseball on our archaic site last season. The biggest mistake was we approached the site like a newspaper since we are all journalists.

That meant we had a set schedule of content and we all had to write on the same topic. After a couple of months, we ran out of ideas and started to take obscure fantasy happenings and tried to put it in perspective. We actually would have wrote: C.C. Sabathia was traded … what does this mean fantasywise?

Ugh.

Look, nothing is going to change for Sabathia.
He is moving from one hitter’s park to another.
The National League myth of weaker hitting is just that.
He will continue to dominate.
He is an ace.
You should never bench him.
The End.

So at the beginning of your draft, you need power. Target second base.

We are one season away from saying that. The top two home run hitters are Chase Utley and Dan Uggla (OK so Uggla is tied with like six other hitters).

Second base as a power position makes The Jon uneasy. Life revolves around first basemen and outfielders dominating the homer category.

If Dan Uggla keeps this up, he could be mentioned as a top 10 pick next season.

Utley? The Jon was already arguing that he should have been a top 3 pick heading into this campaign (Obama as a tag!). The Jon became a believer last season when Utley was putting together the best season ever by a second baseman before his campaign (McCain as a tag!) ended when he got hit in the wrist with a ball.

Baseball is 120 years old. Chase Utley is making history. How often do you get to see that?

As for Uggla, he is just a glorified power hitter on a hot streak.
Prove The Jon wrong Uggla.
Please. Baseball could use another power source. And work on looking hard. This video doesn’t cut it.

Eric Young … this is you

So after a week of hearing Eric Young on Baseball Tonight cracking jokes and doing the whole “I’m a minority … and minorities laugh on TV” routine, The Jon has finally placed who Young reminds The Greatness of. Ummm … Eric, you are the one stage right.

If you can’t beat ‘em

To follow in the spirit of the minority kick and Eric Young being exposed as Buckwheat, this week’s musical selection is none other than Public Enemy’s “Burn Hollywood, Burn.”

The Jon and PoiDog geeked out when this video first came out. You had Ice Cube, the hottest rapper at the time fresh off his break with Jerry Heller, and the incomparable Big Daddy Kane.

The irony is Ice Cube and Flavor Flav aren’t that different now from the movies shown on this video.
Oh well … and of course, good luck this week fools.