apologies for being awol for the past few days. it's been busy. i mean busy.

we're coming up on the deadline for the quad city river bandits program, and i only received a preliminary roster on friday afternoon. this means mucho stats compiling and page-designing. this, in turn, means staying at work until 8 on friday, going in from 930-830 on saturday, and doing the 930-3 shift on sunday.

and in my weekend free time? perhaps one of the more frustrating endeavors one can take part in: the on-line fantasy baseball draft. i came out with i feel to be a solid team: nabbed soriano with the fifth-overall pick, wound up with a rotation of maddux, wade miller, buehrle. weak outfield (new coloradoan preston wilson, cliff floyd, shannon stewart - - looks bad on paper) should be bolstered by J.D. Drew's return mid-season. Klesko, a 1B/OF, may be a nice pick, and I think Carlos Pena (19th round) will be a steal. Piazza's tops at his position by a long-shot, and Mark Teixeira is a good pick for Rookie of the Year.

i'm hoping this is the final fantasy baseball entry you'll ever read, but somehow i doubt it.

and i'm done. ...off to edit printouts from the program.

ps - my entry into the Bigflax.com Tournament Challenge was likely done in by the Louisville loss today. I had Pitino taking his boys to the finals. However, PITT, my pick for the title, looked outstanding. I stand by that pick.