Random All Star/Second Half Thoughts
Useless thoughts on the all-star game:
- The all-star game should not “count”. All this does is keep teams from playing hard down the stretch. Reward the team with the best record, just like the first two rounds of the playoffs. You want to make the players take the game seriously? How ’bout all-star bonuses only go to the winners. Even better, losing team pays the winning team’s bonus.
- How about some offense? No more 4-3 games. There’s a reason why the HR Derby is the main attraction. Extend the all-star break to the length of a steroid cycle and let them juice up for one game a ear, give them aluminum bats – do something.
Random thoughts on the second half from a guy barely qualified to run a fifth place fantasy team:
- The Mets are not done
- How about a rotation of Halladay, Pedro, Hamels – and those other guys. Could be another big year in Philly.
- The Cubs will be a player for Roy Halladay
- The Yankees will pay dearly for leaving a dozen or so wins on the table against Boston and Anaheim…another third place finish will not be good for anyone.
- Joe Mauer will finish behind Ichiro in the AL batting race
- Pay attention to the San Francisco Giants – and the Kung Fu Panda who plays third
- As bad as your team is, it could always be worse: you could be a Pirates fan
Tags: Baseball, fantasy, fantasy baseball, mets, mlb, new york yankees, reds, sports, stadiums, yankees