Insert Witty Title Here
originally posted at Baseball Widow
Ran out of witty titles. Thought that "Drafted into My Heart" sounded terrible.
Here's the team--the real, honest-to-goodness, I'm-gonna-field-these-babies and see-how-they-do team.
Yahoo Public League 222110
C J. Lopez Bal.
1B T. Martinez TB
2B M. Young Tex.
3B E. Hinske Tor.
SS J. Reyes NYM
CF C. Biggio Hou.
LF P. Burrell Phi.
RF J. Cruz TB
Util J. Randa (3B) KC
BN B. Ausmus (C) Hou.
BN J. Mauer (C) Min.
BN E. Marrero (RF) Atl.
BN R. Klesko (1B) SD
BN J. Cirillo (3B) SD
SP T. Hudson (SP) Oak.
SP M. Mulder (SP) Oak.
RP B. Lidge (RP) Hou.
RP J. Wright (RP) Atl.
P E. Milton (SP) Phi.
P T. Wakefield (SP) Bos.
P J. Mays (SP,RP) Min.
Monday, March 29, 2004
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
The Contents of Baseball Widow's Little Black Book
Okay, so maybe not, but this is the order Baseball Widow used in drafting the Eye-Candies.
1. J. Lopez
2. T. Hudson
3. J. Reyes
4. D. Jeter
5. M. Mulder
6. E. Milton
7. T. Wakefield
8. M. Young
9. J. Kent
10. E. Hinske
11. C. Biggio
12. P. Burrell
13. J. Cruz
14. C. Beltran
15. I. Suzuki
16. B. Lidge
17. O. Dotel
18. J. Randa
19. M. Giles
20. T. Martinez
21. S. Hillenbrand
22. S. Green
23. B. Ausmus
24. J. Mauer
25. M. Piazza
26. E. Marrero
27. G. Sheffield
28. G. Jenkins
29. R. Klesko
30. A. Soriano
31. J. Cirillo
32. S. Rolen
33. M. Grudzielanek
34. A. Beltre
35. J. Wright
36. S. Karsay
37. R. Nen
38. C. Woodward
39. A. Rodriguez
40. R. Furcal
41. J. Encarnacion
42. J. Hammonds
43. M. Matheny
44. J. Snow
45. J. Mays
Okay, so maybe not, but this is the order Baseball Widow used in drafting the Eye-Candies.
1. J. Lopez
2. T. Hudson
3. J. Reyes
4. D. Jeter
5. M. Mulder
6. E. Milton
7. T. Wakefield
8. M. Young
9. J. Kent
10. E. Hinske
11. C. Biggio
12. P. Burrell
13. J. Cruz
14. C. Beltran
15. I. Suzuki
16. B. Lidge
17. O. Dotel
18. J. Randa
19. M. Giles
20. T. Martinez
21. S. Hillenbrand
22. S. Green
23. B. Ausmus
24. J. Mauer
25. M. Piazza
26. E. Marrero
27. G. Sheffield
28. G. Jenkins
29. R. Klesko
30. A. Soriano
31. J. Cirillo
32. S. Rolen
33. M. Grudzielanek
34. A. Beltre
35. J. Wright
36. S. Karsay
37. R. Nen
38. C. Woodward
39. A. Rodriguez
40. R. Furcal
41. J. Encarnacion
42. J. Hammonds
43. M. Matheny
44. J. Snow
45. J. Mays
Here are the long-promised outfielders.
originally published 3/15/04 on baseballwidow.blogspot.com
Craig Biggio (Houston)
Pat Burrell (Philly)
Jose Cruz, Jr. (Tampa Bay)
Carlos Beltran (K.C.)
Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle) With a picture like that, how could I say no?
Eli Marrero (Atlanta)
Gary Sheffield (N.Y. Yankees)
Geoff Jenkins (Milwaukee)
Juan Encarnacion (L.A.)
Jeffrey Hammonds (San Francisco)
originally published 3/15/04 on baseballwidow.blogspot.com
Craig Biggio (Houston)
Pat Burrell (Philly)
Jose Cruz, Jr. (Tampa Bay)
Carlos Beltran (K.C.)
Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle) With a picture like that, how could I say no?
Eli Marrero (Atlanta)
Gary Sheffield (N.Y. Yankees)
Geoff Jenkins (Milwaukee)
Juan Encarnacion (L.A.)
Jeffrey Hammonds (San Francisco)
These Fellas Made the Short List
originally published 3/9/04 at baseballwidow.blogspot.com
Jose Reyes (New York Mets)
Derek Jeter (New York Yankees)
Chris Woodward (Toronto)
Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees)
Rafael Furcal (Atlanta)
Before you point out that A-Rod no longer plays shortstop, remember that this is a fantasy team, so he's eligible for the spot.
Furky is another one of those guys whose heart earned him a roster spot. Have you ever seen him round third and head home when there's another guy behind him? He looks back over his shoulder slightly, and windmills his arm to encourage his teammate home. It's one of the goofiest things that any major league player does, and it's one of the greatest. Baseball Widow can't wait until the first time she sees it on TBS this season.
originally published 3/9/04 at baseballwidow.blogspot.com
Jose Reyes (New York Mets)
Derek Jeter (New York Yankees)
Chris Woodward (Toronto)
Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees)
Rafael Furcal (Atlanta)
Before you point out that A-Rod no longer plays shortstop, remember that this is a fantasy team, so he's eligible for the spot.
Furky is another one of those guys whose heart earned him a roster spot. Have you ever seen him round third and head home when there's another guy behind him? He looks back over his shoulder slightly, and windmills his arm to encourage his teammate home. It's one of the goofiest things that any major league player does, and it's one of the greatest. Baseball Widow can't wait until the first time she sees it on TBS this season.
Monday, March 08, 2004
If God had wanted men to have facial hair, He wouldn't have invented razors.
originally published 03/08/04 at baseballwidow.blogspot.com
Ah, pitchers. . . They may call it a team sport, but you and you alone bear the outcome in the form of an official stat. It's a heavy burden, I know. The face that you put forth on the mound must intimidate from sixty feet away.
Baseball Widow understands the need to look like a bad-ass, but facial hair? There's got to be a better way, guys. So many of you could have made the team, if only you'd get those whiskers under control.
Starters
Mark Mulder (Oakland)
Tim Hudson (Oakland)
Eric Milton (Philadelphia)
Tim Wakefield (Boston)
Scott Erikson (Baltimore)
Relievers
Brad Lidge (Houston)
Octavio Dotel (Houston)
Jaret Wright (Atlanta)
Steve Karsay (New York Yankees)
Rob Nen (San Fran)
Baseball Widow didn't differentiate between middle relief and closers because mustaches are really ugly, and I reached my tolerance for this category very quickly.
originally published 03/08/04 at baseballwidow.blogspot.com
Ah, pitchers. . . They may call it a team sport, but you and you alone bear the outcome in the form of an official stat. It's a heavy burden, I know. The face that you put forth on the mound must intimidate from sixty feet away.
Baseball Widow understands the need to look like a bad-ass, but facial hair? There's got to be a better way, guys. So many of you could have made the team, if only you'd get those whiskers under control.
Starters
Mark Mulder (Oakland)
Tim Hudson (Oakland)
Eric Milton (Philadelphia)
Tim Wakefield (Boston)
Scott Erikson (Baltimore)
Relievers
Brad Lidge (Houston)
Octavio Dotel (Houston)
Jaret Wright (Atlanta)
Steve Karsay (New York Yankees)
Rob Nen (San Fran)
Baseball Widow didn't differentiate between middle relief and closers because mustaches are really ugly, and I reached my tolerance for this category very quickly.
More Eye-Candy
originally published 03/07/04 at baseballwidow.blogspot.com
Here are some more positions. I'll launch the new blog soon.
1B
Tino Martinez--Tampa Bay
Shea Hillenbrand--Arizona
Shawn Green--L.A.
Ryan Klesko--San Diego
J.T. Snow--San Francisco
2B
Michael Young--Texas
Jeff Kent--Houston
Marcus Giles--Atlanta
Alfonso Soriano--Texas
Mark Grudzielanek--Chicago Cubs
Okay, so objectively, Gilly probably shouldn't be on here. But Marcus Giles won my heart the day the Braves clinched their division title in 2001. He donned frog-looking goggles and ran around the locker room spraying champagne on his older teammates who had grown accustomed to their increasing collection of pennants. This kid plays his heart out, and that is attractive.
3B
Eric Hinske--Toronto
Joe Randa--Kansas City
Jeff Cirillo--San Diego
Scott Rolen--St. Louis
Adrian Beltre--L.A.
originally published 03/07/04 at baseballwidow.blogspot.com
Here are some more positions. I'll launch the new blog soon.
1B
Tino Martinez--Tampa Bay
Shea Hillenbrand--Arizona
Shawn Green--L.A.
Ryan Klesko--San Diego
J.T. Snow--San Francisco
2B
Michael Young--Texas
Jeff Kent--Houston
Marcus Giles--Atlanta
Alfonso Soriano--Texas
Mark Grudzielanek--Chicago Cubs
Okay, so objectively, Gilly probably shouldn't be on here. But Marcus Giles won my heart the day the Braves clinched their division title in 2001. He donned frog-looking goggles and ran around the locker room spraying champagne on his older teammates who had grown accustomed to their increasing collection of pennants. This kid plays his heart out, and that is attractive.
3B
Eric Hinske--Toronto
Joe Randa--Kansas City
Jeff Cirillo--San Diego
Scott Rolen--St. Louis
Adrian Beltre--L.A.
If I fall in love, will you catch me?
originally published 03/05/04 at baseballwidow.blogspot.com
Baseball Widow is the type of girl who likes to start with dessert, so it should come as no surprise that I've decided to reveal my picks for best looking catchers first. And, boy, are these boys catches. . .
Javy Lopez--Baltimore
Brad Ausmus--Houston
Joe Mauer--Minnesota
Mike Piazza--New York Mets
Mike Matheny--St. Louis
originally published 03/05/04 at baseballwidow.blogspot.com
Baseball Widow is the type of girl who likes to start with dessert, so it should come as no surprise that I've decided to reveal my picks for best looking catchers first. And, boy, are these boys catches. . .
Javy Lopez--Baltimore
Brad Ausmus--Houston
Joe Mauer--Minnesota
Mike Piazza--New York Mets
Mike Matheny--St. Louis
Sunday, March 07, 2004
A few good men who are easy on the eyes
originally posted 3/06/04 at baseballwidow.blogspot.com
It wasn't easy, but it's done. Baseball Widow's fantasy draft list is complete.
The Process
Baseball Widow chose five players at most positions, ten pitchers, and ten outfielders. These players comprise the master list that I will use to draft players for The Eye Candies, who I'll field in a Yahoo public league. I'll post more compete info later, so you can follow them all season long.
When evaluating the players, I tried to view at least two pictures. During the first review, each player received a thumbs up or thumbs down. Those who made it through the first round went unranked into the final round, where upon a second viewing, they received either a numerical rating of 1-5 or were booted from the team. Players who had been nominated by other readers received heightened consideration, and were favored in the case of a tie.
The Factors
Without getting into the semantics of attractive versus handsome, or cute versus hot, suffice it to say that all of the athletes who made the team would catch your eye on the street. Cuteness is subjective, of course, but there are some universal truths in the world; one of those is that Javy Lopez is built like a god.
Typically, players with facial hair were immediately disfavored. Mustaches were almost always an automatic out. This, of course, made picking pitchers an extremely difficult task. Some exceptions to the facial hair ban did slip through, however. When this happened, it was either because I was able to find a picture of the player sans facial hair, or the rest of the pool for that position was very weak.
The Help
Thanks to everyone who wrote in with suggestions. Thanks also to outsports.com, who has an amazing collection of photos; their votes for the hottest player on each team were duly noted. And, of course, thanks to Baseball Hubby. More on that below.
The Highlights
Believe me, there were some surreal moments during the process. The best moment was courtesy of Baseball Hubby who, upon seeing Outsports's vote for hottest Florida player, remarked, "Luis Castillo? There's no way he's the cutest Marlin!" As usual, Baseball Hubby was right.
The Reveal
Throughout the next week, I will reveal the players, one position at a time. After that, I will post a link to a new blog that will be dedicated to the fantasy team. Baseball Hubby will be posting a statistical analysis of the team, examining the correlation between cuteness and baseball ability.
Enjoy!
originally posted 3/06/04 at baseballwidow.blogspot.com
It wasn't easy, but it's done. Baseball Widow's fantasy draft list is complete.
The Process
Baseball Widow chose five players at most positions, ten pitchers, and ten outfielders. These players comprise the master list that I will use to draft players for The Eye Candies, who I'll field in a Yahoo public league. I'll post more compete info later, so you can follow them all season long.
When evaluating the players, I tried to view at least two pictures. During the first review, each player received a thumbs up or thumbs down. Those who made it through the first round went unranked into the final round, where upon a second viewing, they received either a numerical rating of 1-5 or were booted from the team. Players who had been nominated by other readers received heightened consideration, and were favored in the case of a tie.
The Factors
Without getting into the semantics of attractive versus handsome, or cute versus hot, suffice it to say that all of the athletes who made the team would catch your eye on the street. Cuteness is subjective, of course, but there are some universal truths in the world; one of those is that Javy Lopez is built like a god.
Typically, players with facial hair were immediately disfavored. Mustaches were almost always an automatic out. This, of course, made picking pitchers an extremely difficult task. Some exceptions to the facial hair ban did slip through, however. When this happened, it was either because I was able to find a picture of the player sans facial hair, or the rest of the pool for that position was very weak.
The Help
Thanks to everyone who wrote in with suggestions. Thanks also to outsports.com, who has an amazing collection of photos; their votes for the hottest player on each team were duly noted. And, of course, thanks to Baseball Hubby. More on that below.
The Highlights
Believe me, there were some surreal moments during the process. The best moment was courtesy of Baseball Hubby who, upon seeing Outsports's vote for hottest Florida player, remarked, "Luis Castillo? There's no way he's the cutest Marlin!" As usual, Baseball Hubby was right.
The Reveal
Throughout the next week, I will reveal the players, one position at a time. After that, I will post a link to a new blog that will be dedicated to the fantasy team. Baseball Hubby will be posting a statistical analysis of the team, examining the correlation between cuteness and baseball ability.
Enjoy!
A Fantasy League of Her Own
originally published 2/22/04 at baseballwidow.blogspot.com
Last year, Baseball Hubby won his public fantasy baseball league by a healthy margin. He took the lead on April 21 (conveniently, his birthday), and never looked back. Baseball Hubby thinks he's very smart.
Baseball Widow has always been amused by fantasy baseball. . . real baseball isn't enough? Still, it's impressive to watch the dedication with which fantasy managers pursue their dreams. Therefore, this year, Baseball Widow will field a fantasy team of her own.
Baseball Widow was beginning the process of researching her draft picks when she realized that there's something wrong about judging a person just by what's written on a piece of paper. Don't we dehumanize the game when we reduce a player to some statistics on a page, when we assign a human being a numerical representation of his worth? You can't spell manager without looking at the man. Therefore, Baseball Widow has decided to chuck the numbers and field a team comprised of baseball's cutest players. Let's make it a real fantasy team. Of course, Baseball Widow's number one pick will be Javy Lopez.
Baseball Widow invites others to write and suggest draft picks. Paul DePodesta might be axing the Dodgers' scouts, but scouting is alive and well for Baseball Widow. Yes, it will be a tough thing: to look (im)passionately at thousands of athletes, to scrutinize and sort the qualified, to cut those who ultimately aren't fantasy material. We're talking about hours and hours of reviewing pictures and file footage. . .
Fantasy Baseball. . . Baseball Widow is starting to see what the fuss is all about.
originally published 2/22/04 at baseballwidow.blogspot.com
Last year, Baseball Hubby won his public fantasy baseball league by a healthy margin. He took the lead on April 21 (conveniently, his birthday), and never looked back. Baseball Hubby thinks he's very smart.
Baseball Widow has always been amused by fantasy baseball. . . real baseball isn't enough? Still, it's impressive to watch the dedication with which fantasy managers pursue their dreams. Therefore, this year, Baseball Widow will field a fantasy team of her own.
Baseball Widow was beginning the process of researching her draft picks when she realized that there's something wrong about judging a person just by what's written on a piece of paper. Don't we dehumanize the game when we reduce a player to some statistics on a page, when we assign a human being a numerical representation of his worth? You can't spell manager without looking at the man. Therefore, Baseball Widow has decided to chuck the numbers and field a team comprised of baseball's cutest players. Let's make it a real fantasy team. Of course, Baseball Widow's number one pick will be Javy Lopez.
Baseball Widow invites others to write and suggest draft picks. Paul DePodesta might be axing the Dodgers' scouts, but scouting is alive and well for Baseball Widow. Yes, it will be a tough thing: to look (im)passionately at thousands of athletes, to scrutinize and sort the qualified, to cut those who ultimately aren't fantasy material. We're talking about hours and hours of reviewing pictures and file footage. . .
Fantasy Baseball. . . Baseball Widow is starting to see what the fuss is all about.
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