What The Jon needs is ..

See that video up there? That is the best debut of all time in the second best fake sport of all time. Why this video? Why Chris Jericho now? Because The Jon is getting it handed to him by FreeSanJose this week. FreeSanJose even resembles Jericho in a whiny, selfish sort of way. Now The Jon knows what you are thinking. This is where The Jon complains about how FreeSanJose’s team has done him wrong, blah, blah, cry, cry, Newspaperman, sniff, sniff.

C’mon, this is The Jon. Yeah C.C. Sabathia nutted up and got 11 Ks. Chase Utley and Pat Burrell are going to a place few power hitters go. So what. That is fantasy baseball.

But the one thing The Jon could use is Curtis Granderson. Why? Thought you would never ask.

Which BaseballStar are you?

So to get a better understanding of how TheBaseballStars differ, lets play a little game shall we? The fun begins with pitching, or which type of pitchers each individual BaseballStar goes for when creating a team. It is a vision of what the perfect pitcher is so to speak.
The game is figuring out which BaseballStar you are most alike in terms of which pitcher you go for when selecting your team.

The Jon fully expects you to read this post and spend one second saying you are like The Jon, Newspaperman (heaven forbid), PoiDog (you sheep), FreeSanJose (get anger management classes), or The Oz (MIA). So why the Roy Halladay video? The Jon thought you would never ask …

Hey Newspaperman …

Now you gotta realize, Newspaperman stole Francisco Liriano from The Jon in our draft.
Liriano was The Jon’s rookie keeper two seasons ago and The Jon held Liriano on his bench all of last season just for the chance at having the pitcher with the best slider in years to play for The Greatness. But alas, all good things must end, and The Jon dropped Liriano last season to keep Fausto Carmona thinking Liriano would be available in the second to third round of our redraft. So what does Newspaperman do?

Is Zack Greinke for real?

This can’t be right. Zack Greinke is a fantasy pitching stud for the American League Central powerhouse Kansas City Royals? It is … but it’s only Week 2.

Introducing the four-bagger

It could be a good plot for a Skinemax movie, but instead it is a trip into Newspaperman’s world of his journey through four fantasy leagues. Go ahead, click here. You know you want to …

Hey Newspaperman …

Just saw this and thought of you in a corner in your underwear surrounded by Randy Johnson card with tears running down your cheeks. You can only watch Randy Johnson in video games … which Newspaperman has plenty of.

Your team sucks, Michael Jordan:

TUCSON, Ariz. — Randy Johnson gave up eight hits, allowed five earned runs, and struck out just one in four innings in a rehab start with the minor league Tucson Sidewinders.

The 44-year-old Arizona Diamondbacks ace

The Four Horsemen: A video history

Just back from a rendezvous in Cambridge Massachusetts, and The Jon gets the news that the WWE retired Ric Flair? Ric Flair of the Four Horsemen, the elite gang of professional wrestling? You know The Four Horsemen, the charter member of The Jon’s Man-crush Club? Part of The Jon has been seriously hampered knowing Ric Flair will no longer show off his shoes that cost more than my house, pal. Whether his retirement is real is up for debate, but to honor the best in the business, the Video History returns. While not as extensive as the L.O.N.S. retrospective it will still relate to fantasy baseball.

Season opening tidbits

In less than a weeks time I’ve gone from feeling on top of the fantasy world (in my little bubble anyway), to pretty much feeling like crap about my team, particularly in the TheBaseballStars League. On draft day I felt like I crafted a gem, a squad that would be a force to be reckoned with. Now I’m just struggling to get a full team on the field.

Five Guys I’ll Never Draft Again

What’s the saying? Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it? That right? Well, as a bottom-dweller in recent fantasy baseball leagues, I can’t tell you whom to pick to win. But I can tell you who I firmly believe helped me along the road to mediocrity and advise you not to call their name on your draft day.

Three-peat starts here (Draft Results)

The road to the three-peat has begun.

On Saturday three of TheBaseballStars got together for the SLO League draft. TheJon took part by Yahoo Instant Messenger while PoiDog and myself hung out with the other owners. I’m not going to run down every bit of the draft, it’s a bit complicated since it’s a keeper league. But I will share my results. Reminder: I entered the draft without a first-round pick, and with these keepers: Victor Martinez, Chase Utley, Carlos Lee, C.C. Sabathia and Justin Verlander; rookie keeper: Cameron Maybin. Here’s what my team looks like today …