Mark the date. Officially, The staff at the Vicarious Life has buried the Astros for the 2006 Season.
Yesterday was the last straw. Andy Pettitte has been improving significantly from his first half performance. Since the All-Star Break, when he posted a 5.28 ERA, Pettitte has allowed only 3.04 earned runs per nine innings. He threw a complete game, allowing one earned run against the Cubs on Wednesday. And, the team couldn't reward him with a "W", for crying out loud.
At a time when the season is on the precipice, and runs are as precious as Central Texas rain, why does this team trot Morgan Ensberg (.234 BA/.477 Slugging) out there every day while Mike Lamb (.312 BA/.498 Slugging) gets only one at-bat per game in a bench role? It's asinine. Ensberg, the man of a thousand batting stances, needs to be on a psychiatrist's couch, not in the batter's box!
We're officially done. Start thinking about football season, and the holidays.
Fantasy Football Handicapping
Fantasy Team Owners: Each team will be given two new trades a week, in addition to the three that each team gets to start. Also, each team owner will be able to view all other teams' rosters, once the season begins.
The Fantasy Football Staff at the Vicarious Life has added several new team owners in the past week. Be particularly wary of The Nematodes, owned by Jacob Sawyer, a scientist at the University of North Carolina. He uses slide rules and computers to forge weekly roster strategies. Very dangerous.
We find it particularly curious that Graham Klein, the President of his 8th Grade Class and a "Straight-A Student" named his unit, Team Punishment. In public, he is a very good and helpful person. But, this name suggests a vicious mean streak.
Handicappers give the Coho and Projo's Dojo teams very little chance for success because their owners are historically homers. They live in Chicago. You do the math.
The owner of The Arlington Oak(Monsignor Tim Phillips) has inside information relating to scouting and injuries, as his dad has been very close friends with Buffalo's Marv Levy for a very long time, dating back to their coaching days at Coe College in Iowa. Watch this roster.
The NFL Regular Season begins September 7, kicking off Monday Night on ESPN, Miami v. Pittsburgh.
