Yeah, so I was sitting here in rainy Florida thinking to myself, I wonder how I can better the DTBL before I get some sleep. Realizing the brilliance of a bulletin board, I decided to add some rants to my addition to our humble treasure trove of syllabic virtuosity. Yes, I was a fine arts major, screw you for judging me.
First off, looking back on my first pick this year, I agree that there might have been better players available at the time. Ken Griffey Jr. was picked next by Kevin. Yet, for my team, the spot that needed filling was in relief pitching, and other than Octavio Dotel, Arty Rhodes is the best setup man in the bigs. So, who would you rather have, him or Grif?
Secondly, I want to make some comments on the draft this year, in an overall glance. Do I think I picked the Rookie Of The Year (for the 4th straight year, mind you)? Hell no! With Prior in the DTBL, he should be a consensus pre/early/whatever season pick at that. However, after him...unless you did a lot of research (which I will admit I didn't compared to past years), the picks got a bit sneaky. I mean, with Glaus, Berkman, and Pujols as my last 3 ROY's, I just needed to let go.
Not sure what you guys think, just wanted to toss something to the wolves.
Finally, I just want to say that like a fine wine, the DTBL has undergone one heck of a transformation. I still remember my first year, picking teams in Kevin's basement, and awaiting print-outs at lunch to see how my team was doing. Yes, normally my team sucked, but even Kevin didn't always win everything. So do I think it's lost it's loving feeling? And being a person who has sang that song, in uniform, in the very same O-Club in Miramar, California, I must say that it has done nothing of the sorts. Like Sheryl Crow, Madonna, and the Olsen Twins, it has matured very nicely. And don't ask how many days until they are legal. Only Greg and Charlie know.