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Former American Press sportswriter Carl Dubois blogs about the games people play, in and out of sports, and the people you meet between and outside the lines. Carl is an award-winning reporter and columnist living in the Willamette Valley in northwest Oregon, near Portland. He is sports editor of the News-Register newspaper in McMinnville, Ore. |
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Sometimes it pays to break the rules
Posted May 12, 2009 at 12:04 pm
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BATON ROUGE — The smartest thing I did during my fantasy baseball draft was break a cardinal rule.
I drafted someone I know.
Toronto Blue Jays infielder Aaron Hill leads the majors in hits. He’s one of the reasons Toronto is off to an unexpectedly hot start. He’s one of the reasons my first fantasy team in nearly two decades has a rudely commanding lead in my league.
I covered Aaron during his three years at LSU. He’s a likeable guy, a team guy and a talented player. Not many people drafted him this year because of an injury that ruined 2008 for him, and he’s had good starts before that were followed by disappointing late-season doldrums.
In April and May of 2009, he’s been on a tear.
The way it’s supposed to work, if you draft someone you know or like, you pay dearly. But Aaron’s such a nice guy, he rewarded my rebel-like throwing of caution to the wind by knocking the cover off the ball.
Thanks, Aaron.
In other news, Lastings Milledge is no longer part of my organization. My team, named Jobless Joe Jackson, is just fine without him.
Oops. I just broke another rule, the one that says Nobody cares about your fantasy team.
Sorry!
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