It Begins...

The scouring of newspapers for news, tidbits, anything... the spring training footage... the number crunching.

Fantasy baseball season is fast approaching, and I have a strong desire to defend my 12-person keeper league championship. Last year I got lucky, drafting Derek Lee in one of the early rounds -- he went on to be NL MVP from April to September, and scooping up Chris Carpenter in one of the later rounds, because nobody thought to draft him due to the abrupt ending of his 2004 season. Good thing for me no one was able to see how he would have pitched in the 04 World Series.

I need to decide who to keep, but more importantly, I need to collect my winnings from last season. Give me my money!