Baseball is Offically Here

This is the happiest time of the entire year.

I think what makes me the happiest of all is the fact that we are now seeing baseball players wearing uniforms out on that beautiful field instead of wearing suits in front of congressional hearings. This is why this is America's past time. Because no matter how bad things get, the love of the game will always conquer all, and it is the one sport that we can honestly say will never die in this country. Long after the NFL, NBA, MLS, and NHL die out (hopefully a long long long time from now), MLB will be the last one standing.

You know what else makes me happy? Fantasy baseball. Last night we had our draft, and let me tell you, there is no better time when a group of your best friends get together for 4 hours to completely trash on each other and make you question your friendships.

I'll go over some quick highlights.

-Troy came late because he was at a ballet. Homo.
-Kyle didn't show up at all, and Dan and Mike called him over 30 times a piece, swearing at him the entire time. Hilarious.
-I got the first pick. A-Rod. Obviously. Suck it.
-Jason brought his 2006 Fantasy Baseball Championship trophy to mock my grand total of zero baseball championships. This year I take it from him. And I still have never lost a football championship. Suck it.
-Mike printed out my entire draft sheet to use. Which I was fine with because it was the original draft and mine was completely different. However, it did suck because he took Felix right before I was about to. Sooo angry. Got Bedard though in the 5th. So it's ok.
-Dan took Khalil Greene. In case you didn't know, Greene went to Clemson. So it instantly makes both Dan and his team a bunch of douchebags.
-18 game winner Kelvim Escobar went undrafted.

All in all it was an awesome night, besides the fact I stayed up until about 5 in the morning getting curb stomped in Halo.

SPRING UPDATE

OK, now for a Mariners update.

The best way I can describe our spring performance so far is like this - "We are the greatest team ever and will never lose again."

And if you think I'm exaggerating.... I am.

But still 2-0 babyyy.

W 10-3 vs SD
JEREMEY REED WENT YARD!!! haha, if you don't know me, I actually really like Jeremy Reed. Not so much for his playing ability (good scrappy player, but can't really hit), but just as a personal favorite player. BUT HE WENT YARD! Enjoy that because it probably won't ever happen again.

W 5-3 @ SF
Hmmm. Bedard looked shaky. 2 IP 3 ER. Not too happy about that. BUT I am happy about the 3 runs in the 9th. Shows we know how to come through in the clutch. Haha, I love making spring training more than it really is.