It’s a common quip nowadays that the last thing anyone wants to hear about is someone else’s fantasy team. I love hearing about other people’s fantasy teams. Unless it’s fantasy Nascar or golf I’m ready to watch someone else explain to me the ups and downs, the fist pumps and tear drops, and the close wins and last moment loses. I just finished my fantasy baseball draft and now I want to allow you to follow the Barelas Will Clarks. For the season. For better or for worse. For you.
 
At catcher introducing Bengie Molina. I think the only reason I picked him was because my friend Travis used to heckle him him back in 2001 when he was with the Salt Lake Stingers. Everyone needs to be able to say that they have heckled or have known someone who has heckled one of their players.
 
At First Base Adrian Gonzalez. I like him because he looks like he came from my hometown in Belen, New Mexico, which is to say he has thick dark eyebrows, skin that doesn’t pink and a semi-maniacal grin.
 
At Second Base Brian Roberts. This is the third year I’ve had him and he always does well for me plus he ended up in the Mitchel Report of steroid users and nobody cared. It’s probably because he’s on the Baltimore Orioles but I love a guy that can get away with something that everyone thinks is a cardinal sin but I don’t care about. Steroid away Will Clarks…Steroid away.
 
At Third Base Mark Reynolds. I have nothing to say about him. He’s an Arizona Diamondback, he’s young and he’s done nothing interesting. He’ll be on my team to go get the carryout.
 
At Short Stop Hanley Ramirez. I had the first pick in the draft and everybody in the freaking world said this was the guy to pick. It feels wrong but I did it anyways because it was so popular like when I wore khakis in the late 90′s.
 
In the Outfield Manny Ramirez. I love the guy. He pees behind the wall between innings. He takes time out of his outfield duties to high five fans and he has so much crazy lore surrounding him anytime he does something out of the ordinary it’s described as Manny being Manny. I want start doing this when I talk about my friends and then see if people start nodding. “I can’t believe he did that”….”Oh don’t worry that’s just Andrew being Andrew”. See I think it could work.
 
In the Outfield Raul Ibanez. I don’t like drafting guys right after they’ve signed a big contract. I also don’t like taking guys from teams that have just won the World Series. In both instances players can sometimes sluff off the next season because they’ve just got what they wanted and they’ve lost the fire inside. Now say I draft a player who gets a big contract to play for a team that just won the World Series. Oh shit.
 
In the Outfield Magglio Ordonez. I love this guy because he has a latin mullet and when I watched him play the girls loved him and screamed Maaaaaaaaggggliooooooooooo! Maaaaaaaaaagggglioooooooooooo!. Every team needs someone to bring in the girls.
 
As Designated Hitter Jim Thome. He’s 38. Which somewhat relieves the pain of having to root for a buch of guys younger than me. Plus he loves all ten of his nephews and nieces so much he’s putting them through college. And when one of them got in an auto accident and was paralyzed he asked Thome to hit a homerun for him. He hit two. That gets you on this team.
 
Next post…the Barelas Will Clarks pitching rotation.

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So here is the dance mix for the week, I put it up a little earlier today so maybe you and the gals can pop it in while you head out for ladies night, or for all the dudes getting axed up on the way to the kegger just outside the county line, I hope old man Figglebody doesn’t catch you out on his property again!
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This marks a whole month of Dance-Party, get at me.

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Well slowfolks, it’s been a while so I decided to give you a much needed dew-fix…

First off, The Pittsburgh Panthers are in the elite eight for the first time since 1974. If you didn’t already know, “Pitt is the shit”

Second, I want to thank Spacejam for reminding me to, “Not be lame, abstain.”

Third, do Irish Car Bombs exist in Ireland? I feel like it would be a mildly offensive term in Northern Ireland.

Fourth, I have been listening to a ton of Motown lately. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles are awesome.

Fifth, only a little bit more than four months until G.I. Joe hits the big screen. You better get excited to see a Real American Hero

Sixth, I just finished reading How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer. It definitely provides an interesting look into the benefits/shortcomings of both rational and emotional processes to a variety of situations. I definitely recommend it, and suggest reading, Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing. by Hersh Shefrin after.

Seventh, We live in interesting times. I have more friends with children than friends who are married.

Eighth, my friends with children are going to have to some awkward conversations in the future. For instance, their kids could have to register as sex-offenders before they are old enough to vote.

Ninth, The Slackers are coming to Pittsburgh on April 15. I will be in attendance and it will be awesome.

Tenth, GMail just told me about the sexiest Sci-Fi ladies. I was a little disappointed that Mila Jovovich as Alice didn’t make it, but at least she was on there as Leelo.

Keep it Real.

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It’s all 45s this week, so check it out. Joey Dew called me out after the last All_Vinyl, but I post up like a mail box, so he can take it as it comes.

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All Vinyl is a podcast where I play random records from my collection in no particular order or genre. love it or hate it.

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