If I can be condemned for wasting any time, it is in fantasy baseball. I was once into more, including football, basketball and golf. I pretty much now only bother with major league baseball. Why?
- During summer months, there is no University of Hawaii sports. Baseball begins at the end of March and continues into October.
- One problem is that I travel in March and April, as I again will this year. It's difficult to keep up with U.S. sports when I'm around the world.
- There are several competitions which cost money. I even flew to Las Vegas one year to participate in drafting players. Now I only stick to ESPN for MLB and NFL, as they're free.
- This year I will again draft three fantasy baseball teams.
- As I indicated at the top, one problem with this free ESPN baseball competition is that it wastes a lot time. I need to adjust the lineup every night. Then, I usually watch portions of a game or two daily to keep up with what is happening.
- Last year, one of my three teams, in a head-to-head league, went undefeated, something I've never experienced before.
H2H Points League Final Standings
What did I win for all the time spent changing rosters and watching MLB on TV daily? Nothing, but there something about pride. Somewhat similar to this blog site. Why have I done this for almost 15 years, daily? Good question, but I think I mostly do this for myself. I find it educational.
By the way, Shohei Ohtani, the greatest baseball player ever, moved over to the perennially competitive Los Angeles Dodgers.
- He won't pitch this year because of an ailing arm, but now can focus on only hitting.
- He should return to pitching next year.
- However, Shohei yesterday, via Instagram for his 7 million followers, said: Two people (plus one dog), we'll grow together. Yes, he is now married. No name yet, but he said she is just an ordinary Japanese girl. Her identity might never be known. Why?
- If a popular star weds a popular star in Japan, no problem about identities.
- However, there is the story of Yuzuru Hanyu, two time Olympic Gold Medalist, also like Shohei, 29 years old, and from the same Tohoku region of the country, which in 2011 experienced the Great Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Cataclysm.
- Last year Hanyu on social media said he got married. To a "normal" girl. Three months later he returned to the same platform with another announcement: HE WAS DIVORCED.
- He said that her family was harassed when her identity was divulged by a weekly tabloid magazine.
- Said Hanyu: When I thought about my future, I wanted my spouse to be happy, to have limitless happiness, so I made the decision to divorce.
Not much has made of this, but the Dodgers also signed Japanese phenom Yoshinobu Yamamoto for 12 years and $325 million, $1 million more that the previous major league high, that of the Yankee's Gerrit Cole, who won a Cy Young award this past year.- How good is Yamamoto?
- To begin, he is 5'10" tall and 25 years old.
- Has a clean injury history.
- Can pitch into the high 90's. Has a curveball that literally drops off a table.
- Has been referred to as perhaps the greatest pitcher ever in Japan. Last year went 16-6 with a 1.21 ERA, allowing only 2 home runs, total.
- The two major league pitchers with the lowest home run rate last year were under 6 feet tall.
The Dodgers also acquired pitcher Tyler Glasnow, who might well be as good as Yamamoto, and OF Teoscar Hernandez, while not renewing J.D. Martinez.- Who is favored to win the next World Series? LA Dodgers.
- Go to this site.
- Click on Join a Public League.
- As you'll be new to this, choose: Beginner and Roto Scoring, Snake Draft Type and, heck, why not...Draft Now.
- When 10 teams sign up to play, you will be prompted to join the draft.
- Your first attempt could be stressful, and you might make mistakes. But no problem, just abandon this team and try again. Or, more righteously, keep this junk team and try to improve it as the season unfolds. I did this once with a lot of injured draftees, but did fine by the end of the year.
- After the draft, this team will have a homepage with the lineup. Go to League Settings to view details on how to play.
- You should have a roster size of 19 with 16 starters and 3 bench players.
- For the year, there will be no limit to games played by batters, but each pitcher can only start 200 games maximum.
- Points for hitter include for home runs, runs batted in, runs scored, stolen bases and batting average.
- Points for pitchers accrue from strikeouts, wins, saves, holds, earned run average and walks plus hits per innings pitched.
- There is no limit to replacing players from the free agent list.
- Trading is allowed with teams in the league, with a deadline of August 16.
- The first day of league play will be March 20 and 21 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, for they open the season in Seoul. The rest of teams opens play on March 28, with all 30 clubs in action.
- Each team plays 162 games. The last day of play is September 29, with a potential of the postseason and World Series going up to November 2.
Changing sports, from Zach Pereles of CBS Sports, I alerted you last year about his coming in a post of the upcoming NBA draft, and followed up a couple more times.
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To close, this is, after all, Friday, anticipating the March 10 Academy Awards, here is what is new in Netflix this month. You also might want to know what films are leaving.
About Netflix, the movie reviewed today in the local Star-Advertiser was Spaceman, starring Adam Sandler. Once ridiculously over the top, his recent films showed that he is a decent actor. An intriguing alien on his spaceship makes the effort interesting. Netflix premieres it today, but Rotten Tomatoes gave the production 51/61 ratings. So, now, maybe not.
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