Dreams

Note: I haven't been interesting enough to get many comments lately, so this is going to be an attempt at an interactive post. Take your shot at any or all of the three questions below, if you'd like.

I'm sure you've all heard about the Cubs being up for sale at the end of this season. If 599 of you can come up with $1 million each to go with my million, they're all ours! A Midwestern guy can dream, can't he? First player to go: Bob Howry (o-2).

Question 1A: What MLB team would you like to own? Why?
Question 1B: What would you do if you owned the Cubs?

In association with another longtime dream, I've been reading several books written by famous Jeopardy! champions -- Ken Jennings, Bob Harris, etc. Katrina and I grew up dreaming of being on the show. I even tried out for the college edition once. The next time they have an audition in this area, we're there. It would be a great way to pay off HU once and for all, or maybe get enough for a down payment on a house.

Question 2: Do you have a secret desire to get on Jeopardy!? Or is Wheel of Fortune more your style?

My fantasy baseball league finally is underway, although I don't think a few of the guys have realized we've started. Kind of by default, I'm in second place after the first day. It was the first time I'd had a team picked by an auto draft, so it was weird waking up and "meeting" my team.

C Michael Barrett (ChC)
1B Adrián González (SD)
2B Ray Durham (SF)
3B David Wright (NYM)
SS Felipe López (Was)
OF Carlos Beltrán (NYM)
OF Chris Burke (Hou)
OF Mark DeRosa (ChC)
Util Aramis Ramírez (ChC)
SP Roy Oswalt (Hou)
SP Aaron Harang (Cin)
SP Brett Myers (Phi)
RP Trevor Hoffman (SD)
RP José Valverde (Ari)
P Clay Hensley (SD)
P Jason Schmidt (LAD)
P Jonathan Broxton (LAD)

Bench
Nomar Garciaparra (LAD)
Edwin Encarnación (Cin)
Rich Aurilia (SF)
Roger Clemens (Hou?)
Scott Olsen (Fla)

Question 3: Turned out pretty lame, didn't it?

Let's just hope:
A. Roger Clemens actually plays this year.
B. Adrian Gonzalez has many more days like yesterday.