FAT-ELVIS baseball collective

it’s over.  the FEAT and the church talent show wore me out. i had so much responsibility hitting me all at the same time and now both are over.  i crashed last night and slept nearly nine hours.  i NEVER sleep nine hours.  well, unless you count nights with Nyquil.

both activities hit over the same weekend.  i spent most of last week prepping files for the league AND trying to work with all those that were in the church program.  then friday night got here and the talent show went off without a hitch.  great show and everyone had a terrific time.  you can always tell it’s a good time when no one wants to leave after it’s over.  we finished about 9:45 and there were still a lot of folks around at 11 when i finally got to leave.  hopefully we’ll have some videos to show to post up this week.

the auction went smoothly.  non-doc bob won the award this year for bringing up the first unavailable player.  usually it’s a player that’s already been taken.  and usually it’s by either ilan or mike (utley).  but the non-doc bob brought up a player that is currently under contract with another team.  so congrats to him! (in fairness, bob is in 4 leagues and i’m sure it’s easy to get confused between one league and the next.)

so now the long, busy weekend is over and i’m hoping to chillax this week.

-chief

it’s getting here very quickly.  just four more days until the FEAT.  i can honestly tell you that i’m NOT ready.  not anywhere close.  by the time it gets here, though, i should be.  i don’t have that many places to fill … or that much money to spend.  the Tigers will be looking toward the future when they make their bids.  this year could be a rough one, but it’s not all a loss.  not yet.  anything can happen.  deals could be made after the FEAT closes and the salary cap opens up some.  but the Tigers are feeling like this is more of a rebuilding year.

Jeter, Wright, Castillo help anchor the infield.  we’re hoping Soto bounces back and that Rajai Davis stays consistent.  the rotation and bullpen are iffy at best.  the majority of games we win this year will be from our hitting, not our pitching.  and our hitting has it’s sketchy moments.  catcher is weak this year.  and there are really no solid guys in the corner spots of the outfield.  first base is non-existent at the moment and will be one of the areas the Tigers try to fix for the next several years.  in hindsight, trading Chamberlain and Votto for Teixeira and Hamels was a mistake.  we probably would have made the playoffs anyway and then this season would have been better off.  we would have had a firstbaseman still and since we didn’t have the money to justify extending Hamel’s contract we’d be in a slightly weaker position with pitching, but more money to work with overall.  ahhh, the follies of the Tupelo franchise continue.

-chief