Quote of the day
"I never, ever thought that I would make one. I just wanted to get to the big leagues, and when I got here I just wanted to win ballgames. All-Star games were not on my mind. To win this is just beyond me." -- Atlanta 1B Freddie Freeman, after winning the fan vote to claim the final spot on the NL All Star teamDaily blurb
I recall that when I was a teenager, MLB All Star games were a very big deal. Of course, back then I got most of my in-depth baseball news from my weekly copy of The Sporting News, and national baseball TV coverage was relegated to the Saturday afternoon “Game of the Week”, so the All Star game provided a rare opportunity to see many players who I seldom got to see in action. So yes, it was a very big deal.
Nowadays, not so much. Presumably, a lot of that is due to the gross expansion of coverage. But maybe some of it is part of my rite of passage into curmudgeondom. Whatever. [grunt]
As usual, I’m going to use the break to begin working on organizing the RotoGuru Invitational Football Challenge (RIFC) leagues for the upcoming season. I plan to contact all of last year’s managers by email, after which I’ll open it up on the RotoGuru Forum. I really haven’t started yet, so give me a week or so before pestering me if you haven’t heard anything. If you are interested in serving as a commissioner for one of the leagues, however, feel free to email me now. I’m not sure where I stand yet, but I do know that some of last year’s commissioners will be moving to a different level, so I may have a need.