baseball

"Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come." - Terrance Mann (James Earl Jones), Field of Dreams

I must admit to be enamored with baseball. And since I have always wanted to more closely follow the whole MLB, along with rooting for the Giants, I decided to try out Fantasy Baseball for the first time. Thanks to Kevin Burrill for inviting me. You can track our league, and my "success," at our league's homepage.

As far as the Giants are concerned this year, I can only pray for the playoffs . . . Zito's new delivery and the Barry Bond's Show does not give me a lot of hope for more than drama this year. I hope Ray Durham pulls out another career season.