First fantasy baseball draft of the year.

This is my "beer" league. Winner gets a case of beer (of their choice) from the losers.


Will Work for 222's

Round Pick Player Position
1. (5) Chase Utley 2B
2. (20) Carlos Beltrán OF
3. (29) Curtis Granderson OF
4. (44) Cole Hamels SP
5. (53) Garrett Atkins 1B,3B
6. (68) John Smoltz SP
7. (77) Michael Young SS
8. (92) Andruw Jones OF
9. (101) Francisco Cordero RP
10. (116) Ben Sheets SP
11. (125) Kosuke Fukudome OF
12. (140) Carlos Mármol RP
13. (149) Jarrod Saltalamacchia C,1B
14. (164) Alex Gordon 1B,3B
15. (173) Jeremy Bonderman SP
16. (188) Derek Lowe SP
17. (197) Edwin Encarnación 3B
18. (212) Pat Neshek RP
19. (221) Hideki Okajima RP
20. (236) Justin Upton OF
21. (245) Andy Pettitte SP
22. (260) Melky Cabrera OF
23. (269) Chris Carpenter SP
24. (284) Tadahito Iguchi 2B
25. (293) Paul Lo Duca C
26. (308) Joel Zumaya RP

Dear Chris:

Congratulations! You have been approved to receive a Bachelors' degree from Rutgers University -- Camden effective January 2008. An official transcript is enclosed to verify your degree.

Diplomas will be awarded to graduates at Commencement. THE DATE OF THE CEREMONY IS THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008, 6:00PM AT THE SUSQUEHANNA BANK CENTER (formerly Tweeter Center).

We hope the you enjoyed you educational experience at Rutgers University -- Camden and wish you success in your future endeavors.

So, I guess I got that thing going for me!

Yes, this is probably "digitally enhanced."

But it's still pretty bad ass. (Especially the part on the freeway overpass.)



Viva Joga Bonito!

The Wing Bowl is still decadant and depraved.

We arrived in the parking lot of Citizens Bank Park at around 5:30AM. It was cold and drizzling. As we walked from the car, shotgunning my third Coors Light, I saw the damnedest thing. At the corner of the Spectrum, huddled against the entrance, there was a man lying down. Passed out. Smashed. No, he wasn't homeless -- or at least he didn't look homeless.

A few moments later, his buddies came over to wake his drunk ass up. Turns out, he and his buddies from Drexel had been tailgating since 10:00 the previous night, and this poor fellow (who probably didn't look any older than 19) had had a few too many sips of ol' grandpa's cough syrup.

Welcome to the Wing Bowl: "The world's largest indoor sausage party." Where else will you find 20,000 (mostly) men gather before the crack of dawn to see a chicken wing eating contest?

Yeah, right. The Wing Bowl is much more than just a bunch of fat dudes gorging on chicken. It's an excuse to get smashed on a weekday and ogle skanky women from various "gentlemen's" clubs/steak houses.

If you're not from Philadelphia, you'll never get, nor completely understand the Wing Bowl. So I won't even try. Here are some clips from FOX 29.

A.J. Daulerio (formerly of Deadspin) of Philadelphia Magazine filed this report.
philly.com's Wing Bowl coverage.