How the Author Spent His Wednesday Evening

Tomorrow afternoon the present author will have the privilege of participating in the third Fangraphs Staff Ottoneu league. This despite the fact that until yesterday, I had no idea that there were two separate iterations of Jesus Montero. This despite the fact that I am not entirely certain that Julio Lugo is not still on a major league roster. And if he is, whether or not he’s worth a dollar. Despite it all, I’ll face off against many of RotoGraphs’ finest.

I may not be the everyman you deserve, dear reader, but I’m the everyman you’ve got.

In preparation for the big day, I took some time Wednesday night to participate in a mock auction. What better way, I thought, to hone my instincts against this roundtable of experts, than to match wits against the keen intellects that only Yahoo! Sports can offer. I was ready to learn.

Two hours and fifteen minutes later, the light from this screen was hurling itself on my weary retinas:

I earned my education; but perhaps I learned less about fantasy baseball than I did about myself. There are few things sadder than doing a mock auction with eleven bots.