Note to the Giants

Pitching to Lance Berkman is almost as stupid as pitching to Barry Bonds when he had his A game swing going. The Giants lost last night's game despite an excellent effort from Barry Zito (who looked good and carried himself with confidence that's been missing for the last few months) because they tried to pitch to Berkman.

The guy is absolutely white-hot right now. Do not give him any pitches to hit. Walk him. Frustrate him. Do not try to beat him, let him beat himself.

Unless its Cain or Lincecum pitching AND its early in the game (i.e. fresh arms) there's just no upside to going after him, most especially with a man on because that makes his dongers more painful.

Other than that, I think Zito pitched a helluva game and hope he's turned a corner and will resume some of his swagger from when he had his confidence and could throw that big old nasty curve on ya.

Note, I'm advising the Giants in direct opposition to my fantasy baseball needs as Berkman is one of my studs (along with Josh Hamilton). I love the Giants THAT much!

My Yearly Plea for Fantasy Baseball Players

It is almost that time again, baseball is coming up on us, pitchers are working off their off season rust, batters are getting their muscles back into shape.

And fantasy baseball leagues everywhere begin anew. A fresh start and chance to attain glory over a bunch of people you're not likely to ever meet in real life.

Is this the kind of glory you crave?

Then come and join my league at Rocket Roiders and, when asked for a password to join, use WhatPEDs.

Hope Springs Eternal for October Glory Today

For today is the Opening Day of the 2007 Major League Baseball season. The World Champion St. Louis Cardinals take on the scary good looking New York Mets!Today is the day when all teams can look to the future with anticipation rather than dread many of the bottom teams will have in a few short weeks (yep, I'm looking at you KC Royals).

Baseball is back and I'm pretty darned excited about it.

Our trip up to see the Giants home opener on Tuesday has been cancelled unfortunately but understandably. The ticket prices we were finding were a little crazy. I had already made the adult decision to step out of the festivities as I'm not working right now and it is hard to justify dropping the coinage on such a non-necessity.

Until the first pitch tonight, every player has a chance to be the home run king, the batting champ and the slugging champ. Until that first pitch and the stars start shining and the regulars start regularing.

But one of the best things about the start of the season is that there are always a couple of guys who come out of the gate HOT, HOT, HOT. Chris Shelton last year for Detroit was unreal and now he's working his way back up to the majors. Who will it be this year?

Whoever it is, I hope I've got them on my fantasy teams!

Also, GO GIANTS!

Fantasy Baseball League Needs You!

Hey You! Yeah you reading this. You play baseball? You play fantasy baseball?

Do you want to play some fantasy baseball?

I've got a small league that needs two more teams to become viable. Why don't you come on down and show us what you got?

Leave a comment or drop me an email (erik at intellectualpoison dot com) and join up? It is free, it is fun and the live draft is next Wednesday evening.