Major League Baseball : MLB.com fantasy draft
Major League Baseball kicked off the season last night with a fantasy draft, an all nighter and then watching Opening Dawn in a bar called the Remote Lounge. The draw for the experts and regular “guys” who participated was, well, a chance to be on MLB.tv, a chance to hang out with one’s editor and other friends, and a friendly game of “last man standing” mixed league fantasy.
The last man standing thing is because this was a game played at the draft. There will be no transactions and no additions all season long, so injuries and the ability to balance a squad at the draft will play a big role in who wins. Just before we began MLB announced there would be a $1,000 prize to the winner. Just before we ended that was bumped up to $5,000.
Nobody complained. I’ll let you judge teams and watch the first four rounds. During the taping things went excruciatingly slow, but between the food, the open bar, the company and someone mercifully turning down the volumn, it was good fun.
By the way, I didn’t make it to dawn. Not at the Remote Lounge, anyway.