Decided this year to delve into the murky shark infested depths of Fantasy Baseball!

Had a good look around at all the different leagues and set ups (after having this good look around i was still as confused about it all as ever..) anyways decided to join a ESPN rotisserie 5x5 league which was apparently the easiest of the bunch to do..

Joined the league, named the team The Southsea Spartans and proceeded to wait in anticipation for the day of the draft..now as there is a 5 hour time difference 'tween me and dem yanks,i obviously couldn't stay up for the Live Draft(and still not sure if a 'live' did one did happen!!!) so i left The Spartans in the hands of the draft gods and just hoped it wasn't too awful when i awoke the next morning!

Now apparently i was 5th in the draft order which i NOW think isn't a bad position to be in and was given the following team in the draft:

C Montero (Ari)
1B Cuddyer (Col)
2B Pedroia (Bos)
SS Bonafacio (Mia)
3B Zimmerman (Mil)
2B/SS Weeks (Was)
1B/3B Reynolds (Bal)
OF Braun (Mil)
OF Granderson (Nyy)
OF Willingham (Min)
OF Rios (Cws)
OF Moreland (Tex)
UTIL Butler (Kc)
B Murphy (Tex)
B Desmond (Was)


P Hamels (Phi)
P Price (Tb)
P Cain (Sf)
S/R Moore (Tb)
P Beachy (Atl)
RP Motte (Stl)
P Lilly (Cc)
RP Street (Sd)
P McCarthy (Oak)
RP Myers (Hou)

.....and off i went like a lamb to the slaughter into the abbatoir of Fantasy Baseball!
(to be continued....)