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Posted By: Chris Counts

While I am convinced baseball will never be as great as it was in the 1930s and early 1940s (sorry, t-card collectors, but this was baseball true golden age!), it's still the next best thing. I loved the recent international baseball "classic," and I still read the box scores every day (since early 1970, by the way!).

I used to root for my favorite teams, but I can't even remember who they are because I am now hopelessly addicted to fantasy baseball, which manages to subvert all natural team allegiances. I even root for the dreaded Yankees now, because I have Jeter and Giambi on my fantasy team. By the way, Bill, don't lose too much sleep over Corey Patterson. I had a chance to pick him up and then I looked at his on-base average ...