Marlins Pitcher Falls Asleep During Game

Florida Marlins relief pitcher Edward Mujica was caught on camera napping during the 2nd inning of the Cubs game on Saturday. The Marlins were up 3-0 at that point and went on to win 13-3 and Mujica didn't even have to pitch.

CHICAGO - Mujica said napping during the early innings is one of his rituals. He said that when he was with the Padres, he napped from the first inning through the third in a room next to the bullpen.

“In Miami I can’t do that because there’s no place to sleep,” he said.

Mujica said the sun and heat on Saturday made him sleepy, and he nodded off into dreamland.

The Cubs announcer, Bob Brenly, was pissed off that a relief pitcher would take a nap during the 2nd inning and went on a little rant.

"Boy, that's embarrassing. I don't even know who that is. That's embarrassing. Can you imagine any other job in the world where you show up and sit down at your desk or your workplace and, oh, take a little nap for the first hour or so of work here. Come on! Sleep at night."

Embarrassing? Really Bob Brenly? Dozing off in 90 degree heat during a Marlins Cubs game is embarrassing? Does Bob Brenly actually realize this was a game between the Florida Marlins and Chicago Cubs? The Marlins have the worst attendance in baseball and recently stopped selling upper deck tickets and watching the Cubs is like watching a high school softball team. Now that the Marlins have an 80-year-old manager I'm surprised napping during games isn't mandatory. Along with carrying around hard candies and watching re-runs of Matlock in the clubhouse to get pumped up before every game.

Fan Almost Falls at Home Run Derby

Major League Baseball was almost hit with another tragic event, this time at the Home Run Derby on Monday night. A fan tried to catch a home run hit by Prince Fielder and lost his balance but was pulled up by his brother and a few others. Last Thursday tragedy struck MLB when Shannon Stone died after a fall at the Texas Rangers game. This time a major accident was averted.

ESPN - Again highlighting the dangers of trying to catch a ball at a big league ballpark, a fan standing on a table above the pool deck, Keith Carmickle of suburban Kingman, fell over trying to catch a Prince Fielder homer. The fan was grabbed by his brother before going all the way over, where he could have fallen about 20 feet. Carmickle was dangling when he was pulled back up.

"I stepped up on the table, I missed the ball by 2 or 3 feet and went over," he said. "We caught three balls and I told the guys I was going to go for the cycle. Dude, they were really holding onto me."

Last week, a 39-year-old fan, Shannon Stone, died while trying to catch a ball thrown into the stands at a Rangers game in Arlington, Texas.

"He wasn't going down, I was holding on," Nelson said.

Carmickle said he wasn't worried while he was dangling.

"I bench-press 500 pounds, and I wasn't going down," he said.

This guy is a fucking idiot. The Shannon Stone incident was a complete and utter tragedy and gives me chills whenever I think about what happened but this is completely different. This idiot was likely Anne Tanked and standing on a table that was basically at the same height as the railing. Oh yeah, he was also barefoot. Just a genius idea. Plus he had already caught 3 home run balls already! That's cute, I remember when I caught my first baseball.

P.S. "Dude" what the shit is a "cycle" for catching baseballs in the stands?

Kate Upton Hotness at the 2011 Celebrity All-Star Softball Game

I wanted to find a reason to not post these pictures of Kate Upton at the 2011 Celebrity All-Star Game because she was wearing a Yankees hat. After looking at them for about 13 seconds I realized I couldn't find another reason not to post pictures of a 19-year-old Victoria's Secret Model in short shorts. Victoria's Secret 19-year-old trumps awfulness of Yankees hat. Then I saw Erin Andrews wore a Red Sox hat to the game, redeeming everything and everyone, and I had no problem posting these.

Kid Makes Diving Catch at 2011 Home Run Derby

Robinson Cano was just putting on a laser show in the Home Run Derby but flew out to center for his last out. Then a kid in the OF got his Sam Fuld on. Is this the best Home Run Derby catch of all-time?

I'm going with yes. #1 Web Gem on Baseball Tonight tonight. Gotta respect a kid laying out at the Home Run Derby. Then he celebrated like he just made the game winning catch with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th in Game 7 of the World Series. Compared to all the other kids in the OF who get hit in the face with routine pop-ups this catch was basically that.

Fan Dies After 20-Foot Fall at Rangers Game

During the 2nd inning of the Oakland Athletics vs. Texas Rangers game tonight Conor Jackson hit a foul ball down the left field line. Josh Hamilton retrieved the ball and a fan asked him to toss it to him. Hamilton did and when the man reached to catch the ball he fell over the railing and later died. Witnesses said the man was conscious and talking after being placed on a stretcher.

ARLINGTON, Texas - A male fan has died after falling over the outfield railing and landing on the concrete behind the out-of-town scoreboard at the Rangers Ballpark during the second inning of Thursday's game between the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics.

"We are deeply saddened to learn that the man who fell has passed away as a result of this tragic accident," Rangers president/CEO Nolan Ryan said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his family."

The fan, wearing a blue Rangers cap and white Rangers shirt, was seated in the front row with his young son. According to others seated near him, the man was yelling at Rangers left fielder Josh Hamilton for a foul ball that was hit by Conor Jackson and ricocheted into left field in the second inning. Hamilton flipped the ball toward the fan and the fan leaned over, caught it and toppled over in the gap between the railing and the back of the scoreboard on the left-field fence.

A fellow fan said he was chatting with the man earlier in the game and that he was a firefighter from Brownwood, but didn't know his name.

"I tried to grab him, but I couldn't," said Hargis, a 50-year-old from Hawley, Texas, who was sitting beside the falling fan. "I tried to slow him down a little bit. He went straight down."

Several fans, including Safawna Dunn, said paramedics quickly got to the fan and took him off in a stretcher.

"He was conscious," Dunn said.

"They had him on a stretcher. He said, 'Please check on my son. My son was up there by himself.' The people who carried him out reassured him. 'Sir, we'll get your son, we'll make sure he's OK,'" Ziegler said. "He had his arms swinging. He talked and was conscious. We assumed he was OK. But when you find out he's not, it's just tough."

I like how they can show this on TV but they absolutely cannot show someone running on the field. And don't even give me that "they turn the cameras away from the field to prevent the people from running on the field" bullshit. Yeah, I get it, people run on the field for attention. But 1) The people who run on the field care about the attention that the people in the park give them and 2) The video is going to end up on YouTube anyways. At this point people know that the ballpark camera won't be on them but they continue to do it anyways.

Who feels worse right now - the announcers that were laughing at the situation or Josh Hamilton? It's a lock Hamilton went home and hit the bottle hard after the game. This incident comes one year and a day after a fan fell 30-feet at a Texas Rangers game but survived. That man also happened to be a firefighter.

This post brings up the question of "can you hit the 'like' button on this type of post?". You're thinking "I want to hit it for his great writing, factual reporting and ability to blend humor and tragedy while remaining serious and respectful...but on the other hand I'm 'liking' a post about a dude falling 20 feet to his death". Your decision doesn't leave me with Sheenis envy.

Albert Pujols Returns From Injury, Is a Machine

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols returned to the starting lineup tonight just 17 days after he broke his wrist. That's absolutely unheard of. What's even more ridiculous are the things he has been doing since breaking his wrist.

ST. LOUIS – The day after Albert Pujols broke a bone in his left wrist, he asked his hitting coach, Mark McGwire, to do something that seemed utterly wrong.

“Mark,” Pujols said, “check my hand.”

Pujols extended it. He wanted McGwire to shake it. McGwire obliged, and to his surprise, Pujols’ grip was firm and strong. McGwire had come to expect certain things from Pujols. Not this.

“He’s a remarkable person,” McGwire said. “That’s all I can say.”

McGwire leaned on the back of the batting cage Tuesday afternoon. The heat was choking Busch Stadium. McGwire paid it no mind. Five feet in front of him, through a web of netting, Pujols was taking live batting practice for the first time since suffering the injury that was supposed to keep him out at least four weeks, probably more. That was 17 days ago.

Pujols lined a home run over the center-field wall, and then another deep into the left-field bleachers, and another down the left-field line, and another to the opposite field. McGwire chewed his gum.

I double dog dare you to name me someone who is more awesome than Albert Pujols. I texted a friend of mine an excerpt I saw from a Ken Rosenthal post (warning: all paragraphs are in one sentence form) yesterday about how Albert Pujols was machine-like and awesome a day after breaking his wrist. My friend's response was legen...wait for it...


...dary! Legendary. Text messages don't get any better than that. Pure perfection.

Sir Mix-a-Lot Throws First Pitch at Mariners Game

Sir Mix-a-Lot threw out the 1st pitch at the Seattle Mariners vs. San Diego Padres game on Friday. Wait, what?!?!?

This guy is still alive? When I first saw this I thought it had to be a joke. I haven't heard Sir Mix-a-Lot mentioned since like 1997. What's funny about this is that Friday's game was "80s night". "Baby Got Back", aka "the only thing Sir Mix-a-Lot is famous for", was released in 1992.

At least his first pitch was better than John Wall's but that's not saying much. I must say that second pitch was pretty doll-hairs though. What was the most surprising part of all of this? A) Sir Mix-a-Lot had the stamina to throw two pitches B) Sir Mix-a-Lot was selected to throw out the first pitch C) He threw a strike on the 2nd pitch

P.S. Nice jorts.

P.S P.S. This might be the only time I'll have an easy segue to this so...

Crazy Girl Wrote Colby Rasmus a Song

This is hands down the best video I have ever seen. Better than Charlie bit my finger. Better than Antoine Dodson. Better than David after the dentist. Better than black people and leprechauns. Let's just pretend this girl is 18. First, how did she get all that off the field footage of Colby Rasmus? Second, you know this girl is crazy in the sack. She's a bona fide nut-job that would make Michele Bachmann seem normal. Girls that insane are freaks. Sort of like girls that are really into saving the planet.

This girl definitely fails the "Hot-Crazy Scale" but if I'm Colby Rasmus I'm sending this girl a message and hitting it, but not after I get a vasectomy and set up some proxy server because her #1 goal is definitely to find out where Colby lives and her #2 goal is to have his babies. At the worst you'll end up chained to a bed and locked in her basement but at the best you'll have an awesome story to tell.

Colby should definitely use this as his pre-at-bat song. Or he should sneak into Larussa's office and set it as his ring tone. Triple, double single. That smooooth home run!

P.S. All girls need to wear white shorts. They are awesome. The end.

Ichiro Has 30-Homer Power?

That is the current headline photo/article on the Yahoo MLB page. Before we get into the laughable aspects of this topic let's go over why Les Carpenter from Yahoo! wrote this article. Wait a minute, his name is "Les"? Oh man, he's making it really hard for me to focus. Ichrio Suzuki was a .311 career hitter in his first 10 seasons in MLB. Ichiro then went into a ridiculous slump where his batting average from May 19-June 9 was .149. A lot of that is because his game was built on his speed and beating out infield hits and he's 37 now. Let's get back to the main point though - Les wrote this article because Ichiro can hit homers during batting practice and wants to know why he doesn't change his game to become a power hitter now that he has lost his speed. Enjoy.

Yahoo - Many are beginning to wonder if his speed is finally leaving him. And if it has, why doesn’t he use the one weapon he has consistently refused to employ? His power.

Anyone who arrives at the ballpark early is dazzled by the amazing sight of the tiny, slender Japanese left-handed hitter in the batting cage, swirling with that awkward but beautiful swing and smashing baseballs deep into the right-field bleachers. It’s a display as awesome as any of the great sluggers who made batting practice a show, like Mark McGwire, Darryl Strawberry and Albert Pujols(notes). But these are giants, men whose arms ripple with muscle. Their games were built around home runs.

As soon as batting practice is over, Ichiro returns to trying to outrace the throw from shortstop.

Ichiro’s power is not a secret. He hit more than 12 home runs in each of his seven full seasons in Japan before coming to the United States in 2001. Once he hit 25. And Japan’s seasons are some 30 games shorter than those here. Several times baseball people have pushed him to join the home run contest at the All-Star game, certain he would win. But he refuses. His great power remains a batting practice sensation.

I can barely finish this post because I'm laughing so hard but I'll do my best.

Stop the presses, Ichiro hit more than 12 homers in 7 straight seasons in Japan! Well that definitely translates to 30+ homers in MLB. You know what else happened in that Japanese league? Hideki Matsui hit 50 bombs there one season. When he came to the MLB he never hit more than 31. Kosuke Fukudome hit 34 dingers one season. In the MLB he has yet to surpass 13. Should we even talk about Dice-K?

Do we really need to discuss the issue of Les saying "why doesn’t he use the one weapon he has consistently refused to employ"? You're right Les, Ichiro knows he can hit 30 home runs every season. He probably sits down by himself in a dark corner of a room and has a heart to heart where he says, "You know what Ichiro, I think it'd be better for the team if you hit singles instead of homers".

That brings us to Ichiro's Ruthian display of power during batting practice. First of all, it's batting practice. Second of all, it's batting practice. Third of all, it's batting practice. Fourth of all, it's batting practice. Fifth of all, it's batting practice. Sixth of all, I don't think I'm using "of all" correctly anymore but I don't care. Seventh of all, it's fucking batting practice.

Finally, in 10.5 seasons in MLB Ichiro has 90 TOTAL home runs and has never hit more than 15 in a single season and has only hit double digit homers 3 times. But yes, Les, you're right, Ichiro can hit 30 homers every season but figuring out why he doesn't will be one of the great unsolved questions of the universe. Like "What happened to Tupac?". Or "Do black holes exist?". Or "What caused the great depression?". Or "Who hired Joe Buck to call World Series games?".

If it was so easy every asshole would be doing it.

Milton Bradley Got Ejected Tonight

Seattle Mariners left fielder Milton Bradley was ejected tonight for arguing a third strike call in the 8th inning of a 2-2 game with the Chicago White Sox. This was the second time he was ejected this week but that's not the great part about this story. The great part about this story is that this picture was taken when Mariners manager Eric Wedge came out to argue/try to hold back Milton Bradley.


I really wish I could embed the ejection video for you but MLB takes the same route as my grandparents when it comes to new media - if the technology was introduced after 1980 then they want nothing to do with it/will avoid it at all costs. Here's the link to the video for now.

Tony Larussa's Daughter Selected As An Oakland Raiders Cheerleader

Tony Larussa might have shingles/pink-eye right now (here and here) but that didn't stop his hot daughter, Bianca, from being selected as a 2011 Oakland Raiders Cheerleader. Bianca Larussa recently tried out and was selected to be part of the 2011 Oakland Raiders cheerleading squad, the Raiderettes, that won't have a job come September. Bianca Larussa is the kind of girl I want to hang out with. She's from a rich family, she obviously loves sports, her dad loves to drink and she has almost 2,000 followers on Twitter. She's posted 191 Twitpics so if you really want to then here you go.

Okay, I couldn't end this post with Bianca Larussa talking about how much good the Oakland Raiders do. Has she forgotten that in 2009 their most recent coach, Tom Cable, punched his assistant coach, fracturing his jaw, and then was accused of beating his two ex-wives and ex-girlfriend?

PhillieBot Booed at Phillies Game

A few weeks ago we learned that a robot would throw out the first pitch at a Phillies game. We knew Phillies fans were the biggest douches in sports and I expected them to barf all over the robot but I didn't expect them to boo a robot. Today, that happened. Phillies fans booed a robot who threw out the first pitch. Don't be surprised when SkyNet takes down all of Philadelphia. Actually, let's root for that. Hard.

At the Phillies game today a robot threw out the first pitch. His claim to fame was that a) he was a robot and b) he could throw 30-40 MPH. Has this robot heard of batting cage robots because they do exactly what he does but better. CSN says:

For the past two months, Penn engineering students worked on a robot that would throw out the first pitch at Wednesday’s game at Citizens Bank Park in honor of the Philadelphia Science Festival. Called PhillieBot, the 230-pound robot with a Segway base and a robot arm rolled up to the mound to toss a pitch to the Phillie Phanatic. Per request of the Phillies, the robot could only throw the ball 30 to 40 miles per hour.

When I heard that a "robot" would throw the first pitch at a baseball game I imagined it to be a silly 110 MPH fastball but today we were reminded that man > robots. This is probably a "sandbagging" robot so we should also take this as a reminder that we can't trust robots because he/she/it wants us to think he/she/it is dumb and then when we are distracted he/she/it will strike.

This just gave me an idea for a great new game: Barf-Robot-Taser. Yes, I just made that up and it's a copy of Rock-Paper-Scissors but I intend to copyright it because it will be awesome to play. Barf beats taser, robot beats barf, taser beats robot. If I was to ever make a Philadelphia fan happy this is the moment.

Mike Leake Arrested For Shoplifting

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mike Leake was arrested today for shoplifting from Macy's. Apparently he stole 6 t-shirts worth $59.88. ESPN says:

Reds pitcher Mike Leake was arrested on a shoplifting charge at a downtown department store Monday, accused of trying to steal six shirts with a total value of $59.88.

The 23-year-old starter was booked at the Hamilton County Justice Center on a first-degree misdemeanor charge of shoplifting. It carries a maximum of 180 days in jail.

He was arrested about two hours before Cincinnati pitchers were expected at Great American Ball Park to take batting practice before the final game of a series against Pittsburgh. Leake started and got the victory in an 11-2 win over the Pirates on Saturday.

Police arrest reports said Leake removed the price tags from six American Rag T-shirts at a Macy's store and tried to leave without paying for them. Leake makes $425,000 in his second season in the majors.

You're "stunned" that a guy who only works once every 5 days and has to live in Cincinnati probably got bored and the only thing to do there was this? I think Reds fan should be more stunned that their team made the playoffs last year and that they are currently in 1st place right now. I would be more stunned if Mike Leake found something fun to do in Cincinnati on his off days.

Alright onto Mike Leake. Six shirts worth $59.88? Really Mike? Upon visiting the Macy's website there is a $10 off coupon if you purchase $50 or more which means he could have gotten those 6 shirts for $49.88! What a deal! That's practically like stealing. If you're going to shoplift at a big department store you have to know you will probably get caught so you might as well go for something tight and expensive. Why not just go for a 50" LCD TV? You might as well just try to drag a huge TV out instead of getting caught with 6 t-shirts.

After another quick Macys.com check there are only 3 t-shirts that sell for $9.98 ($59.88/6 if you can't follow along). I should clarify: there are only 3 "mens" t-shirts that sell for $9.98 but if he was buying something else we have other problems. Well, I don't have other problems, he does.

Okay well if he was stealing any of those t-shirts we both have problems. I realize he's only making $425,000 a year and only got a $2.9 million signing bonus in 2009 but if we educated him more on services such as The Salvation Army he wouldn't have to steal from Macy's. It's basically our fault this happened.

If you had "Mike Leake steals merchandise" before "Mike Leake steals a base" in your office pool then you win. In his 16 1/3 IP this year he's allowed 2 stolen bases so basically the Macy's "loss prevention" employees are doing better than he is. If you want to read the police report, or try to at least, here it is.

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres Game Suspended

NOOOOOOO! Here I was thinking I was going to be able to watch baseball and listen to Vin Scully past 5 am. Boy, was I wrong. Vin Scully makes his own rules. He had enough. He had to get to sleep. He has to get his sleep now if he wants to stay awake while calling Padres games tomorrow.

Manny Ramirez on Retirement

I would have rather seen Manny Ramirez serve the 100 game suspension and come back to a Rays team that was 0-106. Wait, they won a game? How did that happen? Oh, they scored 5 in the 9th off of a closer that's about to lose his job. That at least makes some sense. I still would have taken "Manny gets caught roiding" odds over "Day that Damon gets 2nd stolen base". ESPN had a quote from Manny where he said:

"I'm at ease. God knows what's best [for me]. I'm now an officially retired baseball player. I'll be going away on a trip to Spain with my old man."

HAHAHAHA. Manny was always a big douche but I never had anything against him. Yeah, he forced his way out of Boston but I thank him for that because he did it at a perfect time. His value plummeted after he left. That trade just further proved how much of a genius Theo Epstein is. Also, he won us some championships so there's that.

The Dodgers Padres Game is Packed

The Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres game is in the 6th inning but they just resumed from their 3rd rain delay. The game started over 6 hours ago which puts it at an hour per inning pace. Pretty much everyone left the game because they have to go to photo shoots or celebrity rehab. Oh wait, this game is in San Diego, not Los Angeles. Yeah bad joke, I apologize. Am I at a Yankees game or a Padres game? Alright, I don't apologize for that gone, it felt good.

I don't blame people for leaving (even though I wouldn't have left...I would be getting hammered watching Matt Kemp be awesome). I have MLB.TV so I can give you these awesome pictures of the packed crowd at Petco Park. MLB is notorious for making people take down game content so don't be surprised if this shit gets taken down in the next ten minutes. I have nothing better to do on a Friday night than listen to Vin Scully. I'm sorry that I'm not sorry.

BREAKING NEWS - Manny Ramirez Retired

Wow. Manny Ramirez missed yesterday's game "while attending to a family matter". MLB informed Manny yesterday of an "issue" relating to drugs and apparently he was facing a 100 game suspension so rather than deal with that he just decided to retire. Buster Olney tweeted "Manny had been notified pending issue with drug/treatment program.Take this for what it's worth:Manny looked much bigger in spring training." Oh I'll take it for what it's worth. Cough *roids* cough. Actually get rid off the *cough*, Manny was juicing his ass off. He makes Jack LaLanne look like an amateur. Too soon?


What a badass though, right? He knew how strict the MLB is with their performance enhancing drug testing and suspensions. He failed a drug test two years ago and was suspended for 50 games. And yet he still did it. Then even more badass, when they caught him and he realized he would be suspended for 100 games he decided to stick it to them and just retire.

MLB released a statement that said:

"Major League Baseball recently notified Manny Ramirez of an issue under Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program," the statement said. "Rather than continue with the process under the Program, Ramirez has informed MLB that he is retiring as an active player. If Ramirez seeks reinstatement in the future, the process under the Drug Program will be completed. MLB will not have any further comment on this matter."

Tony Larussa Walks Out On Reporters After Cardinals Slow Start

Okay, first of all - by my count it took Big Boy Tony Larussa 22 seconds to take that stretchy band off his wrist. Was he drunk? Wait, don't answer that! That's still not an excuse. That one-armed surfer could do it faster.

No one is questioning whether or not Albert Pujols will hit, Tony. I think they are questioning whether the rest of the lineup made up of Skip Schumaker, Ryan Theriot, David Mr. Freese, LANCE BERKMAN and Yadier Molina will hit. In fact, I don't even think people are questioning whether those guys will hit as much as they are questioning whether some of them should be collecting social security and others should be in AA.

Ugg Boots For Men Poll:
The only thing those guys are going to hit this year are A) drunk chicks at the bar B) their wives C) the bottle D) the bottle part 2 E) the bottle part 3 F) there is no F.

Tony, I know deep down that you don't even expect this lineup to score runs outside of Albert Pujols solo shots and since that isn't happening you aren't even upset. All you really want is someone to go drink with right now and since the coolest player on your team (Matt Holliday) is in the hospital it's making you salty.

2011 MLB Opening Day

Every time I see this commercial I get goosebumps. There is nothing quite like Baseball Opening Day and it's just about 8 days away.

ESPN is right, MLB Opening Day is better than New Years Day or Christmas. It is the start of America's pastime. Opening Day is one of those things where if you don't get it, you don't get it but hopefully you do get it because it's awesome.

Opening Day Schedule:

Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees, 1:05 p.m., ESPN

Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals, 1:05 p.m.

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Cincinnati Reds, 2:10 p.m.

Los Angeles Angels vs. Kansas City Royals, 4:10 p.m.

San Diego Padres vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 4:15 p.m., ESPN

San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 8 p.m., ESPN

Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy

I recently had my fantasy baseball draft and thought I'd impart some knowledge on you. If you've read this blog you know that we here at Ugg Boots For Men love Razzball. I drafted out of the 4 hole and, no homo, fell in love with that slot. I don't know much but I am an expert in fantasy baseball so you can either listen to me and win your league or ignore it and your team will turn into the Cavs and you won't pay attention to it by May. My league is a 12 team 5x5 set-up with C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, OF, OF, OF, UTIL, 4 SP, 3 RP, 7 Bench.


This year there are several SPs I am targeting later in the draft because I think they will be nasty. They are Daniel Hudson, Gio Gonzalez, Mike Minor (UPDATE: the Braves announced Brandon Beachy will get the 5th rotation spot instead of Minor so I'm drafting Beachy) and James McDonald. You'll notice that I drafted all of them because I want to win. Also, make sure you draft Tabata because he's going around pick 210 in Yahoo drafts and that's crazier than an offspring of Charlie Sheen and Gary Busey.

1 - Miguel Cabrera
2 - Matt Kemp
3 - Matt Holliday
4 - Jason Heyward
5 - Liriano/Gallardo
6 - Chris Young (if you draft the pitcher you deserve to lose)
7 - Elvis Andrus
8 - Mark Reynolds
9 - Max Scherzer/Brett Anderson
10 - Aaron Hill
11 - Soto/Napoli
12 - John Axford
13 - Jose Valverde
14 - Gio Gonzalez
15 - Craig Kimbrel
16 - Daniel Hudson
17 - Jose Tabata
18 - Edinson Volquez
19 - Edwin Jackson
20 - RP
21 - Bud Norris
22 - James McDonald
23 - Brandon Beachy

Like they say, "the draft can't win you your league but it can lose you it". If you draft this team you'll be well on your way to winning, duh. One of the rules I use on draft day is to not draft more than 1 bench hitter. Use this guide for your draft and thank me later, Drake.