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First, an explanation: Yahoo! loves all the participation that we're bringing to the table, but apparently we are supposed to have one Officially Official fantasy league for the site this season. Because of this, I chose the league with the most members (at the moment) as the "Official" BYB league. I apologize if this seems confusing, but rest assured I'm in the same boat. Either way, your bragging rights count the same at season's end.
That said, let's move onto the teams (with BYB usernames in parentheses). Any and all unoriginal team names should be mocked to no end in the comments:
- The Procrastinators (H20PoloPunk)
- Verlanderful (JWurm)
- AlAlDownsBerryCoke (bnumerich)
- Dewittiots (Jim Bunn)
- It Burns When I Peavy (dcaseydunn)*
- Choke Artists (tealy213)
- BSells12 (BSells12)
- Dirks in a Box (Thorpac)
- DudeYerGettinADelmon (jhitts08)
- A Coke and a Smyly (bobrob2004)
- Keepin It Villarreal (SpartanHT)
- I ran out of charact (mgoblue4ever)
- Mr Sunshines Funtime (mrsunshine)
- Twisted Fister (myself)
*Yes, I completely stole this team name for the other BYB league. It's that awesome.
The draft won't take place for another few weeks -- which is probably annoying the crap out of bnumerich -- giving us some time to see how rosters shake out during Spring Training. Depending on how annoyed Kurt gets with all of the fantasy talk, we may update with a link to the Opening Day rosters.
Prizes for this league are plentiful, and include (but are not limited to): Donner's old dog toys, Patrick's old law school textbooks (a.k.a. stone tablets), and a pair of game-worn socks from none other than Al Beaton himself -- no, he didn't play, but he definitely wore them during a game (or twelve).
Let the trash talking begin! And remember, participants: don't be a Delmon.
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