Oh no, Godzilla!
April 6th, 2005It has not been a particularly promising season so far for the Tokyo SuperGodzillas. The team, my entry into a fantasy baseball league of bloggers, was crippled on draft day by my overwhelming support of Japanese imports Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui. Both players have done well for me so far, though: Ichiro got a hit in his first at bat and we expect to see that happen at least 250 times in the next six months, and Godzilla (Matsui) hit the first home run of the season on Sunday night and another on Tuesday. I predict that Matsui will put up monster numbers, and Ichiro’s average and at-bats will carry my whole team, but I think I’ll be scraping high and low to get some real power numbers this year.
(Don’t get me started on my starting pitching.)
In other news, it was a big Opening Day for other Japanese players I don’t have on my fantasy team. Kaz Matsui on the Mets hit a home run in his first at bat of the season for the second year in a row, and Shingo Takatsu on the White Sox picked up his first save.
April 6th, 2005 at 12:54 pm
Didn’t we almost make a trade involving a certain starting pitcher?
April 6th, 2005 at 1:16 pm
Yes, another genius managing move was my decision to stick with Smoltz, as least for part of the season, because he has proven himself as a starter. Before. Years ago. As in, not recently. :)