Draft Day Distractions

With less than a week to go before draft day in the Gateway Fantasy League, for the first time in a long time I am having trouble focusing on my last minute details. After playing fantasy baseball for twenty five years, I know how important "tech week" is when preparing for the big day. NOTE: Tech Week is a theater term that refers to the week before the show. Kudos to my wife, Laura and daughter Abigail, for enlightening me with that term. Draft day is still awesome and I cannot wait to see all the league owners but it sure seems like their is alot more going on this year. Let's take a look.

1. NCAA TOURNAMENT comes around the same time every year but has this tournament been great or what! My bracket is busted, thanks Roc Chalk Jayhawk, but I don't care. The games are great, the Cinderellas continue to grab at the slipper, and the level of competitive basketball seems to be at an all time high. How can I focus on Tiering out my middle relievers when Xavier and Texas A&M are dueling it out in OT!
2. THE MASTERS I can't concentrate until I know that Tiger Woods can regain the trust of all that endorsement money and the networks woes of making golf relevant without his presense. Poor Tiger, he has only made a gazillion dollars, has a hot wife, and is the best golfer on the planet. I am torn between preparation and writing unhealthy blogs on my "Tiger is god" fan blog.
3. HEALTH CARE REFORM The poor Democrats have control of the House, Senate, White House, and Press and STILL can't pass health care reform and more importantly, can't even get the message out about the really good points of the bill. Say what you want about Dick Cheney and Karl Rove (and we can) but they would have had this done and spun long ago. Sounds like my catcher quandry on Tier Four.
4. THE PALM COMMERICAL Hey, the gal in the red dress walking down the street playing with her phone is distracting! I'm just saying.
5. "EXPERT" PREDICTIONS I have read alot of information but at this point, I have to make a decision. These pundants will be talking me out of Hanley Ramirez at number two if I listen too much longer.
6. SPRING TRAINING STATS They may be the most misleading stat in fantasy baseball. It happens every year, my linchpin pitcher gets rocks in the Cactus League and panic strikes my draft board. It makes no difference how many years I see, I still get distracted by it.
7. THIS PARENTING AND MARRIAGE THING Now that my kids are older and my wife more tolerant, they know that tech week is a big week for me but that doesn't stop, plays, basketball practice, laundry, dinner, and the daily grind. One guy in our league always takes this week off so he can have time to himself. I think I may take a day off myself for that reason.
8. THE PETER, PAUL AND MARY GUY singing about his colon in that commercial. Now that is not distracting but it sure is uncomfortable. I have this vision of Puff the Magic Dragon having a colonoscopy...disturbing!
9. EARTHQUAKES Between Chile and Haiti, the volcanic eruption in Iceland, and my recent viewing of 2012, I am wondering if we will make it through the 2010 season alive!
10. FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTS I am in the middle of a dynasty league slow draft that has 36 rounds. By Round 28 you are trying to not be the guy that drafts anyone cut, deceased, or retired.

More than anything, I am ready for the season to begin. With a little over fourteen days until the first pitch, I want to see if my sleepers blossom, my keepers produce, and my DNDs (Do Not Drafts) are validated.

Best of luck in your 2010 season.

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