I have been a sports analyst for over 5 years on the radio for the Johnny Ballgame Show (mon-fri at 3pm, johnnyballgameshow.com).  Johnny and I have grown up in the era in which sports became what it is today...a media spectacle.  There are any number of blogs, network stations, and writers who are dieing to be the next ESPN or Deadspin, so Johnny has had the luxury of choosing any number of outstanding guest. This is great because he can say here is so and so from the LA Times or draftgeek.com and the title alone adds some credibility.  So what if no one reads the paper anymore or has ever heard of your website, most people hear that and immediately think "professional".  So here I am trying to be a professional. I am not that complicated of a guy, so don't worry if you think I am going to go George Plimpton on you with my large vocabulary or 1000 page book.  I will keep it pretty simple, focusing on the "Big Three" (pro basketball, baseball, football) and fantasy sports.  The problem I have had with doing this all along is that I am not sure what I add to the big world of bloggers.  I am not in the press box or live in a place with a lot of pro sports, so what is it that separates me from anyone else?  Hell if I know, but I do know that I have  quirks that make my family crazy and keep me on Johnny's show even without insider knowledge.  Take the tour of what goes inside my head.
I have no short term memory.  I don't mean that I have to go all Memento on myself and write down my kid's names on my forehead . I mean I can't find my keys, cellphones, and wallet on a daily basis.  This is not a joke.  Every single day.  I spend 15 minutes every morning dissecting the previous day to think of the  place I may have put them.   I have two phones, so I use one phone to find the other on most days.  But what if I was in a meeting  the night before?  I will turn the ringers off on both in order to focus and forget to turn them back on.  See where this is going.  Now when I wake up, I can't find them.  I use my wife's phone to call either one and get nothing. If I went anywhere the night before, they could easily be at that location.  They could be in my car, my work car, or the house.  I have no idea.  I end up going to work without either of them .   But,  if someone asked what the highest batting average in the league or the top 10 rushers of all time, I will remember.  I have this rainman ability to remember not just the numbers, but the era it was done in and the shape of the sport at the time.  I can tell you  team leaders in just about every category along with the busts in their draft history.  This is great for what I do. JB Bury once wrote "history is a science, no more, no less".  This is true in sports.  You want to understand why the Cincinnati Bengals are constantly bad and the Steelers are not? Look at the history of the franchises, how they are run, the free agents they pick up, and so on.  It will give you a clearer picture of why the Steelers are in the championship every year and the Bengals are on the clock with a top five pick again.  Just like science, if you take the history of a franchise and use the facts accumulated, a logical conclusion can be made.  The Steelers will pick an interior offensive lineman and he will overpreform into an allpro.  The Bengals select Akili Smith. Knowing all of this gives me a perspective that I feel most don't have, but also makes the people who have to wait on me to find my keys want to kill me.

This idiot savant talent really comes handy in fantasy sports.  I can recite the third string running back on every NFL team.  Sadly, I also know the starters in the UFL!  This goes for all of the three sports also.  Want to know the situational lefty for the Marlins, no problem.  What about the fourth guard in Oklahoma City.  Got that one too.  I pour over stats and trends three months before the season starts in order to be ready for the draft.  Sadly, my only real talent in life does not pay much, but I have squeezed as much money out of the last few years as I could.  In the last 11 years I have played in at least 3 money leagues a year.  Each league has varied in price from a $25 family league to the ultra competitive World Championship of Fantasy Football.  I have only had one year in which I was paying instead of getting paid (Dominick Davis screwed that whole year for me).  I have won a championship in every competitive league I have played in except the WCOFF, where of 700 teams we placed in the top 60 and won $2500.  I am not the greatest player in the world, but due to my useless ability, I can make you competitive every year.  I will write updates, players to pick up, and who to avoid for all the big 3.  I am not 100%, but I hit on enough yearly to keep me in it and I hope it works for you.  If not, please let me know what an idiot I am too.  I may like those the best.

Since we are in baseball season, I am going to start there as well.  Good luck and feel free to leave any comments or questions about fantasy at the bottom.  I will answer all questions in a timely manner.