Fantasy baseball update

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I blogged last week about my fantasy baseball team - the Flamingoes. They've been in the dumps lately, but had an amazing surge on Sunday. They jumped 3.5 points, which was great news for me, but it still secures my spot at glorious No. 10. Jon Jimison blogged about how bad his team is doing a few days ago, and Randy Capps, also in our league, is hovering below the halfway mark in standings. Perhaps it's some kind of Star-affiliation curse. (I'm just glad it doesn't involve a goat.)

But it did give me the idea of putting my roster on here and solicit advice on who to cut, move, etc.

So here ya go. Any advice is appreciated. (And as far as I know, it's not against league rules.)

Catcher = Brian McCann (Atlanta)
1B = James Loney (LA Dodgers)
2B = Orlando Hudson (Arizona)
3B = Garrett Atkins (Colorado)
SS = Derek Jeter (Yankees)
Outfield = Carlos Beltran (Mets), Jermaine Dye (CWS), Jacoby Ellsbury (Boston), Vernon Wells (Toronto)
Utility = Stephen Drew (SS, Arizona), Dustin Pedroia (2B, Boston), Joey Votto (1B, OF, Cin), Adrian Beltre (1B, Seattle)
Pitchers = Bobby Jenks (Chicago), Brett Myers (Philadelphia), Tom Gorzelanny (Pittsburgh), Hideki Okajima (Boston), Aaron Cook (Colorado), Jesse Litsch (Toronto), Jake Peavy (Padres), Dave Bush (Brewers)
Pitcher benched for fighting = Edwin Jackson (TP)
Pitchers on DL = Chien-Ming Wang (Yankees), Rafael Soriano (Atlanta)

Silly when wet

I don't know how many of you have dogs - or how many of you bathe them for that matter, but I like to keep mine pretty clean. They're normally bathed every two to three weeks, depending on how long it takes them to get stinky.

So Sunday I donned shorts and a T-shirt, broke out the doggie shampoo and set to work with Gracie and Lulu in the shower.

Once I finished toweling them off, they each did their post-bath crazy runs.

Don't bathe your dog? You probably have no idea what the crazy runs are. Have one? I'm sure you've seen them take off like a bullet, bouncing and shaking, running into furniture, playing with each other and being silly. The crazy runs usually entail barking, someone inevitably skidding across the floor on wet feet and a lot of general silliness.

Here they are after a pause in the crazy runs (encouraged via cookie bribery). Lulu's the blonde and Gracie is the black and white one.