It's asbout the trash talk

How cool would it be if the ICA had jackets for owners that have won the Fuggin Cup? You know how NFL Hall of Famers get to wear their puke-yellow jackets every year on induction weekend?

I'm thinking purple, a la the color of Illinois in our logo. Thing is, we need everyone to be in on it, otherwise it'd be stupid for the one or two guys who do care.

What do y'all think?

Jose Alberto Pujols

"Hi. My name is Albert Pujols. I'm a really good hitter. In fact, if I stay healthy throughout my career, I might just end up being the greatest 1Bmen to ever play.

I'm having a really good year this year. Check out what I'm on pace to do for the season after 45 games:

82 HRs - new single season record (Bonds - 73 - 2001)
205 RBI- new single season record (Hack Wilson - 190 - 1930)
457 TBs - tying Babe Ruth's single season record (1921)

So anyway, I'm really good. I might be having one of the two or three greatest offensive seasons ever. Maybe the best. That's really good.

I play in the ICA for the VP Golden Sox. They get a lot of knocks because they've never won it all, but we've come close a few times. Still, I'm glad I'm a Golden Sox (the clubhouse is better than what I had with Walden).

We're in first place right now, and we're looking really good. I'm really proud of what we've been able to do.

I gotta tell you though, if I end up putting up the greatest single offensive season in baseball history, and we somehow DON'T win the Fuggin Cup, that will probably be the biggest single embarrasment in the history of fantasy baseball. That'd be the choke job of choke jobs.

I'd really like the ICA to look back on 2006 and think about a Golden Sox championship and the ridiculous numbers I put up to help us do it. If we don't win it all, though, I'm an afterthought, and there'll be hell to pay.

So memo to my owner: I'm doing my part -- let's not blow this."

A $30 million mistake

"I don't have a dominant pitch."

The Quarter-Season Mark

Is it time to revisit those pre-season predictions?

Lyons Pre-Season Picks
1.) DaFaze
2.) Wyoming
3.) VP
4.) Walden
5.) Pine Tar
6.) Renegades
7.) Outlaw
8.) Upper Deck
9.) Oedipus
10.) American Giants

1st Round
VP defeats Wyoming
Walden defeats DaFaze

Finals
VP defeats Walden

Now, I'll go with:
1.) VP
2.) Wyoming
3.) Walden
4.) DaFaze
5.) Pine Tar
6.) Outlaw
7.) Upper Deck
8.) Renegades
9.) Oedipus
10.) American Giants

1st Round
VP defeats DaFaze
Walden defeats Wyoming

Finals
VP defeats Walden

It seems clear that, barring injury, the 2006 season can be summed up by:
a) the VP Golden Sox
b) 6 teams battling for 3 playoff spots, all with pretty equal cases, and
c) Newman, Colby, & Jason