In the beginning of the season: Forget the Standings, Worry About Your Team Roster

First free agents were issued in the FSIC NL and my team was in 10th Place of 12 Teams. I had the 3rd pick each round of free agency. Somehow, I was able to pick up my top two picks and 3 overall: Joe Thurston (StL), Brian Barden (StL), Ronald Belisario (LA). My roster is still a mess but it is still early enough to rebuild my offense if I can make a number of strong pickups early. I also need some nominal players to have better than expected seasons. Guys like: Edgar Renteria, Eric Byrnes, Kaz Matsui (who is already DL), Josh Willingham (who doesnt start).

C Russell Martin, LA
1B Albert Pujols, StL
2B Kaz Matsui, Hou
3B Casey Blake, LA
SS Edgar Renteria, SF
2B Anderson Hernandez, Was- Now Injured
CI Carlos Delgado, NYM
OF Josh Anderson, Det (league allows you to keep players traded to AL)
OF Eric Byrnes, Ari
OF Jeff Francoeur, Atl
OF Joe Thornton, StL
OF Josh Willingham, Was
U Brian Barden, StL
P Bronson Arroyo, Cin
P Francisco Cordero, Cin
P Zach Duke, Pit
P Mike Gonzalez, Atl
P Cole Hamels, Phi
P Dan Haren, Ari
P Livan Hernandez, NYM
P Ronald Belisario, LA
P Jordan Zimmerman, Was
Res 3B Joe Mather, StL
Res OF Willie Harris, Was
Res OF Fernando Tatis, NY
Res OF Norris Hopper
Res P Saul Rivera, Was

My Fantasy Baseball Team Stinks

I am the reigning, and I won the year before as well, National League Champion of the Fantasy Sports Invitational Challenge. Now this is one of the most recognized, esteemed fantasy baseball expert leagues on the net and boasts sites competing that include: Sporting News, Hardball Times, Razzball, and many others. So I think it is fair to say I can play a bit. But I really stunk it up at my March 22nd draft, and since then my team has just gotten worse as MLB teams trim their rosters. Here is my team:
C Russell Martin, LA
1B Albert Pujols, StL
2B Kaz Matsui, Hou
3B Casey Blake, LA
SS Edgar Renteria, SF
2B Anderson Hernandez, Was- Now Injured
CI Carlos Delgado, NYM
OF Josh Anderson, Atl- Starting OF since traded to Detroit and sitting the bench.
OF Eric Byrnes, Ari
OF Jeff Francoeur, Atl
OF Fernando Tatis, NYM
OF Josh Willingham, Was
U Joe Mather, StL- Since lost his starting job.
Res C Miquel Montero, Ari
Res OF Willie Harris, Was
Res 2B Damion Easley, NYM- Now starting in place of Hernandez.
Res OF Norris Hopper
P Bronson Arroyo, Cin
P Francisco Cordero, Cin
P Zach Duke, Pit
P Mike Gonzalez, Atl
P Cole Hamels, Phi
P Dan Haren, Ari
P Livan Hernandez, NYM
P Saul Rivera, Was
P Jordan Zimmerman, Was
Now I knew my pitching was going to be very good for a league this deep and I was willing to take some offensive chances. But the team really needed Josh Anderson to start and steal 40-50 bases. It also needed Tatis or Byrnes to find a starting job and the other 400 or so AB's. At this point, I definately think a three-peat is little more than a dream.

Website Redesign

About a month ago my fantasy sports leagues site, Fantasy Sports R Us was completely redesigned. I alway bid out a major project like this on elance.com and the site was done in ASP.net 2.0 with a dotnetnuke control panel.
I do not appreciate the boxy look of Joomla, or the bloggy functionality and cookie cutter look of Wordpress. When it was done, I was quite happy with it. If you want my designers name, let me know at fsru1 @ aol.com as I got a great price.