I am truely sorry for telling you to Not to draft Albert Pujols this year.(if he has s big year).I am also asking you for forgiveness if I have advised you to Draft Hanley Ramirez this year ,if his shoulder puts him on the DL. But most of all I deeply regret telling you to draft Rich Harden last year..But..Its ok to draft him this year..Sorry from Lenny, but Im not the only one who's sorry! Look at what Shaun Powell of Newsday has to say:

The Phillies and Mets have said their piece on who is the best in the National League East.

Carlos Beltran: "We are!"

The Phillies: "Uh, whatever, dude."

But has anyone asked the computer?

Kris Benson arrived in camp, which means his wife, Anna, isn't far behind. Anna Benson is perhaps more famous than her husband for her provocative photo spreads and interviews with Howard Stern and FHM magazine.

"It just goes along with the territory," Benson said. "It doesn't bother me one bit. Some of the stuff that's written, like I read the other day that she's a Penthouse model. Come on, man - she's not in Penthouse. Look up her name and show me some pictures where she was in Penthouse. You just run into that kind of stuff. It's not a big deal. She has fun with it. I have fun with it." LENNY.Anna Benson in Penthouse.husband Chris Benson in the Outhouse!..what a Life!

For many weeks I have been voicing my opinion on Albert Pujols Many times",As The Team Goes..So Goes The Player" To me Albert Pujols is a risk.Not only a physical risk but mental as well .Will he have the fortitude to play thru injury and be pumped up for a rebuilding year? After reading the quote for GM John Mozeliak, my concern grows deeper

What's the best part of spring training for you?When it’s 14 degrees and cloudy and the roads are like giant bumpy cakes, spring training represents hope. Hope that the good weather is right around the corner. When you listen to Dan and Jim on the radio, you can almost hear and feel the sunshine coming through the speakers, can’t you? It just makes you feel warmer.

But my favorite part of spring training is easily the break-out star. I know Sparky became famous for his bold proclamations about Torey Lovullo and Chris Pittaro. But he’s hardly the only one. Every spring, we get a guy who is either a journeyman who puts together a hell of a spring, or a young player who performs way beyond what’s expected. All the media get excited and tout this guy as the surprise of spring training. It’s great theater every year. Remember Mike Rivera’s spring in like 2001 or 2002. This guy seemed like the next Lance Parrish in Lakeland and ended up playing 43 games for the Tigers total. Or the famous Marcus Thames – Bobby Higginson battle in 2005, as if either one of those guys would have spelled the difference between 100 wins or 100 losses. I can’t wait to see who it’s going to be this year. Some name will emerge and it will seem like there’s no way Dave Dombrowski or Jim Leyland can keep that guy off the roster. My prediction for 2008 – ???????????  BRACE YOUSELF!!!

We all jumped on Craig Hansen as the Red Sox closer of the future! What Happened??

The realization that Hansen might have a problem was brought to a head in January 2007 when the Red Sox front office called him in to address the hurler’s propensity to fall asleep during team meetings. He told the group that after a trip to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary’s sleep center he had been diagnosed with the condition that caused him to experience 56 minutes of restless sleep per hour compared with the average of four minutes every hour

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Hi Lenny& Paul ,I stumbled upon your website earlier this morning while watching my Grand Kids listen to your podcasts. My name is John Roberts and I was am a veteran of the Vietnam war. Your website brought back a lot memories which I had forgotten along the years. For example, did you know that such a great distance away from home we began making lists with our favorite players names and listening to the platoon operator give us their statistics after each game. We had our own version of fantasy baseball that was less modern, but it was ours. We'd spend countless hours arguing over who was the better pick and why, and after 3 years we made a sport out of it. Whoever was drafted back home had to send us letters with players information written in so that we knew what to change, the platoon operator got tired of us after a while, I think it's because we didn't include him in our fun.

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