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Okay, tonight was the live draft. Eight teams in the league this year. Small leagues make for tougher competition.

Here’re the 21 players on the preseason Scottish Bugs roster:

C  J. Varitek, BOS
1B J. Thome, PHI
2B J. Kent, LAD
3B D. Wright, NYM
SS K. Matsui, NYM
OF B. Abreu, PHI
OF J. Edmonds, StL
OF C. Lee, MIL
OF B. Giles, SD

SP R. Johnson, NYY
SP J. Peavy, SD
SP Ol. Pérez, PIT
SP M. Mussina, NYY
SP Od. Pérez, LAD
SP Z. Greinke, KC
SP J. Bonderman, DET
SP J. Weaver, LAD
SP B. Arroyo, BOS
SP T. Lilly, TOR
RP Fr. Rodríguez, LAA
RP K. Foulke, BOS

Not too shabby, if I do say so myself.

David Wright and Kaz Matsui are risks on their own; on the same team, they’re an even bigger risk. I could use something of a utility player: a guy who’s eligible for a number of positions and can fill in spots when other players have days off. But, that stuff’ll come as the season goes. I didn’t make the mistake of drafting extra offensive players this year as I did last year. All extra starters. Makes it easier to win the pitchers’ counting stats (strikeouts and wins). And I got two excellent closers. Last year saves were a serious weakness for my team.

Oh, I should mention: as I’m the commissioner of this league, George’s Baseball League, we’re using different stats for offense from the standard five: R, RBI, SB, OBP, SLG. It should make things a bit more interesting. It would’ve been the reason that Barry Bonds’ pick was an interesting one, but his “injury” took the blame for that. He went in the fourth or fifth round (if he weren’t hurt and he wasn’t picked first or second, somebody’s an idiot).

I’ll have bean post her roster in a bit.