Didn’t get a chance last weekend to get out and write some things here.

Had a live in person Fantasy Baseball Draft on Saturday. Every year the same sat of guys get together in person (going on our 30th year) for a Roto Style Draft. — I have been the league commissioner for most of the time, going back to when I had to manually gather the stats from box scores in the Sporting News and score things by hand. Things got easier when I was able to upload a weekly statistic bundle (Using dial-up access through AOL). Eventually sites like http://www.yahoo.com and http://www.cbssports.com started offering Fantasy Baseball Online with live updating of the stats. Now you can run multiple leagues all online, including having your draft on-line. While this makes things super convenient, we still like to get together once a year for a live in person draft (I is a chore to get 10 people together in person, but we have been able to do it year after year

On Sunday, went out and got a bagel and then got an iced coffee and spent some time reading at Starbucks. Find it very relaxing and I am able to read for a bit without falling asleep if I were home. I should have brought my laptop and spent some time writing here on the blog, but told myself I had a bunch of things to do around the house, and I also wanted to sit back and relax and watch the Masters (Congratulations to Scotty Scheffler for winning his 2nd green jacket). I am planning on bringing my laptop this Sunday, so come back and see if I can get past any mental blocks and get some of my thoughts down on the blog

The New York Mets have tuned things around and are playing some solid baseball. The have now won 4 series’s in a row and climbed back over .500 at 10 – 8 after a rough 1 – 5 start. Good to see them playing as a team and everybody contributing. They now have a 6 game west coast trip against the Dodgers and Giants. Hopefully Lindor, McNeill, and Nimo can use this time away from home to get things going; If they do, this team can be really good.

Been a really interesting season of Survivor. Crazy how things have changed over the years, to the point of the game being played completely different than in the past. There seems to less long term planning, and much more of a kumbaya feeling with everybody rooting and trying to get along with each other. In the past, people seems to be playing much more of an individual game, with the emphasis on winning more than havening an island adventure. It is fascinating to see how things have evolved, based on the changes (Length of the game, different advantages and idols) that the producers have made. It’s also interesting seeing things we probably would not have seen in the past with 60 minute episodes.

I am enjoying my new routine of watching on Wednesdays, listening to the On Fire PodCast before going to bed, and then getting up and reading #DaltonRoss Survivor recap on X. Wish that they would bring back the Poderosa videos of the jury members. Always liked the insight and perspective from the eliminated players.

Crazy that I have been watching Survivor for 24 years and still look forward to every episode. Hopefully one day I will be able to experience it as a player and have some big time Survivor Fan watch me as I Outwit – Outplay – Outlast a group of players and add my name to the list of winners

#PEACE

Average Andy