WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE

I've been a fantasy baseball baby. We have the coolest league and as my son says "One of the longest consecutive leagues in the country." But we always have a disagreement.

The rest of the owners and me. I've lobbied cajoled, begged for years to announce our keepers two weeks in advance of the draft. It totally messes me up when I'm trying to prepare strategy and a list of players in the order I want to draft them, when I don't know who is being protected by the other owners.

This year at the Winter pre-draft meeting, it was decided that one week in advance of the draft. owners would have to declare their protected players. Thus, at 5:00 CDT today, everyone had to list their players. No changes can take place except in the case of injury.

So what did I (the baby) do. I waited until the last owner posted his list before I revealed who I was protecting. I showed them, huh? Don't give me two weeks and I'll make you pay. So I won, right?

Nope. I feel like the man in the picture. Open mouth/insert thumb. It's never fun to win like that. So I still want my two weeks, but if I only get one, I'll not wait till last next year.