You may say, "But there is no such thing."
I beg to differ.
The season is still being played in my fantasy world.
Vandy has dominated the SEC season through the first 2 weekends.
First, an easy sweep of hapless UK at The Hawk in week 1.
Then, three close wins over UT in Knoxville secured primarily by our pitching staff.
{Game 3 on Sunday provided hilarious entertainment as grounds crew personnel had to chase a black bear around the field before Tony Vitello game out of the dugout to take the bear down long enough for it to be tranquilized. The bear had sauntered in the open gate in right field and then ransacked the Beer Garden, consuming large quantities of cheap beer. Once inebriated, the bear then climbed the fence in right field and staggered over to Isaiah Thomas. Thomas, being smart, immediately ran over to Austin Martin in center and they, side-by-side, assumed defensive stances with their gloves as shields. They had also taken off their spikes and were brandished the spikes with their non-glove hand. The bear, befuddled (or perhaps amused, not sure) as well as drunk, laid down to take a nap to sleep it off. Finally, the grounds crew, as a group, approached the bear who woke up and growled a rather slurred growl. It then got up and started toward right field. The Canadian Comet Cooper immediately took off like a rocket to seek shelter in the Vandy bullpen which, by now, was vacant. This was about the time Tony Vitello exhibited his heroic efforts after which the game resumed as if nothing had happened.}
[NOTE: I told you this was a fantasy. Did you not believe me?]
[UPDATE: After the bear sobered up, it was returned to the wild in Tony Vitello's back yard where the bear is now a pet and plays daily with the Vitello children while Tony sits in his Man Cave swigging massive amounts of Italian Wine and Skyping with his Sicilian Family Members in NYC, some cousin named John Votti, Jr.
Little known fact about Tony Vitello -- his last name is not his real last name. The real name is Votti. It was bastardized to become Vitello because, growing up, Tony's dad was a big fan of Abbott and Costello. Hence, the Vi from Votti was combined with the tello from Costello to create Vitello. His dad named him Anthony -- Tony, for short -- after the guy Tony's dad worked for, mobster Anthony Raimondi who claims to have poisoned Pope John Paul I with cyanide. Tony's current hair facial design is considered by by many to be his attempt to emulate "Uncle" Tony. It is also likely why he saw fit to challenge the bear with his loaded Glock, replete with silencer and scope. The weapon was not confiscated by the KPD officer at the game because "he didn't want to make Phat Phil Fulmer mad."]
The Dores have also continued to roll in mid-week games after Ethan Smith's sterling pitching performance last night at The Hawk (game relocated from First TN Park due to tornado damage.)
Currently on a 10 game winning streak, the Dores will face SEC East rival Georgia this weekend at The Hawk.
Current SEC standings.
EAST
1. Vandy 6-0
2. Florida 5-1
3. Georgia 4-2
4. USCjr 3-3
5. Tennessee 1-5
6. Missouri 1-5
7. Kentucky 0-6
WEST
1. Alabama 5-1
2. Ole Miss 4-2
3. LSU 3-3
3. Auburn 3-3
3. Arkansas 3-3
6. Miss St 2-4
6. A&M 2-4
The East is developing into a 3 team race, as expected.
The West is wide-open although Alabama's been quite the surprise to-date.
Since Jack Leiter didn't start last night many are speculating that this is the weekend he breaks into the weekend rotation as the season goes forward.
I fully expect to see Hickman, Rocker, and Leiter as this weekend's starters against Georgia.
This is obviously a very important series for the Dores as it is at home against one of their two main rivals in the East this season. This is especially true since they travel to The Box at LSU next weekend.
The Dores upcoming SEC slate after LSU does not get any easier.
Alabama, once thought to be a sure sweep at home, has gotten much more daunting.
Then, the series at Florida in week 9 may be for all the marbles in not only the East but also the SEC. It could very well determine who the SEC Regular Season Champ will be, a position the Dores will be defending from 2019.
Stay tuned for further updates of SEC Fantasy Baseball when next week we preview the LSU series against Cryin' Paul Mainieri, a man who never misses an opportunity to come out onto the field when the TV cameras are rolling or to make a basically stupid argument to the umps about a ruling that cannot be over-turned no matter how much Paul cries, whines, pouts, or exhibits his rather odd, though entertaining, persona.
I beg to differ.
The season is still being played in my fantasy world.
Vandy has dominated the SEC season through the first 2 weekends.
First, an easy sweep of hapless UK at The Hawk in week 1.
Then, three close wins over UT in Knoxville secured primarily by our pitching staff.
{Game 3 on Sunday provided hilarious entertainment as grounds crew personnel had to chase a black bear around the field before Tony Vitello game out of the dugout to take the bear down long enough for it to be tranquilized. The bear had sauntered in the open gate in right field and then ransacked the Beer Garden, consuming large quantities of cheap beer. Once inebriated, the bear then climbed the fence in right field and staggered over to Isaiah Thomas. Thomas, being smart, immediately ran over to Austin Martin in center and they, side-by-side, assumed defensive stances with their gloves as shields. They had also taken off their spikes and were brandished the spikes with their non-glove hand. The bear, befuddled (or perhaps amused, not sure) as well as drunk, laid down to take a nap to sleep it off. Finally, the grounds crew, as a group, approached the bear who woke up and growled a rather slurred growl. It then got up and started toward right field. The Canadian Comet Cooper immediately took off like a rocket to seek shelter in the Vandy bullpen which, by now, was vacant. This was about the time Tony Vitello exhibited his heroic efforts after which the game resumed as if nothing had happened.}
[NOTE: I told you this was a fantasy. Did you not believe me?]
[UPDATE: After the bear sobered up, it was returned to the wild in Tony Vitello's back yard where the bear is now a pet and plays daily with the Vitello children while Tony sits in his Man Cave swigging massive amounts of Italian Wine and Skyping with his Sicilian Family Members in NYC, some cousin named John Votti, Jr.
Little known fact about Tony Vitello -- his last name is not his real last name. The real name is Votti. It was bastardized to become Vitello because, growing up, Tony's dad was a big fan of Abbott and Costello. Hence, the Vi from Votti was combined with the tello from Costello to create Vitello. His dad named him Anthony -- Tony, for short -- after the guy Tony's dad worked for, mobster Anthony Raimondi who claims to have poisoned Pope John Paul I with cyanide. Tony's current hair facial design is considered by by many to be his attempt to emulate "Uncle" Tony. It is also likely why he saw fit to challenge the bear with his loaded Glock, replete with silencer and scope. The weapon was not confiscated by the KPD officer at the game because "he didn't want to make Phat Phil Fulmer mad."]
The Dores have also continued to roll in mid-week games after Ethan Smith's sterling pitching performance last night at The Hawk (game relocated from First TN Park due to tornado damage.)
Currently on a 10 game winning streak, the Dores will face SEC East rival Georgia this weekend at The Hawk.
Current SEC standings.
EAST
1. Vandy 6-0
2. Florida 5-1
3. Georgia 4-2
4. USCjr 3-3
5. Tennessee 1-5
6. Missouri 1-5
7. Kentucky 0-6
WEST
1. Alabama 5-1
2. Ole Miss 4-2
3. LSU 3-3
3. Auburn 3-3
3. Arkansas 3-3
6. Miss St 2-4
6. A&M 2-4
The East is developing into a 3 team race, as expected.
The West is wide-open although Alabama's been quite the surprise to-date.
Since Jack Leiter didn't start last night many are speculating that this is the weekend he breaks into the weekend rotation as the season goes forward.
I fully expect to see Hickman, Rocker, and Leiter as this weekend's starters against Georgia.
This is obviously a very important series for the Dores as it is at home against one of their two main rivals in the East this season. This is especially true since they travel to The Box at LSU next weekend.
The Dores upcoming SEC slate after LSU does not get any easier.
Alabama, once thought to be a sure sweep at home, has gotten much more daunting.
Then, the series at Florida in week 9 may be for all the marbles in not only the East but also the SEC. It could very well determine who the SEC Regular Season Champ will be, a position the Dores will be defending from 2019.
Stay tuned for further updates of SEC Fantasy Baseball when next week we preview the LSU series against Cryin' Paul Mainieri, a man who never misses an opportunity to come out onto the field when the TV cameras are rolling or to make a basically stupid argument to the umps about a ruling that cannot be over-turned no matter how much Paul cries, whines, pouts, or exhibits his rather odd, though entertaining, persona.
