Before the 2017 playoffs kicked off, I wrote the story of my lifelong love affair with baseball. Though filled with heartbreak, the tale ended with hope that this would finally be the year my hometown Dodgers tasted championship nirvana. The story was titled Your Annual Reminder that Baseball is Needlessly Cruel, a nod to the uniquely unpredictable nature of America’s pastime come October.
In hindsight, this was foreshadowing.
A few weeks later, that story ended in a Los Angeles sports bar. Surrounded by the people I love most – I even dragged my Dad along – the Houston Astros ripped my soul out of the heart that Yu Darvish tore from my chest in the 2nd inning. It was a bad time.
6 months later, it’s time to start anew – whether my battered spirit is ready or not. With the 2018 MLB season around the corner, I’ve rounded up the gang for a draft-style preview of the upcoming action. The four of us took turns in a 6-round snake draft with the goal of selecting the group of teams that will total the most wins at the end of the year.
Without further ado, let’s get back on that horse and get ready for yet another year of baseball:
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