Hit By a Pitch

Remember that time I had too much beer while doing my fantasy football live draft and selected Garrett Wolfe? It turns out that drafting a tiny little rookie running back from Northern Illinois University might not have been as crazy as it seemed the next day. Cedric Benson is out for the rest of the season with a leg injury. That means more playing time for the speedy Wolfe, who will back up Adrian Peterson. Of course I dropped Wolfe a while ago, but I hope to get him back just as soon as he clears waivers in my league. If you need a running back, go get him now. I’m serious (I’m also not very good, but you can trust me that Garrett Wolfe is something special).

In other HBP favorites news, I went to my first ever Colorado 14ers game Saturday night to see Jamaal Tatum play for the Idaho Stampede. Unfortunately, Jamaal Tatum was not there playing for the Idaho Stampede on Saturday. Where was he? Was he smoking weed and eating scalloped potatoes? Was he saying, “No, you da ho?” while on the phone with his pals in Carbondale? Was he painting his lawn blue? (Clearly I’m as good at Idaho jokes as I am at fantasy football, sorry.) No, Jamaal Tatum was sitting out this road trip with a high ankle sprain and I am very bummed because I wanted to be that one crazy person who was all “JAMAAAAAAL TATUM!!!!” at the game, kind of like the woman sitting behind us a few Nuggets games ago who screamed “IVERSON!!!!” at the top of her lungs every time anybody did anything, even if Iverson had nothing to do with it (which was so very awesome).

I will write more soon, I promise. We have to talk about the Jon Garland trade and why it made me so very sad.