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Yay! Pitchers and catchers start reporting tomorrow. For me, that is the start of the baseball "pre-season", to borrow from our football friends.

I've already been actively drafting one fantasy baseball squad, so that has been fun. If you have never done a long-term auction, give it a shot. Basically what each team does is nominate one player a day, and bidding takes place. Once a player has no bids in a 24-hour period, the highest bid wins the player. It is very fun. The auction takes like a month, but daily time devotion is minimal, even though when I'm the web, I'm refreshing it every few minutes to see what the new activity is.

Still finishing up the rest of the projected standings. I should have the AL West done tomorrow, and the Central divisions done by the weekend. My spring semester starts tomorrow, so that means I should be posting more frequently, because I find any excuse I can to procrastinate on my schoolwork.

Now, I know this is supposed to be a baseball blog, but I can't help but talk about by far the biggest sport event today. And I'm not talking about Tiger Woods winning his second tournament of the season.

One heck of a football game played today. Congrats to the New York Football Giants. They played one awesome game as underdogs, and looked like the best team in football. The Giants defense should have been the MVPs. Defense wins championships.

Some issues with the game though.

1. It's time for a new network to take over the Super Bowl. If I see another Sarah Conner Chronicles commercial or lame American Idol tie-in, I'm gonna go berserk.
2. Along the same lines; Lame broadcast. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman: very underwhelming.
3. Some weak officiating. Missed the 12 men on field penalty, requiring a challenge. Booth didn't review some key plays in the final 2 minutes.
   
4. Belichick, looking quite stylish in a new bright red Patriots, was the biggest loser of the night. He showed a complete lack of class leaving the field before the game was finished.
   

Besides my little weak gripes, one heck of a football game. The Patriots Dynasty is over. Let the Manning Brothers Dynasty begin.

Now that the other sport is out of the way, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Well, it's February. The Super Bowl is tomorrow. The NFL season is almost over. Almost exactly 2 months until April 1st, when real baseball finally starts. So what's a sports fan to do in the meantime?

Pro basketball doesn't interest me anymore. Still a month until March Madness. Hockey is ... hockey. February is by far the most boring month for me sports-wise.

So to pass the time, I'm establishing this site. Cold Hard Stats, a site about baseball in general and fantasy baseball. Here I'll be throwing out random commentary about the sport, players, teams, statistics, and the fantasy side of it all.

Now some disclaimers. I don't have a fancy degree in statistical analysis. I've never won a major fantasy tournament or experts league. I'm just some random 21 year-old college student who loves the game of baseball and fantasy sports. But, that is why the internet rocks, because random nerds like me can put our stuff out there for the masses to read.

So, bookmark this site, or subscribe to the updates with the site feed(email or feed reader). I'll be adding content regularly, so come back again soon.