A one, a two, a three…Take me out to the balllll game.” Finally, the boys of summer are back at spring training. With familiar names like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Craig Biggio no longer in major league camps, the official stamp of, “You’re getting old” is starting to settle in. See, when I first started playing Fantasy Baseball in the early 1990’s, those three were the Alex Rodriguez, Johan Santana, and Chase Utley’s of today’s game.

Did I just say that? A long time New York fan, I was brought up to hate the Boston Red Sox. Jim Rice, Fred Lynn, Roger Clemens, and Wade Boggs were words that were not allowed to be mentioned in my house.

On Oct 2,1978, Bucky Dent nailed a game-winning home run over the green monster and to this my family and I still celebrate the date. The best day to me though, was Oct 27, 1986, the day the New York Mets helped continue the curse and won the World Series . Bill Buckner is still one of my favorite Mets players. How else do you explain the slow roller between the legs?

Yesterday I had a Boston Red Sox fan get all up in my grill about how the Sox were in first place and the New York Yankees were tied for last.  Listen Red Sox Nation, I know over the last couple of weeks I’ve been bashing the Nation, saying how you’d finish in third behind the Tampa Bay Rays, but to be honest, you all have become more annoying than the Evil Empire followers.

We're finally through the first week of the season, and we've all experienced some ups and downs.  First off, I'd like to thank you RotoHogaholics for your patience as we went through some unforeseen technical issues here are RotoHog.com.  We appreciate that very much.

Now, lets take a look at a few players you may not have thought could have helped your team:

Jose Lopez : 2B : Seattle Mariners : $10.53

Lets get ready for the weekend matchups. For me there are a couple of pitching matchups that look to favor a few pitchers I'd like to point out. Here's a breakdown of five lesser priced pitchers that could help you this weekend.

Brian Bannister : Kansas City Royals vs Oakland A's: $16.98

Brian Bannister is off to a great start in 2008. With a 2.6 K/BB ratio, Bannister is a pitcher who doesn't hurt himself. Bannister has already beat three of the toughest teams in the American League, the Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees. In those three game Bannister has only allowed two earned runs and 10 hits in 22 innings.