So, in any NBA fantasy leagues?

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"The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don't know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired."

"These are the kind of guys you go to war with. The Scott Hattebergs."
-Ron Washington

"He'd been the perfect vessel for an oddly shaped idea, and that idea was on the move, like an Oakland A's baserunner, station to station. The idea had led Billy Beane to take action, and his actions had consequences. He had changed the lives of ballplayers whose hidden virtues otherwise might never have been seen. And those players who had been  on the receving end of the idea were now busy returning the favor."

"The draft room, at the moment, has an all-or-nothing feel to it. If the Oakland A's land Nick Swisher, nothing could mar the lovliness of the day. If they don't, nothing that happens afterward can make life worth living."

"It isn't that she wants baseball fans to know who her husband is. She wants him to know that they know who he is. And so, from the end of December to the start of spring training, in the drizzling rain, with her daughters wailing that they want to go home, she whacks big league ground balls at her husband." (p 165)

"Denise," says Billy, "Billy Beane, Vice President and General Manager of the Oakland Athletics. Denise, who is the best-looking GM in the game?" Pause. "Exactly right, Denise. Is Steve there?" (p196)

From Aces:
But not more than five minutes later, after the reporters have dispersed, Hudson comes clean. "I was kinda tellin' the truth," he says. "It wasn't 'Welcome to the AL West.' It was more like, 'Welcome to me, motherfucker.'" (p59)

Random quotes from the year:
 "I know the trainers are telling the guys to drink a lot," Macha said. "Water that is. They told me the same thing back in May, and it wasn't water."

"While I was there, it didn't always seem perfect, but when I look back on it I just might think it was perfect." --Eric Byrnes

"I was part of the youth movement, then I wasn't part of any movement, unless you count getting traded."
--pitcher Joe Kennedy, on being traded from the Rockies to the A's (Denver Post)

"We were talking about it earlier, [and agreed] this is the funnest team we've ever been on -- Little League, high school, whatever. This is great."  --Mark Ellis

"I speak fluent clown, it's not easy." --Crosby