It's time we address the elephant in the room. Not you, Sandoval. I mean that one-time absurdist comedian and Red Sox knuckleballer, Steven Wright, has a 2.01 ERA in almost 100 IP after yesterday's line of 9 IP, 0 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks. The Red Sox are so happy with him they are currently combing the minor league rosters for other Boston comic namelgangers, except for any Dane Cooks because people are going to see his Shocker pitch from a mile away. Denis Leary has some decent pitches he stole from other pitchers, and he keeps trying to smoke his teammates' chew. While Lenny Clarke is a Quad-A pitcher, who everyone says is a great teammate, a real pitcher's pitcher. None are Steven Wright though. Christian Vazquez came up to the mound during yesterday's game and told Steven Wright he could throw a knuckleball at any time, and Steven Wright said, "I decided to throw one during the Renaissance." I did some dirty math on my own fantasy team where I have a 4.03 ERA (yup, my pitching is a mess!). If I had Steven Wright on my team, I'd have a 3.74 ERA -- a quarter of a run better -- and an extra three points. So, as a Bostonian would say, fahk me for not picking him up in April. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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