It's looking more and more like a one dog race as Cocktails and Dreams II leads the World Championship of Fantasy Baseball with 1084.5 points (86 %). He has a 88.5 point lead after 21 weeks. No team has been able to make a run at him. Most of his biggest competition had bad weeks and lost ground. His offense was solid across the board - .2903 BA, 49 runs, 12 HR's, 45 RBI, and 12 SB's. When you get to this time of year, you hope your star players play well. That's exactly what Hanley Ramirez did. He hit .560 with 8 runs, 2 HR's, 6 RBI, and 4 SB's. For the first time in six weeks, Cocktails and Dreams II had poor pitching. He did well in saves (4) and K's (75). He had a slight negative in wins (3) and his ERA (5.891) and whip (1.418) took a step backwards. It looked like his ace Adam Wainwright was set up for two easy victories as he faced Pittsburgh and Washington, but he pitched poorly in both games. This week he picked up Dustin Moseley ($2), Clay Hensley ($2), and Pedro Feliz ($1). He has $14 with four bidding periods left.

I thought I would take a little time and look at the past champion's team in the World Championship of Fantasy Football. I only have the drafts from the teams. I don't know what their final roster looked like. It's easy to look back at last year as I have the draft and the winning team. I don't have the draft from the 2007 winning team, but I have a couple players. I tried to find it online. I don't have the WCOFF magazine from 2008, but I was able to pull up Kenny Lavallee's interview from that magazine. If someone has his team, I'd like to have that information.

With another outstanding pitching week and the help of Robinson Cano, Cocktails and Dreams II opened up a 92.5 point lead in the World Championship of Fantasy Baseball. His pitching lined up perfect and the rest of us are feeling lucky that the gap didn't widen even more. His overall total now stands at 1092 points (86.6 %). For the week he had 15 starts with 5 wins, 3.050 ERA, 1.116 whip, 101 K's, and 3 SV's. The 101 K's is an incredible number. He was in a range where he would lose 8-10 points in K's when he didn't have anyone pitching for a couple of days. Now he has gapped up by 20-25 strikeouts. I'm sure he wished he won a few more games for the week. Robinson Cano has a monster week. He hit .333 with 4 HR's, 7 runs, and 13 RBI. Waiver wire pickup Wilson Betemit hit .381 with 3 HR's, 6 runs, and 7 RBI. The only down side to his team was dropping Lyle Overbay. Overbay hit .315 with 3 HR's, 7 runs, and 10 RBI. I'm sure if he knew Lance Berkman was going on the DL, he would have held onto Overbay. Overall his offense was solid -.2653 BA, 11 HR's, 46 run, 39 RBI, and 8 SB's. Chad added Trevor Hoffman $1 and Will Venable $1. He has $19 left.

Another week off the calendar and Cocktails and Dreams II is still leading the World Championship of Fantasy Baseball. His pitching was lights out again (5 wins, 3.276 ERA, 1.004 whip and 70 K's). In a week when his starters didn't line up right. The magic continued when Bud Norris won his third game in four starts. Norris entered Saturdays game with a 5.63 ERA. In that game he struck out 14 batters allowing 2 runs in seven innings. It was just another impact game from one of his lower level pitchers. Norris is a young talented pitcher with a live arm. For the week, Cocktails and Dreams II lost 15 points in the overall standings. He now has 1077 points (85.4 %). He still has a commanding 73.5 point lead over Liquid Hippos III.

This year's Gridiron league looks like it is shaping up to be an action packed auction and draft. With the top talent at the front of the draft and the possible number one pick playing Thursday night, I could see some serious money thrown on the mat. Last year it was like pulling teeth to get someone to bid on the number one spot in the draft. I believe the Fantasy Assassins ponied up $1675 to draft Maurice Jones-Drew. In the past I've seen the top spot go for $2700+ dollars when Tomlinson was in his prime. Robert Rose (Soldierfish) isn't afraid to buy a championship as he has paid for Tomlinson more than once. He has to be looking for revenge after buying Matt Forte for $1200 at the second spot. Eddie Gillis stole Adrian Peterson for $1100 at pick three.