But not an avid fantasy baseball player. Why? Here's his answer:
I'll tell you one thing -- I'll never play on-line myself because I don't really feel like being outsmarted and embarrassed. I say this with total candor and honesty. Particularly with Major League Baseball, if you look at the type of people who are running clubs now and then you go to the fantasy leagues and on-line gaming, they're really starting to blend into two. I've had many people say, "Hey, why don't you join my fantasy league baseball league with me?" And, quite frankly, I'm not really willing to expose myself to that arena because there are some really bright people out there.
Snap! Oh no he didn't!
Yes he did: Billy Beane just compared his fellow GMs unfavorably to ... you! And even worse, to ... me!
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Doctor X -- the 'Baseball Medic' -- is an anonymous U.S. government trauma specialist with a Duke University sports medicine background and more than 20 years experience in emergency medicine. From time to time he considers MLB rumors, events and news reports as they pertain to baseball players' injuries, illnesses and various other disabilities, both on the field and off.
MLB Rumors editor Greg Fieg is a former sports news editor and award-winning writer whose bylines have appeared on the wires of the Associated Press and in numerous publications, including San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, Houston Chronicle and Philadelphia Bulletin. He formerly was posted in various positions on the U.S.-Mexican border with Freedom Newspapers, and was a regular, independent contributor to United Press International.