BATTERS: Pop quiz, hot shot
Feb 11 2014
Part of what makes spring training exciting each year is the allure of the unknown. Spring cleans the baseball slate and nurtures seeds of hope for legions of fans like a freshly watered outfield glistening in the sun. When nothing has happened yet, anything can happen and that uncertainty is magical.
That is, unless you are a fantasy baseball owner, in which case the unknown is an enemy you seek to conquer each year. And considering that around two out of every three first round picks fails to produce first-round value, the best efforts of owners routinely produce some measure of disappointment. But like the Kansas City Royals, each year owners move beyond past failures and buck seemingly insurmountable odds by returning to fight...
Almost!
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