The End...The Pursuit Continues

I am hours away from being eliminated from my fantasy baseball playoffs. I will fall just short of reaching the World Series. My dream of winning that elusive title will just have to wait another year...at least. I will spend another winter trying to scheme and plan of how I will conquer the league next year. I continue to be one of the best managers in the league who has yet to win a World Series. It's starting to feel like a cruel joke. At the risk of sounding like a pathetic Chicago Cubs fan, "Next year will be my year." My pitching is young and good. A shrewd free agency move allowed me to grab Adam Wainwright and benefit from his likely comeback from Tommy John surgery next season. Chipper will anchor my lineup for at least one more year. I've also got more good players then I can afford to keep. I will spend the months leading up to next March's draft finding the perfect trade partner to bring one more superstar to my team. The only upside to my season ending, (if you want to loot at it that way) is that I will have more time to focus on other things. We are moving into a new house, my job has endless challenges to confront, and there are plenty of books on my reading list to get after. The Ringers will have to wait once more to hoist that beautiful trophy and then rub it in all my friends' faces forever.