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The House of Crouse 5.17.08
This week in the House…we open a spanking new self-created mailbag. Also, season two of American Gladiators is reviewed, and The Soapbox goes to work on Spygate.
Welcome to another edition of The House of Crouse. This week, I bring back the Self-Made Mailbag, a review of the return of American Gladiators, and we head to The Soapbox where I reluctantly address Spygate and its impact on the NFL. For starters, let’s open the mailbag that I write to myself every so often.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this mailbag are those of Mark Crouse, and only Mark Crouse, since he wrote the questions and the answers. All info contained in this mailbag is solely for entertainment purposes.
Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s get to the questions.
I’ve been hearing varying reports about teams having interest in signing Barry Bonds. Would there be a set of circumstances where Bonds would have fantasy value?
Every team whose offense isn’t clicking at this point of the year will be rumored to have interest in the future Hall of Famer. In my opinion, cooler heads leaguewide will prevail and the home run champ will stay off the field. While Bonds may have the skills to contribute to an American League team strictly as a DH, the amount of money he would demand and the level of distraction he would cause would make signing Bonds prohibitive.
If a team does sign Bonds, I can’t endorse him from a fantasy standpoint unless your team has a severe lack of power. He probably wouldn’t play every day, and may take some time to get in shape, meaning his limited impact would be even more limited.
John Lackey is coming off the DL to start on Wednesday. He’s been stashed on my bench all season, and I need him to be an ace for me. Should I throw him in right away, or wait to make sure he’s in shape before starting him?

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