Billy Wagner, $40

Three little words that nobody thought I would ever utter.

Billy Wagner, $40.

I could scarcely believe it myself. There we were, Greg Scalf of Fantasy Baseball Central and I, locked in a cautiously controlled bidding war on the NL's primo closer. But Scalf already owned a $34 Trevor Hoffman and I couldn't understand why he kept upping my bids. $36, $37, $38...

By the same token, he could not have known why I—of all people—insisted on pushing the price tag ever higher. "Thirty-nine," said Scalf. The room full of Tout Warriors, knowing all too well my historical tendencies, figured that there was no way Shandler would crash the $40 threshold.

After three experts leagues drafts—two LABR and the prior day's Tout Wars-AL competition—there...

Almost!

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