Today's Fantasy Rx

We launched Rotohelp.com one year ago, so we want to spend today's column discussing both the past year and the changes we plan on implementing over the next few months as we head into the 2003 season.

After 365 columns of both "Out of the Frying Pan" and "Your Daily Fantasy Rx", along with a dozen "Good Chicago Sports" and one lonely book review, with your support Rotohelp has developed a hopefully ever-growing following, so we'd like to say thank you.

Following our limited survey on the logo, it will likely depart the site sometime in the coming months. You can still weigh in on the debate via e-mail. Prior to leaving for Arizona, we made an attempt to begin archiving at least some of our more recent material in a more accessible manner. We know we've been promising a better archive for the past year, but we really mean it this time. The current plan is to have the archive organized both chronologically and by subject. If you have other suggestions on how to make it more useful, we'd welcome them.

As far as the "Good Chicago Sports" articles and book reviews are concerned, we realize both columns have been somewhat neglected this past season as we developed a feel for the time demands of the site. You should also know that the lack of book reviews was not because we failed to read any books this past year. Both features should resume on a more regular pace at least during the off-season. We don't want to clutter the site with untended columns.

Additionally, while we encourage you to send in your comments throughout the year, now would be a great time to send thoughts on aspects of the two daily columns you liked or disliked. We have our own strong opinions, but we like hearing from others as well.

Rotohelp will begin offering a few custom products for sale in 2003, but we're not prepared to discuss the details of those at this time. If there's a relevant service that you can't find elsewhere on the internet for which you're willing to pay, please let us know and we'll consider incorporating it into our new line.

Finally, we'd like to present you with the seven best Rotohelp.com typos from the past year, listed in chronological order since we couldn't decide how to rank them. Most of these were caught before actually spending time on the site. We highly value well-edited material and hope to limit mistakes like the following to blooper articles like this one. However if you catch a mistake that slips through our editorial eyes, funny or not, we'd greatly appreciate an e-mail so we can make the appropriate corrections.

January 11th, 2002 Daily Rx: Pitcher Month: NL Starters (written in the comment of 6'2", 240 lbs. Albie Lopez):

"He now allows a ridiculous number of home runs, and without much command or dominance, hitters will continue to tee off on fat pitchers in the middle of the plate."

February 28th, 2002 Daily Rx: BBWFB & BBLCBB Reviews (written while listing the prizes for BBW Budget Baseball and not meant to be a comment on the quality of the promised apparel):

"A Jason Giambi autographed shit."

June 11th, 2002 Daily Rx: NL Roto Batting Prospects, June 2002 (written while discussing Jason Lane, and not intentionally referencing Geoff Blum or Mark Loretta):

"A trade to a likely worse hitters' park will further diminish his value, and I expect Houston to move him if they need to add pitching or a veteran bad on the left side of the infield."

June 23rd, 2002 Frying Pan: Padre Parade (not written while arguing in favor of expansion):

"Someone needs to hand this GM the rosters of the other 39 major league teams and their AAA affiliates so that he can trade for an innings eater to get the team through the rest of the season and allow the young pitchers to continue maturing in the minors."

July 18th, 2002 Frying Pan: North of the Bordick (written after some confusion about a certain team in the Western League):

"Clark split the 2001 season between the Mexican League and the independent Chico League before again re-signing with the Orioles as a minor league free agent this off-season."

October 10th, 2002 Daily Rx: Fantasy Review of Chicago(A) Prospects (written while discussing Arnaldo Munoz, but on second reading pulled for unintentional reference to his figure and dating skills.):

"As he's only 5'9" he likely lacks the stamina for starting, but with two great curves and an impressive pick-up move, he should consistently earn between $5-10 once he reaches the majors."

October 14th, 2002 Frying Pan: Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Win (written without knowing if Eli's a tenor or bass):

"In the top of the 8th, Eli Marrero sung and missed on a hit and run, Tino Martinez ran, and though Benito Santiago threw to second, Martinez was safe because Kent bobbled the tag."

Today's Fantasy Rx: Continue reading us in our second year, and always feel comfortable writing to the Rotohelp staff. Thank you again for your support during our first year.

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