Chris Carter: My Season Tracking the Oakland Athletics Best Young Player

By far, the dorkiest fantasy sports league I play in—and, trust me, they all qualify as dorky, only to varying degrees—is a $50-dollar-entry, long-term keeper, auction-value league I just started playing in this year with a bunch of different friends I've been doing fantasy sports with for the better part of the decade.  At this point in my column, I imagine the reader might be asking herself or himself, "Why the hell is this A's columnist talking to us about his fantasy team?"  (If they haven't already clicked on the link for "Today's Hottest Sports Content," I don't blame you.) I learned it by reading Bill Simmons, all right?  I LEARNED IT BY READING HIM!!! Well, I know hearing about other people's fantasy teams is about as interesting as hearing about their fishing trips or bad beats in poker, but just go with me on this for a little bit. Now, my fantasy team happened to feature two of the players in the A'...