I’m being continuously knocked to the canvas in my baseball league, and I don’t know if I’m going to be able to keep getting up. On Tuesday night at some point, I fell into ninth place in my 10-team league. Ninth place! I was in third place a few weeks ago. Since that time, the following things have happened:

• Magglio Ordonez to the DL (and me unable to pick up a replacement in time for this week)
• Miguel Cabrera also hurt, now limited
• Erik Bedard misses a start, then I bench him for his next win
• Todd Wellemeyer gets shelled Tuesday after being on my bench for his five shutout innings in the previous game
• I bench Scott Baker this week for Wellemeyer and Baker nabs a much-needed win last night
• My team has six caught stealings in the last four days
• Brian Fuentes has been bombed
• My team has THREE home runs in the past WEEK

Get me to football.

Forget that. Get me to basketball. News that Baron Davis is likely to sign with the Clippers has me foaming at the mouth a la Cujo at the thought of drafting Monta Ellis next year. Will Davis team with Elton Brand and Chris Kaman to form a powerful fantasy troika, or will they go the route of Garnett-Pierce-Allen and kill you statistically? Baron’s beard and Kaman’s mop on the same floor? Ooh baby.

I heard the Celtics are planning on offering Corey Maggette a contract. That’s a head-scratcher.

Here’s my Top 5 NBA guys whose fantasy stock has improved in the past week: 1) Ellis; 2) Jose Calderon; 3) T.J. Ford; 4) Devin Harris; 5) Troy Murphy.