Batter up … hear that call … the time has come … to pla-a-a-a-y ball! (Five points if you get that). Needless to say, we’re knee-deep in the 2006 baseball season, and besides steroid charges, Atlanta Brave division titles and Manny being Manny, that means only one thing: it’s fantasy baseball time. So we here at the ol’ Free Press sat in the war room and compiled our own fantasy baseball team for Boston University.

l Team Name: Batting .842

l Catcher: John Curry. Even if our offense is poor, we’ll never have a passed ball.

l First Base: John Silber. We didn’t even draft him, he just drafted himself.

l Second Base: Captain Morgan. See shortstop.

l Third Base: Michael Jackson. Because he gets there more than anyone else we could think of.

l Shortstop: Sam Adams. He and Morgan make a double-play duo comparable to Jeter and Cano.

l Outfield: Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. Get it? Outfield?

l Outfield: Gov. Mitt Romney. He’ll make sure Gyllenhaal and Ledger don’t meet in centerfield.

l Outfield: Jack Bauer. We’re thinking he can pull a Kelly Leak and take over the outfield, Bad News Bears style. Don’t even let Ahmad catch it, Jack. We have faith in you.

l Starting Pitcher: We were gonna go to the Union, but we need a five-man rotation and only one applied.

l Relief Pitcher: Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris doesn’t throw baseballs; he stares at the hitters until they call themselves out.