After a nice, much-needed vacation, I’m back in business and bringing the Mailbag back to you!

Today is Opening Day for MLB teams not named the New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. Say what you want about the negotiations that took place this summer that almost ruined the season, but I’ll be watching a ton of baseball over the next couple of months (go Cardinals!).

College football conferences will also be paying attention to the pro leagues that are returning to action, seeing if they can learn anything about how to play sports during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whatever happens, we should be in for an interesting finish to the summer and start to fall. That said, let’s dive into your questions for this week’s Mailbag:

@Dobbe8:

To you, what team is the most interesting in the SEC in 2020? Whatever criteria you want to use to define “interesting” is fine.

Every SEC team is interesting and has storylines I’ll be watching, but that’s a boring answer, so I’ll give you something a bit deeper.

I think the entire state of Mississippi is going to be highly entertaining. In addition to bringing in big-time coaching personalities in Lane Kiffin (Ole Miss) and Mike Leach (Mississippi State), you have some dynamic players on both sides of the rivalry.

Ole Miss QB John Rhys Plumlee is as exciting of a runner as there is in the SEC this year. Meanwhile, Stanford transfer QB K.J. Costello is at Mississippi State to run Leach’s Air Raid offense, which should also be a ton of fun.

I can’t wait to see if either team is able to pull off some big-time upsets. I wouldn’t be surprised if they caught some teams napping.

Robert:

Regarding quarantines, what’s the longest you have gone without seeing another person? Have you ever gone a full day without saying anything?

I honestly can’t remember going a full day without seeing another person. I’d love to go on a solitary writer’s retreat in the woods for a long weekend or something, but until I can do that, I think I’m going to be stuck seeing people every day.

As for not speaking, I think I’ve gone nearly a whole day before. There were times my senior year of college where I’d wake up and all my roommates would be gone. Then, I’d go to class and not participate. Then, I’d go to the gym and not speak to anyone. By the time I got home between 5 and 6 p.m., I’d finally see one of my roommates and could barely get a word out when I first spoke. Those days were probably the longest I’ve ever gone without speaking to someone.

Now, I have a wife, a dog and a cat, though, so even if my wife is gone to work before I wake up, I admittedly talk to the animals sometimes. And, unless one of us is traveling without the other (which isn’t happening much these days), I see her every day. My days of not saying anything are pretty much over, and that’s fine with me.

@SChinni12:

If you could make 3 changes to fantasy sports, what would they be?

Every league is different, so this is going to be tough. But I can tell you some things I’d abolish if I was Fantasy Czar (a title I kind of like).

First, I don’t like transaction limits, particularly in baseball. Why should a manager be punished if he or she wants to pay more attention to his or her team than other managers? Doesn’t seem fair.

Second, I’d eliminate the option to lock rosters at the beginning of the week. Similar to above, it seems like something designed to help managers who claim they’re “busy.” OK, if you’re too busy to play, don’t. Or just accept that it’s going to put you at a disadvantage.

Third, I’d add more injury spots in every sport in every league. Especially in baseball this year with the 10-day COVID-19 Injured List, there could be a ton of guys rotating through the IL. I’d like to see 2 more spots added in baseball leagues, at least.

Michael:

Since it’s an election year, would you rather have Michael Scott (“The Office”), Ron Swanson (“Parks & Rec”), Frank Reynolds (“It’s Always Sunny”) or Homer Simpson (“The Simpsons”) as president?

Good question. I’m going to have to eliminate Ron (he’d just completely do away with the government) and Frank (too big of a wild card) immediately. Now, if Leslie Knope were running (or Ben Wyatt), I’d certainly be more in favor of her.

That leaves us with Michael and Homer. I feel like we’ve already had several presidents who were like both of them, and they even made fun of that on “The Simpsons” episode where Homer and Gerald Ford become friends.

I’m going to go with Michael Scott for this one. He runs the most successful branch of Dunder Mifflin and, especially as the series goes on, shows his emotional intelligence. People like working for him, even if he gets annoying at times.

A Michael Scott/Dwight Schrute ticket in 2020 would certainly have my support.

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