Friends of Wes Lancaster, 28, of Normanna, TX, are reporting that the fantasy baseball owner is spending more time worrying about pitcher Kerry Wood’s arm injury than his girlfriend’s broken leg. Two weeks ago, the Cubs placed Wood on the disabled list and Lancaster’s been looking for a pitcher to fill his place in the lineup ever since—often spending two to three hours a day researching players. Yet in the week since his girlfriend’s car accident, he’s visited her just once in the hospital. “Wes did stop by to check on Allison, but he mostly just sat there thinking about who he should drop in order to pick up another pitcher,” said friend Jeremy Caldwell. “He got her a glass of water, stuck around for 15 minutes, and then went home to check the latest player news on Fanball.com.”

“Wood’s hurt again,” Lancaster told his friends. “I guess he’s got a slight muscle strain of his supraspinatus.” In comparison, he seems to know nothing about Allison’s leg injury, saying only that “her leg is fucked up pretty bad and stuff.” Though he plans to road trip 800 miles to watch the Cubs play at Wrigley field in July, Lancaster complained to friends that he’s “probably going to have to drive Allison everywhere and be there for her all the time and shit.” Moments before her surgery Wednesday night, friends say he prayed that Mets pitcher Kris Benson was still available.

ORIGINALY PUBLISHED ON JUNE 9, 2005 IN VOLUME 3 ISSUE 18