Welcome to September, the easiest month of the season to pick up cheap fantasy points. Now, you won't be able to accumulate tons of them. Certainly not enough to move you from eighth place to second. (Hey, don't blame me. It's not my fault you counted solely on Jose Reyes for stolen bases and now find yourself at the bottom of that category.) But there will be some points to be had, simply because, chances are, almost half your league's managers aren't checking their team page regularly anymore. They've moved onto fantasy football. Or gone back to school. Or just plain given up on their cellar-dwelling '09 roto-baseball squad. They will slow to a crawl in some categories, and just by staying active, you can pilfer a few late-season points from them.

"Staying active" is the key, whether you're near the top and making a run for a rotisserie-flavored championship, gearing up for your league's head-to-head playoffs or just playing for self-respect by trying to finish as high in the standings as you can. I know I'm still adjusting lineups every day in all four of my leagues, despite widely disparate success rates among my teams. Both Kevin and I have made the playoffs in the MLB Front Office Dynasty League, Kevin by destroying pretty much every team that dared face him this season and me by going 6-0-1 over the last seven weeks. My dream of an all-Hurler World Series lives on. On the opposite end of the spectrum, my Hurler league team remains a disaster. Going back and looking at my draft for that particular league is actually painful for me now. Reyes in the first, Soto in the fourth, Chris Davis in the fifth, Magglio in the seventh. No wonder I'm buried in last place. In my other two leagues, I sit atop the standings in one and find myself stuck near the middle in the other, though I will continue to manage hard in both.

So good luck to all down the home stretch. Steal points when you can. Don't get lazy with lineup changes. I know it's tempting just to stick with the guys who made up your lineup on Sept. 1 for the rest of the year, but I assure you, the waiver wire can be your friend all the way up to the season's final day of games of Oct. 4. Max out your innings pitched and games played by position! Or, at least, get as close as you can to the max allowed. The season's not over yet. Make the best of what remains.

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