D-backs hold fancy, pro-style fantasy football draft

The Braves had their fantasy football draft on Thursday and it was a nice, well-organized event. The D-backs, on the other hand, decided to take their draft to a completely different level.

The photo above -- taken by pitcher Brandon McCarthy -- shows the Arizona fantasy draft and it's hard to distinguish it from the real thing. Banners, projectors, those gold chairs you see at weddings -- this was a posh affair fit only for the most dedicated fantasy GMs. They even had placards with team names and microphones to announce their picks.

McCarthy was quite proud of the proceedings:

Yes, baseball players are fantasy nerds. But we had @DraftValet set us up to feel like professional nerds. pic.twitter.com/2DljSEVvxN

- Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) August 23, 2013

And fellow pitcher Brad Ziegler positively loved it:

It. Was. Sick. RT@BMcCarthy32: Baseball players are FFL nerds. But @DraftValet made us feel like professional nerds pic.twitter.com/yYZbKU5GjX

- Brad Ziegler (@BradZiegler) August 23, 2013

(h/t Eye on Baseball)