Fantasy Baseball: Love it or Hate it?
For me, fantasy baseball is both fun and enjoyable, annoying and nauseating. Here's why...
Fun and enjoyable:
1. Following big-league players I otherwise wouldn't give a rat's heiny about is interesting and educational.
2. I laugh when a sucker manager in my league waives a marquee player because he hasn't produced in a couple weeks.
3. Wheeling and dealing to improve my club puts a smile on my face and makes me feel clever.
4. Watching a sleeper pick light it up (ie. Chris Shelton), and watching players I don't like struggle (ie. Barry Bonds) is nice.
5. I love talking trash and competing. It's invigorating.
Annoying and nauseating:
1. Wasting a high draft pick on a guy who gets hurt or doesn't produce makes me want to barf.
2. I feel like screaming when a mediocre team performs better than my team and then I have to listen to its manager talk about how he's an expert.
3. Competing interests: When my beloved Mariners lose, I justify it with a statement like, "At least Jhonny Peralta jacked 2 homers off of Meche."
4. Paying closer attention to stats than standings is a real problem. I don't know what the Phillies record is nor do I care, but I can tell you that both Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley are under-producing right now.
5. Sitting at a computer screen searching for hitters posting big RBI totals is nerdy, not to mention a complete waste of time.
So there you have it. My love-hate relationship with fantasy baseball.
Fun and enjoyable:
1. Following big-league players I otherwise wouldn't give a rat's heiny about is interesting and educational.
2. I laugh when a sucker manager in my league waives a marquee player because he hasn't produced in a couple weeks.
3. Wheeling and dealing to improve my club puts a smile on my face and makes me feel clever.
4. Watching a sleeper pick light it up (ie. Chris Shelton), and watching players I don't like struggle (ie. Barry Bonds) is nice.
5. I love talking trash and competing. It's invigorating.
Annoying and nauseating:
1. Wasting a high draft pick on a guy who gets hurt or doesn't produce makes me want to barf.
2. I feel like screaming when a mediocre team performs better than my team and then I have to listen to its manager talk about how he's an expert.
3. Competing interests: When my beloved Mariners lose, I justify it with a statement like, "At least Jhonny Peralta jacked 2 homers off of Meche."
4. Paying closer attention to stats than standings is a real problem. I don't know what the Phillies record is nor do I care, but I can tell you that both Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley are under-producing right now.
5. Sitting at a computer screen searching for hitters posting big RBI totals is nerdy, not to mention a complete waste of time.
So there you have it. My love-hate relationship with fantasy baseball.
posted by Small Fish at 2:38 PM
1 Comments:
I started doing fantasy baseball the summer of my senior year in high school. After 15 years, I have let go of all my teams and I love the freedom. It was fun, but it was a relationship that had to be constantly feed if I wanted to be competitive. It was eating up too much of my time.
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