Ah, fantasy sports. Why is it that participants feel they can do any better than actual betting in Vegas? And it's worse this year trying to predict which star will have an off week, and which bench player will break out. Shoot, it's probably easier to gauge which RB Shanahan will use.
In this month's edition of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, the transition from baseball to football highlights our discussion.
The GoodI was a Shonn Greene average day from going 14-0 in my fantasy football leagues. Yes, you read that right. I'm in 14 separate leagues (9 ESPN, 2 NFL.com, 3 Yahoo). I've been doing this for years and I've never had a week like this. And most of the games weren't even close! I recorded the biggest blowouts in 6 leagues. The stars were aligned, I guess...and in a good way...not like a Dec 21 alignment.
The BadKeepers. They're Bad in that they can eat up valuable roster positions in the stretch run IF they're not producing or on the DL/IR. This was a key factor for my baseball leagues in the final weeks. This is the first year I have not won at least one baseball league. Plenty of seconds. Call it my "Bridesmaid Year".
The UglyTie. The MLB Dodgers and my fantasy Dodgers. They both _____! (insert any word you like that would cause a random moderator to axe the thread.) {full body shiver followed by facial tic} I guess it could be worse, though. I could go to Vegas and double down on a pair of 10s.
Tune in next month for a discourse on my favorite Ryan twin. In the meantime, I need to have a serious postgame discussion with my chair:
"They were who we thought they were!"
