Some years ago a friend persuaded me to play fantasy football. I love football I figured I'd give it a shot. It took one draft for me to get hooked, I followed everything, every backup running back, third string wide receivers, rookie tight ends. I became a football genius in a matter of weeks. I won the championship in my first year and anticipated every season like it was Christmas. By the third season I started my own league and ran it like a business. Last year the champ of the league was payed out nearly $600, not bad.
I realized though, that I was unbalanced in my sporting knowledge. I realized I knew every aspect of NFL and not a thing when it came it to MLB. But there was a solution to be had, fantasy baseball.
I got my league together, invited a group of people and we had our draft nearly 3 weeks ago. I have learned a lot in the first 2 weeks of the fantasy baseball league, like draft strategy and pitching rotations. But what I really learned so far is that I suck at fantasy baseball. In my first week I was completely killed by a guy who wasn't even there for the draft. His whole team was auto-picked by the computer, and he slaughtered me. I won 1 category out of 10.
With 10 categories to win or lose every week I feel buried already and its only week 1. What's my problem? I have 4 pitchers on the DL, I also have 2 batters on the DL. I only have 2 DL spots. On the plus side I never have to set my lineup because every one who is healthy is automatically in the game, even if they're not playing that day. Now its week 2 and instead of a fresh start I'm already losing 7 categories to nothing with 3 ties.
As a league commissioner I would try and keep people's hopes up in fantasy football, you could really win the whole thing even if you lost the first 4 weeks in a row. I'm in week 2 of baseball and I'm confident there's no hope for me. There's no crying in baseball right? How about fantasy baseball? So this is my fantasy baseball experiment I've learned that I want football back.
