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| − | + | I tried to stay out for years, because I know how I can be when I get involved with these things.Nights will be spent doing the type of research fostered by years of pro journalism. Records will be checked, statistics will be analyzed. Worries and second-guessing will barge their way into my brain as I sit relaxed and at peace with the world.Nervously, I will peruse newspapers, magazines and websites for fragments of hints and clues, tidbits of rumor and innuendo. No stone will remain unturned until the whole truth and nothing but the truth has <a href=http://www.alportico.net/gosoc.php> true religion outlet</a> been discovered and held up to the light.Sigh. I am in a fantasy football league.Make no mistake, I know fantasy sports. I am a proud member of the second-oldest Rotisserie baseball league in the world 鈥?tied with likely hundreds of other leagues formed in the strike-shortened foul year of 1981, months after Daniel Okrent wrote about how he and his pals invented the hobby during the 1980 season.Our league is the George Bush League, named in honor of Bush The Elder. The league winner even receives a framed autographed photo of the former first-sacker for the Yale Elis.Last place, which I appear to have a lock on this year for circumstances I don鈥檛 wish to explain 鈥?thanks for absolutely nothing, Zack Cozart, Yonder Alonso and C.C. Sabathia 鈥?earns you a framed photo of legendary Padres鈥?20-game <a href=http://www.symbiose.ca/images/christianlouboutin.gwij.php>Christian Louboutin Sale</a> loser Randy Jones.I also am involved in several non-fantasy pools covering college and NFL football.Because I鈥檓 not current up on the latest court rulings concerning fantasy sports, let me say that no money changes hands in any of this, and it鈥檚 all done for the love of the game. In fact, let me go another step and say that anything I talk about in this column that sounds like it involves winning money, doesn鈥檛.The Bush League was run for years under the firm, perpetually tardy hand of Suburban Journals sports editor Dennis Barnidge, who appointed himself 鈥淐ommissioner to the Stars.鈥?Since no one else wanted to handle the paperwork, no coup was ever mounted. Just lots of griping.So after getting invited in this league on short notice (never too early to start stockpiling excuses), I threw myself into a crash course on football fantasy play.As with its baseball cousin, fantasy football isn鈥檛 even remotely about which players or teams are actually the best; it鈥檚 about which players pile up the most stats. I concede that this is the only way these leagues can work, because you can鈥檛 assign a numeric value to 鈥済rit鈥?or 鈥渉ustle.鈥滲ut please note that this aspect of the hobby tends to warp your view of the sport. It also leads to the felonious trend of people, most notably callers to sports-talk radio, believing they could actually manage a real professional team.The terminology is mostly the same. Both use 鈥渟leepers鈥?and 鈥渂usts,鈥?and a 鈥渇lex鈥?player is nothing more than a 鈥渟wing鈥?player. But I鈥檝e never 鈥渉andcuffed鈥?a player in a baseball league, so I鈥檒l have to get a better understanding of that term before I start coolly throwing it around in my everyday patter.My team name, an important part of the hobby, is the 鈥淩ain Dogs.鈥漈he moniker pays tribute to Tom Waits鈥?masterpiece album, the one I鈥檇 probably pick to take to a desert island. It was that or 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Next,鈥?but that doesn鈥檛 doesn鈥檛 really work for me as a team name.Being a Packers fans, I was tempted to use something with 鈥淎cme鈥?in it to reflect the Pack鈥檚 original name. Then I thought of going with something allegedly clever, like the 鈥淕ilbert Browns鈥?or the 鈥淟eroy Butlers.鈥?But <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/michaelkorssonline.php> michael kors bags</a> because my baseball team is the 鈥淢annish Boys,鈥?I decided to stick with a musical theme.As I write this, the league has yet to hold its draft. I don鈥檛 really have much of a strategy, except for two main points:1. Running backs are crucial. You鈥檒l need them.2. Don鈥檛 pick Dallas Cowboys. You鈥檒l hate yourself. | |
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@@@ I tried to stay out for years, because I know how I can be when I get involved with these things.Nights will be spent doing the type of research fostered by years of pro journalism. Records will be checked, statistics will be analyzed. Worries and second-guessing will barge their way into my brain as I sit relaxed and at peace with the world.Nervously, I will peruse newspapers, magazines and websites for fragments of hints and clues, tidbits of rumor and innuendo. No stone will remain unturned until the whole truth and nothing but the truth has <a href=http://www.alportico.net/gosoc.php> true religion outlet</a> been discovered and held up to the light.Sigh. I am in a fantasy football league.Make no mistake, I know fantasy sports. I am a proud member of the second-oldest Rotisserie baseball league in the world 鈥?tied with likely hundreds of other leagues formed in the strike-shortened foul year of 1981, months after Daniel Okrent wrote about how he and his pals invented the hobby during the 1980 season.Our league is the George Bush League, named in honor of Bush The Elder. The league winner even receives a framed autographed photo of the former first-sacker for the Yale Elis.Last place, which I appear to have a lock on this year for circumstances I don鈥檛 wish to explain 鈥?thanks for absolutely nothing, Zack Cozart, Yonder Alonso and C.C. Sabathia 鈥?earns you a framed photo of legendary Padres鈥?20-game <a href=http://www.symbiose.ca/images/christianlouboutin.gwij.php>Christian Louboutin Sale</a> loser Randy Jones.I also am involved in several non-fantasy pools covering college and NFL football.Because I鈥檓 not current up on the latest court rulings concerning fantasy sports, let me say that no money changes hands in any of this, and it鈥檚 all done for the love of the game. In fact, let me go another step and say that anything I talk about in this column that sounds like it involves winning money, doesn鈥檛.The Bush League was run for years under the firm, perpetually tardy hand of Suburban Journals sports editor Dennis Barnidge, who appointed himself 鈥淐ommissioner to the Stars.鈥?Since no one else wanted to handle the paperwork, no coup was ever mounted. Just lots of griping.So after getting invited in this league on short notice (never too early to start stockpiling excuses), I threw myself into a crash course on football fantasy play.As with its baseball cousin, fantasy football isn鈥檛 even remotely about which players or teams are actually the best; it鈥檚 about which players pile up the most stats. I concede that this is the only way these leagues can work, because you can鈥檛 assign a numeric value to 鈥済rit鈥?or 鈥渉ustle.鈥滲ut please note that this aspect of the hobby tends to warp your view of the sport. It also leads to the felonious trend of people, most notably callers to sports-talk radio, believing they could actually manage a real professional team.The terminology is mostly the same. Both use 鈥渟leepers鈥?and 鈥渂usts,鈥?and a 鈥渇lex鈥?player is nothing more than a 鈥渟wing鈥?player. But I鈥檝e never 鈥渉andcuffed鈥?a player in a baseball league, so I鈥檒l have to get a better understanding of that term before I start coolly throwing it around in my everyday patter.My team name, an important part of the hobby, is the 鈥淩ain Dogs.鈥漈he moniker pays tribute to Tom Waits鈥?masterpiece album, the one I鈥檇 probably pick to take to a desert island. It was that or 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Next,鈥?but that doesn鈥檛 doesn鈥檛 really work for me as a team name.Being a Packers fans, I was tempted to use something with 鈥淎cme鈥?in it to reflect the Pack鈥檚 original name. Then I thought of going with something allegedly clever, like the 鈥淕ilbert Browns鈥?or the 鈥淟eroy Butlers.鈥?But <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/michaelkorssonline.php> michael kors bags</a> because my baseball team is the 鈥淢annish Boys,鈥?I decided to stick with a musical theme.As I write this, the league has yet to hold its draft. I don鈥檛 really have much of a strategy, except for two main points:1. Running backs are crucial. You鈥檒l need them.2. Don鈥檛 pick Dallas Cowboys. You鈥檒l hate yourself.
