Fantasy Baseball
Posted on August 2, 2008 by TheDance
At work today, I overheard a familiar conversation, one dealing with RBIs, proposed trades, pitching changes, and team names. No, I don’t work in an MLB team’s front office, nor do I work for any media outlet that covers sports. However, I do work with a bunch of plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc., nearly all of whom participate in fantasy baseball. Fantasy baseball is one of the most misrepresented activities of all time; the vast majority of those who play would consider themselves “men’s men.” Guys who, upon reaching an agreement about some topic, raise their mugs of Pabst Blue Ribbon and proclaim “Man Law!” like some sort of fraternal chorus.
”Our league name is Favre-ever Young!!!”
There are no age or race restrictions for this demographic, it is a tight-knit group of sports fanatics and drinking game aficionados. As a caveat, I’ll point out that I have no problem with guys who fall into this group, but there is something wrong with the way that these guys tout fantasy baseball as an activity categorically congruent to recreational sports, or any physical activity. Fantasy baseball is nothing more than a less creative manifestation of dungeons and dragons that requires even less physical activity; at least in dungeons and dragons you have to roll a pair of dice and tie your cape.
“I just cast the shadow spell of adragonis, A Rod can’t handle that”
Think about it, both games have much more to do with luck than skill, and both games require one to align his own success with the success of a person/entity who is entirely unrelated to the person playing the game; even though, in the case of dungeons and dragons, that entity only exists in the minds of the players, the basic principle is the same. Because I didn’t get much sleep last night, I decided that I should mention this to the guys who surrounded me as they discussed their latest fantasy acquisitions, and added that perhaps in lieu of fantasy sports they should get together once a week to play real sports and base their accomplishments on their own skills rather than the skills of others. This did not please them, probably because they have no physical skills that could warrant any kind of accomplishment, similar to their cousins at the dungeons and dragons convention.
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My high stakes fantasy football league starts in 3 weeks.
fuck you.
Pro sports – and especially fantasy baseball – are for fucking idiots. I challenge anyone who disagrees to an IQ battle.
Rob, please stop adding gay borders to my photos, thanks in advance
Nick Markakis (Orioles) = #1 outfielder
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