Andy Behrens has got to be my favorite fantasy baseball writer ever. His predictions aren't necessarily any more accurate than other writers', but they are hilarious. The following is probably my favorite baseball-related quote ever:
"I'd like to point out that the White Sox team OPS is .671, which is actually two points lower than Tony Womack's career OPS. So the White Sox' lineup is basically eight Tony Womacks and one guy who isn't quite that good." --Andy Behrens, June 26th, 2007
Fantasy baseball time! I'm no expert, but I have done relatively well these past few years in private leagues. This year I've stepped up to three leagues total: Garrett Anderson League (GAL), comprised of friends from college; Bain Fantasy League (BFL), my work league; and Tampa3 Rays of Death (TRD), a league of mostly of friends of a coworker (Caf). I'm most concerned about the TRD, because I spent a fair amount of time discussing strategy with Caf last season, and now I'm not going to be able to do that without tipping my hand.
Draft strategy has always been my weakest point; after reviewing my last four drafts, I'm surprised I ever finished above .500. My failure rate (number of draftees nor appearing on my final roster) is around 50% each season (my numbers for last season are obscured because I went crazy with roster moves in the playoffs to maximize various stats). I'm especially bad in the later rounds: for the last 8 rounds, I'm 0-8 in '05, 1-8 in '06 (Eric Brynes in the 18th), and 2-8 in '07 (Ian Snell in the 20th and Shane Victorino in the 21st). I don't expect 100% success with those last picks, but come on! 12.5% is pretty damned lame. So while it's fun to focus on the first 10 rounds, I'll be focusing on the last 10 rounds for my draft prep .
First of all, let me get this out of the way: GIANTS WIN! GIANTS WIN! GIANTS WIN! GIANTS WIN! GIANTS WIN! GIANTS WIN! GIANTS WIN! GIANTS WIN! GIANTS WIN!
OK, now that I got that out of the way, I can get to my main point. I am so glad the Giants won. Not because I dislike the Patriots. Not because I'm a Giants fan (I'm not; I'm a Jets fan, but the Giants are my #2). But because Pats fans have become so smug these past few months. People were talking about the Superbowl parade as if it was a done deal. Now I can get some peace at work.
(cross posted on Yankee Fan In Boston)
