The Day in Review
Hell of a Cubs game tonight, and I'm sure glad I left after four hours of intense baseball as a happy man. But elsewhere in the league?
Injury News:
- J.D. Drew will hit the DL, so the Red Sox went out and acquired Mark Kotsay. Not sure if Kotsay or Coco Crisp will benefit over the stint.
- Jeremy Accardo is out for the season, but has been awful thus far for fantasy purposes.
Notable Performances:
- Ben Francisco had two of the Indians four homers as Cliff Lee went on to win his nineteenth game of the season.
- John Lackey, Derek Lowe, and Bronson Arroyo each had complete games, though Lowe couldn't get the run support he needed to earn the victory. Arroyo fought past a ten strikeout performance by Wandy Rodriguez.
- Johnny Damon had two homeruns, but it wasn't enough to power past the defending World Champs.
- Jimmy Rollins had three steals and is up to thirty-one on the season. He also homered, but it was only his nineth.
That's what you need to know about the day.
posted by Zachary Piso at
2:49 AM
3 Comments:
hey zach, you just got SLAMMED on "fantasy hurler." apparently you stopped trying in one of your baseball leagues. check it out...
http://fantasyhurler.blogspot.com/2008/08/quitters-suck.html
Haha, oh well. My thoughts are that fantasy baseball is a game, and since I had become so frustrated with my team's injuries, I cut my losses. I consider time spent on a league a "sunk cost", so I feel no pressure to continue.
I never really considered how this would influence the league, though I can certainly say the Pirates stopped trying earlier this season, so I'm not sure it's a violation of the "integrity" of the league.
Piso, that's a pretty big flip-flop from when you said this:
Quitters: This is by far the most irritating aspect. Collusion is much easier to handle from a commissioner's perspective, since vetoing the trade is appreciated by most everyone (and ordinarily, the benefactor of the collusion must only to laugh and think "Well, it was worth a try..."). With quitting, you can't mitigate the situation, and players are wasted. Because Fantasy Baseball requires much more work than, say, Fantasy Football, and poorly managed team is not competitive and distorts player rankings and auction values.
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