next year, i'll get to coach the fantasy all-star game
at long last, it finally came to pass. i've been playing fantasy baseball since 1989 in one form or another, often in multiple leagues (including 4 this year), for a grand total of about 28 total teams owned. throw in some terrible fantasy football and basketball teams, and that's over 30 "seasons" without a winner. while not quite Cubs-ian in its futility, that streak still speaks poorly of my skills as an owner/general manager and has left me wondering from time to time whether perhaps i had some cognitive defect that was preventing me from winning. but as of this morning the history is meaningless, the heartbreak of last season can be forgotten and i can finally be called a champion. and it wasn't terribly close as i moved into 1st place during August and my lead kept growing all during September.
was i drinking from the same flagon of mojo that will propel the Red Sox to their first title in 86 years? i can't quite execute such a huge leap of faith (not to mention circumlocution of logic), but if it happens, i might have to quesiton the forces at play in the unvierse.
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i can't believe you finally won a league! congrats, apes. do you get a trophy?
Posted by: bibimop | October 4, 2004 12:41 PM
Nice, Jamie. We need to figure out how to hold a fantasy All-Star Game - a great idea.
Posted by: mitch | October 4, 2004 12:52 PM
dean mentioned something this weekend about two red sox outfielders standing side by side during warmups and their jerseys reading out the year 19-18. another piece of numerical weirdness in this, the year the curse is broken.
Posted by: crispin | October 4, 2004 01:39 PM
yeah jamie, i really am happy for you. and hopefully, this will be boston's year! our big trade worked wonders for you. i just hope that it will be a doyle alexander-john smoltz type trade for me.
Posted by: dan | October 4, 2004 04:42 PM