For those who don’t know, the world of Fantasy Sports is something that has quickly become a huge part of mine and a few other guys’ mundane life. I would say that there is an average of six to eight “nerds” that participate in this fast-paced, cut-throat, and even heart-breaking unreal world of Fantasy Sports year round. We have a few newcomers from time-to-time however the nucleus is made up of Matt, Joe, Kaleb, KDogg, Dave, Ben, Miller, Hayz, and I. We participate mainly in Basketball and Baseball, but we also do Football to bridge the gap between the two.
Just like the real world there are a few certainties you can count on in Fantasy Sports. Every sport whether its football, baseball, or everyone’s favorite Basketball you can guarantee at least 47 bad trades from Miller. I’m not talking Kukoc for Marion bad, I mean Avery “I just got the ball and shot it” Johnson for Jason Kidd BAD. The funniest thing about all the TERRIBLE trade offers is within a few days he’ll drop the crappy guy he’s been trying so hard to deal. Miller is shadier than the big oak tree that I grew up climbing. Other things that you can take to the proverbial bank is that Joe, Hayz, and Kdogg (except in football) will finish up somewhere near the top. (I’m not one to brag but I won this past year’s baseball league and I’m currently in First Place in Football.) Cash Money usually ends up right about the middle with Kaleb, and his Indy-stacked teams finish in correlation with the Pacers, somewhere near the bottom. Dave is just about as predictable in Fantasy as he is in anything else, you just never know.
At last I have arrived at my topic for this week; Ben’s Fantasy Teams, another certainty no matter the league. One thing is for sure when we begin a new sport; Ben will begin near the top, and finish with a solid hold on LAST place. I’m not sure whether it’s his knack for drafting guys who have red-hot starts or it’s his bad management (Ben Wallace for Theo Ratliff) but at some point during the year Ben will drop faster than Kdogg dropped Tyson Alcorn a couple of years ago when Tyson said “N’SYNC is for queers.” In football this year Ben compiled another not so solid year. With two weeks left and match-ups against my top-ranked “Go Go Gators!!” and Matt’s “Cash Money Icons” Ben is doomed to finish 3-11; well out of playoff contention. Basketball this season showed Ben strong out of the gates, but over the past 2 weeks the poor guy has dropped over 10 points.
Fantasy Sports is just not Ben’s thing.