The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

No, I doubt anybody cares, but a guy can vent about his fantasy baseball team, right? Right. Also, I just find it kind of humorous. So, overall, my team is around .500 and I'm even shocked by that. I had the first pick in the draft and took Los Angeles Dodgers' outfielder Matt Kemp. Early in the season, it looked like a genius move, as the guy has hit .355 with 12 home runs and 28 RBIs...but in just 36 games. The Dodgers have played 64 to this date. The guy was an early MVP candidate, but after two stints on the disabled list with hamstring problems, he's been anything but dynamite for me in the long-term. Then there's do-everything guy Emilio Bonifacio of the Miami Marlins. Before he went to the DL, he led the league in stolen bases and his bat was finally coming around. He's been out for a while and isn't expected back until just after the all-star break. Atlanta Braves' catcher, Brian McCann was out for a week not long ago with the flu and is only final...

...and so it happened again. I'm really beginning to wonder if the football gods are pissed at me. I had 32 confidence points on Georgia Tech to beat Utah. Tech was up 14 in the 4th quarter and somehow, Utah came back to tie it and win in overtime. I had 26 points on Georgia over Michigan State. Georgia led 16-0 at one point and went up 27-20 late in the 4th, before Michigan State tied it. In the first overtime, State was intercepted and Georgia went ultra-conservative on their play-calling to set up a field goal and missed. State wound up winning in three overtimes. I had 18 points on Stanford over Oklahoma State. Stanford led 14-0 and never trailed throughout regulation. They had a chance to win the game with a 34-yard field goal with no time remaining. The kicker was Pac-12 2nd team All-American and Stanford had only failed to score once inside the red zone all season. The kicker missed and Oklahoma State ended up winning in overtime. Stanford gained 590 yards for the game...

Okay, so this is stupid to complain about, right? Fantasy sports? Who cares? I agree. But, I'm done with my work for today (well, most of it), am bored, in need of a break and I just got word from a buddy of mine about the football team we drafted yesterday and just feel like venting for a moment. Alright, so, the only reason I play fantasy sports is because an old buddy of mine in Omaha loves it and it's a way he and I can stay in touch with one another. So, from that standpoint, it's nice. It always gives us something to talk about and reason to write or call each other. Both of us have had pretty good success with baseball. We used to team up, but now have separate teams. We've in two of the same leagues. I'm in 1st place in both leagues and he's in 3rd and 5th, respectively (out of 8 and 12 teams). One league we call the "normal" league, because it's a pretty straight-forward fantasy baseball league. The people don't get cheap, don'...