That’s it. I’ve had it. Don’t bother sending me your invites to your Yahoo, Sportsline, or MLB.com leagues. This year I am officially on strike. No more fantasy baseball for me.You might ask “Why John? Why abandon leagues you have been a part of for nearly a decade?” To which I offer you a very simple answer. I can’t stand ‘em anymore and I hate what they do to even the best baseball fans.
Fantasy baseball takes every day good-natured fans and turns them into uber-cynical, maniacal, stat-oriented bastards. Instead of adding to the game of baseball, they detract from it, making us analyze such idiotic things such as VORP. Seriously. What the fuck does VORP have anything to do with anything in real life? I no longer want to go through another baseball season cheering against my own team because I have Albert Pujols in the lineup. I no longer want to feel the responsibility of a Major League GM when my own job is hard enough (yes, I blog and I have a real job).
I want to go through a season, where I can experience baseball as a true fan, again. A season where I could enjoy the game for what it is, and the little bit of joy it brings to my life.
So this year, don’t bother inviting me to your draft party (unless you just want me to sit around and drink your beer). For my perennial team, The Postal Workers, will not be taking the field.
Now I know my fellow bloggers will disagree with me, so comment below and may the debate begin.
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I'm with you, JP. I love baseball and I love tracking and following statistics, and yet I hate fantasy baseball. Always have, always will. Why in the hell should I root for a guy like Alfonso Soriano? He's an overpaid, overrated assclown who somehow should have value to me because he's on my fantasy team? Forget it. Not to mention dealing with the daily minutia of figuring out which of my pitchers is playing that day. This is my 5th straight season of boycotting fantasy, and I'm glad I've got a fellow fan on board.
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