09-19-2006, 06:29 AM
I pretty much assumed all season that it was 1st for overall champ and 2nd for regular season, but I have no idea why the fuck I thought that. I guess I never paid attention to Keyser's original post, or at least the 150-50 payout part. Probably because in all my other leagues the payout was something that was voted on before the draft, so I just assumed it was still an undecided issue. Still, it is my own fault for convincing myself for 5 months that I was playing for $50. Oh well, made the final 2 weeks of the regular season more fun if nothing else.
But if there's still a vote...
Best record means zero once October rolls along? That's true in real baseball, but has nothing at all to do with fantasy. (especially considering the fact that the fantasy season ends in September) Fantasy baseball is about building the best team over the course of the 6 month season. I had the best team for the majority of those 6 months, but lost Kazmir, Liriano, and Papelbon at basically the same time. Plus Zambrano and Hernandez missed starts last week during the playoffs. Of course, injuries are as big a part of fantasy baseball as real baseball, and in both cases make for weak excuses. But should a few untimely injuries over a 1 or 2 week span render the previous 5 months meaningless? Sure there are other contributing factors to why I ultimately lost, but 95% of it was due to the pitching injuries. My power stats were a weakness all season and it was my pitching that carried me every week.
H2H leagues and different and fun and make Sundays more fun, but it is not the ideal setup for baseball. Winning the SB category 10-0 means exactly the same as winning 1-0. Steals are like gold in fantasy, yet those 9 steals are totally meaningless.
Regardless of what happens, hopefully next year this will cause whoever runs this league to get this shit together and in writing before the draft to avoid this unnecessary confusion. But I am done with H2H leagues, no matter the payout.
But if there's still a vote...
Best record means zero once October rolls along? That's true in real baseball, but has nothing at all to do with fantasy. (especially considering the fact that the fantasy season ends in September) Fantasy baseball is about building the best team over the course of the 6 month season. I had the best team for the majority of those 6 months, but lost Kazmir, Liriano, and Papelbon at basically the same time. Plus Zambrano and Hernandez missed starts last week during the playoffs. Of course, injuries are as big a part of fantasy baseball as real baseball, and in both cases make for weak excuses. But should a few untimely injuries over a 1 or 2 week span render the previous 5 months meaningless? Sure there are other contributing factors to why I ultimately lost, but 95% of it was due to the pitching injuries. My power stats were a weakness all season and it was my pitching that carried me every week.
H2H leagues and different and fun and make Sundays more fun, but it is not the ideal setup for baseball. Winning the SB category 10-0 means exactly the same as winning 1-0. Steals are like gold in fantasy, yet those 9 steals are totally meaningless.
Regardless of what happens, hopefully next year this will cause whoever runs this league to get this shit together and in writing before the draft to avoid this unnecessary confusion. But I am done with H2H leagues, no matter the payout.