6/24/2006

Brett Myers and Interleague

Fantasy -- A quick rule for me in fantasy baseball is to stay away from Philadelphia Phillies pitchers. I'm predisposed to picking them as they are my favorite team. However, they play in a ridiculous hitters park and aren't strong across the board. My one exception is always my favorite pithers in teh bigs Bret Myers. So once again, I have him on my fantasy baseball team.
Friday morning Bret was arested for punching his wife in the face in public. Bret was set to start today against the Red Sox. I am choosing to sit him on the bench on my fantasy team and give up any stats he might acrue today. I don't know how long he'll stay on my bench. I also don't know if I'll feel bad if he's proven to be innocent.
I just know my philsosophy is that fantasy sports, as a hobby, is intrinsically supposed to be enjoyable. My enjoyment does come from winning but even deeper 'liking' the guys on my team. To play a guy that was just arrested for domestic abuse kills the second enjoyment factor.

REALITY -- Interleague play is 10 years old this year. Yet another change to a tradition done with the desire to build revenue. We can't turn back the clock but I haven't discovered a single good thing about interleague play.

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