Week 17 Results

DNP. Still feeling lousy.

I haven't gone through and added up the numbers, but I think I was a modest loser on football this year. It's pretty simple - I put in about as much time over the course of the season as I should have per week. No time spent equaled no clue.

But: When you factor in the bonus dollars won for having one monster week, I'm solidly in the black. Thanks FSL for the save!

Anyhow, there will probably be some playoff contests but I'm basically done for the year. I may or may not start playing basketball again, I've actually been spending more time playing poker lately. We'll see.

On a related note, I lucksacked the last week in my regular fantasy league and won my entry fee back. I'm pretty pumped about that considering my sad sack roster.

Week 16 Results

Incomplete. I have some fuzzy recollection of logging on and picking rosters for the Sundays w/ Dr. Pauly and Blogger Battle TOCs. It looks like I also entered a $1 multi.

I beat Pauly's score in the SWDP TOC, so I'm guessing I'll end up with four or five bucks for that which would be enough to make it a winning week. We'll see.

Edit: It looks like the payout method was different this year and since I was the lowest score to beat Dr. Pauly I won ... $0.96. LOL.

Otherwise, this was a gentle reminder not to play when all wacked out on NyQuil.

Week 16 results: 3 contests entered (10 player), 1 "cash"; amount risked: $3.00; amount "won" $0.96; net: ($2.04); ROI who cares

Snapdraft FAIL

I got a marketing email from Snapdraft on Tuesday. If you believe the subject line, it was addressed to players who own Chris Johnson of the Titans in leagues that Fanball handles. My regular fantasy league uses Fanball and I own Chris Johnson. I'm special!

But I digress.

The email was touting a special opportunity:

This week all SnapDraft customers have the opportunity to win a Chris Johnson signed Tennessee Titans mini-helmet, a $150 value, by entering the "NFL - Chris Johnson Autographed Mini-Helmet" 15-team league posted in the list of SnapDraft contests for only $10.

That would be a pretty nice little bonus, wouldn't it?

Oh wait: It's not a bonus. Instead of paying out cash, these contests pay out a mini helmet:

There is no cash prize awarded for the "NFL - Chris Johnson Autographed Mini-Helmet" contests.

I wonder if the megacorp that controls Snapdraft has a sponsorship or other tie-in with Chris Johnson - maybe they got a box of these at a discount. More likely the 'sponsors' - Players Ink and Buzzer Sports - kicked them in. Or maybe they just bought some off of eBay ... hey this one is only $107 or less with buy it now and there are auctions going for less yet.

Company gotta get paid yo.

Upon further reflection I was going to change the title of this post to "You might be an idiot to play on Snapdraft if ..." but then I took one more look at the marketing email. As it turns out, in order to win your Chris Johnson NFL superstar mini-helmet you might have to be good at picking hockey?

To play SnapDraft NHL, pick a team of 9 players using a $27 million salary. Compete using only this weekend's NFL games.

So much FAIL. Yes, I'm sure it's just a typo. It's still a joke.

For additional entertainment, go to the Players Ink website. Players Ink has a few dozen autographed mini helmets available. I didn't see any Chris Johnson helmets. Quite a few from other players are available for under $100, while a number of others are listed at $9,999.99. Including a REAL GENUINE signed mini helmet from the legendary Donnie Avery of the St. Louis Rams. Whoa.

Must. CONSUME.

What do you mean my credit card was declined?

Anyhow. I haven't played on Snapdraft lately and really don't have much motivation to do so. There's plenty of traffic on Fantasy Sports Live, a better variety of contests, lower rake and no retarded email spam marketing.

Play FSL for less FAIL.

Week 15 Results

Delayed post for a simple reason: DNP, coach's decision. I determined that I was too far back in the Sundays w/ Dr Pauly series and I didn't really spend any time checking the schedule. I'll be back in action this weekend for the SwDP tournament of champeens.

I also got bounced in the semi-finals of my regular league. Down going into Sunday night, I needed to have Favre come up big. Instead he laid an egg. GG season.

Week 14 Results

These posts are getting shorter every week.

Even though I don't really have much reason to play out the string, I decided to sign up for a Sundays w/ Dr Pauly contest at about 12:45. My computer chose that time to get problematic. It finally started cooperating at 12:57, so I had 3 minutes to pick. Totally winging it.

If I'd stayed with my original lineup, which had Chris Johnson and no kicker, I would have won my contest. Instead I quickly revised those two slots, scored more than 20 points worse and bubbled. Arrgh.

On the bright side my regular fantasy team will win unless Alex Smith puts up the performance of the decade and I'll be in the playoffs at 8-6. Not much separation in that league this year, so anything can happen.

Sunday results: 2 contests entered (1 - 10 player, 1 - 6 player); 0 cashes; amount risked: $12.00; amount won: $0.00; net: ($12.00); ROI -100.0%

Week 13 Results

That's a little more like it. Finally got a win in a Sundays w/ Dr Pauly contest.

Also hung on - barely - to win in my regular fantasy league. I'm at 7-6, currently in good shape for the playoffs but need a win next week to lock it up.

Sunday results: 5 contests entered (1 - 25 player, 3 - 10 player, 1 HU); 2 cashes (0, 2, 0); amount risked: $17.40; amount won: $53.00; net: +$35.60; ROI whatever, right around +200%

Week 12 Results

Too much screwing around. Another week where I logged on, jumped in some contests, picked guys almost at random and lost. Need to stop that.

Also: FFFUUUUUUU Matt Schaub.

Sunday results: 5 contests entered (1 - 10 player, 1 - 6 player, 3 HU); 1 cash (1, 0, 0); amount risked: $22.20; amount won: $3.00; net: ($19.20); ROI who cares

Turkey'd

One contest for kicks on Thursday. As previously expressed in this space, I'm not a huge fan of playing on days with a limited number of contests. Rosters are too similar.

I finished fifth, less than 2 points out of the money and less than 8 out of first. It didn't exactly help to see the Lions lose Brandon Pettigrew - who amazingly was picked by only one other guy in the contest (who finished 8th) - on the first drive.

Yeah, I like to think that at least a couple of the 12 targets the other LOLion TEs received would have come Pettigrew's way, but those are the breaks.

With a blah weather forecast on for tomorrow, I might actually get to see a little football.

Thursday results: 1 contest entered (10 player); 0 cashes; amount risked: $1; amount won: $0; net: ($1); ROI -100%

Thanksgiving For Football

A reminder:

Don't forget that daily fantasy football contests should be available on Thanksgiving Day since there are multiple games on the schedule. I would expect the contests to start showing up in the lobby some time today.

If that's not enough action for you, there is always hockey and basketball too.

Week 11 Results

Another modest loser. I don't like to make excuses, but I'm going to - I missed out on a winning week because I absent-mindedly selected Neil Rackers instead of Nate Kaeding - who I intended to take - for my kicker in my SwDP contest. I don't know why I get those guys confused. But I do and I did.

I got it right in my other contests, so the week wasn't a complete washout, but still, what a dumb move. I guess these things happen when you have no time.

Also lost an autodraft contest for the first time.

Sunday results: 4 contests entered (3 - 10 player, 1 HU); 2 cashes (2, 0); amount risked: $16.40; amount won: $7.00; net: ($9.40); ROI -54.0%

Week 10 Results

Rushed. I only managed to enter three contests this week and it felt like I spent a total of about five minutes on selections. Really, the only guy I was locked on was Chris Johnson against the woeful Bills. Results would have been better if defensive TDs counted.

Thanks to a bubble finish (again) in my Sundays w/ Dr. Pauly contest, it was a losing week. I took first in my early games dollar multi and won a heads up autodraft contest.

Sunday results: 3 contests entered (2 - 10 player, 1 HU); 2 cashes (1, 1); amount risked: $15.40; amount won: $11.00; net: ($4.40); ROI -28.6%

Week 9 Results

As expected, the final tally wasn't good. I needed Donovan McNabb to play better to pull out my late game contests and it just didn't happen. My primary weakness continues to be receiver selection and hopefully I'll have a little time this week to look at injuries and schemes to come up with better picks down the road.

I think this might be the most last place finishes I've ever had in 10 player multis in a single week, including a dreadful number in Sundays w/ Dr. Pauly which pretty much eliminates me from Super TOC contention for the second 5 week series.

The only contests that went well were the autodrafts, where I went 2 for 2.

It could be worse ... I could be a Packers fan. LOL Packers. And my regular fantasy team is going to win again, bring me back to 4-5 and just one game out of playoff contention.

Sunday results: 13 contests entered (1 - 25 player, 7 - 10 player, 5 HU); 3 cashes (0, 1, 2); amount risked: $39.50; amount won: $15.00; net: ($24.50); ROI -62.0%

Week 9 In Process Update

Yuck. This is fairly ugly.

I still have a shot to pull out a couple heads up contests, but the multis are going to be brutal. I might as well just admit that I have been terrible this season at picking receivers. Back to the drawing board.

Let's go selected Eagles!

Also: I'll have more on this later but autodraft is pretty sweet.

Oooh, Autodraft

Fantasy Sports Live has a shiny new toy for daily fantasy football players: AUTODRAFT

Instead of trying to fit your picks into a point cap or a salary cap (or no cap), you simply rank your top picks at each position and the system will fill out your roster for you. I presume that it'll alternate between you and your opponent(s).

This option will produce rosters that look a lot more like a traditional fantasy football contest as there will be zero player overlap between rosters.

I signed up for two autodraft contests this week - I'm in ten total contests I think so far - and am definitely looking forward to seeing how it goes.

More choices for daily fantasy players, you have to love that.

The System

Week 9 has some interesting matchups and I'd like nothing better to sit around and watch the games. That, however, will not be happening with a beautiful day in the forecast.

If I'm lucky, I'll have both time and a decent internet connection - neither of which are guaranteed - on Sunday morning to clean up my selections. Because of the uncertainty, I've kind of adopted a really dumb system of selection:

1. Find open contests
2. Sign up
3. Slap in some guys that look good
4. Hope to clean up later.

Not exactly optimal. Oh well. I think I'm in like 5 contests so far - Sundays w/ Dr. Pauly and every dollar multi I could find. I believe the kids refer to this as 'ballin out of control'.

Week 8 Results

Loser.

I didn't have time this morning to log back on and standardize my rosters, so I had a lot of variation. Unfortunately, most of them contained Steve Slaton who put up a stellar minus 0.9 points and was benched after one carry in favor of Ryan Moats who went over 100 yards with 3 TDs. Dammit. I also struggled with receiver selection.

Two bubbles and a fifth make this worse than it could have been.

I put up a decent but not great score in Sundays w/ Dr. Pauly (didn't have Slaton in that one thankfully), we'll see if I beat the Doc and got into the TOC.

Edit: I did beat Pauly and so I'm in the Tournament of Champions ... along with a lot of other people. I think the count is like 17 or something. My 'regular' fantasy team also won and I'm out of the cellar at 3-5. I guess those count for something.

Sunday results: 8 contests entered (1 - 25 player, 5 - 10 player, 1 - 6 player, 1 HU); 2 cashes (0, 1, 0, 1); amount risked: $24.90; amount won: $9.00; net: ($15.90); ROI -63.9%

Fantasy NBA Action Take One

Mostly as a way to get up to speed on who's-playing-for-who I've entered a couple $1 basketball contests this week. I ended up 9th on Tuesday but came back with a 2nd yesterday. The early part of the season is kind of goofy but entertaining as you try and figure out how guys are going to fit in.

The NBA is offering their broadband League Pass for free through November 3rd. The Pistons - GriZZZlies game was blacked out so I watched some of the Thunder-Kings game instead. The picture quality is really really good and if I had a slightly more robust internet connection - and money to fritter away - I'd definitely sign up for this. I watched some of the LOLakers - Clippahs game on Tuesday via the TNT website and that wasn't bad either.

No action tonight as I think there are only two games on the schedule and I'm not a fan of small player pool days.

Basketball results: 2 contests entered (10 player); 1 cash; amount risked: $2.00; amount won: $3.00; net: +$1.00; ROI +50.0%

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Week 7 Results

I got a pleasant surprise when I checked results this morning. I thought I was set to finish 3rd in one of my 10 player contests but didn't look real carefully - the fourish additional points Steve Smith picked up late in the Sunday night game actually bumped me to first.

The theme of the week was receiver FAIL. Bad picks there. The rest of the rosters were fine, but if it involved a player catching the ball then UGH.

First in a Speaker Special, first in a late games multi, everything else was a bust. I did manage to beat Dr. Pauly's score so I have a 2 week streak there.

My regular fantasy team is getting squashed, so I'll be 2-5. So bad.

Games watched: Parts of the late games, mostly LOLBears-Cincinnati, half of the Giants-Cardinalzzz.

Sunday results: 5 contests entered (4 - 10 player, 1 - 3 player); 2 cashes (2, 0); amount risked: $21.90; amount won: $30.00; net: +$8.10; ROI: +37.0%

Week 6 Results

Well that's a little more like it.

I certainly didn't expect a 59-0 beat down, but I liked the Pats against the Titans' pathetic pass defense. Right call. Brady + Moss = a whole lot of win. Taking Jones-Drew and DeAngelo Williams didn't hurt either. I actually went over 200 points in one contest which is crazy.

If only I'd entered more contests. If only.

Yeah right.

I was so 'with it' when making my picks that I entered an uncapped contest on accident. Smooth.

Anyway, as usual I didn't get to watch a whole lot yesterday - I saw exactly one play in the early games: Greg Jennings (who I had on my rosters) dropping a TD pass. Thanks, Greg. I watched a few minutes of the Pats/Titans game before CBS switched over the morass of suck that was the Jets/Bills game. Also caught the first half of the Bears/Falcons night game.

I didn't get around to answering Zeem's question about strategy in the 25 player contests (sorry), haven't given it much thought. SwDP was back to smaller contests this week, don't know what'll happen going forward.

Sunday results: 4 contests entered (2 - 10 player, 2 HU), 4 cashes (2, 2); amount risked: $18.80; amount won: $47.00; net: $28.20; ROI +150.0%

Edit: As part of my ongoing effort to find a dark lining in every silver cloud, I finished with the 2nd best SwDP score of the week and of course the guy with the best score was in my contest costing me $20. Blah blah blah. (No, I'm not serious). On the other hand, my scores put me right back into contention for two of the prizes - best single weekly score (2nd, duh) and best single weekly blogger score (1st).

Week 5 Results

Not paying attention is not doing me any favors. Another terrible week.

I got home well into the second half of the late games and just about the first thing I saw on the stats crawl was Miles Austin's huge game for Dallas. Dammit. When I saw that Roy Williams was out I noted Austin as a good option and even had him selected at one point, but then I talked myself out of it figuring Dallas wouldn't have too much trouble with the LOLChiefs. Too much thinking.

Then again, never in a million years would I have guessed that Roddy White would torch the 49ers, so it's not like I have a crystal ball or anything.

On a more positive note, my regular fantasy team won this week and 2-3 puts me back into the thick of things. My roster still sucks, though.

Sunday results: 6 contests entered (2 - 25 player, 3 - 10 player, 1 HU), 1 cash (0, 1, 0), amount risked: $22.90; amount won: $2.00; net: ($20.90); ROI -91.3%

Week 4 Results

Blah blah blah. I put in three minutes of preparation this week, I read through the schedule of games. I watched about five minutes of the Dallas-Denver game. There are just way too many life distractions right now.

Four contests. SwDP and three dollar multis. Finished 10th in the 25 player SwDP, won the early games multi and was a non-factor in the other two. I did beat Dr. Pauly's score for the week so I have a one week streak (you need 3 straight to get into the tournament of champeens).

In my regular FFB league I'm 26 points down with Favre and Driver going tonight. I'm pretty much resigned to being 0-4.

Week 4 Results: 4 contests entered (1-25 player, 3- 10 player), 1 cash, amount risked: $14.00; amount won: $5.00; net: ($9.00); ROI -64.3%

Week 3 Results

DNP.

Dammit. Internet service flaked out Saturday morning and never came back. Couldn't get a connection at work either, so I gave up. It wasn't worth it to try and find another option.

This puts me way down in the Sundays w/ Dr. Pauly and Blogger Battle competitions.

Week 2 Results

Ugh. It's going to be a total whitewash.

FAIL.

Edit: Yep. Total fail. Bad picks, headed by taking Brady. My regular FF team also dropped to 0-2 and is nicked up.

Week 2 results: 7 contests entered (3 - 10 player, 3 - 6 player, 1 HU); 0 cashes (0, 0, 0); amount risked: $28.70; amount won: $0.00; net: ($28.70); ROI -100.0%

Week 2 Pregame

It looks like seven contests for this week. I'm trying to spread out my action, playing a bunch of different types of contests.

As for picks, UGGGH. Lots of lousy matchups. Since I have no idea who's going to perform this week I have a ton of roster variance. Hopefully one or two of my rosters will come through, otherwise this could be a complete whitewash. I just don't know this week.

Week 1 Results

I have to say it feels kind of weird to make football picks and then not watch the games. I caught the first couple minutes of the Lions-Saints game on the radio, watched a little of the end of the Giants-Redskins and 49ers-Cardinals games and a decent chunk of Packers-Bears. Not all that much.

I'll take the results, though. I made what seemed to me to be the obvious picks of Brees and Adrian Peterson and my fillers were good enough to get me to the cash in every contest. Too many third place finishes but still a very good opening week.

I didn't beat Pauly's monster score in Sundays With Dr. Pauly, so I'll have to take another shot at getting a streak started in Week 2. Because of all of the great scores I'm also in the middle of the pack in the Blogger Battle.

Sunday results: 7 contests entered (4 - 10 player, 2 - 6 player, 1 3-player, 0 HU); 7 cashes (4, 2, 1, 0); total risked: $23.90; total won: $52.50; net: + $28.60; ROI +119.7%

I picked up fifty cents that I can't account for in my quick review of results, but since I'm 100% sure it appeared in my account when the contests closed yesterday I'm counting it.

Reminder: Monday Football Contests Available

Because there are two Monday Night Football games this week, FSL has Monday football contests.

I've never been a big advocate of playing contests with super small player pools, but if you need an additional fix after today's action, go for it. I may throw in a buck or three, we'll see.

Waiting on results, looks like today was a pretty good day.

Week 1 NFL Action Is Here!

It's here, it's here, it's finally here! Week 1 of regular season NFL contests kicks off TODAY over at Fantasy Sports Live.

I'm in a total of 7 contests and it'll probably stay at that number. I made sure to get into a Sundays With Dr. Pauly contest and I'm trying out the Triple Play (3 player, winner take all contest) that's a new option in football this year. I would probably get into a Joe Speaker Special if one pops up in the next few minutes, but that's probably not going to happen.

All I really don't have are real solid picks. I made a cursory pass through the games and I'm completely winging it at this point. I'll focus more once the season gets rolling and golf season winds down. Until then, get in there and TAKE MY MONEY.

It was a great day of watching college games yesterday, and I can't wait to see what will unfold today. Daily fantasy sports at Fantasy Sports Live just adds to the fun.

Sundays With Dr. Pauly Returns!

RIPPED FROM THE FANTASY SPORTS LIVE BLOG:

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Week 2 Series Winner $25 Added Cash
Week 3 Series Winner $25 Added Cash
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Bloggers
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Highest weekly blogger score $75 Added Cash
2nd highest weekly blogger score $50 Added Cash
3rd highest weekly blogger score $25 Added Cash
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{END RIP}

Seriously. This series is awesome. Serious bragging rights are available and there is a bunch of FREE MONEY added. Have I mentioned lately that I cleaned up big time last year? Didn't think so. But I did. If you don't have a FSL account, sign up today.

It looks like the Blogger Battle is being folded into SwDP, which makes some sense. It's still a nice little incentive.

THANKS FANTASY SPORTS LIVE and get picking people.

A Site Worth Visiting

I've been remiss in not mentioning this, but FSL regular (and winnar) Buffalo66 has launched a new site, directly aimed at the daily fantasy sports player. Check it out: www.dailyfantasyprojections.com. Content is free for a couple more days (I think) and then it'll be subscription based.

Get inside the mind of a steady winner. Get the benefit of his computer savvy and player insight. EZ game.

Good To Be Back

I just logged in and entered three Week 1 NFL contests. Granted that they're $1 contests - my favorite guilty pleasure - but still ... it's been too long. Way too long. I think I only entered 2 or 3 baseball contests and no NASCAR contests this summer. I see that I've dropped to 42nd on the FSL leaderboard.

Need to do work.

It's hard to believe that football season is finally here. I watched some of the college games last night and will probably spend a zillion hours this weekend watching the rest of the openers. Somewhere in there I have to get up to speed on the NFL, since I haven't devoted any time at all to the preseason.

Which reminds me: Note to self - update rosters in dollar contests.

An ongoing theme this season is going to be bankroll management. Due to life FAIL chaos, what I have in my FSL account is all I'm going to have available, so I need to make sure I can get through the season. I know that I can play the weekly Sundays w/ Dr. Pauly contests and a fistful of dollar contests. Beyond that, however many contests I play on a weekly basis will depend on results to date almost as much as how confident I am in my picks for the week. It's dumb, but that's life.

It's football season. Let's do this.

Fantasy NASCAR Returns!

According to an email I received from Fantasy Sports Live, NASCAR contests return September 15. Good news for race fans as the Chase for the Cup heats up!

Suggested Reading

Just because I'm on vacation doesn't mean that action doesn't continue.

An interesting read today from Buffalo Hold'em - The Handcuff - Good Play or Bad. Check it out.

It's a fascinating question because it doesn't really pop up in football or basketball - no points are awarded for wins or team results.

NASCAR Contests Suspended

According to the FSL blog, FSL has suspended for now the running of fantasy NASCAR contests. They may return later in the season or not at all - that's to be determined later.

As for myself, I'm still on summer hiatus, spending my time at the golf course instead of thinking about fantasy sports. Football season is just around the corner, though, and I can't wait for that.

Good luck with your baseball picks!

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Just a quick update to report that there's nothing to report. No play.

As much as I enjoy baseball, I haven't been paying attention beyond reading AP stories relating to the Tigers. I'm not able to watch games unless I muck around with finding one online. It's golf season. There are house projects to be done. Etc. Etc.

So, in other words, any posting here will be random and occasional until football season approaches.

Weather Fail

Note to self: Check the weather next time. Just because it's nice where you are doesn't mean that a baseball game a hundred miles away will be played. All those zeros hurt.

12th place out of 13. I may have lost a few points (but not many) by swapping my initial pick of Jon Garland for Derek Lowe - both got wins, Garland only struck out a couple batters. Otherwise, too many Tigazzz and White Sox. Oops.

Interesting how insignificant the relief pitcher spot was. IIRC only one person got more than 3 points - Chad Qualls' inning and save was worth 7.

Draftbug Blogger Contest

It looks like a baker's (dirty) dozen in the Draftbug blogger baseball challenge, running this evening:

Alex Zelvin, ‘waiver wire’, The Waiver Wire, http://waiverwire.blogspot.com

Kyle Huberman, ‘icehube’, Draftbug Millionaire, http://draftbugmillionaire.blogspot.com

Dave Hall, ‘Roto Guru’, Roto Guru, http://www.rotoguru2.com

Troy Patterson, ‘TroyPatterson’, Rotosavants, http://www.rotosavants.com

Sean, ‘scojo’, 27 Pitches, http://www.27pitches.com

Nick Cichielo, ‘Junkballers’, junkballers, http://www.junkballers.com

Mark Perry, ‘PokerBankrollBlog’, Poker Bankroll Blog, http://www.pokerbankrollblog.com

Josh Culp, ‘Future of Fantasy’, Future of Fantasy, http://www.futureoffantasy.com

Dan Williams, ‘TheInsidePitch’, The Inside Pitch, http://www.theinsidepitch.com

Justin Hulsey, ‘JayHulsey’, Fandemonium Sports, http://fandemoniumsports.blogspot.com

Paul Bourdett, ‘The Pick-up Artist’, Rotoexperts, http://www.rotoexperts.com

Mike, ‘bonds’, Winning at Fantasy Sports Live, http://winatfantasysportslive.com

Steve Schroeder, ‘stv1313’, Steve’s Gambling Sketchbook, http://stevesketchbook.blogspot.com

I have made my picks, unfortunately it was based on my usual casual level of "research". At least I'm pretty sure that I picked a guy that's going tonight for my starting pitcher and I don't think any of my position players are on the DL. How's that for focus?

More thoughts later - most likely tomorrow - on picks, results etc.

Coming Back Around

It's been slow here as of late. Too many things to do, not enough hours in the day. I'm way behind on getting up to speed with baseball and I haven't been paying any attention whatsoever to the NBA playoffs or NASCAR.

For years I counted myself as a hardcore baseball junkie. I played in multiple rotisserie leagues, followed the box scores religiously and knew every organization's top prospects. That's no longer the case - the leagues have died off and I no longer have a subscription to a major newspaper.

Part of getting back into the game - and I do think that baseball is going to be where it's at - involves finding some regular online reads. Ideally, I'm hoping to find the equivalent of Aaron Gleeman for a variety of teams, backed up by some local beat writers. If I'm really really lucky, I can use RSS feeds and an aggregator to create a "virtual newspaper" so that keeping on top of things won't suck up all of my precious free time. It's a work in process.

Anyway, I'm signed up for a blogger bragging rights freeroll at Draftbug tomorrow. I'll be posting later about the entrants and just how poorly my selections fare.

Considering Retirement

Maybe I should just quit. It doesn't get any better than this - first baseball contest of the season, zero prep time, etc etc ...

Wednesday results (baseball): 1 contest entered (10 player); 1 cash; amount risked: $1.00; amount won: $5.00; net: +$4.00; ROI +400.0%

Thank you Carl Crawford.