Fantasy vs. Reality
I sometimes struggle with this idea when it comes to managing and cheering for my fantasy team versus the Dodgers. Now, understand that my cheering always defaults to the Dodgers, but I do have to think twice about it sometimes. Like take tonight for instance: Jake Peavy pitching for the Padres, which incidentally have won 10 of 11 vs. the Dodgers this year, has had a terrible year. I traded for him a month or two ago and he has done exactly squat for me. So as I contemplated starting him vs. the Dodgers tonight, I have to ask myself if I would root for him to pitch well and possibly win. I decide to start him with the understanding that I am rooting for a 0-0 tie into the ninth inning with the Dodgers winning it in the tenth against Trevor Hoffman. I go through this daily with my fantasy baseball team. Does anyone else root for weird things when it comes to fantasy vs. reality (and don't tell me about your love life again JTJ) or am I the only one?
posted by eric c at 9:02 PM
4 Comments:
I went to a Jazz/Magic game once, and my cheering was all over the place. I'd cheer when the Jazz did something good... unless it was Kirilenko, because I was playing his team that week. Then on the other end, I cheered when Grant Hill or Cuttino Mobley scored, but was very upset if they passed to a guy who dribbled twice before scoring or something like that. I bet the people around me thought I was an idiot. "Who does that guy want to win? He just must like basketball... from time to time." I know what you mean, E.
I hedge a lot of the times. If the broncos are playing the Chiefs, I put all the Chief players I have in my lineup. I figure one way or the other I should win something.
Wait, I have Hoffman. I am hoping for the Dodgers to win 18-0 and for Hoffman to get some work in and strike out the side.
As a Cubs and Red Sox fan I don't really have to worry about a conflict of interest at this point in the season since the Cubs have long been out of contention and the Red Sox are doing everythinig they can to remove themselves. But when my teams were competing I felt the same way.
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