Ah, you can almost taste it, can't you? Fantasy Football season -- it just feels so right.
Believe me: I know. I have about three drafts going at once as I type this entry.
But if you find yourself contending for a Fantasy Baseball title this late into the season, you have to put it in perspective. Right now, Fantasy Football is a glorified distraction.
I mean it. I halfway suspect your nearest competitor in baseball set up a football league and invited you to it just so he could overtake you. I wouldn't put it past him, and I don't even know him.
OK, maybe none of your competitors would do anything that extreme, but if you relax in baseball for just a week or two to concentrate primarily on football, chances are one of your competitors won't. And with a couple key waiver transactions, he can overtake you faster than you can say Adimchinobe Echemandu.
As in "don't draft Adimchinobe Echemandu." (See? This blog's a one-stop source for all things Fantasy.)
So does that mean you don't play Fantasy Football? Of course not. I love it as much as the next guy, and you'll probably see me contribute to it in some form or fashion this season. I want you to play it and have the time of your life.
But I also want you to win your Fantasy Baseball league.
So do your research and draft your team. Do everything you need to do to start your run to football glory. But don't overexpose yourself to the point you don't have time for baseball anymore. Don't obsess over preseason statistics or injury concerns that won't mean anything to anybody when Week 1 arrives unless you just have oodles of time on your hands. As obsessively as we write player updates, you can simply check a player page and not miss a thing. And any of those futile attempts to get ahead in football might only put you behind in baseball.
Don't believe me? Adimchinobe Echemandu.
That's all for now.
