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Any man who has had both a wife and a fantasy baseball team knows it can be difficult to juggle both at times.

Here's a list of some quotes that may strike a nerve. (Jules, this makes you quite the catch in fantasy circles)



10. "Why do we have to be home most Sundays?"



9. "You know the name of every baseball player on the planet, but you can't remember my friends name?"



8. Tv- "Its 10-0, why do you care about this game?"



7. Tv- "You know he can't hear you, right?"



6. "You spend more time with the computer than you do with me."



5. "You care more about your team than you do about me."



4."You spend more time thinking about your team than you do about me."



3. "Studying, yeah right."



2. "How come you didn't study this much when you were in school?"



1. "You remember when your player plays, but you forgot it was dinnertime?"



October 1- "So, did WE win?"

Love the Oct. 1st line!



I'll add a common one...



"I wish I could be your computer for a day!"



...or her calling the computer my mistress.



She mimics me walking like a zombie with eyes half shut walking a bee line for the computer with her arm and finger pointing forward to press the computer's "on" button first thing in the morning out of bed!



Every once in a while when she gets up before me, and she's in a good mood...she turns it on FOR me! ...rare but true! Her and the mistress are friendly!

Fortunately for me, my wife uses these lines alot more sparingly than before seeing a check from Krause Publications. Nah, seriously, she's a gem and calls fantasy baseball "The Mistress I can live with"

But I still hear them and I see Gekko still hears them from another thread. Keeping a balance is key.

How does your spouse handle fantasy baseball?

Originally posted by sportsbettingman:

Love the Oct. 1st line!



I'll add a common one...



"I wish I could be your computer for a day!"



...or her calling the computer my mistress.



She mimics me walking like a zombie with eyes half shut walking a bee line for the computer with her arm and finger pointing forward to press the computer's "on" button first thing in the morning out of bed!



Every once in a while when she gets up before me, and she's in a good mood...she turns it on FOR me! ...rare but true! Her and the mistress are friendly! Your wife sounds like my wife, Lance!

I wrote that last post before seeing yours.

Wives that are understanding and have a sense of humor is a beautiful thing.

Yes, like the Oct 1 myself



My mistress and spouse have grown up together. From the late 80's including 4 yrs of dating and ??16??yrs of marriage.



From the inane mechanical pencil tapping as I kept the stats manually in our small apartment to speeding home Sundays to make the moves phone call to being mocked every time one of my baseball "boyfriends" called about a trade.



I still get the worrisome "what's the matter, what was that noise, what happened?? query whenever something gets pounded or tossed in the vicinity of live baseball. I mean after all these years what the $&*%#! does she think it is? that I'm chasing spiders or something :rolleyes:



I don't know how in the world I could pull off what I do today with someone fresh out of the box. I guess I better hold on to her

After checking my stats on most nights, I get...



"You're supposed to be enjoying yourself, right?"

Wow. I thought I was the only was living these same things. Every post above applies to me, too.

Fortunately for me, my wife loves pro baseball; sometimes, she's the one dragging me to watch the Rox. Regarding fantasy, back in the olden days, she helped enter data on the computer. She still reminds me that Galarraga only has one "L", and Mr. Dunston's first name is spelled Shawon.

I don't know how in the world I could pull off what I do today with someone fresh out of the box. I guess I better hold on to her [/QB]I feel the same way.



Whenever I'm in a bad mood or get "tone" or "grumpy" with her, the first thing she says is "did your team have a bad day today?"



She knows and cares nothing about baseball (except for a winnings pay check if there is one) but when I ask her to look at a box score so I can show her a player, she never says no. She still has no clue what she's looking at but if I show her:

AB R H RBI

Longoria 5 1 3 3



she knows the high numbers are good.



When I talk to my co manager on the phone and we have to go somewhere or it's dinner time, she yells "TIME". I used to pretend I didn't hear her so she always yells. Somehow, it's turned into an activity she enjoys. Hey whatever works. I'm just lucky to have someone who supports me putting hours and hours into a hobby.