Re: The Chase Continues - A Fantasy Baseball Blog
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:21 am
It's been a very busy week for me in an extremely busy summer. It's not uncommon for my summers to be the busiest time of my year. My work schedule often gets crazy, summer vacations, summer parties, plans with the wife and kids, sports, and of course my favorite hobby, fantasy sports, all fill my days to the virtual max. However, this past week was even busier than can be typically expected.
I was in six different cities for work during the past week, taking off and landing 5 times to get to the four of the locations, driving to the other two. That doesn't count the time spent in the office or working on the laptop at home.
The weekend was no less busy. We spent most of the day yesterday at a water park with the kids and my wife's family (great fun by the way!!! ) and finished the day at my nephew's birthday party. Today, we have plans to visit a local street fair this afternoon.
All this would seem to leave little time for personal hobbies. However with the start of the football season only two weeks away and the start of the NFFC Main Events only days away, I've been knee deep in draft prep and drafts as well. Outside of Tuesday and Wednesday night when I was either flying or in a late meeting, I've drafted each night of the last nine. I took part in seven drafts in that time, each more often than not with a 10pm start to avoiding conflicting with my other schedule commitments.
And sometime today, I have to find time to start baseball FAAB.
This week has been a little busier but pretty much a microcosm of the past several weeks of my summer.
You'd think with so much going on, something would have to give. Normally when I get this busy, sleep is the first to go. However, sometimes that's not enough. So lately, I haven't been able to pay as much attention as I typically do to baseball box scores or some of the latest news each night. Being in quite a few fantasy baseball races, one might think those would not be the wisest activities to bypass. I always catch up though, that's not the problem. I just kinda miss it. I'm not much of a TV watcher anymore, so checking box scores or reading up on the latest fantasy news has often served as part of my regular "wind down" time. Also part of my wind down time, reading these very message boards, is another activity I don't get to as often these days. Not that there's as much to read.
As busy as I am during the summer, I am obviously not alone. It's more often than not the busiest time for all of us and therefore harder for each of us to dedicate the time to follow the game. Let's face it, this time of the baseball season is often less interesting for many. The weeks between the end of July trade deadline and the expansion of rosters at the beginning of September brings less regular news-worthy information to the baseball forefront. Many teams are out of the race and just playing out the string. Others have playoff spots nearly wrapped up and are just trying out some things for the post season. August is the long back stretch of the baseball season before things gear up for the September race to the finish. It's called the dog days of summer for a reason.
In fantasy, we suffer the same conditions. Many are out of the race already. Others are busy with other summer activities. Still others have moved onto the "Dark Side" as Doughy puts it, focusing on the football side of this hobby. We're in our dog days before our September race to the finish. If there's any evidence needed to prove this, these very boards are clearly Exhibit A. During the preseason into April, May, June, these boards hop and the activity on them and contributions to them are non-stop. However as the summer winds along, the posts become less consistent and eventually nearly non-existent. Imagine these boards this month without Doughy's consistently interesting contributions or Outlaw's PED updates.
Still, we need to keep a strong focus on the game and contest itself. For those of us in races, there's still five long weeks left and a lot to be determined in those races. There's leagues to be won and overalls to play out. Good luck to everyone the rest of the summer and September. It should be a fun finish.
Summer and all that comes with it is often a busy and crazy time. With work and family, meetings and barbeques, business trips and water parks, it's tough to find time for our hobbies. For those of us in races though, we need to keep a focus on fantasy baseball.
Ummmm, errrrrrr, what's fantasy baseball again?
I was in six different cities for work during the past week, taking off and landing 5 times to get to the four of the locations, driving to the other two. That doesn't count the time spent in the office or working on the laptop at home.
The weekend was no less busy. We spent most of the day yesterday at a water park with the kids and my wife's family (great fun by the way!!! ) and finished the day at my nephew's birthday party. Today, we have plans to visit a local street fair this afternoon.
All this would seem to leave little time for personal hobbies. However with the start of the football season only two weeks away and the start of the NFFC Main Events only days away, I've been knee deep in draft prep and drafts as well. Outside of Tuesday and Wednesday night when I was either flying or in a late meeting, I've drafted each night of the last nine. I took part in seven drafts in that time, each more often than not with a 10pm start to avoiding conflicting with my other schedule commitments.
And sometime today, I have to find time to start baseball FAAB.
This week has been a little busier but pretty much a microcosm of the past several weeks of my summer.
You'd think with so much going on, something would have to give. Normally when I get this busy, sleep is the first to go. However, sometimes that's not enough. So lately, I haven't been able to pay as much attention as I typically do to baseball box scores or some of the latest news each night. Being in quite a few fantasy baseball races, one might think those would not be the wisest activities to bypass. I always catch up though, that's not the problem. I just kinda miss it. I'm not much of a TV watcher anymore, so checking box scores or reading up on the latest fantasy news has often served as part of my regular "wind down" time. Also part of my wind down time, reading these very message boards, is another activity I don't get to as often these days. Not that there's as much to read.
As busy as I am during the summer, I am obviously not alone. It's more often than not the busiest time for all of us and therefore harder for each of us to dedicate the time to follow the game. Let's face it, this time of the baseball season is often less interesting for many. The weeks between the end of July trade deadline and the expansion of rosters at the beginning of September brings less regular news-worthy information to the baseball forefront. Many teams are out of the race and just playing out the string. Others have playoff spots nearly wrapped up and are just trying out some things for the post season. August is the long back stretch of the baseball season before things gear up for the September race to the finish. It's called the dog days of summer for a reason.
In fantasy, we suffer the same conditions. Many are out of the race already. Others are busy with other summer activities. Still others have moved onto the "Dark Side" as Doughy puts it, focusing on the football side of this hobby. We're in our dog days before our September race to the finish. If there's any evidence needed to prove this, these very boards are clearly Exhibit A. During the preseason into April, May, June, these boards hop and the activity on them and contributions to them are non-stop. However as the summer winds along, the posts become less consistent and eventually nearly non-existent. Imagine these boards this month without Doughy's consistently interesting contributions or Outlaw's PED updates.
Still, we need to keep a strong focus on the game and contest itself. For those of us in races, there's still five long weeks left and a lot to be determined in those races. There's leagues to be won and overalls to play out. Good luck to everyone the rest of the summer and September. It should be a fun finish.
Summer and all that comes with it is often a busy and crazy time. With work and family, meetings and barbeques, business trips and water parks, it's tough to find time for our hobbies. For those of us in races though, we need to keep a focus on fantasy baseball.
Ummmm, errrrrrr, what's fantasy baseball again?