Double Plays, Strike Outs, Turnovers? What Me Worry?

[DOUGHBOYS]

I get a kick out of folks that think their fantasy sports should closely resemble the real thing.
It doesn't.
We have two different objectives. The players want to win the game.
The fantasy players want to win the numbers game.
Sometimes the numbers contribute heavily to winning a game.
Sometimes not.
If Derek Jeter hits three home runs and Ivan Nova implodes and gives up nine runs, we run to our rosters to see which teams had Jeter and if we were smart enough to bench Nova this week.
Jeter and Nova revel in a late comeback win.

Roto fantasy baseball has no penalties for hitters. Jeter could have grounded into three double plays and struck out with the bases loaded and his 0-4 will look like the 0-4 from four balls to the right side of the infield pushing runners up from Swisher.
Jeter hurt his team with his at bats, Swisher's helped, and we don't care.

We don't draft winners. We draft W's.
We don't care if Dunn strikes out more than the Elephant Man in a bar, as long as hits 40 homers.
At the end of the year, we don't care that Carlos Marmol blew 15 saves, as long as he got 40.

Some people want rule changes in the name of being more like real baseball.
Always amusing.
Sometimes real baseball isn't like real baseball.
How would we emulate what the Rockies did with their pitching staff?
Have a new category for best 'first 75 pitches'?

Last night in football, Phillip Rivers turned the ball over 1,000 times.
He still had good fantasy numbers.
While Rivers performance made the Broncos happier than a pedophile at Chuck E. Cheeses, his owners barely noticed.
As much as we piggyback off of real sports, it must be remembered that our objectives are different.
The real players look at the scoreboard to see if they've won.
Fantasy players look at the box score.
They are two different games.