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Is there anything better than the NFBC?
I don't think so. I play on other sites, but when it comes to the teams that are on our minds most, I'll bet dollars to Doritos we're thinking of an NFBC team most.
It's the nature of the beast.
We are playing in the Major Leagues here. The best vs the best.
While Yahoo, CBS, and ESPN can brag about how many players they host, they cannot thump their chest about having the best.
If you're reading this, you're one of the best. OR, at least you have the stones to think you are one of the best.

I was thinking about all this today when my doorbell rang. It was one of those door to door religious guys. You know, the kind that come to your door and ask if I've found God.
My favorite response to this question is, "No, I didn't know he was lost!" "How do you find him, I imagine eye witnesses are out of the question."
The kid didn't care about the comedy and was unflappable, he started his selling on/of God.

I was thinking about who to play at Utility as this guy was rambling about how much grander life would be with his spiritual hand to guide me.
I was thinking I could use that spiritual help to help me pick my Utility player.
I was thinking Ezekial Carrera or Justin Smoak.
Smoak plays in a smaller ball park in Chicago and would probably start all three games.
But, I do need steals and average and Carrera could be a help there.

I asked the kid if he had heard of Ezekial Carrera or Justin Smoak.
He told me that there was an Ezekial in the Bible. I had to mentally give him a pat on the back, he was staying the course.
He didn't let the question deter him,and he launched back into how much fuller my life could be with God at the forefront.
Heck, it might sound a wee bit short sighted, but a few home runs and steals on the same night and my life would feel fuller.

I started thinking about how different our hobbies were.
He was recruiting people to follow somebody that nobody has seen. A difficult thing to do.
Meanwhile, our hobby is solely based on results that everybody sees.
He had a guy that could walk on water.
I had players that could hit a slider.
A draw.
He had somebody that has started wars and made people do inexplicable things.
Baseball hasn't started a war, a bruhaha, sure, but not a war.
However, baseball has made people do inexplicable things.

This kid had probably faced glazed eyes and yawns at most doors.
Poor kid.
What if I went door to door selling folks on the NFBC?
Telling folks how the Church of Yahoo, ESPN, and CBS were simply more visible .
If wanting to play with the best, the NFBC would be where they should be.
And realized, I'd get the same glazed eyes and yawns as this kid probably gets.
Poor schmuck.

He finished with his monologue and asked if I wanted to read the pamphlets.
I told him no thanks,save printing costs and let somebody more interested than I read them.
He told me thanks for listening and I was about to close the door, when I stopped and said, "Hey kid, is there anything you know of in the Bible about Ezekial running or stealing?"
'No Sir!"
"Alright, thanks."

Hey, we are the best.
But, if I could get some kind of divine intervention, I'll take it.