Multiple Teams and Multitasking
Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 8:37 am
Most of us have more than one fantasy team. Most of us only started out with one team. At that time, we were testing the waters to see if we would even like this game or not.
We liked it.
It got us drunk.
Now, we are addicted. One drink, not enough.
So, we go back to the bar and order another, then another, and another.
Besides the satisfaction of feeding our addiction, we do this for two reasons.
1. We love to draft. Drafting is a kick in the pants. We feel alive. We're on pins and needles hoping the guy next to us doesn't take 'our guy'.
There are only 'value picks' in a draft, no 'unvalue picks'. Nobody can really say that a stupid pick was made, because that proof won't come till the season begins.
All 15 Managers can come away from a draft, confident that it is THEIR TEAM that will take home the gold.
So confident, that they will draft again and again, and again.
2. Watching the teams unfold. Notice how I didn't say 'Managing the teams'. For some reason, managing the teams has become, more or less, a pain in the ass for most. Mostly, because they do have multiple teams and it takes away something most of us hold dear.
Time.
Watching the teams unfold? That is a different story. After all drafts, we have a core of 'our guys'. Our guys usually play on our most important teams. At the start of the season, these important teams are our big money teams. By the end of the year, it may be a Draft Championship team that is vying for the Overall.
That is part of the beauty of multiple teams.
Sometimes, we'll look at a team and its players and harken back to the draft and the reasoning becomes clear on why you selected that gem. Other times, we question why we took such a bum.
Having multiple teams is a challenge. Managing each team with the time required is a difficult task. Its been said that men can't multitask.
This is proven false.
Every man who watches porn alone has multitasked.
When we drive into a drive-through, the car doesn't order the food, we do.
So, we can multitask.
(However, do not use those examples when accused of not being disposed to multitasking)
The problem for us is giving the correct amount of time to each team. Even that cheap team we have, may be the team that brings us gold in October.
But sometimes, we can't. Life gets in the way. Stupid life.
Remember the drafter that said, "Get a life!" ?
With so many teams to manage and so little time, we wish he was right in the implication that we had no life other than this.
But, we do.
Having multiple teams makes us schitzophrenic as fans. We'll root for a guy on seven teams to get a hit against a pitcher we have on two teams.
The question always comes up..."Who do you root for when it's your pitcher vs. your hitter?"
For the guy with multiple teams, this question is easier. We root for whoever is on the most important teams or most teams.
Some call this having 'shares' of players. Emulating the stock market.
This is fair, only the drafts are so spread out that we hardly ever really count how many shares we actually have.
I have 25 teams. I do not have Omar Infante on even one of those teams.
Not one.
And I was rooting for him last night.
Gotta love fantasy baseball, right?
I do have a lot of shares of Chris Young the pitcher, not the hitter. No wait, I also have several shares of Chris Young the hitter too, but I'm not talking about him right now.
Chris Young was beating the Yankees last night. I had him starting on several 'important' teams.
With Young out of the game in the sixth inning and a tenuous 2-1 lead, I wanted a better chance for Young to put up a W.
Infante came up with one out, a man on third, and I rooted for him to get that run home.
When he hit a triple, I did the fistpump as if I owned him on every team.
It's not easy playing multiple teams. A Jonathon Lucroy injury hurts some teams in which we have him. For others, it'll take away a competitors better players.
A pitcher afflicted with Tommy John brings a "Glad I don't have him on my important teams" response.
Only for us to find out that he was the last of nine 'live' pitchers for a DC team.
Although we manage all these teams, we become different animals in September. Teams that are vying for cash have all of our attention. Whether it is one, five, 10 teams or more, they have our attention.
For some, this is daunting.
Not only is life getting in the way, but our own fantasy weaknesses are working against us.
Not only do we now have multi baseball teams, now we have multi football teams.
Yes Mom, you raised an idiot for a son.
We can't help it.
We get drunk on drafts.
These drafts are one night stands and sometimes the season keeps us busy as if those one night stands all presented us with newborn's.
Whether baseball or football, I know some fellas who draft 12 months out of the year.
One fella I know had over 100 football teams last year, 20 baseball teams.
A single guy, he has filled his void with fantasy.
The 'Get a life' barb probably hits home a little more for this fella. He has no family nearby. His reason for living is to get home to his dog and fantasy life.
Multiple teams, a must.
Odds on, that he 'multitasks' a lot.
We liked it.
It got us drunk.
Now, we are addicted. One drink, not enough.
So, we go back to the bar and order another, then another, and another.
Besides the satisfaction of feeding our addiction, we do this for two reasons.
1. We love to draft. Drafting is a kick in the pants. We feel alive. We're on pins and needles hoping the guy next to us doesn't take 'our guy'.
There are only 'value picks' in a draft, no 'unvalue picks'. Nobody can really say that a stupid pick was made, because that proof won't come till the season begins.
All 15 Managers can come away from a draft, confident that it is THEIR TEAM that will take home the gold.
So confident, that they will draft again and again, and again.
2. Watching the teams unfold. Notice how I didn't say 'Managing the teams'. For some reason, managing the teams has become, more or less, a pain in the ass for most. Mostly, because they do have multiple teams and it takes away something most of us hold dear.
Time.
Watching the teams unfold? That is a different story. After all drafts, we have a core of 'our guys'. Our guys usually play on our most important teams. At the start of the season, these important teams are our big money teams. By the end of the year, it may be a Draft Championship team that is vying for the Overall.
That is part of the beauty of multiple teams.
Sometimes, we'll look at a team and its players and harken back to the draft and the reasoning becomes clear on why you selected that gem. Other times, we question why we took such a bum.
Having multiple teams is a challenge. Managing each team with the time required is a difficult task. Its been said that men can't multitask.
This is proven false.
Every man who watches porn alone has multitasked.
When we drive into a drive-through, the car doesn't order the food, we do.
So, we can multitask.
(However, do not use those examples when accused of not being disposed to multitasking)
The problem for us is giving the correct amount of time to each team. Even that cheap team we have, may be the team that brings us gold in October.
But sometimes, we can't. Life gets in the way. Stupid life.
Remember the drafter that said, "Get a life!" ?
With so many teams to manage and so little time, we wish he was right in the implication that we had no life other than this.
But, we do.
Having multiple teams makes us schitzophrenic as fans. We'll root for a guy on seven teams to get a hit against a pitcher we have on two teams.
The question always comes up..."Who do you root for when it's your pitcher vs. your hitter?"
For the guy with multiple teams, this question is easier. We root for whoever is on the most important teams or most teams.
Some call this having 'shares' of players. Emulating the stock market.
This is fair, only the drafts are so spread out that we hardly ever really count how many shares we actually have.
I have 25 teams. I do not have Omar Infante on even one of those teams.
Not one.
And I was rooting for him last night.
Gotta love fantasy baseball, right?
I do have a lot of shares of Chris Young the pitcher, not the hitter. No wait, I also have several shares of Chris Young the hitter too, but I'm not talking about him right now.
Chris Young was beating the Yankees last night. I had him starting on several 'important' teams.
With Young out of the game in the sixth inning and a tenuous 2-1 lead, I wanted a better chance for Young to put up a W.
Infante came up with one out, a man on third, and I rooted for him to get that run home.
When he hit a triple, I did the fistpump as if I owned him on every team.
It's not easy playing multiple teams. A Jonathon Lucroy injury hurts some teams in which we have him. For others, it'll take away a competitors better players.
A pitcher afflicted with Tommy John brings a "Glad I don't have him on my important teams" response.
Only for us to find out that he was the last of nine 'live' pitchers for a DC team.
Although we manage all these teams, we become different animals in September. Teams that are vying for cash have all of our attention. Whether it is one, five, 10 teams or more, they have our attention.
For some, this is daunting.
Not only is life getting in the way, but our own fantasy weaknesses are working against us.
Not only do we now have multi baseball teams, now we have multi football teams.
Yes Mom, you raised an idiot for a son.
We can't help it.
We get drunk on drafts.
These drafts are one night stands and sometimes the season keeps us busy as if those one night stands all presented us with newborn's.
Whether baseball or football, I know some fellas who draft 12 months out of the year.
One fella I know had over 100 football teams last year, 20 baseball teams.
A single guy, he has filled his void with fantasy.
The 'Get a life' barb probably hits home a little more for this fella. He has no family nearby. His reason for living is to get home to his dog and fantasy life.
Multiple teams, a must.
Odds on, that he 'multitasks' a lot.