IFB
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:23 am
My Grandson is not a baseball fan. I try not to hold that against him. He does realize how much baseball means to me. He knows enough NOT to ask how any local team is doing and asking how my fantasy teams are doing. Good kid!
He called me last week to let me know he had covid. For me and my wife, the timing could not have been better. We just got back from a Thanksgiving trip and have had no contact with him for 10 days. I texted him yesterday to see how he was doing. Loss of taste. Short of breath. And cold-like symptoms he informed me. He ended the text with 'IFB'.
I am far from hip with text lingo. But of course, I still want to be cool. So, I didn't ask him what 'IFB' meant. I googled it.
No luck.
I asked some friends. They didn't know.
I gave in.
I called him and admitted I had no idea what 'IFB' meant.
He laughed.
"Did it drive you crazy for awhile?"
I admitted it did.
"It's something I made up and since baseball has stopped, you can probably use it too..."
I told him to just tell me what the Hell it means.
"It means, 'It F---ing Blows!"
He was right. It does describe baseball right now.
Joe Fan doesn't care about a lockdown. A fan's season doesn't start for months.
Us fantasy minions have no off season.
For us, fantasy baseball is constant mind play.
During the season, we think about our players, the matchups, how we're doing in the standings, how to improve those standings, lineups, FAAB, the whole nine yards.
During the off season, we are drafting, we are studying, we are constantly changing as the transactions dictate.
Now, there are no transactions.
Sure, we can still draft.
But after a draft or two, we'll only realize that we still like the same players we did the last draft we had.
Transactions were the major mind play for us during the off season.
Regular check ins with roto sites, MLB, or other sites are the norm for us.
Now, fruitless.
As for the negotiations, I could give a shit.
There isn't one thing either side can do that will change the sport much for us.
Sure, there might be more playoffs or a NL DH, etc.
In a way though, those are like transactions themselves.
We'll take that information and it'll move some players up or down in our minds the next time we draft.
I could care less about the money changing hands on either side. Both sides, a wonderful display of greed in America.
Meanwhile, the folks that both sides of the table take for granted, the fan, will be the ones hurt the most by paying higher prices for going to a game.
That's America.
And...IFB.
He called me last week to let me know he had covid. For me and my wife, the timing could not have been better. We just got back from a Thanksgiving trip and have had no contact with him for 10 days. I texted him yesterday to see how he was doing. Loss of taste. Short of breath. And cold-like symptoms he informed me. He ended the text with 'IFB'.
I am far from hip with text lingo. But of course, I still want to be cool. So, I didn't ask him what 'IFB' meant. I googled it.
No luck.
I asked some friends. They didn't know.
I gave in.
I called him and admitted I had no idea what 'IFB' meant.
He laughed.
"Did it drive you crazy for awhile?"
I admitted it did.
"It's something I made up and since baseball has stopped, you can probably use it too..."
I told him to just tell me what the Hell it means.
"It means, 'It F---ing Blows!"
He was right. It does describe baseball right now.
Joe Fan doesn't care about a lockdown. A fan's season doesn't start for months.
Us fantasy minions have no off season.
For us, fantasy baseball is constant mind play.
During the season, we think about our players, the matchups, how we're doing in the standings, how to improve those standings, lineups, FAAB, the whole nine yards.
During the off season, we are drafting, we are studying, we are constantly changing as the transactions dictate.
Now, there are no transactions.
Sure, we can still draft.
But after a draft or two, we'll only realize that we still like the same players we did the last draft we had.
Transactions were the major mind play for us during the off season.
Regular check ins with roto sites, MLB, or other sites are the norm for us.
Now, fruitless.
As for the negotiations, I could give a shit.
There isn't one thing either side can do that will change the sport much for us.
Sure, there might be more playoffs or a NL DH, etc.
In a way though, those are like transactions themselves.
We'll take that information and it'll move some players up or down in our minds the next time we draft.
I could care less about the money changing hands on either side. Both sides, a wonderful display of greed in America.
Meanwhile, the folks that both sides of the table take for granted, the fan, will be the ones hurt the most by paying higher prices for going to a game.
That's America.
And...IFB.