by Slate Quicksilver
There are times when human nature creates a storm of blood lust within the dimensions of our skulls from which the only way to cure yourself is to go to the field of battle and have it out with your opponents. Boxing, MMA, chess boxing, rollerderby and the round after the final spin of Wheel of Fortune are all perfect examples of the human condition getting to its boiling point and exploding in a fit of rage. For centuries, men have fought men for no particular reason. Countries have gone to war for far less reasons than, say, an aunt of one side being insulted.
As you have seen in the incubation period of our fine site, we have had a few point-counterpoint exchanges and general disagreements. We have all had reason to kill each other in a fit of anger, but we are civil people (although Red needs to see Sunshine on my Shoulder by John Denver no less than 4 times consecutively after seeing the Yankees lose). So we will take our feuds to the field of battle.
To which field do I refer to? A field that our ancestors longed to shed the blood and tears of their opponents so that they could build what we know as culture and civilization could exist as it does now. A field which is so expansive and unforgiving that neither Hitler, Napoleon, Cortes, Sun Tzu, Xerxes, Ramses II nor Ugg the Neanderthal ever dared to expose their vast war machines to it.
We're talking: Fantasy baseball.
Slate, Iroquois, Annie and Red all have teams in the same 12 team league. The league? A recreation of a league used long ago (re: as far back as 2 years ago). Iroquois has an annoying habit of winning, but this is year that things will be different.
The categories:
Hitting: Runs, singles, doubles, triples, home runs, RBIs, stolen bases, walks, errors, batting average and slugging %.
Pitching: Innings pitched, wins, complete games, shutouts, saves, earned runs (total), strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, strikeouts per 9 innings.
21 categories. 10 hitting. 10 pitching. 1 defensive.
12 teams. 6 to the playoffs. 1 winner.
We will keep you posted here as the season goes on as blood is spilled, friendships are put on hold and plots are schemed, hatched and exposed. In doing so we hope to bring baseball knowledge (we all have some) but also to expose the to the world how brutal this sport is.
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Brutal categories (CG, SO, 3B) but I am completely fascinated with it because I can see those as the X factors that make a team go from good to great and great to league winner.
ReplyDeleteMy house league is meeting in a few days, I'm going to push for this because we only use the 5x5 system which is dull compared to your league.
Keep us posted.