Everyone kept saying that they weren't worried, but I knew it would happen. I knew the Sox would blow this lead and in hindsight (which is always 20/20 right?) worked out to our favor as Francona gave his boys more time off than was suggested in a pennant race and if they would have lost the division, he would have been dragged through the streets of Boston.
But, as we stand on the verge of the greatest month in baseball, Francona is not looked at as Grady Little. Instead a genius as he was looked at earlier. I came across this great blog though the other day that compared the playoff teams to characters on the NBC hit show "The Office".
It is no surprise who they tagged the Red Sox as; the golden boy who everyone loves, the Red Sox. Even better was who the Mets were tagged as; Michael Scott. This was funny prior to the end of the season and was even better given that they tagged (intern) Ryan as the Phillies.
Given how the Mets choked away a 7 game lead in September to let the Phillies come from no where to take division was comically close to how (intern) Ryan snuck in from nowhere to take the job from Corporate from Michael.
Hasta la Vista AK!!!
As much as I want to see $13-14 million go to a guy who breaks down in tears cause his coach is "too hard" on him, I'm more than fine with you doing whatever it takes to get out of Utah.
The fact that he is constantly complaining about how he isn't "The Man" offensively is humorous. What do you expect when you shoot horribly from anything outside of a tip-in or slashing move to the basket? Can you catch fire? Sometimes and sometimes I can survive jumping off a bridge. But you don't see me pushing my luck do you?
Also, something tells me you are not going to be a better offensive option than Boozer, Okur and Williams. All three are consistent with producing offensively. You are here as a defensive threat, not for your offense.
Oh...maybe you don't understand when that is said in English. Allow me to translate: Вы - здесь как защитная угроза, не для нарушения.
Also, you can add to that list that you are not what I would call a "3 Point Shooting Threat". Just in case you were wondering. Granted, you beat up on the Europeans when you were the main option. Congrats on that. Let's see you do that in the pro's. Oh, wait...we have and it didn't exactly work out.
I think you are one of the most electrifying defensive players I've ever seen play. But, please, for the love of god, get it through your head that you are not Michael Jordan. You're biggest impact is not on the offensive end. Why does every other defensive player get this, but not you? Ben Wallace, Bruce Bowen, Ron Artest all understand they are defensive players.
So, with that said, I hope they trade you for the Matrix so we can unload the contract after next season. Does he improve us defensively, no. But he improves us on offense. Plus, Paul Millsap isn't much of a drop off on defense either.
Slow your roll
You know what I hate more than anything in Fantasy Football; when people don't even check their teams and win. But in week 4 there is the karma-like justice that smacks those people around when they don't check their teams and end up with over half their team on a bye week and/or hurt.
Also, I hate leagues where everyone goes on waivers at the start of the first game until Wednesday. What does that mean? If I'm watching the game and Justin Vargas is tearing teams up and he's a Free Agent, I want to be able to pick him up right then and there. It seems fair since I'm paying attention right?
Not with waivers and their communistic view of "give everyone a chance to pick them up" approach. What the hell? You come in on Wednesday to pick up a player that I knew by half-time of his game that he needs to be picked up? Especially after you can watch ESPN that night and they tell you "Hey, if this guy is available in your league...pick him up".
So, what does Joe Fantasy Player do, picks up the guy who people who watch this stuff closely all have had their eyes on. A great example, I put 5 requests in the first week in one league and came away with 1 player change. Wow...thanks Waivers.
Thus, I hate Waivers and people that don't pay attention to their teams. I wish I could just disband them and redistribute their players...maybe via the Waiver System.
Just how good is Brady?
I think the below graphic tells you all you need to know. The irony is that in one of my leagues, the guy has both Brady and Romo. How in the hell did that happen and I ended up with Leinart and Pennington? Good show Paul...good show.
| NAME | COM | ATT | PCT | YDS | YPA | LNG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | SYD | RAT | |
| 1 | Tom Brady QB, NWE | 70 | 88 | 79.5 | 887 | 10.08 | 51 | 10 | 11.4 | 1 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 19 | 141.8 |
| 2 | Tony Romo QB, DAL | 72 | 121 | 59.5 | 1199 | 9.91 | 59 | 11 | 9.1 | 3 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 46 | 112.9 |
| 3 | J. Delhomme QB, CAR | 55 | 86 | 64.0 | 626 | 7.28 | 74 | 8 | 9.3 | 1 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 46 | 111.9 |
| 4 | P. Manning QB, IND | 86 | 128 | 67.2 | 1066 | 8.33 | 64 | 8 | 6.3 | 1 | .8 | 3.0 | 15 | 110.4 |
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