Everything’s Not Lost
Fantasy baseball is a fickle mistress. You spend hours researching players to draft a quality team. There are a select few elite players that you want to grab with your first round pick to form a solid base for your roster. Your pick comes, you get your guy, and BAM! he hits the disabled list with a pulled oblique flexor tendon or some other bizarre injury.
Your season is officially over, right? Wrong! Good news — having your first round pick get hurt is actually a blessing in disguise. Crazy talk, you say? Consider this: Two seasons ago, the Love Boat Captains lost her first-round pick for the year just two weeks into the season. Needless to say, she made the adjustment and won the league. Last year, the LBCs lost 4 of her first 5 picks for significant time due to injury, and we all know how that worked out for her. One more example: Two seasons ago, Dan competed his ass off after the “curse of Grady Sizemore” almost sunk his season.
The reality is that every pick is important. But it’s more important to stay up on the players in the league and make the changes necessary to make your team competitive. Losing your first pick doesn’t need to be the season-killer we all make it out to be. And anyway, is there anything more enjoyable than scouting an obscure player and having him turn into this year’s Jose Bautista?
So keep your chin up, Allan. Longoria going out may have booked you a ticket to The Foul Line playoffs.
Power rankings
- Rays Those Cowbells – An unstoppable force that has absolutely no chance of being defeated this year
- Yankeehaters — Soon to be 3-1
- RedRays – Showed resolve last week and pulled out a tough win
- chefdicks11 – Tough schedule to start the year. He’ll bounce back with this team
- bostobadboys – The little engine that could keeps plugging away
- Love Boat Captains — Always scary
- ToPpIn Da ChArTz — First of many wins this week. Nice job Allan!
- UNsportsmanMike
- WILLIS Be The Year
- Sam’s Baseball Train
Sorry 8,9, and 10. My dad always told me that if didn’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.
Thanks everyone for playing. This is a league of smart players that really know baseball. It’s fun to be a part of. Let’s keep it enjoyable.
Good luck to all this week.
April 26th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Awesome post Dave. My rookie year when I lost Sizemore is still the funnest year I have ever had. (And I still think that was my best team, thanks Yankeehaters for elminating me!). Its an honor to be number one in the power rankings for the first time ever. Although it doesnt appear ill be there very long!
April 27th, 2011 at 6:11 pm
I ready for the season to truly begin…tuesday!!! I get my 1st round pick back!!!
April 27th, 2011 at 6:43 pm
Allan your team can be dangerous yes. Just remember to trade me Verlander lol
April 28th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
nice mr yankeehater…..injuries are the key to the whole season..and the question is ,,when a player gets hurt is he worth holding on too ..not beIing sure if he will bounce back at 100%. i think the RAYS THIRD BASEMAN is done …but he will be held on to be cause he is a high pick…allen u should have dumped him to me :} to late!!! the boat people scare the hell out of me ..BAM …. AND THE COW BELLIES WILL TRADE AWAY HIS TEAM BY JULY… RIGHT DANNY BOY?? FERGIE U WACK IT
April 30th, 2011 at 1:14 am
Hey Dave I heard Mike was a little sad about the lack the love after getting his first win of the year! Give the man some love he earned that win!
April 30th, 2011 at 7:02 am
Thanks, I totally over looked it. Since he won’t deal me Pedroia, mike is pretty much dead to me.. Lol
Even with the win… I still like the power rankings the way they are. Although, the top spot might drop a spot or 2
April 30th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
I’ve got nothin this week. One homer all week, and my pitching sucked. You totally kicked my ass. Congratulations. Your the last undefeated team standing.
Dan” Defeated, again. One day ill win” Mckewen
April 30th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
It ain’t over, till it’s over!
April 30th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Its over. Weaver= Over.
May 30th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
Its been way to quiet here.
June 23rd, 2011 at 7:30 pm
THE YANKEEHATERS SUCK DONKEY BIG TIME amen
July 13th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Its so QUIET here!
January 28th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
Its been so long since there was a comment on thefoulline.com… Hopefully when baseball season gets closer things will start to pickup around here!
January 28th, 2012 at 4:14 pm
Hey Dan… Thanks for checking in. I plan in being more active on the site in the near future. Do you know if Mike and Allan are playing this year? Let me know please.
Stay tuned
Dave “fantasy football champion”
January 28th, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Allan is 100% in for fantasy baseball. He’s been talking about it all winter, already discussing who he wants to take in round one and such. He doesnt realize all his efforts to win the league will be futile.
Mike is an unknown. He recently started his career at the police academy, and I know he’s there monday through friday. Then again he loves baseball and may be looking for an evening activity. I’ll discuss it with him soon.
Im glad to hear more updates are coming for the site. Its great baseball discussion, looking forward to it.
Dan “still not even close to recovered from my title game loss, 5 weeks and counting” Mckewen
January 30th, 2012 at 10:38 pm
whats good guys?
January 31st, 2012 at 9:03 pm
BE AFRAID….BE VERRRRY AFRAID
February 1st, 2012 at 4:14 pm
I’ve decided to refrain from all forms of trash talking leading up to this season. Its pointless, Ginger will win the league. So why bother to say that I will?
Good luck with that Allan.
February 1st, 2012 at 7:57 pm
I’m taking down every ingalls in sight lol
February 1st, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Yea cause its worked so well for us before lol