Friday, September 22, 2006

Sigh...

Oh, curse this woeful, unhappy day… the day I decided to pitch Jose Contreras of the Chicago White Sox and he allowed 6 runs in the second inning. What horrible, wretched luck… such misery has never befallen me… oh, the horror! Oh the—hold on… this is a little too melodramatic. Let me start over—

Darn it!!! Why’d I pitch Contreras tonight? That’s going to end up being negative points for me. And what’s funny is that just yesterday there was some concern amongst my fellow fantasy baseball leaguers that I may have made a deal with the devil. I think we can pretty much discount that theory now. (Although I don’t imagine the devil would be much of a reliable team player…) I am slightly bolstered by the fact that Rivera is back in the Yankee lineup and managed to get me a decent save tonight. At least THAT’S a few positive points…

And here’s something that has absolutely nothing to do with baseball – geckos on my back porch last night:



No, I suppose they’re not quite as cute as all the kittens that show up on mom and dad’s porch every day. But they’re cuter than the crawfish that dive into mom and dad’s pool now and then. (Seriously – in what kind of weirdo backyard do you find crawfish wandering about with reckless abandon? I mean, stray cats are one thing, but stray crawfish??)

Okay, I’m off to watch more baseball in the hopes I can somehow salvage my sorrowful, grievous pitching situation. Oh, woe is me! How shall I ever endeavor to right such a heinous wrong? Wait a second... that's not what I meant to say...

Stupid Contreras.

Yeah. That's better.

2 comments:

Evydense said...

Okay, two questions:

1) Where are you in the standings? There's been no mentin lately, unless I missed it.

2) Do you include the playoffs, or does the "league" end with the season?

Curious minds want to know!!

Lisa said...

I'm in second place right now, and we end when the regular season ends -- so we only have another week or so to go. I'll be rather sad when baseball season ends -- this fantasy stuff has been really fun. :)

But it WILL be nice to watch the Yankees in the playoffs without worrying about whether my players are doing well, or whether I have my lineup in for the day. I can just sit back and (hopefully) watch the Yankees advance to the World Series... :)