No Idiots Allowed Fantasy League

Back in the No Idiots World Series ... I hope Phyllis is doing our pregame news conferences. Believe we weren't so hot when Katy did 'em last year.

 

First, a standing ovation to the Springfield Isotopes, whose name I still don't understand but will wager it has something to do with the Simpsons. To start and finish the season in first place is an accomplishment of massive magnitude, or a really good draft, and is certainly worthy of a championship. Instead, please accept this special edition Seinfeld lunchbox, picturing Cosmo in his underwear (we photoshopped him in over the real Kramer). Use it in good health.

Dooley, Scorpio/Springfield, as you battle it out for third, MANY GREAT TEAMS have taken third place and LOVED IT, feel free to admire the Hots trophy case any time for a vast array of third place trophies.

To Big Dog, we didn't understand why you had stopped playing for a couple of months over the summer....now we know, you used the time to take those nasty secret photos of the Gannett ownership, so they'd be forced to trade you all their good players at the buzzer. We haven't seen so many midgets since the Wizard of Oz.

Our only consolation there is seeing Gannett slaughtered by the Dead Flowers in the consolation round, impressive in that the Flowers haven't played since since May. The Flowers' contributions to the Yahoo board, however, are worthy of MVP status, and we look forward to many more updates from the only owner in the NIAFL who appears to have a real job.

Boom and I visited Buck at the clinic last week, he is still sedated following his breakdown, but he did recognize himself in photos and believes the sponge bath nurse when she tells him he won the whole thing.

And the Hots beat BYH, which is the only reason we really play.

Butthead, you face a formidable opponent, so do us all a favor and try to stay sober, yes, all week. Your only chance to win is if the entire New York Yankees roster gets the clap and has to miss the rest of the season. It could happen.

Fantasy baseball got it start around 1980 when Daniel Okrent and a bunch of sports scribes made it up at the Rotisserie diner in NYC. He wrote about it in SI, it caught on, and here we are. Too bad he got to it first...we are so much better than those guys.

 

Third place is just the second loser.

And I, again, thank Buck for playing this week and giving me a double-header, double-sport, double-league sweep.

 

Oh, and Headbutt, you may want to look at the available TEs out there. Yours has been inactive for two weeks and isn't planning on putting on a uniform for another month or so. Points is points.

 

On that note, the Hots possess two outstanding TEs, and could be coerced to part with Kellen Winslow for a very outstanding price.

 

As an aside, the Testi Tuber management team is pleased to commemorate its successful 15-year partnership with Doc Uma, Inc. It was 15 years ago that the two joined forces and established what is now known as SportsJournalists.coms most celebrated and adorable union. ;D

Seriously, it's been 15 really good years with only a few bumps in the road for us. Hope you all can find the same.

 

Trolling for validation or congratulations on a message board?

Idaho - are you by any chance Canadian?

 

Must be the small bit of liberal in me.

 

Well, then I guess I don't have to explain.

I needed a break. Lot of things going on then. Funny thing was, the team did better without me for those few weeks.

Then I got back, made the best trade in the history of baseball and, well, the jeweler is on call now.