For instance, Bob Nutting makes an ass ton of money every year because the system doesn’t require you to field a competitive team in order to run a profitable one.
Pittsburgh is a relatively cheap city to exist in and fielding a better team would only cut into his bottom line.
A huge proponent of small ball, here is what it can do for you: put pressure on an unprepared defense to make plays. Bunting should be a bigger part of a good hitter’s arsenal.
After Michael Jordan scored a career-high 69 points in one game, Stacey King said:
“I'll always remember this as the night that Michael Jordan and I combined to score 70 points"
Amazing sense of humor. Stacey, you will be missed so much.
Over a 7-year period from 1926 to 1932, Babe Ruth hit 16 more homers than the Washington Senators.
It’s like if Barry Bonds hit 1,092 homers between 1998 & 2004 (16 more than the Montreal Expos).
He was magnitudes better than everyone else in a way that can never be replicated.
When your fantasy team is middling at this point in the season, take it as a gift.
I know that sounds backwards. But that's the moment you can finally let go of the pressure to be brilliant. You don't need to land the league-winning sleeper.
When you're down, the temptation is to swing for the fences. You want the home run that gets you back into the game in one swing. I think the problem is that swing-for the fences mentality is how middling teams become bad teams. That's when you start reaching in your FAAB bids.
What you actually need is a lot of singles. The occasional double. And the patience to keep doing it after everyone else has stopped paying attention.
As the Charlie Munger phrase goes, you just need to be "consistently not stupid”. You can win by avoiding mistakes rather than chasing brilliance. And, just keep showing up with effort no matter how small.
70% of the season is left. You can either keep showing up, or you can quietly check out.
@PicturesFoIder This is how I grew up lol. Russian & Scandanavian grandparents. They’d turn the heat off at night in the winter. My water on my bedstand would be ice every morning lol.