FanGraphs Audio: Fantasy vs. Reality
April 7, 2010
Episode Sixteen
In which the panel passes through the looking glass.
Headlines
Fantasy Is Reality
Thinking Stupid
Getting Rauchy
… and other wild gestures!
Featuring
Matt Klaassen, Philosophizer
Eno Sarris, Fantasy Expert
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Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.
I see and understand the point made here, and to many levels agree with it.
Correct me if I’m wrong here, the “joys” of roto come from having this advantage over other roto players. Okay, that’s fine, but how long can you have fun beating up on the “ignorant” roto players?
Perhaps, you join a league that is a larger challenge, and everyone in this league is using the same tools you are, well then those “gaps” are gone. Your Juan Pierre example shows this, a player who is next to worthless in a baseball value sense, gets paid a lot in fantasy baseball because of what he is allowed to do, despite the lack of value.
Maybe I did miss your point, but I don’t miss the roto sense of fantasy. I like setting my line ups on a daily basis in efforts to edge out my weekly opponents, by picking out favorable match-ups. I do not miss cheering for only homers or stolen bases.
Either way I enjoyed another episode of FanGraphs audio! Take care.