JimmyJam League Baseball: Fantasy News (3.19.14)

There's really only one way to settle this, and that's with a blog post.

Parker says his Gameday Gamblers will "always have the best pitching staff," which means he has always been the best out there.

Then, like a politician, he backtracked, but remained firm in that he "almost always is the best."

Yeah, whatever that means.

Here are the facts.

Starting in 2008, when the Gamblers joined the JLB, one year before his beloved first World Series title, he has not been the best.

With 12 categories, you can't just look at one stat and say, "I'm the best." There's only one way to actually depict who had the best year pitching, and that's to look at all categories as a whole. That means rotisserie scoring. For those who may not know, you get 12 points if you are No. 1 a category, 1 if you are No. 12. You do the math for the points in between. Add all 12 category points together and you find out who is the best overall.

So here's how the top 5 panned out each year:

2008
1. Channel 9 Evening News, 99 points
2. JimmyJam Slammers, 95 points
3. Blue Barracudas, 93 points
4. Gameday Gamblers, 85 points
5. Graybill's Generals, 82 points

2009
1. Channel 9 Evening News, 105 points
2. Dolph's Destroyers, 97 points
3. JimmyJam Slammers, 93 points
4. The Stankinator, 82 points
5. Drunken Taxi Drivers, 79 points
...
10. Gameday Gamblers, 69 points

2010
1. Vandelay Industries, 105 points
2. Dolph's Destroyers, 92 points
3. N.J. Bombers, 90 points
4. Bad News Bears, 89 points
5. Gameday Gamblers, 88 points
...
6. JimmyJam Slammers, 85 points

2011
1. JimmyJam Slammers, 111 points
2. Gameday Gamblers, 104 points
2. Chief Otto Parts, 104 points
4. Vandelay Industries, 86 points
5. N.J. Bombers, 83 points

2012
1. Gameday Gamblers, 111 points
2. Chief Otto Parts, 94 points
2. JimmyJam Slammers, 94 points
4. Big League Choo, 87 points
5. N.J. Bombers, 86 points

2013
1. You're Freaking Out, 99 points
1. Vandelay Industries, 99 points
1. JimmyJam Slammers, 99 points
4. Gameday Gamblers, 96 points
5. N.J. Bombers, 86 points


So, how does it break down?

The Gameday Gamblers have finished 5th, 10th, 5th, 2nd, 1st, 4th.

In contrast, I've finished 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 1st, 2nd, 1st.

One could say that I'm almost always better than you. Hmm. Funny how that works out.