Is it over?
No, not winter, although, man I would really like to look out my window one of these April days and not see snow falling.
It’s April 9, and throughout the day, I saw snow flurries.
Thankfully, Friday will bring 70-degree weather.
Even better is that today brought a new opponent in fantasy baseball.
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| JIMMY: "Hey, what is this? What's going on?" CONCERNED NEIGHBOR 1: "Jimmy? Where have you been?" JIMMY: "I was inside for so long. There was nothing. No wins. No quality starts. All I saw was white and cold and Gray and Blackmon." CONCERNED NEIGHBOR 1: "It was Week 1, buddy." JIMMY: "Oh..." CONCERNED NEIGHBOR 2:"Somebody get this man a burger!" |
I feel like that first matchup took absolutely forever.
It reads 11 days on the schedule, but I would have bet good money that it was more like 30 days.
It felt like I led big time over Crox for nearly 10 days, then he rallied to tie it for a day or two, then he took his big lead for another 15 days or so, and somehow on the final day, I tied it up.
The 9-9-4 split was just fine for the two JLB organizations that have a unique fantasy friendship. This matchup is the equivalent of an international friendly in soccer.
Now, the season can start for us.
The Gameday Gamblers and Monkeys Never Cramp also walked away at .500 after Week 1 with a 10-10-2 split.
Lebowski and Steroid.ERA both picked up narrow wins over AL counterparts, while the reigning World Series Champs walked away with the worst NL record after Week 1 falling 11-7-4 to Big Ol’ Country Breakfast.
The man with all the Opening Day starters couldn't get the pitching line he was so accustomed to a year ago.
Instead, he picked up wins in just two pitching categories as Sam’s arms went 11-6 with a 3.15 ERA and 147 strikeouts.
The Cheese went 5-8 with a 4.33 ERA.
I asked him for a quote late Monday night, and I assume he’s sleeping, so I’ll just guess what he would say…
“The Slammers jinxed me with that preview,” he possibly said. “He is really good at jinxing things. I’m sure he turned on Ohtani’s perfect game on his big screen TV in the seventh inning. I’m sure he turned on Jake Junis’ no-hitter in the seventh inning, too.”
Wow, JV. I did both of those things. How did you know?
I also turned on Johnny Cueto’s gem just as Chris Taylor recorded the first hit a few weeks ago.
I’m really good at that.
So good I bet Gina wished I would have turned on some of the games being pitched by the Natinals’ staff.
The 17-5-0 defeat was quite the eyesore in the standings on Monday morning, and after first glance, the thought is, “Man, the Sex Panthers must be bad.”
Even Gina sat in the kitchen this morning and said, “I think I need to quit.”
I then had to point out that the Nats would have killed most of us.
He would have had 15 wins against Choo, Cheese, Crox, 16 against Monkey, Gamblers, 18 against Steroid and the Bombers, and, yes, 16 against me.
Country Breakfast would have lost 12 categories, while Lebowski would have beat the Nats 11-10-1.
So, yeah, rough matchup for the Panthers in Week 1.
Lebowski’s 2018 season began strong in both phases of his 12-8-2 win over Choo. Bryce Harper batted .357 with six homers and 12 RBIs, while — Crox, cover your eyes — Gregory Polanco batted .310 with three homers and 13 RBIs.
Those 25 RBIs helped him lead the JLB in Week 1 with 71 total RBIs.
On the mound, it was an even better showing, posting a JLB-best 2.13 ERA in 114.1 innings of work.
Gerrit Cole and — cover your eyes once again, Crox — Johnny Cueto led the way here posting four quality starts. Cole had 22 strikeouts in 14 innings with a 0.64 ERA, while Cueto posted a 0.69 ERA in 13 innings.
Patrick Corbin chipped in with 20 strikeouts in 13 innings with a 1.38 ERA and a 2-0 record.
Lebowski said he needed pitching. That was his big lesson from 2017, and it looks like he has it.
But like this first week of fantasy baseball, will it last forever?
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