I almost didn't write a Jargon this week.
And it would have been fine because I won — again.
Had I lost, I know I would have heard it.
Oh, The Jargon only writes when he wins.
It's always about him.
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Again, excuses, right? You've all seen that before.
Last year I somehow wrote previews for every team, and a fun opening recap to start the year, and then nothing else all year.
The pain of that failure to you all — or as Gina and her Northeast Pa. crew would say, "Yous guys"; or as Butter and his Pittsburgh crew would say, "Yinz guys"; or as Quah Eh and his Canadian crew would say, "Sorry guys" — sticks with me every day. It really does. I hate that I failed on the Jargon end of things last year.
It is as painful as opening my Live Scoring page and seeing 2-for-20 — something I have seen several days this season.
And somehow, it hasn't mattered this year. I won my third matchup to take over first place.
I have to say, I'm shocked. Sorry, Choo. I'm not trying to make this about myself, but I truly pegged myself as a third-place team, so this really blows me away that I'm in first after my offense has severely sputtered out of the gates. ... Sputtered may be putting it lightly. Just look at the offensive numbers. I'm the worst in roto bats, and it's not even close.
That's why it's shocking that I pulled off the 12-9-3 win over Quad Eh, which matched the score of three other JLB matchups. And the other two matchups were decided by a thinner margin.
So far, in three weeks, the most lopsided wins — or losses depending on how you look at it — are 16-7, 11-7 and 14-6.
That's pretty wild in itself to see all the rest of the matchups finish with narrower margins.
Perhaps this suggests we have reached ultimate competitiveness. I mean, it has to, right? Because Parker is in third place in the AL, and the Cheese Steaks are in last place. Why is JV in the basement? I thought he lived in a home that had a crawl space, not a basement.
The Stantonians didn't let the Cheese Steaks get out of the basement with a 12-9-3 win last week. They batted .308 with 49 singles and 36 RBIs. It's not a line we have seen this year. The Sex Panthers batted .302 in Week 2, and that's it. No one else has batted .300 for the week, which we all know is just hard to believe.
The Stantonians also went 6-3-3 on the pitching side against JV, which is just as shocking.
JV has been marred by offensive struggles — I feel your pain, fellow Jim — but his pitching has also let him down leading him to a very unfamiliar place. ... Parker's Air BnB.
Sam also won — albeit by a narrow 12-10-2 margin — for the third straight week, and that's why he sits in first place in the American League.
We continue with the things that are hard to believe. This man has given up oodles of high-round draft picks in back-to-back years, and here he is again, in first place looking to defend his JLB World Series Championship.
Yes, it's early. A lot can change.
JV can climb back to first. I can fall back to third or fourth (or worse). And Parker can go back to the basement.
But will this happen?
I guess we'll find out on next week's Jargon ... If I write one.
If I start losing, we may never find out.
See. Told you. The Jargon only writes when he wins.
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