Fantasy Sports
I enjoy sports and I enjoy statistics about sports but I have never really gotten into Fantasy Sports. The idea always appealed to me but I guess I always felt like I didn't know enough about enough of the players and games to make good choices.
My only attempt until recently was back in college when some friends from high school got me into a free NFL fantasy league. After trying my best during the automated draft and the first couple weeks I lost interest/forgot/was busy and didn't update my team or even really look at it again until the playoffs at which time I was very surprised I had somehow beaten a couple of people despite my RB being hurt after the first game and still starting on my team ;-) :-/
Work sponsors paid leagues for MLB and NFL but I didn't participate this year ... however I am trying out my hand at two simplified version.
A coworker writes for Fungoes.net, the local SABR chapter blog, and put together a playoff fantasy league where each person picked players at each position before the playoffs started and will ride them to the end of the World Series at which time whoever's players have the largest combined Runs Created stats wins. Through the first round your's truly is in last place! :-D (Crunchers) Hopefully I will do better in the LCS.
Another guy at work started a simple NFL contest where everyone picks a team each week. If they win, you move on and can't pick that team again. If they lose, your out. Last week all but one of the survivors were elimenated so they started up again this week fresh. With the help of the tons of stats that OddsShark has online I picked Tampa over Seattle. Wish me luck :-)
