BY KEVIN ORRIS of FantasyPros911.com
Monday Night Baseball on ESPN provided us with a fantastic pitching matchup, featuring two of the best pitchers of this decade in Derek Lowe of the Atlanta Braves and Johan Santana of the New York Mets. I don’t know about you, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching this game on mute so that I didn’t have to hear how big of a deal it was that Santana gave up a hit in the first inning, or that he allowed two unearned runs in the duel.
I’m sure that thousands of fantasy owners tuned in to watch considering the game featured the two aces as well as Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, and Brian McCann. I was excited for this game, because I have Derek Lowe on one of my fantasy teams, and the most important one at that. I always love watching great pitchers pitch. On this very same team, my staff also boasts the likes of Johan Santana.
What is an owner to do in this situation? Well for me, this was a very easy decision; hope that Johan gets drilled.
Did I really just say that I hope that the ace of my staff gets killed? Yeah, I did. It wasn’t even a hard decision. I wish that those runs were earned and that the Braves tallied double digit hits against him, unfortunately they failed me. Yay, my fantasy team’s statistics were increased due to two quality starts from the two best pitchers on my team.
I was furious. Why? Because I’m a Braves fan. In all honesty, I hate fantasy sports (and I even write for a fantasy sports website). There’s nothing better to me than watching my favorite team, the Atlanta Braves, beat up another teams ace and all the while, I can do the tomahawk chop and make my neighbors concerned that some Native Americans were robbing my house.
Check out the rest of this great article over at our #1 source for Fantasy Baseball — FANTASYPROS911.com –
Topics: Atlanta Braves, brian mccann, Carlos Beltran, FantasyPros911.com, Hate fantasy sports, Johan Santana, Jose Reyes, Kevin Orris, New York Mets
Latest Headlines
- The Dangerous Allure Of The Trade Deadline
- Victorino Goes Down, Brown Comes Up
- The True Measure Of Greatness
- The Possible Trade Ripple
- Phils Season Has Been An Epidemic
- Pinstripe Recap: The Bombers Offense Explodes For Four Wins
- U.S.A. Undefeated As IBAF World Junior Baseball Championship Heads To Round of Eight
- Dodgers Get Podsednik For Two Minor Leaguers
- Numbers of “The Beast”
- Virtual Ballpark Helps Fans “Stand Up To Cancer”
- Garza And Rays Experience Joy Of No-Hitter
- Manuel Deserves To Finish The Season
- Staten Island Yankees to Host NY-Penn All Star Game
- Cardinal Players Have To Earn Their Playing Time
- A Mariner Week in Review: Fun Baseball and Some Fighting
In The News
Padres Recap – Braves and Buccos
The Padres are quietly putting together a solid season, did it continue this week?
The Week That Was: Just When You Thought It Was Safe
The Phillies came to Busch prior to a trip to the Windy City for the Redbirds. Take a look at the results of a busy week for the Cardinals.
Baseball Digest LIVE: Meet the Real Joe Black
We have an all star lineup
A Glove of Their Own: A Grand Slam On and Off the Field
Bob Salomon is a name you will be hearing about. He is using the concept of children participating in sports as the vehicle to communicate his all encompassing goal of giving back