Archive | September, 2009
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Deja screwed: The fix is in again for my fantasy season

Two years ago, I suffered through the gross injustice of weekly sabotage by my fantasy football archnemesis B Squared. He cheated and connived his way to the top of my fantasy league, siphoning points off opponents’ scores, secretly adding to his own totals when no one was looking, and stirring a superhero-like passion in me [...]

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Oh, now I remember why I hate fantasy football so much

I love watching football. I could sit in front of the television for days, drinking in NFL action like it was Hi-C fruit punch. I love the players, the coaches, the strategies, the plays. When football is in my life, my life is good. So why go and ruin a good thing by adding fantasy? [...]

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Football Outsiders comment

Will Carroll, I want to marry you for your Lions comment. But once we’re married, you’ll have to solve the drug problem you clearly have.
Football Outsiders commenter Jeremy
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I see you don’t have a command of the English language.

I see you don’t have a command of the English language. Overheard in the Newsroom Why I like it: Blunt, worded just right, cutting, and specific How I can make it work for me: Notice the power of phrasing, specificity reigns, so does honesty