Thursday, December 27, 2007
fantasy 07 recap
I mentioned in first post that there's an actual reason why we play this game knowing that there's a chance we won't even get a cash prize. now, that the season is over and I' in last place, i can honest say:
I don't know!
It's just fun, i guess, to know that you can look at your friends and say with complete certainty:
I'm better than you!
well, i guess, i'm still waiting for my chance to do that. always next year to fantasize.
Final standing:
1. david
2. hung
3. eric
4. khai
5. jaymin
6. mike
7. hon
8. sammy
9. albert
10. me
Friday, December 21, 2007
Week 14
It's week 14 and a good 80 percent of the fantasy player out there have lost the opportunity for a championship. They are in no better position than I have been since week 2. This increasing pool of fantasy losers will undoubtedly lead to a rating's hit for the nfl. The nfl machinery have nothing to fear though, they can fall back on the consistent crop of gamblers, true fans, mediocre play-off bound fans, and fantasy championship teams to ensure their television dominance.
What's a guy to me to do? a guy whose fantasy team is 2-14. A guy whose real team (the niners) are 4-10?A guy, like me, who really has nothing left to risk, because, he has no team, no fantasy team, and no money to bet on games. i guess i can avoid watching the nfl, and perhaps spend a sunday getting stuff done, but i won't. Truth is, even though realistically, I have nothing of monetary and emotional value to stake on these games, I'll still be watching this up coming week. It's not that i don't have anything better to do, i have many things that i absolutely have to get done. but, The true fan is an optimist (perhaps even boarder line delusional) because when he has nothing left, he starts making up stuff in his mind to justify watching. And that's what I might be doing now; make-believing I have something to cheer for.
In the spirit of hunter s thompson (a true niners fan), i took a lot of drinks and hits and watched th niners-bengals game last week. and in the spirit of a delusional nfl fan, I am now ready to proclaim that the niners days of competitiveness will be under the Shaun Hill Era. Shaun hill, their one-intentionally-downed-snap-in-six-years journeymen, will be the next niners qb hero. This city will demand for it, and it will be so. Like in chicago where the team's history as defensive bullies has shaped it's modern team, or in dallas where an offensive history has shaped it's current team, so will the niner's history shape it's rebuilding efforts. The niners history is simple, find motivated qbs capable of playing in a precision offense. It is what the fans know as a proven structure for success, and it is what they'll demand for. So get ready in the upcoming weeks to hear this Hill rhetoric around the bayarea.
Alex Smith for all his smarts, does not fit into this formula. He was a number one pick, who was guaranteed his job by the sheer size of his first contract. It was never meant to be. Shaun Hill,( a "stick with it, the whole world might think i suck, but i don't"), is the type qb that fits into that history. And the quiet arrogance of a reject was in full display last saturady when he lead the niners to a 20-10 victory, and fielded what clearly was the most reliable niners offense of year 2007.
Perhaps it was because it was the first nfl game i ever watched, but the niners-bengals last week reminded me in so many ways of the niners-bengal superbowl match of 84. it was john taylor's immortalizing touchdown catch at the back of the end zone that simultaneously hooked me onto the niners and football. Now with my fantasy championship dream on the shelf, I can remember again what i originally cheered for.., and that was the niners. That new niners begin the proceed of recollecting their history last saturday night under shaun hill. Watch out for this guy. He's got what joe montana and steve young had-- a small money deal and a lot to prove. It's a long process to climb atop the NFL mountain, but every journey begins with a single step, and every mountain top reached begins with one Hill.
Chalk this up to fan-overzealous delirium and an afinity for Warren G., but it's now: The Shaun Hill Era, (step to this...i dare ya).
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Week 14
That's it.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Week ????
current standing:
1. eric (9-3)
suffered his first lost in a month after purposefully not starting a kicker.
2. david (8-4)
his team just keeps going strong. 5Ws in a roll now.
3. wayne (8-4)
luck out with diddy's "just kick it" coaching maneuver; reminiscent of one former Detroit coach.
4. khai (8-4)
scraping for another playoff appearance.
5. sam (6-6)
break em sam! break em!
6. mike (5-7)
now a dangerous team once again because bulger and johnson are playing hard again.
7. Albert (5-7)
still in it, and playing hon this week. things are looking good.
8. jaymin (5-7)
at least there's usc left
9. hon (4-8)
still in it, and playing albert this week. things are looking good.
10. me (2-10)
If my win totals were doubled, I would be second to last place.
viagra's longest man of the week: THAT TEAM / 146.40 inches
conversely,
generic viagra's shortest man of the week: Kaiascunt / 66.80 inches
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
week 11(another lost, it's over)
Eric, I owe you one steak dinner at the local pho shop. Don't know what I was thinking when we made that bet.Stanndings:
1. eric
2. hung
3. david
4. khai
5. sammy
6. albert
7. mike
8. hon
9. jaymin
10. me
Viagra's Longest Man of the week: .. /144.77 inches
Conversely,
Generic Viagra's Shortest Man of the week: KaizACUNT / 49.63 inches
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
week 10 (2-8)
Being 2-8 means that ur buddies will take jabs at you. Even albert, the now reclusive albert, can divert from his hiding place to post this:
I would like to thank...
...Frank Gore for wanting the ball on fourth down.
...the worst offense in NFL history.
...the worst team in the NFL.
...All all the niner "Busts."
and last but not least...the cunt.
Thanks for the win guys!!!
Normally, I would talk shit back to this sly form of shit talking, but after enduring this season and experiencing what albert must have gone through (the shame, humilation, all that) I simply can't. Instead, I would to offer an apology.
I'm would like to apologize...
...to the leauge, because I couldn't beat albert.
...to all viets out there for losing to a flipino.
...to albert because he is flipino, or pinay.
and last but not least, for the essay i'm going to blog as soon as the lions miss the playoffs.
This ain't over cuntboy. better gets em in now while you have the chance, cuz next year, next year's going to be different.
STandings:
1. eric
2. david
3. hung
4. sammy
5. khai
6. albert
7. hon
8. jaymin
9. Mike
10. me, again.
Viagra's Longest Man of the Week: THAT LAST PLACE TEAM / 111.47 inches
conversely,
Generic Viagra's Shortest Man of the Week: fuck/ 62.07 inches
Friday, November 9, 2007
Week 9 (2-7)
Dear League,
I'm ruined.
Current standing:
1. eric 7-2
2. david 6-3
3. sammy 6-3
4. khai 6-3
5. hung5-4
6. albert 4-5
7. hon4-5
8. jaymin 3-6
9. me 2-7
10. Mike 2-7
Viagra's Longest Man Of the Week: Lions 07 6-10 =*( / 161.93 inches**
Conversely,
Generic Viagra's Shortest Man of the Week: (*_*) / 84.84 inches
** denotes: season best length
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Week 8 (second DubbaWa)
Here we is fellas! my second win, bringing the grand total of wins to... (drumroll)...TWO. yeah, not too impressive considering that I've already lost the first six. but damn it, don't it feel better than being 0-8. And although no one in da league will admit it, they're all trickling in their pants right now. they see me in the rear view, and imma charging on em like day-old grade D meat at da taco bell. Just a week ago, they were laughing at a possible winless season on my behalf, now they're all thinking to themselves: "oh no, what if he comes back. his team is actually damn good. oh no. what do i do? what do i do? can't lose to Tony. I'll never hear the end of it. He'll laugh. He'll talk. He'll start blogging it about it. oh no. oh no."
That's right fellas, look who's no longer in da league cellar. Look who suddenly is in second to last place and moving to the east side. Yours truly. I isn't out of this yet. you have been warned. going after that third Dubbawa this week. Sorry sammy, you know how much i hate viet on viet violence, but circumstances have put me in a no-choice situation, and i'm goin to have to put waste to your team this week. Just please, don't take it out on my family.
But, nothing i write can trully capture how threatening I am about my intention to come back, so I'll just say that it's a notch below this guy's intensity. that's right. just imagine me right now in facial war paint, roided out of my mind, screaming at the top of my lungs about how some heavenly powers have enter my being and given me the duty to destroy my opponents (that's you guys), all the while hiding behind my golden belt and oiled up physic; that's pretty much where I am at right now. but more controled and in the parameters of a fantasy football insanity. you have been warned.
1.Eric
2.David
3.Khai
4.Sammy
5.Wayne
6.Albert
7.Hon
8.Jaymin
9.Me
10. Mike
Viagra's Longest Man of the week: ME AGAIN BIATCHES!!!!!!/ a personal best of 131.13 inches
Generic Viagra's Shortest Man of the Week: SkunkSauce / 55.93 inches
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
week 7 ( 1st Win)
i got my first win of the year. parts of me want to scream: fuck yeah! but celebrating the first win out of seven attempts would be very douchebaggerish, like Manny Ramirez staring down each and every one of his homeruns with disregard of the actually score.I can't do that. Like i said before: eyes on the prize. And the prize for me is, and will always be, the championship and the zero reward money that is promised to the winner. That's what i want. That's what i'll get.
standings:
1. Eric (5-2)
2. Khai (5-2)
3. David (5-2)
4. Hon (4-3)
5. Sammy (4-3)
6. Albert (3-4)
7. Hung (3-4)
8. Jaymin (3-4)
9. Mike (2-5)
10. Me (1-6)
Conversely,
Generic Viagra's Shortest Man of the week is: " . " /56.97 inches
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Week 6 ( 0-6)
random rants in my head that surfaces far more frequently in the past six weeks:
"f everybody and everything related to this stupid game, f y'all!
On the other hand, I got a chance to go to Jaymin's ballz-forfeiting ceremony this Saturday, otherwise known as an engagement party, and it definitely shone a light that i needed to see. Seeing Jaymin and Benita definitely reminded me that there is this other side of life that sometimes gets overshadowed in the realm of fantasy, this thing most people call reality. and i feel like i can speak for most of us in da league when i say to jaymin: congrads, we're proud of you. Seeing you up there with your girl; getting ready to start a new chapter in your life made me realized that perhaps marriage is the path i need to take to soften the pains of fantasy football. perhaps sucking in fantasy is the path i need to take right now, so that i can be a better adjusted individual in reality. yes. that's it. that's the ticket. fuck fantasy, welcome back reality.
Reality: i'm 0-6. my team is hurt. i'm only two games back from albert and mike. three games back from fifth place. fantasy football is full of momentum swings. fantasty football is crazy and still fun. lets roll with it.
Standing:
1.david (5-1)
2.eric (4-2)
3.khai (4-2)
4.hon (4-2)
5.hung (3-3)
6.sammy (3-3)
7.jaymin (3-3)
8.mike (2-4)
9.albert (2-4)
last. me ( 0 -6)
Viagra's: Longest man of the week is : Team Viagra / 139.05 inches
(shameless corporate-whoring eric, shameless)
conversely, presenting this new weekly feature:
Generic Viagra's: Shortest man of the week is: ( *_*) / 51.37 inches
(Sorry to implement this new feature on your lowest week hon, but i got nothing else i want to blog about, certainly not my last place standing.)
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Week 5 (0-5)
I have absolutely nothing to say. (Well maybe just a little bit) This just sucks. The fantasy gods must be fabulously beautiful goddess, because they are some of the cruelest of bitches. I lost by one fucking point this week. 1 point! OH IT HURTS SO BAD.
This was my week. I had it in the the bank. All of Jaymin's team had played, and I just needed 16 points to win. It was all gravy when the only player i had left got 14 points by the end of the first half. It was done, all he needed was a twenty yard catch and I was well on my way to the getting that first W. I was relieved, kicked back a bit, started daydreaming all the ways i would celebrate my first win. And then the second half started without... Jennings.
Now i'm in no man's land. NOt even the rapist himself, eric, has been where i am right now. O- 5. I'm threading my own path ast they say. It's not scary being 0-5, it's plain annoying, cuz now i got to lizten to the inevitable snickering behind my back about my managerial skills. It's really just the last place any fantasy football vet like myself would want to be, but here i am. and it really sucks. however, one good has come out of all this losing, in one of my many recurring depressive fantasy football bouts last week, i realized there's money to be made from misery. If only there was a national hotline for winless fantasy football owners, and if it charged $1.99 per minute, the owner of this hotline would be rich, rich, rich!!!! why can't it be me? stupider and more nonessential things have been profited on, why not a hotline that saves borderline fantasy losers from what the japanese phone-net-tic-cal-ly pronounce "(Har-rah-kee-ree)."
It's a mission that will prolong the existence of many fantasy football leagues. I know this would work because i myself feel the need for paid-telephone operators to emotionally support me in this time of great fantasy fear. That is the only good that has come out of being 0-5, this, and the fact that i'm going to be matched-up this week against khai's team. Those are the two only positive so far.
standing:
1.hon (4-1)
2.david (4-1)
3.eric (3-2)
4.khai (3-2)
5.hung (3-2)
6.mike (2-3)
7.albert (2-3)
8.jaymin (2-3)
9.sammy (2-3)
10.moi (0-5)
Viagara"s Longest man of the week is: ( *gay*) / 94.63 inches
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
week 4 (0-4)
But you know what, I'm just building up the drama. This is what we (in the business of fantasy football domination) call building up the drama. Sure, i could have done a few things better and be sitting at 4-0 right now, but what's the fun in that? Positioning myself at 0-4, then coming back to make the playoffs will only add to my legacy This is when i turn it on; flip the switch; hit the pedal; go super saiyan. Many will think this is pure horse shit denial, but they just don't understand, I have no problem living my life in pure horse shit denial. Hell, "fantasy" itself is the denial of reality, is it not? and if that's the case, then damn it, I have been champ for a while now. My only real competition really is Hon, our resident WOW guru.
Nothing has been agreed on, and i won't do it till the whole league agrees on it, but there was talk about last place team being kicked out of the league. As it stands right now, I am currently in last place. Leave it to those chicken shit to wait till the year that I'm 0-4 to talk about exile. I do believe tho, fresh blood should always being infuse into any group to keep the league fresh. But i just can't imagine being kicked out of this league, a league that i help in its creation. I am the founding father; I spermed this league into creation, these fools would be nothing without my sports lust. I can see it tho, my final exit. It would be very much like that movie Judge Dredd, you know, when stallone is sentenced to death because he can't act, and his mentor, chief judge something sacrifices his career to save Stallone's life by taking the "long walk" out from the giant metal gates of da city and into da harsh dessert. That's how i would feel, the city is the league, I'm that old chief judge, and that long walk would be my prize for finishing in last place, and i guess the dessert would be into the arms of another league.
It's okay tho, because i going to do everything i can to not come in last. that's just the way it's going to be. But just in case i have to take that long walk, i do want to remind the league this one thing. That judge ended walkin the whole dessert to make his grand reappearance in a cave, where he shot two goons in the back with a laser gun. If I get kicked out, I'm doing the same. see you goons in a cave somewhere. so in the words of stallone, "ididnaaacreeetadisleeeegue, iiiaaaaaaamdaleeegue"
week four standings:
1. eric
2. hon
3. david
4. hung
5. khai
6. albert
7. mike
8. sammy
9. jaymin
10. me
Viagara's Longest man of the week: Player / 95.50 inches
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
WEEK 3 (third lost)
things are lookin bad for me. but i'm still going to kick your sorry ass.
------- hung, this is where you stop reading because the following requires an actual attention span longer than a.... a.... something.
A. i'm down fellas. I've never in any league started off 0-3, and here i am, sitting at 0-3. It didn't look good for me all through sunday, and i don't think i ever had the lead at any point. I'm not at that point where i want to pull my hair out, but my scalp is definitely getting itchy. Like i said before, the benchmark for a playoff bound team with early season impotence is 0-4 set by TheRapist himself, eric chen. So, i have some time before i go completely nuts.
2. I mean comeon! I drafted Deuce Macallister as a backup in case one of my two stud backs got hurt. i ended up trading him while high as hell. This week after Jackson fell to an injury, I was put in a situation where i had nothing to start at RB. I had to pick up Sam "third string" GADO. The only thing that makes this somewhat less painful is the fact that Deuce is out with a season ending injury. That's how fucked up my FF season has been going. Had i kept them both, they both would be uselss to me, because they both got hurt the same week, and i would have had to start Sam "still third string" GADO. FACK.
%. While at the stuff pizza, trying to watch the game through Hung's loud and drunken commentaries about everything, we reached an agreement of sorts on the shit talking allowed and not allowed in our league. Since so much of this league is based on no actual money, all we have is shit talk, but like any arena of combat, there must be rules. We decided that from here on out, there will be no more threats, and badmouthing of anyone's family. FAMILY is off limits. that's just it. We call this the sammy rule. Since family is near and dear to all of us, and since most fights start that way, and since we're no longer fucking 9 years old, we don't need to resort to that, and should just stay clear away. For the betterment of the league.
34. The type of shit talking that is allowed, and encouraged is:
1. RACE 2. TEAM affiliation 3. Albert 4. sexual orientation (we call this the khai rule) 5. dead coaches 6. bush 7. bad teams. 6. dumb trades 7. hung
r. This might make me sound like a bad person but after accepting that I would be at 0-3, i was secretly cheering for Jaymin's team to lose. I just didn't want to be the only team at 0-3, and, Jaymin, i can honestly say, u r my only friend right now. Please don't ever leave me by actually winning a game either.
#. still reading hung? what was the point of my abbreviated blog again? oh yeah. to remind u that i'm still going to Kick your sorry ass. I don't care if my team is 0-3. I still got enough to put together a team that's going to run u over. Getting over confident aren't u? thinking ur 2-1 start is the result of smart management? no bitach, it's just stupid luck. yeah, i know i'm 0-3, i don't care. i'm still talkin shit. i'm going to beat you like you were 6 years old bringing home a report card with a "B+". it's going to hurt losing to a loser hung. it's going to hurt.
Standing:
1,khai (2-1)
2.eric (2-1)
3.hon (2-1)
4.mike (2-1)
5.david (2-1)
6.hung (2-1)
7.albert (2-1)
8.sammy (1-2)
9.me (0-3)
10.jaymin (0-3)
VIAGRA's longest man of the week: Bill Walsh waza Cunt / 109.35 inches
Monday, September 17, 2007
Week 2 (second lost)
I came up on the short end this time, but like any heated rival, i shall be back.
It was hard sitting there watching da game and knowing that i had very little chance to win. And while Eric, hong, and Hung were disecting all the different things i could have done or do to make my team better, I kept telling myself not to press the panic button just yet. Because after all, this is a young season, and my team was built for the long haul. I told myself this throughout the day, but at night, while driving my way back home, and deciding that I needed to stop at Khai for a quick smoke, I ended up trading Carson Palmer for Randy Moss.
It was a tough decision, anyone that knows me, knows that I just do not trade. Especially, a guy that has been on my team for three years now, a guy that i picked up, and was heavily critized for because at the time he was an unproven quarterback on a bad team. I'm sure i'm going to get heavily critized again for this trade, but while I was high this was my rationale for the trade:
A. Carson Palmer is white, and Randy Moss is black.
B. Randy Moss is a freakish talent who has a Hall of Frame qb now in Tom Brady. [many people think brady spread the ball around to much for any wr to be in elite statistical status, but the way i see it is, Brady finds the open guy, and moss can still get open. Also, spreading the ball around will sustain more drives, and give moss more td opportunities]
C. I had another young qb that i drafted early this year that received many head scratches. That guy was vince young, and granted he can't give me the points that Palmer will give Khai, he might be just good enough to give me close to 17-20 points a game (see his 178, 1td, 58, and no int stat line). It might just be stupid to put ur faith in such an unproven qb, but hey, I never claim i was being smart about this.
D. I haven't made any trades in the last couple of years, because i was always afraid i would get burn. But, what is there to burn? It's not really my player, we're not really playing for money. And trades made the league more fun. Even if i do get burn, so what, it's only friendly bullshit i have to listen to for the next year, and I can live with that.
E. The diddy factor. I remembered eric telling me that I should trade Palmer after his 6td performance. "sell him high," i believed he said. Now wheather, he was just saying that to get palmer from me, or if it was actual advice, i don't know. Kept coming back into my head, sell high. Just didn't think, i would be selling so soon.
F. The CY factor. Moss, for all his lackluster plays the last couple of years, finally has a chance to play great, win a superbowl, and oh yeah, get paid. That's right, it's CONTRACT YEAR for moss, so, the motivation is there for him to play hurt, play hard, and help out fantasy owners like me.
So that was the deal, moss for palmer, and I took it for all those reasons. I still have seond thoughts about it, and something inside me wants to call everybody up and beg em to cancel the trade, go ride the guys i drafted into a championship, but maybe this year, i'll just follow the motto i have set for my own life, and "just go", and not look back. who cares about the possible regrets, when you got a murky future to enjoy. no crying, no hating, just straight working for it.
week 2 standings:
eric
khai
david
hon
mike
hung
albert
me
sam
jaymin
sidenote: Through the miracle of internet advertising, on our league page (and i'm sure everyone else who uses yahoo.com), there's a little blue box that highlights this week's top scoring team. This blue box is brought to us by VIAGRA. It's Viagra "high" score of the week. This week Viagra presents TheRapist(eric) as the week's top scorer. How's that for irony.
Monday, September 10, 2007
week 1
I have decided to blog weekly about this league i'm in, where we basically play for nothing.First off, this league consists of 10 players, including myself. The players (in no particular order) are: Tony, Mike, Khai, Eric, Hung, Hon, Albert, Jaymin, David and Sammy.
Together, our league is simply known as the Far East League.This past week, I lost big to Albert, and so i don't feel like blogging to extensively about it. Lets just say, it stings alot. It's just hard to lose to this guy, he's simply the perenial bottom feeder of this group. Nothing wanting to sound like a poor sport, i will give no excuse for my lost (but i had an unlucky day, don't we all?). I'm not too worried about it, because well, I built my team for the long haul, and the season is just one week old, check in next week as i either rebound emotionally, or fall deeper into a state of panick, loathing, fear, and agnst.
Keep reading, and perhaps at the end of the season, you'll realize why this league plays for basically nothing.I plan:to find a wr. because mine sucks!!! Two of my staring wrs combined for a total of zero points. that's two stocks i invested in that i can now sell for absolutely no money.I hope:this past week was my last 47 point week. that, it can only get better from here on out.
Weekly standing:
1. Hon
2. david,
3. khai,
4. Eric
5. Albert
6. Hung
7. mike
8. me
9. sam
10. jaymin