I’ve played in LABR and Tout Wars on and off since they began. Sometimes with Alex Patton and sometimes not. And sometimes I’ve (and we) have had pretty good teams (we had a string of second place finishes) and sometimes I have had some bad teams (I’d hate to include Alex in those forgettable squads, if he wasn’t).
But never have we had a team quite like the one we have this year in the kind of goofy mixed league Ron Shandler set up to amuse all us old time roto players. That is, those of us who were writing about the game before the internet took over. I won’t go into the details, you can read them at the www.fantasyxperts.com site, but a look at these standings will tell you why I’m pleased as punch I asked Alex to draft my team for me.
And why Alex, who wasn’t all that keen on being a manager, is now a very proud owner of the pattonandco.com XFL team.
It’s early yet. We could easily end up in 8th place. But so far it’s kind of amazing fun, with our friends bouncing haplessly from second to seventh to eleventh, day after day, while we float imperiously above it all.
Which is why I’m feeling confident enough to take a necessary break. I may show up here in the next few days, but if I don’t please don’t be surprised. The intermittent maunderings and meanderings of Rotoman here and at the discussion group, will resume around May Day. Or so.
I’ll miss you.