As expected as more and more details come out, the media has jumped all over the Benoit story. And while the evidence that we know of doesn’t position Benoit in any position for sympathy (nor does he deserve it at this point), it’s the stories of the last 48 hours that have reminded me why I knew I would never make it in journalism, and why I can’t stand the vast majority of it to this day. (more…)
Had I written this post at 6PM yesterday, this post would have been different.
Had I written this post at 10PM yesterday, it would have been different from that one.
Had I written this post at 1AM this morning, it would have been different from either of those.
At 8AM, at 10AM, even as I write this now, I’m not sure how to write this.
Trading is one of the most fun but also one of the most challenging aspects of fantasy baseball. I’ve been meaning to write a post addressing the finer points of trading (along with a few hints) but I haven’t gotten around to it (something I can say for a lot of my writing). This season I’ve done a handful of trades - most minor, but a few blockbusters - and I’ve had many more fall through despite gaining steam at one time. The fanalytic (Ron Shandler uses this word - I like it a lot more than “fantasy”) trader is going to run into that all the time, and sometimes you have to recognize when something just isn’t going to happen. It’s like every other episode of ER when someone’s on the table and they’ve got the defib and they’re doing chest compressions despite the fact that they know that the moment they stop, the guy’s getting pronounced. As long as your doing compressions, there’s still a “chance” that it could come back to life, but everyone in the room knows it’s a lost cause.
