Top Ten Signs You’re Obsessed with Fantasy Baseball

10. The speed of your internet connection changes your mood on an hourly basis.

9. After your ace pitcher went two-for-three with a homer, you wake up in the middle of the night and want to have a league-wide vote on whether hitting stats accumulated by pitchers should count in the standings.

8. You keep debating whether Ken Griffey Jr. is really finished or whether he might have one more magical summer left.

7. You think that Hank Blalock will probably be hitting .240 by season’s end.

6. You believe that Hank Blalock will win the batting title and hit .400 (and aren’t you glad you drafted him?).

5. The Royals’ magic start means nothing to you because nobody got all those early wins anyway.

4. You can’t understand why the Toronto Blue Jays won’t put Carlos Delgado behind the dish for a few games to increase his positional eligibility.

3. You’ve already dropped and added so many players you’re having a hard time remembering who was on your original roster, let alone who you protected last year.

2. You are beginning to distance yourselves from friends and loved ones who aren’t in your league and believe they are conspiring against your team.

And the number one sign that you’re obsessed with fantasy baseball is…

You no longer watch games, either live or on television, to enjoy their mystique and beauty. You only root for players to lose, strike out, balk or get injured, especially after rosters have been set for the week.

 
Baseball has been in Matthew Wiesenfeld’s blood since birth, and he has been carrying the fantasy virus for the last decade. Thankfully, this affliction only presents itself by increasing his enjoyment of the national pastime, with the only negative side effect being the occasional heated argument between friends. His fantasy philosophies are speed kills and always stay young.

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