by Michael DeLuca
Last year I competed in two leagues. One had ten teams, one had just eight. I had virtually the same roster in both leagues, which is a bit odd since, in the larger league, you would think that the talent would be more spread out. What makes this even more strange is that I made the championship in the larger league, while I floundered in the smaller league. How could this happen…Chipper Jones.
You see, my smaller league required weekly lineups, while my larger league had daily rosters. Chipper Jones (who I will refer to herinafter as “the bastard”) had a wonderful habit of starting a game on Monday, leaving in the second inning and not returning until he could once again bang me in the poop shoot the following Monday. In the daily lineups league, the bastard was extremely valuable because his production, when he did play, was stellar. In the weekly lineup league, the bastard was nothing but a cancer, causing me to lose in runs, stolen bases, home runs, and hits on a weekly basis!
Moral of the story, if you’re in a daily lineup league – jump on the bastard around pick #70 in your draft. His production will be well worth the nagging injuries. If you’re in a weekly lineup league, avoid him like the plague!
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