Imagine a world where the top scorer in the whole league had, nonetheless, a record of 2-6 after 8 weeks of the 2013 CPL Season. Imagine the man who owned that team was Javier. Just imagine that, let it marinate in your thinky-gland.
This was almost the reality we woke up to today on this fine Memorial Day. The only (or central) thing that a allowed us to avert that awful, bleak reality was a clutch base hit by the absolute worst player in all of Major League Baseball, Mr. Ike Davis. Davis's single gave the Metties the lead and precluded a Screaming Featherheads-defeating Kimbrel save.
Head-to-Head is the best format for fantasy baseball (and nearly all other activities in life). This is not debatable. I will fight a man in the street who says otherwise. But win-loss records that fail to reflect comparative team quality is the risk we take. It's the life we have chosen.
Alas, the highest point scorer is 3-5. Thankfully it's incredibly unlikely that the team with the most points would have the league's worst record. But not as unlikely as an Ike Davis base hit.
[Total aside: is it bad that I never once felt myself rooting for the Mets to win that game knowing that I needed a Kimbrel save to win? Is Memorial Day Weekend too early to abandon your real team for your fantasy team?]
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