There's not a great deal of significance in the Week One standings in the major leagues; the Royals are undefeated. So in the Batter's Box Fantasy League, let's not award the Ricciardi/Tosca autographed T-shirt to R Billie just yet. If this sounds like the whining of a guy in 15th place in a 20-team league, it probably is...
My Toronto Walrus squad was built around Jason Giambi, Carlos Delgado and pitching. I "punted" SB and took leftovers at the middle-infield positions. I'm not throwing in the towel after a 7-5 loss to Scott Lucas and his Nation Builders; I've already dumped a couple of my worst draft picks and added free agents who are slightly better. I played without a 3B the first week waiting for Aubrey Huff to qualify, and I'm actually relieved at the outcome of our Head-to-Head matchup, because Scott was ahead 10-2 on Friday.
That's how volatile HtH can be, compared to Roto. Over a given week, one big day by one player (thanks, Carlos) can make a difference of two or three "games" (categories) in the matchup. Because of the oddities of Greymatter formatting, I'm having trouble posting the standings in the body of an entry, but I'll try them in a comment. Jonny German is compiling the Roto stats, which he will post here this evening. They're helpful in determining where your strengths and weaknesses are relative to the entire league, not just your Week One opponent. Even in Roto, six games do not a season make. It doesn't get any easier for the old Walrus; I've got Spicol's second-place Red Mosquitos (8-3-1) this week. I may bring in Larry Bowa to fire up my team; he'll be out of a job soon.
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