In terms of football reality...if God had intended for people to be watching football at 12:30 am, he wouldn't have allowed for alarm clocks that go off at 5. I did fall into a sort of half-sleep (maybe more of a 75% sleep) Monday night. I had some hazy dream about pass interferences, and in the dream Al Michaels and John Madden were in my basement, I think having swapped places with Victor.
Anyway, while not thrilled with a 1-2 start, I'm still not demoralized. Even with all the mistakes in the two losses, the games have been within reach, not blowouts. There are still many weeks of football, thankfully to take place during my waking hours.
In the next round of fantasy football, Ted's Rockets play Victor's Rats of Chaos. Of course, I am an official Hot Jets cheerleader (Yay Team!), but I do live with Victor, so maybe I'll just lay a little low this week. Although as conflicts of interest go, I have nothing on another Hot Jet, Annika, who actually fields her own Blogger Bowl team.
Speaking of fantasy sports, my "NHL update" e-mail the other day included a link to a SimLeague hockey game. Interestingly, you can use former players. The couple times I played fantasy hockey my downfall was that I packed my team with sentimental favorites who were past their primes. Of course, with the option of using anybody from the history of the NHL, my sentimental self would probablyend up with the 1985 Capitals...would Bengt Gustafsson end up with a broken leg in a fantasy league?
It is also finally looking like baseball in DC is no longer fantasy. I don't have the same animosity toward Bawl'mer that I used to, but I'm still glad to see this. One question hanging is what they will call the team...the Rangers apparently still own the Senators name, and I heard local political commentator Mark Plotkin point out that Senators isn't a good name anyway, since Washington has no senators. I think that's a good point...I wonder if anyone would go with the Washington Non-voting Delegates?
Posted by Nic at September 29, 2004 08:16 AMI like the suggestion someone made to name them the Grays, after the old Washington based Homestead Grays team in the negro league.
Posted by: Ted at September 29, 2004 10:33 AMThat is a great idea. They were a good team (Josh Gibson!) and that would be a great way to honor them, and the history.
Posted by: Nic at September 29, 2004 11:17 AM