In college, the non-baseball fans in my group of friends used to constantly harass those of us were completely obsessed with fantasy baseball. If a baseball discussion broke out, the non-believers would start short conversations consisting of only the word baseball. For example:
Person A: Baseball baseball. Baseball.
Person B: Baseball, baseball?
Person A: Baseball. Baseball.
The crowning acheivement of their mockery, however, was fantasy fantasy baseball. Taking satire to the extreme, eight friends organized a fantasy fantasy baseball draft during our real fantasy draft. They randomly chose a draft order, paid $5, and proceeded to draft from the twelve of us in the real league to be on their fantasy fantasy team. The idea was to pick the people who would finish highest in the league. Each fantasy team was allowed to be picked twice, and three fantasy teams made up a fantasy fantasy team. They finished in about twenty minutes and then stormed our conference room to root on the people they had picked during the rest of the real draft. They made their point.
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Sky is a baseball fan and racket sport afficianado living in upstate NY. His favorite color is orange and is just about ready to give up on his life-long dream to become the next Magnus ver Magnuson (World's Strongest Man). His favorite baseball teams are the Yankees and Red Sox, proving that there's hope in the Middle East.
May 10th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
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