First there was Fantasy Fantasy Baseball. Now Bill Simmons suggests Fantasy US Weekly as a way to help the other gender appreciate the male’s obsession with fantasy sports. (I must admit that I feel quite blessed to be friends with so many women who are baseball nuts.)
Here’s how it works: 10 teams, auction format, $200 cap, five male and five female celebs per roster. Scoring is head-to-head for 22 weeks, playoffs over the last three (so you can have two seasons per year). OK, let’s say you pay $55 for that chain-smoking tramp Lindsay Lohan. If she makes the cover of Us, you get 10 points (three for the inset photo). Every other Lohan picture inside is worth one. If she appears in the “Fashion Police,” you’re docked three. That’s it. Simple. You can add or drop your celebs each Monday.
The funniest part of the whole idea is the potential for a Summer League and a Winter League. I mean, celebrities’ public relations campaigns are run totally differently depending on the season. Kid flicks hit the theaters around Thanksgiving while the blockbusters debut in early summer. The overly-skinny boob-jobbed ladies can flaunt their stuff during the warm weather, but it’s the guys (who still look good when wearing a lot of clothes) that dominate during the winter months. It’s a whole different ball game.
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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 10:05 pm
Sky,
Bad news. Jamie was fired today as US director by John Meehl. Drop me an email with your # or call me at home @ 910-790-5087. I hope all is well with you buddy.
Meade