How to Play Fantasy Baseball - A Step by Step Guide

As someone who played fantasy baseball for a grand total of 1 year and who came in 14th place I truly believe I am qualified to teach other people how to play fantasy baseball...the right way.

In order for you to succeed you must follow my steps.

Step 1:

Come up with a clever name. My name was Smoak on the Water, and my tagline was Fiers in the sky. I love puns. Half the fun of a fantasy league is coming up with your fantasy name. 

Step 2:

Don't prepare at all. Write down maybe one player you really like even if they aren't starters or have a dismal batting average. For example, I drafted Danny Espinosa #1 overall because he is #1 in my heart and I had a paranoid thought that he'd be taken. It is always the best plan of action to pick your favorite player first in order to secure them.

Step 3:

Sign into the draft a half hour early and talk trash. You know you're better than all the others, so make sure they do too. Be sure to let them know that you intend to wipe the floor with them.

Step 4:

Draft just by picking your favorite players only and insulting anyone who laughs at you. What do they know anyway?

Step 5:

Obsess over your fantasy team for half a month until you realize there's literally nothing to do. Finish in #14th.

Congratulations.

Oh, if you actually want to win I can't help with that. I don't know how to win.

O Come All Ye Faithful

Hey guys. I have returned to this blog.

It is 2014 and the Nats are 6-2. They literally just beat Miami and I felt like writing a post. I really don't have any ideas for a post, I just wanted to get back into it. Let's see what Twitter thinks the Nats will do this season.

Classic. But a tiny part of me agrees. This team has a fire ignited underneath it again. In 2012, the Cardinals peed in their Wheaties and it took a while to get the old vim and vigor back...could this be the year?

In a similar vein but not as far down the playoff line:

I don't want it to come down to a wildcard, but if that happens, so be it, and boy, that would be an exciting series.

I like the caution, Jeff. So we don't put too much pressure on them. Good answer. I put you in the blog.

Sadly somewhat true. It seems like the superstars of 2012 underperformed in 2013. Gonzalez appeared very strong in his last outing on April 8 and hopefully Strasburg will soon follow suit. (By the way, *Strasburg)

Here's a good point in response to that:

That sounds good to me.

That's just wrong. That's cruel. How dare you? How daaare you? Say that to my face. Say it to my face. (Runs away crying)

The point of this blog post is for me to find talking points and to get interest in my blog again. Please follow all these nice people on Twitter if you can, and tweet me @NatsGirl19. Send me your ideas for future posts or give me something to talk about. Thanks for reading and thanks to the Twitter users who sent me input.