Here in upstate New York your boys have been sheltering in place like lazy pieces of trash for awhile now. Some of us at Grand Central Fantasy still have to go to work, and others have been working from home. For the most part we are lucky enough to enjoy our families and provide for them, but even though we may have some things that have made this unsure time a lot easier, we still are all missing one thing terribly. Sports. Fantasy Sports to be exact. As you all know we are obsessed with fantasy sports in general, to an almost unhealthy level. Allow us to get in our feelings a little bit and take you inside our fantasy sport fanatic minds during this quarantine life…
“I am so fucked in fantasy basketball.”: For those of you who play fantasy basketball, you know the pain of this season all too well. My team was in the playoffs only one week away from the finals. I had all my daily matchups mapped out. I was ready to take it to the house, and then Rudy Gobert tested positive and the sports world went to shit. Along with the rest of the world. Fuck Rudy Gobert, and fuck COVID-19.
“No fantasy baseball is killing me.”: My favorite fantasy sport ever has been the biggest casualty of the COVID-19 sports shut downs. I am in several leagues and always look forward to the daily grind of making it to the championship in late summer. It is where the real fantasy players make a name for themselves, but not this year. In my mind the chance of the MLB having a season this year are the same as Barry Bonds admitting he took steroids on purpose. It’s not happening.
“All the drama around baseball would have been so cool to watch unfold, but now it’s all going to be a ‘kumbaya’ bull shit.”: We could have gotten to see all the Astros put to the test of proving themselves to the rest of the league. We could have seen Nolan Arenado slowly and painfully force his way out of Colorado. And we could have seen the Boston Red Sox embarrass themselves and sell it to their fans as “rebuilding”. All of these things were taken from us because when baseball does comeback, all these storylines will be deemed irrelevant because baseball being back will be the bigger story.
“Will Fantasy Football be impacted in a major way?”: At GCF we are centrally focused on football, as you all know. And the thought that it could be heavily impacted is incredibly frustrating. Think about this; you’re prepping for your favorite league’s draft coming up in a few days. You want to win this thing more than any other league. It is time to show your friends/family/co-workers that you are really the one he deserves that #1 spot! You take Saquon Barkley with your first pick and you are feeling great. And then BOOM, breaking news: Saquon Barkley tests positive for COVID-19 and needs to be quarantined for a month. Womp Womp. This creates a whole other world of issues when it comes to fantasy football team management, and it pisses me off.
“Will quarantine make Baker Mayfield stink more, less, or the same?”: Baker Mayfield is criminally overrated and he is actively sabotaging the rest of his teammates from fantasy football glory. Beckham, Njoku, Landry, and even Chubb are all stunted (especially Beckham) under Bakers reign. I don’t blame Baker for stinking, I blame the media for shoving him down our throats in 2018. The whole “prove the haters wrong” narrative with him is so tired and played out. I’m just over him and the Browns.
“I do not give a shit about this Jordan Documentary”: I have no interest in this garbage. I am not a Jordan fan. Kobe is my goat. Fuck Lebron too.
Too all of our followers, please stay safe out there GCF Fam. We will get through this together and be back to fantasy sports before you know it.