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Lebron James Is A Free Agent Again, World Cup Must Win For USMNT, John Smoltz Talking Baseball Plus Our Dingers Only Fantasy Draft
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Dingers Only Fantasy Draft
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The Dingers Only draft is Pardon My Take at its most chaotic and joyful. The rules: nine teams, nine players, one stat — home runs. No stats from before July 1st count. The draft order is set by a Sporkle quiz, which Memes wins decisively after selecting a Sporkle category about The Boys — a show he apparently insisted on including. [1] — Big Cat "The dumbest fantasy league in the world is back — nine teams, nine players, one stat: home runs. The only drama is the Sporkle draft order,…" 2:00:20 The draft itself is a rolling cascade of good picks, duplicate checks, injury discoveries, and position-eligibility debates. PFT selects Mike Trout with the announcement that he's 'healthy for the first time in a long time' — only to be immediately informed Trout went on the IL three days prior. The crew leaves a voicemail for Gunnar Henderson and gets a live callback from Matt Olson, who is enthusiastic and immediately welcomed to the squad. Notable picks include Memes taking Kyle Schwarber first overall, Big Cat's outfield of Juan Soto, PCA, and Aaron Judge, and PFT timing the Fernando Tatis Jr. market. The session ends with a pot of $2,000 (with PFT and Big Cat putting in $500 each and Brandon $500) plus 1% of Jersey Jerry's future stake in his business called Bush.
The dumbest fantasy league in the world is back — nine teams, nine players, one stat: home runs. The only drama is the Sporkle draft order, Mike Trout immediately getting injured two minutes after being picked, and Matt Olson calling back to confirm his roster spot.
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Smoltz isn't anti-analytics — he's anti-analytics-as-the-only-lens. He keeps notebooks on every round of golf he plays. The Rays and Brewers are the teams getting it right because they use data and then adjust when the data proves wrong.
