I guess the Tortoises were so slow and lethargic that after finally showing up in fantasy football last week, they weren’t able to make it back to play some baseball for the final week of the season. They batted .214 over the last week, their final 299 ABs, and excluding 1 good day during that week, they batted .171 in 251 of their last ABs. The last 2 days are what really hurt. .122 over 98 ABs and the last day? A disgusting .098 over 51 ABs. A month ago the Tortoises were getting 9 or 10 points from AVG. Today? 3.5. That’ll do it. So the Galapagos Tortoises, the most powerful and awesome beasts in all of the land, only managed 2nd place in the 2008 fantasy baseball season.

It certainly may seem like it but what I’m about to say actually wasn’t brought on by the last week’s events… I am stepping away from Fantasy Baseball. I don’t know yet if it’s permanent or if it’s just for the 2009 season but I’ve thought long and hard over this for probably the last 3 years and finally came to a decision about a month ago. I said whether I won or lost the league this year that I was stepping away from the game. The fantasy baseball season is way too long and maddening that it just doesn’t seem worth it anymore. Fantasy baseball has turned baseball into one giant stat for me and I’d rather focus on the game, not just the numbers. 6 years of fantasy baseball. 3 gold trophies and 2 silver trophies. Not too shabby. I’ll look back at them fondly while I think about how much longer I’ll live not worrying about my damn lineup every single day and how I’m doing in every stat category. In the words of the great Willy Wonka, “Adieu, adieu, parting is such sweet sorrow.”

What I’m listening to: Silence