Over the weekend, the one undefeated team in our league ("My Hittas My Hittas") had a rough day. He started Philip Rivers (-5.05) and the San Diego Defense (-3.36), so he was likely assured of losing regardless of what the rest of his players did. The other players he had going in the early games didn't step up to the plate, with 3 of them combining to score just 16.9 points. Around 4 pm, he posted a joking message on the message board of our league, apologizing for the shoddy performance of his players and vowing that there would be changes made to ensure that never happened again.
The typical fantasy league back and forth then occurred, which was humorous but nothing worth sharing. Until a long-time friend (also in the league) messaged me today. To paraphrase:
LTFriend: I think the message board has been more entertaining than the actual league this year. For me anyway [since I'm in last place].
Me: Yea, I like these new guys. (My Hittas is new, right?)
LTFriend: He is. That's former Orioles pitcher Steve Johnson.
... what?! WHOA!
Now, if you're not from Baltimore you may not know who Steve Johnson is. He didn't play for long, but I remember his performance in 2012 when the Orioles made the playoffs for the first time since 1997.
Thinking this was pretty cool, I immediately messaged another friend of mine who is probably the biggest Orioles fan I know. Reading that makes me sound like an excited school girl, which probably isn't too far from the truth.
His response? "Woah! I saw him tweet out his score!" And sure enough, he had!
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