Definition of Insanity

...is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results each time.

I have to say that this defines my approach to fantasy sports. I recently looked at my online fantasy sports statistics and found out that my overall performance is 37%! Ouch! That covers about 9 years of fantasy baseball, a couple of miserable hockey seasons, a few NFL leagues and some college hoops pick-em tourneys.

This gets me to wondering...do the same people keep winning? I don't seem to see any real spread in my leagues among the winners. It is usually one of the same 3 teams that wins the season. I may be wrong here, honestly I typically forget who won about 2 days after the season. For instance, I could not tell you who won this past baseball season in our league. I do know it is not me. I also know that I always seem to be battling it out with the same group of underperformers for the 7,8,9,10 spots in the league.

If the same people keep winning, are there a large number of people whose performance % is 75%+? Maybe the middle is real thin. Maybe it is the opposite of the bell curve. All I know is that I find it interesting that each year I go into March thinking this is my year. Then I make it through the 3 hour draft thinking I am in good shape this year. Then, beginning with week 1, my team does not support my thoughts or hopes.

Insanity on my part?

Maybe. We'll it is time to change strategy. While I am not going to unveil my new strategy on this blog since several readers are opponents I will have a new approach. I may have to hire my own Billy Beane. I may have to invest heavier in Caribbean players. I may need to up ticket prices to afford some bigger name players. OK, none of those will work in this fantasy world, but I do know that I have 3 months to create a new draft and management strategy and be ready to try out my new approach.

Word is that my Dad is going to drop out of our league this year. I hate to seem him go since it is some good father/son bonding throughout the summer. I also hate to see him go because he is the one team I can count on keeping me out of the cellar. Dad, I'll hate to see you leave the league.