As sometimes will happen, my little corner here on Saturday mornings isn’t always filled with baseball. It’s not because I don’t like filling things with baseballs (there’s a sexual joke here somewhere), but seeing as how it is my corner, sometimes, I just want to wax poetic about something else. And don’t worry, the entire gist (I’m sure I saw that sexual joke around here…) of this weekly series is to go over everything baseball, so that being said, if you follow me after the jump, that’s where all the baseball’s you’d ever want can be found… But in the meantime, I did want to point out this week that Razzball’s official DotA 2 team, “French Toast is Best Toast” has made the JDL Starter League Playoffs! Now, I know that might not mean anything to most, if not all of you, but to keep it short and sweet, DotA 2 is one of the leading E-Sport (Electronic Sports) video games out there. Imagine football combined with chess, all on a computer screen, and you have some sense of the gameplay. And yes… I lead an amateur team (So I guess I dragged Razzball right in with us.) Now, of course I am in my mother’s basement with my pocket protector equipped while typing this, but it’s still an amazing feat that our amateur team went 10-8 and will be in the playoffs (of anything) starting this weekend. And to get a true sense of how meaningful the E-Sports scene will be (and how far it’s grown), be sure to check out the riveting documentary Free to Play, which is not just about DotA 2, but of how the players and the sport itself might just be up there with baseball and football one day. A great human story too. With pocket protectors. And mother’s basements…
If you’ve had enough of the E-Sports bit, be sure to follow me after the jump to take a look back at what was week eleven AND a look forward on all things Razzball, including some player suggestions for next week, straight from Razzball’s Streamonator, Hitter-Tron, and DFSBot!
Free to Play, a Documentary
This Past Week…
Mike brought his “A” game once again with the punniness, going over a Bux-ton of Rookies. Well played Mike. Well played indeed. (Then he got lazy by just titling his next spotlight “Peter O’Brien”. What, you’re too good for Irish jokes?)
J-FOH once again worked his hyperlink magic and brought even more hits to YouTube. At this point, they’ll bound to give us a partnership deal just out of pity. Along with the hyperlinks came another rankings of your (and his) Top-100 Hitters. If you want even more hyperlinks, J-FOH snuck around 38,489 more in his RCL Update.
Didn’t get enough about Buxton from Mike? I sure didn’t! (Bias alert: code red!) Lance went over him in his weekly SAGNOF report.
Gilpin don’t need no hyperlinks. He offers you a Top-1oo Rankings (of pitchers) for the reader who hates YouTube. I’m sure some of you exist. Somewhere. Probably China, but that still counts. I think? Wait, was that raycess?
Big Magoo took a look back at what he did when he was 20-years-old. Hint: It involved Miller Lite, which is a terrible start to any story. But he also went over whether or not Chi Chi Gonzalez and Trevor Plouffe were trash or treasure. And then wondered if Mookie Betts was a good… Bet? I was in trouble like four words in.
Elliot continues a trend of excellence, bringing you his OPS Leagues round-up. Smokey brought you his updated Closer Rankings. Malomoney talked up some Todd Frazier in his Points Leagues update. And Dave, rounding out our league reports, took a look at all your Deep Leagues.
Paulie wrapped up his amazing three-part series covering the historic “Gas House Gang”. Part One is here, Part Two is here, and Part Three can be found here.
Next Week…
The Streamonator seems to like CC Sabathia a lot, ranking him ninth overall next week. I feel like that’s because Sabathia tried eating it, thus threatening it’s future. The only logical decision a computer would I make…
The Hitter-Tron has anointed Aramis Ramirez as a top-20 hitter next week, confirming that Gilpin now has control of the Hitter-Tron.
And be sure to check in everyday for our Daily Fantasy content, led by Sky and company. They’ve been bringing you all the tips and strategy you need to win that cash-monies. Our DFSBot is also there to help guide your way to that aforementioned cash-monies. Mmmm, cash-monies.
Want more of the Jay? Don’t we all folks? Don’t. We. All. Well, you, in fact, can have more. AMAZING. I know. You can find Jay enjoying his dig’s over at the Football side of Razz.
