So the leader of the LARS division on fantasy.mlsnet.com congratulates me on making Cobi Jones captain for the week, saying “I thought you were just screwing around, because you had given up on the season.” And I sort of hemmed and hawed and shuffled a bit until I could change the subject to something less painful, like Darfur.
What really stung was that I forgot to pull Altidore off the www.mfls.com lineup, since between game one and game two it became obvious that Jozy would, in fact, miss another week.
I think I’m getting stupider and stupider, to be honest. Maybe it’s the heat. Maybe I’m living out a slow-motion version of “Flowers for Algernon,” and by year’s end I’ll be all “AMADO GUEVARA has a ZERO TRANSFER FEE? HELLA WICKED RAD!”
Still, you don’t need me to tell you to load up on Dynamo players this week. The only team that plays twice, they’ve won seven out of eight in a year where I really didn’t think anyone was going to win more than three consecutive, and while the road trip to Bridgeview against the new Fire coach might be a little iffy, they have Toronto at home on Sunday. The Football Club isn’t nearly as good on the road as they are in that big crowded box of Canadians. Besides, Dwayne De Rosario says he’s happy now.
Now, they’re not actually playing twice, but three times, since they’re up against Charleston tonight in the Open Cup. I’m banking that exhausted Houston is still enough to beat rested Chicago and Toronto.
West Bromwich Babylon: Hartman; W. Barrett, Gbandi, Harrington; Fred, Victorine, Ballouchy, Grabavoy; Emilio, Cristman, Galindo.
Chivas of Nazareth: Onstad (c); Parkhurst, W. Barrett, Gbandi, Harrington; Toja, Dorman, Kljestan, Mulrooney; Emilio, Galindo.
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