Hmmm…it is almost June, the fantasy baseball league I’m in is more than third of the way finished. Which, of course, means that as usual I’m lodged in first place. This year isn’t really fair since I had the benefit of the Detroit Tigers/Lions Rule.
Let me explain. The Tigers and Lions have been poorly managed for decades (okay, the Tigers did win a World Series in the 1980s, but other than that, they’ve been perennial cellar dwellers). So this pattern is repeated over and over again: some big star gets lured away from his team to play with the Lions or Tigers on a large, but short term contract. The player absolutely stinks for the few years they play for Detroit. The player than leaves for another team where he tears up the league.
So that’s why while other people were dismissing him, I snatched up Juan Gonzalez very quickly and he has become the latest player to provide evidence for the Detroit Tigers/Lions Rule. This also works in basketball with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Anyway, here’s how the current rankings look:
| Rank | Team Name | W-L-T | Win % | Games Back |
| 1 | Brian’s Bombers |
50-28-2 | .637 | – |
| 2 | Can It Be* |
47-31-2 | .600 | 3 |
| 3 | heatround | 47-32-1 | .594 | 3.5 |
| 4 | indy cougars | 44-30-6 | .588 | 4 |
| 5 | KC RAGE | 41-36-3 | .531 | 8.5 |
| 6 | DUKE | 38-36-6 | .512 | 10 |
| 7 | Wildcats | 34-38-8 | .475 | 13 |
| 8 | Perry Hall Gators |
36-40-4 | .475 | 13 |
| 9 | Hot Shots | 35-40-5 | .469 | 13.5 |
| 10 | Channings Greats2 |
30-47-3 | .394 | 19.5 |
| 11 | dallas fools |
28-47-5 | .381 | 20.5 |
| 12 | Thunder | 27-52-1 | .344 | 23.5 |