The Futon Report

The last couple of days I’ve spent probably more than two (2) hours aggregate on this new beta fantasy baseball game called Baseball Boss, which I learned about from Tuffy, who learned about it from TechCrunch.

Follow the TechCrunch link for referrals if you want to give it a whirl, although I’ll warn you since you’re basically hearing about this fourth-hand, there may not be spots left. But on the plus side, if you tell someone about it, and they tell someone, that second someone will be Kevin Bacon. Which will make for a great conversation start at your next dinner party.

Basically the premise is that one “buys” baseball cards, and you assemble cards to form a roster, depth chart and all, then play that team against other teams, human or computer, earning wins and losses and more money to buy more baseball cards. And, after all, wins and e-money determine your worth as a human being.

So far it seems pretty fun, keeping in mind it’s merely in beta, meaning at the flick of a switch, all my collected baseball cards could turn into hobgoblins and start pillaging the countryside. It’s always hobgoblins. Which is a shame, because the majority of them are dead pull hitters, and when they catch the ball, most of the time they just devour it right there on the spot.