Week 1 Recap: Winners & Losers
Winners: In the East, the list of winners is short, with Don Mattingly being the franchise that rose to the top of this disgusting heap. He’s at -$100, but that’s enough to grab the lead after the first session….Heading over to the North, The Phoenix, who turned around his career last season with a postseason appearance, continues his winning ways with a perfect week. More importantly, with the rest of the league struggling, he has a $1,000 lead over four of his competitors in the division….Face and Bud Fox both ended the first week with $100, which gives them both a lead on the defending champ and the rest of the pitiful South Division. There’s a lot of experience in this division and it wouldn’t be a surprise if the South produced the bulk of the wild card berths when it’s all said and done….And in the West, Rick Moranis, who in the past has enjoyed a room in the cellar of the career ranks with the likes of The Phoenix, starts off strong and builds off his 2013 campaign. Not far behind is Blossom Russo, who is looking to atone for her poor performance last year.
Losers: A poor showing by Gordon Bombay, Karl Farbman, and Art Schlichter in the East, but especially Gordon and Karl, two veterans and playoff franchises from last season. Although this is a marathon and not a sprint, Week 2 will be crucial for them…Up in the North, Abe Froman and OJ, we’ll give you a pass since you are expansion franchises. The real shame goes to Larisa Oleynik and The People’s Champ. Both have won FMFL Titles, yet both failed to register a victory in Week…With so many to in the South to choose from this week, but we’ll have to go with Chris B. Corey. A return to the league after a four year ban and this is how it starts? When Lazarus rose again, did he also experience a false start…The West Division defending champ, Teddy KGB. He was the only one in the division to go winless, and now he’ll face an uphill battle, but there are sixteen weeks to go.
