The Curse of First claims another victim. After losing the NFL day game by the hook (a game where KC had not one but two opportunities to cover in the closing minutes), I took another L in that abortion of a Sunday Night contest. My misery was only surpassed by the joy of my brother-in-law. Uncle PJ managed to earn his SECOND +15 unit week of the year, winning comfortably in each of his games. It was good enough to get him to 20 units (our largest total of the year thus far). Currently, he is enjoying a seven point lead over second place 5 Strong Football (who also went 3-0).
Week Seven was a week of extremes around the Major League Lock Club. Obviously, Uncle PJ and 5 Strong managed to go 3-0. Five folks managed to earn the Golden Sombrero. Bam Bam is rocking that bad boy for the second time. Achilles ran his loss streak to five. The Whole F'n Show sits at four. Reaper and Lights Out are 0-4-1 over their last five contests as well. Let me not gloss over Lights Out's weekend. His -10 unit performance means he is sitting at -36. It would appear to be a Vapor Lock that he will "best" Golf Coach's mark for futility. He is basically the Yoan Moncada of the MLLC. That jump from the minors (Steve Wilson's league) to the Majors is harder than it looks. On the whole, we enjoyed the rare net positive week finishing at +14.
In other news, the High Risers were Roy Betterman and Golf Coach. Both are at least 30 units out of first, but they are slowly working their way through the pack of mediocrity that resides between -10 and -30 units. The Free Faller award goes to Bam Bam who dropped 7 spots this week. It's getting close to the time where people need to start thinking about playing for Closest to Zero. When you first start really contemplating that, you might feel a slight sting. That's pride f***ing with you. F*** pride. Pride only hurts; it never helps.
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