After struggling in the L.A. Dodgers' fantasy football league, star third baseman Justin Turner enlisted help from one of the team's young analysts: via OnlyAGameNPR
When Ben Zauzmer was first asked to fly to Dallas for the L.A. Dodgers' fantasy football draft, he assumed it was a joke.
"The description of Billy Beane sitting there in the draft room seemed to 11-year-old me like the most exciting scene ever." When Justin says “slow starts,” he's talking about the team he and Brandon share in the Los Angeles Dodgers' fantasy football league. Except, in 2015, 2016 and 2017, Brandon and Justin and the rest of the Dodgers players were certainly not better than then-Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi at his job. Farhan won three straight fantasy championships — a stunning threepeat in an endeavor involving so much chance."I'm not going to say we were chasing Farhan — we were just trying to get in the playoffs," Brandon says.
At first, Ben figured Justin and Brandon just wanted to chat about some potential draft picks. But it turned out they had more in mind. Much more. They wanted Ben at the table at the fantasy football draft. Justin and Brandon took care of the travel costs. I asked Ben if they sprung for first-class tickets.Ben checked into this room at the team hotel . Then he ubered with Justin and Brandon to Clayton Kershaw's house.
When the playoffs came around, Justin and Brandon were once again on the outside looking in. They fell short by a single game."Well, from the end of the season, Justin and Brandon were saying things with the phrase 'next year,' implying to me that I at least got one more year to give it a shot," he says."No, we just got unlucky," he says.
"And what's your relationship like with Justin Turner at this point?" I ask."Are you guys friends now, would you say?"
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