The Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center started fantasy football - a game that has mostly been the all-male domain of twentysomething office pools and barroom bettors - early this fall, in hopes it would liven up ho-hum Sunday afternoons for its elderly residents.

I’m actually thinking about starting a fantasy league where you draft people over the age of 65.  Scoring categories include visits to the bathroom, how many times they talk about the accomplishments of their grandchildren, and how many pieces of furniture  are covered in plastic.

I’m thinking Betty White is the obvious first choice.

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I’m a fantasy nerd. There I said it. Whew! For the last seven years of my life I’ve been adding, dropping, and stalking around the waiver wire like a base head looking for his next hit. For the most part, my fantasy experience has been pretty positive, even managing to take home the fantasy football crown last year. But this year… that’s a different story completely.

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