You want a rivalry? Cold Brew Crew and The Regrettables are tied at 2-1, split by eighteen points-for, and the only thing between them and the top of the standings is a single Tuesday night verdict. “Cold Brew Crew points-for pressure” (two weeks ago) I said two weeks ago these two would settle it and they still haven't, which means the room is waiting on a ruling. “Cold Brew Crew points-for pressure” (two weeks ago) Well the room waited long enough. This is the week.
The ledger says Cold Brew Crew has the most points in the league at 363. The ledger also says The Regrettables scored 345, which is the second most, and does anybody think the gap is the rest of the league's business? It is not. This is a two-team race dressed up as a twelve-team league. The accountant can put cold numbers in a column and the Library can tell you who won six straight in what series. None of that changes what happens when Danny Kowalski's team walks into a room where Alex Fontaine's team is playing. Alex won the last one and the score was not close.
The man who told you about this matchup before anyone else is now telling you it is the same story on a different week. Cold Brew Crew has the points and the rank and the crown. The Regrettables have the head-to-head and the calendar says they get the rematch before the standings sort themselves out.
Put it on the record and send it to the accountant. I want it at the bottom of his column in a font nobody can read. If Cold Brew Crew wins, Danny can say the trophy runs through him. If The Regrettables win, Alex can say the trophy runs through him and he already took the first turn. Either way the standings are going to tell a different story Tuesday than they told Monday, and the man who told you Dorsey in August is the same man who is telling you this now. The number and the record are not the same thing.
