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Batman is probably a big fan of fantasy sports, and here's why according to DC's Batman writer Matt Fraction
Matt Fraction thinks Batman would be into fantasy football and making his own draft
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What does Batman do in his spare time? The correct answer is that he probably doesn’t have any spare time, but if he did, Matt Fraction has an interesting idea about how the Dark Knight might fill it. Fraction, who is currently writing DC’s mainline Batman title, thinks the Caped Crusader would be really into fantasy sports. In fact, he might be one of those guys who would obsess over making his own bracket.
“I think he might be a big fantasy sports guy,” Matt Fraction says during an appearance on the GateCrashers podcast. “Not as a gambler, but I think as an operating, having a massive fluctuating data pool. I think that would appeal to him. There are guys who are tying to do the moneyball thing to basketball right, like trying to figure out what can we discern from all of these data points. I think that would appeal to him.”
Fraction’s explanation makes total sense, and now I want to see it become canon. Maybe he can get penciler Jorge Jimenez to include a fantasy football mock draft in the background during a Batcave scene.
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