Dan Shanoff is completely right. (Dan Shanoff now owes us a Coke.)
(This one’s for you, Dan.)
Google’s getting into the sports information business and Shanoff notes the true value of doing so:
When my Gmail email app and my Gtalk IM app and my Google Alerts and my Google Docs and my Google News updates are all working seamlessly in a fantasy app, that’s It.
Which, honestly, someone could do (for the most part) right now with Google APIs, but it’s not quite the same as Google doing it for us.
Beyond that, though, Google’s jones for extensibility will push the envelope on fantasy automation and change the face of fantasy sports. Imagine this:
