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Tape Measure Blasts

Posted in Around the Web on April 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I have been busy putting together my fantasy teams and now I am just emptying out some good links I have collected over the past few weeks: fantasyrundown.com all rays info Kiners Korner sportsreport360.com joelroza.blogspot.com thexlog.com vegas faithandfearinflushing.com realdirtymets.com figurethingsout.com BallHyped Its about the Money Legend Of Sam Fuld Minors Lefty Malo Sports UnTapped Platoon Advantage

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I want the “Truth” for 2011!

Posted in American League, Around the Web, National League, Projections on March 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »

We can forecast on how we think a player will perform in each category. Some of these statistical categories reward playing time (i.e. HR,RBI,K,W) , where others are based on the success rate (AVG,ERA) Everyone has their secret formula about how they make these projection, but the bottom line is we will be happy just [...]

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XM Baseball Sport Radio

Posted in American League, Around the Web, fantasy, Minors, MLB, National League, Rookies, Rotisserie on March 8, 2011 | 5 Comments »

After being on Sirius a few years ago, I finally made it back to Satellite radio. This time on the XM wing of the company. XM 175: http://www.facebook.com/MLBNetworkRadio http://www.Twitter.com/MLBNetworkRadio First Pitch Weekdays 7 am – 10 am ET Jim Memolo and Rob Dibble Power Alley Jim Duquette and Kevin Kennedy Weekdays 10 am – 2 pm ET Inside [...]

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2011 NL & AL LABR Draft Results

Posted in Around the Web, fantasy, LABR, Rotisserie on March 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The 2011 LABR (League of Alternative Baseball Reality) drafts are all finished now after a weekend in Arizona. 1. PREAMBLE We the people of the League of Alternate Baseball Reality (LABR), in order to promote the great game of fantasy baseball, prove all GMs idiots and obtain the biggest bragging rights in the nation [...]

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Why I am Taking Eric Young Jr in all my leagues

Posted in Around the Web, Blogging, fantasy, Rockies, Rotisserie on March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The excellent Roto site Fantasy Phenoms comes out each year with their “Our Boys” . Some alums from last year include Clayton Richard and Carlos Gonzalez. This year one player they are suggesting is Eric Young Jr: The need for speed stole only 17 bags in 2010 but has stolen between 46 and 87 bags [...]

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American League 2011 LABR Draft Results

Posted in Around the Web, fantasy, Rotisserie, Strategy on March 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The 2011 LABR (League of Alternative Baseball Reality) drafts are taking place this weekend in Arizona. 1. PREAMBLE We the people of the League of Alternate Baseball Reality (LABR), in order to promote the great game of fantasy baseball, prove all GMs idiots and obtain the biggest bragging rights in the nation do ordain and [...]

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All Time Great

Posted in Around the Web, Great Players of Past, Hall Of Fame, Hitting on March 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In a 1972 article that appeared in the Boston Globe titled “Aaron May Set HR Record, Can’t Equal Ruth’s Slugging” , the reporter Harold Case conducted an interview with fan and local statistician Harold Paretchan. In setting the HR record, Babe Ruth did it in 8399 at bats. At the time, Aaron was going on almost [...]

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Prospect Grand Prix 2011

Posted in Around the Web, Minors, MLB, Opening Day, Prospects, Rookie Of Year, Rookies on March 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Unless your name is John Orelud, each baseball player has to go down to the minor leagues, and work his way up the food chain. It is not an easy journey for a player trying to force his way onto a major league roster. Every step along the way, the minor league players performance [...]

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Counting down the 100 Names You Need to Know

Posted in American League, Around the Web, Minors, National League, Projections, Prospects, Rookie Of Year, Rotisserie, ROY on February 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Each year, USA Today comes out with their 100 names you need to know for the upcoming season. This is a good resource of getting to know some of the minor league players that are usually at that point of their career where they are ready make a big impact at the major league level. Here [...]

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