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2011 World Series: Rangers vs. Cardinals

Posted in American League, National League, world series on October 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

It’s World Series time in baseball. For many baseball fans, this means that your best friends for the next week straight are your high definition television and the coziest spot on your couch. The World Series marks the best four to seven games of the year featuring the two greatest teams in baseball. And this [...]

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Ready for launch on the 2011 season

Posted in MLB, National League, Spring Training on March 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »

With spring training winding down, teams are scrambling to finalize their rosters to “Go North” for the upcoming season.  Likewise, fantasy owners have to make decisions on keepers, and who to target based on what has taken place in the Grapefruit and Cactus league action. This brings me to the annual “who are these guys” list of [...]

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I used the Rick Wolf/Glenn Colton auction draft model

Posted in fantasy, Hitting, LABR, MLB, National League, Pitching, Rotisserie, Rotoworld on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The League of Alternate Baseball Reality (LABR) includes experts from the fantasy sports industry. The Rick Wolf and Glenn Colton ownership team has  3 championships in ten years in the NL only league.  I looked at the Wolf/Colton roster composition , and decided to use their model as I approached the Carolina Baseball League (CBL) Auction draft (03/13/2011). [...]

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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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Albert Pujols is even better than we thought

Posted in Albert Pujols, Cardinals, Free Agent Signing, MVP, National League on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Despite the St. Louis Cardinals and the Albert Pujols camp breaking off talks until the off season,  the speculation about where the games best hitter will be sign will continue throughout the season. The White Sox GM Kenny Williams has already told everyone what he thinks of Albert’s salary demands.  He is by far the best hitter I have [...]

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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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At the midnight hour

Posted in National League, Nationals on August 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

For the second consecutive year, the Washington Nationals worked up to the midnight hour to sign the top overall free agent draft pick.  Bryce Harper signed a 9.9 million dollar contract and now have given the fans something to begin to get excited about in the coming years.  Somewhere over the past few seasons, the Nats have [...]

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Opening Day Cheers and Jeers

Posted in American League, MLB, National League, Opening Day on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

It was opening day for the 2010 season for a handful of teams. Let’s not get carried away with success with one day of statistics, as we all remember the “Emilio Bonifacio” on the highlight reel last opening day. He brought back memories of Tuffy Rhodes with his offensive outburst, only to be a footnote [...]

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Projected NL Central 25 Man Rosters

Posted in Albert Pujols, Astros, Brewers, Cardinals, Cubs, MLB, National League, Pirates, Reds on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The final rosters do not have to be finalized until Sunday afternoon, but looking at what we know today, here’s how I see it in the NL Central: Pos Cards Astros Pirates Cubs Brewers Reds C Molina Towles Doumit Soto Zaun Hernandez 1B Pujols Blum Clement Lee Fielder Votto 2B Schumaker Matsui Imamura Fontenot Weeks [...]

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