Fantasy Baseball Generals

Fantasy Baseball Warfare is a great matter to a nation; it is the ground of death and of life; it is the way of survival and of destruction, and must be examined.–Sun Tzu

Five Players–Chicago Cubs

March 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Five interesting players from the Cubbies.
Mark DeRosa Despite his heart scare, it will be a shame if he loses out on a starting job to Mike Fontenot, an Orioles cast off. DeRosa is the NL version of Mark Ellis, he is just solid and will put up a .290 BA. his 80% contact rate […]

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More on the MLBFO Mock Draft

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Here is the take from Greener on the Other Side.

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The MLB Front Office Mock Draft

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Here is my discussion of the mock draft. I am pleased to report that I will be exchanging links with a few of the participants so readers can get a varied view of the draft.
Despite the disaster that was fantasyauctioneer.com, thanks to the yeoman efforts of MLB Front Office and the flexibility of the expert […]

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Some More Bad Advice From A Purported Expert

March 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Some more bad advice from a podcast.
Maybe I am just crotchety today, but I listened to a podcast today that featured some bad advice. Frankly, it is somewhat depressing to me to hear this stuff. I have written about the topic of expertise numerous times here, and will be doing it again in my next […]

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Five Players–Boston Red Sox

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Five interesting players from the new Evil Empire.
J.D. Drew Forgotten in the bad season last year is the fact that his son had major surgery, which undoubtedly was a distraction. His walk rate of 15% and contact rate of 80% are both just at his career norms. Overall the power trends are down but […]

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First Pitch Forum 3/8 in Saddle Brook, NJ

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ll be attending Ron Shandler’s annual First Pitch Forum series this Sat. in Saddle Brook, NJ. I go every year and there’s nothing like being surround by a bunch of fellow fantasy nerds talking seriously for 3 hours about nothing but fantasy baseball! For those who have never been, I strongly recommend going. Anyway, I’ll […]

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More Mock Draft Results

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Results from the just completed Mock Draft. Another victory for the Generals!
Thanks to MLB Front Office for the invite. They did an excellent job with it. There was some disastrous problems with fantasyauctioneer.com which simply didn’t work, so we switched over to Mock Draft Central, always dependable. The guys at MLB Front Office did […]

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