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

True or False on Felix Pie

April 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Another of John Sickels’ interesting True or False questions: True or False, Felix Pie of the Cubs will have an excellent season, hitting at or close to .300 with at least moderate power.
I sure hope it is True, since I spent $6 for Pie in my high stakes auction. But I don’t think Pie […]

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Some Very Dumb Discussion from a Podcast

April 1st, 2008 · 15 Comments

Yesterday I heard perhaps the worst discussion on how to negotiate a trade on a podcast. Here are the gory details.
To paraphrase a famous quote, it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubts. Sometimes podcasters do not know what to say, so […]

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Why I am Down on Jarrod Saltalamacchia

April 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments

On the radio show on Sunday I mentioned that I am very skeptical on Salty’s chances for success. Here is some more detail.
I may be in the minority on this one, but I think Salty will have a tough time ever becoming more than an average to below average player in the majors.
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