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

More on “Reaching”

November 25th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Wow lots of great discussion here on this topic; one that is alternatively the bane and boon of fantasy players everywhere. The topic is far too complicated for a comment so I thought I would post my thoughts here. And if you know of another site that discusses these types of theoretical arguments then let […]

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Obama’s Tax Plan and Baseball

November 25th, 2008 · No Comments

My cohort on the Fantasy Baseball Roundtable, Mike Muschiano, wrote an article on his site detailing the effect of Obama’s tax plan on baseball. Here is a link.

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Some Fun With Peak Translations

November 20th, 2008 · 11 Comments

This week on the Roundtable Show, I made the “Are You Crazy” segment prediction that Matt Wieters would be the number one fantasy catcher in 2009. Naturally I was deemed crazy (if you don’t know what I am talking about then listen to the show!). Part of my rationale was the Baseball Prospectus peak translations. […]

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Draft Risk in Early Rounds

November 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Last night on the Roundtable Radio Show we discussed the Mock Draft that Rhett and Eric are participating in, and the topic of draft risk came up. There is one point that I thought was worth a little deeper discussion.

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The Holliday Trade-Beane and O’Dowd Duel It Out

November 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments

We are going to take a different look at the trade and try to get an idea of the strategy behind the trade from Billy Beane’s perspective. That it is a win for the A’s is beyond doubt and you can read  that conclusion anywhere. But why did the A’s win and how? This is […]

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Guest Appearance on A Show Of Their Own

November 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Last night I was a guest on A Show of Their Own, to talk Yankees baseball and all things fantasy related. We even got to chat about the website Women Against Fantasy Sports. So click on the FBG Radio Page above and go to A Show of Their Own to listen in. And don’t forget […]

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A One Time Off-Topic Political Discussion

November 6th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Speaking as someone that didn’t vote for either Obama or McCain, and after having discusssions with friends on both side of the spectrum, I had to vent a bit on one of my pet peeves that applies to people on both sides. Feel free to comment.

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A New Player Rater System

October 27th, 2008 · 39 Comments

Our friends at Razzball have developed a new Player Rater System. It has some merit to it and here are the nuts and bolts.

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A Quick Note

October 24th, 2008 · No Comments

To our loyal readers that read the site every day, I wanted to let you know that Mike, Brian, Andrew and myself are hard at work on the magazine that we will be publishing for FantasyPros911.com. So articles from the four of us will be sparse for the next week or so. Hopefully the rest […]

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The Generals’ Postseason Awards-AL ROY

October 22nd, 2008 · 10 Comments

This is the inaugural year of the Fantasy Baseball Generals’ Awards For Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence, and we continue with the AL Rookie of the Year.

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The Generals’ Postseason Awards-NL ROY

October 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

This is the inaugural year of the Fantasy Baseball Generals’ Awards For Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence, and we continue with the NL Rookie of the Year.

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FantasyPros911.com Update

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments

We sent out our first edition of the newsletter for the new FantasyPros911.com site. Please go over to the site and sign up for our newsletter! It would be a big help, and unlike your wife/girlfriend/life partner we don’t ask for much.

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The Generals’ Postseason Awards–AL Cy Young

October 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments

This is the inaugural year of the Fantasy Baseball Generals’ Awards For Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence, and we continue with the AL Cy Young Award.

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Postseason Awards–NL Cy Young

October 15th, 2008 · 11 Comments

This is the inaugural year of the Fantasy Baseball Generals Awards For Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence, and we continue with the NL Cy Young Award

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The Generals’ Postseason Awards–NL MVP

October 14th, 2008 · 6 Comments

This is the inaugural year of the Fantasy Baseball Generals Awards For Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence, and we continue with the NL MVP.

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The Generals’ Seasonal Awards–AL MVP

October 13th, 2008 · 9 Comments

I polled the Generals to get their votes on the postseason awards, and tallied them up. To start here is the Generals’ vote for AL MVP.

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Lastings Milledge Versus Vernon Wells

October 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

On the Roundtable show on Tuesday we discussed whether fantasy owners should prefer Wells or Milledge in 2009. Surprisingly the Roundtable was unanimous for Wells. Despite this, one can make a good case for Milledge

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The Final Roundtable of 2008–What Story Are You Looking Forward to in 2009?

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

For our last Roundtable of 2008 we asked the participants what stories they are most looking forward to for 2009.

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Rhett’s New Fantasy Baseball Format

October 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments

We are proud to report that our pal Rhett Oldham has invented a new fantasy game. He has asked us to promote it and we are happy to help. Here is a video of the new game. If the player below doesn’t work click here to see it directly

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Some Thoughts On A Few Young Players

October 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

I am in the process of writing player profiles for the upcoming FantasyPros911.com Fantasy Magazine, and while doing so found that there were a lot of young players that are interesting in a good or bad way, for 2009. So here are some of my thoughts on a few of these guys and whether they […]

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Sign Up For The FantasyPros911 Newsletter

October 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Hey guys and gals, please sign up for the upcoming FantasyPros911.com newsletter. You will be kept up to date on the release of our baseball magazine and the launch of the new site, which promises to be the best fantasy site out there for sure!  We are bringing together some of the best names in […]

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Recapping My Preseason Predictions–Laugh To Your Heart’s Content

October 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

One of my pet peeves in fantasy are those bloggers that are unwilling to officially set out their predictions. Usually this is so that they can claim only to be right after the season ends without owning up to their mistakes. So in the first week of the season I wrote my offical “longshot” predictions down so […]

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Playoff Predictions

October 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

On Tuesday night’s Roundtable Radio Show we went over our playoff predictions. Here is what I think will happen.

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2009’s First Mock Draft Results

September 29th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Last night was the first mock draft of the 2009 season! I was fortunate enough to participate along with Mike Podhorzer and Rhett Oldham. Here is my team and comments on the players and the draft.
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Top Ten Yankee Stadium Moments

September 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Our friend and Yankee Expert Brit Morgan gives us her Top Ten Yankee Stadium Moments.

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A Eulogy For Yankee Stadium

September 24th, 2008 · No Comments

I asked friend of the site Brit Morgan, who is a Yankee expert and a co-host of A Show Of Their Own, to give me her thoughts on Yankee Stadium. She gave me this Eulogy as well as her Top Ten Stadium Moments.

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The “Secret Sauce”

September 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

The guys at Baseball Prospectus developed the “secret sauce,” a formula for assessing the components of what it takes to win in the playoffs. Here are some of the surprising tidbits to be gleaned from the “sauce.”

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Some Important Padres News

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Big news from the Padres regarding their rookie players.

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Manny or Sabathia for MVP?

September 17th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Both players are starting to get some buzz about them. To me Sabathia has a far better case. Here’s why.
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More on Pitch Counts

September 15th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Following up on the post from my colleague at Fanball.com, Larry Yocum, here is my position on pitch counts. We will be discussing the topic on the Roundtable Show tomorrow also.
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