As usual, Rhett Oldham brings his views to the table in the Mike Mussina debate.

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After the dust settles in the first three rounds, you really start to see the direction of draft experts and the formula they plan to use on building a roster.  In this second installment we examine the critical fourth through sixth rounds.

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I could have chosen the title of, “You can’t pick your relatives but you can pick your owners” but that seemed a little long. This is last of a three part series on fantasy baseball leagues. The first was “Rules of Chatroom Decorum”, the second was “Rules for the Commish”, and this is […]

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Its never too early to start with Mock Drafts, and this is the fourth or fifth one already that a General has done! Here is Rhett’s take on one of the more high profile ones so far.

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What makes fantasy baseball so much fun to me is the unpredictablity of breakout players.  Players who have that career year and burst on the scene to be MVP worthy that defy all odds and indicators.  The history of baseball is full of them. 

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Mark Twain said, “There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.”   I have great fun antagonizing my Sabermetric brethren here at the FBG.  Many writers here are passionate about using measurable statistical numbers to validate their belief in a particular player.  They quote DIPS, LIPS, and sometimes HIPS but I am not sure the latter is […]

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For most owners that play fantasy baseball, the last out signifies the end of the season and they will start thinking about baseball again after Dick Clark drops the Apple in Times Square.  For the Commish, his work is only beginning. 

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On the last day of the 2008 season, I am reviewing my roster and continuing the process of deciding who to keep and who to throw back into the draft pool.  What I am finding is that the usual players that always seem to be “sure things” are not any longer and players that before the […]

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On the FBM Live Show with Tony Cincotta, which I co-host, I often say that our show is the expert show for the expert fan.  In many respects the Fantasy Baseball Generals website fits that same criteria.  The comments left by readers are very insightful, thought provoking, and regardless of position, are backed by data not […]

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As we wind down the 2008 baseball season and your thoughts move to the Yoo-Hoo shower you will be getting at the end of the season or as Jim McKay so aptly stated, “The agony of defeat”, owners need to start thinking about next season.  On a side note, that skier who crashed in that […]

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Rhett Oldham gives us some great rules to follow to avoid enmity and scorn in your chat room dealings. Though I think Rhett was referring to chat rooms on his 20 dating sites, the rules apply equally well to your fantasy league’s chat room.

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The Redbirds are argubly the best story in baseball in 2008.  LaRussa’s crew was picked by many to be a 100 loss team and the “DoomBirds” were out in full force before the season began. 

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I have been watching major league baseball for 40 years.  I have rooted for my favorite team, watched great players, and pleaded for my team to make moves at the trade deadline.  I have heard the general managers from various teams talk about moving players due to salary, expectations, or lack of production.  I see […]

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As I look over my keeper candidates for 2009 I am in a surprising quandry over whether to keep Carl Crawford or Shane Victorino. The safe choice is Crawford based on his three average of 15-79-51-94-.307 but his line this year has made us pause. Victorino is definitely exceeding his ADP of 111 […]

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When you have been in the Fantasy Baseball League as long as I have you can see the ebb and flow not only of a season but of a league. To show you what I mean let me give you a history of the Gateway Fantasy League.

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Rhett shares an open letter to his league regarding a one for one trade that was objected to, and rails against the useless raising of objections. Enough is enough!

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Last week I debated scouting and sabermetrics with Mike and Patrick. Some of us just don’t want to be deluged with stats, but is there a happy medium? If you are a  guy like me,  what can you do?

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As I sat and watched the All Star Game on Tuesday I think I had more fun watching the Hall of Famers come out to great applause before the game than I did watching the actual contest.

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As we run up to the All Star Break it is time for all of us to make an honest assessment of our teams.  We all start the season with visions of the Yoo Hoo Shower but mighty Casey still seems to strike out more times than not in Mudville, as does Adam Dunn and Mark Reynolds […]

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