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Fantasy ball don’t lie
Fantasy ball don’t lie...
How bad is the Giants’ offense? Here’s a little fantasy baseball story that’ll tell you. I have Chris Volstad of the Florida Marlins as one of the starting pitchers on my fantasy team. Not my best starter, but he’s productive enough to deserve a spot for now. And since he’s...
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Fantasy Baseball Rankings Part 4: Third Base
Fantasy Baseball Rankings Part 4: Third ...
I apologize for taking so long between fantasy baseball segments. I could blame an avalanche of negative Warriors news, the Manny Ramirez non-story or the Kurt Warner debacle, but those would all be lies. It’s because I knew third basemen were next, and I just feel badly about the position because...
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Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Part 3: Second Basemen
Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Part 3: Secon...
Every fantasy baseball roster needs at least one second baseman, and the lucky owners who draft or trade for a productive one have a security blanket that in many cases will ensure one reaches the playoffs. But how does one find second base perfection? The top three will go extremely early in your draft...
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Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Part 2: First Basemen
Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Part 2: First...
When I first started collecting baseball cards in 1987, first basemen ruled the Major League landscape. There were six young surefire Hall-of-Famers at first (or so we thought at the time): Will Clark, Mark McGwire, Mark Grace, Fred McGriff, Don Mattingly and Wally Joyner. Hell, maybe even John Kruk...
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Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Part 1: Catchers
Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Part 1: Catch...
Drafting catchers in the first four rounds is always dangerous, much like picking a tight end early in fantasy football. Still, Victor Martinez looked like a sure thing last year. Martinez seemed to have the total package — a .300 hitter with 30 homer potential on a supposedly up-and-coming team. (Cue...
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Phone Fun and Baron on Skates: Just Anot...
Fantasy sports is a socially acceptable form of Dungeons and Dragons. Instead of 20-sided dice, D&D books and a cape, the fantasy sports player comes to the draft armed with player rankings and an appetite for sausages and beer. We just had our fantasy baseball draft at Mac’s house Saturday...