Sorry, but the Universal Designated Hitter is Not Close
The designated hitter, first adopted in the American League in 1973 on three-year trial but never ratified by the National League, was back in the news over the All-Star break. …
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Double Duggars Done – and Undone
Sometimes, here in this weekly column, I cover intergalactic topics. OK, that is total B.S., but at least maybe once in a while, I hit on a subject of general …
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Snubbing the All-Star Snubbers
I have to get this off my chest. I despise the 10 days between when Major League Baseball discloses its All-Star Game selections and the Mid-Season Classic itself. The announcement …
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Committed or Uncommitted to Rebuild?
I never want to give up. That approach has actually been a detriment in recent years in the XFL, Xperts Fantasy League, a keeper format in which I compete with …
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Severino Passes Kluber in AL Cy Young Race
Having a National League (and St. Louis Cardinals) orientation as my primary focus, I see far fewer American League games over the course of the season. One respite from viewing …
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All “Common Sense” Situations are Not Equal
Writing about rules regularly here, I usually stick to a very basic recommendation that the rules should be followed, and if a problem with them ensues, the rules should be …
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My Own Medicine Doesn’t Taste Badly
In the eloquent words of one of my industry friends and league competitors, I have a reputation as being “punctilious”. I guess that is one reason why writing a column …
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Plan to Draft Free Agents Proven Faulty
Time can help us realize that ideas we thought were good in the moment, really weren’t. This article is about one such case. One of Major League Baseball’s top ongoing …
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Limited Disabled List has Too Many Limitations
I’ve had this debate with several industry peers for years. I play in leagues both ways, but I strongly prefer an unlimited in size disabled list over one with a …
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First Month Industry League FAAB Spending Trends
Along with being showcase leagues for some of the best and brightest fantasy baseball analysts to compete head-to-head, Tout Wars prides itself as being a test bed for new innovations. …
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A Rare, Justified In-Season Rule Change
Those who read this column regularly are probably tired of reading about one of my core values of fantasy rules management, but because it is central to this article, here …
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King of the (Premature) Hill
In a recent column, I took a long, hard look in the mirror and chastised myself for not being aggressive enough in my bidding in the early action in either …
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