Sim Crazy
It’s been a tough year in my Sim leagues, especially considering the optimism with which I entered my pair of Strat-O-Matic leagues and my Scoresheet squad as well. And, I …
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Whine Not (Why Not?)
Should Steve Garvey be in the Baseball Hall of Fame? How about Tommy John? Were the Raiders the greatest team of the 70’s in the NFL? Could today’s Golden State Warriors …
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Lose the Trade: Win the League
I made a pretty good trade in the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) Sirius/XM League to start last week, with Vlad Sedler and Charlie Wiegert of CDM Sports. In the …
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Drafting Football for Real? Get Ready.
One of the fun things about being a member of the fantasy industry is to be invited to play in a lot of leagues. The issue is since many of …
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Id, Ego, Jung (Ho Kang) and Dump Trades
I sort of realize that as I am aging, in many ways I am becoming a cranky old man. This is not easy for me to acknowledge as in general …
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NF-allout
Last Tuesday I posted an editorial — “Great, More Like Ashamed” — on the kneeling rule now imposed by the NFL, trying to get some kind of objective worldview to …
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Can It Get Tighter Than Juan?
Honestly. Have any of you ever seen such a crazy FAAB frenzy as was the one last weekend for the Nationals budding and hopeful superstar, Juan Soto? No question the …
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Willy Loman, Meet Brandon Mann
If you went to any kind of standard American Elementary or Junior High in the 60’s, some teacher assigned Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman to you. The play encompasses …
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Baseball Rivalries are the Best!
I did not think of myself as, nor did I mean to be, contrary when I was little. I did favor the underdog and the side that was different. I …
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Ichi-Rah Rah!
Watching the spring of the ever intriguing Shohei Ohtani, who struggled with the pre-season games then exploded once the season began, reminded me of the first Cactus League of the …
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Acuna Arrives, Who’s Next?
It’s almost May, and over the past week the likes of Gleyber Torres, Tyler O’Neill, and Ronald Acuna, Jr. were promoted to the majors. That means more are due as …
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AnalyZen
Years ago, way before the internet, there were always research books I coveted. When I was in grad school I so wanted an OED, that is The Oxford English Dictionary. For …
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