MLB Life Imitates Fantasy Art
If you are old enough, you might remember back 20 years or so, when Fantasy Baseball was a new and emerging game, and at the time the scourge of Major …
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Sizzle/Fizzle, August 1, 2018
Wow. A crazy trade deadline with 18 consumated swaps taking place on Tuesday, making for all kinds of fun speculation of the players this week who could help give your …
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Trade Deadline Fun (Week 19, July 30, 2018)
A lot of trade movement as we approach the Wednesday deadline, meaning potentially a lot more is pending. The players swapped clearly include a lot of interesting up-and-comers, but the …
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Khrushing It 2018: Looking at Homers Redux
Around this time last year, when I was still part of Mastersball, I looked at homers in what was the year of the dinger, trying to really understand not just …
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Inside Injuries: MLB Injury Roundup- Week 17
Kris Bryant 3B, Cubs: left shoulder inflammation For the second time this season, Bryant is on the DL with inflammation in his non-throwing shoulder. If it was just inflammation, the …
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Inside Injuries: MLB Walking Wounded- Week 17
Corey Kluber SP, Indians The Klubot has been dealing with a relatively minor knee injury since right after the All-Star break, but he’s been struggling on the mound since mid-June. …
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Into the Breech (Week 18, July 23, 2018)
What a fun All Star Game, with some back-and-forth punctuated by 10 homers which is the name of the game these days. With just eight weeks to go, and 10 …
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LABR FAAB Report: Week of July 23
Welcome to this week’s LABR FAAB report. The American League only and National League only formats are 12-team contests using standard 5×5 scoring rules. There’s an old-school flavor as players …
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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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Inside Injuries: Second Half Outlook for Injured Hitters
Josh Donaldson 3B, TOR: calf strain Injury Date: May 28 (setback on June 26) Expected Return: early August Current Injury Risk: High Multiple calf strains forced Donaldson to miss nearly …
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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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