Chasing Closers, Part 2
I posted a column for CreativeSports on April 9, shortly after the 2022 Major League Baseball got underway on the subject of relief pitchers and saves. Suffice it to say, …
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Pitching for a Few Sleepers
I was having a good day on Sunday until I received a live scoring update on my TGFBI team and saw that Jose Berrios had given up a season high …
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KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES
The Milwaukee Braves, just seven years away from moving to Atlanta, won two straight National League pennants in 1957 and 1958, beating the Yankees in seven games in the 1957 …
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Cruzing up the standings
With the major league baseball season nearing the halfway point, many fantasy baseball managers are feeling discouraged as they fall in the standings. You may be one of them. What …
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The spring of 2018 was an exciting time in baseball. On April 25th, Ronald Acuna, Jr. was called up by Atlanta and made an immediate impact. Four weeks later, Juan …
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Being a homer has its perks
Most fantasy managers playing the game are baseball fans, and everyone has a favorite team. If you read my bio, you know I’ve been a St. Louis Cardinals fan since …
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The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational Diary, Part 1
More than three months ago, I wrote about my excitement as I prepared for The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational. This was my first opportunity to compete in a major fantasy …
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Detmers, the dead ball and a new strategy
Thousands of fantasy managers were rushing to add Reid Detmers to their team after the rookie fired the league’s first solo no-hitter of the season Tuesday night, but you might …
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Life is difficult below the Mendoza Line
Mario Mendoza first caught the eye of a Pittsburgh Pirates scout while playing for the Mexico City Red Devils (Diablos Rojos) of the Mexican League in 1970. His defensive prowess, …
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Opportunity Knocks
If you were in the Bronx in New York City in early June 1925, the strange noise you heard reverberating through cavernous Yankee Stadium was opportunity knocking. On June 2, …
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Breaking up is hard to do
Last week, I wrote about nine players who appeared to be breaking out in the first month of the season. The problem is that if you want to add a …
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Get ‘em while they’re hot
I’ve got to hand it to Cory Ott, one of the 15 managers in my TGFBI league. He pulled out all of the stops in the first week of the …
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