LABR FAAB Report: Week of April 9
Welcome to this week’s LABR FAAB report, on it’s new home. The kinks are still being worked out with respect to the timing of the FAAB run, so we’re posting …
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Mining for What is Available (Week 2, April 8, 2018)
Man, a week into the season and I would not say I am panicking, but going into Monday my LABR squad — holding a solid last place — has an …
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Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing
Patience. I’ve been preaching it for as long as I’ve been dishing out fantasy baseball advice. Patience has always been one of my strengths as an owner. I rarely get …
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Inside injuries: MLB Injury Roundup- Week 1
Delino DeShields OF, Rangers: left hamate fracture The Rangers won’t have DeShields for around 4-6 weeks after suffering a hamate fracture in his left hand. He already underwent surgery, and …
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Standings Scrambles
I admit to being both a control freak and somewhat compulsive, which to many of you might smack in the face of the laid back Berkeley Zen hippie personna I …
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REALTIME Creativesports 2.0 DFS Challenge Picks for April 6-Update
Want to take on the Creativesports 2.0 staff, braino-y-braino, at DFS? Well, you can indeed at RealTime Sports, matching up against my Creativesports 2.0 mates and me, and get some …
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“Common Sense” Rule Change Made Far Too Late
In this column, the (usual, but not always) subject is rules. Rather than reference generic situations, I try whenever possible to offer illustrations from leagues in which I play or …
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Under the Radar Cy Young Candidates
Baseball season is back! Since it’s the start of a new season, people love predicting awards such as MVP, Rookie of the Year, and the Cy Young award. Here are …
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Don’t Believe Everything that You Hear
Closers are tough to figure. Every year, between 10 and 15 closers lose their jobs. These are closers that you and I drafted. Of course, the converse of that is …
Read More LABR FAAB Report: Week of April 2
Welcome to the League of Alternative Reality (LABR) FAAB report, on its new home at creativesports 2.0. I’ll be dropping by every Monday, sharing the results of Sunday night’s FAAB …
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Eight First Week Names to Note (Week 1, April 2, 2018)
Oh boy! Games are here, the season is here! Stats are here! Baseball is on! And that means good fun, all around, right? Well, unless your team decided Kevin Gausman …
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We Are Getting Old
The fine hitter and wonderful human being Rusty Staub passed away on Thursday at the age of 73, three days shy of what would have been his 74th birthday on, appropriately, …
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