Using Quirky League Rules to Advantage
After competing many years in Tout Wars, I was honored to also be invited to participate in LABR (League of Alternative Baseball Reality) several seasons ago. One of my first …
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Buster’s Picks for the RealTime 50/50 Challenge, Aug. 21, 2018
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 bragging rights …
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Fresh Faces for the Playoff Push
It’s nice to get help from any source this time of year. Depending upon the depth of your league and the interest level of the managers, two potential impact players …
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Inside Injuries: MLB Injury Roundup Week 20
Ronald Acuna OF, Braves: elbow contusion Acuna’s hot streak was put on a brief hold when the Marlins’ Jose Urena (intentionally) hit him with a 97 mph fastball with the …
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Marc’s Picks for the RealTime 50/50 Challenge, Aug. 18, 2018
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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It’s Scherzer’s Cy Young Award to Lose… and He Won’t
It is a bit of an unusual year at the top-tier of pitching talent in Major League Baseball — at least in the National League, where one man, Max Scherzer, …
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MLB Sizzle/Fizzle for August 14, 2018
We are back for this week’s iteration of Sizzle/Fizzle, the compendium of just who in MLB is hot and who is not over the past week, so let’s see whose burnin’ and …
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Hippocrates, Einstein and Jon Lester
Greek physician Hippocrates is credited with the phrase, “For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.” That phrase led to the more commonly known advisory, …
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Yet More Kids? (Week 21, August 13, 2018)
Wow, another week is gone from what used to be the 2018 baseball season, which is screaming to what portends to be a fun an exciting finish. Is Houston’s slump …
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Closer to Punting
Well, it seemed like a good idea. When I decided to bid $103 for Ken Giles in Mixed Auction Tout Wars last weekend, I did so with the understanding that …
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Jonathan Lucroy for MVP!
I am not sure what it is with the Athletics. Surely, the team has had a couple of storied championship runs since migrating from Kansas City to Oakland almost 50 …
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An Inside Look at NL Tout Wars Trade Deadline Bidding
Following the July 31st non-waiver deadline in Major League Baseball, those of us who play in National League-only fantasy baseball formats received a second robust group of free agents in …
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