Archive for June, 2008

Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers Week 13

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Quality starting pitching is essential to winning in fantasy baseball. If you have a pitcher that hasn’t been carrying their weight, consider adding a starting pitcher who will make two starts in Week 13.
If the pitcher you consider isn’t at the top of the rankings, there’s often a chance he’ll throw at least one good […]

Baseball’s Hottest Wives Finalist: Michelle Damon

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Unlike the lovely Lisa Dergan Podsednik, Michelle (formerly Mangan) Damon is a bit of a mystery. Perhaps that’s why all of us are so smitten with her.
Johnny Damon, Yankees outfielder and generally reliable base hitter in fantasy baseball circles, met Michelle at a Houston restaurant in 2002. Remember, this was while he was still a […]

Fantasy Baseball Update: Cantu Can Do

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Marlins’ third baseman Jorge Cantu is tearing it up this year and is a prime candidate for Comeback Player of the Year.  
Cantu’s at .285-14-41 which rivals his stats when he became a fantasy baseball darling for the Tampa Bay (then called) Devil Rays in 2005.  In ‘05, he hit .286 with 28 homers and set […]

Chase Headley’s 2008 Fantasy Baseball Debut

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Chase Headley, the top prospect in the San Diego Padres organization, made his return to the Major Leagues on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium against the New York Yankees (is there a better way to make your MLB debut?).
Headley went 2-4 in his season debut, with two singles and two strikeouts. Last season in 8 […]

Chien Ming-Wang’s Fantasy Baseball Injury And Consequence

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Fantasy baseball owners of Chien Ming-Wang have a big decision to make regarding an ace-level starting pitcher.
Following his injury on Sunday rounding third base in the sixth inning of the Yanks’ 13-0 victory in Houston, Wang had an MRI Monday in Manhattan. The MRI confirmed he has a mid-foot sprain of the Lisfranc ligament and […]

Indians’ Sizemore, Sabathia Fantasy Baseball Week 11 Players of the Week

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Fantasy Baseball Dugout’s Player of the Week awards are given to the top statistical hitter and pitcher in fantasy baseball during a standard fantasy week (Monday - Sunday).
A standard 5×5 league is used for scoring to determine the top players (runs scored, homeruns, RBI, steals, batting average for hitters; wins, saves, strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP […]

Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers Week 12

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Quality starting pitching is essential to winning in fantasy baseball. If you have a pitcher that hasn’t been carrying their weight, consider adding a starting pitcher who will make two starts in week 11.
If the pitcher you consider isn’t at the top of the rankings, there’s often a chance he’ll throw at least one good […]

Happy Father’s Day from Fantasy Baseball Dugout

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Baseball is a love passed from father to son (and daughter).
It’s Father’s Day.  Remember, the old man who taught you your love of baseball.
In the Ripken’s case, Cal Sr. surely taught Cal and Billy the right way to play the game of baseball.

Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr. hit back to back jacks in August, […]

Fantasy Baseball Report on Interleague Play

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Whether you like it or hate it, interleague play is here to stay.
We know not all the games are intriguing matchups like Mets - Yankees, Cubs - White Sox, or even Red Sox - Phillies.  You also have to see San Francisco at Kansas City and Texas at Washington.
When making your lineup for next week, […]

Fantasy Poker?! Who Ya Got In The WSOP Draft?

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

The World Series of Poker is about halfway over, and it got your man BatBoy BeeZee thinking… if there was a fantasy poker league for WSOP, who would you take with the first overall pick?
While I will always argue whether or not poker is in fact a sport (though ESPN apparently thinks so), my first […]