Archive for January, 2009

Fantasy Baseball Tweets 1-11: Aubrey Huff

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

@fantasyfix i guess i can see that. aubrey huff was much more attractive when he had multi-position eligibility. i’ve been burned in the past by him tho Fantasy Baseball Tip: Aubrey Huff will likely only have 1B eligibility in 2009, thus limiting his value as a fantasy baseball player next season. He’s also coming off [...]

Pat Adds Bargain Bat to Rays

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

by BallparkBob The Tampa Bay Rays got a real bargain when they signed Phillies’ left fielder Pat Burrell to a two-year $16 million contract. Burrell, who made $14 million in 2008 alone, took a significant pay cut in a soft market with a host of top corner outfielders like Manny Ramirez, Bobby Abreu, and Adam [...]

Help Us Buy New Baseballs

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

Every Sunday, Bat Boy BeeZee, BallparkBob and friends and family like to go down to the old ball yard and take some BP. We’re never going to attract the kind of BP audience that Manny Ramirez or Ryan Howard does, but we can hold our own with the stick.

Trevor Hoffman Signs With The Brewers

Friday, January 9th, 2009

On Thursday, Trevor Hoffman agreed to a 1 year deal worth 6 million dollars with the Milwaukee Brewers.  The 41 year old all time saves leader (554) spent 16 years with the now league rival San Diego Padres. In 2008, Hoffman recorded 30 saves in 34 opportunities.  His 3.77 ERA was his worst since 1995, [...]

Oakland Signs Giambi. Hope for Holliday?

Friday, January 9th, 2009

The prodigal son returns home to finish his career. Tuesday, Jason Giambi signed with the Oakland Athletics. This a great story for Jason as he gets to return home to finish his career. In 2008, Giambi batted .247 with 32 homers, 96 RBI, 68 runs and 2 steals. The batting average leaves something to be [...]

Cubs Trade Hottest Baseball Wife (Plus Husband) To The Cleveland Indians

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

The fans in Cleveland have to be ecstatic about the Tribe’s trade this past week. Heidi DeRosa, winner of Fantasy Baseball Dugout’s 2008 Hottest Wives in Baseball Contest, will be in attendance at many of the home games watching her husband Mark, recently acquired in a trade with the Indians. The Cubs traded infielder Mark [...]

Mark Teixeira Consolation Prizes

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Consolation prizes were handed out last week following Mark Teixeira’s signing with the New York Yankees. Apparently if you lost out on Tex, you were required to use the money needed to sign him on some pitching with varying degrees of talent. Every team that was in the bidding war for Teixeira made moves for [...]