Fantasy Baseball Dugout

In Spring 2005, Ian Desmond was in Major League spring training camp in Veira, Florida with the Nationals.  It was less than one year after he had starred at Sarasota High School. While taking swings in the batting cage, Frank Robinson, a pretty fair player himself, said to Desmond: “Hey kid.  When you are 22-years-old, [...]

Mindy McCready Baseball Mistress will be available online and in stores on April 19.  In the adult film, McCready’s action is interspersed with a narrative about her former lovers, who included Red Sox and Yankees pitching great Roger Clemens, actor Dean (Superman/Clark Kent) Cain, country singer Alan Jackson and others. McCready is one of 9 [...]

There’s always one highly-touted MLB prospect that rocks the fantasy baseball world during draft season. Sure, there are pitchers too, but they are typically the victims of overhype because we all get to see them audition against Major League hitting during the stretch of the previous season (Joba Chamberlain and David Price, anyone?). Hitting prospects [...]

Which type of fantasy baseball league is right for you? What used to be simply a vanilla pastime is now a Heinz 57 of different flavors of formats, thanks mainly to the many great automated internet systems that will tabulate your stats for you. Player Selection Pool The first decision that needs to be made [...]

Below is our third review of the top three hitters and pitchers in each standard 5×5 fantasy baseball category during 2010 Spring Training. Judging a hitter or pitcher on Spring Training performance is difficult because both hitters and hurlers tend to face some competition that won’t make an Opening Day roster. Spring Training stats can [...]

Minka Kelly is famous for having starred as Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights.  But, if you think that makes her famous enough, what if she ends up marrying Baseball’s Hottest Bachelor Derek Jeter? Shortly after the Yankees defeated the Phillies in the World Series, it was reported by the New York Post that Kelly [...]

When you think back to the early days of Rotisserie Baseball, it’s amazing how much more technology is available today.  In the first league that I played in, “Rotisserie League” stats were calculated by hand at the Chestnut Pub in Morgantown, West Virginia.  Yes, we did have calculators, but I think they cost $100 each. [...]