Archive for May, 2010

Baseball’s Hottest Wife Nominee: Julianna Zobrist

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

When Tampa Bay’s Ben Zobrist walks up to the plate, you won’t hear a rocking AC/DC song. You’ll hear a Christian Rock/Alternative song by a singer named Julianna Zobrist…his wife. Julianna, who has sung the National Anthem at Tropicana Field on several occasions, put out her first album last year called “The Tree.” “As soon as [...]

Dodgers Fan: Emanuelle Chriqui

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Emanuelle Chriqui is a Canadian actress who received the honor of throwing out the first ball at a recent Dodgers game.  You may know Emanuelle as Sloan on Entourage–Eric’s girlfriend.    

Barajas Off to Hot Fantasy Baseball Start

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Every season has early surprises and one surprise for 2010 fantasy baseball managers is Mets’ catcher Rod Barajas. Barajas, 34, has proven to be a great late round or $1 auction pickup.  The Mets’ backstop has cracked 9 homeruns in just 103 at bats.  Barajas won’t help your fantasy baseball team out in a lot [...]

Simona Halep: Tennis Star

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

  A tip of the Fantasy Baseball Dugout cap to tennis star Simona Halep.       Simona Halep is a Rumanian tennis star who is making waves on the women’s tennis tour.

Top Fantasy Baseball Team Names

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

  These are the top 200 fantasy baseball team names, as reported by CBS Sports.      1 Evil Empire 2 Springfield Isotopes/Isotopes 3 Chico’s Bail Bonds 4 Black Sox 5 Bronx Bombers 6 Yankees/New York Yankees 7 Bombers 8 Ball Busters 9 Red Sox/Boston Red Sox 10 Cubs/Chicago Cubs 11 Gashouse Gorillas 12 Chin [...]

Dan Okrent: The Father of Fantasy Baseball

Monday, May 10th, 2010

One of the most popular articles on Fantasy Baseball Dugout is the one that I did over a year ago about the history of fantasy baseball. It would be difficult to discuss Rotisserie Baseball without mentioning the name of Daniel Okrent.  In fact, Okrent is prominent in the recent 30 for 30 feature about fantasy [...]

Family Feud: Mets vs. Yankees Fans

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

With the stock market declining, the Wall Street Journal decided that it would do a survey of Mets and Yankees fans.  Public Opinion Strategies contacted 650 male and female baseball fans across all five boroughs to come up with 445 pages of data.  In the coming weeks, WSJ will share its findings in its series [...]