Archive for September, 2010

Who Will Replace Billy Wagner as Braves Closer?

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

As the Atlanta Braves try to recover from getting swept by the Phillies and hold on to the Wild Card position, savvy fantasy baseball managers are already looking ahead to the 2011 fantasy baseball season. Billy Wagner, 38, has announced that he will retire after the 2010 season.  Wagner’s 420 career saves leave him in [...]

Baseball’s Hottest Wife Nominee: Danyll Gammon Tulowitzki

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

Danyll Gammon married high school boyfriend Troy Tulowitzki in November, 2009.  The two met while Tulowitzki was earning four varsity letters at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California. Both Tulowitzki and Gammon were high school basketball players as well and you can read about both of their high school hoop exploits in this article from The Sun [...]

MLB Playoff Predictions (From Contributor Evan Abrams)

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

We are almost three weeks into September and the MLB playoffs are right around the corner. This year, it looks like we are going to have two very different groups of teams in the playoffs. In one group, we have the teams that have been there before; these are the teams with playoff experience and [...]

Matt Diaz Called For Tripping

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

It’s rare when an opposing player actually gets cheered in Philadelphia, especially during the midst of a pennant race.  But, that’s exactly what happened with Matt Diaz of the Braves last night after Diaz tripped a “redman” who ran on the field during a Jayson Werth at bat.  The best thing about watching it on [...]

Top 10 Fantasy Baseball Late Season Strategies

Saturday, September 18th, 2010

Just like in regular baseball, you are either in the hunt for your fantasy baseball championship right now and have visions of Yoo-Hoo being dumped over your head.  Or, you are struggling in the second half of the league and looking forward to next season when you are finally going to win your fantasy baseball [...]

Can Pat White Make An MLB Roster?

Monday, September 13th, 2010

While its quite unfortunate, the above picture is the last image most people have seen of former NFL quarterback Pat White. Following a wildly successful collegiate career as a dual-threat quarterback at West Virginia University, White was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft to be a backup [...]

Japanese Hot Wife Wins at Wire

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

Stunning! On the final day of voting, Japanese baseball fans crushed the ballot boxes to vote for their native baseball hot wife.  The result was a stunning come from behind victory by Saeko Darvish in the 3rd Annual Baseball’s Hottest Wives contest. Japanese baseball fans have long been accused on stuffing the MLB ballot boxes [...]