Fantasy Baseball Dugout

More interesting stats from the Bill James Handbook concerning baserunning at the Major League level. An average baserunner can go first to third on a single 28% of the time. An average baserunner can score from second on a single 58% of the time. An average baserunning can score from first on a double 62% [...]

Sweet swinging Freddie Freeman enters the 2011 season carrying the weight of being given the Atlanta Braves first baseman job outright.  With free agent Derek Lee gone to the Orioles and Troy Glaus still looking for work, the 21-year-old Freeman hopes to follow in the footsteps of Atlanta’s Rookie of the Year runner-up Jason Heyward [...]

Defensive statistics are the biggest aspect of real baseball that doesn’t show up at all in fantasy baseball.  Here, however, are some interesting notes about defensive baseball from the 2011 Bill James Handbook. 2010 Fielding Bible Awards The Fielding Bible Awards are given to the best defensive player at each position.  Ten experts vote and [...]

by BallparkBob We’ve written in the past that the basis for the creation of fantasy baseball dates back to the hundreds of thousands of American youth who grew up rolling dice and re-creating Major League Baseball games through the love of Strat-O-Matic baseball.  Today, 50 years after its invention, Strat-O-Matic remains true to its roots; [...]

Rounders has officially made it big. Topps has announced that Prince William and Kate Middleton are late additions and will be part of the Topps 2011 Gypsy Queen Baseball card series.  Building on the hype for the baseball card series and the fact that the card set will be released on April 29 (same date [...]