Fantasy Baseball Dugout

by BallparkBob It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life. — Mickey Mantle Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt as Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, is the movie version of Michael Lewis’ best selling book depicting Beane and the 2002 over-achieving Athletics. The movie begins with the A’s [...]

Text TWINS to 84444 Regular text message rates apply. Win “Magic in Minnesota” — the story of the 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins.  This World Series was selected by ESPN as “The Greatest World Series Ever.” Five of the games were decided by one run.  Four of the games were won in the last [...]

Angel R. from North Hollywood, California won the 1986 World Series DVD compliments of Fantasy Baseball Dugout and A&E Video. Angel text BUCKNER to 84444 to enter the contest.  The text message sweepstakes was sponsored by mobile marketing site 84444.com. When contacted about the win, Angel gave Fantasy Baseball Dugout a firm high five for [...]

As the Major League Baseball season trots into its final week, there are still wild card playoff berths pending.  In the American League, the Red Sox are holding on to a slim 2 1/2 game lead over the Rays and 3 1/2 over the Angels.  In the National League, the Atlanta Braves are holding on [...]

His Dad was Flash Gordon, but the nickname “Flash” is far more appropriate for Dodgers shortstop Dee Gordon. Dee Gordon’s rookie season in the MLB has been a tale of two mini-seasons. Dee Gordon got the call when Rafael Furcal went on the DL and his initial debut in the Majors was less than spectacular.  [...]

Moneyball starts Friday.

Rarely in the MLB does a pitcher win Most Valuable Player honors.  the last pitcher to win the MVP award in the National League was Bob Gibson in 1968.  Since then, several American League pitchers have won the MVP award and most recently it was Dennis Eckersley who won it with the A’s in 1992. [...]