Archive for the 'Starting Pitchers' Category
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Most of you know that BallparkBob is a huge Phillies’ fan and, although he tries to be impartial when it comes to writing about fantasy baseball, today, he just can’t help himself.
BallparkBob made national news last night at Citizen’s Bank Park with a sign that was extremely creative–even by Ballpark’s standards.
“Joe the Pitcher” was the […]
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
You’ll notice that since I stopped making game predictions, the home team hasn’t lost a game in the World Series. Unfortunately for all those new, bandwagon jumping Tampa Bay Rays fans, it also means their team on the brink of elimination.
Ryan Howard made up for a largely dismal postseason in Games 3 and 4. […]
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
I’m officially done predicting winners for games in the World Series. After quickly predicting the Phillies would win Game 2 at the bottom of my post yesterday… they lost, 4-2.
B.J. Upton continued his postseason domination in Game 2, going 2-4 at the plate with one run scored and an RBI. The Rays centerfielder scored on […]
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Curt Schilling, husband of Baseball’s Hottest Wives nominee Shondra Schilling, may be calling it quits.
Schilling, 41, isn’t sure if he has another season left in him or not. Schilling told The Sporting News that he “won’t come back for a full season, that much I know. If I do decide to come back, […]
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
The Washington Nationals (59-102) held off the Seattle Mariners down the stretch by losing 9 of their last 10 games to nail down the worst record in MLB for 2008.
The Mariners (61-101), who had already lost their embarassing 100th game, blew their chances by sweeping the A’s at home in the final series of the […]
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
If you are in a fantasy baseball championship, now is the time to start cutting ties with your favorite starting pitchers.
Unless they are scheduled to make two starts this weekend, a starting pitcher has no value to your team once he completes his final start.
In leagues with daily lineup changes, you can probably drop tonight’s […]
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Quality starting pitching is essential to winning in fantasy baseball, especially in playoff time. The time has come to consider adding a starting pitcher who will make two starts in Week 26. Instead of naming two sleepers to keep an eye on during the final week of the season, we’re going to list every starting […]
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
While he recovers from injury, your favorite Yankees starting pitcher from Taiwan has surfaced… on microblogging site Twitter.
Sure he hasn’t updated anyone with a “tweet” in two months, but who cares? How many other high-profile Major Leaguers do you know that are on Twitter? For your information, his last tweet message was a classic:
“My foot […]
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Quality starting pitching is essential to winning in fantasy baseball, especially in playoff time. The time has come to consider adding a starting pitcher who will make two starts in Week 24.
Pitchers who make two starts generally keep a lower ERA and bring in more strikeouts over the course of a weekly head-to-head matchup. Due […]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
It’s playoff time in most fantasy baseball leagues. It’s do or die. The league title is on the line and the bottle of Yoo-Hoo could be dumped over your head!
Unlike in the real thing, in fantasy baseball, September is the time to start dealing your starting pitchers. Moving pitchers in and out, […]
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