Fantasy Baseball Dugout

Fantasy baseball tips and advice provider Fantasy Baseball Dugout announced the kickoff of its second annual contest to determine the hottest wife in Major League Baseball, an online and text message poll starting July 15 and running through August 31. Baseball’s Hottest Wives Finalists Anna Benson, wife of Texas Rangers pitcher Kris Benson Karen Burnett, [...]

by BallparkBob A few weeks ago, I embarked on an interesting story line.  I would interview female baseball fans across the nation to find out who are Baseball’s Hottest (Looking) Players. For the first time, I found some real value with my BallparkBob Twitter account.  Many female baseball fans responded by Twitter.  Others responded through [...]

We’ve reported before about major league baseball players like Chien-Ming Wang and Justin Morneau and their Twitter habits. So, we thought we’d compare the amount of followers that various MLB stars have.  Now, we realize this may not be as important as the all-star voting, but Twitter is a subtle indication of a player’s popularity. [...]

Those of you who have wasted time invested valuable hours reading the “About Us” pages on this website know that I am an alum of West Virginia University, and also a tried and true fan of the Old Gold and Blue. As a matter of fact, WVU is also Ballpark Bob’s alma mater (is that a cool [...]

There are around 35 probable two-start pitchers for fantasy baseball week 6. While most of the pitchers are awful this week (Carl Pavano, Hayden Penn, Sidney Ponson), some are must starts – thank you, Johan Santana! Who you choose on your waiver wire to be a part of your rotation this week can make all [...]

If you play in a daily transaction league, you might look no further than at platoons to find your starters.  Maybe you like the opponent, the hitters’ park, or the opposing team pitchers.  Look no further than platoon players. One such platoon is going on in Boston where manager Terry Francona is rotating Rocco Baldelli [...]

Sixth starters don’t help your club much, but always seem to get a shot at some point during the season as rarely does a team have five starting pitchers stay healthy in today’s game.  Sure, they might get a start if there’s a doubleheader caused by a rainout, but for the most part, they tend [...]

For years, Dustin Pedroia heard the criticism.  He’s too small, he’s too slow, he doesn’t have enough range. Well, Dustin Pedroia certainly showed his doubters in his 2008 fantasy baseball season when he was named American League MVP.  Pedroia is the first second baseman to win the MVP Award since Nellie Fox did it way [...]