53 Results for joe borowski

Ten fantasy reasons why Tribe got terrible

Eric Karabell

...bring in Jeff Weaver to prove the point. Really, if losing was the goal, shouldn't Joe Borowski have been left in the closer role? But I digress. Here are 10 fantasy-relevant reasons...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 07, 2008

Harden, Drew, most untradable fantasy players

Eric Karabell

Rich Harden was downright filthy on Thursday. The Phillies had no chance. Even if Harden was facing a team that wasn't slumping, it wouldn't have matt...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 27, 2008

Who cares how old Tejada is?

Eric Karabell

Wait a minute, Miguel Tejada is actually 33 years old, not 31? Are you kidding me? There's no way I would have taken him in the fourth round had that ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 18, 2008

Young worth it for 'Zona, fantasy owners

Eric Karabell

We were in Las Vegas a month ago Monday, Matthew Berry, Stephania Bell and myself, up on the stage at the ESPN Zone discussing fantasy baseball. Yeah,...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 08, 2008

Predicting the top 10 for stolen bases

Eric Karabell

...got to thinking, aren't the Jerry Owens types of the fantasy world a bit like Joe Borowski? You know you shouldn't draft relief pitching early because closers are generally one-category fantasy...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 04, 2008

Backing off Beckett, even pre-injury

Eric Karabell

Wins are overrated in fantasy baseball. There, I said it right off the bat. Sure, they are important because everyone needs them, but no matter how mu...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 12, 2008

Pujols, other changes in my ranks

Eric Karabell

You might not realize it now, but the weekends are few and far between until Opening Day. In fact, the season starts in two-plus weeks! Now is when th...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 10, 2008

Ugly anatomy of an AL-only draft

Eric Karabell

I was in for quite a surprise when I entered my first AL-only fantasy baseball draft of this season a few days ago. The numerous mixed league drafts o...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 29, 2008

Drafting Bonds, ignoring Clemens

Eric Karabell

It obviously hasn't been a very good offseason for future Hall of Famers Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. Well, they are Hall of Famers on paper, and to...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 27, 2008

Drafting Joba is quite a relief

Eric Karabell

Two springs ago, fantasy owners everywhere were tantalized by a potential front-line starting pitcher in a major market, a strikeout right-hander who ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 13, 2008

Checking out Gagne, 2008 closers

Eric Karabell

...Jones will have to go at it alone for my teams this season, with a few Joe Borowski types sprinkled in. It doesn't just seem like half the closers change every major league...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2007

Punting Shaq, others undeserving

Eric Karabell

When Shaquille O'Neal was a rookie, way, way back in 1992-93, I traded for him in a fantasy league. Well, obviously I didn't deal for him in real life...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 09, 2007

Baseball's final four, fantasy thoughts

Eric Karabell

Fantasy baseball owners have to make sure to avoid overrating what they see in the real-life postseason. It happens every year, someone does something...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2007

FLB Chat Wrap: Sept. 6

Eric Karabell, ESPN Fantasy Games

Eric Karabell stops by for fantasy baseball talk.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 06, 2006

FLB Chat Wrap: June 27

Eric Karabell, ESPN Fantasy Games

Eric Karabell stops by for fantasy baseball talk.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | June 27, 2006