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Fantasy World: Substitute Bats

Rick Paulas

A month and change into the baseball season, we can start to see a few patterns. Carl Crawford is really fast. Roy Halladay is a pretty good pitcher. ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 13, 2009

Fantasy World

Rick Paulas

Shockingly, there are more important things in life than fantasy sports. Well, ostensibly. Like a few years back, a few friends of mine tried to cou...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 06, 2009

Fantasy World: Justify My Trade

Rick Paulas

My first trade of the year is in the books, and I'm already second-guessing it. It's only natural any blockbuster trade comes with nightly fits of i...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 23, 2009

Fantasy World: The comeback kids

Rick Paulas

"Young with upside" is the great seducer of the Fantasy World. Look no further than ESPN's average draft results, where Justin Upton (he of the 1-for-...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 16, 2009

The 2009 MLB Preview: Viral Video

Rick Paulas

...Inbox under the subject line "classic?" We all have that friend. (We've all been that friend.) MLB's coming up, and while traditional previews are well and good, we decided to take a different...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009

A 2009 American League preview: Viral Video Style

Rick Paulas

Ever wonder which AL club would best represent "David After Dentist?" We are here for you with the previews. And the videos.

Story | Conversation | March 31, 2009

A 2009 National League preview: Viral Video Style

Rick Paulas

Ever wonder which NL club would best represent "Monkey Smells Finger?" We are here for you with the previews. And the videos.

Story | Conversation | March 31, 2009

Fantasy World: The Battle Fallout

Rick Paulas

While you were distracted by Bud Selig's favorite child—the awesome, amazing, fantastic, etc. WBC—a whole lot has been happening in spring...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 26, 2009

Fantasy World: The Wieting List

Rick Paulas

Every season, usually around May, a few youngsters who start the season down on the farm get that one phone call they're never going to forget—t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 19, 2009

Fantasy World: The Over/Under

Rick Paulas

Show me a list, and I'll show you a dozen people who think it sucks. No matter if the list is Hottest Actress from Charmed, Scariest Star Trek Villa...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 05, 2009

Fantasy World: The Debate Begins

Rick Paulas

Leno or Letterman. Batman or Superman. Boomer or Starbuck. These choices have strained relationships for years; the disputes are so heated is that the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 18, 2009

Fantasy World: The Best Things In Life Are Free

Rick Paulas

Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune had an interesting idea in a recent column. He proposed the White Sox use their old spring training grounds in Tucs...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 11, 2009

Fantasy World: Reporting on Pitchers Reporting

Rick Paulas

With four simple words, all the pain goes away. Pitchers and catchers report. But in the Fantasy World, all this means is that the offseason is over....

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009

Fantasy World: Geek Stats Win

Rick Paulas

Sabermetrics aren't just for geeks anymore. In 2008, the folks over at Baseball Prospectus had themselves what the commentariat call a "crossover ye...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 28, 2009

Fantasy World: MLB Free Agency

Rick Paulas

As the snow melts and the winter jackets are hung up in the closet for another year of fending off moths—did I mention I'm writing this in Los A...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 14, 2009