Fantasy World: Baseballapalooza!
Rick Paulas...marked the end of the first phase of New Kids on the Block.) Forget the actual charts...Jar of Flies, Throwing Copper, Unplugged in New York, Dookie … I could go on and on...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2009Fantasy World: Picking the Worst
Rick PaulasThere's a lot of downtime to fill during a 17-3 baseball game (like, for example, last Monday's drubbing of the Angels by the White Sox) so you have t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 29, 2009Fantasy World: The Dude Abides
Rick PaulasTwo weekends ago out here in the horizontal mess of Los Angeles was another incarnation of the Lebowski Fest, a two-day event that celebrates all of t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2009Fantasy World: Substitute Bats
Rick PaulasA 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, 2009Fantasy World: Justify My Trade
Rick PaulasMy 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, 2009A 2009 National League preview: Viral Video Style
Rick PaulasEver 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, 2009Fantasy World: The Battle Fallout
Rick PaulasWhile 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, 2009Fantasy World: Draft Lessons
Rick PaulasLast week, I participated in two mock drafts with the ESPN Fantasy collective. While the experiment had its downsides (having to actually set an alarm...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 19, 2009Fantasy World: The Wieting List
Rick PaulasEvery 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, 2009Fantasy World: The Over/Under
Rick Paulas...Pujols jump over him, leaving A-Rod on the second tier with the left side of the Mets infield. And again, the injury clouds it all. CC Sabathia (Ranking: 18) You just can't expect...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 05, 2009Fantasy World: Diaper Dandies
Rick Paulas...fantasy reports. Aaron Poreda, 22, White Sox The first draft pick after the White Sox instituted their new "Hey, let's start drafting players with actual upside!" policy in 2007, Poreda is currently in competition...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 26, 2009Fantasy World: The Debate Begins
Rick PaulasLeno 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, 2009Fantasy World: The Best Things In Life Are Free
Rick Paulas...the White Sox use their old spring training grounds in Tucson—they're moving to a new co-facility with the Dodgers in Glendale—to organize a spring training camp for out-of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 11, 2009Fantasy World: Reporting on Pitchers Reporting
Rick PaulasWith 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, 2009Fantasy World: Geek Stats Win
Rick Paulas...BP world. But what a lot of residents still have trouble with is how to use these new-fangled sabermetric stats for fantasy purposes. Sure, you know what VORP means, but how will it help...
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