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Shoppach, Tatis, those other 2008 fantasy heroes

Eric Karabell

It's a terrific feeling when you know you've got a fantasy baseball championship in the bag. Of course, you couldn't have done it alone. You might hav...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 24, 2008

Cutting ties with Quentin, Webb, strugglers

Eric Karabell

...White Sox and fantasy owners here in September, but he didn't. Over the weekend, when the news of the surgery was made official, I cut Quentin for Chris Dickerson. Imagine that! The thing is...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2008

Ignoring season stats on Marcum, Hinske, others

Eric Karabell

The leaguewide e-mail went out just the other day, and nobody was biting. Shaun Marcum was the bait offered up in one of those lame e-mails fantasy ow...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 01, 2008

Ortiz, Chipper, Liriano, weekend watch

Eric Karabell

...the summer, the beach beckons, they're not at their computers during work to look up player news, there's outside stuff to do. Then they check their team out on Monday morning and everything...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 25, 2008

Euphoric about Eugenio; closers, Bush, mail

Eric Karabell

I'm catching up from a crazy week spent at the All-Star festivities and then in Los Angeles at the ESPYs, and let's just say I was in no position to r...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 21, 2008

Ten fantasy reasons why Tribe got terrible

Eric Karabell

...the Brewers made him a first-round draft pick. The guy can hit -- this isn't breaking news. The Indians did well here, considering they had very little shot of signing Sabathia long-term anyway...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 07, 2008

By George, seven bad words for fantasy baseball

Eric Karabell

...out the Supreme Court agreed with him. Anyway, you can read all about Carlin's life on news sites today, as the comedian passed on from heart failure at the age of 71 over the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 23, 2008

Reality on homer-happy Branyan, Thames

Eric Karabell

So there's that Russell Branyan guy hitting yet another home run Thursday, and I'm thinking, so what, been there, done that. I mean, isn't that what e...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 20, 2008

Finding more No. 6 starters

Eric Karabell

The season-ending injuries suffered by Jeremy Bonderman and Jake Westbrook were bad things, of course. The Tigers and Indians relied on these pitchers...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 09, 2008

Bad teams hurt fantasy players

Eric Karabell

I can't figure out the Tigers. I know I've said and written this before, but Jim Leyland's reaction to a floundering two months of the season has been...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 02, 2008

Tigers infield, Pujols at second, eligibility talk

Eric Karabell

Earlier this week Tigers manager Jim Leyland announced he was going to switch the positions of corner infielders Miguel Cabrera and Carlos Guillen, wh...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 25, 2008

Big Hurt not done yet in fantasy

Eric Karabell

It's never wise for a real major league general manager to run his team like a fantasy outfit, but that's what the Toronto Blue Jays seemed to do over...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 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

Soto catches Mauer, Posada in hierarchy

Eric Karabell

Darn. Now I'm going to have to root against him! I remember thinking that during a key keeper league draft back in January, when an unnamed someone w...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 11, 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