Fantasy World: Baseballapalooza!
Rick Paulas...wait, I did. Fifteen years later, many of those mid-90s "alternative" bands are back in the news. Weezer and Blink 182 have announced a summer tour. Marilyn Manson and Green Day both just released...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2009Fantasy World: Substitute Bats
Rick Paulas...Longoria is, indeed, pretty good at hitting baseballs. But there's also plenty of not-so-good news we could glean from the first month. And yet, for whatever reason, people are going out of...
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, 2009Fantasy 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, 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 Paulas...This competition ended last week after Lugo underwent surgery on his right knee. This is the good news for Red Sox management, who no longer have to pretend Lowrie isn't clearly the better hitter...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 26, 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 Best Things In Life Are Free
Rick PaulasPhil 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, 2009Fantasy World: Geek Stats Win
Rick Paulas...his next film, The Girlfriend Experience, starring adult film actress Sasha Grey. But unlike that instance, where news organizations will mention the "crossover appeal of pornography" as an attempt to boost their ratings, much like...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 28, 2009Fantasy World: Where Fantasy Stats Predict the Super Bowl
Rick Paulas...nonsensical hot air just thrown out there to fill up some space in the 24/7 sports news cycle. What really matters, of course, is the answer to this question: Which of the two teams...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 21, 2009Reporting From ... MLB Winter Meetings (Bathroom Stall Edition!)
Rick PaulasA toilet flushes, another deal goes down, and I'm hunched in a bathroom stall, scribbling furiously into my notebook. This is what it's come to. It's ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 11, 2008Fantasy World: Beat the Bye
Rick Paulas(Author's Note: I'm writing this column in a rage after DeAngelo Williams ruined my playoff chances with that cute 36-yard scamper to close out the Mo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 10, 2008Reporting From ... MLB's Winter Meetings (Trade Show Edition!)
Rick Paulas...have Gammons-like contacts because they have just one team to stake out, and there was little news to report anyway! Or so I thought. Luckily, I found an out. As I was roaming the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 10, 2008Reporting From ... The Winter Meetings
Rick PaulasJake Peavy is headed to the Cubs, or not. Francisco Rodriguez is going to be a Met. And CC Sabathia will be donning Yankee pinstripes next season. We ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2008Fantasy World: Time to Wake Up
Rick PaulasLike the great and hideous monster of Lake Loch Ness, the fantasy football sleeper is an enigma lurking beneath the surface of a murky football season...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2008TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "news" make the list?