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It wasn't a surprise that the immediate reaction on Twitter to Oakland Athletics outfielder Josh Reddick's launching a mammoth home run Thursday was about his ridiculously cool beard because, let's face it, it really is cool. It's...

Blog | April 05, 2013

Eric Karabell recaps Thursday's games from a fantasy standpoint, and explains why he thinks Josh Reddick is being undervalued.

Blog | Conversation | April 05, 2013

Oakland Athletics right-hander Jarrod Parker was excellent again Monday, taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the Texas Rangers and ultimately throwing eight shutout innings. Parker, owned in a mere 7.3 percent of ESPN standard leagues, ...

Blog | June 05, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses the most fantasy-relevant tidbits from Monday's games, including a near no-hitter for Jarrod Parker.

Blog | Conversation | June 05, 2012

Eric Karabell recaps the highlights from Tuesday, including a positive outing from Adam Wainwright in his comeback from Tommy John surgery.

Blog | Conversation | April 25, 2012

Ah, baseball is back, officially. While many in the United States were sleeping Wednesday morning, the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners got the 2012 season started in Japan. The Mariners prevailed 3-1 in 11 innings. As I posted on Twitter, ste...

Blog | March 28, 2012

Eric Karabell has some notes about the first game of the 2012 season, and how players like Ichiro Suzuki and Brandon McCarthy may be undervalued a bit in drafts.

Blog | Conversation | March 28, 2012

&#8226 Oakland Athletics right-hander Rich Harden fanned eight in seven strong innings Tuesday, allowing one run on five hits. Harden might neither stay healthy nor win many games with Oakland's offense, but he's struck out more batters...

Blog | August 10, 2011

Eric Karabell highlights the top fantasy news from Tuesday's games, including a strong effort from Rich Harden.

Blog | Conversation | August 10, 2011

For full disclosure, I wrote up a 500-word blog entry late Saturday night when it appeared the Boston Red Sox had worked out a trade to acquire Oakland Athletics oft-injured right-hander Rich Harden. In it, I couldn't say anything negative about...

Blog | July 31, 2011

Eric Karabell looks at the fantasy implications of the reports that Erik Bedard is being traded to the Boston Red Sox.

Blog | Conversation | July 31, 2011

Eric Karabell checks in on the closer situations in the AL West, looking for unheralded pitchers who could emerge with save chances.

Blog | Conversation | February 25, 2011

With five division wraps in the books already, we reach our final division, the American League West. As in the other division-wrap blogs, I examine each team's 2010 season and then look ahead to 2011. And hey, "2011" is not that far away, as pi...

Blog | November 30, 2010

Eric Karabell looks at what happened, what will happen and who to watch from each American League West team, discussing such players as Josh Hamilton, Elvis Andrus, Justin Smoak and Brett Anderson.

Blog | Conversation | November 30, 2010

Eric Karabell discusses the events from Thursday's baseball games, including another disappointing outing from Rick Porcello and a big game from Kurt Suzuki.

Blog | Conversation | June 04, 2010

• Oakland Athletics lefty Dallas Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history Sunday, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0. Braden is owned in 53 percent of ESPN.com standard leagues, down 19.4 percent from last week but up 8 percent ...

Blog | May 10, 2010