Fantasy World: Baseballapalooza!
Rick PaulasIt's a scientific fact that 1994 was a great year for music. (And not just because it marked the end of the first phase of New Kids on the Block.) For...
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: 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: 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 Over/Under
Rick PaulasShow 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, 2009Fantasy World: Diaper Dandies
Rick PaulasWhat do newborns and grandparents both have in common? They both wear diapers. It's an old joke, but as with any gut-buster, there's a profound mean...
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 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: 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 PaulasSabermetrics 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, 2009TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
NFL Expert Picks tops ESPN.com searches in October. Did "san diego" make the list?
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