Archive for 'Fantasy Baseball' Category


Fascinating stat of the day

10 June 2008 by Robert Schlesinger

This from LoHud’s Yankees blog. The stats are for Mariano Rivera, this year:
Save situations (16 games): 17 innings, 6 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 17 strikeouts, 0.00 ERA
Getting some work in (6 lopsided games): 6 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 4 strikeouts, 0.00 ERA
With the score tied (5 games): 6 innings, 5 hits, […]

The 200

19 March 2008 by Robert Schlesinger

Interesting item on NJ.com’s Yankees blog about using spring training stats to predict a regular season break-out. Apparently the rule of thumb is that if a player slugs 200 points above their career average, they’re due for a big season.
Here’s the part that made me chuckle: “you can’t count A-Rod, who is slugging an even […]

Calling all amateur baseball GM’s/managers

6 November 2007 by Scott Smith

Many of you who know me know that I am in a simulation baseball league known as the Hall of Fame League.  It has 28 major league owners who manage both a major league and minor league team, plus 16 other owners in the Independent League, which is sort of a training ground for future […]

Next Year is Now

26 July 2007 by The Borg

With the signing of Ronnie Belliard to a two-year deal, and all the hot talk of re-signing Dmitri Young, the Nationals are apparently leaning toward, as GM Jim Bowden has been fond of saying lately: “We’re building up, not tearing down.”
Spurred by this, and by Barry Svrluga’s blog post of just a few hours ago, […]

Taking dedication to fantasy sports to a whole new level…

11 October 2006 by Scott Smith

So you’ve got 4 fantasy teams and you think you’ve got a problem? At least you probably have never tried to get someone hurt to benefit your fantasy team like former Major League pitcher Tom Candiotti once did:

“It’s ‘92 or ‘93,” Candiotti says. “I’m playing for the Dodgers, Jeff Kent is with the […]