Do you want to know the definition of madness? Grab a chair, I’ll show you. We are in the midst of a very exciting postseason. Through each League Championship Series, we’ve had four combined series played, and all but one reached the winner-take-all game. That doesn’t even count the two Wild Card Games. But in the middle of all of this, us and our friends at the Dear Mr. Fantasy Podcast are already doing some early rankings for next season. From that, a bit of a debate has started up. Who is the more valuable player heading into 2013? Jose Bautista, or Giancarlo Stanton? If you haven’t read the discussions or chipped in, feel free to do so here at the Dr. Mr. Fantasy Facebook page, or here at our’s. Now, the World Series begins today and my Giants are a part of it. No matter how the series goes, I’ll probably be in my own form of hiding until it ends, so I want to take this chance to do some writing. (In all seriousness, I won’t write anything until the end of the series, but if yo...
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