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AccuScore Fantasy Baseball - Second Basemen
March 05, 2008 by
AccuScore.com
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AccuScore fantasy expert Tim Williams previews the 2008 fantasy baseball season, detailing the second base position in this segment.
Dusty Baker Is Out to Ruin More Young Arms
May 28, 2008 by
AccuScore.com
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Dusty Baker appears determined to ruin the young of the Reds just like he did in Chicago in 2003 with Kerry Wood and Mark Prior. Cincinnati fans and fantasy owners in keeper leagues need to be wary of what Baker is currently doing to Johnny Cueto and Edinson Volquez.
Cubs Trade Mark DeRosa
December 31, 2008 by
Cub Reporter
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Bruce Levine of ESPN1000 is reporting that the Cubs have traded Mark DeRosa and the $5.5M on his contract for 2009 to the Cleveland Indians for three minor-leaguers, RHP Jeff Stevens, LHP John Gaub and RHP Chris Archer.
You have to think a trade, let's say for a certain...
Fantasy Baseball - Final Second Basemen Rankings
October 11, 2007 by
Sweet Lou's Baseball Lab
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Fantasy Insider Online and the Baseball Lab are back with the second installment in a series of articles looking into the best fantasy seasons at each position. Today, it's the Second Base corp and we'll answer the question who passed Chase Utley up on the player rater - Brandon...
Rants & Observations: April 5th, 2007
April 05, 2007 by
Mop Up Duty
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Ok, it doesn't take much work to find out if A-Rod or Pujlos had a good day, are injured, ate a taco; or whatever. This leads me to yet another gimmick, Rants & Observations.This time; Brandon Phillips, David Aardsma, Jimmy Rollins, Joakim Soria, Jon Rauch, the Indians Bullpen...
Phillips is still going to bat 4th
February 19, 2009 by
Dunn and Dunner
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Ah, Spring Training, the time new starts, stories of people losing weight, and people giving excuses for their bad performances from the year before. Of course you have to be a player to enjoy these things I guess because Dusty is still doing the same old stupid stuff, and having stupid...
Offense Comes Alive as Phillies Win
Jamie Moyer must have been wondering where this outburst of runs was last night. The Phillies crossed home plate 12 times this afternoon, giving Joe Blanton more than enough for the victory over the Cincinnati Reds.The bats wasted no time, with Jimmy Rollins scoring a run in the first...
Vote for the NLC's Hottest Baller
April 20, 2008 by
pheedo.com
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Don’t forget to cast your vote for the NLC’s Hottest Baller championship round. We’ve already had more votes this round than ever before, and Bubba Crosby is well in the lead over Brandon Phillips. Vote early and often: time is running … [visit site to read more]
Would Cano and Friends Be Enough For C.C?
June 13, 2008 by
Waiting For Next Year
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Rolling with the C.C. Sabathia trade rumor punches, we can throw yet another team (back) into the mix. Despite the logic that the Yankees are done giving long-term deals to arguably overpriced pitchers (inject Carl Pavano joke here), other fans of the Bombers have been pounding the...
Top Ten Reasons why the Indians Suck in '06
August 14, 2006 by
God Hates Cleveland Sports
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I guess when you name a blog "God Hates Cleveland Sports" you've seen enough failures in your time to quickly and easily dissect yet another dissapointing season. This top ten list was inspired by a quote from 2005 GM of the year Mark Shapiro, who basically said he had...
Fantasy Baseball Players of the Day - 5/19
May 20, 2008 by
lesterslegends.com
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A look at the top fantasy performers in fantasy baseball from Monday, May 19th. Headlined by Jon Lester's no-hitter.
Batters Power Peak Years Report
January 09, 2008 by
The Fantasy Baseball Guy
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The age old question of when a baseball players peak years always seems to surface this time of year. There have been many "Experts" who say it's 27, some say 26, so this list provides you those players who will be between the ages of 26-28 during the regular season....
Sox to sign Manny to long-term deal?
February 23, 2008 by
wickedgoodsports.com
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The Red Sox hold team options on Manny ? $20 million per year in 2009 and 2010 ? so he can't opt out like A-Rod did last year. So what's Boras's role here? Theo Epstein has said the Sox will wait until after the season before making a decision about Manny's 2009 option...
Your 2B Fantasy Fix
January 13, 2008 by
Fantasy Sports Experience
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Don't be fooled, we know the hot names and what it will take to win your league. We take an early look at the top 5 2B and we have some surprises in store
Bakermetrics: Walks and Aggressive at bats
August 17, 2008 by
Dunn and Dunner
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Team OBP 2008 .319 2007 .335 Number of walks per game 2008 3.5 2007 3.3 I know the knock on Dusty is that he hates OBP, but by going off those numbers it's obvious Dusty preaching more aggressive ABs isn't really doing anything other than having players swinging at pitches...
CC's gone; Is Peralta next bait on the hook?
July 07, 2008 by
Tribe Fan in Yankeeland
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Let me start by saying I understand perfectly well that the Tribe had to trade CC Sabathia.
The season was over almost before it started, though most of us didn't realize it until two or three weeks ago. So, with the Tribe unable to get his double-C on a dotted line, the big...
AccuScore Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft: Smaller Rosters
March 19, 2008 by
AccuScore.com
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AccuScore's Tim Williams and Jonathan Lee sit down for their second mock Fantasy Baseball Draft that features a smaller roster. These settings cut out two outfield spots, an extra infielder and leave you with one catcher and only seven pitching slots.
Deal ‘em, Reel ‘em: Fantasy Baseball Trade Advice and Tips
April 26, 2009 by
Midwest Sports
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Josh steps up to the plate and offers some timely fantasy baseball trade advice with 3 weeks of the 2009 season in the books. Among the players analyzed are Lance Berkman, Cole Hamels, Zack Greinke, Brandon Phillips, Matt Holliday, and Orlando Hudson.
Midseason Awards
July 16, 2008 by
Dunn and Dunner
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Here's a great piece of boring fodder, my 2008 Reds midseason awards.
Most Valuable Player: Brandon Phillips
I had a couple other choices here, Adam Dunn and Joey Votto, but I just have to go with best overall player right here. Adam Dunn has a strong case because of his strong...
BakerMetrics Alert: Dusty Is Worse Than I Thought
June 30, 2008 by
Dunn and Dunner
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Just when Dusty was getting his act together, and was starting to figure out how to build a decent line up Dusty takes 5 steps backwards. Let me run down the play by play for anyone who didn't see it.
* The inning starts off with an Adam Dunn walk
* Corey Patterson comes...
Hot MLB Hitters
July 07, 2008 by
Baseball Reflections
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Week 14
With 6 HRs, 12 RBIs, 1 SB to go along with a .559 BA and a .583 OBP Brewers SS J.J. Hardy edges out Marlins OF Cody Ross as this past week's hottest hitter.
Ross hit 2 HRs while knocking in 16 runs and hitting .500 with a .526 OBP.
Rounding out the top half of this...
How Much Does Half a Season Matter?
July 16, 2007 by
Fantasy Insider Online
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With the second half now in full swing, FIO staff writer Lou Poulas takes a look at some of the big surprises (and disappoints) from baseball's first half of the season and discusses whether or not these trends hold substance. Always using great raw data to support his arguments...
Red State Blue State - The (Semi-Sober) View from My Couch
May 13, 2009 by
Cowboys Corner
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Yeah, I wear a pinky ring. So what? I'm a made man and it's the "company" rule.And yeah, I have a Microsoft Zune... and no witty excuse other than to say, well, I got a good deal.Yet to challenge my masculinity based on these attributes, Mr. Krause, is quite uncharacteristic...
Where can I return this Christmas gift?
December 27, 2008 by
Dunn and Dunner
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So last year when the Reds signed Corey Patterson to a 3 million dollar minor league contract you might have been asking what could be worse. Well today I wake up and have the answer. CINCINNATI - Cincinnati Reds President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Walt Jocketty today...
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