You know me and my random thoughts that seem to go in many tangeants. Well it seems that I have a lot of things to talk about during the All-Star Break but unfortunately nothing of great substance. So here's a few quick hits to let you know what's going on at The BearDown during the slowest   more...
Original Story: http://thebeardown.blogspot.com/2008/07/....

In the fourth installment of a series investigating statistical trends over the past 3 decades, the Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame reviews RBI. In an interesting side note, 1998 saw three 150 RBI-men, but this was nowhere close to the all time mark.
Original Story: http://blog.fbhof.com/2008/07/05/fantasy....

The classic Windy City debate, which franchise is better? Not just this year, but of all time? Whatifsports tries to settle the debate by simulating a 7-game series of all-time greats 1,000 times. Ernie Banks, Sosa, Sandberg, Maddux, Mordecai Brown, Sutter against Shoeless Joe, Big Hurt, Robin   more...
Original Story: http://www.whatifsports.com/BeyondTheBox....

The Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame launches a new series called the Franchise Elite, identifying the best players each club has offered during the Fantasy Era. The Chicago Cubs are first up, led by Sammy Sosa, Ryne Sandberg, and Greg Maddux.
Original Story: http://blog.fbhof.com/2008/07/09/the-fra....

How bad has it been for the Chicago Cubs the past 99 years? They were once so desperate to break their curse that they electrocuted, destroyed, and later ate the Steve Bartman baseball.
Original Story: http://www.inhistoric.com/2008/05/226200....

Bonds, Rickey, Griffey, and Sosa. Plus more of the elite outfielders of the last few generations are enshrined in the Fantasy baseball Hall of Fame today.
Original Story: http://razzball.com/the-fantasy-baseball....

To date, the Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame has focused mainly on the truly elite superstars of the fantasy era - the five tool kings. But we all know great fantasy teams all have superior specialized batters. Here is a look at the best Run Producers, Power Guys, and Table Setters of the Fantasy   more...
Original Story: http://blog.fbhof.com/2008/06/04/the-bes....

Last year, - Corey Hart hit a home run every 24th plate appearance - JJ Hardy hit a home run every 25th plate appearance - Prince Fielder hit a home run every 14th plate appearance Combined, the 3 of them have ZERO home runs in a total of 169 plate appearances between them......
Original Story: http://kpanz.blogspot.com/2008/04/lack-o....