Wednesday night, I sit down to catch a few innings of the Cubs vs. Padres on mlb.tv with my wife. All seems to be going just fine. The Cubs are up 1-0 with Sean Marshall on the bump twirling a beaute. First problem was the top of the 7th inning. Ramirez grounded out to start [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Cubs blow it in San Diego
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Friday Fantasy Feature – The Make Up of Your Pitching Staff
Friday, May 18th, 2007Starting pitchers vs. Relief pitchers
In your standard roto league there are 5 pitching categories (strikeouts, wins, saves, earned run average – ERA and walks and hits per inning pitched – WHIP)
Traditionally starting pitchers have the advantage in wins and strikeouts. relief pitchers obviuously have the advantage in the save category. Now is when it gets [...]
Cubs need a lot of bullpen help
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007Can we trade Jacque Jones and Cliff Floyd for half of the Dodger’s bullpen?
It’s just unacceptable to be in the position to win so many games and then to win so few of those.
The other day the TV cameras showed Lou exasperated, seemingly throwing his hands up, saying “What can I do here?” I couldn’t [...]
I want Ryan Theriot to stay in the leadoff spot
Monday, May 14th, 2007I NEED RYAN THERIOT TO STAT IN THE LEADOFF SPOT.
I started writing this post, only to see when the lineup cards came out for Monday’s game that Alfonso Soriano was batting 3rd in place of injured Derrek Lee (neck spasms), and Theriot was leading off. I had a gut feeling about Theriot in the leadoff [...]
Mariners take 2 out of 3 from the Yankees
Monday, May 14th, 2007On Mother’s Day, the pink bats and wristbands were in full effect. The Mariners squeaked out a win Sunday to take the weekend series with the Yankees. Horacio Ramirez led the charge with 6 1/3 strong innings of work. For the Yankees, veteran Andy Pettitte only gave up 2 runs over 7 1/3 innings.
The Yankees [...]
Friday Fantasy Feature – Injuries
Friday, May 11th, 2007What do you do when a fantasy stud you were counting on gets injured? How long do you stay with him? Do you pick up the player who took his spot in the lineup?
This year I’ve encountered this dilemma in a few ways. I drafted Rich Harden in the 14th round. It was late because [...]
Introducing the Friday Fantasy Feature
Friday, May 11th, 2007The only thing worse than the failings of your own fantasy baseball team, is listening to your friends, or just random people go on and on about their fantasy woes. With that in mind, I will spare you a play-by-play of my fantasy team (The BALCO Hitmen). What I do want to talk about it [...]
The Cubs are over .500
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007The team that everyone (including myself) had high expectations of, and then so quickly discarded is currently the hottest team in the National League. The Cubs have won 5 in a row and 8 of their last 10. How are they doing it?
It all started with the rain-shortened game last week in Pittsburgh. In that [...]
Deadspin is a day late (well, make it 223 days late)
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007On September 23, 2006, Jay Gibbons hit a foul ball that struck, of all people, his wife. It was widely reported at the time. Today, one of the finest sports blogs in the universe, Deadspin broke the cover off of this story (a full 223 days later).
Kudos to the crew at Deadspin for their [...]
More Trouble with ESPN Fantasy Baseball
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007It’s well documented that ESPN Fantasy Baseball has had some trouble this year. The roster reset actually worked on my behalf. I actually picked up a win in a category. They were definitely upfront with their shortcomings, and have worked hard to make amends.
I log on today and find that they’re still having some issues. [...]