The On Deck Circle

The Dodgers sit at 62-35 right now, good for first place in the AL West. They have a sizable lead in the division, up a full nine games on second place Colorado, giving them an 86.9% chance of winning the division. Their chances of making the playoffs sit at 96.7%. The Dodgers are eighth in [...]

The Roy Halladay Trade Saga has brought a great deal more attention to the Jays in recent weeks than they are normally afforded. Naturally, the extra light on the Jays in general has brought extra light on a few Jays in specific. While the trade winds have also picked up for Marco Scutaro, Scott Rolen, [...]

Yesterday afternoon, Mark Buehrle threw the 18th perfect game in Major League Baseball history. This, just 27 months after he posted a no-hitter, making him only the sixth player ever to do both. Buehrle went 27-up, 27-down with a potent Tampa Bay Rays lineup, striking out six. The perfect game was made possible by Buehrle’s [...]

For several weeks now, speculation has been running rampant about a possible Roy Halladay trade. After J.P. Ricciardi announced that the team would listen to offers for the perma-ace, the internet and radio waves exploded with possible trade scenarios, outcry, and salivation. There have been two very clear sides to the rumors and speculation that [...]

What I’ve noticed is that fantasy leagues generally take on a much different tone in the second half of the season. Regardless of the fact that there is very little difference between 51% of games left to play and 49% of games left to play, the All-Star Break (or “halfway point”) tends to mark a [...]