Can you feel it? One-way bromance is brewing in the air. Mantasy crushes are hatching. Borderline creepy proclamations are being made about the sexual dominance of…you guessed it, fantasy football players. More than anyone else, I am guilty of wearing fantasy goggles when it comes to certain athletes. Whether it’s my inexplicable hope that Eric [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Will Your Mantasy Crush on Tom Brady Pay Off?
Posted: 11th August 2009 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, FootballComments Off
AVG, OBP, or OPS for Fantasy Leagues?
Posted: 10th August 2009 by Blake Murphy in Baseball, Blake MurphyComments Off
With the Fantasy Baseball season beginning to wind down for those not in contention, most leagues have begun discussions about what changes should be made for next year. With my 5×5 Roto League lead now up to a disgusting and insurmountable 14.5 points (runs is the only category I’m not top-4, OBP the only other [...]
Waiver Claim Made on Rios; Jays Have to Decide
Posted: 7th August 2009 by Blake Murphy in Baseball, Blake MurphyComments Off
According to ESPN, a team has made a waiver claim on Jays’ right fielder Alex Rios. While the details of such a waiver claim can confuse some fans, it is common practice for several hundred players to go through waivers after the trade deadline – it allows the player to be traded past the deadline, [...]
Looking at Ben Zobrist's Breakout Season
Posted: 7th August 2009 by Blake Murphy in Baseball, Blake MurphyComments Off
In 2009, Ben Zobrist has been, to say the least, a surprise. A terrific surprise, at that. A minimum-contract player once acquired as part of an Aubrey Huff trade (along with Mitch Talbot), the 2004 sixth round draft pick of the Houston Astros has made quite the impact for the Tampa Bay Rays this year. [...]
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The 2009 Blue Jays season is, for all intents and purposes, now inconsequential. While one can argue the morale value of playing spoiler for the Big Dogs down the stretch (and the Jays will have the chance, with a grueling remaining schedule), there are only a few goals that a 51-56 team in the AL [...]
5 Things I Rant I Rave (It's Just So Hard)
Posted: 5th August 2009 by Rob Shaw in NBA Ball, Rob ShawComments Off
1) It’s Hard to Excite Chris Bosh Chris Bosh is “not too excited to the point [he] was last year.” It’s understandable. It’s hard to find any NBA player that would rather play with Hedo Turkoglu, Jarrett Jack, DeMar DeRosen, Antoine Wright, Marco Belinelli, Rasho Nestrovich, Reggie Evans and hopefully soon Carlos Delfino than Jermaine O’Neil, Jason Kapono, [...]