Archive for August 2009

Red Sox 7, Tigers 5: You’ve probably seen the Youkilis-Porcello fracas, but here’s video of it from a slightly different angle which makes Youkilis seem like even more of the bad guy here. Of course his ejection was the best thing to happen to the Sox last night, as he was replaced by pinch-runner Mike […]

B.J. Upton has very little value for single-season leagues as he sits at a crossroads for his career. Does he become the next Carl Crawford or Mike Cameron?

A keeper league strategy involving closers and which setup men might be primed to close games in 2009.

A retrospective look at four intriguing third/first basemen from the 1960s through the 1980s.

How well did the “Favorite Toy” predict which players would hit 500 homers?

A quick update about the goings ons at THT Fantasy.

This week, THTF hosts the Fantasy Baseball Roundtable and asks whether it’s possible to change a potential trading partner’s mind about a player.

I may write about stuff that baseball people screw up, but reporters write about it when I lose cases too, so it’s all good. Always be wary when someone proposes a simple solution to a complex problems. Especially when that someone is kind of an idiot. Gary Sheffield thinks that he’s trade bait and that […]

Marlins 8, Astros 6: Houston put a late scare into the fish, but it was all for naught. Florida wins its fourth in a row, and now sit 3.5 behind Philly. As Pinto notes, having guys getting on base in front of Hanley Ramirez is a good, good thing for the Marlins. Blue Jays 5, […]

Not all risk-takers are created equal in fantasy baseball.