Mark Beuhrle, fresh off of his perfect game in his last start, had another perfect game going through 5 innings tonight. Although things unravelled for him in that 6th inning and he didn’t reach a second consecutive perfect game, which would have been one of the most improbable feats in baseball history, he did manage [...]
The Cardinals won the Matt Holliday sweepstakes, much to the chagrin of every other team in the tight NL Central. They traded a good 3B prospect, an outfielder, and a pitcher for the former MVP candidate. So what are the implications of this trade? Find out after the jump.
A rare front foot hitter. Hank Aaron was a front foot hitter. Just sayin’.
So for those of you that don’t know, the best five-tool player in baseball is the Indians’ Shin-Soo Choo. Last night he skeeted all over the A’s, going 4/5 with two homers, 4 runs, 7 RBI, and a steal. Now, [...]
… And I’m more than happy to admit it. When evaluating the Cubs prior to the season, I mentioned that they might end up with a platoon situation at first base given how well Micah Hoffpauir was hitting in spring training and the apparent slow decline of Derrek Lee’s bat. Although it looked like that [...]
So I did a running diary of yesterday’s Cubs v. White Sox game, which ended up being a terrible decision. It was a horrible game, and I had already committed to watching and commenting on the entire thing. It’s hard to describe just how painful that game was to watch. It was like having to [...]
It’s been a while since I last visited Fantasy Island. I think part of that was that I had a lot of moves to make to improve my teams, and didn’t want to tip off my competition. Is that selfish of me? Yeah. It definitely is. But I care more about my fantasy teams than [...]
I’m in last place in my head-to-head keeper league. This shouldn’t be funny in of itself, but I thought I had a decent team. I thought wrong.
Talking to the league commissioner, who also happens to be the proprietor of this fine establishment, we were talking about my number three pitcher and trying to come up [...]
Hey folks. Fantasy Island, in case you didn’t get it, is a space for fantasy tips, gripes, grumbles, bragging, arguments, and tales of the bizarre. So to kick off this category, I’m going to do all of the above. Please feel free to post comments in this section. Seeing as we’re all “experts” at fantasy [...]
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