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Fantasy All Stars--Outfielders 2007-07-02 19:29:00 The Generals' continuing look at All-Stars now turns to the OF. American League 1. Ichiro Suzuki--He is one of my favorite players, and I have an autographed Ichiro ball even though I am a Yankee fan. One of my great memories is of sitting in the first row down the RF line at The Stadium, when a ball was hit into the corner. Ichiro picked it up and threw to second nailing the runner. Even from ...

Fantasy All Stars--NL Starting Pitchers 2007-07-02 11:56:00 Our continuing look at our All-Stars. Continuing to hold my nose: It is a traditional truism that you would rather have an NL starter than an AL one. But not this year. Aside from the number one guy in the NL none of the others would crack the Al top five. As C.C. Sabathia said: "DH Schmee H." Feel free to look it up. 1. Jake Peavy--The truest harbinger of things to come for him this year was ...

The Generals' Fantasy All-Star Starting Pitchers AL 2007-07-02 10:33:00 A look at the top 8 AL pitchers for our All-Star team. It is a rule that all fantasy news sites and blogs must list their all-stars at this time of year. Though I really don't care for the process, as it is so subjective, it is a rule and our blogosphere credentials will be revoked if we don't do our own all-star list. Matt and I will be splitting duties for this, and I will be looking at ...

Fantasy All Stars - Infield (Continued) 2007-07-01 18:49:00 The Generals continue with their fantasy All Star awards for the first half. First Base NL - The Fresh Prince of Miller Field AB R HR RBI OPS 299 57 27 66 .982 Right now, he's the second best (to ARod) fantasy hitter in baseball. No NL 1B comes close. He hits homers in bunches, and takes out unsuspecting second basemen with belly flops in the infield. This year, Pujols has ...

Fantasy All Stars - Infield 2007-06-30 09:47:00 The Generals examine the Fantasy All Stars for the first half, and their prospects for the second half, beginning with Catchers. With the All Star break rapidly approaching, it's time to look at the best fantasy performers at each position. For purposes of this analysis, we will only look at this year's performance. No automatic bids for just showing up. To make this list, you need to be the ...

Some Fallacious Thinking About "Second Half" Players 2007-06-29 12:24:00 Looking at how to analyze alleged "second-half" players". In a recent podcast, a fantasy baseball "expert" was discussing the expected rebound of certain alleged "second half" players. The podcaster listed certain pitchers that he thought would have second half rebounds. Why am I mentioning this as a fallacy?? Well, maybe it is true in some instances, but here, specifically are the players ...

Changing Our Layout 2007-06-28 14:05:00 We will be changing the layout of the blog slightly to make it more user friendly. We are going to post the title of the article with a short summary, and to read the whole article just click on the "read more" link. We tend to have long posts and this will allow readers to browse a lot more easily. If any readers have thoughts I will consider them of course!! I hope this makes our blog a ...

Is Eric Byrnes a "Lemon?" 2007-06-28 14:04:00 Taking a Look at whether Eric Byrnes is a "lemon" His owners can only say WOW at this point; what a first half of a season! In an earlier post I discussed the trading of "lemons" for "cherries." One type of lemon is a guy who is far outperforming his typical standards. So, is Eric Byrnes a "lemon?" As you may know from my prior posts, Byrnes' owner has been shopping him all around the league, and ...

What Happened to Matt Cain? 2007-06-27 16:44:00 Has Matt Cain regressed from last year or is he unlucky?? The answer may be surprising. I drafted Matt Cain in two shallow mixed leagues in the hopes that he would continue and build on last year's performance: IP W L ERA WHIP 190 13 12 4.15 1.28 Cain also struck out nearly a batter an inning, and the era was inflated by a 69% strand rate, which means that his relievers allowed 31% of Cain's ...

Trade Posting Rules and Fair Trading 2007-06-27 08:06:00 A look at whether trade posting rules, generally used in tougher leagues, might benefit your league.Just to go back to my prior post on the owners in my high stakes league that have no apparent plan, and the story of Cortes, I wanted to make a point about "strategic moves" and commitment. In any strategic conflict or "game" to use game theory terminology, the eventual outcome of a game can often ...