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The Waiver Priority: Sparse Free Agent Pitching

My parents are on vacation. Party! Yea, that’s right; I’m living with my parents again. I never thought I’d move back in, but I got a great summer job in my hometown of Syracuse, NY, and, for a...

Started in Comments on: Fantasy • 7 months ago • 0 responses
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Catching Up With Your Callipygian Selves

I’m still rolling, baby. Somehow managed to pass my qualifying exam, and my well-shaped ass is still in school. Can I say ass? Ass. So, word of the day: callipygian. “Callipygian”...

Started in Comments on: Fantasy • 7 months ago • 0 responses
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The Waiver Priority

High over the Rockies, a plane carrying four Seamless writers experienced engine trouble. The pilot struggled to maintain control as our executive jet lurched and shuttered. He was forced to put us...

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Since You’ve Been Gone

(Headline credit: Kelly Clarkson) You’ll be happy — or disheartened, as it may be — to learn that I am finished with this little experiment called college. Best of all: I wasn’t even...

Started in Comments on: Fantasy • 7 months ago • 0 responses
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The Closer Continuum: Slovenly Eric Gagne, Calling Myself Out

First of all, I need to call myself out: last week, during a discussion of Gary Sheffield as a buy-low candidate, I claimed that “Jim Leyland will continue to insert him in the three-hole until...

Started in Comments on: Fantasy • 8 months ago • 0 responses
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The Waiver Priority: Is Scherzer Worth a #1?

Max Scherzer comes of waivers in Yahoo leagues tomorrow. His numbers with the AAA Tucson Sidewinders this year were marvelous – 23 IP, 38 K, 3 BB, 1.17 ERA. Scherzer continued his dominance in the...

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Stock Watch: Gary Sheffield and Nate McLouth

Puddles and umbrellas in New Haven. I think Jim cursed the sun away. My oral exam for admittance to Ph.D. candidacy is in two weeks - on my birthday, oddly enough. May 12, from 2-4 PM. If...

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The Waiver Priority: Closer Speculation

You know the adage “never pay for saves?” Every year, many fantasy owners wish they hadn’t followed the advice so strictly in their drafts. But remember, closers are volatile. That’s the primary...

Started in Comments on: Fantasy • 8 months ago • 0 responses
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Baseball’s Early-Season Obituaries

As one of the nation’s lone heterosexuals who still reads Esquire, I feel an obligation to let you know when they write something truly tremendous, like this mock obituary page. Upon reading...

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Girlfriends and Sabermetrics

I love her to death, but my girlfriend doesn’t play video games, and she doesn’t like fantasy baseball. Not everyone is as lucky as Edwin. For some reason though, my girlfriend loves to help me make...

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