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Fantasy Articles

Following are the one hundred most recent articles for the category Fantasy .

11/06/2009: Waiver Wire Offseason: AL

by Rob McQuown

11/06/2009: Waiver Wire Offseason: NL

by Michael Street

11/05/2009: Top 10 prospects for 2010: Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles

by Matt Hagen

11/05/2009: Ifs and buts

by Jonathan Halket

11/04/2009: Player Profile: Jay Bruce

by Mike Silver

11/03/2009: Avoid closers at your own risk

by Paul Singman

11/02/2009: Approaching unconscious competence

by Derek Ambrosino

10/30/2009: Waiver Wire Offseason: AL

by Rob McQuown

10/30/2009: Waiver Wire Offseason: NL

by Michael Street

10/29/2009: Top 10 prospects for 2010: New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox

by Matt Hagen

10/28/2009: Player Profile: Clayton Kershaw

by Mike Silver

10/26/2009: Evaluating the A-Rod experiment

by Derek Ambrosino

10/26/2009: Clone Wars: Jon Lester and CC Sabathia

by Troy Patterson

10/23/2009: Waiver Wire Offseason: AL

by Rob McQuown

10/23/2009: Waiver Wire Offseason: NL

by Michael Street

10/22/2009: Icons of the International League vs. the Prime Prospects of the Pacific Coast League

by Matt Hagen

10/22/2009: Self-flagellation

by Jonathan Halket

10/21/2009: Player Profile: Billy Butler

by Mike Silver

10/21/2009: The Kemp Speed Theory: Do bigger players slow down earlier?

by Derek Carty

10/20/2009: A question for discussion on rankings

by Paul Singman

10/19/2009: Fantasy snobbery and league legitimacy

by Derek Ambrosino

10/19/2009: Clone Wars: Chone Figgins and Denard Span

by Troy Patterson

10/16/2009: Waiver Wire Offseason: AL

by Rob McQuown

10/16/2009: Waiver Wire Offseason: NL

by Michael Street

10/15/2009: The Southern League’s finest vs. the toast of the Texas League

by Matt Hagen

10/14/2009: Player Profile: Carlos Gonzalez

by Mike Silver

10/14/2009: Protecting me from myself

by Derek Ambrosino

10/13/2009: Internet-capable phones and fantasy sports: A love story

by Paul Singman

10/08/2009: Player Profile: Colby Rasmus

by Mike Silver

10/08/2009: The best of the best from the Florida State League and Eastern League

by Matt Hagen

10/08/2009: Me: Postmortem roster doctor

by Jonathan Halket

10/07/2009: The whole is greater than the sum of the parts

by Paul Singman

10/05/2009: THTF fantasy glory: Championships and top finishes

by Derek Carty

10/05/2009: Beware he who has little to lose

by Derek Ambrosino

10/05/2009: Clone Wars: Javier Vazquez and Matt Cain

by Troy Patterson

10/02/2009: Waiver Wire: NL 2009 Hits and Misses

by Michael Street

10/02/2009: Waiver Wire: AL 2009 Hits and Misses

by Rob McQuown

10/01/2009: California and Carolina League Awards

by Matt Hagen

09/30/2009: Player Profile: Garrett Jones

by Mike Silver

09/29/2009: How much is your fantasy team worth?

by Eriq Gardner

09/29/2009: Admiring Adam Lind

by Paul Singman

09/28/2009: Clone Wars: Chase Utley and Ben Zobrist

by Troy Patterson

09/26/2009: Gonzo managing

by Derek Ambrosino

09/25/2009: Nothing adds up

by John Burnson

09/25/2009: Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

09/25/2009: Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

09/24/2009: South Atlantic and Midwest League Awards

by Matt Hagen

09/24/2009: Clone or drone

by Jonathan Halket

09/23/2009: Player Profile: Clay Buchholz

by Mike Silver

09/22/2009: Strategies at season’s end

by Eriq Gardner

09/22/2009: The rise of Cliff Pennington

by Paul Singman

09/21/2009: What to make of pre-ranks part 2

by Derek Ambrosino

09/21/2009: Clone Wars: Zack Greinke and Tim Lincecum

by Troy Patterson

09/18/2009: Fantasy values by parallax

by John Burnson

09/18/2009: Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

09/18/2009: Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

09/17/2009: Awards Season: New York-Penn and Northwest League honors

by Matt Hagen

09/16/2009: Player Profile: Freddy Garcia

by Mike Silver

09/15/2009: The case against Matt Kemp

by Eriq Gardner

09/15/2009: Welcome Ian Desmond

by Paul Singman

09/15/2009: I’m not a doctor

by Jonathan Halket

09/14/2009: What to make of pre-ranks?

by Derek Ambrosino

09/14/2009: Clone Wars: Adam Lind and Kendry Morales

by Troy Patterson

09/11/2009: Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

09/11/2009: Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

09/10/2009: Awards Season: Appalachian and Pioneer League Honors

by Matt Hagen

09/09/2009: Slightly deeper keepers

by Derek Ambrosino

09/09/2009: Player Profile: Jonathan Sanchez

by Mike Silver

09/08/2009: Clone Wars: Aaron Hill and Justin Morneau???

by Troy Patterson

09/08/2009: Playing out the season

by Paul Singman

09/04/2009: Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

09/04/2009: Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

09/03/2009: End game and maximizing limits (part 2)

by Marco Fujimoto

09/03/2009: Awards Season: GCL and Arizona League Honors

by Matt Hagen

09/02/2009: Player Profile: Brett Anderson

by Mike Silver

09/01/2009: Is Joe Mauer the most valuable player in fantasy?

by Eriq Gardner

09/01/2009: Some things are smaller in September

by Paul Singman

08/31/2009: And sometimes, we don’t place enough emphasis on this year

by Derek Carty

08/31/2009: Playing for keeps (Part 2)

by Derek Ambrosino

08/30/2009: Clone Wars: Raul Ibanez and Andre Ethier

by Troy Patterson

08/28/2009: Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

08/28/2009: Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

08/27/2009: Everything’s bigger in September (Part 2)

by Paul Singman

08/27/2009: Looking forward: Some of the more prominent prospects of 2009

by Matt Hagen

08/27/2009: In a sentimental mood

by Jonathan Halket

08/26/2009: Player Profile: Miguel Montero

by Mike Silver

08/25/2009: Time to say goodbye to some worthy players

by Eriq Gardner

08/25/2009: Everything’s bigger in September (Part I)

by Paul Singman

08/24/2009: Clone Wars: Gavin Floyd and John Danks

by Troy Patterson

08/23/2009: Playing for keeps

by Derek Ambrosino

08/21/2009: Welcoming a new THT Fantasy writer

by Derek Carty

08/21/2009: Near-Sighted Marcels

by John Burnson

08/21/2009: Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

08/20/2009: End game and maximizing limits

by Marco Fujimoto

08/20/2009: Stephen Strasburg and other prospect notes

by Matt Hagen

08/19/2009: Player Profile: Elvis has entered the building

by Mike Silver

08/18/2009: What fantasy baseball may look like in 2010

by Eriq Gardner

08/18/2009: Dreaded closers

by Paul Singman

08/18/2009: Finding wins

by Jonathan Halket

08/14/2009: Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

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February 09, 2008

Player projections and steroids

Still at the Sloan Sports Conference, I'm watching a panel on gaming. Andy Andres, Mark Kortekaas of of CBS Sports, and Jeff Ma of PROTRADE are mostly talking about fantasy sports. Andy, who does data analysis at BaseballHQ, was asked about how steroid affect projections. What did he say?
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Posted by: Sal Baxamusa

July 26, 2004

NEL Update: the 100th series

A few months ago, I wrote an article about my brother's APBA league, the North East League, which may well be the longest-running league in fantasy baseball (playing continuously since 1960). It seems fairly certain that the NEL was the first play-by-mail league.

To get a sense of the NEL's history, here's something from their latest newsletter, chronicling a unique fantasy baseball event.

With this series, Ken Meyer’s Norwood Quakers and Bill Linn’s Frankfurt Falcons played their 100th series in the North East League … all played head to head!

The two teams started playing in July of 1971, when the Falcons were an expansion team and the Quakers already were three-time NEL champions. In that first series, Norwood had people like Roberto Clemente, while Frankfurt was sparked by Ted “Super” Savage. Only two other current NEL managers (John Fain and Woody Studenmund) were in the league back then, and Mark Featherstone, the current NEL President, was just five years old!

Anyway, for that first Norwood-Frankfurt series Bill traveled from Connecticut down to Ken’s home (two houses ago) in Wyckoff, NJ. The first series was played head to head, and so has every Quaker-Falcons series since then, all 100 of them, over 34 years. That’s 800 consecutive games, eyeball to eyeball!

Through the ups and downs of the two teams, through all the changes in their personal lives, with dice and with the computer, Ken and Bill always found the time, the place, and, most importantly, the inclination to get together and go at it. APBA leagues have been around for a long, long time, and they’re way too numerous to count, but it’s sure hard to believe that there’s been anything, anywhere, ever, that’s come close to matching this Norwod-Frankfurt head to head record.

How did the 100th series come out? Well, Norwood won 5-3, to increase their divisional lead, but the real winners were Ken and Bill – making true history – playing head to head just as they always have for the last 34 years. Here’s to 34 more!
Posted by: Dave Studeman

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