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Really enjoyed this Newsletter today from Joe Sheehan and thought I would post it to share. Wish we could have more sharing of interesting baseball articles on the MB's that others have seen and find interesting, and not just Fantasy-related stuff. Maybe we can start an on-going thread for people to...

WOW. Awesome explanation, very well written. Thank you for that, very informative and educational. The word " luck" always annoyed me in describing performance especially given how analytical sabermetricians are. I prefer the word you used: variance.

COZ

As a Dodger fan, I am hoping this "brawl" was a team-building event that sparks some fire under their over-paid feet. But then I read this quote, laugh and realize that the Dodgers are running a M*A*S*H unit and not a baseball teaam. But I had to laugh and share... "It got pretty ugly," Montero sai...

Pretty much has played to his scouting report: coming out of LSU, the knock against him was that he did not have a good breaking ball or slider and was pretty much a two-pitch pitcher with a fastball and change-up. And, as is so often the case, when Pitchers don't have a good breaking ball, MLB hitt...

Masterful performance. More outings like this and maybe it will justify my faith in the young Julio. Just glad to see Faboulous Fredi's overwork has not affected him. The beauty of young pitchers, I guess. We shall see, should be interesting to see how the arrival of Brandon Beachy affects the staff...

Who's up next? the eye test never fails.... Hehe. What does your "eye test" say about Zach Wheeler? My eye test tells me that my decision to start Matt Moore was not so good. Amazing the hallucinations I have on Sunday nights when I set my line-ups...visions of Matt Moore shutting down Detroit a la...

Great job, Gregor! Thank you for that. And I will apologize in advance for becoming more needy after you throw us some new toys. BUT I would LOVE to somehow see the daily +/- standings changes in our daily emails so I can see each team's daily standings movement. Would enhance my NFBC-playing pleasu...

Jvetter,

Nice work, son. Appreciate the breakdown.

COZ

Mark Prior 2.0!

Apparently it's the week of 2 inning starts: Stasburg, Morrow, Medlen....

COZ

My head is spinning from the yo-yo callups and demotions and how a player is sometimes available for pickup then not. Examples are Anthony Rendon and Dan Straily. There are eligibility requirements for positions that, once met, don't change. Could there be an eligibility requirement for free agent ...

What a shame. Makes me sick to see that happen again. True class act. Type of athlete more kids should emulate. Great guy.
Shame to see that happen.

COZ

Though in defense of Old School, I still do love this cantankerous, old-school guy on MLB Network:

Eric O'Flaherty sceduled for TJ Surgery. Johnny Venters scheduled for TJ Surgery. Julio Teheran has his best pitching performance of the year and Fabulous Fredi leaves him in for 123 pitches. Dumb. Clearly laboring in the 9th too. I'll be curious to see how this affects his next start. And then Larr...

Off-topic, BUT, one thing I know about Texas......they have the cure for insomnia down there.....and his name is Tom Grieve. Brutal. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. That's it I'm putting on the Oakland broadcast.

COZ

Can we please get the "% Owned" & "% Starting" column set up so that when you click on it, it goes to the highest % owned or started, and NOT to the lowest % owned/started. I'm getting beyond annoyed by having to always click on this twice. No idea why we would ever want to know the 0% owned, 0 % st...

Next up: improvements to the live experience.

WHOA. Now THAT got me excited.

COZ

Verlander lit up -- 7 runs in 2 2/3 - 71 pitches - 2 bases loaded walks... so much for the pitching vaunted pitching matchup... And to think I got similar production outta Joe "Blows" Blanton earlier this week, my 25th round pick. 8 EArnies for Verlander, a high round pick v 7earnies for Blanton. D...

Awesome article, really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.

COZ

God your sick. I love it! Haha

COZ

Yeah, it's human to miss a call.....unless its Angel Hernandez, then it's payback. He's brutal.

COZ

Marlboro (do you go by Jimy or Marlboro? Lol): Didn't mean to single you out nor imply that you, specifically, we're quitting. It was meant more as a rant against the idea of quitting more than anything else. Didn't mean to make it personal towards you. It was also meant to be more motivational and ...

Matt Harvey definitely. I was targeting him at a certain spot and he was taken right before the pick I decided to take him. Oh well! Much like you, my team sucks anyway and it would not make all that much of a difference. It's facking early May, and I'm pretty much out of it. I even have that mlb t...

AND...I also forgot, I am also jealous of this skinny-tie-wearing putz with my girlfriend Keira Knightley. Sorry for the TMZ-ation of the MB's.

Jealous of Matt Harvey, Jason Grilli, Starling Marte, Chris Davis, John Buck, people who avoided Julio Teheran & Josh Hamilton (not me), the genius who drafted Jose Valverde in the 30th Round of the Chicago Main #2 (while I tried to get cute with Alberquerque/Benoit...ahh...don't get me started...)....

Edwards Kings wrote: Still, not sure what your FA pool looks like. Mine looks like the several villages are missing their idiots.

Haha. Wayne made me funny out loud. Awesome line.

COZ