January 15th, 2010 by jzak
The other day, I was watching the cartoon “Wow Wow Wubbzy” with my five-year-old daughter.
If “watching” is the right word.
I was more glancing at the TV while wondering what ever happened to children’s entertainment in the past 20 years.
How in the world did we go from He-Man, Thundercats, Voltron and even the Smurfs to Wow [...]
September 10th, 2009 by jzak
For years, the AFC-South was highlighted by one Peyton Manning and the perennially powerful Indianapolis Colts.
This year, there is a chance the Colts don’t even finish in the top half of the division. Sure, part of that is because the Colts may have lost a half-step, but it is more a factor of the improvements [...]
August 11th, 2009 by ep
Rumor has it Chicago Cubs 3B Aramis Ramirez is heading back home (to the DL) and his replacement, regardless of what some depth charts would have you believe, is Jake Fox.
Fox has also played 1B and OF – and is listed as a catcher on his Yahoo page – but he replaced Ramirez Saturday at [...]
August 1st, 2009 by ep
Mark Reynolds, the slugging Arizona third baseman (with first base eligibility in Yahoo and ESPN leagues), is still available in 10% of Yahoo fantasy leagues somewhere.
He’s not available in any of the leagues I play in. But, then again, we’re good fantasy players. We’re Ninjas.
I’m not sure where these leagues are, but I would have [...]
July 2nd, 2009 by ep
The Chinstrap Ninjas are American, but we have no biases. We know foreign countries aren’t as good at beer league softball as us, but they occasionally pop out a player who makes a somewhat minimal difference in fantasy baseball circles.
Aroldis Chapman is expected to be next. According to a report from ESPN the Magazine, Chapman [...]
July 1st, 2009 by ep
How much money could you have won if you had bet that Russ Ohlendorf was going to outpitch Johan Santana. … ever?
Santana got ruffed up for 6 ER in 6 IP, to complete a woeful June (6.19 ERA over the 30 glorious days).
Meanwhile, our boy Ohlendorf threw seven shutout innings and struck out eight.
Let’s not [...]