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The ascent to fantasy nirvana -- the collision of postseason-run fantasy baseball and fantasy football draft prep -- has begun. Rest assured that we're not tossing baseball over the rail to float off into the murky waters of oblivion, while we play with the new hotness. For us, it's football, baseball, Nirvana. It says it's the year of the Ninja on our calendar. What say you?

Tag Archive for 'inconsistency'

Fantasy shortstop value players that need to be on your radar screen

Derek Jeter is the Hallmark greeting card of fantasy shortstops. And that isn’t a good thing. You see, Hallmark is the crème de la crème of greeting cards, according to some. From birthdays to bah mitzvahs, if you want to show that you truly care, only a Hallmark will do … or so the commercials [...]

Ninja sense: Ten things that you’ll see happen in Week 1

Let me go on record as saying that I totally HATE pregame shows. Did you see the Black-Eyed Peas’ poor excuse for lip syncing? Did you see the cheesy countdown clock? It was hard to tell if I was waiting for a football game, or getting ready to watch the ball drop on New Years’ [...]

Ninja notes: The international edition [FBB]

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, [...]

Going ‘Greene’ [FBB]

While the rest of the world is “going green” these days, my fantasy baseball teams are “going Greene.”   As in Khalil Greene.   The St. Louis shortstop who recently came off the DL (anxiety disorders) and immediately made himself heard with .500 hitting (4-for-8), three home runs, four runs scored, five RBI and 14 [...]