February 6th, 2010 by jzak
Ryan Braun was pretty awesome last season, smacking more than 30 homers and setting a career high with 20 steals.
But if you don’t draft him in 2010, that isn’t a bad thing.
Sure landing Braun or Matt Kemp would be very sweet in any fantasy format, but you can survive nicely without them, draft studs at [...]
February 3rd, 2010 by jzak
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 insinuate.
And, of [...]
January 20th, 2010 by jzak
At a different site recently, someone asked me who the hot young sleeper catcher was for 2010. A player they could target in the mid to late rounds and avoid the drafting firestorm that would surround the truly elite at the position.
And, for the first time in my fantasy career, I found myself giving advice [...]
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 [...]
October 30th, 2009 by jzak
I was about to walk out the front door of The Daily Item office building the other day when I noticed the Incredible Hulk’s little brother perched on the step.
Everything about the guy was huge: Huge biceps, huge tattoos on his biceps, huge bulging wall-like structure where his neck should have been. He wore a [...]
October 17th, 2009 by jzak
In mid-September, I wrote my Trade Tutorial, which outlined ten key rules to successful fantasy trading.
And I continue to stand by those 10 guidelines (indepth discussion on each in my original Trade Tutorial story):
1. Always look to improve your team.
2. Know the other league owners.
3. Studs typically produce.
4. Other owner is looking to improve his [...]