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 [...]
September 12th, 2009 by jzak
For a majority of Thursday night’s season opener between the Steelers and Titans, the game didn’t resemble much of a football contest, but more sumo wrestling match. The teams smacked each other around until both sides were weary. I know I was weary just watching the game.
However, in the middle of this low scoring slugfest, [...]
June 27th, 2009 by jzak
For 144 days, I stayed clean from my addiction.
It wasn’t easy. The withdrawal symptoms. The sleepless nights. The cold sweats and headaches and need to satisfy my craving. Through it all, I stood strong. I resisted the urge.
That is, until Friday night. During my dinner break at The Daily Item, I had an innocent yearning [...]
June 22nd, 2009 by jzak
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 total bases.
April 29th, 2009 by ep
Email to: ep(at)chinstrapninjas(dot)com
Searching through the waiver wire and making the right pickups at the right times can result in huge benefits. The Stealthy Ninjas column is here to let you know the kinds of players you’ll find available on your wire and whether it’s worth wasting a roster spot on them or not.
Each week, I’ll [...]
April 19th, 2009 by ep
Having “Lost My Words” (copyright Jay-Mo, 2009) for what seems like weeks, today seemed like as good a time as any to try to get some back.
Contrary to my complete lack of lineup diligence, there’s baseball being played and fantasy baseball games being decided every day.
It’s early in the season and, as Jzak pointed out [...]