Don’t Bour Me With the Details and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 11
When looking up something with bore in it to link this title to a video, I came across the classic (to me) Clint Eastwood flick Heartbreak Ridge. Oh how I love this movie... so many classic lines that...
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DraftKings: Ramirez Stars In Erasmo-head
That face says it all. It's the face of a man who's seen some $hit. Like a DK LU that rostered Carlos Frias for his -18 point implosion. I mean, the scarring just don't heal. It's also the face of...
View ArticleThe YardBYRD Sings for Your Love and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 12
What is not to love about Marlon Byrd? He is one of twenty-one hitters who have 49 homeruns over the past two seasons, and is on pace this year to hit over 20 bombs again. He has been on the DL since...
View ArticleMax Retires 27 Batters, Hits One Tabata
Before you accuse Jose Tabata of leaning into a pitch with two outs and Max Scherzer on the brink of a perfect game, let's take you back to 2009. The then 19-year-old Jose Tabata was with his wife, the...
View ArticleFranco Has Pineda Muttering His Initials
Maikellebrew strikes again! And again! Two homers last night for Maikel Franco (4-for-5, 3 runs, 5 RBIs, hitting .312), his 8th and 9th homers of the season in only his 36th game played. That prorates...
View ArticleNolan Can Really Direct His Bat, Man
For one day, let's put our troubles away and bask in Nolan Arenado. No, I want you to shove your troubles further under the rug than they usually are. Here, give me your high school depantsing, the...
View ArticleEstrada Be Kidding Me
Donaldson pulling a Jeter? Shades of Armando Galarraga on a play at first in a perfect game? John Gibbons looking like he's sucking on a lemon but really he just happened to glimpse Brett Cecil? The...
View ArticleRosario Awesome and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 13
I love me a hot schmotato almost as much as I love me a hot Latina. [Jay's Note: I prefer the angry Latina.] Yes, it is true, I love Latin women more than fantasy baseball, except this week, when I...
View ArticleJuan of a Kind and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 14
You can think whatever you want about Juan Uribe. I don't care what anyone thinks, he is one of the most unique players in baseball. A classic character from yesteryear. He has to be a latin 50. Have...
View ArticleJohnny Red Too Stiff For Nats
Does this happen to people? You're working on something, and listening to certain tunes and that informs the way you go about your work. I've never had a real job in my life, so I don't know how this...
View ArticleIs That M-Brant Still Baroque?
Yesterday, Michael Brantley went 4-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs with his 7th homer. One big day for a 2nd rounder is more than Ian Desmond owners can say. Yes, everything's better when compared to Ian...
View ArticleDraftKings: If I Wood, Could You?
Nothing like starting the week off with some Alice In Chains, amirite? Wait, what am I talking about, I'm the old fogey around here. So what do you want to hear, kids? The Billboard top 100 tells me...
View ArticleCole Meets Oil
Yesterday, Latos was traded to the Dodgers, then not traded. Then CarGo was traded to the Mets, then not traded. Then Cole Hamels was traded to the Rangers, and really traded, I think. I don't know,...
View ArticleDraftKings: One Two Cha Cha Chavez
Groove with me, won't you? Admittedly I'm not much of a dancer. I can Macarena with the best of them but that's about it. In fact, if a song is in 4/4 time, that's my go to dance move outside of the...
View ArticleDraftKings – The Fattest Pitcher You Know
In last week's Two Start Pitchers post I, to the surprise of many, included one Bartolo Colon ($7,400) among the top starting options of the week. Looking down the schedule at his two opponents it was...
View ArticleBird Man Loose In New York
Greg Bird was called up by the Yankees. I wonder if when Greg Bird dies his ghost will be harassed by a 1980's black gang calling him Larry Bird. But, more importantly, let's pray Bird doesn't wear...
View ArticleCreepers in the Park and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 20
A few weeks back, I was on vacation and the Big Magoo covered the creeper. He did one hell of a job by making good calls and changing up the format. This week, I'm feeling inspired by the Big Magoo and...
View ArticleGood Lord, Byron Is Back
Guess who's back? Back again! No, that's not The Greek God of Walks, Kevin Youkilis, sufferer of chronic back pain, singing. Besides, it's "who's back," not "whose back." We're not trying to...
View ArticleBear or Bull: The Late Blooming Cog(hlan)
Late bloomers can be found pretty much anywhere you look. Do you remember that Jose Altuve-like kid in junior high who was at least six inches shorter than the next tallest boy in the class? I know I...
View ArticleThe Creeper Ball Run And The Top 100 Hitters, Week 21
I'm channeling some inner-Albright this week. Seat of your pants son! Speaking of Grey, I used the photo he took of me giving him the Larry Bird for my new avatar since it made sense to me that I...
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