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“How to Transition from Draft Mode to In-Season Mode”

Most of you have had your fantasy football drafts already. In fact, many of you have started waivers and or free agent pick ups. I have been immersed in fantasy baseball so until the football season actually begins, football is quite secondary at the moment.
If you are like me, playing fantasy sports is a year [...]

Strasburg Aftermath — When is a good time to trade elite pitching prospects?

When the owner in my keeper league was fortunate enough to pick up Stephen Strasburg on waivers, once he became available on CBS’s fantasy site last season. Not only did said owner not have the worst record in the league, he now boasted a rotation of Halladay, Sabathia, Strasburg, Latos, Brett Anderson, Jurrjens, Wandy, Gavin [...]

Dallas Clark - 2010 fantasy prospects

An article I contributed to my buddy John’s fledgling fantasy football site, www.ffpharmacy.com
Dallas Clark has been one of the top two tight ends off the board in fantasy football drafts this summer so far (along with Vernon Davis). The 31 year old Clark is coming off of a career season, hitting the century mark with [...]

Buy or Sell in a Keeper Baseball League

In third place in my division going into this, trailing the playoff leader by four games with twenty-four remaining, so I am very much in the thick of things. Being in this precarious and familiar position of trailing this late, has me pondering the following dilemma: should I buy (make a dramatic push for a [...]

NBA FANTASY PLAYOFFS

This is my first NBA Fantasy league in a few years, the last time was ‘03 and I missed the playoffs after a very unimpressive and pedestrian effort. This time at the urging of my college friends, I joined their league and was in first place for the most part. However, injuries to Kobe and [...]

Successful Title Defense! 2009 Keeper Football Recap

What a difference a year makes! Last season, I made like the ‘07 New York Football Giants and caught lightning in a bottle, taking out the two higher seeds en route to an unlikely (but not undeserved) championship. I had high hopes as I retained a rock-solid core going into the season —Chris Johnson, Steven [...]

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When Does Trading Affect the Rest of the League? And Should You Care?

The trade deadline in my keeper football league has came and went, so there have been a few trades over the last few days (this trade season has been extremely stagnant) as owners scramble to upgrade or shore up their rosters as we head into the last 6 weeks of the regular season. As mentioned [...]

With Atrocious Teams Abounding in the NFL, Viable Options are Becoming Limited in Fantasy Football

It’s been a while, Happy Halloween Everyone!!! I have been super busy, working a lot, the school year being in full swing now, and working on my book, so haven’t been writing as much as I would like. I am 4-3 in my keeper football league, after a bonehead maneuver (more on that later) and [...]

Would You Take on Unsavory Characters to Win in Fantasy Sports?

Michael Vick rumors and eventual destination in Philadelphia has been discussed ad nauseum, so I am definitely not going to talk about him or his fantasy implications. However, it did get me to thinking how far any fantasy owner would go to win his/her league. The Eagles obviously made a controversial choice to sign such [...]