If you don’t count today, there are exactly five days until the start of baseball-that-counts in 2009. The Braves and Phillies play Sunday night at 8pm to start the regular season. Yes, after all these months of planning, prepping, drafting and waiving, you’ll actually get to see what “your guys” can put together. It’s great [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2009’
The Collision of Game Theory & NCAA Brackets, part 1
When not toiling away with Vlookup Functions and the infamous Index(Match()) combo, Vlookup Vince actually has other interests in life in addition to sports. Nerdily enough, Game Theory is near the top of that list. Game Theory tries to capture people’s behaviors using math, and is most often applied to the arena of economics. Your [...]
The Coaching Carousel Begins: Part I
As teams fall out of the Tournament, the annual coaching carousel begins. Sources confirming (even to CAPS LOCK CARL himself!) that Virginia hires itself a new basketball coach, 39-year old Tony Bennett of Washington State, breaking news at about 5pm on Monday. CAPS LOCK CARL, whilst perusing the web late in the afternoon to waste [...]
Fantasy Baseball – Best Players of the 2000s
Over the last few weeks, CubicleGM has reviewed some post fantasy baseball draft thoughts, overvalued/undervalued, some of the differences between playing in a points league versus a roto league, a draft day diary, and even some thoughts from a fantasy baseball wifey. Additionally, before those posts, Vlookup Vince powered up his Excel 2007 for a [...]
NCAA Men’s 1 on 1 Battles (Cont’d)
Editor’s Note: Morning Blend Maurice is not capable of posting his own writings, for various reasons that need not be discussed here. However, Vlookup Vince promises you that there will not be a follow up piece on the best NCAA Women’s 1 on 1 matchups – that is a guarantee. Cuz I cant stop, won’t [...]
Things Are Looking Up
Just in case you got to work today, convinced it was Friday only to be reminded of your own stupidity, there is some measure of redemption: The NCAA Tournament continues tonight. Yes, it is longer than just one weekend, though that is easy to forget once you get back into your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday routine.
Red Sock/x: Curt Schilling’s Place in this Painful Era
Congrats to Curt Schilling on a great career, his retirement officially announced earlier this week on his blog, 38 Pitches. For a tangent, kudos also to Deadspin for catching a SportsCenter moment that may well contribute to the job loss number for March (I’m Sure This Won’t Annoy Curt Schilling One Bit).
‘Bubble Team’ Tourney Performance Follow Up
Following up on my pre-tournament post regarding the performance of Bubble Teams over the past 5 years, I thought it would be fun to look at how this year’s crop did. Again, I defined a Bubble Team as an 11 or higher at-large team. Over the past 5 tournaments, there were an average of 4.25 [...]
Diamonds in the Points League Rough
Continuing our lessons learned and observations session from Cubicle GM’s recent fantasy baseball draft, I’d like to offer a few thoughts on fantasy leagues with a “points” scoring system. A bit of set-up is probably worthwhile before I dive in. CAPS LOCK CARL plays with a motley crew of degenerates in a 10-team league that [...]
Fantasy Baseball. At Least I Know Who My Husband’s Mistress Is.
Editor’s Note: CubicleGM’s second guest post comes from Safeco Sellout, the wife of The Commish, who yesterday contributed his Fantsy Baseball 2009 Overvalued/Undervalued. As the wife of a fantasy-obsessed husband, Safeco Sellout asked to share her thoughts, which CubicleGM found thoroughly entertaining. As always, if you wish to contribute a guest post, email your thoughts [...]
