Week 4 was the bye week for the Carolina Panthers. Aside from a tangential investment in the Bills, I was staring down the barrel of an autumn weekend wherein I had no rooting interest in pro football. My mind wrestled with this idea while my liver wrestled with the lack of booze being delivered before [...]
Posts under ‘Fantasy Sports’
Here They Are… Your League Leaders (Pitching)
Following up on last week’s perusal of MLB league leaders (they probably aren’t who you assume they are!), we look today at pitchers, both in the American and National Leagues. As with hitters, we’ll take each major statistic and break down players in terms of “Biggest Surprises”, “Least Likely to Continue”, and “Start Worrying”. The [...]
Here They Are… Your League Leaders (Hitting)
I usually try to avoid even perusing the MLB stat leaderboard for the first six or eight weeks of every baseball season; the sample size is generally too small, so why get hung up on quick starts? We’ve discussed this previously. Come mid- to end of May, however, it is worth taking a look at [...]
Do the First Five Rounds of Your Draft Make or Break Your Team
Year in and year out the Matthew Berry’s of the world (who, two months into CubicleGM, still have amazing, enviable jobs) always tout that its much less important what you do with the first five picks in your fantasy draft than what you do in the middle and late rounds of the draft. The thinking [...]
Ian Kinsler’s Unheralded (Relatively), Historic Game
AB R H RBI 6 5 6 5 That is Ian Kinsler’s line from the Rangers game against the Baltimore Orioles from April 15th. Kinsler hit for the cycle – one of three guys to do so in a 4 day span , just the fourth time that has happened in the history of the [...]
The Foolishness of the First (Or For That Matter, Any Single) Week
I have a coworker who left for the bar below our office building at 4:30pm today, just about eight hours after returning from two weeks of vacation. Whilst admiring his boldness yet feeling a bit timid myself (I left at 4pm yesterday), I’m struck with boredom as I sit here, without anybody to talk cube-to-cube [...]
Time is of the Essence: Opening Day Approacheth
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
