Category Archives: Fantasy

How to Play Fantasy Baseball to Win (without betraying your home team loyalties)

*Disclaimer: This article is meant for the novice fantasy baseball player who has some idea of traditional fantasy baseball rules and scoring, especially in reference to Head to Head leagues, although the information is still roto-relevant.  Because I am a Giants fan, and this being giantspod.net, I will use the 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants in my examples. (That never gets old)

Pre-Draft and Draft:

Know your home team and what to expect from them.  Who is fantasy relevant, and who has more team oriented contributions which don’t necessarily matter in traditional fantasy baseball scoring?

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Fantasy Baseball And Its Discontents

While the true tale of how Thomas and I got to know each other is one mired in intrigue, baseball, romance, trivia, and drunken debauchery, our friendship solidified through our mutual love of the Orange and Black. But after the Series ended, and with the cold winter months looming ahead, Thomas had something to keep him warm, which had never quite done it for me: football.

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