Archive for March 25th, 2010

I'm not gay, I'm not Dominican

For those of you who aren’t daily readers of Deadspin, I highly suggest that you start making daily visits.  Their best postings, in my opinion, are simply posting e-mails of other Deadspin faithful.

I’m not sure if what came to my mind after reading this story is considered a violation, but the first thought that came to my head was “I wonder how many dicks Jose Reyes has sucked”.

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Yes, more boobies.

Yesterday, I went over the fantasy values of the Phillies’ position players. Today, a look at the pitching staff. To reiterate: For purposes of this exercise, I’m assuming 5×5 scoring, as well as standard auction budgets ($11-12 per roster spot). Adjust accordingly for your own league’s rules, and remember – it’s often more advantageous to let a homer reach or overbid for a Phillie.

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Does Central PA really deserve that?

Hi everyone, today is your chance to help fancy-pants saberist Tom Tango.  Tom likes to poll fan opinion on things because it turns out that when you poll a whole bunch of novices about something, their average prediction is often more accurate than an expert.   Today Tango wants the fans to predict playing time for their favorite teams.  Below is the link to the Phillies prediction page, it’s pretty intuitive from there.  So take 2 minutes and make your best guesses.

http://www.tangotiger.net/survey/index2.php?teamid=143&team=Philadelphia%20Phillies