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The Hall of Fame Index

When we looked at shortstops we came up on the problem with what to do with Alex Rodrgiguez. The same problem comes up with Barry Bonds. Fortunately, the focus of the book The Hall of Fame Index Part II wasn’t who was the best or most valuable at each position.

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The Hall of Fame Index

When we get into left field we get into one of those situations where we have to eliminate a couple of players from consideration. Barry Bonds might have the highest index score in baseball history. We covered him in great detail in the book. Manny Ramirez obviously also has the

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Josh Hamilton Fantasy Baseball
2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

If you read only one thing….. American sports fans are a unique bunch. We love dominant teams and most fans could be called bandwagon fans, but there is the other side. The Cubs have been called the loveable losers and the Dodgers were the Boys of Summer in the 1950s

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Fantasy Baseball

It seems like I write an article like this every year. Outside of fantasy baseball, the baseball Hall of Fame is easily my number one interest. Several years ago, I wrote a book called The Hall of Fame Index. One of the unfortunate problems when writing a book that uses

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Uncategorized

The BBWAA recently voted three players into the Hall of Fame, but none of them were Barry Bonds. Surprising? No. Was it wrong? Yes. Barry Bonds deserves to be in the Hall of Fame because he wasn’t like all of the PED abusers. I’m not going to stand up for

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy BaseballTeam Fix

Let me offer a belated congratulations to the Pittsburgh Pirates and their fans. On Monday, the Pirates won their 82nd game of the season behind a strong seven inning effort by Gerrit Cole. This marked the first time in 21 seasons that the Pirates will finish with a record above

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