Five Fantasy Baseball Players You Just Have to Have

Chris Johnson

While fantasy football is a sprint, fantasy baseball is more of a marathon.  As such, fantasy baseball managers often break up the monotony of a long season by changing up their fantasy baseball team names or swapping out members of their team roster. In fantasy baseball, there are also a lot more players from which … Continue reading

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Closing Time

Carlos Marmol pitching for the Chicago Cubs

Nothing is more disappointing than having a great night, only to hear the dreaded announcement of closing time.  At closing time, you hope that you’ll wind up a winner, but there’s also the chance that someone else is going to step in and ruin everything. Closing time can be depressing for fantasy baseball managers, too.  … Continue reading

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Some April Foolishness in Predicting the World Series

Yunel Escobar for Toronto Blue Jays

Opening Day is here in Major League Baseball, so that means that it’s time to look ahead to October and predict the 2012 World Series champions.  If you enjoyed the success we had in predicting sneaky fantasy baseball pick-ups for the Japan Series, then you know that we are darn near psychic here at TeamNames.net. … Continue reading

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Sneaky Fantasy Baseball Pick-Ups for the Japan Series

Justin Smoak

The 2012 MLB season starts March 28 with the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners playing a two-game series in Tokyo.  Shrewd fantasy baseball managers will get their A’s and M’s in their starting lineups for two days.  Even shrewder managers slip some free agents from each team into their lineups for extra stats during … Continue reading

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Top Ten Fantasy Baseball Players

Matt Kemp for the LA Dodgers

We’ve discussed some fantasy baseball players who are overvalued, and we’ve discussed some players who are undervalued.  Now let’s take a look at who we would rank as the Top 10 fantasy baseball players. No. 1:  Matt Kemp, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers In 2011, Kemp batted .324, hit 39 home runs, stole 40 bases, scored … Continue reading

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Five Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

Brandon Belt

Last week, we discussed five overpriced fantasy baseball players.  This week, we’re going in the opposite direction and looking at five fantasy baseball players that may fly under the radar in many leagues’ drafts. Brandon Belt, 1B, OF, San Francisco Giants Belt is still battling for a starting spot in the Giants’ lineup, but he’s … Continue reading

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Five Overpriced Fantasy Baseball Players

Mark Teixeira on the basepaths for the New York Yankees

Got your fantasy baseball team set up?  Got your cool fantasy baseball team name?  Good.  Then it’s time to start scouting players for your draft. Every season, there are some fantasy baseball players who are drafted too high.  Fantasy baseball managers are often sucked in to paying too much for a player by his name, … Continue reading

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Lives On Through Athletes

Martin Luther King leaning on a lectern

The United States celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January of each year, honoring the birth of the influential civil rights leader who promoted positive social change through nonviolent means.  In Dr. King’s honor, TeamNames.net takes a moment to reflect on some African-American athletes who have gone beyond their brilliant athletic careers and … Continue reading

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New Year’s Resolutions of the Rich and Famous

Albert Pujols hits a home run.

The new year is nearly upon us, and it’s time for all of us to make our New Year’s resolutions.  Lose some weight.  Stop smoking.  Give more to charity.  Get organized.  Get out of debt.  All of that stuff. Here at TeamNames.net, though, we wondered what those in the sporting world might resolve to do … Continue reading

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