Monthly Archives: September 2011

Sep 13 2011
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Analysis, Baseball, The On Deck Circle

On J.P. Arencibia’s Rookie Season

Title: On J.P. Arencibia’s Rookie Season
Date: September 13, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I still love JPA, but looking back this piece was a bit hyperbolic about his rookie season. While I didn’t nominate him for Rookie of the Year honors, I basically just gave him the “I like this guy” approval and disregarded things like, oh I don’t know, OBP. That said, he’s shown improvement in 2012 so maybe it wasn’t so misguided after all.
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Sep 12 2011
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Fantasy/Gambling, Football, The On Deck Circle

Intentional Grounding – Grounding Your Fantasy in Sunday’s Realities (Week 1)

Title: Intentional Grounding – Grounding Your Fantasy in Sunday’s Realities (Week 1)
Date: September 12, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: With thanks to my friend Trev for the feature name, I had planned to do a weekly Monday morning fantasy wrap-up for Sunday’s games. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a heavy time commitment on a workday each Monday so, like with every other recurring ‘feature’ piece I created, it fell by the wayside quickly.
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Sep 10 2011
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Fantasy/Gambling, Football, The On Deck Circle

Week 1 NFL Picks and Other Bets

Title: Week 1 NFL Picks and Other Bets
Date: September 10, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: For Week 1, I laid out my picks against the spread and my justification for each, as well as some non-spread bets and some teaser options.
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Sep 07 2011
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Fantasy/Gambling, Football, The On Deck Circle

Fantasy QB Strategy

Title: Fantasy QB Strategy
Date: September 7, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: For those fantasy owners lacking confidence in their QB situations, this piece outlined bye-week fill in options, potential caddie QBs, and a few ideal QB-platoon situations out there for owners to exploit.
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Sep 06 2011
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Fantasy/Gambling, Football, The On Deck Circle

Underowned Running Backs

Title: Underowned Running Backs
Date: September 6, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Just ahead of fantasy football season, I outlined some of the lesser owned Running Backs who I felt should have a greater ownership tag.
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Sep 02 2011
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Fantasy/Gambling, Football, The On Deck Circle

Wide Receiver End-Game Strategy

Title: Wide Receiver End-Game Strategy
Date: September 2, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This article looks at how to draft Wide Receivers late in fantasy drafts, and what attributes to focus on. Specifically, it makes sense to shoot for upside at the end of drafts, because semi-reliable (but only semi-useful) players are a dime-a-dozen on the waiver wire.
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