Title: AVG, OBP, or OPS for Fantasy Leagues?
Date: August 10, 2009
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I took a look at how value for players fluctuates depending on if AVG, OBP, or OPS is the rate stat used in fantasy leagues. While most use AVG, I’m a proponent of OPS myself.
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Title: Buehrle’s Perfect Game and the Fantasy Impact
Date: July 24, 2009
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: After Mark Buehrle tossed a perfect game, I took a look at how little of an impact such a singular spectacular performance would have on a fantasy team.
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Title: Risk-Seeking Behavior at the Fantasy Season Mid-Point
Date: July 22, 2009
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This piece took a look at why risk-seeking behavior should only really exist for middle-of-the-pack teams in fantasy baseball leagues at the mid-way point of the year, because top teams will be risk averse and bottom teams will look to build for the future (or stop paying attention in a redraft league).
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Title: Handicapping Wrestlemania
Date: March 30,l 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Just like I did for the Royal Rumble, I decided to apply some odds to predetermined events. It saddens me that I haven’t made this an annual staple of the site.
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Title: Writer’s League Power Rankings
Date: March 18, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: There’s nothing people like more than reading about other people’s fantasy teams, am I right? I went on to win the league, if you’re wondering, and a handful of the members stuck around into 2009 for the first year of what has become an awesome auction keeper league.
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Title: Handicapping the Royal Rumble
Date: January 26, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: And so began my infatuation with gambling on pre-determined events, specifically the WWE.
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