Before you go mad, let us help you with your brackets. On Sunday, the selection committee unveiled the 65 teams that will participate in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball championship tournament. A total of 63 teams are given automatic entry and the final two teams play each other in the ‘play-in’ game, the winner of […]
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Selection Sunday is complete so it’s time to sharpen your pencil and fill in those brackets, baby! Joe Aiello over at View From the Bleachers would like to invite any RotoRob reader to enter his March Madness Contest and he’s offering up a book from his vast baseball library to the winner. You can get
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Just a quick heads up to my readers that David Bloom over at Baseball Happenings is filing reports from the Cactus League and he’s been posting some sweet photos, as well. Go take a peek: Day One Day Two Day Three Many thanks to David for sharing his pics and insight.
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Can Creighton finally go deep in the tourney behind MVC leading scorer Nate Funk? CREIGHTON BLUEJAYS SKINNY: As usual, you never know what’s going to happen in the Missouri Valley Conference, and with their win over 11th-ranked Southern Illinois in the final, the Creighton Bluejays earned another trip to the dance and continued an MVC
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If you think on-base percentage is the ultimate measuring stick, consider Morgan Ensberg’s 2006 season. BY BILL GILBERT Bill offers his take on the appropriate use of on-base percentage in measuring performance. Comments are welcome.‘ About 20 years ago, I recall asking a group of knowledgeable baseball friends what they thought the best single statistic
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Despite Al Jefferson’s offensive contributions of late, Coach Rivers was more interested in pointing out his defensive work. When Boston plucked Al Jefferson out of high school, I was tremendously stoked based on the scouting reports I’d read. However, despite flashes of greatness, Jefferson’s first two seasons were generally a disappointment thanks to injuries and
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Let’s hope the new Bosox closer (whoever the hell he is) can flog opponents as well as former closer Jonathan Papelbon flogs chicken products. After a very forgettable season which saw the team get off to a 59-36 start yet somehow only win 86 games, the Bosox faced another winter of change. Several new faces
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