Swedish centre Nicklas Backstrom improved his draft ranking as much as anyone this past year. Before the 2005-06 season, International Scouting Services ranked him as the 15th-best forward, but Backstrom’s rapid development over the past few years had him soar to number four overall, exactly where he was taken on Draft Day by the Washington […]
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John Koronka’s brutal performances finally earned him a ticket out of Texas and down to Triple-A Oklahoma. His fate was sealed when he couldn’t even get out of the second inning against the Tigers. In his past two starts, Koronka was absolutely shellacked for 13 hits, 13 runs, two homers and eight walks in just
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Every fantasy expert and publication will throw a bunch of rules at you. They will put it in a convenient list form with bullet marks or numbers. They will speak as if you have never played fantasy football before and it just so happens, they may not always be right. The following list (I went
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Yahoo has been releasing updates to its Big Draft Board (top 50 players) for this upcoming season. One thing that jumps out at me is that Miikka Kiprusoff is No. 2 on the board. Yahoo’s reasoning is that the Kipper was already near the top in all statistical categories for goalies and he may have
A Different Take on Goalies Read Post »
Is it just me or is Grady Sizemore quietly becoming one of the best all-around players in baseball? Power, speed, batting average, tremendous defense. While Travis Hafner gets all the headlines for his tape-measure home runs, Sizemore has flown under radar to a league-leading 99 runs while also ranking in the top 10 in steals.
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In this week’s Spikes Up, we examine whether Alex Rodriguez’s rep as a player who can’t deliver in key situations is warranted or not. Other topics this week include how Johnny Damon’s performance this weekend underscored the difference between the Yanks and Bosox in 2006; weighing in on the length of these games (I had
Spikes Up: A-Rod: Clutch or Not? Read Post »
The Indians’ bullpen has come full circle. Considered a main stumbling block to the club’s development in 2004, the bullpen was completely rebuilt last year — with tremendous results. This season, however, the Tribe pen has regressed, and is in even worse shape than it was in 2004, and that’s the main reason why Cleveland
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