Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Greg cuts Hamilton, adds

Dropping Josh Hamilton and his broken finger and 0 homers for Jason Heyward minus his 3.

At least I saw Hamiltons injury on Sportscenter, or i'd probably never know.

Vince Note - I saw he called his third base coach "stupid", Stay classy Josh

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

2011 Home Run Contest Draft



HR Contest Year #5 - fantasy baseball at its most elemental.

Home runs only. Minimal free agent moves allowed.

Plenty of time to enjoy the finer things in life.

Greg, as two-time returning champion, elected to take picks two and three overall in our two-person snake draft, leaving Vince to select first.

Vince admits to following the quantitative methods of Baseball Prospectus to arrive at his draft list. Greg admits to looking at last season's leaders. Which one works?

Vince's roster, aka The Big Uglies

Adam Dunn
Ryan Howard
Prince Fielder
Mike Stanton (rookie)
Alex Rodriguez
Ryan Braun
Carlos Pena
Miguel Cabrera
Mark Reynolds
Kila Ka'aihua

Greg's roster, aka Tour de Longball

Jose Bautista
Albert Pujols
Paul Konerko
Josh Hamilton
Mark Teixera
Joey Votto
Nelson Cruz
Adrian Gonzalez
Carlos Gonzalez
Dan Uggla