tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84712934540895284432024-09-24T12:57:16.142-07:00Baseball Card and Fantasy Baseball NonsenseBaseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-56791065760628378342011-11-05T06:06:00.001-07:002011-11-05T06:07:59.021-07:00

The prototype for Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases is nearing completion. Here's a recent image that really shows off the American walnut. This also provides a good view of the shelving which will accommodate cards in sleeves as well as PSA graded or other graded cards.Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases

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American walnut is a strong durable wood that can last a lifetime when cared for. The choice for ornate furniture it is prized for making cabinets and boxes. Walnut typically displays notable curly and wavy grain structures. It stains and polishes easily to a high finish. Visit Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases for the latest purchasing information.

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C-15 heavy-weight hanging brackets from Brusso secure wall mounted Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases to your wall. The display case has 2 brass brackets secured to the back each by 2 screws. This keeps the display case, and your baseball cards, secure on your wall. For more visit:Brusso, Precision Hardwarewww.BaseballCardDisplayCase.com

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The design and production of the prototype for Vintage Baseball Card Display cases rolls on. One premium feature are the solid brass Brusso Quadrant HD-680 Hinges. The hinges open to a 95 degree angle so the display case door will stay open. The hinge is mortised into the side of the door and when closed the hinges will be concealed.Be sure to visit www.BaseballCardDisplayCase.com and watch

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Finally the prototype for Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases is in the works. The picture shows the frame of the case. Here are some comments from our designer: I've picked out very unique pieces for the prototype case featuring exciting grain patterns and unique features such as curling (wavy grain structure).Check back for more updates and pre-order information. You can also visit the

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This week The Fantasy Baseball Roundtable Show podcast launched a new blog on Word Press which includes a new RSS feed. The feed will be available in the near future via iTunes but in the mean time you can cut and past the following URL into you desktop iTunes application.feed://thefantasybaseballroundtableshow.wordpress.com/feed/The new blog will make it easier for the community to interact

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A few weeks ago I selected a new logo for Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases LLC. Scribe from New Zealand was our final winner. We discussed a look that would be retro-Americana circa 1950s and ultimately that's what scribe delivered.You can check our scribe's work at 99 Designs here - http://99designs.com/users/319143Be sure to check back at BaseballCardDisplayCase.com later this year for our

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After hiatus Bloop Single is back, although mostly focused on launching Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases, LLCHere are the updates;I've been doing all of my fantasy baseball writing as a staff member of the Fantasy Pros 911. This season I'll be doing Pitch or Ditch starting on 4/11.You can also hear me every Wednesday night (or Thursday morning) on the top 10 fantasy baseball podcast, The

Baseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-87569037518455210702010-03-29T17:09:00.001-07:002010-03-29T17:26:33.142-07:00

This past weekend the NFBC held its annual draft at Citi Field in New York. As a life long Met fan it was literally the greatest place on earth for a fantasy baseball draft. Here's this year's team competing in NYC League #2.1) David Wright, 3B - I believe he'll bounce back and 3B is brutally thin this year. 5 categories in the bank.2) Jose Reyes, SS - The thyroid is find so now I just have to

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The Fantasy Pros 911 recently launched a FREE Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide for the 2010 season. It's over 100 pages long and better than the ones you find at the news stands. The 911 stat projections went 42-0 last season and I've been using their 2010 projections to model some draft scenarios. Aside from that there's tons of analysis and rankings. It may be the only draft guide that you need

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In preparation for the 2010 fantasy baseball season I've found 5 interesting outfielders that bare a closer look. Here they are listed in the order of their average draft position.Matt Kemp, 7 - Kemp has been coming along for a few years and although he may have some upside left 7 overall seems a little too steep for me. He has a shot at 30/30 with a .300 BA but his R+RBI combo only projects

Baseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-36937888385653125842010-01-07T11:16:00.000-08:002010-01-07T17:08:39.961-08:00

Last year the Fantasy Pros 911 introduced The Great Fantasy Debate. I was selected along with 11 other fantasy baseball bloggers to compete in a head to head weekly blogging competition. Thanks to all of the support from friends, family and the Bloop Single following I was one of the finalist and selected to write a weekly column on the Fantasy Pros 911. - http://www.fantasypros911.com/

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In prep for the upcoming fantasy baseball season I completed my first NFBC mock draft yesterday. I'm very rusty and have spent very little time studying 2009 fantasy baseball player performance. The first 10 rounds went pretty well but this early in the year it's tough to draw many conclusions beyond the first several picks.Here are my draft results for the first 10 rounds with the 14th overall

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"On August 2, 1907, I encountered the most threatening sight I ever saw on the ball field. He was a rookie... He was a tall, shambling galoot of about twenty, with arms so long they hung far out of his sleeves, and with a sidearm delivery that looked unimpressive at first glance... The first time I faced him, I watched him take that easy windup. And then something went past me that made me flinch

Baseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-42795713939698207182009-07-13T17:19:00.001-07:002009-07-14T18:08:42.841-07:00

In this week's Great Fantasy Debate on the Fantasy Pros 911 I was the away team and had to explain why a second half bounce back was unlikely for former fantasy stud Alfonso Soriano. Even though it's apparent that the decline is on, I really thought this was great year to buy Soriano at a bit of a discount - add that to the list of things I got wrong heading into this year's fantasy baseball

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I became a Satchel Paige fan after watching Ken Burns Baseballthis past winter on DVD. I love watching the series to learn about the old time players and the two that stand out the most to me are Walter Johnson and Satchel Paige.Satchel played all over the country and internationally for Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Mexico. Toward the end of his career he would follow in Jackie Robinsons'

Baseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-63670768833215908022009-06-05T15:03:00.000-07:002009-07-11T17:17:23.214-07:00

While my record has sank to 3-3 in the Great Fantasy Debate I think I've cranked out some of my better posts recently. It's been tough to invest a ton of time in it with fantasy baseball season in full swing but I think I'm still a contender to win the contest.Here are summaries with links to my last 3 posts;Week 7We were asked to come up with our all time baseball top 10 list. Keeping in line

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This week The Great Fantasy Debate gets a little more fun with a head to head comparison of two fantasy baseball outfield studs - Nick Markakis (pictured 2008 Allen & Ginter baseball card) and Carlos Beltran. Here's the question:Home team, tell us why Carlos Beltran is the better Fantasy Baseball PlayerAway Team, tell us why Nick Markakis is the better Fantasy Baseball PlayerI have the Nick

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This week brings a bye week for me in the Great Fantasy Debate. I'm off to a 2-1 start with a shocking loss last week. Since I'm not going head to head this week I tried to be somewhat objective in my analysis of this week's question regarding the performance of fantasy baseball players in contract years (see insert of contract year poster child Adrian Beltre on a Topps Heritage baseball card).

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If his name isn't Johan Santana I'm not interested in starting pitchers in fantasy baseball. Here's the week 3 topic for The Great Fantasy Debate:Is drafting a number one starter early (first five rounds) still a good strategy to follow?I basically pointed out that hitting is much more stable and a smarter early investment in fantasy baseball drafts. Secondly, it's easy to play matchups and

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I've been pretty aggressive in my FAAB bidding in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship Main Event (New York 6) . I drafted heavy pitching with Santana and Lincecum so I've felt I've a major need for some depth for my offense and the back of my rotation - click here to see my NFBC draft results.Week #1Dallas Braden $72 with a runner up of $31, the top 3 other leagues $32, $24, $20 - I paid

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The Great Fantasy Debate rolls on to week #2 along with the fantasy baseball season. This week's question centered around lessons learned in prepping for this year's draft.Now that your drafts are over and the season has started what is the biggest lesson you learned when preparing for your draft and explain?This year I really focused on mastering the mid rounds. In the NFBC, for example, I

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This fantasy baseball league starts out with $312 less the cost of keepers. At this point of the auction draft I'm down to $30 with 14 spots to fill - let's see how far I can pinch the penny. This is the 'scrubs' part of the 'stars and scrubs' strategy.Rickie Weeks, 2B $6 - (pictured in a auto Southern League baseball card) I'm in 3 leagues and have Weeks in all 3, his upside is still huge and

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My auction fantasy baseball keeper league drafted this past weekend which now kicks off our 12th season. I typically employ a 'stars and scrubs' draft strategy with a heavy if not 100% weight on picking up bats. In recent years inflation has really taken off in this league - usually we'd have one player that would crack the $50 mark but last year we had more than 6 with a similar result this

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The regular season of The Great Fantasy Debate kicks off this week. As the home team I'll take pro as to why sabermetrics is a better tool for fantasy baseball than traditional scouting. The book Money Ball goes into great detail about how Billy Beane has used sabermetric techniques and analysis to consistently win 'reality' baseball on a shoe string budget. In fantasy baseball we only care

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