February 2008
32 posts
99 Problems/Balloons →
This is hilarious…and good?
Who was "unlucky" in 2007 →
When you’re drafting, look at guys towards the bottom of the list. These are players that should be hitting for higher averages and may be undervalued. Wish I had this earlier.
Trying out Lijit search
Lijit may be overkill for Tumblr. I haven’t been able to fit it in exactly where I would like to but I do like the idea having search on the blog. It doesn’t search comments which I would like it to, but beyond that the search results seem relevant and fast.
In addition to search, Lijit offers me analytics on how people are using my blog. I’ll give it a few days until I have...
CBS expects to bag $21 million streaming the NCAA... →
2008 MLB All Bust Team
I just finished up my first MLB fantasy draft and have been thinking about overvalued players. Here is my all bust team. Just hitters.
C - Jorge Posada - Last Season was amazing, but completely uncharacteristic of his entire career.
1B - Carlos Pena - Last years stats came out of no where, particularly the 46 HR’s. He was drafted late in my league over the weekend; I think most people...
“The really big new thing will almost certainly come out of the fringe, out of...”
– Marc Andreessen in a 2003 interview with the SF Chronicle
The Post hates statistical analysis that... →
Embed Youtube videos in comments
Gawker is now allowing video to be embedded in comments as seen here on Deadspin. I like the idea of videos in all forms of messaging. Can you imagine ESPN or CBS allowing this?
Chalq does.
Chris Berman Videos...I feel guilty for liking... →
What's 'the get down guy'?
As you can tell I have a bit of a baseball obsession. My first choice for a name was “the tools of ignorance”, which is what people call the catcher’s equipment.
The get down guy is a term I came up with at University of Texas baseball games when I was four or five. I wanted to be a catcher, or the get down guy.
“Baseball,” Orsini says, “is at least on my radar.”
– Steve Orsini, Athletic Director at SMU, on bringing baseball back to the hilltop
2007 MLB Player Projections Pt. 1
We’ve decided to evaluate the 2007 MLB player projections of 4 sources that would be available for CHALQ’s use. The systems are:
Marcel
Bill James (pay)
ZIPS
Rotoworld (pay)
We’re trying to find out who projected closest to the actual 2007 results so we can choose a system for CHALQ. To do this we are running an analysis similar to one Baseball Prospectus conducted in...
USV Hiring
Union Square Ventures is hiring a new analyst. I left them my Tumblr as my web presence. Hopefully we’ll have some more visitors here in the next few days, and maybe you’ll have someone to talk with in the comments Taylor.
I’ve also added links to my profiles on LinkedIn and Facebook.
AOL Fanhouse/Blog Networks
I am struggling to figure out why people consider sites like AOL Fanhouse any different from CBS Sportsline or ESPN stories. Fanhouse writers are paid by AOL, and they write sports columns. You can comment on their stories (just like CBS Sportsline and most ESPN stories).
So what exactly is the difference here? Call it a blog and expect lower quality content? Shorter more frequent posts? ...
first post
First post from my new i phone. It’s going to take a while to get used to this keyboard.
CHALQ could fill this gap →
So what happens to Yahoo!'s fantasy sports product...
Here is a good post from Marc Edelman on the effect a Microsoft/Yahoo merger could have on Yahoo!’s market leading fantasy sports product.
MLB Fantasy Baseball Preview
I have been playing fantasy baseball for 5 years now and this is the best preview I have come across:
MLB Fantasy Baseball Preview
Click the link that leads to the 2008 preview and be sure to allow the pop-up.
Update: Umm, this keeps crashing my browser now that I go back…hopefully you have better luck.
Fast break, fast running Suns trading for....fat,... →
Why the NL is losing All Star games
As stupid as the policy is, the All Star game in Major League Baseball actual does matter. Home field advantage in the World Series is a huge advantage, and a very silly reward for such a silly game. There are many reasons the NL hasn’t won an All Star game since July 9, 1996. I’ll take a unscientific, fairly obvious stab at why they lost last years.
NL starting outfield in 2007:
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Marc Andreessen calming start up fears →
Fantasy projections matter, and people take notice →
Whirlwind
wyomingirl:
It is amazing to me how much some people know about policy issues and their legislative process. (I guess I can be a little cynical about how much attention lay citizens pay to the process.) Mom and I were with a friend of hers at a coffee shop in Riverton and we sat down and talked to a group of older gentlemen. One of them started running the numbers on several sales and...
Fantasy Baseball: My current top 10 position...
If I were to draft today, this is how I would rank the top 10 position players.
Alex Rodriguez *
Jose Reyes
Albert Pujols
Hanley Ramirez
Chase Utley
Miguel Cabrera *
Matt Holliday
David Wright
Ryan Howard
Jimmy Rollins
My biggest difficulty is with Rollins, Howard, Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun. I went with experience. I still believe Fielder is going to have a monster season. ...
Superbowl QB performances, broken down by fantasy... →
Wyomingirl
Annaliese is going to be blogging about her mom’s (Cynthia Lummis) campaign. It will eventually be at www.wyomingirl.com but you can read it now here.
If you’re on facebook you can also get other insight into the campaign on the Cynthia Lummis supporter page.