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Week Six Fantasy Football Complaints and Ramblings

When I awoke Monday morning, I momentarily believed it to be Sunday. Maybe all that transpired in football yesterday had merely been a brain overtaxed by a long Saturday night exacting revenge...

Written by Grant McElroy about about 1 month ago 172 reads 0 comments
Fantasy Basketball 101: Injuries, Suspensions, and Draft Day Red Flags

In order to initiate newcomers into the maddeningly addictive world of fantasy basketball, I will be composing several columns over the next two weeks designed to educate rookies of this wonderful imaginary sport...

Written by Grant McElroy about about 1 month ago 3,539 reads 0 comments
NHL Fantasy Hockey: Goalie Pick-Ups and Fillers

Depending on who hosts your fantasy hockey league, goalies can account for at least one-third to one half of your total points. Yet every year I witness team after team focusing on goal scorers and ignoring the net minders...

Written by Grant McElroy about about 1 month ago 636 reads 0 comments
Week Five Fantasy Football Complaints and Ramblings

I've always advocated fantasy sports are games of numbers, not names. The latest stats and current match-ups win these imaginary cyberspace contests. Thusly, monikers don't matter...

Written by Grant McElroy about about 1 month ago 470 reads 2 comments
Labor Day Fantasy Baseball Notes

An abbreviated article on account of Labor Day, so enjoy the bullet points. • Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter furthered his bid for his second Cy Young Award today...

Written by Grant McElroy about 2 months ago 44 reads 0 comments
Sizemore Shut Down for the Season: Fantasy Implications

Sitting 14 games behind the AL Central leading Tigers and a whopping 20 games back in the Wild Card race, the Cleveland Indians finally resolved to shut center fielder Grady Sizemore down for the year...

Written by Grant McElroy about 2 months ago 81 reads 0 comments
The Qualls Quandry: Fantasy Implications Of The New Diamondbacks Closer

Usually when one team sweeps another in baseball it is cause for a celebration. Especially when the feat is done in front of the home crowd...

Written by Grant McElroy about 2 months ago 233 reads 0 comments
The Biggest Fantasy Baseball Busts of 2009

As the fantasy baseball season draws to a close, it is important to look back and analyze the stats. Some players performed exactly as predicted while others were a pleasant surprise...

Written by Grant McElroy about 2 months ago 117 reads 0 comments
Scouring The Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire

I was driving down the main drag in town yesterday with my brother when I glanced over and noticed a new supermarket being built. To my amazement my brother told me ground was broken on this massive structure two months ago...

Written by Grant McElroy about 3 months ago 170 reads 6 comments
A Fantasy Relevant John Smoltz Returns to the National League

By the time this sentence is finished, it will probably be too late. Expect John Smoltz to already have been added en masse by a majority of every fantasy format except AL only leagues...

Written by Grant McElroy about 3 months ago 760 reads 0 comments
Fantasy Baseball Championships Run Through Denver and Chicago

On Friday night I was supposed to see the 1970's rock band Styx at a county fair. Not a state fair, but a middle of nowhere Podunk county fair. Unfortunately everyone slated to join me bailed at the last minute, mainly due to a lack of proper planning..

Written by Grant McElroy about 3 months ago 69 reads 1 comments
Fantasy Baseball: Bone Thugs and September Call-Ups

I love holidays, especially those in which it is socially acceptable to unabashedly imbibe until the liver's content. Days such as New Year's Eve, St. Patrick's Day, the Fourth of July, Flag Day, etc...

Written by Grant McElroy about 3 months ago 485 reads 2 comments
Junichi Tazawa Warrants a Deep League Fantasy Look

As a result of Boston designating Cooperstown bound pitcher John Smoltz for assignment, the Red Sox rotation now has an open slot slated for two starts in Week 19...

Written by Grant McElroy about 3 months ago 181 reads 0 comments
Behind the Plate: Week Five Fantasy Baseball Pickups

Sorry for the tardiness of this week's installment, but I've been having internet connection problems lately. So as I type this article at nasty branch library computer, I am sitting next to ...

Written by Grant McElroy about 6 months ago 564 reads 3 comments
Behind the Plate: A Fantasy Baseball Primer for Week Four

First Pitch: Two-Start Bargain of the Week In Week Four, a plethora of aces take the mound twice. Thus, finding a bargain El Guapo who will maximize every pitch of his fantasy double-dip was slightly more difficult for the upcoming scoring period...

Written by Grant McElroy about 7 months ago 141 reads 5 comments
Behind the Plate: A Week Three Baseball Primer

First Pitch: Two Start Bargain of the Week For those of you with a soft spot in their fantasy souls for a bargain pitcher who will give you twice the stats at one low price, in Week Three look no further than Andy Sonnanstine...

Written by Grant McElroy about 7 months ago 2,925 reads 6 comments
Glen Perkins: A Week Two Sleeper Pitcher?

For those of you with a soft spot in your fantasy soul for pitchers who take the mound twice in one scoring period, I am attempting this season to compose a weekly column devoted to finding the most available yet economic options...

Written by Grant McElroy about 7 months ago 207 reads 0 comments
Patience, Fantasy Grasshoppers

Daniel Larusso was a skinny kid from Jersey who was transplanted three time zones away on the West Coast. Soon after moving to California, he was regularly beaten up by local ruffians...

Written by Grant McElroy about 7 months ago 131 reads 0 comments
Fantasy Baseball: Undervalued Players and Prospects for 2009

Today, the fantasy baseball season finally begins. There are many titles to be defended and even more defeats to be avenged. For those in yearly public leagues, it is a novel chance to display their genius and shrewdness as managers...

Written by Grant McElroy about 7 months ago 8,117 reads 14 comments
Apu and Yahoo Fantasy Loopholes

A bear wanders into town down from the hills. As a result a costly Bear Patrol is formed to prevent similar future occurrences...

Written by Grant McElroy about 8 months ago 101 reads 0 comments
The Goonies, Happy Gilmore, and Groin Injuries: Fantasy Hockey Center Pickups

March 8th has been a rather significant date in history. On this particular day Mahatma Ghandi first employed his version of civil disobediance in India. Smokin' Joe Frazier won a decision over a previously undefeated Muhammed Ali...

Written by Grant McElroy about 8 months ago 199 reads 2 comments
Fantasy Basketball Pickups: Guards to Get You to Your Destination

I've never been a proponent of using the cruise control while driving. Maybe it is because subconsciously I know it's safer to go at the flow of traffic. Most likely the reason is I have only owned one automobile on which this feature worked...

Written by Grant McElroy about 8 months ago 1,366 reads 0 comments
Fantasy Hockey Advice: Masters of the Universe and Waiver-Wire Goalies

The trade deadline in the NHL has passed, and in all likelihood swapping skaters is no longer allowed in your fantasy hockey league. Hopefully, particular needs were addressed before the cutoff...

Written by Grant McElroy about 8 months ago 137 reads 0 comments
Ben Wallace Suffers a Broken Fibula Thursday Night

Cleveland Cavalier defensive specialist Ben Wallace sustained a broken right fibula in the second quarter of Thursday night's matchup against the Houston Rockets...

Written by Grant McElroy about 9 months ago 208 reads 0 comments
The 10 Greatest Fictional Boxers of All Time

A couple of weeks ago, I was squandering the night away in a dive. On the television was an old boxing match with the sound switched off. Inevitably, the other patrons and I became thouroughly engrossed in a debate about legendary boxers...

Written by Grant McElroy about 9 months ago 411 reads 26 comments

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Grant McElroy Article Archive

Week Six Fantasy Football Complaints and Ramblings

Fantasy Basketball 101: Injuries, Suspensions, and Draft Day Red Flags

NHL Fantasy Hockey: Goalie Pick-Ups and Fillers

Week Five Fantasy Football Complaints and Ramblings

Labor Day Fantasy Baseball Notes

Sizemore Shut Down for the Season: Fantasy Implications

The Qualls Quandry: Fantasy Implications Of The New Diamondbacks Closer

The Biggest Fantasy Baseball Busts of 2009

Scouring The Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire

A Fantasy Relevant John Smoltz Returns to the National League

Fantasy Baseball Championships Run Through Denver and Chicago

Fantasy Baseball: Bone Thugs and September Call-Ups

Junichi Tazawa Warrants a Deep League Fantasy Look

Behind the Plate: Week Five Fantasy Baseball Pickups

Behind the Plate: A Fantasy Baseball Primer for Week Four

Behind the Plate: A Week Three Baseball Primer

Glen Perkins: A Week Two Sleeper Pitcher?

Patience, Fantasy Grasshoppers

Fantasy Baseball: Undervalued Players and Prospects for 2009

Apu and Yahoo Fantasy Loopholes

The Goonies, Happy Gilmore, and Groin Injuries: Fantasy Hockey Center Pickups

Fantasy Basketball Pickups: Guards to Get You to Your Destination

Fantasy Hockey Advice: Masters of the Universe and Waiver-Wire Goalies

Ben Wallace Suffers a Broken Fibula Thursday Night

The 10 Greatest Fictional Boxers of All Time

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