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Transforming my losing Fantasy Football team after 6 weeks

Posted in Internet, Sports, tagged , , , , , on October 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Earlier, I wrote about one of my fantasy football teams that was selected using Yahoo!’s auto-draft feature as I wasn’t available at the time of the draft.   After 6 weeks, my team is 2-4 with the second fewest points scored out of 12 teams.   The top 8 teams make the playoffs and at this point [...]

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Enjoying the buildup more than the main event

Posted in Internet, Pop Culture, Public Policy, Sports, tagged , , , on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last week while driving and listening to the NPR program Forum, I heard a discussion with the authors of the new book Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election (the archived program can be heard here).  Listening to inside stories and analysis of the presidential campaigns of Obama, Clinton, and McCain was [...]

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My own mock draft and a critique of a Yahoo! Fantasy Football auto-draft

Posted in Internet, Sports, tagged , , , , , on August 31, 2009 | 5 Comments »

It’s NFL football season and once again fantasy football drafts are occurring all across the US.  One of the leagues I’m in had their draft a couple of weeks ago on August 16 using Yahoo!’s fantasy football engine.  I unfortunately was out of the country and had to rely on Yahoo! to auto-draft my team.   [...]

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Real Options and the Baseball Trade Deadline

Posted in Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 29, 2009 | 7 Comments »

In a couple of days, the baseball trade deadline on July 31 will pass.   Both local teams here in the San Francisco Bay Area have interesting decisions to make or already have made important trade decisions: The San Francisco Giants finished last season with one of the worst offenses in baseball and didn’t make a [...]

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Could Nadal ever become Greatest of all time (GOAT)?

Posted in Sports, Tennis, tagged , , , , , , on June 23, 2009 | 8 Comments »

After Roger Federer won the 2009 French Open, I laid out the case in this posting why he should definitively be declared the greatest player of all time (GOAT).   I also stated that I felt that Rafael Nadal would eventually end up being the GOAT after his career was all said and done.  That naturally [...]

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Federer- the best tennis player ever?

Posted in Sports, Tennis, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 8, 2009 | 26 Comments »

Roger Federer won his first French Open yesterday, dispatching of Robin Soderling in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4.   With his now 14th Grand Slam title, Federer has tied Pete Sampras’ record for the number of all time grand slam victories and the clamor anointing Federer as the best tennis player ever is growing louder [...]

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The Best Rivalry in Sports- Federer vs Nadal?

Posted in Sports, Tennis, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Roger Federer just defeated Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-4, to win the Madrid Open.   Perhaps, even more noteworthy was that the victory was on clay where Nadal has historically been at his best.    After the instant classic finals at Wimbledon in 2008 and the Australian Open in 2009 where Nadal pulled out dramatic 5 [...]

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NFL Draft– are rookie contracts holding back losing teams?

Posted in Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The NFL Draft was held and completed this weekend, highlighted by # 1 overall pick Matthew Stafford signing with the Detroit Lions for a 6 yr, $72M contract, with $41M guaranteed.  This continues the escalating, record setting trend for annual rookie contracts and is a sizable increase from the contract signed by last year’s # [...]

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Baseball’s performance enhancing surgeries

Posted in Sports, tagged , , , , , on April 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

After the revelation of steroid use by Alex Rodriguez,   I wrote about why it made perfect sense to me that the majority of  baseball players would take steroids (in the posting — Steroids and Game Theory, also re-posted at Draft MVP.)   But the next discussion I’d like to have is about the phrase ‘performance [...]

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NCAA March Madness- Auction style pools

Posted in Sports, tagged , , , , on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

March Madness is here and that means bracket time.  While I’ve religiously filled out NCAA tournament brackets for many years, the last 3 years I’ve also participated in an NCAA auction.   A different and fun way to enjoy the madness. Here’s how it works: You get 8 people who physically are together who each have [...]

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