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For those who are unfamiliar with my thought process, I aim to add as many home run hitters as possible to my daily fantasy baseball lineups. One way of doing that is to look at a player’s isolated power numbers (ISO). The ISO statistic removes singles and provides a larger weight for each extra-base hit. I also use the weighted on-base average (wOBA) metric. This stat takes every positive outcome into consideration. Last year,…

Baseball is too healthy. You can see the problem with that, what with all the money rolling in and the steady attendance. It’s like a fault line, continually building pressure, just waiting for that one little slip. Where’s the drama? Where’s the tension? Are we going to be engulfed in an 8.4 dramaquake after this unprecedented stability? Probably not anytime soon, but the Collective Bargaining Agreement is up after…

By Joe Uchill – 07/18/16 04:56 PM EDT The former St. Louis Cardinals employee who illegally accessed Houston Astros computers was sentenced to prison.  Christopher Correa, a 36-year-old former director of baseball development for the Cardinals Major League Baseball team, was sentenced to 46 months in prison.  Correa pleaded guilty Jan. 8 to five counts of unauthorized access to a computer.   Correa first accessed email and internal research of…

Former big-league pitcher Roger Clemens is still going to give this whole “playing baseball” thing a go at the age of 53. And he’s going to be joined by the most random assortment of former MLB players that we could ever think of. It was announced Sunday that an “MLB Star” team of sorts will compete in the summer’s National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan. The NBC World…

Former big-league pitcher Roger Clemens is still going to give this whole “playing baseball” thing a go at the age of 53. And he’s going to be joined by the most random assortment of former MLB players that we could ever think of. It was announced Sunday that an “MLB Star” team of sorts will compete in the summer’s National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan. The NBC World…

Former big-league pitcher Roger Clemens is still going to give this whole “playing baseball” thing a go at the age of 53. And he’s going to be joined by the most random assortment of former MLB players that we could ever think of. It was announced Sunday that an “MLB Star” team of sorts will compete in the summer’s National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan. The NBC World…

Former big-league pitcher Roger Clemens is still going to give this whole “playing baseball” thing a go at the age of 53. And he’s going to be joined by the most random assortment of former MLB players that we could ever think of. It was announced Sunday that an “MLB Star” team of sorts will compete in the summer’s National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan. The NBC World…

The Blue Jays beat the A’s, 5-3, on Sunday thanks in part to a two-RBI Josh Donaldson double in the ninth inning. One of the runners he drove home was Junior Lake, who singled on a pitch that hit his bat in two different places. We’ve seen this type of thing before, but it’s a rarity and is pretty fun to see in slow motion. Check it out: One might…

Former big-league pitcher Roger Clemens is still going to give this whole “playing baseball” thing a go at the age of 53. And he’s going to be joined by the most random assortment of former MLB players that we could ever think of. It was announced Sunday that an “MLB Star” team of sorts will compete in the summer’s National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan. The NBC World…

Northampton went 4-0 in pool play at the Cal Ripken nine-and-under state tournament over the weekend in Hadley, qualifying for the semifinals as the top seed. On Saturday, Northampton beat Frontier 7-2 and Milford 12-6. Luke McGrath went 4 for 4 with a triple in an 18-0 win over Hudson on Sunday. Jordan Peters had a triple and a single in a 12-2 win over Northbridge, while Jack Sherman hit…

Wreckage from the tornado in Watkins last week, on Sunday, afternoon, July 17 in downtown Watkins. (Photo: Jessie Wade, jwade@stcloudtimes.com) WATKINS — Almost one week after a tornado swept through multiple cities in Central Minnesota, leaving heavy damage specifically in Watkins, communities have continued to work with one another to put the pieces back together. One way the residents of Watkins are enjoying the little things? Baseball. “Those who come to…

Baseball is a funny thing.  Investing time, energy and focus on a given team or game can bring out the innermost emotions of fans. The seemingly arbitrary on-field events can hold especially powerful emotional weight for the supremely invested, something to which most young fans can attest.  One young Pirates fan definitely can, and was caught on-camera riding the emotional rollercoaster in Sunday’s tense affair with the Nats at Nationals…

UK Draft List Recap The Wildcats had 4 players from the 2016 roster drafted in addition to six members of the incoming recruiting class.  Actually it’s more like five members of the recruiting class, but more on that later.  Here’s the list of UK-related draftees along with their signing bonus (if applicable): The only real surprise is Zack Thompson not signing with the Rays. 11th-round…

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Welcome to Sunday’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the brand-spanking new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Let’s get to Sunday’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. Five Things to Watch: 1. Here are the three highest projected over/unders, provided by OddsShark… CLE-MIN: 9 LAD-ARI: 9 MIL-CIN: 9 2. Weather: Everything looks clear for Sunday. 3. You down with BvP? Brian…

UPDATE: The Indians’ offering to Jobu didn’t work. Yan Gomes was hitless in two at-bats after pinch hitting Saturday night at Minnesota, and he dropped a throw home in the 11th inning, letting the winning run score. One of the hottest teams in baseball at the moment are the Cleveland Indians, who have the best record in the American League heading into Saturday’s games. It seems like every night a…

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Texas’ Yu Darvish returned from the disabled list to strike out nine but was inefficient and wild at times, and Anthony Rizzo’s two-run double helped lead the host Chicago Cubs past the Rangers 3-1 on Saturday. In his first start since June 8 because of shoulder pain, Darvish (2-1) reached 98 mph and allowed only two runs and two hits, but the righthander lasted just 4 1/3…

Major League Baseball is telling managers to cool it on arguing balls and strikes, and warning them not to rely on replay help to bolster their beefs. MLB executive Joe Torre sent a memo Friday to managers, general managers and assistant general managers that said: “This highly inappropriate conduct is detrimental to the game and must stop immediately.” “Although disagreements over ball and strike calls are natural,…