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This week I wanted to wait until the weekend to breakdown the 4th of July edition of the Fantasy Sports Weekly. I want to give a glimpse into the fantasy football crystal ball for all of you who have told me “I hate fantasy baseball…I’ll start reading when you have some fantasy football stuff…” and I will also breakdown the fantasy baseball all star team for the first half of the season.
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Salute to Sports Video Games that Changed our Lives
TIGER WOODS 1999, EA Sports
Golf games took a turn for the better when the TIGER WOODS video game series hit shelves in 1999. The gameplay was a giant step up from the older versions of the EA Series: PGA Tour Golf.
Pebble Beach #18 anyone? In this game an Eagle was always a possibility!
Fantasy Football Crystal Ball
As a teaser for what’s to come in a few weeks, I wanted to jump out of the box and have a mock fantasy draft that everyone can participate in. I am going to do the first round and then on our forum section you can participate in building our top 100 players.
http://forums.sportscolumn.com/viewtopic.php?p=1405#1405
Sportscolumn.com Fantasy Football Rankings: Overall Top 10
The new LT is Sportscolumn.com’s #1 Ranked Fantasy Player as of early July
1 : LaDainian Tomlinson
2 : Priest Holmes
3 : Ahman Green
4 : Jamal Lewis
5 : Peyton Manning
6 : Clinton Portis
7 : Deuce McCallister
8 : Ricky Williams
9 : Shaun Alexander
10 : Michael Vick
Fantasy Baseball Midseason All Star Team
C – Ivan Rodriguez, Detroit
Pudge has put up some great numbers this year. Over 50 RBI’s and an incredible Batting Average (.384) he is a first team SC.COM all star.
1B – Jim Thome, Philadelphia
Thome is a monster and with all due respect to Albert Pujols, Thome leads in more categories (HR, RBI, AVG, OPS) than Pujols (Hits, Runs, SB) that players look for in Fantasy Baseball.
2B – Michael Young, Texas
Young is technically a SS but since this is Fantasy Baseball he’s eligible for 2B all season. And he’s been sensational.
SS – Miguel Tejada, Baltimore
Tejada is a very very good player. He is not putting up MVP numbers but his AVG, Power and most notably RBI’s set him apart at SS.
3B – Alex Rodriguez, New York
A-Rod’s balance of power and speed along with top notch numbers in all major categories puts him easily in first place. (Note Scott Rolen is not eligible because he’s a whiny baby)
LF – Manny Ramirez, Boston
Let’s face it. Barry Bonds, love him or hate him, is SuperMan. But his fantasy numbers are lousy due to being pitched around. Manny is stuffing the stat sheet this year and is our top left fielder on the SC.COM fantasy baseball team.
CF – Carlos Beltran, Houston
Beltran is the 5-tool fantasy offensive player. He has 15 steals, 19 Homers, 55 RBI’s, 70+ hits and 50 runs. Nizzice.
RF – Vladamir Guerrero, Anaheim
Vlad the Impaler. Dominating. I had Beltran and Vlad on my team at one point. Dealt Beltran for Posednik and Barry Zito due to lack of starting pitching. Without Vlad, I’d be depressed about that move but I’m not!
SP – Randy Johnson, Arizona
The Big Unit has been sick this year. Many pitchers are comparable in wins and ERA but he has 130 K’s already and is pitching dominant baseball. A workhorse.
RP – Mariano Rivera, New York
29 Saves. 35 K’s and a whopping .86 ERA/ 1.08 WHIP. Superb. Danny Graves came out on fire with SAVES but let’s face the REDS are not the YANKEES. Rivera is #1.
FANTASY FOOTBALL League Update
As of right now we have received very solid response to the Inaugural Sporstcolumn.com fantasy football league. We are working through the details as to prize money, registration information and the league setup. We will make sure that the leagues are setup so everyone can participate so do not worry about registration fees and the like. If you desire a free entry we will accommodate. Look for more info next week on the structure of the league, draft dates etc. We hope to build a unique experience that we can all enjoy as a community.
For more information on updates visit:
http://forums.sportscolumn.com/viewtopic.php?t=201
Or check back for next weeks column when we’ll have more information!!!