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Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame - Initial Class of Shortstops Inducted
Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame - Initial Class of Shortstops Inducted
Razzball.com has commentary on the newest members of the Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame - the shortstops. No Jeter, no Tejada, no Nomar but two all time greats do make the cut.
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FBHOF Enshrines the Shortstops
Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame — Two Shortstops were enshrined today.  Razzball.com has the commentary, read it here.  FBHOF.com has the plaques, view them here.

FBHOF - Shortstops Inducted
Sweet Lou's Baseball Lab — Two Shortstops were enshrined today. Razzball.com has the commentary, read it here. FBHOF.com has the plaques, view them here.

Be it April or October, the Yankees are flawed
River Avenue Blues — This is a guest post by Lou Poulas. In conjunction with Razzball.com, Lou runs the Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame, where the greats of the Fantasy Era are immortalized in html. We all know by now, even if we don’t admit it to any Met fans we might be on speaking terms with, that the glory years of Yankee dynasty from 1996-2001 are long since over. I admit I originally thought Buster Olney’s book was a bit outlandish in claiming Luis Gonzalez’s bloop single was the dynasty’s swan song, but in retrospect the facts are undeniable. ...

The Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame, First Basemen
Fantasy Baseball Blog at Razzball.com — ... A few weeks ago, I ran a chart in the shortstop induction article, showing the number of times each position finished, on average, first overall.  I found a flaw however, by counting all the players at a position, and not just the ones who would have been “fantasy worthy”, I overestimated the impact of certain positions.  Re-running the data it is clear there is no argument as to which positions have been the best since 1980 – it’s either first base or outfield.    The chart below depicts the average score for “fantasy worthy” players who were eligible at these ...

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