Fantasy Judgment

SUPREME COURT OF FANTASY JUDGMENT 4 Ponies vs. Cajun Crawdads ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI FROM THE INCONTINENT LEAGUE Decided May 15, 2012 Cite as 4 F.J. 64 (May 2012)  Factual Background A rotisserie fantasy baseball league called The Incontinent League (hereinafter referred to as “roto league” or “IL” is an 11-team NL-only keeper [...]

SUPREME COURT OF FANTASY JUDGMENT Stud Muffins vs. Cajun Crawdads  ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI FROM THE INCONTINENT LEAGUE Decided May 15, 2012 Cite as 4 F.J. 61 (May 2012)  Factual Background A rotisserie fantasy baseball league called The Incontinent League (hereinafter referred to as “roto league” or “IL” is an 11-team NL-only keeper [...]

SUPREME COURT OF FANTASY JUDGMENT Smittydogs vs. Moneyball ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI FROM THE INCONTINENT LEAGUE Decided May 15, 2012 Cite as 4 F.J. 57 (May 2012)  Factual Background A rotisserie fantasy baseball league called The Incontinent League (hereinafter referred to as “roto league” or “IL” is an 11-team NL-only keeper league utilizing [...]

SUPREME COURT OF FANTASY JUDGMENT Stud Muffins vs. Smittydogs ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI FROM THE INCONTINENT LEAGUE Decided May 15, 2012 Cite as 4 F.J. 54 (May 2012)  Factual Background A rotisserie fantasy baseball league called The Incontinent League (hereinafter referred to as “roto league” or “IL” is an 11-team NL-only keeper league [...]

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim placed outfielder Torii Hunter on the restricted list so that he can attend to a personal matter back at his home in Texas.  It was reported that Hunter’s 17-year old son, Darius McClinton-Hunter, was one of several people arrested after a month-long investigation of sexual assault of a child.  [...]

On a night last week where the passionate and devoted Red Sox Nation honored Carl Beane, the PA announcer at Fenway Park who was tragically killed in a car accident, Josh Beckett had other plans.  After missing his previous start due to tightness in his lat muscle, Beckett returned to the mound on Thursday night and [...]

With five weeks in the books for the 2012 fantasy baseball season, I thought now would be a good time to do the first edition of the Power Rankings for the Old Bridge Fantasy Baseball League (“OBFBL”).  The OBFBL is an 18-team, non-keeper, mixed AL/NL, head to head points league that has been in existence [...]

Last week’s season-ending injury to Yankees’ closer Mariano Rivera put a lot of things in perspective for baseball fans and fantasy baseball players.  Getting saves and closing games is a complete crapshoot, and NO ONE except for Rivera could ever be relied upon to succeed.  Sure Rivera has had a few hiccups in his career, [...]

On Monday, May 7, 2012, Major League Baseball handed down a five game suspension to Phillies’ pitcher Cole Hamels for intentionally hitting Nationals’ rookie phenom Bryce Harper during their Sunday night game.  There were no fireworks when the incident occurred, but after the game Hamels openly admitted that he hit Harper on purpose as an [...]

It was less than a month ago that I wrote a previous edition of Passing Judgment about Amar’e Stoudemire and the fact the Knicks would be better off without him.  Sure enough, he returned from injury and played fairly well down the stretch as the Knicks made their final drive towards the playoffs.  When the dust settled [...]