TGIF

TGIF: Ron Shandler’s Baseball Forecaster

Oh my god, oh my god! It is getting close to December. It isn’t just the month of numerous holiday seasons or the first day of winter. December is also the time of year when one of my favorite publications comes out. I first read about this book when I read Fantasyland by Sam Walker. The [...]

TGIF: Matt Holliday to Oakland

It was reported several days ago that the Oakland A’s acquired LF Matt Holliday from the Colorado Rockies. In order to land one of the best hitters in all of baseball, the A’s had to give up SP Greg Smith, OF Carlos Gonzalez, and CL Huston Street. Holliday has been one of the biggest offensive threats [...]

TGIF: Fantasy Baseball’s Best Contract Year Player of 2009

With free agents hitting the market and the hot stove soon to be heating up (get it?), many fantasy owners might already be getting a head start in prepping for the 2009 season. I can personally say that one of the biggest factors that I look at is a player in a contract year. Yes I [...]

TGIF: Sports of Boston Basketball Draft

Welcome to the inaugural Sports of Boston Friends and Family Basketball league draft. Like our previous fantasy leagues, we use Yahoo! Fantasy Sports. This is a 12-team league and we set up the scoring categories as such:

FG%
FT%
3PTM
PTS
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO

The roster spots contain slots for: PG,SG,G,SF,PF,F,C,Util,Util,Util, and three bench spots.
The league members consist of SoB contributers of the [...]

TGIF: The Best Fantasy Football Seasons of The Last 10 Years

I am feeling very opinionated…well everyday. Today though, I just felt like cruising through the magical world of football statistics and thought to myself: “Man, I wish I had him on my fantasy team that year.” Skip ahead several hours of more searching and gear-turning in my head and I have composed what I think [...]

TGIF: What I Have Learned This Football Season (So Far)

The 2008 season has been full of stories good and bad. In our short time of play (only 6 weeks), I have witnessed the trends that make this game great and at the same time not so great. Looking at the data and also going back through my fantasy drafts a couple of months ago, [...]

TGIF: WR Specials for Week 6

Over the past few weeks in a couple of my football leagues, I have been streaming WR’s due to some injuries. At the risk of sounding modest, I have been doing pretty gosh darn well for myself (pardon my language). So, I figured I would share this knowledge with the public.
Bobby Wade, Minnesota Vikings
The big reason [...]

TGIF: Fantasy Baseball Draft, 2009

OK, OK, I know what you’re thinking. Why the hell am I doing a draft preview for baseball now? Well frankly, I can do what I want but, that’s not the point. Let’s not lie to ourselves. As soon as the regular season ended, you were already planning your first round draft pick for next [...]

TGIF: The NFL Quarterback-up Club

No, I’m not referring to Acclaim’s classic NFL video game series, NFL Quarterback Club. I’m reffering to an elite club of NFL players that rarely see the field. They are the five best backup quarterbacks in the NFL: players you usually want to never see because your team’s starter is a better player and leader. [...]

TGIF: I’ll Trade You Lee Evans for Two Pieces of Crap

During my Football Recap of Week 2, I expressed my displeasure with a trade that went down in the Sports of Boston Football League. The trade officially went through on September 15th without a lot of resistance and has left one side with a landslide victory. Although I already touched upon it, I feel I need to [...]

TGIF: Marques Colston’s Injury Has Left a Hole

Last Sunday, Saints WR Marques Colston suffered a torn ligament in his thumb and will be sidelined for 4-6 weeks. Those who spent a precious draft pick on him were devastated by the news (God knows I was). So the question now is “How do I replace him?”. The sad truth is that a man [...]

TGIF: SoB Football League Draft

Last Saturday, the Sports of Boston Football League had its draft. In addition to the writers of Sports of Boston, we also had our friends from Wicked Pissa Dude Radio and The Blue Workhorse. We also had loyal readers join us for the fun. It is a 12-team league with positions set up as such: [...]

TGIF: Brett Favre and the Madden Curse

Consider this your final warning. The Madden Curse is one of the more heavily talked about occurrences in all of sports. It ranks above the dreaded Sports Illustrated Curse and my new personal favorite, the Gillette Fusion Curse.
Starting in 1999, the Madden franchise began putting cover athletes on the front of the game. A decade [...]

TGIF: OK, Who Else is Overrated? WR Edition

This is the second part of my two-part series that I started last week. Now, being considered an overrated player takes into account how a player has done in the past, who is the supporting cast, and where they should be drafted in your leagues. So, to clarify once more, Adrian Peterson is a great [...]

TGIF: OK, Who Else is Overrated? QB and RB Edition

A few weeks ago I mentioned how I thought Adrian Peterson was overrated. Again, I’d like to point out that I know he is an incredible athlete, I was just pointing out why he was not worthy of a top two or even three pick. This put the wheels in my mind in motion and drove me [...]