100 Posts, Computer Fried

Is that a sign or something? Hopefully be back up and running sometime next week. In the meantime enjoy the LCS!

Links for October 14th, 2009

TV: Redstone selling share in CBS
Baseball: Nats Managerial List
Music: Britney's 3 is #1
Fantasy Football: WR Targets
Green: Climate Changes for Big Companies
Fantasy Baseball: BA Prospect List Accuracy
Technology: VC Funding for Q3
Sports Business: WMG buying Athletes First
Movies: THR Where The Wild Things Are Review
Stocks: JP Morgan Q3 Earnings

Links for October 13th, 2009

TV: No Glee for Thanksgiving
Baseball: Cards Resign Holliday & Extend Pujols
Music: Mayer's Return
Fantasy Football: TMR's Waiver Wire
Technology: Wave on the Iphone
Fantasy Baseball: Early 2010 OF Rankings
Green: Volt is A Step Closer
Sports Business: Season Tickets for 50 years
Movies: Getting Ready for MJ's last dance

Links for October 12th, 2009

Baseball: Jose Reyes Injury Debate
Music: Michael Jackson New Song on TMZ
Fantasy Football: Droppables
Green: Climate Bill Compromise
Fantasy Baseball: Orioles 2009
Technology:How The Wave Changes Communication
Sports Business: Spongetech Lawsuit
Stocks: Earnings Week
Movies: Weekend Box Office

Computer is back, I think, so baseball and TV posts coming soon.

Links for October 9th, 2009

TV: NBC is dying
Baseball: Yankees Good For Baseball (Revenues)
Music: No TM-Live Nation Merger in Europe?
Fantasy Football: Week 5 Advice
Green: Smart Grid Debate
Fantasy Baseball: Gordon Beckham, Breakout Star?
Technology: Asian Click Fraud
Sports Business: Nets Finances
Stocks: Goldman's Quarter
Movies: Burlesque Movie with Christina and Kristin

Technical Difficulties

Sorry guys, I'm officially behind. My Internet has been having some issues. Blogs coming on nuclear energy, MLB postseason revenue, movies, stocks, and technology. I should catchup by tomorrow if my computer can get cleaned up. Thanks for your patience.

Links for October 8th, 2009

TV: Michael Vick TV Show
Baseball: Baby Cole Cries about Start Times
Music: Eminem done with Relapse 2
Fantasy Football: Target Report
Green: Tariff Debate
Fantasy Baseball: Top Southern League Prospects
Technology: Branded Phones Coming Soon
Sports Business: Attendance Up from 08 for playoffs
Movies: Miss Borat Making Her Own Moves
Economy/Stocks: September Retail Figures

Fantasy Catchers 2009 in Review

2009 Average Draft Pick Rankings (Draft Position, Round)
1. Brian McCann (44, 4) - solid 2nd tier, not worthy of selection
2. Russ Martin (45, 4) - absolute bust 14th best C this year
3. Joe Mauer (50, 5) - pick of the year here, MVP in fantasy and real life
4. Geovany Soto (61, 6) - biggest bust, not even top 25 at years end
5. Victor Martinez (70, 6) - went on a tear when he joined the Sox
6. Ryan Doumit (117, 10) - injuries plagued him
7. Chris Iannetta (140, 12) - horrible AVG, but still has pop
8. Matt Wieters (149, 13) - slow start after call-up, great September
9. Bengie Molina (150, 13) - what we thought
10. Mike Napoli (169, 15) - same as above
11. Jorge Posada (174, 15) - helped but new stadium but not much
12. Dioner Navarro (203, 17) - Dodgers were right, can't hit

Final 2009 Yahoo Rankings
1. Joe Mauer (12)
2. Pablo Sandoval (46)
3. Victor Martinez (58)
4. Brian McCann (142)
5. Kurt Suzuki (151)
6. Jorge Posada (196)
7. Miguel Montero (249)
8. Brandon Inge (252)
9. Mike Napoli (279)
10. Bengie Molina (283)
11. AJ Pierzysnki (309)
12. Miguel Olivo (317)
Note: Matt Wieters #3 last month of season

Power surge: 10 catchers had 19 home runs or more this year and 19 catchers hit more than 10

Looking forward to 2010, Mauer is absolutely #1 and will get consideration for first round. I see Sandoval and Victor as a 4th rounders. From there, let the crapshoot begin here. Olivo, Posada, and Napoli all hit 20 bombs in less than 400 AB's. Wieters is sure to get some hype after his September. Potential bouncebacks from McCann and Martin are possible as well. Molina and Barajas are the only decent free agent options so not much will change at this position between now and 2010. I'll start 2010 rankings with catcher when the calendar says 2010.

New Music

RECOMMEND Doesn't Mean Anything - Alicia Keys
Back and just as talented as she use to be

RECOMMEND Medicate - AFI
Not saying you should tale drugs, but you'll like the song

Taking Chances - Glee Cast
OK cover, Idol's Kara DiGourdi did a better one although she wrote it which is impressive

RECOMMEND Wheels - Foo Fighters
Slower more commerically viable track from a louder band

Red Light - David Nail
New country artist with a mediocre country song

RECOMMEND Manhattan - Kings of Leon
The hits keep coming for TN's finest, if you don't own the album buy it already

Bad Habits - Maxwell
Suprised he's still around, after listening to song even more suprised

Slow Poison - The Bravery
Too much keyboard for a rock song for me

RECOMMEND Funhouse - Pink
A jingly new one that'll get played in the radio and clubs

Crawl Back In - Dead By Sunrise
Linkin Park's Chester side project, mediocre, stick to Linkin Park for their beats

Bonfire - Craig Morgan
Another reason why I'm coming around to country, very Big &Rich sounding track

New Albums This Week
Michael Buble
Toby Keith
Roseanne Cash
Brandi Carlile
Tokio Hotel

Week 4 Recap: Fantasy Football

WOW! Performances of The Week

• David Garrard - 323 yards, 3 TD
• Rashard Mendenhall - 165 yards, 2 TD
• Steve Smith (NYG) - 134 yards, 2 TD
• Peyton Manning - 353 yards, 2 TD
• Ronnie Borwn - 115 yards, 2 TD
• Mike Sims-Walker(UCF) - 91 yards, 2 TD

WTF! Performances of The Week

• Tony Romo - 0 TD
• Darren McFadden - -3 yards and gets injured
• LT - 15 yards
• Braylon Edwards - 0 catches
• Drew Brees - 0 TD

Trends To Keep An Eye On

• Jerome Harrison and Rashard Mendenhall for real?
• Is Joe Flacco a must-start every week?
• How long will it take Michael Crabtree to catchup?
• The big group #2 RB's after the top 10 all being pretty equal
  

Trade Targets

• QB: Donovan McNabb, Jay Cutler
• WR: Roddy White, Anquan Boldin, Dewayne Bowe, Wes Welker
• RB: Brian Westbrook, Jonathan Stewart
• Little TD Club: Bush, Forte, LT, Steve Smith (CAR), Housh - Players who don't score TD but have solid stats are always easy trade targets because there scoring is supressed
• Off Bye Week Club: Kurt Warner, Larry Fitgerald, Michael Turner, Desean Jackson, D'Angelo Williams, Matt Ryan - Players who come off the bye haven't played for owners in 10-12 days so people forget how good they are
• **Start using average points per game as byes/injuries throw off players who've played every week vs bye players if using cumulative point when targetting players**

Waiver Wire Picks

• Brian Robiskie - CLE WR
• Michael Bush - OAK RB
• Beanie Wells - AZ RB
• Jerome Harrison - CLE RB
• Rashard Mendenhall - PIT RB
• Derek Anderson - CLE QB