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Dropping Dimes Staff Rankings: Week 10
Posted by Brandon Haraway Categories: H2H, Roto, Site Features,
Welcome to Week 10’s edition of the DD staff rankings, where we rank 20 guys deep at each position according to their weekly schedule, recent performance, and, uhh… lots of guessing.
We hope all is well as we enter the New Year and your fantasy teams are kicking some tail. Let’s jump into the schedules…
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Injured Goalie Rick Dipietro Misses Game, Islanders Feel Pain
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, News, NHL, Scoreboard,
The injury to Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro hurt the Islanders tonight, as backup goalie Wade Dubielewicz couldn’t handle the superior offense of the Ottawa Senators. The Sens won tonight’s game against the New York Islanders 5-2, Dubi could only stop 32 of 37 stops. Last night Dubielewicz was one of the three stars in the Islanders victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. That was not to be tonight, as all three stars went to the Senators (Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza and Dany Heatley). In the Islanders failed effort Bill Guerin scored 2 goals, now giving him 12 on the season.
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Former Florida Marlins backstop Miguel Olivo wasn’t unemployed for long after being non-tendered a contract from the fish. Olivo signed a one year deal with the Kansas City Royals today, including an option for 2009. The starting catcher for the Royals last season was 27 year old John Buck, who hit .222 with 18 home runs and 48 RBI’s. Olivo was only slightly better, hitting .237 with 16 home runs with 60 RBI’s. Each catcher has good power considering their position, and is solid defensively.
“Miguel is a talented catcher with a power bat and a very strong throwing arm,” Royals general manager Dayton Moore said. “With him and John Buck, they form one of the most powerful catching duos in baseball.”
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Mark Prior Starts Over With The Padres
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, Front Office, MLB,
One half of the infamous, “Chicago Heat,” duo will now be competing in sunny San Diego. On Wednesday the San Diego Padres inked Mark Prior to a one year contract worth one million dollars. The 27 year old also can receive 4.5 million dollars in incentives if he stays healthy. As a member of the Chicago Cubs Mark Prior went 42-29, going alongside a 3.51 ERA with 757 strikeouts. The most glaring statistic however is the amount of innings pitched, just 657 inked (As a starting pitcher) over 5 seasons. Prior had missed the entire 2007 season after a surgery on his right arm.
“I’m looking forward to this season,” Prior commented. “I’m sure there are going to be some ups and downs, some bad starts and good starts, but I think this is going to be a great summer.”
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Chicago Bulls Fire Scott Skiles
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Front Office, Injuries, NBA, News,
Scott Skiles paid for the 9-16 record of the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday by losing his job. The Bulls last game was a 116-98 loss at the hands of the Houston Rockets. The Bulls were booed heavily throughout the game from the 22,434 in attendance. After the game Bulls center Ben Wallace said he would welcome a front office change.
“That’s one of those things that goes along with this league,” said Wallace. “Change is not always bad. If everybody wants to be here we have to step it up and go out there and play basketball.”
Wire to Wire - 12.24.07
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Roto, Site Features, Waiver Pick Ups,
Wire to Wire aims to be your waiver wire resource for all of your fantasy basketball needs. It will dive into playing time trends, injury replacements, and even an occasional category specialist—all of which can be found on a typical waiver wire within your fantasy league at any given time.
Another week in the books and another handful of injuries to report. It was not a good week to be a swingman as several big names (and some not-so-big) have fallen to the injury bug, allowing for a few more minutes to go around. If you’re an owner of Tracy McGrady, Manu Ginobili or Corey Maggette, you will definitely want to explore some short term options over the holiday week.
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Beyond the Arc - Week 9
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: H2H, Injuries, News, Props, Roto, Site Features,
(Editors Note: Brandon is traveling this week, so I’m just publishing his work from this weekend. Do enjoy.)
Aloha from Hawaii! I’m here on the Garden Island Kuaui just before the holidays. If you plan on flying somewhere for the holidays, I pity you.
Does it seem to you guys like fantasy basketball season is entering that “ho-hum” stage every fantasy season eventually enters? Maybe it’s just me, but things seem really boring in the NBA. Let’s blame the Mitchell Report and football playoffs for that. In any case, here we are in the event you’ve become too bored with it to pay much attention as the holidays approach us.
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Dropping Dimes Staff Rankings: Holiday Edition
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: H2H, Site Features, Talent,
Happy Holidays, all. With the NBA turning Christmas into what the NFL has done with Thanksgiving, we have ourselves quite the set of games on the dockett for week nine.
A look at the number of games for each team:
Four Games: Boston, Miami, Phoenix
Three Games: Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Golden State, Indiana, Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Orleans, Orlando, Philadelphia, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, Seattle, Utah, Washington
Two Games: Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles Clippers, New York, Toronto Raptors
Its looking like it’s going to be a nice week to own a member of the Phoenix Suns. In the meantime, have a safe and enjoyable holiday, and make sure to get your lineups set nice and early in case you become vicitim to some egg nog.
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Dwayne Wade Wins Game For Heat With Buzzer Beater
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, NBA, Scoreboard,
It hasn’t exactly been a year to remember for the Miami Heat, and their 8-19 record will be the first to tell you. However last night when tied with mere seconds to go, Wade nailed a 20 foot jumper to give the Miami Heat the 104-102 advantage over the Utah Jazz. Dwayne had 20 points on the night and had help from Shaquille O’Neal who had 17 points and 10 rebounds.
“I just hope seven, eight, nine games from now, somebody will say, ‘Do you remember the bounce?”’ Heat coach Pat Riley said. “Something like that can propel you.”
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On Wednesday the Cubs introduced Kosuke Fukudome to the Chicago Media.
Fukudome batted .351 with 31 homers and 104 RBI en route to winning the 2006 Central League Most Valuable Player award with the Chunichi Dragons.
“After I declared my free agency, the Cubs were one of the only teams that were trying to get me from the beginning to the end,” Fukudome said through an interpreter.
“I felt they really, really wanted me and they promised me I could play my position in right field.”
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