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Fantasy Baseball Duds

There are some fantasy baseball studs and there are duds. Thus far, Ryan Howard, Carlos Beltran and Robinson Cano appear to be the biggest stud duds. However, don't panic. If you invested your team's fate, (an early round pick or high priced purchase), do not unload any of these three or any other top tier player. They ower you! Wait it out. Wait until they repay you with some numbers which will jolt your team up several notches in those categories they temporarily have you hurting in.

In fantasy baseball leagues, there's always a fantasy whiz in your league who will pick up a player and drop a play at just the right times. But clever moves like (no moves at all), at least in the case of keeping a Cano, Beltran or Howard, could well pay dividends as the season progresses. One thing I've learned in the past is that if you drop a player who you expect to eventually produce, you pretty much have dropped yourself from contention in any fantasy baseball league. In most cases, the Beltrans, the Canos and the Howards will do what you expect of them. There's no league titles won by having a great April or lost by having a bad April. You draft for seasonal stats and that means when you draft studs, let them play the entire season.

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Fantasy Baseball - Don't panic early on

Just a little reminder to all of you Fantasy Baseball mangers: Don't panic early on. Although some of your players may appear to be finished, washed up, odios amigos, it's not true! They are just off to a rough start. Don't sell them out just yet. Give them a month and they'll hit eventually and make up the points they owe you. Remember, if you have a hitter hitting .100 in your league, with no homers, no RBIs, and he has hurt you in your fantasy baseball standings, he owes you.

Now unless we are talking about rookie players or players you shouldn't have drafted, you can expect them to improve those owed numbers and then you can decide whether to trade or drop them. For now, stay the course and don't panic. Let April playout before we analyze all of the players. The ones that are off to great starts, average starts or poor starts. Be patient for now.

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The problem with fantasy baseball keeper leagues

Fantasy baseball keeper leagues may be nice for some people, but I am one of those who feel it takes the fun and excitement out of the draft and fantasy baseball overall.

Non keeper leagues. Imagine going to your family's fantasy baseball draft and having the whole gambit, all players to choose from in rounds 1 and 2. Imagine looking at names like Jose Reyes, Alex Rodriguez or Albert Pujols not to mention pitchers like Johan Santana or Jake Peavy as your possible first round pick. Imagine looking at players like Jimmy Rollins, Hanley Ramirez, or pitchers C.C. Sabathia and Brandon Webb as your potential 2ND round picks. That's the exciting part of each and every fantasy baseball draft. The possibility of drafting a real fantasy baseball stud.

Now imagine going to your family's fantasy baseball keeper league draft. Imagine having players like Jose Reyes, Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, Hanley Ramirez, Jimmy Rollins, or pitchers like Johan Santana, Jake Peavy, C.C. Sabathia and Brandon Webb off the board. Not only can you forget about drafting any of those stud players this year, but in keeper leagues, you can never draft them. Granted, 2 or 3 of the best players may be on your team, but it eventually gets to the point where a few competitors in your league, perhaps you being one of them, lose their elite players to age or injuries and are left handicapped. They would usually have to pick from the board some replacements to fill out their initial roster before all can draft from the rest of the field. So not only is the excitement of a new fantasy baseball season diminished by not being able to have a chance at the best of the best, but a few participants may find themselves in a hole to start out their new season.

I say out with keeper leagues and in with the original system of drafting from the entire fantasy baseball field. Give everyone a chance to start their new season completely fresh and anew, with chances at any of the big time fantasy baseball studs.

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Fantasy Baseball Bargains part 2

If you didn't agree with my fantasy baseball bargains for pitchers, perhaps you'll like my hitters. Again, this is from the Diamond Challenge Fantasy Baseball game over at CDM Sports. These are my bargain picks for salary leagues, but remember, you need alot of the more expensive studs in your lineup also, lest you bid farewell and head for your league's cellar early and permanent. The reason you want bargain priced players is so that you can afford the mvp type players in your lineup and still score well with the cheaper players. It's best to bench a few studs early on and mix and match according to schedule, performance and health status:

Lastings Millidge $480. This is a very low price for a starting outfielder like Millidge. It's a bit risky, but in Washington, with little pressure, and considering this very very low price, how can you go wrong?

Rick Ankiel $650. This ex-pitcher can flat out hit and once again, this is a very low price to fill an outfield position with.

Chris Duncan $710. Now that it appears he'll get a full season of at bats, grab this stud at this ridiculous price!

Shane Victorino at
$890 is almost half the price of an Ichiro and he'll give you 50 stolen bases, runs scored and a good amount of hits. Grab him!

Mix in a few of these cheap outfielders with a stud like Matt Holliday and you should do well.

At shortstop I would suggest you pay the price for a Jose Reyes, Jimmy Rollins or Hanley Ramirez but consider utilizing as a bench player, J.J. Hardy for $750, or Stephen Drew $740. You need the all around numbers that the studs give you in this position and you should only spot play the lower priced players.

At third what you can do is start Arod, and if you have two players at this position, rotate, according to health status, Scott Rolen $650 and Nomar Garciaparra $700. I know they are old, but remember, you need to save the bucks and having experience filling in those low priced areas is a secure move.

Same thing at second base. You must have Chase Utley, but fill in the other starting spot and bench spots with guys like Kaz Matsui $640, a steal for the sb, runs and hits he can give you, and also Dustin Pedroia $630. Once again, you'll get the stud production mixed with bargain numbers from these cheap players.

First base is tough. You have the expensive studs who are either old or oft injured (David Ortiz, Ryan Howard, Albert Pujols) but make no mistake, you need at least one of them. Then you have guys like Nick Johnson at beautiful prices. Johnson is listed at $610 and should he start in Washington, he'll boost your team BA and OBP numbers, not to mention doubles and hits. You have a Frank Thomas listed here for $830, a Jason Giambi at $610 and a Jorge Cantu of Florida for $460, to name a few. Please, for your teams' sake, only add one of those cheapies as a starter and bench one. You need to try and get one of the elite 3 above, a Morneau for less and then the bargain player to save money. Cantu is a gamble but should he land a job as starter in Florida and play like he did in Tampa, you will get your moneys worth 5 times over.

Finally at catcher, well, I stink at finding bargain catchers. Well there you have it. Next to pure guesswork, it seems to me that the bargain players listed above are the ones you should use to try and balance out a very productive baseball fantasy team. If you know of any bargains which are just as good or better, feel free to post them.

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Fantasy Baseball Bargains?

Looking for fantasy baseball bargains in salary leagues? Well I'll use my Diamond Fantasy Baseball Challenge price list to point out some potentially under-valued or bargain players. I'll post pitchers in this post and in the following post, you will find some bargain position players.

Here are some fantasy baseball pitchers on my Diamond Fantasy Baseball Challenge list which I think are strong plays at reasonable prices:

Francisco Liriano $870 is half the price of departing teammate Johan Santana. When healthy, his numbers will be as good or better. A must have for this price.

John Maine $810 is too cheap for the numbers he put up last season and promises to put up again this season. Buy him.

Ian Snell $800 is too low. This guy showed you that he is going to be a dominant pitcher. He'll need some run support but I'd buy him at this price.

Phil Hughes $760 is a low low price for a pitcher who could well win the Cy Young in 2008.

Joba Chamberlain $700 is a tease price. The reason I say this is because he's likely to work the bullpen. But until the Yankees new manager Joe Girardi makes that decision, find room for this stud in your rotation.

Tim Lincecum $880 may win Rookie of year in NL and gives you K's and K's to IP.

Pedro Martinez $940. When he is healthy, Pedro Martinez is the best. This price is a steal.

Rich Harden $730. He's pitching in spring training and that's good enough for me. Buy him.

Rich Hill $780 is coming off a nice season and is a solid buy for the price.

These are what I call safe bargains. Now you should try and afford a Jake Peavy or a Johan Santana and add Cole Hamels and Erik Bedard at their moderate price ranges to establish a solid top 3. Then you can follow them up with a few of the bargains listed above to fill out your rotation. Load the bench with more of the pitchers listed above and you should have some cash ready for a solid batting order. The price range in your league should be somewhat equal in terms of value per player and all I can say is goodluck. Warning: Be weary of gambling on the real cheapies. The one's that cost next to nothing usually give you that in terms of fantasy points. Goodluck!

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Fantasy Baseball enjoys continued success

Fantasy Baseball enjoys continued success

Since Fantasy Baseball originated back in 1980, it has continually gotten more and more popular, especially since the dawn of the internet era. With the help of the internet and all of the resources available on the web, fantasy baseball reached it's peak in the mid 90's and is still going strong.

There are even many online sites which provide fantasy baseball and other fantasy sports leagues and contests. For those of you who are not familiar with how fantasy baseball goes, heres a lowdown...

First off, the fantasy baseball contests online offer certain sets of rules and national or league prizes. The friends or family fantasy baseball leagues, you know, the ones that a group or family you already know about, set up their own rules, draft or prize structure. The rules for fantasy baseball vary a bit. The common scoring systems in fantasy baseball are rotisserie, cumulative and head to head.

In a rotisserie league, fantasy baseball owners are awarded points by league rank. Example: In a league of eight teams, a score of 1 to 8 is applied for each statistic. For instance, if a manager’s team had the most RBI’S (runs driven in by a hitter) out of the eight teams, he or she would receive 8 points for that statistic. The one with the least RBI total would receive just 1 point. The various awarded points for each statistic are then added up on a daily, weekly, monthly or seasonal basis to determine the league’s winner. Rotisserie scoring systems are usually in the leagues you find at popular online baseball sites like Espn, Cdm Sports or Yahoo Sports, but they also provide other scoring systems mentioned below.

In a cumulative scoring system, fantasy baseball owners are awarded points for each statistical category. Example: Let’s say that a league awards 4 points for each RBI. The manager's total RBI’S is multiplied by 4 to arrive at his or her total for RBI’S. The total for each statistic is usually added to the season total for each team on a daily basis. These scoring systems can be found mostly in family draft leagues, but are also found in various online fantasy baseball leagues too.

In a head to head scoring system, fantasy baseball owners take turns competing against each other, usually on a weekly basis. The manager with the most winning statistical categories during the week wins that particular match up and it is reflected as a win or a loss in the league standings. This scoring system is popular on Espn.com and is also used in many friend and family group leagues, home-made leagues. Our family has been playing this way in football, but we use the cumulative scoring system in our fantasy baseball league.

The fact of the matter is that baseball fans all over the country can create their own leagues at home and enjoy playing fantasy baseball with family and friends, using whatever scoring system they desire. There's usually a long awaited draft day where everyone feels like a virtual team owner who can pick and choose their team in a real live draft. It's pure fun! One thing fantasy baseball gives fans is more interest in the whole major league baseball schedule instead of just who their favorite major league team is playing. It expands their enjoyment of baseball to every game on the daily schedule. This gives them an interest in virtually every game being played on a daily basis and broadens their horizons in the sport they love, baseball.

It's because of this increased and competitive involvement in baseball as a whole and the modern internet era and it's information resources which I attribute to fantasy baseball's continued success. Long live fantasy baseball!

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Fantasy Baseball Draft - What about Pujols, Beltran and other underachievers?

One thing we have to struggle with in our fantasy baseball draft upper rounds is whether we should expect elite players who underachieved last season to rebound with expected numbers. It's not easy. Elite fantasy baseball players like Albert Pujols, Carlos Beltran and Lance Berkman for example are all coming off underachieving seasons. They didn't produce the numbers we expected of them. There are elite fantasy baseball pitchers who have come up lame also. Pitchers like Roy Oswalt, Carlos Zambrano, Chris Carpenter (Injury though) and Roy Halladay, to name a few, didn't perform up to expectations. How do you go about your first several rounds regarding these particular players?

What I wouldn't do is expect all of these players to bounce back. Unless there are other first round picks who could even come close to an Albert Pujols or third round picks who could match Carlos Beltran's likely numbers I wouldn't give it a second thought. These guys are nobrainer picks. For example; let's say you have to choose between Albert Pujols and David Wright, who is becoming a fantasy baseball elite himself. You still have to go with Albert Pujols. In this case I'm sure you'll all agree.

But in the case of later rounds there are tougher choices; let's say that in the third round you have a choice between Carlos Beltran and Jason Bay. In this case, based on Beltran missing paydirt 2 of his last three seasons, you'd go with Bay, who finished with less than expected numbers last season. Bay would be a better pick there. But then what if Beltran goes 30/30 or maybe even 40/40? How could we know? No. You have to insure your team with the most likely scenario. In that case it is that Jason Bay would deliver and you then wouldn't care if an iffy elite did or didn't. Just choose a player who will put up stud numbers and you won't have to worry. That works in every category, from pitchers, infielders, catchers etc.

Face it. You'll have to entertain alot of ifs regarding fantasy baseball players who underachieved last season as well as those who tore it up. Whose to say that Mr. Braun from Milwaukee, or his teammate J.J. Hardy won't suffer sophmore jinxes? Whose to say that Josh Beckett won't get blistered up all season and get cut from your team because of continuous dl visits? You have to weigh in all factors, players history, players risks, players lineups (missing a key figure in the lineup could hurt powerslots), players ages and much more. These are the ifs, the what could happens, the if onlys and the i wonder ifs that every fantasy baseball league participant must weigh come draft day. But like I said in the previous paragraph, you should go with the guarantee in most cases. The only area where you really should fret is in the first round where your franchise player is picked. Where the Arods and Pujols, the Howards and the Utleys, or the Jose Reyes (Remember his second half underachievements?) and Jimmy Rollins. Make the right choice in the first and second round and then go with the guarantee in the rest of the draft. That's how I plan to go about my draft in dealing with the iffy stud players gone bad. It isn't as far off as you might think. Remember Thanksgiving? Well it's about as far back as your fantasy baseball draft is ahead. Just a month and a half. Okay, give or take a few weeks, lol.

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Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft Results

Here are the results of my random mock draft using my tentative top 52 fantasy baseball players list: Why 52? Because that's why, lol.

Team 1 - Miguel Cabrera, V. Guerrero, Johan Santana, Manny Ramirez, B. Webb, J. Mauer

Team 2 - Albert Pujols, Alfonzo Soriano, G. Sizemore, Chone Figgins, B. Abreu, Derek Jeter

Team 3 - Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Howard, Jake Peavy, Mark Teixera, Cole Hamels, J.J. Hardy

Team 4 - Chase Utley, Prince Fielder, CC Sabathia, Carlos Lee, Erik Bedard, Russell Martin

Team 5 - David Wright, Hanley Ramirez, Justin Morneau, Victor Martinez, Chris Young, B.J. Upton

Team 6 - Carl Crawford, Jimmy Rollins, Brian Roberts, J. Chamberlain, Adam Dunn, Ryan Braun

Team 7 - Jose Reyes, David Ortiz, Josh Beckett, Roy Oswalt, Aramis Ramirez, Magglio Ordonez

Team 8 - Matt Holiday, Ichiro Suzuki, Carlos Beltran, Curtis Granderson, Brandon Philips, Travis Hafner

Not too shabby using my list eh? Note that Bay, Tejada, Berkman and Pedro Martinez were left out (8 teams picked 6 rounds leaving 4 players out). Now of course this is random and some teams have all speed while others have all power, and yet others have a nice blend. The possibilities are endless in the upcoming baseball drafts. Be sure to come back and check out other possible draft scenarios using my current top 52 fantasy baseball players list.

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Fantasy Baseball In January?

Fantasy baseball in January. You betcha! There's no better time to pass the dull post holiday era than to analyze last season's top fantasy baseball studs and to classify them in your mind. To list the top 40 or 50 players in order of value. To even participate in mock drafts of your own. This will get you ready for any and all draft scenarios come late March. It will also help to remind you of the importance of balancing your team based on players' type of production. You don't want to make the mistake of over powering your team at the cost of speed, or over pitching your team at the cost of hitting.

This list and upcoming mock draft results will also help you determine potential values in those online salary cap leagues. There are always bargains to be had, although I'm not addressing values here. But you are sure to find players on this list who are going to be well under-priced in most salary cap leagues.

My initial top 52 cheat sheet is right below. Why 52? Because I wanted 52, that's why, lol. I am working on a mock draft by way of a hypothetical 8 team league using a pick them out of a hat scenario just to see how it ends up for each team. My results will be posted in next post. My list may well change as I refamiliarize myself regarding the elite of elites in fantasy baseball.

Alex Rodriguez
Albert Pujols
Chase Utley
Matt Holiday
Jose Reyes
Miguel Cabrera
Hanley Ramirez
David Wright
Ryan Howard
V. Guerrero
Ichiro Suzuki
Carl Crawford
Jimmy Rollins
Alfonzo Soriano
Prince Fielder
Johan Santana
G. Sizemore
Chone Figgins
Jake Peavy
David Ortiz
Carlos Beltran
Justin Morneau
B. Abreu
Manny Ramirez
Mark Teixera
Brian Roberts
Travis Hafner
Adam Dunn
Ryan Braun
Aramis Ramirez
CC Sabathia
Josh Beckett
Cole Hamels
Victor Martinez
Lance Berkman
Carlos Lee
Brandon Philips
Roy Oswalt
Curtis Granderson
Erik Bedard
J. Mauer
Magglio Ordonez
J. Chamberlain
Pedro Martinez
Jason Bay
Chris Young
B. Webb
Russell Martin
Derek Jeter
Miguel Tejada
J.J. Hardy
BJ Upton

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Baseball And Google Adsense

Baseball bloggers are enjoying their sport and making a tiny profit too. All thanks to Google Adsense. People read about their favorite sport of baseball, and successful baseball bloggers can earn a few dollars a month by placing keyword targeted ads from Google, called Google Adsense.

There are a few frustrating problems associated with placing Google Adsense on your blog though. Lol. Just today, I was reading yesterday's post about how the Mets should go all out for Johan Santana, and one of the titles on the Google Adsense ad was "1946 Baseball", and the description was find 1946 baseball here. Lol. Somebody out there who is selling baseball cards, I suppose, went out of their way to create an Adwords campaign using the year 1946. I would imagine that they have a title tailored for each year. I don't recall if it was a big company like Beckett or some small timer trying to get 1 cent clicks. Not sure. But nonethelesss, I still suggest that all of you baseball bloggers place Google Adsense javascripts on your blog. It won't hurt and in fact, it could even help you with your Google Rankings. Although that is indeterminable, one should suppose that Google's Spider (Googlebot) is programmed to give higher credence to sites who are associated with Google Adsense.

Meanwhile (Oh, don't go to that .com, it's one of those Google Adwords/Google Adsense cheat sites (Meanwhile.com). Avoid it. But lol, meanwhile, we are here waiting for some baseball teams to put some Gifts under their fans' Christmas trees. I'll comment on this tomorrow.

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Fantasy Baseball Gut Check

Okay all of you fantasy baseball buffs, how are you making out? Did you have a great draft whereby all of your studs are healthy and producing as expected as you sit atop first place in your respective fantasy leagues?

Well mine is. At least in my family league with a permanent draft with four keepers from last season. But that's not usually the case with fantasy baseball, because many injuries, under-achivements, over-achievements, and emerging stars abound.

However, most of you guys are either in salary leagues and rotisserie leagues with more competition, and with an entirely different situation. I am also in a rotisserie league and am 17th in a league of 25, and 4,000th overall in the country with about 12,000 contestants. I feel your pain too. This article is not addressed to you hotdogs who are sitting snug in the top 3 of your leagues whether rotisserie or salary, but this is for those who didn't start off quite that well.

Let's say that, as my rotisserie team is, you find yourself with low numbers in several areas. For example, let's say that like myself, you have (based on 1-25 ranking in a league of 25) great numbers in pitcher wins, era, whip, batting average, and RBI, but are very low, with 3's or 4's or 5's in HR, SB, runs scored, Saves, and K's. What do you do with your team to try and lift the lower numbers and maintain those higher numbers to get back into the mix? And how do you do this in a league with limited trades?

My advice is to steady the ship and make changes at the same time. What I mean by this is that you must keep the players that contributed to your good numbers, unless they're injured. Then you must drop the pretenders who started off good, but who are currently hurting you. The ones like Jose Lopez of Seattle, Brad Hawpe of Colorado, Josh Willingham of Florida, to name a few. You have to spend a little more and put the quiet remedies in to replace them. That means you don't overspend so to keep the quality players who are carrying you, and you don't acquire the no brainers who are already performing well. This won't allow you to catch anyone since those people will have the same players anyway. What you do is take the quiet guys. For example, I'm keeping Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriquez, Roy Halladay, Pedro Martinez and Ryan (not Ron) Howard. They contributed immensely to my team and they must remain. I am in the case of the pretenders, replacing them with the quiet guys. The guys who can perform in the power and speed numbers I need, without spending money.

In my case, I am putting Coco Crisp back into the outfield for the stolen bases and runs scored. I am putting J. Cantu back at 2b for the HRs, and gambling a bit on Javy Lopez to replace Willingham, although that will cost a few dollars. But Javy may well get locked in and begin popping homeruns at an amazing pace as He has done in the past. That is two players who can quietly increase your homerun total, and another in Crisp who can quietly increase your runs scored and stolen base totals.

In regards to pitchers, I have bad K's totals and save totals but am doing well in the ERA, Whip, and Wins categories. So I am going to stay the course with the main players who accumulated the good numbers, and Pedro who has been a hardluck case in acquiring wins thus far, but they'll come. I will drop Josh Beckett and Dontrelle Willis for their lack of K's, even though I feel they'll get going. But I need K's, and right now it appears that Carlos Zambrano and Jason Schmidt are the alternatives which will bring my K total up. This may cost you guys money, but the K's will catch up with many players in your league, and enable you to re-adjust your lineup accordingly. This is where I will bench a high priced everyday player like Miguel Cabrera for a quieter and cheaper player who can maintain the numbers. A good example at 3b in this case is Garret Atkins of Colorado, when He is playing home. Bench him when away. This allows you to bench an expensive player and start better strikeout pitchers. You have to be keen and keep a watchful eye on when to do this.

I am going to go with dependable relief pitchers regardless of their current save totals. I feel this is an area where if you have stoppers who just didn't get win opportunities, that their teams will eventually give them save chances. Mariano is the obvious example here, but don't count out Joe Nathan yet. The Twins will no doubt get on a roll, and He will chalk up many a save before this season ends. So if you have quality relievers like I do, but don't have the saves, steady the ship, and keep them in there.

Actually, this is the angle one must take regardless of what league you are in. Whether it be a point accumulation league, a salary league, a draft league, or a rotisserie league, or any combo of the four, you will need to steady the course with players who can still bring you the numbers, as well as replace the duds, the one's you know are duds, with quieter, yet potent replacements. This way if the Soriano's, The Thomes, The Tejada's, The Suzuki's, or the expensive Santana's or Oswalts keep accumulating points, you'll keep pace but the people above you in the standings will probably have makeshift lineups that begin to struggle a bit, and will have to bench them pitchers anyway. But either way, you can keep the players that are producing, replace the players that aren't in a manner where you don't have to sacrifice those producing players, and adjust your lineup a bit according to schedules and costs. You can do it. Just keep at it. No true devout fantasy baseball buff ever gives up. You keep your hands steady on the wheel, and shift lanes quietly, as you veer for the end prize, the finish line in early October.

Steer the course, use quiet replacements, utilize schedules to upgrade pitching areas while maintaining the batting stats with competent temp replacements, and stick with your closers all season long, as they will accumulate saves and lift your numbers a little higher, or maybe even much higher. Steer The Course and find Quiet Replacements. It's not over until the fat lady sings. It's not over until it's over. It's not over until you give up. Never give up! The worst case scenario is that you will continue to run into bad luck with injuries, slumps, and underachievers the rest of the season while looking up at the guys who made all of the right moves. Even then, you'll be able to restrategize for next season. But let's not entertain that thought until September at the earliest. There's still alot of baseball to play.

Mark C. - (Baseball Etc.)

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