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Beyond the Boxscore for August 19, 2008

Rich Harden continues to pitch his butt off for the Cubbies, as that trade seems to have paid off for Chicago. Tonight he was great again, as he threw seven shutout innings, and struck out 10 batters for the fourth time in just seven starts.  I will always discount Harden’s talent because of his injury history, but now you can see what…
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Beyond the Boxscore–Fantasy MLB News and Notes 7/23/08

Jorge Posada has decided to postpone the surgery that would fix his injured shoulder until the offseason, instead he is going to try to rehab so that he can still help the Yankees in ‘08 as a DH.  I can’t say that I agree with this decision for a couple of reasons.  One, the Yankees already have three or four guys who are…
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Injury News & Analysis - June 25, 2008

There has been a ton of injury news so I’ll just get right to it about the ones that would affect those in fantasy baseball.

Ian Snell

Ian Snell has been diagnosed with Medial Epicondylitis in his right elbow but according to the MRI the ligaments were read as normal. He was listed as day to day. While I do not doubt the diagnosis at this time, I’d be worried…
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2008 Fantasy MLB Two Start Pitchers 4/26/08

For those of you in weekly leagues, and for those of you who are into streaming pitchers, Fighting Chance Fantasy presents to you this week’s two start pitchers.

No Brainers

Jake Peavy, San Diego Padres

Starts: Sunday, April 27; Saturday, May 3

Teams: vs. Arizona; vs. Florida

Opponents: Brandon Webb (5-0, 2.31 ERA)…
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