Britney Spears, Grady Sizemore and of course, fantasy baseball magazines

Even though The Jon is a couple of days late due to being consumed by the MLB Network, The Jon did not miss out on the best day of the year. What day is this y’all ask? Thought you’d never ask. The Sporting News came out with its fantasy baseball magazine. Like what type of beer to drink on a 10 degree day, The Jon is a fantasy baseball magazine connoisseur.
And after 10 seasons of poring over them, The Jon has come to the undeniable conclusion of The Sporting News puts the best magazine out there. Sure that’s like saying Britney Spears is a better singer than Jessica Simpson, but since TheBaseballStars are to stupid and lazy to put one out on their own, The Sporting News will have to do.

Four Bagger: Enough is Enough, time for a change

In recent weeks I’ve noticed something that I do not like about the Four Bagger. That being that the weekly piece seems a bit forced, contrived and pretty much meaningless. I mean the whole point of writing the piece is to update you as to how I’m doing in my personal challenge, and to use the piece as an opportunity to analyze where I am with each team. And what I’ve found is that subtleties often are not noticed week by week, but rather on an in frequent basis. So from here on out I will plan on updating my progress on a monthly basis, but write a “Four Bagger” piece whenever I feel there is something worth noting in my pursuit to four titles in four leagues.

That said, the last two weeks have been an interesting, yet trying team for the No Gimmicks Needed and Newspaperman squads.

The Jon knows these things to be true: Week 6

As journalists, we are trained to write a certain way. We have to be factual. We have to have a developed argument. We have to follow certain rules. The act of writing itself comes with its guidelines too. If you want to write a book, it has to be done a certain way, or like a certain author.

The Jon tries to forget all of that when The Jon gets on this site.

Communication is changing. Writing is changing. The days of newspapers being the main source of information is long gone. That is one of the reasons why we started this site. Sports is changing.

We are still fans of our respective teams, but now it is more important that we follow our own individual players for our fantasy teams.

The Jon is huge Yankees fan. I only have Jorge Posada and Phil Hughes on The Jon’s team. Newspaperman fawns over the Red Sox. He does not have one Red Sox on his team.

Hence the video … and for personal reason that we will get to in a very short version of this week’s segment. Let’s get started … Click on this

The Jon knows these things to be true: Week 5

The Jon has been gone for a week and you have seen the true beauty of this site. The Oz has stepped up, Newspaperman wrote some stuff and FreeSanJose made an appearance. A day late mind you, but he still showed. PoiDog on the other hand hasn’t. After reading some intelligent writing, there is always room for mindless, rah-rah banter.

But we can forgive the guy, can’t we? PoiDog has been salivating over the Iron Man movie since it was announced two years ago and has been indisposed. Sorry, all Silver Web Surfers aside, The Jon only knows of only one Ironman and he is down below.

And, uhhhh …. you have to click on the read more under the video to get to the rest of this riveting reading.

But enough of all of that Jibber Jabber. Now onto baseball, shall we?

The Jon knows these things to be true: Week 4

Injuries. That is what Week 4 is all about. Newspaperman and FreeSanJose actually tried to step to The Jon and point and scream about scoreboard? Injure The Jon?
Well, FreeSanJose didn’t, that’s because he can express it on a different level and doesn’t wear a polka dot dress like Newspaperman does. Fantasy baseball is devoid of perspective. It is all about how your team did the past week for the novice fantasy baseballer.

Take a look at FreeSanJose and Newspaperman. Novices they are not, but they love the scoreboard. When they have won championships, they have always been the top dog in the standings. They have not suffered or came into the playoffs as one of the lower seeds only to win it all … twice.

The Jon has. Perseverance, fools. And as for dogs, go ahead and kick The Jon while he is down. Let’s get going and move ahead to Chipper Jones …

Four Bagger: Damn you, Michael Jordan

Before the season began, I jokingly dubbed myself the Michael Jordan of fantasy baseball because of my pursuit of a three-peat. But after Week 2 of the fantasy season, I’m starting to feel like Craig Ehlo. Read more in this week’s Four Bagger.

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The Jon knows these things to be true: Week 2

Should The Jon’s Panzer Dragoon edit have his finisher as the Fish Stretch Sleeper or the Super Rana? This is what the Jon could be deciding right now instead of serving The Jon’s loyal readers with another edition of “The Jon knows these things to be true.” It is probably a good thing The Jon isn’t playing Fire Pro Wrestling returns. When The Jon gets anal retentive about finishers in video games, it isn’t a good thing.

PoiDog knows of this. The Jon has called PoiDog many a time during WWF No Mercy’s heyday for the N64. “Hey PoiDog. Do you think my Cools edit would be better off with a Forward Front Russian Leg Sweep?”

The Jon’s a loser. let’s talk fantasy baseball: Week 2. Shall we?

The Jon knows these things to be true: Week 1

Don’t worry, we’ll get into Stephen A. Smith, but first … after months and months the waiting has finally paid off. The first week of baseball has ended and along with it has brought many revelations. Still recovering from a Monday that saw The Jon exert zero movement except for The Jon’s patented beer elbow, here are some of the observations from the first week that has garnered a mention on these hallowed pages, ie. there is no real topic that The Jon has to write about, so subjects will be divided up for easy perusal.

Offense sucks during opening week
It’s true. Out of the top 10 players selected in most fantasy drafts, only Chase Utley and Hanley Ramirez have had strong weeks.

The Four Horsemen: A video history

Just back from a rendezvous in Cambridge Massachusetts, and The Jon gets the news that the WWE retired Ric Flair? Ric Flair of the Four Horsemen, the elite gang of professional wrestling? You know The Four Horsemen, the charter member of The Jon’s Man-crush Club? Part of The Jon has been seriously hampered knowing Ric Flair will no longer show off his shoes that cost more than my house, pal. Whether his retirement is real is up for debate, but to honor the best in the business, the Video History returns. While not as extensive as the L.O.N.S. retrospective it will still relate to fantasy baseball.

Season opening tidbits

In less than a weeks time I’ve gone from feeling on top of the fantasy world (in my little bubble anyway), to pretty much feeling like crap about my team, particularly in the TheBaseballStars League. On draft day I felt like I crafted a gem, a squad that would be a force to be reckoned with. Now I’m just struggling to get a full team on the field.