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Signing Cliff Lee Not All Cracked Up to Be

The Wolf peers inside the car that, until he instructed accomplices in crime, Jules and Vincent, how best to clean up, looked like a mobile slaughterhouse. Blood, skull and brain had been splattered everywhere after a gun pointed at the head of a captive accidentally discharged. Jules and Vincent appear pleased at their...

Roto Rush: Chris Davis Is Alive and Well

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.After a terrible first week, Texas first baseman Chris Davis was one of the hot topics of concern in fantasy baseball circles. My colleague Matt Snyder recently tried to put those...

Fantasy Baseball Preview: The Tigers

Fantasy baseball draft season is coming, so you best be prepared by delving through every major player on each team. Fantasy FanHouse is here to help with a quick once-over. Meet the... Most disappointing team of 2008. This goes for real and for fantasy. Nearly the entire team was a massive bust last year -- I said...

Notes From the Clubhouse: Tigers Coming Up Short in Many Facets

Our MLB editor provides weekly dispatches from major league games in Notes From the Clubhouse.With 64 games to go, the ledger is even for the Detroit Tigers. They leave Baltimore at 49-49 -- no small feat considering they were nine games below .500 at the end of May. Still, Jim Leyland's club has a long way to go to live...

On Deck: These Two Again?

On Deck is FanHouse's look at the day's most intriguing matchupsLos Angeles Angels (12-9) at Boston Red Sox (15-7)- 7:05 PM ETI swear these teams have met like 100 years in a row in the playoffs (OK, it's like twice, or three times, I can't remember), which makes this regular season match up all the more interesting. Well,...

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05/29/12 Value Picks: First, Third, and DH for 5/29/12 by... Source: Baseball Prospectus Memorial Day is a good time to reflect on the relative unimportance of fantasy sports, where injuries are rarely life-threatening, the battles are ( mostly ) metaphorical, and hitting a bomb is considered a good thing.
05/22/12 Gonzalez Leads Nationals Over Phillies 2-1 Source: CBS - KYW AM 1060 - Philadelphia PA Gio Gonzalez allowed three hits over six innings and Ian Desmond homered and drove in both runs to lead the Washington Nationals to a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.
05/22/12 Phillies flounder in 2-1 loss to Nationals Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA The mist turned into rain, but that was not reason enough for a mass exodus Monday night from Citizens Bank Park. No, not yet.
05/21/12 Nationals hold off Phillies Source: FOX - WJCL 28 The Coastal Source - Savannah GA Gio Gonzalez tossed six scoreless innings on Monday as the Washington Nationals squeaked past the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1, in the opener of a three-game set at Citizens Bank Park. Gonzalez (6-1) allowed just three hits and fanned nine while walking three, lowering his earned-run average in the process to an impressive 1.98. Craig Stammen worked two scoreless innings in relief and Henry Rodriguez started the ninth and struggled with his command, but was bailed out by Sean Burnett, who collected his second save of the year.
05/19/12 Davidson suspended for tossing Manuel Source: Courier-Post - Cherry Hill NJ Oswalt is reportedly hoping to be pitching in the big leagues by June, and given his history in Philadelphia and the current questions surrounding the health of Vance Worley, the Phillies make some sense as a bidder.