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By Gary Armida
Alright, so you’ve done some work and started to work the phones (or emails) for your offseason trades. Hopefully, you caught a fellow owner off-guard and made the key January trade that could vault you into a championship season. Before we discuss the draft, let’s finish off the trade talk by discussing the [...]

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By Gary Armida 
 Steal. Embezzle. Burglarize. Fleece. Heist. Poach. Pillage. Ransack. Swindle. Those are all appropriate words to describe what the New York Mets organization did to the Minnesota Twins organization.
Ok, that might have been a tad dramatic, but you get the idea. Pending the signing of a long-term contract, the Mets acquired arguably the best [...]

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By Gary Armida 
In another effort to clear his name, Roger Clemens’ agents, the Hendricks brothers, have released a 45 page report which analyzes the performance of Roger Clemens (here). While many columnists will discuss the desperation of this move and many stat-heads will question the validity of the statistics presented, the question to them is: [...]

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Here’s a quick peek into what the local newspapers are talking about…

The Orioles and Mariners are rumored to have a completed deal, sending Erik Bedard to Seattle for a package that is headlined by prospect Adam Jones and reliever George Sherrill. The rumored hold up is Peter Angelos, who supposedly has not approved the trade. If [...]

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By Gary Armida 
The Florida Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, and the Pittsburgh Pirates are cheaters. The Royals were once cheaters, but they seem reformed at this point. There might be others, but they hide the fact better than the aforementioned teams. In a game of highway robbery, these teams have held hostage the “bad boys” of [...]

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Here’s a quick look around nation’s baseball news…

As I’ve written many times in the Fungos columns, Bartolo Colon is an interesting free agent candidate as he could be a low risk (in terms of dollars invested), high reward candidate. Colon, if healthy, could be a productive middle of the rotation guy as his days as [...]

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By Gary Armida 
So, did you do your homework? Can you tell me your team’s philosophy for 2008? Can you tell me the personality of each owner in your league? Good. Now it’s time for the heart and soul of fantasy baseball, trading.
If an owner in your league is not into trading, then he should find a [...]

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By Gary Armida 
With the Detroit Tigers stealing the offseason spotlight with their blockbuster trade that netted them Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis, one team in the Central Division has made some interesting moves that could launch them into contention. The Chicago White Sox had a busy offseason, although they did not make a blockbuster trade. [...]

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