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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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By Gary Armida 
My wife is not a sports fan. However, since she lives with me, she is surrounded by sports. This has led her to have intimate knowledge of the Yankees and passable knowledge of the rest of baseball. There is nothing that makes my heart flutter more like when she’ll pass a television and [...]

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By Andrew Armida, 13 year old FCP Staff Writer 
Much like the other times this has been done on FCP, here are some of my random favorite things about the game of baseball.  Post your thoughts if you’d like.  Here it is…

One of the best baseball video games ever made was Ken Griffey Major League Baseball for [...]

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By Gary Armida 
There is a disturbing trend in baseball that has grown with increasing strength over the past decade. No, this isn’t another article on steroids! The growing trend is the phenomenon that grew out of the great Michael Lewis book, MoneyBall. This landmark book showed baseball fans the inner workings of the Oakland A’s [...]

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By Gary Armida 
A few quick hitters as we head into the weekend…
The Rays ink 1B Carlos Pena
They do so for the cost of 24 million over three years. It’s amazing what one breakout season can net you! Listen, Pena was tremendous last season with his 46 homers and 121 RBI and his 1.038 OPS, but [...]

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By Gary Armida 
Thanks to the historic collapse of the New York Mets, the San Diego Padres’ own collapse went relatively unnoticed. The Padres had so many chances to clinch a playoff spot, but did not as the Rockies completed their magical journey in the one game, extra inning playoff. Coming off of this, one would figure [...]

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By Gary Armida 
Last week we discussed the importance of developing your team’s philosophy. Hopefully, you’ve done your homework. Now that you have a philosophy, it is time to start thinking about the makeup of your team. Before we talk about draft day strategy, we’ll take a look at the one skill that can win or lose [...]

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