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Fantasy Baseball: Double G Sports Leads Willie Mays Division

Posted: 12th April 2010 by Double G Sports in MLB
The first week of Battle of the Blogs Fantasy Baseball is over, and Double G Sports stands atop the Willie Mays Division. My team topped Five Tool Prospects and now has a record of 12-7-1 after one week. That's good enough for first place in the division, two games ahead of KC Sports Central . My team seemed to be fairly balanced, although the offense carried it for the most part. My ...

NFL Trade: New York Jets Steal Santonio Holmes To Upgrade Offense

Posted: 12th April 2010 by Double G Sports in NFL
Last season the New York Jets had a shut down defense that carried them all the way to the AFC Championship Game. Their offense is what held them back in a majority of games. They were essentially a run first team that basically ran an offense to keep rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez from making mistakes. They were not a team that liked to open it up and try to make big ...

The Timeless Game of Baseball

Posted: 11th April 2010 by Double G Sports in MLB
  This topic has been a great debate for some time now but it has really come to the forefront this past week, after MLB umpire Joe West made comments about the Yankees and Red Sox playing extremely long games. My friend Matt from New York State of Sports has an interesting article about time of games. I won't get into the ...

Yankees, Game 3: The Good, The Bad

Posted: 8th April 2010 by Double G Sports in MLB
The Yankees and Red Sox took the field for the rubber match of a three game series in Fenway Park. For the third game in a row, there was a good pitching matchup. This time it was Andy Pettitte for the Yankees going against Red Sox newcomer John Lackey.The Good- Curtis Granderson. The Grandy Man Can! Granderson hit his second home run of the season, this time a 10th inning ...

Mets, Game 1: The Good, The Bad

Posted: 6th April 2010 by Double G Sports in MLB
The New York Mets season began Monday afternoon at Citi Field against the Florida Marlins. Everyone from their fans to others around baseball have had concerns about the Mets' 2010 season due to early injuries, as well as a suspect starting rotation. For at least one day, however, those concerns were put on hold and the Mets came away with an opening day victory. As I did following ...

Double G Sports MLB Predictions: Expert Panel

Posted: 3rd April 2010 by Double G Sports in MLB
The MLB regular season gets started tomorrow night with the Boston Red Sox hosting the New York Yankees. You have seen them all over the web, but the expert panel of Double G Sports is giving you their predictions for the 2010 season. To see all the predictions from division standings to MVP's and CY Young's, visit Double G Sports .Read ...

Battle of The Blogs Week 1 Preview

Posted: 2nd April 2010 by Double G Sports in MLB
The MLB regular season starts Sunday night when the New York Yankees travel to Boston and take on the Red Sox. Fantasy baseball leagues all over the web start with that game as well, including Battle of the Blogs . For those of you that do not know what Battle of the Blogs is, it's a 20-team fantasy baseball league full of sports bloggers battling ...

The MLB in New York: Disaster in Queens, Recovery in the Bronx

Posted: 31st March 2010 by Double G Sports in MLB
Last season, the Yankees and Mets went in different directions. The Yankees had everything fall their way and stayed healthy in route to a World Series championship. The Mets had a ton of injuries in route to a disappointing and disastrous play. Could it really be happening yet again? Well, if the recent events are any indication, yes. Mets fans once again seem ...

New York Yankees and Mets Roundtable Discussions

Posted: 29th March 2010 by Double G Sports in MLB
I recently had the opportunity to be part of a Q&A session that Inside Pulse Sports was running on the Yankees and Mets. Each separate session was conducted through back and forth e-mails in a roundtable format. This was part of Inside Pulse Sports 30 Teams in 30 Days preview. To read more on the roundtable discussions and see what was said, visit Double G Sports .Read more MLB news on ...

Battle of the Blogs Fantasy Baseball: Draft Recap

Posted: 25th March 2010 by Double G Sports in MLB
So Battle of the Blogs Fantasy Baseball League had its draft last night. My team, Double G Sports , had the sixth pick in the first round—and each round after that was done in a snake format. It was not an easy task drafting a fantasy baseball team in a 20-team league—especially when each team has a 24-man roster. In a league full of ...