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Fantasy Football 2007 Wrap-up: Receivers vs. Running Backs

By marcus • Dec 31st, 2007 • Category: sports

For the first time in recorded history, I won our Fantasy Football league. woo hoo! Oddly enough, I had horribly running backs this year, sorry Maroney you may go undefeated but you were a fantasy bust. None of my running backs were in the top 20 based on yardage. However, my receiving core was [...]



Spring Training 2007 (video)

By marcus • Apr 16th, 2007 • Category: sports

A video I made from our Spring Training trip in Scottsdale, Arizona to see the San Francisco Giants. Enjoy!

Spring Training 2007 on Vimeo



Sept 23rd, 2012 – A-Rod becomes Home Run King!

By marcus • Apr 16th, 2007 • Category: sports

Following up on my previous article with the prediction, Alex Rodriquez will become the all time home run leader with his 760th home run on Sept 23rd, 2012. He’ll pass Barry Bonds’ mark of 759 home runs also set on Sept 23rd, 5 years previous.
Prediction for A-Rod’s next five seasons leading up to the [...]



Home Run Kings – Barry Bonds, A-Rod and Pujols

By marcus • Apr 15th, 2007 • Category: sports

Barry Bonds is probably going to break the home run record in the next few months. Though I’m not sure why people are making such a big deal about it, the record is going to be about as short lived as McGwire’s single season record. A-Rod is clearly going to be breaking Barry’s record in [...]



Follow Bonds on your Mobile this Summer

By marcus • Apr 6th, 2007 • Category: geek, sports

Follow Barry Bonds on your mobile this summer as he marches towards the history book. I’ve setup a mobile alert using Mozes, just text “bonds” to 66937 and you’ll receive a text message after every Bonds home run. It’s kinda like twitter but with actual useful information and none of the annoyance. ;)
Or if you’re [...]



The Odds of a Perfect Bracket

By marcus • Mar 10th, 2007 • Category: geek, sports

It’s March Madness time again which means time to fill out the tournament brackets. So I’m sure we are all wondering what the odds are to pick a perfect bracket, all 64 games picked exactly right.
The straight odds calculations is relatively easy, for each 64 games you must pick the right outcome out of the [...]



Instant Replay, Google and the BCS

By marcus • Jan 18th, 2007 • Category: sports

Fuzziness is what makes the world interesting. We seem have too many demands for precision, too much black and white. The fuzziness and gray area gives us something to talk about, something interesting, points for debate.
Instant replays – why does every call have to be right? A referee missing or making the wrong call [...]



Fantasy Football – Greatest Fantasy Day

By marcus • Dec 11th, 2006 • Category: sports

Tonight I needed over 40 pts out of Steven Jackson to move into second place in my fantasy league. Obviously, it didn’t happen so I ended up in third which is still in the playoffs and I play the same team either way. But it got me thinking what was the best fantasy day by [...]



Go Giants! I’ve got your SMS alert right here

By marcus • Jul 21st, 2006 • Category: sports

Sign up now for a free San Francisco Giants SMS alert. This is a short daily text message after each game with the score and a brief highlight. This comes straight from me to you, so may be full of biased info it is definitely unofficial.
I’ll keep it short and usually only one text a [...]



What might have been, Part I

By marcus • May 14th, 2006 • Category: sports

With Barry Bonds about to pass Babe Ruth’s career home run record,
home runs and records are getting a lot of talk. I’m a baseball
enthusiast and all the stats and records appeal to the math geek
in me. I recently heard an interesting tid bit that needs a little
exploring: Willie Mays missed almost two full years of [...]