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The Jon was going to start with some weak writing about the shortened H2H matchups this week … it was something like this:

With the All Star break over, fantasy managers faced the worst matchup week ever: The some odd four days of games after the Midsummer Classic. Four days does not a good H2H week make or something. A lot of teams got helped by the fewer games with double-digit wins while other mangers got the flip side.

Man, that’s weak. So instead, take a look at the best play of the actual All Star game of Ichiro gunning down Albert Pujols. First of all, the ball looked foul and then when it came up fair with the perfect hop, there was no way Pujols was going to test Ichiro … but then you saw Ichiro’s bullet and knew Pujols was going for second.

The result was never in doubt … although Pujols did look safe. But The Jon is rambling, let’s talk baseball, shortened week and all.

Speaking of All Star lineups …

Kelly Preston, Crystal Bernard, and Claudia Christian in the early ’80s. That’s a lineup even with Bernard and her hairbear style. Hey, Bernard was it back in the early ’80s … don’t make The Jon pull out the “It’s a Living” video.

There’s a war going on …

There are only a couple of weeks before the trading deadline in fantasy leagues. Now is the time to decide what direction your team is headed. It’s a war, son. Trade offers get floated around and managers try to one up each other.

But you know this, so why all this?

One simple rule.

Trades win championships. If you never make a trade and win the your league, consider yourself lucky.

So why all of this again?

Well, at TheBaseballStars, we know what terms people search to get to our site. One that always pops up is “fantasy baseball trades, “or “should I trade Atkins for so and so.”

Well, we can answer your questions … we even have a space for it in the top left, it looks like this:

Need advice?

Send us an e-mail and we will post our responses here

The waste of space

Every league has one manager that doesn’t do jack. The State league has one that just happens to lose every season and leaves trade offers proposed to him for two weeks on end. The Jon has found a way around this.

One season The Jon e-mailed this manager for three straight weeks.

Every single day.

So, The Jon trying to improve his freefalling team sent this message for five straight days:

Who are you going to keep in baseball?
I’m looking at Kinsler or Lidge and have a third round pick to play with or Vlad to deal at the end of the season.

This was the response:

Haven’t given it much thought. Wake me up for football.
Berkman off the top of the head. Yahoo’s not loading at the moment.

PS broken wrist, I’m limiting my typing as I heal out.

Yeah, reading comprehension. Look it up. Answer the flipping question next time … see, waste of space.

Searchin’ (Roy Ayers)

Actual search terms to get to this site:

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C’mon, Newspaperman. You write for this site.

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Don’t worry, The Jon has vacation next week. No. 4 is coming up.

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Naughty, Newspaperman. You are naughty.

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That’s easy. Its unifying force, green grass, hot dogs, blue sky, TheBaseballStars.com.

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Why don’t you just ask?

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Never seen her, but Newspaperman has dibs on the name.

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The Jon refuses to comment.

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The word is starting to spread.

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OK, Newspaperman … you need to stop.

If you can’t beat ‘em

So The Jon apologizes … this has to be the weakest writing output so far from The Greatness. Whenever something is bad and you are too short on time for the green-eyed … aw screw it, here’s “Buy You Some.”

Good luck this week.