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Batter up! Well, almost. Spring training for Major League Baseball starts next month, and the season will be here before we know it. Ditto for the 2011 Little League season. That means now is the perfect time to craft the design of your team’s baseball trading pins for the coming season.

Yes, many of you are still shoveling snow as you read this, but it’s never too early to plan ahead for trading pin season. Look at it this way – designing baseball trading pins is a lot more fun than watching the early rounds of American Idol.

No matter whether you’re a seasoned veteran or a promising rookie when it comes to ordering baseball trading pins, you can still hit a home run! It’s easy and fun to design great pins that every other team will want to trade for.

For starters, talk to your players. They will recall the best and worst baseball trading pins from last year. Ask them which pins they really liked and wanted to trade for. Ask which ones didn’t interest them, and why. Discuss the differences to get a feel for what your players like. Chances are good that players on your opposing teams thought exactly the same way. Great baseball trading pins appeal to just about everyone.

How were your own team’s pins last season? Did they trade fast and furiously, or did they strike out? If you had great baseball trading pins last year, it’s great to stick with a winning design. On the other hand, if your team’s baseball trading pins left something to be desired, don’t worry. It just takes a little planning and a little help from a great trading pin supplier to create pins that will be the hit of the tournaments this year.

Consider the size of last season’s pins. Were your team’s pins big enough? That’s a really basic rule of crafting great baseball trading pins – bigger pins ALWAYS trade better than smaller ones. The extra real estate gives you more room to get creative and show off flashy design elements.

The great thing about custom baseball trading pins is that you’re really only limited by your imagination when it comes to design. If you can imagine it, the graphic artists at any good provider of baseball trading pins can turn your design into terrific-looking trading pins.

The best way to make your baseball trading pins more valuable to traders is to add options. A well-designed pin with options that rock will trade for two or sometimes even three more ordinary pins.

Glitter enamel is a great place to start. This easy, economical add-on is a terrific way to add sparkle and a rich presence to your baseball trading pins.  Consider it the most basic option, then get adventurous with others.

Danglers are a great way to specify the year of the tournament your team plays in. They’re also flexible, allowing you to replace them each year without the expense of replacing the entire baseball trading pins.

Blinking LED lights are a fantastic option for baseball trading pins that feature a mascot. You can give that mascot blinking eyes, a terrific eye-catching feature.

If you really want some rockin’ baseball trading pins, add motion. You can choose from spinners, sliders and bobble heads to give your pins an element of play and impossible-to-miss motion. The more they move, the better your baseball trading pins will trade.

Remember, now is the time to get your baseball trading pins designed and approved. Order early to make sure you have your baseball trading pins in time for the big game. A good provider of baseball trading pins can help you craft the pins that everyone else at the ballpark will want.

The place that you grow up will in all likely hood decide the type of baseball swing that you have. All parts of the country carry different styles and bring contradictory information to the table. If you are a football person, it’s like the difference between the east coast and west coast offense. At the end of the day you are trying to accomplish the same goal, but at the tune of a different drummer. For that reason, I have never heard the same to approaches to driving the knob or the hands to baseball. Fortunately, I have experienced almost every theory the game has to offer, and I am going to help you with insider knowledge that would otherwise take you years to figure out.

For starters, driving the hands begins during the load portion of the swing. If you recall, this is when we recognize the pitch in one of our three zones, L for Left, C for Center, or R for right. Once we locate the zone where the pitch will be contacted, the hips drive to that particular zone, and then the hands follow. Without this recognition, it becomes much more difficult to stay through the zone and maximize force into the baseball.

Driving the hands to ball all begins with an imaginary 45 degree line that runs from the knob or wrists, to the infield in front of the plate. For beginners I use three separate lines, one to L, C, and R. As you might have guessed, players want to drive their hands roughly at this angle in effort to contact the baseball. In reality, the angle isn’t quite that steep, however, it helps players to focus on going down through the hitting zone at all times. If players are focused on driving down and forward, they are less likely have a loop or long drag in their swing.

When players begin to develop an understanding of how to swing the bat and their muscles begin to develop, I add a few advanced batting techniques to help them generate more power. In actuality, players should drive the outside of their bottom hand wrist towards the inside of the baseball. When done correctly, this will cause their wrists to be “cocked back” and allows players to drive their hands along the inside part of the baseball longer. This little technique will increase “wrist snap” and/or generate more “bat whip”. As a result, players will increase their power. This technique also players a major part in the what I call the “Power V”.

The “Power V” begins with the cap of the bat, runs down to the hands, and along the top forearm of the player. The “Power V” will become more visible as players begins to drive his hips to the ball. The point of the V will be pointing towards the field of play and the opening of the V will be facing the umpire. As players approach contact, the power V begins to release until it turns into a more of a “Power L” after contact. When the bat begins to release from the V to L players begin to generate “bat whip” which results in increased power. Keep in mind that when a player reaches contact, his hands should still be slightly ahead of the baseball.

One common mistake during this portion of the swing is to extend the hands to far from the body and contact the ball out in front of the plate. Because players are told to “see the ball hit the bat” or “square up” a pitch, they tend to attack the baseball out in front of their body which causes them to loose the majority of their power. In real time, players only extent their hands about 2-4 inches before contact depending on the location of the pitch. The further we extend our hands pre contact, the slower our bat speed, the less extension we are able to gain after contact, and thus our average and power will suffer.

Back to “seeing the baseball hit the bat”. I urge you to never tell you player this phrase. Why? Because it is impossible to do if you are swinging the bat correctly. If you have a chance to watch a hitter in slow motion, his eyes are actually fixed 10 to 15 feet our in front of his contact zone. By that time, you have already committed to a location and zone to swing the baseball bat. If you try to see the baseball hit the bat, you will either have to move your head which is never a good thing in hitting, or attack the ball in front. Either way, your setting yourself up for a lot of failure.

Another cause of extending the hands to far to the baseball before contact has to do with hitting demonstrations players are exposed to. Typically when players are younger, coaches always show contact with their hands extended and the hands even with the barrel of the baseball bad. As a result, players engrain that visual in their mind and strive towards it when they practice or hit in a game. Be conscious the next time you perform a demonstration, and make sure to show actual movements batters should make!

There are two very useful sayings that can greatly benefit your player when describing this portion of the swing. One deals with using the catcher as prop. “Let the ball get so deep that you feel like you are picking the baseball out of the catcher’s mitt.” The other saying is more visual. “I want you to try and scrape your knuckles on the inside part of the baseball.” It can be difficult for a player to understand that he is driving his hands to far forewords before contact, but using these sayings will help him understand contact points better helping him to keep his hands tight to his body.

Among many of the great drills out there to help players perform this step of the baseball swing, I like to use a drill I call “Chopping Wood”. “Chopping Wood” is a drill that latterly forces players to drive their hands towards the field of play while keeping the bat back. The biggest obstacle to making adjustments with players is taking them outside of their comfort zone. Most players will complain that something doesn’t feel comfortable or an adjustment doesn’t feel right. This is actually a good sign because that means you are making progress. If a player is comfortable with an adjustment that he has made for the first time then he really hasn’t made an adjustment.

As a player positions himself to participate in the drill, his front foot should about even with the front batting tee. I say about even because some adjustments may need to be made depending on the skill level of the player. As the player takes his swing, he will be forced to drive his hand inside the back tee before taking the bat to contact to the ball on the front tee.

When done correctly this over trains players keep their hands tight along their body and move them forward instead of pulling off or sweeping around pitches. A long batting swing will inevitably cause a player to contact the back tee and not allow him to continue to the baseball on the front tee. Note, if players swing over the top of the back batting tee they are performing the batting drill wrong and are extending too far out with their hands.

If you incorporate this batting drill in your next batting training session you will see amazing improvement in your players ability to drive the baseball. He may struggle with it at first, but after 10 to 12 swings he will begin making adjustments and improve his mechanics. Always drive your hands down toward the zone and to the field you want to hit the baseball At the end of the day, this will help increase you average, power, and make you a more consistent hitter. 

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For over 100 years, baseball has been that favorite summer past time. We have seen players come and go. Bats have been a staple in baseball through the years. However they have changed as well. There are different types of bats that have been used. In the early years wooden baseball bats have been made mainly out of white ash. In the early 2000s, maple wood bats became increasingly popular. Ash is among the most common materials chosen to make bats out of. The benefits of white ash bats include its durability, hard surface, light weight and overall feel, while maple bats have a high level of strength and therefore last longer than white ash bats. Ash baseball bats have played an important position in the history of the game. There are two types of ash: white ash and green ash. Because white ash is a high-quality wood, it makes a very good baseball bat. They are accepted by most leagues and organizations. Its unique characteristics lend itself to being the most common choice for game play or practice. On the other hand, the green ash, also known as water or red ash is rarely used to make bats. Maple baseball bats are among the most popular choices in bats. This is because maple wood has a tight grain that offers many of the qualities suited for hitting a baseball. The finer the grade of maple, the more expensive the bat.

A player’s age, height, weight, strength, and hitting style determine what kind of bat you should use. Generally, players in Little League or Youth League should use baseball bats between 16 and 23 ounces. At the high school and collegiate level, baseball bat weights generally range from 27 to 33 ounces. Bats may be listed as a negative number, meaning the bat’s weight equals the bat’s length minus the indicated number. For example, a 32-inch baseball bat with a bat weight of -5 weighs 27 ounces (32 – 5 = 27). Baseball bats used at the high school and college level usually cannot have more than a -3 ounce weight-to-length ratio. Heavier baseball bats can generate more power, but reduce bat speed. Lighter baseball bats offer increase speed and control, but reduce pop. The pros often gravitate toward lighter baseball bats which allow a player to make contact with the “fat of a bat” or its “sweet spot” more easily. Length is something else you should look for. Look for ranges from 26 to 31 inches for Youth League and 32 to 36 inches for high school, collegiate, and professional players. A Little League baseball bat usually cannot measure more than 32 inches long.

Other characteristics to consider is the bat shape. The barrel, taper, and grip. The barrel of the bat is the wide portion of a baseball bat that strikes a ball. Most barrels measure 2 1/2, 2 5/8, or 2 9/16 inches in diameter. Longer and wider barrels provide a larger sweet spot. Lighter baseball bats have shorter and narrower barrels for increased speed and control. The grip is a very important part to consider, especially for an aluminum bat. It has a baring on how much vibration you feel after contact. Make sure your baseball bat has a proper leather, synthetic leather, or rubber grip. Leather grips will provide the best hold, but do not absorb vibration as effectively as rubber. The taper on most baseball bats is 31/32 of an inch. A narrower taper allows you to rotate your wrists faster and “square up” on pitches more effectively. You will have to know your league rules that you play in because they all differ. These are all things to consider when you are trying to pick the right baseball bat.

Baseball is the number one sport that has captured the hearts of Americans, both young and old. That is the reason why baseball memorabilia is also popular and in-demand in the country. Nearly all the things that baseball athletes use in and out of the field have fetched a considerable amount of money, especially those that have been used by baseball legends like Baseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth.

For many baseball fanatics, money is not an issue. They are willing to pay a huge amount of money for rare mementos and collectibles like bats, signed pictures and baseballs. Most of their collections are also well guarded and increase in value through time.

Top collectors seek after baseball memorabilia left by Babe Ruth because the man is a legend. Anywhere he was placed, he consistently showed his baseball prowess, both as a pitcher and batter. He made and broke his own homerun and other records several times during the span of his long baseball career. This bambino is considered one of the best, if not the best, baseball player of all time.

Babe Ruth’s Rare Baseball Memorabilia

The most expensive baseball bat sold in an auction in the history of the country was the one that Babe Ruth used to score a homerun in the first-ever game played in the Yankee Stadium in New York. The old wooden bat, which was remarkably preserved, was bought by an anonymous collector on December 2, 2006 for almost .3 million, approximately half the money spent in building the said Yankee Stadium. According to the representative of the buyer, their party was willing to spend more than .3m for the said bat.

Another baseball memento that fetched quite high selling price is an autographed bat that Babe Ruth used in one of his games. This particular bat was acquired in an auction for around 6,000. Antique autographed bats are very expensive because they are very rare. Since bats used before were wooden bats, they were easy to break and smash. Thus, only a number of used wooden bats of popular players are preserved nowadays.

Signed baseball memorabilia are abundant in the market. You can find autographed baseball caps, bats, balls, jersey and many others on the Internet and other auction sites. However, it is more difficult to encounter genuine signed checks, contracts, documents and letters. Signed pictures are also rare. These items will surely increase in value in the future, especially if you are talking about baseball memorabilia of the legendary Babe Ruth.

Affordable Babe Ruth baseball memorabilia

If you are just interested in baseball collectibles but are not really concerned too much on amassing money in the process, then you can opt to collect inexpensive baseball mementos, such as photos, pins, trading cards and framed copy of the Curse of Bambino contract. You will not find it very difficult to find these reasonably priced baseball souvenirs in sports hobby shops and the Internet. There are hundreds of web-based auction houses that you can chose from.

Be wary of fake baseball memorabilia

Since the demand for baseball memorabilia, especially from Babe Ruth, is very high but the supply is very low, many unscrupulous individuals are preying on the inexperienced collectors. In order to prevent being conned, you ought to buy from legitimate dealers, especially if a huge amount of money is at stake. For autographs and signed documents, you should also contract the services of experts to authenticate your baseball memorabilia.

Fans put their very best efforts in to finding the greatest assortment of baseball products that they can add to their collections. Some of the searching techniques for these baseball products might take them and several of their friends on baseball products shopping trips to every baseball team location throughout the United States.

Some of these fans might go a little overboard in their baseball memorabilia collecting efforts. They start by buying the small things like baseball caps, and baseball gloves, and before you know it they want to try to collect every bumper sticker from every baseball team that they can put their hands on.

Their need to show their team spirit might get a little out of hand at times, but when they go on these baseball products shopping trips they all get a little excited. They are inspired by the baseball products that they see on websites throughout the Internet, that promote what they say is the largest collection of baseball products memorabilia in the entire United States.

Some of the baseball products that they find through these web portals are meant to help new players with their pitching speeds, and fans get truly inspired by this, because they at least want to get their speed to 103. Some of these dedicated fans will really enjoy the opportunity to own digital imagine binoculars that would bring all game they see up close, and very personal.

Other fans go on baseball products shopping trips to help improve their swing, and end up buying quality baseball products that bounce, spin, and zing across the playing fields. These consistent and very durable products are made of full grain cow leather hide, and nobody is really ever sure about what the baseball manufacturers put inside of them.

By the time these fans return back home from their baseball products shopping trips, their automobiles will be heavy weighted with all sorts of baseball memorabilia products that they noticed on all sides of the street. The shops with the colorful banners and watches, kept their attentions for quite a while as they talked to their respected manufacturers in lengthy detail.

There were fans that took advantage of the time on the road, to spend the downtime reading about skill tips, and strategy ideas that major league baseball coaches followed throughout the season. The time on the baseball shopping trips was never wasted because all of the baseball gear that was collected was bought to help players and kids learn all about baseball.

These baseball fans are devoted to spreading the word about baseball. While on their baseball products shopping trips, they make it a point to stop by every retail location they can, to search the aisles carefully for baseball products that can motivate the future players of their favorite sport. There are many things out there for them to choose from too, so they know that the kids in their fair cities will be running the bases and hitting homeruns every Summer starting in June.

Some of the most reasonably priced baseball products shopping can be found in baseball products that you make yourself. There are printed baseball caps on the Internet market today that can be custom printed with your logo or text. While these are not officially licensed baseball products, they will be very valuable to your business when they are used as a promotional item.

For sports and recreation enthusiasts, there are reviews of various baseball bats that will show you sound evidence of the most reasonably priced baseball products shopping opportunities that there are on the Internet. All of these bats are crafted out of wood, or made from aluminum that will make a baseball zoom. There are other high-tech alloys that you might not know about, and by reading a review you will gain fruitful insight.

Through sports card shops and Internet resale or auction sites, collectors can find reasonably priced baseball products shopping opportunities that are found only once in a lifetime. These collectible baseball product liquidation sales might feature vintage baseballs and over 30,000 plus reasonably priced collectibles that are in super condition and will be a great buy to the collector that places the winning bid at one of the auctions.

Other reasonably priced baseball products shopping opportunities might present themselves in the form of reasonably priced college gear that is fashioned to represent your favorite college baseball team. These reasonably priced baseball products will feature a grand embroidery design that is stitched directly into the fabric, and has all of the stylish features of a particular college team’s logo that avid baseball fans can truly enjoy. These collegiate gear baseball products shopping opportunities might feature sport beads or sports coverage items that are hard to find.

When conducting a search for reasonably priced baseball products shopping lists, many people find that any Internet retailer will be a good place to start. These technologically advanced shoppers will let the Internet search engines lead the way to great savings on Pitcher, Catcher, and Outfield gloves at below cost. All of these special baseball products will be on sale, and will undoubtedly go home with the first available shopper.

Some reasonably priced baseball products shopping tours might lead you to try to renew and quite possibly reinvent the pop you lost the baseball products that you already own. Through the use of space age technology, there are companies that ask a very reasonable price to rejuvenate your baseball bats and gloves, and the end result will make them feel like they are brand new.

People think this is a brilliant idea, especially when you can keep using the baseball equipment that you have instead of buying new. They welcome the chance to have restored distance capabilities renewed in their favorite bat, and any chance to extend the life of the bat in your baseball products collection is one that you do not want to pass up. There are many people that think that this reasonably priced baseball products shopping method is a bargain that they can not pass up and they never do.

For the serious baseball fan and the collector of baseball cards, there’s only one question that you have to ask yourself. Is your baseball card collection complete? Do you have at least one of the acclaimed Babe Ruth baseball cards in your collection?

This is a fair question to ask of any serious collector, and you will find that mostly the answer will be a resounding yes! Any avid baseball card collector worth his salt will have at least one, maybe more, Babe Ruth baseball cards in his possession. .

No matter what name George Herman Ruth Jr. is known by, Babe Ruth, The Babe, The Sultan of Swat, The Great Bambino, he is and forever will be immortalized as one of the greatest baseball players to walk this earth.

These are all names that are synonymous with that greatest of all baseball players, Babe Ruth, and if you ask anyone – be it a baseball fan or not – they will have heard at least one of these nicknames.

And in one of the most fitting tributes of all for a baseball player, The Babe has been immortalized in not only the Baseball Hall of Fame, but also on the face of many baseball cards. It is these Babe Ruth baseball cards which are as much after now as they were 80 years ago.

Definitely deserving his title as the Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth batted an average of .342, and 714 home runs amongst other accomplishments to his illustrious name. Babe Ruth baseball cards are valued as much as for what The Babe brought to each game, as for what he did to revitalize the declining game of baseball.

With a scandal only just behind it, baseball had almost nothing to look forward to until The Babe literally stepped up to the plate. And from there, history was made and baseball hasn’t looked back since. This is why Babe Ruth baseball cards are also sought after collector’s items.

It can also be said that with the revitalization of baseball, that the Babe infused much needed force into the game which forced other players to step up to the standards which he so seamlessly set.

And just as baseball today would not be the same without the infusion Babe Ruth’s energy, so too would no true ardent baseball card collector’s collection be complete without at least one or two of Babe Ruth baseball cards – most noticeably that of the 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #53 card – along with that most holiest of holy grail baseball cards, the Honus Wagner card.

There are many baseball players that are considered as being favorites of their fans. While these people are famous among their fans, to become truly famous it is necessary to have a baseball card made of themselves. These baseball cards range in value depending on the player that is depicted on the card. One of the most famous baseball cards is that of the Honus Wagner baseball card.

This card is considered among the collectors of baseball cards to be the Holy Grail among baseball cards. There are many theories as to the popularity of the Honus Wagner baseball card. One of the reasons may have to do with the amount of cards that are readily in existence. Since baseball cards are usually printed in large amounts the lack of Honus Wagner baseball cards may be considered as being the reason for collectors desiring to find and buy this card.

To make you understand this point even more clearly you need to know that there were only 60 of these printed. Out of the 60 there are only 50 cards that can be found. When a Honus Wager card is discovered there is a general excitement. Honus Wagner is well known among baseball fans by his reputation as the Flying Dutchman.

During the entire span of his career Honus played just about every position on the field. He is well known for stolen bases, home runs which at that time in baseball history were very rare. Additionally Honus Wagner had the ability of hitting triple runs as well as the usual home runs.

To give you an idea of how valuable a Honus Wagner baseball card you will find that the current going price for a baseball card is about the 2.35 million US Dollars. The only other baseball card which comes close to this card is that of the Babe Ruth rookie card. When you look at this card you will discover that the number owners for a Honus Wagner baseball card were well known celebrity persons.

The past owners of this card are the shopping conglomerate Wal-Mart, Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, and finally LA Kings owner Bruce McNall. Besides these many groups a Honus Wagner was also owned by a Las Vegas casino owner. This enterprising individual used to display his Honus Wagner baseball card in various places and functions.

The value of this card can be attributed to the better quality of the Honus Wagner baseball card as compared to other cards. To make sure that the Honus Wagner baseball card is kept safe cards like this are kept safely within Lucite sheeting. For all of these reasons you can see why a Honus Wagner baseball card is thought of by baseball cards fans as being the Holy Grail among baseball cards.

Baseball card collecting is one of the best ways for a person to get acquainted with the different strengths of baseball players. While you can get many different baseball cards for your collection these cards will be a mixture of new and old baseball cards. You have many routes which will let you choose the cards which can enhance your collections’ value.

One of the cheapest ways for you to get some old baseball cards is by looking in baseball cards shops which have many different varieties of these cards. You will find many shelves and racks full of baseball cards. These cards will be from many different teams and years. You will find lots of new and old baseball cards in the shelves and racks. Some of these cards may be of the vintage card type.

You will find information about the different vintage and old baseball cards which are currently available on the internet. By looking this information up prior to your shopping at a shop for baseball cards you will see what sort of baseball cards are thought of as being old, vintage and reproductions.

The reproduction cards are baseball cards which have been duplicated on card paper so that they resemble the original baseball cards. You may find that these reproduction baseball cards are not as expensive as the originals. Some of the more expensive baseball cards are priced in the thousands.

The old baseball cards and the reproduction cards are able to be bought for under 0. These are generally the price you will find for these old baseball cards. Of the many places where you can find old baseball cards the Topps Baseball Card Company may have a selection of ones that you will like. These cards will have lots of information which will tell you facts about the different teams and players.

When you are looking at these old baseball cards you should try to keep the handling of these cards to a minimum. As excessive handling gives rise to creases and dirt appearing on the cards it is best to look at these baseball cards while they are in a see through protective covering. The covering will not only protect the card it will allow you to see the facts without any harm coming to the card.

As old baseball cards are fragile it is always best to make sure that you are choosing ones that will help to increase the value of the collection without destroying the cards. You will be happy with the end result of your collection of old baseball cards.

Pittsburgh – Its editors describe it as: “so close to the action you might get spit on.” And, from the first read, I can see why that’s absolutely true.

FantasyBaseballDugout.com, a new fantasy baseball tips site owned by Saint Davids, Pennsylvania-based Olympic SEO, is the brainchild of Bob “BallparkBob” Bentz and his nephew Jonathan “BatBoy BeeZee” Bentz. The two men share a love for fantasy baseball and, quite frankly, got bored with winning their respective leagues each season.

BallparkBob, who started playing fantasy baseball in college in 1980 when it was still called “Rotisserie Baseball,” claims to have won his fantasy baseball league 19 of the past 28 seasons, including nine in a row at one stretch. BallparkBob, who is often mistaken for Cleveland Indians’ pitcher Paul Byrd, said that his goal is to spread the word about winning fantasy baseball leagues. “There’s a lot of bad fantasy baseball players out there,” said BallparkBob, “but, it’s the ones who do the research that should win. That’s where Fantasy Baseball Dugout comes in.”

BatBoy BeeZee has similar ideas for Fantasy Baseball Dugout. “A lot of fantasy baseball websites are overwhelming for first time players, because the game is very driven by statistics.” Every website has injury information, statistics, mock drafts and trade analysis, “but our site has news and research players with all levels of experience can use.”

When I first reviewed Fantasy Baseball Dugout, I was impressed by the amount of information that they had on the site in such a short amount of time. The site is also not just a statistics-laden one, but offers player profiles and player projections. It offers inside information that is far more topical than what you’ll find in the fantasy baseball preview magazines. It’s a site that a pure baseball fan would also enjoy reading and learning about the MLB.

“A lot of websites also fail to pay attention to fantasy baseball players who use auction formats for drafts, but we haven’t forgotten about them, either,” said BeeZee.

Fantasy Baseball Dugout offers free fantasy baseball advice, but it does hope to capitalize on its baseball fan traffic by selling advertising. The site already has secured advertising from a discount baseball equipment company, a ticket broker, and even a dating site promoting sexy women. Hey, I guess fantasy baseball nerds need love too.

When asked what are the most important fantasy baseball tip that he could give me, BallparkBob responded by saying: “draft more closers than your competition—saves is the easiest category to win. Don’t ever pick a player just because he’s on your favorite team or is one of your favorite players. And, don’t ever go to a game and tell a major leaguer during BP that he’s on your fantasy baseball team. He doesn’t care.”

“Hey Pat Burrell, you’re on my fantasy team!”