RSOB
RSOB Chapter 3: The Broad Assessment Balance Sheet
New to Ron Shandler’s Other Book? Read the Introduction. For decades, we have been told that the goal in fantasy baseball is to assemble a group of players whose aggregate statistics exceed those of all the other teams in the league. In fact, that is the actual verbiage in the Official Rotisserie Baseball League Constitution. But…
Read MoreRSOB Chapter 2: How Psychology is Out to Get You
New to Ron Shandler’s Other Book? Read the Introduction. For the sake of argument, let’s say that you buy into everything I wrote in the last chapter. (I won’t delude myself into thinking that everyone is drinking my Kool-Aid.) Let’s say that you agree that player projections are garbage… um, flawed. Still, our brain plays its…
Read MoreRSOB Chapter 1: How the Stats are Out to Get You
From Ron Shandler’s Other Book 2016: The Manual of Baseball Roster Construction. “This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.” — Nuke Laloosh, Bull Durham The structure of the game of baseball lends itself to analysis. The result…
Read MoreRSOB Introduction: My Conversation with YOU
From Ron Shandler’s Other Book 2016: The Manual of Baseball Roster Construction. ME: Hey, welcome. YOU: C’mon Ron, do we really need another fantasy baseball annual? What? Already with the questions? How about a little “Hi Ron, how ya been? We’ve missed you at Baseball HQ but it’s nice to see you’re still doing the Forecaster…
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