Author: Jorge Martin

January 13, 2021

TOMMY LASORDA: A LIFE IN BLUE

When I got the news on the morning of Jan. 8 that the legendary Tommy Lasorda passed away at age 93, it was a major punch in the gut. More like a baseball bat to the forehead. This was another connection to my youth that was leaving our world, and even though I’d been bracing for it during his recent hospital stay, I still wasn’t ready to say goodbye to this man. You see, I grew up a Dodger fan, and I fell in love with the team and the game in 1977. That happened to be Lasorda’s first year managing the Dodgers. From the start, this was something special.

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January 7, 2021

ADENTRO Y AFUERA: SUPER WILD CARD WEEKEND

I love the NFL playoffs. Much as I relish the regular season with 7 games on in the early window, I so enjoy it when there’s only a single game happening at once. It gets that Sunday or Monday Night Football feel where everything is just stopping for this one game.

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January 1, 2021

ADENTRO Y AFUERA WEEK 17: THE WEIRD WEEK KICKS OFF 2021

This week the strategy completely changes. The challenge is more complex than every other week this season, because you’re not just looking at past performance within a great matchup. You’re also looking at who is going to actually “play” this week based on teams’ chances to either make the playoffs or improve playoff seeding. 

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December 24, 2020

ADENTRO Y AFUERA WEEK 16: LOYALTY? KARMA? GET A TITLE!

If you’re reading this, you’re likely in the championship of your fantasy football league. I’m in two title matches. There are few things that match winning the championship. It’s the culmination of months and hundreds of hours studying and obsessing over players and lineups. We do it for the love of the game. Yes, money leagues bring with them a cash prize, but if you were all doing this for the cash I’d tell you to do something more cost-effective with your time, because few leagues have a payout to match up with the amount of time we all spend on this “casual” pastime.

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December 22, 2020

LOS WAIVERS WEEK 16: CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK

Here we are. Week 16. Championship Week. La Semana del Campeonato. Five months ago when professional sports were starting back up and NFL training camps were opening under incredible safety protocols and scrutiny, this week seemed like a galaxy far, far away. Yet we all were so hungry for anything to take our minds off “regular” life. 

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December 17, 2020

ADENTRO Y AFUERA WEEK 15: IN THE PLAYOFFS YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH

You know how you remember so much about the great calls you make in setting fantasy football lineups? Well, if you’ve been playing fantasy football long enough, you’ll see your share of calls that go wrong. And they stick with you just the same.

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December 16, 2020

RANKINGS, WEEK 15

Historic seasons are continuing. Some incredible matchups are ahead for so many players. Just in time for the playoffs. This is going to be fun. Here are the Week 15 rankings:

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December 15, 2020

LOS WAIVERS WEEK 15: IT’S WINNIN’ TIME!

When it comes to waivers during the fantasy football playoffs, the first priority is to get a player you can insert into your lineup to help you win. It could be an injury replacement, or just taking advantage of an RB who has emerged into a prominent role.

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December 14, 2020

EVERYBODY HURTS: WEEK 14 TAKEAWAYS

The first week of the fantasy football playoffs are almost in the books. Did you ride Derrick Henry, Davante Adams or a Ryan Tannehill-A.J. Brown stack to the next round? Did you lose when Josh Allen kneeled down at the end of the Bills-Steelers game? I actually saw someone post a photo of that corazon roto on Twitter to show proof of that one.

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December 11, 2020

ADENTRO Y AFUERA WEEK 14: OUTHOUSE TO THE PENTHOUSE

I mentioned earlier how I had a team that went on a winning streak after starting the season 0-5. Well, that streak lives. My team is 8-5, just took the points title for the league and is roaring into the playoffs. It’s not great management to draft Davante Adams in the back end of the 1st round and later trade RB and WR depth for Travis Kelce. 

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