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Remember doing book reports back in the day? While some people chose to actually read the book and take something out of it, others realized the key to putting in minimal effort was SparkNotes. Obviously you are better off checking out box scores daily and all that fun shit, but every week I will put together a weekly rundown of the most notable performances and current events in case you were slacking or actually spend your time functioning in the real world. Hope you fools came away from week one with a solid W under your belt, but this shortened season is still going to be a grind so keep the pedal to the metal. 

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"Bryce Harper, Bryce Harper, Bryce Harper playing the harp. Harpo Marx playing the Jews harp.*BH*, BH! You're my DBesignated Hitter!" 
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OUTFIELD PROSPECT RANKINGS

2011 graduates included Mike Trout, Desmond Jennings, Trayvon Robinson, Domonic Brown, Yonder Alonso, Ben Revere, Fernando Martinez, Lucas Duda, Eric Thames, J.D. Martinez, Ryan Kalish, Dayan Viciedo, Michael Saunders, Charlie Blackmon, Jason Bourgeois, Brian Bogusevic, Jose Constanza, Alex Presley, Allen Craig and Andy Dirks.  That’s a pretty impressive graduating class.

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At “Stream Pies,” we are serving up gooey loads of knowledge. Here, we’ll provide invaluable streaming advice on kickers and DEF teams who are owned in less than 30-percent of Yahoo! leagues. We list the options in order of best option to “least-best” option (with the strongest recommendations starting at the top).We also include last week’s suggestions and full season results. Points are based on default Yahoo! settings.

No, there are no Week 17 streaming recommendations. The reason? Negative reinforcement. That’s right, you can’t have amazing fantasy analysis if you play in a Week 17 league, so hopefully you learn your lesson and keep the shit at 16 weeks like a normal person.

So why another “Stream Pies” post? Well, in the spirit of accountability, we have to let you know how we fared this season and provide you with some closing thoughts. It’s only right, and it happens right after the jump:

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Keith is back with his controversial fantasy basketball rankings. He was right all along in regards to his ranking of Russell Westbrook and Blake Griffin last season, but now he is defaming my boy John Wall. I'm calling it, John Wall will be this year's Derrick Rose. The following Top 100 rankings are comprised for use in standard head-to-head leagues. Jump with us.

Thank you. Thank you very much. As the self-proclaimed kings of the internetz it was no suprise to see the Sons of Roto emerge victorious from their Round One death match with Bay Area Sports Talk. Their audience was too busy shopping for spiked shoulder pads and stabbing each other to vote for their favorite sports blog. However, Round Two brings to us thePigskinReport.com, the number 4 ranked blog. Let's do work. [VOTE HERE]

Sign of the Apocalypse: Rex Grossman leading teams to titles
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It is championship week in fantasy football, and if you have already made it to the championship you probably will not need to pick up and play anyone this week. However, I am still laying out some suggestions to play as injury fill-ins or if you just want to play someone with a great matchup. Like Starbonell, I am also looking ahead to the fantasy basketball season. For those of you that are interested, “Don’t Sleep” will be continuing into the NBA season and I will be giving you weekly waiver adds for fantasy hoops. Enough of that though. Let’s get into my final football waiver adds of the season. More after the jump:
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This is the end
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This is the end
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First off I'd like to congratulate all the Sons of Roto who have waged conquest on their leagues and marched to the championship round. My friends, this is the end. The beautiful end. We need no elaborate plans. No safety or suprise. We'll never look into Jake Locker's eyes, again. We're sticking to our guns. We're playing the people who carried us this far. Unless Eli Manning is your Quarterback. I'd pick up Rex Grossman and start him againt the helpless Vikings secondary. What say you my championship worthy comrades? Which NFC East QB would you start this week, Rex vs MIN or Eli at NYJ? After the jump, championship week rankings for fantasy football.

Posted Thursday, December 22nd 4:00 PM Central time

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The hype machine enveloped Adrian Gonzalez last year and fantasy owners expected other-worldly power numbers. “He’ll win the MVP!” some clamored. “He’s a demigod put on this earth to mash taters!” others yelled. “I’d totally let him bang me! In a platonic way!” another chimed in. Yeah A-Gone love was at an all-time high, but the Gonzalez we saw in Boston was eerily similar in fantasy production to the guy in San Diego.

San Diego (2010): 31 HRs, .213 ISO, 16.4 HR/FB

Boston (2011): 27 HRs, .210 ISO, 16.4 HR/FB

W-w-wait. But the power was supposed... a-and Fenway Park, but... left-handed?

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Keep your head up Ben Gordon owners…
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Have a snake draft coming up? Need help figuring out some value plays? No doubt. We gotcha covered.

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Big Ears, Big Numbers
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This post is simple. Just a list of players I expect to outperform their ADP according to ESPN leagues.

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