Daily Fantasy Football Contests: Win $25K Cash and Free Las Vegas Trip for $10
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 (by Alex)

Fanduel's daily fantasy football contests are now live! You can enter regular cash contests as well as the FFFC, where for a $10 entry fee you can win a free Las Vegas trip to participate against 9 other people in the finals, with $25K going to the top finisher and $10K and $5K going to the runners up.

On an unrelated note, it looks like the one baseball game that will be affected by Hurricane Earl is in Boston. Looks like the forecast is for a total washout. Categories: daily fantasy football contests win $25K cash free las vegas trip entry

Hurricane Earl
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 (by Alex)

The forecast looks ok for all of today's MLB games, but keep an eye on the baseball weather forecast on Friday, as Hurricane Early is likely to impact some of the games with potentially heavy rain and strong wind. Categories: hurrican earl baseball weather

Baseball Overlay
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 (by Alex)

Only 67 entries so far in the $10 entry, $1400 prize pool MLB baseball contest that I mentioned on Saturday. And a handful of those 67 are from Fanduel employees who are ineligible to win the prizes. If that keeps up, there's going to be a very nice overlay that would make it worthwhile to create multiple entries. Categories: baseball overlay

$1,400 Guaranteed MLB Contest, $10 Entry Fee
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 (by Alex)

Fanduel is running a $1,400 guaranteed MLB contest with only a $10 entry fee for Monday's games. Registration and player selection are now available. You can enter as many times as you want, and an unlimited number of players can enter. Prizes are $1,000 for 1st, $300 for 2nd, and $100 for 3rd. This is mainly being done as a test for new functionality that's been created for the FFFC contest, so please send any feedback and suggestions to alex@fanduel.com. Categories: $1400 guaranteed mlb contest $10 entry fee

Fantasy Baseball Analysis Tools & Data
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 (by Alex)

I thought it might be a good time to remind people about some of the great tools and data we have here at Dailybaseballdata.com for fantasy baseball analysis. All of these are available in the menus from the main page (which you're currently on).

Batter vs. Pitcher Matchup History - Full history of batter vs. pitcher matchups for all of today's games.

MLB Weather Dashboard - Hour by hour forecasts for all games on one screen.

Bullpen Usage Report - Pitch counts and other usage information for relief pitchers for the past four days.

MLB Schedule (Excel spreadsheet) - A full MLB schedule for all teams in one spreadsheet.

Lineup Dashboard - Lineups (and box scores) as they become available.

Daily Player Stats - Box score information for all players sorted alphabetically on one screen. No more having to drill down on each game to see how your fantasy players from several different game formats are doing.

Sortable Stats - Sortable stats based on the scoring systems of a variety of game formats. Categories: fantasy baseball analysis tools and data

MLB Weather Forecast (8/23/2010): Rain out in Boston?
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 (by Alex)

Many of today's MLB games are showing 30% or greater chances of rain at game time. The worst of the bunch appears to be in Boston, where there's a 60% chance. Keep an eye on how the forecast progresses throughout the day to know whether there may be rain out. Categories: mlb weather forecast 8/23/2010 rain out in boston

Hour By Hour Forecast: Big Chance Of Rain
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 (by Alex)

Three of today's games have at least a 70% chance of rain in the forecasts for gametime, so it's definitely a day where a last minute check of the hour by hour forecast could pay off in a big way when setting your lineups. Categories: hour by hour forecast big chance of rain

Fanduel Fantasy Football Championship (FFFC): Win $25K and a Vegas Trip
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 (by Alex)

Fanduel just announced the Fanduel Fantasy Football Championship (FFFC). You can click the ad below to get all the details, but basically for a $10 entry, you get a shot at winning a trip to Las Vegas to participate in a one week final contest against 10 other players. First place out of 11 will get $25K, 2nd place will get $10K, and 3rd place will get $5.