Watching this weekend’s fantastic quarter-final matches in the World Cup, featuring futbol’s best players in top form, just reinforced to me how screwed up the World Baseball Classic really is.

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If I have to type “Bloomquist” one more time, I’m gonna kick my own self in the face.

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Season: 130-125: +24.24 units

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What wonderful things have we gotten from Canada?  Let me count the ways... (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

As we head to the mid-season break, lots of teams are still in the pennant races. Team moves in the coming weeks will be critical to the overall outcomes.

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Matt Kemp was benched for the third consecutive game, though he came on after Manny Ramirez got hurt. I just don't see the logic in it - I think it's a classic case of overmanaging by Joe Torre. He buried Orlando Hudson for an inferior player last year, and you could even compare this to how he handled A-Rod in the playoffs against the Tigers. I don't think this ends well. (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

Season: 128-123, +24.12 units (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

Season: 122-122, +13.975 (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

For all the derision that Carlos Zambrano has earned for his outburst, the Cubs have handled him poorly all year, before-and-after this incident. (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

Season: 120-121, +12.795 (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

Where we discuss B.J. Upton's future, the 2 longest home runs of the season, the T-1000, & Emiliooooooo! (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

Brought to you by the sounds of Sly and the Family Stone's best album, a barrage of German goals, and the lingering smell of burning police cruisers. (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

The Cleveland Indians have earned their position as a last place club.

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This edition of the Nightcap would've been brought to you sooner if the author's wife hadn't forced him to attend some kind of hippie party. (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

Season: 115-118, +9.595 units. (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

Thursday's games brought us a Dustin Pedroia laser show, a Lamborghini Gallardo, back-to-back blown saves by Jonathan Papelbon, some Paris Hilton-esque performances, and the arrival of Matt Joyce.  (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

A look around the league: (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

Brian Fuentes was a heads-up play by Juan Rivera / baserunning gaffe by Russell Martin away from potentially losing his job as the closer. Fuentes gave up a bloop hit with two out and runners on first and second. Juan Rivera had no chance to throw out the lead runner, but instead threw behind Russell Martin, who had rounded second too aggressively, and the tag got on Martin nanoseconds before the lead runner, Reed Johnson, crossed home plate. (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

Should Stephen Strasburg be on the NL All Star Team? (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)

Season: 116-112, +6.74 (RotoSynthesis - Fantasy MLB)