About: Tony Andracki
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Tony is currently in his fifth year at Illinois State University where he is majoring in Journalism and minoring in Psychology. He has written for the Daily Vidette (ISU’s student newspaper) for four semesters, including three semesters as the Sports Editor. He has covered ISU football, men’s basketball and baseball for the past two seasons in addition to his duties as an editor. He has written an estimated 150 articles for the Vidette spanning such topics as columns on professional sports, game recaps, game previews, breaking sports news stories and feature stories. He also interned for a summer at Comcast SportsNet in Chicago where he helped out with the website csnchicago.com and wrote an estimated 25 pieces for the site on such topics as previews for Cubs or Sox series and a piece on the NBA draft. He also was in charge of the Minor League roundup for the Minor League affiliates of the Cubs and the Sox, writing brief synapses three times a week on each team. In addition to his job as Sports Editor, Tony is also the acting President and coach of Illinois State Club Baseball in his fourth year with the team. He has played baseball all throughout high school and is an avid MLB and Chicago Cubs fan. He has participated in fantasy baseball for 9 years as a Commissioner of a three-player keeper league. In the first 8 seasons, Tony never finished out of the top three in the 12-team leagues, winning the Championship three times. 2009 was not as lucky for him as he finished in fifth place, his worst season as a fantasy owner yet. Tony is set to graduate from ISU in May ’10.

Sleepy Hollow Stars

Posted on Friday, April 9, 2010  

Tony Andracki Bringingheat.com Lead Journalist Welcome to the first edition of ‘Sleepy Hollow Stars,’ a segment where I discuss sleepers that are not getting the attention they deserve, thus fantasy lineups around the country are hollow without them. OK, so it’s not the most relevant title, but I like it, so I’m sticking with it. [...]

What to expect from the Rockies’ youngsters

Posted on Friday, April 2, 2010  

Tony Andracki Bringingheat.com Lead Journalist So, the Rockies are looking pretty fresh this spring, fresh to death. In my eyes, it is between this Mile High club and the Flo-rida Marlins for the NL Wild Card spot, with the Phillies, Cardinals and Dodgers winning their respective divisions, of course. The way I see it, whether [...]

Tony Boy’s 15 Fantasy Guarantees

Posted on Friday, March 26, 2010  

Tony Andracki Bringingheat Lead Journalist Tommy: Let’s think about this for a sec, Ted. Why would somebody put a guarantee on a box? Hmmm, very interesting. Ted Nelson, Customer: Go on, I’m listening. Tommy: Here’s the way I see it, Ted. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box ’cause he wants you to feel [...]

Washington adds his name to Mt. Rushmore of sports screw-ups

Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010  

Rangers manager Ron Washington has tested positive for cocaine. Everybody who was somewhat sober on St. Patty’s Day remembers the day-long coverage of it. Yeah, OK, there have been countless other screw-ups in sports lately. Tiger Woods is the obvious headliner. Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez, the list goes on and on. But who would have [...]

The Team to Beat in the AL Central

Posted on Friday, February 26, 2010  

Tony Andracki Bringingheat.com Lead Journalist OK, so the Twins are still probably the team to beat in the AL Central. They can never be counted out. No matter what happens, you can turn your TV on the day after the regular season ends and there will be some sort of preview for a Twins game, [...]

Top 50 Fantasy Relief Pitchers

Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2010  

Tony Andracki Bringingheat.com Lead Journalist 1. Jonathan Papelbon BOS Relief pitchers is one of the toughest positions to rank, because preseason, it’s near impossible to tell who will be best when the clock strikes midnight because so many things factor into the final decision—ERA, saves, strikeouts, wins, etc. It’s too hard to decipher whether a [...]

Top 100 Fantasy Starting Pitchers

Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010  

Tony Andracki Bringingheat.com Lead Journalist 1. Tim Lincecum SF After two straight NL Cy Young awards, Lincecum is clearly the No. 1 fantasy pitcher. The long-locked little big man has been nothing short of a monster in the fantasy world. His ridiculous strikeout totals are only upstaged by his microscopic ERA and he will rack [...]

The MLB’s Most Underrated Lineup

Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010  

Tony Andracki Bringingheat Lead Journalist The Baltimore Orioles. Yes, seriously, the team that went 64-98 last year and finished as the 11th ranked American League team in runs scored. The O’s are the definition of an up-and-coming offense. With two of the top young guys in the game—24-year-old center fielder Adam Jones and arguably the [...]

Top 75 Fantasy Outfielders

Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010  

1. Ryan Braun MIL This guy can do it all. 35 bombs, 20 steals, a .320 average, 115 runs, 115 RBIs, what more can you ask for? He’ll continue to put up monster numbers and is the clear No. 1 choice in outfield because he simply has better power numbers than Crawford. Cherish your time [...]

Top 15 Fantasy Designated Hitters

Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010  

1. Adam Lind TOR Everybody knew Lind could swing it, it was just a matter of when he finally got around to producing. I don’t know if he finally got a girlfriend and got his head on straight or just plain stopped sucking, but he put it all together last year. David Ortiz has ruled [...]

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