Friday, September 25, 2009

Season 2, Show 24


Welcome to The Can of Corn, hosted by Michael Stephens and Nate Davis! Only one more week left til the season comes to a close, and that means this is the last real episode of the Can of Corn (save your tears for show 25 though, please)! This is the final week for lineup changes, and chances are you are either in the stretch run for your roto league, in the final week of your title quest in H2H or you have thrown in the towel and hopped on the football bandwagon (which is fine with us, we have a football show you can check out too!). We have news on all things baseball this week, from pertinent injury news, to top rookie performers, to Cafe Talk, so tune in for more of our usual weekly content, as well as a new award at the end of the show – it’s time to grab your glove and head for the outfield, because here comes The Can of Corn!

INTRODUCTION
• Introduction of show and hosts (Michael and Nate)
• Published on Fantasy Cafe Radio and brought to you by Fantasy Baseball Cafe
Tweet with us, at The Can of Corn
• Have fantasy/reality questions or want an 8-track recording of the show? E-mail us at CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com
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FROZEN ROPES
• E-mail: Filling a gap at RF with the hottest bats available
• He might be Snider than you if he wins you the title!
• Wade-ing through the AL East
• A lot more PT than we though he’d get (and he just might win you the SB cat this week too!)
• If you get a Tommy Hanson surgery, will you be more awesome?
• Two A’s have been red-hot of late, and they’re rooks to boot!
• A season ender for the White Sox…and a season starter too!
• Hot hitters and hurlers
• And their freezing-cold counterparts
• Cafe Talk – Three relevant posts from the Cafe’s own!
• Cafe Games results – congrats to the Pick 3, Lucky Ladders and Trivia Time Trial winners!

HOT CORNER
• Updates – No live picks this season, but we’ll recap what we can in next week’s finale (episode #25)!

BATTLE OF THE WITS
• The fat lady has done her part, now it’s time to hang on for the finish!
• Michael takes his last team with a winning season record
• Nate does too, but his team boasts the title of “defending champs despite having Brad Lidge on our team”

TOOLS OF THE WEEK
• Hanley Ramirez Five-Tool Player of the Week – Michael’s homeboy can now receive this honor to the Star Spangled Banner!
• Honorable mention – Another Cards pitcher!
• Chien-Ming Wang Tool of the Week – Two weeks on the cold list will either get you H1N1, or right here
• Honorable mention – Back on the sea-saw again
• A new award so secretive in nature, you’ll have to listen to find out what it’s called and who has the dubious honor of winning it!

CONCLUSION
• Thank yous
• Check out the Fantasy Baseball Cafe
Tweet with us, at The Can of Corn
• E-mail your fantasy questions to CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com
• Check out our website: Fantasy Cafe Radio
• The music for the show was provided by the PodShow Podsafe Music Network
Click here to access our feed (or copy-paste the URL and subscribe via iTunes)
• Look forward to our next show (the last show of 2009; episode #25), which airs 10/2/09!

Friday, September 18, 2009

Season 2, Show 23

The Can of Corn – Show 23

By Michael Stephens, Fantasy Baseball Cafe Regular

Welcome to The Can of Corn, hosted by Michael Stephens! Well, it’s time for the second solo flight of the year! With a limited “staff” this week, I still wanted to get a show out there for the loyal listeners (who are hopefully in the thick of their playoff races!) so they can have that little bit of extra help with injury news, rookie watch and hot/cold hitters to propel them into the ultimate fantasy glory this season! There isn’t any Cafe Talk this week, but along with all the aforementioned segments, I also made sure to update any/all Hot Corner situations and the Battle of the Wits, so this 11 minutes is jam-packed with pertinent playoff information for you – it’s time to grab your glove and head for the outfield, because here comes The Can of Corn!

INTRODUCTION
• Introduction of show and host (Michael)
• Published on Fantasy Cafe Radio and brought to you by Fantasy Baseball Cafe
Tweet with us, at The Can of Corn
• Have fantasy/reality questions or want an 8-track recording of the show? E-mail us at CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com
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FROZEN ROPES
• E-mail: Cutting down on streaming for the playoffs
• What a Posey-er!
• Nothing to Coghlan at!
• Two more season-ending injuries
• Hot hitters and hurlers
• And their freezing-cold counterparts
• Cafe Talk – postponed until next week (sorry)…

HOT CORNER
• Updates – Weekly challenges – a lot more successful prop picks!
• No live picks until Nate’s return next week…

BATTLE OF THE WITS
• What a terrible turnaround (can you tell Michael wrote this?)!
• Michael scrapes the bottom of the barrell
• Nate does too, but it always seems to work for him…

TOOLS OF THE WEEK
• Hanley Ramirez Five-Tool Player of the Week – JDLA!
• Honorable mention – The faster Matsui is the better Matsui…for now!
• Chien-Ming Wang Tool of the Week – From the hot list to the bottom of the Heath
• Honorable mention – you numbers make me want to Dye

CONCLUSION
• Thank yous
• Check out the Fantasy Baseball Cafe
Tweet with us, at The Can of Corn
• E-mail your fantasy questions to CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com
• Check out our website: Fantasy Cafe Radio
• The music for the show was provided by the PodShow Podsafe Music Network
Click here to access our feed (or copy-paste the URL and subscribe via iTunes)
• Look forward to our next show, which airs 9/25/09!

Friday, September 11, 2009

Season 2, Show 22

Welcome to The Can of Corn, hosted by Michael Stephens and Nate Davis! It smells like October! Well, the October of fantasy baseball season at least! We’ve reached the time of year where lineup decisions are even more gut wrenching and injuries are devastating – there is no time more important than now to keep on top of your roster and player news and to make all the right moves to advance to the second week of the playoffs, so we hope you choose to turn to our Rookie Watch, injury updates, Cafe Talk and e-mail analysis for the advice you need to inch closer to your league’s championship! It’s time to grab your glove and head for the outfield, because here comes The Can of Corn!

INTRODUCTION
• Introduction of show and hosts (Michael and Nate)
• Published on Fantasy Cafe Radio
• Brought to you by Fantasy Baseball Cafe
Tweet with us, at The Can of Corn
• Have fantasy/reality questions or want an 8-track recording of the show? E-mail us at CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com

FROZEN ROPES
• E-MAIL: TIME TO CALL IT QUITS WITH MR. PERFECT?
• RAYS ROOKIES ALL OVER THE PLACE!
• AN EARNED RUN?! WHAT A CHUMP…
• COLORADO LOVING ITS NEW “SS”
• ‘BOUT TIME YOU CAME BACK!
• MORE SEASON-ENDING INJURIES
• ILL-TIMED PITCHING INJURIES
• TWO BIG-NAME SPs ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL
• NEW SEGMENT – POSTSEASON VULTURE SAVES
• HOT HITTERS AND HURLERS
• AND THEIR FRIGID COUNTERPARTS…
• CAFE TALK – 4 TOPICS OF INTEREST (and our shameless pimping in their posts)
• CAFE GAMES – CONGRATS TO THE WEEKLY WINNERS AND YEARLY LEADERS!

HOT CORNER
• UPDATES – WEEKLY CHALLENGES FROM LAST SHOW – MORE SUCCESS!
• WHO SAVES MORE BY NEXT FRI?
• HOW MANY WINS ARE IN THE CARDS?
• CAN MANNYWOOD STAY AHEAD OF THE MILE HIGH CLUB?
• WHICH TEAM WILL BE FOURTH IN THE WC NEXT WEEK (AKA WHO WILL SUCK LESS)?
• WINNER OF NFL OPENER?

BATTLE OF THE WITS
• TWO BIG WEEKS!
• MICHAEL MISSES THE ASTRODOME
• NATE TAKES HIS CHANCES ON A SMALLER-WALLET TEAM

TOOLS OF THE WEEK
• HANLEY RAMIREZ FIVE-TOOL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERY GAME WINNER
• HONORABLE MENTION – CC, BUT NOT THE ONE YOU MIGHT THINK
• CHIEN-MING WANG TOOL OF THE WEEK – WHAT A TERRIBLE TIME TO TANK!
• HONORABLE MENTION – TEETERING ON THE EDGE OF A NASTY CLIFF…

CONCLUSION
• Thank yous
• Check out the Fantasy Baseball Cafe
Tweet with us, at The Can of Corn
• E-mail your fantasy questions to CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com
• Check out our website: Fantasy Cafe Radio
• The music for the show was provided by the PodShow Podsafe Music Network
Click here to access our feed (or copy-paste the URL and subscribe via iTunes)
• Look forward to our next show, which airs 9/18/09!

Friday, September 4, 2009

Season 2, Show 21

Welcome to The Can of Corn, hosted by Michael Stephens and Nate Davis! Man, what is the deal with all of these post-deadline deals? And who the heck is “player to be named later”? With the playoffs (fantasy and reality) quickly approaching, general managers and fantasy owners alike are scrambling to put together the best possible roster for the optimum postseason success, is there a better way to achieve this success than with a healthy dose of Rookie Watch, injury updates and Cafe Talk? There simply isn’t one as far as we’re concerned, so grab your glove and head for the outfield – here comes The Can of Corn!

INTRODUCTION
• Introduction of show and hosts (Michael and Nate)
• Published on Fantasy Cafe Radio
• Brought to you by Fantasy Baseball Cafe
Tweet with us, at The Can of Corn
• Have fantasy/reality questions or want an 8-track recording of the show? E-mail us at CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com

FROZEN ROPES
• THREE WORLD SERIES RINGS CHANGING DIGS
• E-MAIL: PADDING YOUR ERA AND WHIP WITH MIDDLE RELIEVERS?
• ROOKIES EVERYWHERE! CALLUPS, GUYS WE’VE SMITED AND ONE KILLER K/BB RATIO…
• MORE SEASON-ENDING INJURIES (THEY AREN’T EVEN METS THIS TIME!)
• SOME METS ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL!
• HOT AND COLD HITTERS/PITCHERS
• CAFE TALK – 4 TOPICS OF INTEREST (and our shameless pimping in their posts)
• CAFE GAMES – CONGRATS TO THE WEEKLY WINNERS, WHOEVER YOU MAY BE?!

HOT CORNER
• UPDATES – WEEKLY CHALLENGES FROM LAST SHOW – WEEKLY PROPS ARE FUN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE RIGHT!
• GETTING MIGGY WITH IT?
• NO BETTER PLACE TO BE THAN BY THE BAY
• WHO OTHER THAN JASON MARQUIS GETS TO 15 WINS FIRST? OH WAIT, HE GOT SHELLED AGAIN…
• WHICH CY-YOUNG FAVORITE HAS A BETTER QS?
• WILL THE PAC(10) GET WAC’D?

BATTLE OF THE WITS
• STUPID MARLINS WALKOFF! MICHAEL WINS A MEDIOCRE WEEK
• MICHAEL RIDES THE HOT HANDS FROM THE LAND OF THE GATEWAY ARCH
• NATE THINKS EVERYTHING’S BIGGER IN TEXAS

TOOLS OF THE WEEK
• HANLEY RAMIREZ FIVE-TOOL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – FINALLY, WE MADE THE OLD NAMESAKE MAD ENOUGH TO WIN AGAIN!
• HONORABLE MENTION – WHERE DID THOSE TWO STARTS COME FROM? IT MUST ALMOST BE PLAYOFF TIME…
• CHIEN-MING WANG TOOL OF THE WEEK – CAN I GET A ONE-WAY TICKET TO SEATTLE PLEASE?
• HONORABLE MENTION – ROOKIE OF THE YEAR CANDIDATES CAN PLAY THEIR WAY INTO THIS SPOT TOO…

CONCLUSION
• Thank yous
• Check out the Fantasy Baseball Cafe
Tweet with us, at The Can of Corn
• E-mail your fantasy questions to CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com
• Check out our website: Fantasy Cafe Radio
• The music for the show was provided by the PodShow Podsafe Music Network
Click here to subscribe via iTunes
• Look forward to our next show, which airs 9/11/09!