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The '''Fantasy 411''' is an [[Major League Baseball]] radio and television [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] on MLB.com. The hosts are primarily [[#Mike Siano|Mike Siano]], [[#Cory Schwartz|Cory Schwartz]], and [[Casey Stern]], with occasional contributions from [[Vinny Micucci]], [[Brandon Costa]], [[Will Carroll]] and [[Joe Sheehan]] of [[Baseball Prospectus]]. [[Jeffrey Ma]] of [[Protrade]] joins the show every Thursday at 12:40 p.m. The show airs Mond(contracted; show full)ecame depressed and annoyed after poor performances from [[Ian Snell]] and [[Juan Cruz (baseball)|Juan Cruz]] but has since retracted his doubts. Schwartz also likes to taunt Siano during the show whenever Siano misses a show due to apparent injury or illness. Schwartz, and Micucci when he hosts, do not hesitate to [[#Throw Under the Bus|"throw Siano under the bus"]], and to question his wisdom teeth surgery and innumerable other injuries.

===="DTM"====
Schwartz's signature phrase
 -- —which he actually adopted from Siano -- —is "DTM" which is an acronym for "Dead To Me." Schwartz uses the phrase during the [[#Pitch and Ditch|Pitch and Ditch]] segment of the show for pitchers who have drawn his ire due to poor performance while on his fantasy team and much improved performance after Schwartz cuts them, such as [[Ted Lilly]], [[Jeff Suppan]], [[Jeff Weaver]], [[Ian Snell]], [[Esteban Loaiza]], and [[of finding surprise breakthrough performers such as [[Cliff Lee]] and [[Chris Capuano]] in 2005 and [[Erik Bedard]] and [[Josh Johnson (baseball)|Josh Johnson]] in 2006. Pitch and Ditch can be considered a risky strategy because it increases the likelihood of having a very poor performance, which can severely hurt a fantasy team. 

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*http://www.athomeplate.com/interviewschwartz.shtml A 2005 interview with Schwartz on AtHomePlate.com
*http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/fantasy/mlb_fantasy_columns.jsp?story=insider0515 Schwartz's 2003 article on plate discipline

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