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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]], [[Casey Stern]], Fantasy Sports Guru Broadway CJ Reo and Zach Simon 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 Monday through Friday, from 2-3 p.m. ET, during the MLB [[season]]. The show's main focus is [[fantasy baseball]]. Schwartz and Siano answer fans' questions through [[telephone call|calls]], [[e-mails]] or [[instant messages]]. In the [[offseason]] the Fantasy 411 airs once a week until the end of February, after which it airs twice a week. The show can be downloaded as a [[podcast]] through MLB.com or [[iTunes]]. The [[archives]] of the Fantasy 411 are available through MLB.com.    

==The Hosts==
Mike Siano, Cory Schwartz and are [[New York]]ers. Mike and Cory both vehemently support the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]].  One caller dubbed the Fantasy 411 as "infotainment" because the show combines lots of good fantasy baseball information while entertaining with pop culture references.

===Cory "Stats" Schwartz===
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====Tendencies and Ideas====
Schwartz is the host that is more inclined toward statistical analysis and [[sabermetrics]], especially since he has been a member of the [[Society for American Baseball Research]] (SABR), hence his nickname: Cory "Stats" Schwartz. Schwartz tends to favor hitters who have good plate discipline, and proven track record (or performance record, as his father would say). When evaluating pitchers, Schwartz is a self-proclaimed "slave to the [[strikeout]]." Schwart(contracted; show full)

Recently, the existence of a "Pitch or Ditch" curse has been suggested, citing that players whose names were included in the introduction montage to the segment often went on to get injured or perform poorly. The show's segment spawned a website dedicated to pitch or ditch in called pitchorditch.com.
  

===List of 12===

The List of 12 is a list of [[pitchers]] that Schwartz nominates for breakout seasons before each season using a secret calculated formula. The theory of the List of 12 is that once talented but inconsistent pitchers reach a certain level of experience, usually around 500 [[innings]] pitched, they tend to improve significantly. Every preseason, Schwartz nominates his "List of 12 Special" for the season, and his 100% choices have been successful ([[Ben Sheets]] in 2004, [[John L(contracted; show full)
Schwartz and Siano often make this remark when listeners complain about poor performance from players on their fantasy teams when their decision making was sound. Schwartz and Siano remind the callers that a lot of luck is involved in fantasy baseball and that sound decision making will produce fruitful results in the long run.

===Premium Price for Premium Players===
This idea is directed toward fantasy players who only like to make lopsided trades. The idea is self
  -explanatory in that the one must pay a significant cost, whether with high draft picks or with other good players in trades, to acquire premium players. This is also a crucial guideline when determining keeper lists: focus on talent, not price.

===No Battle Plan Survives First Contact With the Enemy===
An expression first stated by Prussian Field Marshal [[Helmuth Graf von Moltke]], one of the great military strategists of the late 19th century. When applied to fantasy baseball, this means that an owner should have a careful strategy but must also be able to adapt to a different league environment or unpredictable circumstances such as injuries, trades, etc.

===May The Schwartz Be With You===
Johnny Archives' greeting to Cory Schwartz when he calls into the Fantasy 411 to ask a question. This is a reference from the movie ''[[Spaceballs]]'' which used "The Schwartz" as a parody of "The Force" from ''[[Star Wars]]''.

===The Road to Fifth Place is Littered With Closers of the Future===
Siano says that chasing saves "is kinda fun", but Schwartz maintains that having reliable and well-established closers is very important since turnover among closers is so frequent and often unpredictable. Fantasy players often try to "chase saves" with set-up men or young relief prospects, which, as the saying says, leads to mediocrity.

===[[Throw under the bus]]===
A common phrase within the Fantasy 411 community, especially for Schwartz and Siano, adopted from Seth Everett and Darryl Hamilton of the "Stayin' Hot" show on MLB Radio. Throwing someone under the bus is to blame or talk trash about someone even though they may not be responsible for what they are being blamed for ([[scapegoating]]) This is usually done while the person taking the blame is not present so that he or she can not defend themselves.

==Spoofs==
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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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