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Fantasy 411
== The Fantasy 411 ==
The Fantasy 411 is an [[MLB]] [[radio]] [[broadcast]] on MLB.com.  The hosts are primarily Mike Siano and Cory Schwartz, with occasional contributions from Vinny Micucci and Jeffrey Ma.  The show airs Monday through Friday during the MLB [[season]].  The show's main focus is [[fantasy baseball]], although listeners often like to tell [[Chuck Norris Facts]].  Mike and Cory answer [[fans]] questions through [[telephone call|calls]], [[e-mails]] or [[instant messages]].  In the [[off(contracted; show full)ing pitchers who were taken early in fantasy drafts, such as [[Jake Peavy]], [[Andy Pettitte]], [[Mark Buehrle]] and [[Randy Johnson]] have performed poorly, and others, such as [[Mark Prior]], [[Rich Harden]] and [[Ben Sheets]] have succumbed to injury.  Some Fantasy 411 favorites for 2006 are [[Brandon Webb]], [[Dan Haren]], [[Jeremy Bonderman]] and [[John Lackey]], all of whom enjoying great success in 2006 and were taken much later in most fantasy drafts than more recognized, less successful stars.

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  Strategies and Sayings  ==

Mike and Cory use many original strategies and sayings in their show as part of the Fantasy 411 Philosophy.

===List of 12=== - A list of [[pitchers]] that Schwartz comes up with at the start of the season, with the theory being that once pitchers reach a certain level of experience, usually around 500 [[innings]] pitched, they tend to improve significantly.  This year's list included [[Brandon Webb]], [[Jeremy Bonderman]], [[Aaron Harang,]] and [[Bronson Arroyo]].

(contracted; show full)7;t Chase [[Wins]]"=== - A strategy that is tied in with Pitch and Ditch. [[Statistical analysis]] shows that the number of wins, a fundamental [[statistic]] in [[fantasy baseball]], that a pitcher earns are not consistent and that the number of wins that a pitcher earns is not a good reflection of his true skill. Thus, Mike and Cory tell the listeners to focus on improving other pitching statistics, such as [[saves]], [[strikeouts]], [[ERA]], and [[WHIP]] and that accumulating wins requires patience.