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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 [[offseason(contracted; show full)nd Ditch. [[Statistical analysis]] shows that the number of wins, a fundamental [[statistic]] in [[fantasy baseball]], that a pitcher earns are not consistent from year to year and 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 [[save (sport)|saves]], [[strikeouts]], [[ERA]], and [[WHIP]] and that accumulating wins requires patience.

===Buy Low, Sell High===
A strategy for trading where the optimal scenario is to 
[[trade]] away players who are outperforming their projected performance or are getting lucky and to acquire players who are underperforming and can be reasonably expected to perform better.  An essential part of the strategy is to make sure to acquire a player who is more skilled than the one being traded away.  Buying low and selling high is not useful if the players are of equal value or the one being acquired is less skillfull.

===Flags Fly Forever===
In reference to keeper or [[dynasty]] leagues, Siano and Schwartz always recommend to try and win in the present if possible.  Often listeners are too concerned with the future and with their keeper lists when competing in keeper leagues, but Siano and Schwartz always remind the audience that winning championships is the ultimate goal because "[[pennant|flags]] fly forever."

==External Links==
*http://fantasy411.mlblogs.com/mlbcoms_fantasy_411/
*http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/audio/podcast/index.jsp