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Fantasy 411
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The '''''Fantasy 411''''' is a [[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]]''(contracted; show full) on the show is the use of the name "Coco". During the course of the show, Schwartz and Siano like to make references to [[Coco Crisp]] and [[Francisco Cordero|Francisco "Coco" Cordero]]. Jeffrey Ma from [[Protrade]], who appears as a guest every Friday, is sometimes referred to as Jeffery "Coco" Ma. More recent spoofs include referring to the [[BlackBerry]] as the "CrackBerry" because of its addictive nature and jokes regarding the TV shows ''[[Entourage (
U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'' and ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', listeners writing fantasy baseball haikus and the movie ''[[Superbad (film)|Superbad]]'' during Ma's weekly segment.

==Book==
In September 2007, Schwartz and Siano announced their intention to pen a book encompassing everything to do with the ''Fantasy 411''. The book is currently{{When|date=September 2014}} in its embryonic stages of idea collecting. No timetable for its release has been announced.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{No footnotes|date=September 2014}}

==External links==
*http://fantasy411.mlblogs.com/mlbcoms_fantasy_411/ The Fantasy 411 Blog
*http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/audio/podcast/index.jsp MLB Radio Podcasts
*http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/scripts/mediaplayer/mp_tpl.jsp?w=2006/open/mlbr06/show_archive/411/041406_fantasy411.wma    Infamous feud between Schwartz and Siano between [[Brian Bannister]] and [[Félix Hernández]].
*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

{{Major League Baseball on the radio}}

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[[Category:Fantasy sports]]