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== 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.  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]] 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.

== Strategies and Sayings ==

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

===[[Pitch]] and Ditch=== - A [[strategy]] that Mike and Cory use based on the theory that good pitching is plentiful.  The main components of the strategy are to find pitchers who are avaliable on the waiver wire, watch the matchups and pick up pitchers accordingly.  The benefit of the strategy is that it allows a fantasy player to maximize points in counting [[statistics]] (such as [[wins]] and [[strikeouts]]), provides good roster flexibility and increases the likelihood of finding suprise breakthrough performers such as [[Cliff Lee]] and [[Chris Capuano]] in 2005 and [[Erik Bedard]] and [[Josh Johnson]] in 2006.

===List of 12=== - A list of pitchers that Cory 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]].

==="[[Batting (baseball)|Hitters]] Hit"=== - Mike and Cory use the phrase "hitters hit" when referring to the idea that good hitters tend to balance out poor hitting with good hitting and that performance for hitters is much easier to project than pitching performance.

==="Don'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.