Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Lounge on YouTube: Mad Men Series Finale review


By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #574 of THE FDH LOUNGE, presenting a review of the series finale of Mad Men.


       


       


       


       


 

Lounge on YouTube: Fantasy Baseball Buy Low, Sell High


By Rick Morris

THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER is Mini-Episode #573 of THE FDH LOUNGE, examining the Buy Low, Sell High candidates for fantasy baseball at midseason, 2015.


       


       


       


       


 

Lounge on YouTube: Royal Rumble History – Part 2B - 1994


By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #572 of THE FDH LOUNGE, the 1994 chapter in our Royal Rumble Anthology with FDH Lounge Dignitary Kyle Ross.


       


       


       


       


 

Friday, June 26, 2015

2015 NHL Draft top prospect highlight videos


By Rick Morris


Jack Eichel


       


       


       


       


Noah Hanifin


       


       


       


       


Mitch Marner


       


       


       


       


Connor McDavid


       


       


       


       


Timo Meier


       


       


       


       


Ivan Provorov


       


       


       


       


Jeremy Roy


       


       


       


       


Dylan Strome


       


       


       


       


Zach Werenski


       


       


       


       


Pavel Zacha


       


       


       


       


 

Thursday, June 25, 2015

2015 NBA Draft top prospect highlight videos


By Rick Morris


Devin Booker


       


       


       


       


Willie Cauley-Stein


       


       


       


       


Mario Hezonja


       


       


       


       


Stanley Johnson


       


       


       


       


Frank Kaminsky


       


       


       


       


Emmanuel Mudiay


       


       


       


       


Jahill Okafor


       


       


       


       


Kelly Oubre, Jr.


       


       


       


       


Kristaps Porzingis


       


       


       


       


D’Angelo Russell


       


       


       


       


Karl-Anthony Towns


       


       


       


       


Justise Winslow


        


       


       


       


 

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #571 – 2015 FDH Top 30 in the NHL


By Rick Morris                                          

As we referenced previously, our pals at Sportsology are hooking us up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge Dignitaries these days.  We’re happy to report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our great friend Russ Cohen.

Mini-Episode #571 features analysis of the 2015 FDH Top 30 players in the NHL list with Russ himself.


       


       


       


       



 

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #570 – 2015 FDH Top 30 in the NBA


By Rick Morris                                          

As we referenced previously, our pals at Sportsology are hooking us up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge Dignitaries these days.  We’re happy to report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our great friend Russ Cohen.

Mini-Episode #570 features analysis of the 2015 FDH Top 30 players in the NBA list with That NBA Lottery Pick Managing Editor Ben Chew.


       


       


       


       


Wednesday, June 17, 2015

2015 FDH Top 30 players in NHL


By Rick Morris


NOTE: These players are ranked based not merely on how they have produced this year, but also the past year or two.  These are not fantasy rankings, but are based on overall play.  Numbers in parentheses indicate where the players ranked on our 2014 rankings, with the ones who fell out of those rankings listed at the bottom.


TOP TIER

1 Jonathan Toews (3)

2 Sidney Crosby (1)

3 Alex Ovechkin (11)

4 John Tavares (10)

5 Jamie Benn (8)

6 Steven Stamkos (2)

7 Tyler Seguin (7)

8 Carey Price (NA)

9 Evgeni Malkin (6)

10 Duncan Keith (24)

11 Tyler Johnson (NA)

12 Jiri Hudler (NA)

13 Vladimir Tarasenko (NA)

14 Max Pacioretty (NA)

15 Pavel Datsyuk (27)

16 Patrick Kane (14)

17 Corey Perry (4)

18 Henrik Lundqvist (19)

19 Victor Hedman (NA)

20 Devan Dubnyk (NA)

21 Erik Karlsson (20)

22 Pekka Rinne (NA)

23 Ryan Getzlaf (5)

24 PK Subban (29)

25 Rick Nash (NA)

SECOND TIER

26 Jakub Voracek (NA)

27 Nicklas Backstrom (NA)

28 Joe Pavelski (12)

29 Kevin Shattenkirk (NA)

30 Claude Giroux (9)


Phil Kessel (13)

Tuukka Rask (15)

Patrick Sharp (16)

Zdeno Chara (17)

Anze Kopitar (18)

Chris Kunitz (21)

Patrick Marleau (22)

Henrik Zetterberg (23)

Alexander Steen (25)

Taylor Hall (26)

James Neal (28)

Shea Weber (30)

Monday, June 15, 2015

MLB power rankings for mid-June


By Rick Morris


NOTE: Rankings from preseason are in parentheses.


TOP TIER

1 St. Louis (5)

SECOND TIER

2 Los Angeles Dodgers (2)

3 Kansas City (16)

4 Houston (22)

5 Pittsburgh (12)

6 Toronto (9)

7 New York Yankees (23)

8 Tampa Bay (29)

9 San Francisco (13)

10 Minnesota (20)

11 Detroit (8)

12 Chicago Cubs (26)

13 New York Mets (26)

14 Texas (21)

15 Washington (1)

16 Los Angeles Angels (3)

17 Baltimore (14)

18 San Diego (7)

19 Cleveland (4)

20 Atlanta (24)

21 Arizona (27)

22 Cincinnati (17)

23 Seattle (6)

24 Colorado (30)

25 Chicago White Sox (11)

26 Miami (10)

27 Boston (19)

THIRD TIER

28 Oakland (25)

29 Milwaukee (15)

30 Philadelphia (28)


BIGGEST RISERS: Tampa Bay (21 spots), Houston (18 spots), New York Yankees (16 spots), Chicago Cubs (14 spots), Kansas City and New York Mets (13 spots), Minnesota (10 spots), Pittsburgh and Texas (7 spots), Arizona and Colorado (6 spots), Atlanta, San Francisco and St. Louis (4 spots), Toronto (3 spots)


BIGGEST FALLERS: Seattle (17 spots), Miami (16 spots), Cleveland (15 spots), Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee and Washington (14 spots), Los Angeles Angels (13 spots), San Diego (11 spots), Boston (8 spots), Cincinnati (5 spots), Baltimore, Detroit and Oakland (3 spots)
 

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST


1 AL EAST 65

2 AL CENTRAL 68

3 NL CENTRAL 69

4 NL WEST 74

5 AL WEST 85

6 NL EAST 104


AL 218

NL 247