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Fantistics Publisher & Statistician

Anthony A. Perri is the founder and the resident "Stats Nerd" here at Fantistics. Anthony is the designer of the Fantistics Projections, Grading, & the VAM drafting strategy models. His fantasy expertise has been published in several national publications, including being featured as a guest expert on Major League Baseball's official website. Anthony has an MBA and worked as a quantitative analyst within the investment industry from 1986-1999. Transplanted from New York (still a Mets Fan), he currently lives in Arizona with his wife Mary , daughter Hannah, and son Adam. Having won a "trophy room" of Fantasy Sports Championships over the last 15 years, he hopes to continue to lead you in the same direction.

Fantistics Baseball Editor

Lou Blasi is one of Fantistics first analysts. Lou has a been a sports writer/broadcaster in the Boston area since 1991, covering the Red Sox, Bruins, Lowell Loch Monsters (AHL, NYO/LAK), and Lowell Spinners (A,Bos). He serves as the Sports Director for a group of AM radio stations North of Boston and a national radio network. Lou also served as Program Director for an all sports radio station in South Florida from 1994-1997, and is a contributing writer for a regional daily newspaper. Lou has run fantasy leagues in Baseball, Football, Hockey and NASCAR for 16 years with over 20 owners spread across the country. He lives in Northern Mass. with his wife of 14 years and two children, seven year-old Sarah and 2 year-old Aiden McGwire, yes named after Big Red. Having won 17 Fantasy Sports Championships many consider him to be a Fantasy Expert.

Fantistics Baseball Writer

Paul Sauberer joins us for his forth season as a Fantistics writer. Paul is a diehard fantasy baseball fan with political aspirations. Paul's earliest baseball memories are of the expansion Senators in the 1960s and his father buying him an entire box of 1969 Topps baseball cards. The Senators are no longer and the cards are definitely no longer in mint condition, but Paul's love of baseball continues. He transferred allegiance to the Orioles after the Senators left town and enjoyed the glorious times of the Birds in the 1970s. During that time, he also discovered table top baseball games (before "Rotisserie" meant anything outside of something to do with food) and that has led to decades of crunching numbers and following major league performances. Paul reacquainted himself with the Senators, now the Texas Rangers, while going to college in Texas and remains a Rangers' fan today, even after living on Long Island for 14 years with his wife and two children. Paul knows his baseball!

Fantistics Baseball Writer

Jeff Ackerman's devotion to baseball dates back to his formative years, when the Phillies were still led by Schmidt and Carlton. He has been involved in fantasy baseball as far back as 1988, when his inaugural team included such luminaries as Ron Darling and Doug Drabek. Since then, Jeff has taken to dominating his annual league with a deft mixture of art and science. He is a firm believer that the right combination of knowledge and statistics is a powerful recipe for success. For the couple of hours a week that his fantasy sports obsession does not have him completely enslaved, Jeff can be found listening to the Ramones at volumes painful to most human beings (and all small mammals). Jeff lives in beautiful Mont Clare, PA (birthplace of the Sundance Kid), on the banks of the Schuylkill River with his wife.

Fantistics Baseball Writer

Schuyler Dombroske: has been a Yankees fan since the early '80's, and has absolutely no remorse about the Boss spending money since he believes, that in no way guarantees any type of success by itself. Schuyler has been playing some form of fantasy baseball since 1987, switching from play-by-mail PTP board leagues to roto-style ball in around 1993. Schuyler still plays Diamond Mind (sort of 2nd generation PTP), roto, Diamond Kings, and STATS Diamond Legends on a reasonably consistent basis, and also writes for Top Prospect Alert. Schuyler lives in Syracuse, NY with his wife, Kristin, son Griffin (3), and daughter Kendall (1). Schuyler is a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch since 1995.

Fantistics Baseball Writer

Victor Lee: As an opportunity to try to show off to friends about his knowledge of football and baseball, Victor entered fantasy leagues more than 10 years ago, only to learn that it takes more than box scores to win. After his first year and his only last place finish, Victor has participated in them all (16 owner football leagues, hockey, basketball and baseball with protectable rosters, contracts and farm systems). Victor works as a Business Development Manager for a Marketing and Media company in Boston, MA. His love for football extends onto the playing field as a wide receiver for a semi professional team in the Eastern Football League. When he's not scanning the football wire, Victor can be seen hosting a cooking show on his local cable station.

Fantistics Baseball Writer

Joe Ribando: Joe joined Fantistics for his rookie season in 2004. He has a BBA in Finance and Business Economics from the University of Notre Dame. When he’s not in his office at ESPN in Bristol Connecticut glued to the live game feeds, he’s at Yankee Stadium cheering on the Bronx Bombers. He’s a multi-sport fantasy veteran, but his true love is baseball. He’ll challenge anyone at anytime to baseball trivia and has an uncanny ability to know news about every player before it hits the wires.

Fantistics Baseball Writer

Adam Townsend is a former NCAA Division 1 Left-handed pitcher for Stetson University located in Central Florida. Playing experiences cover #1 Big School Ranking in High School baseball in Indiana, to the National Junior College Division 1 World Series, to the NCAA Division 1 Tournament. In 2003 Townsend served as the ace for the nationally ranked Stetson Hatters and collected an NCAA tournament winning decision to send the Hatters to Regional Championship Sunday in Atlanta, Georgia at the University of Georgia Tech. Townsend’s career as a professional prospect was abruptly ended by a serious elbow injury. Adam Townsend received a Bachelor’s of Arts and Sciences in Sport Management from Stetson University (widely regarded as one of the top private universities in the Southeast) on December 18, 2004 and is currently working a temporary job while in search of a front office baseball organization opening.

Fantistics Baseball Writer

In between maintaining his Orioles website and working in Washington, D.C, Mike finds time to play in fantasy leagues of all shapes and sizes. Mike has played in Roto, Al- and NL- only, Diamond Mind and Baseball Mogul Leagues since the last time the O's had a winning season. Mike is also a member of SABR. His favorite Halloween was in 1989, when he dressed up like Mickey Tettleton and carried a Fruit Loops to carry his candy in.

Fantistics Baseball Writer

Mike Lynch has been a diehard Red Sox fan since he was old enough to know
better and still can't believe the Sox actually won a World Series in his lifetime. He doesn't play much fantasy baseball only because he's too busy
writing a book about the 1919 Chicago Black Sox and running an historical
computer simulation league called Diamond Kings Baseball. Mike has won two
Connie Mack Awards, given to the best front office executive in each league,
but still doesn't own a championship ring. Although he doesn't have any
college degrees in mathematics or statistics, he's been a fan of Bill James
since the early 80's and likes to dabble in sabermetrics for fun. Mike is
also a member of SABR.

Fantistics Baseball Writer

Tom Massimo joins Fanatics for the 2007 season. He has been a fantasy baseball addict since the early 90’s. Fantasy baseball and sabermetrics gives Tom a chance to put his college finance degree and law degree to use. It is a good thing because after going through three grueling years of law school, he decided not to practice law, but instead go into the financial markets. A lifelong New Yorker, Tom is a diehard Yankee fan, but can remain objective. He even has Mets and Red Sox on his Fantasy Baseball Teams. Tom’s other hobby is game shows and he has been a contestant on Jeopardy and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Fantistics Baseball Writer

Mike Berman joins Fantistics for the 2008 season. Mike has been an avid fantasy baseball player over the past decade and is proud to be one of the last generation of kids to grow up playing Strat-o-Matic with the cards and dice. Mike enjoys looking beyond traditional baseball statistics to find the real worth of a player. Mike has been lucky enough to be able to tie his love of baseball with his passion for traveling. He has been fortunate enough to visit 21 major league ballparks and one day hopes to complete his quest of visiting every park. Mike is a 2005 graduate of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. with a degree in sports management. After a one year stint as a video scout with Baseball Info Solutions, Mike returned home to Long Island and currently works in the New York Mets ticket operations department.

Fantistics Baseball Writer

Michael Leone is an avid fantasy baseball fan. Michael's favorite form of fantasy baseball is the CDM Diamond Challenge Game. His two favorite MLB teams are the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays, and he will never forget Joe Carter's homerun. But as much as Michael loves baseball, he lives and dies by the Buffalo Bills.

Fantistics Football Writer

Nick Glenos has been ruling the fantasy football circuits since 1991. In 1993 he started one of the first internet-based fantasy football leagues featuring full 53 man rosters including individual defensive players, offensive lineman, and even punters (Nick has finished in 1st for 5 consecutive years)! In 1995 he wrote his first fantasy football publication, a pre-draft guideline "The Ultimate Internet Fantasy Football Guide" featuring bios on over 100 players, draft strategies, and in-depth info on various types of fantasy football leagues. What separates Nick from the rest of the pack is his eye for talent and understanding the importance of strategy.

Fantistics Football Writer

Jasbir Singh entered his first fantasy football contest in 1991, and has been addicted to them since. He has earned over $13,000 in fantasy prize winnings. Jasbir has a Bachelors Degree in Economics and currently works in management. Ever since he saw Joe Montana scramble to his right and heave the touchdown pass to Dwight Clark (known in folklore as "The Catch"), he has been the most devoted 49ers fan on the planet. This devotion has led Jasbir to believe he was born with crimson and gold in his blood. Jasbir attributes his fantasy success to his nonstop reading of anything remotely related to football. There are no stats, NFL team newspapers, magazines or websites that escape his analysis. Applying common sense with this researched material thus makes for logical fantasy football decisions. He guesses this is why all of his advice-seeking friends have jammed his phone line prior to the start of the last 12 seasons. Jasbir analyzes every angle in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife of three years.

Fantistics Football Writer

Ricky Dimon is making his debut as a Fantistics analyst for the 2006 NFL season. His esteemed fantasy career began when he was introduced to fantasy sports by his dad in the early '90s. One of his earliest fantasy memories is when his dad returned from a football draft and said he had taken Giants' RB Rodney Hampton with the 3rd overall pick instead of Jerry Rice. Fortunately for the health of their father-son relationship, that turned out to be a lie, and Rice led the Dimon's fantasy team to a title. Ricky recently completed a standout four-year intramural sports career at Davidson College, where he also founded a rowdy student fan section that energized the basketball team to a berth in the 2006 NCAA Tournament. Now living in Atlanta, Ricky has turned his attention to numerous fantasy baseball and football leagues, as well as various sports-writing endeavors, and he is also a full-time diehard supporter of Georgia Tech basketball, the Braves, and the Falcons.

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