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A blog analyzing Major League Baseball through the lens of Astrology

Welcome to Astrology Baseball, a project where I arrange MLB players into teams based on their astrological signs, and then pit those teams against each other in mock fantasy seasons.

2024 Fantasy Astrology Power Rankings
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2024 Fantasy Astrology Power Rankings

I had a striking realization last week. On Thursday 2/22, to be exact. Baseball is back! With Spring Training officially underway, my attention has shifted away from the historical angle of this project, and into the present. So now it’s time for my first annual Fantasy Astrology Power Rankings!

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FABL 2023 Awards Recap
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FABL 2023 Awards Recap

The Thanksgiving holiday has given me some time to calculate the yearly Fantasy Astrology award winners. Since I already looked at the final four at the end of the regular season, the focus of this post will be exclusively the top players of each league, and how they compared with the field.

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FABL 2023 Finals - Cancer vs Libra
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FABL 2023 Finals - Cancer vs Libra

In a completely shocking and unforeseen twist, the Cancer Crabs have stormed back from behind and defeated the Virgo Flowers in the 2023 Fantasy Astrology Baseball League semifinals! Find out how this could have happened after Virgo had such a commanding lead after week one of the two-week matchup.

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FABL 2023 Playoff Wk 1 Update
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FABL 2023 Playoff Wk 1 Update

It’s one week into (i.e. halfway through) the semifinal matchups, and one question rises to the top: can anyone stop Virgo? Their total of nearly 1,500 points over the first week is nigh-untouchable.

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FABL 2023 Playoff Preview
Andrew Pankin Andrew Pankin

FABL 2023 Playoff Preview

This year, I haven’t been making changes to the FABL rosters during the season. But as it happens, the “set them and forget them” lineup strategy has resulted in three of the same four division winners as if I had retroactively calculated fantasy points as of this point in the season. The results might shock you…

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2023 All-Star Reserves
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2023 All-Star Reserves

It’s finally here: the day of the MLB All-Star Game! Which means it’s time to tally up the astrological signs of the rosters, including starters, pitchers, and reserves. Full disclosure: I know this does not technically represent the full rosters, because several players have been replaced due to injury.

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2023 All-Star Pitchers
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2023 All-Star Pitchers

Last time, I broke down the 2023 All-Star starting lineups in terms of astrological signs. Leo was the clear leader, with five of the 18 players under consideration. The Lions were ahead of a crowded second place field: five different signs had two players each.

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2023 Gemini Season - Positive Signs
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2023 Gemini Season - Positive Signs

Last week, I wrote about the clear separation between the top and bottom halves of the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League. As of Gemini Season 2023, the top six teams reached 9,000 fantasy points (What? 9,000!?), while the bottom six had not eclipsed that milestone. But in a stroke of luck, the two 9,000-point Positive signs were the leaders of their respective divisions.

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2023 Gemini Season - Negative Signs
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2023 Gemini Season - Negative Signs

Now that the karmic wheel has flipped to Gemini Season, it’s high time I took a look at the actual 2023 MLB season. I’ve been stuck in historical mode, trying to get through the 1950s and into the 40’s, so that I could start analyzing the Fantasy Astrology Negro Leagues. But the break in decades is a good opportunity to pay lip service to the current season.

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Opening Day 2023
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Opening Day 2023

As we prepare for Major League Baseball in 2023, we have one last day without any games to cram in as many sidequests as possible. Read those last-minute magazine articles. Crack open a pack or two of cards. Pop in the newest licensed video game. And reader, I’ve done all of these activities.

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WBC 2023 Japan
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WBC 2023 Japan

Japan’s victory in the 2023 World Baseball Classic showcased the number one reason to be excited about Cancer Crabs baseball: two-way superstar and tournament MVP Shohei Ohtani. It’s rare that a player so completely captures the hearts and minds of baseball fans like Ohtani has, and I’m extra excited that he shares an astrological sign with your humble narrator.

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WBC 2023 Venezuela
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WBC 2023 Venezuela


When Taurus second baseman Jose Altuve suffered a fractured thumb from a hit-by-pitch in the World Baseball Classic, broadcaster John Smoltz was quick to defend the tournament. “He would have been at Spring Training, and do you know how many players get hurt in Spring Training? A lot!”

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WBC 2023 Dominican Republic
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WBC 2023 Dominican Republic

In my last post, I asserted that Team USA had the most star-studded roster in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. I would argue that the Dominican Republic comes in second, despite the fact that they didn’t make it past the Pool Play stage of the tournament.

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WBC 2023 Team USA
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WBC 2023 Team USA

The World Baseball Classic is moving into the Quarterfinal Stage, with the best talent from around the world representing their countries of origin! With Team USA advancing to the next round of the WBC, I’m looking at the astrological implications of the tournament’s most star-studded roster.

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