I’ve used Fanball.com for fantasy leagues since 2003, and for the most part, their site is serviceable. Certainly not as good as the glory days when the one-and-only Paul Charchian ran the show, but good enough.

Unfortunately, Fanball has always pumped out RIDICULOUSLY INFERIOR player updates. I mean, the worst player updates ever.

When I go to CBS Fantasy Sports, I can find 100-word updates on each player at least once a week, sometimes more. When I go to Rotoworld, Yahoo! or even ESPN, I can find awesome player updates with advice.

But Fanball always goes the path of John Madden, stating the insultingly obvious.

“A.J. Burnett won his eighth game of the season on Wednesday. He held the Twins to two runs on seven hits and four walks over 6.1 innings in the Yankees’ 4-3 win.”

Thanks. I already saw that in the box score.

“Kurt Suzuki went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI in the A’s 5-4 loss to the Red Sox on Wednesday.”

Oh yeah? Cool. Thanks for the details.

But on Thursday night, Fanball took it a step further. Whoever the Johnny Jackass is who wrote the following update should be fired immediately for unnecessary stupidity…

“Scott Olsen (WAS) was rocked for five earned runs on six hits over five innings in Thursday’s 11-10 win over the Astros at Nationals Park. He had two walks and four strikeouts.”

The problem? The aforementioned game between Washington and Houston was suspended earlier this season and picked up in the 10th inning on Thursday night. Olsen obviously never appeared on Thursday night.

OK, this isn’t really a huge deal. I’m just venting six years worth of player update frustrations.

Fanball, please tell your writers to not be so lazy and incompetent. Tell them to do more than simply sift through box scores and rehash information we could gather ourselves by watching SportsCenter.

And Ron Gardenhire, please stop hitting Matt Tolbert 2nd.

Thank you.