Fantasyland: A Season on Baseball's Lunatic Fringe
by Sam Walker
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Author: Sam WalkerEdition: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-03-02
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 368
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Book Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
The author takes the reader thru his project of attempting to put together the ultimate rotisserie team in a league based on the 2004 season where he is a rookie and most of the other players are the so called experts. He hires two employees to help him statistically evaluate the player pool. He even consults an astrologer. He visits teams and players thruout spring training and the actual season to gain further insight. Of course, such activities and that he has press access as a sports columnist for The Wall Street Journal separate him from most fantasy league participants. To quote the author "The problem with building a Rotisserie strategy around inside information is that it always comes with an expiration date. Minds change,injuries defy prognosis, and performance always trumps opinion." By the way the authors team finished 8 in a 12 team league. To me, this was a fascinating read. Very enjoyable and worthwhile.
Summary of Fantasyland: A Season on Baseball's Lunatic Fringe
Every spring, millions of Americans prepare to take part in one of the oddest, most obsessive, and most engrossing rituals in the sports pantheon: Rotisserie baseball, a fantasy game where armchair fans match wits by building their own teams. In 2004, Sam Walker, a sports columnist for the Wall Street Journal, decided to explore this phenomenon by talking his way into Tout Wars, a league reserved for the nation?s top experts. The result is one of the most sheerly entertaining sports books in years and a matchless look into the heart and soul of our national pastime.Baseball Books
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