Fantasyland A Season on Baseball's Lunatic Fringe

Name: Fantasyland A Season on Baseball's Lunatic Fringe
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ISBN: 9780670034284

ISBN-10: 0670034282

ISBN-13: 9780670034284

Edition: 2006

Authors: Sam Walker

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A Wall Street Journalwriter spends a season in a fantasy baseball league to explore the inner workings and contagious passions of one of the countrys most popular pursuits Every spring, millions of Americans prepare to take part in one of the oddest, most obsessive and engrossing rituals in the sports pantheon: rotisserie baseball, a fantasy game where armchair fans match wits by building their own teams. Starting with a player draft before the Major League season, contenders spend six months scouring the box scores to see if their handpicked players can outperform the opposition. Its a pastime that threatens to overtake traditional baseball in the passions it generates. In 2004, Sam…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 3/2/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Sam Walkeris a senior special writer for the Wall Street Journaland appears frequently on ESPNews.