Fantasy Baseball

I love fantasy baseball. I look forward to it every year. More so than fantasy football. People say, "it's too much work, you have to pay attention everyday". That is why I like it. There's something everyday. You don't have to wait a whole week for action.

I've been involved in a fantasy league for 18 years (on and off)...I skipped the late 90's b/c I was on strike. The 1994 strike killed me. I was in 2nd. The guy in 1st had Geoff Bagwell. He broke his leg in early August, and one week later baseball was on strike. I "gave up" on baseball until 1999, when I was in Baltimore, and went to a game at Camden Yards. We bought tickets at the gate, and ended up getting seats behind home plate, sitting with the players' spouses/families. BJ Surhoff went 5 for 5 that day, and I was hooked.

The league that I'm in is ultra competitive. Some of the guys have been doing this continuously for 18 years. They're smart, and they're "numbers guys". I first got to know them when I was starting out as an actuarial analyst back in 1990.

The league uses traditional statistics, but only those that tend to align with sabermetrics. For example, we don't use RBI's for hitters or Wins for pitchers.

I'll have more on this topic later.