Fantasy Baseball 101

Listen to BallparkBob Bentz and Jonathan Bentz talk about fantasy baseball on the Phil Naessans Show.

Editor’s Note: Below is another awesome contribution to the Fantasy Baseball Dugout library from the Fantasy Baseball Scholars, Ryan Jones and Tim Lander. Make sure you check them out on Facebook and follow them on Twitter, too. Names sometimes lie to us. Our perception of a player is often dictated by their reputation or pedigree. [...]

I think this guy exists in every fantasy baseball league. He is the annoying trader guy who works the phones constantly in an attempt to make a trade. Keep in mind that Lee Eisenberg, playing in the original Rotisserie League, played in a time before email and text messages. That’s why Eisenberg worked the phones. [...]

It’s the time of year when teams are starting to get locked into positions at the top of the league, middle of the pack, or the cellar dwellers.  Now is the time to start making trade offers while managers still have  hope to improve their teams. Here are some fantasy baseball trading tips to consider. [...]

By Jeff Trusdale, special contributor to Fantasy Baseball Dugout Building a winning fantasy baseball team all starts with the draft. Whether it is live or over the computer you should always make sure that you are present and ready to draft. Numerous teams I’ve seen people who forget about their scheduled fantasy draft and the [...]

Watch some crazy fantasy baseball players who take the game very seriously in this CBS News story.

Our guest writer today is Aldrin. . How Fantasy baseball Began It was said that fantasy baseball was first seen in code from an IBM 1620 computer. The code came from John Burgeson, an IBM employee, and this code was distributed in the IBM Corporation for several years. The game allowed two competing teams to play [...]