Fantasy Baseball 101

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 [...]

If you are serious about fantasy baseball, you probably play in an auction league.  Anybody who has tried auctions soon learns that they are far superior to snake drafts. Here are 10 tips to take into your fantasy baseball auction draft. 1.  Go in with a Plan Are you a guy who likes to draft [...]

You’ve heard it before.  A budding star gets sent back to Triple-A after beating up on Big League pitching during Spring Training and the team says its so he can get “more seasoning” or “play every day.”  Now, it’s obvious to you, me, and your grandmother that the rookie is better than what the team [...]

The basic rules of fantasy baseball are pretty simple to understand: put a roster of MLB players together, combine all of their stats together, score higher than your competitors, and BOOM! you win. But the finer details often vary from league to league. These days, free leagues on sites like ESPN and Yahoo! allow commissioners [...]

By Jason Gove, guest contributor to Fantasy Baseball Dugout Fantasy baseball has been a big part of my life over the past few years. I have won and lost my fair share of fantasy baseball leagues. In my experience I have learned quite a few things about fantasy baseball that I would like to share. [...]

As the fantasy baseball draft season begins ramping up, there’s a lot of debate among players in your league – and among fantasy baseball experts – over which draft style is best to implement for your league. Some people in your league will no doubt have a strong preference… while others won’t really care (that [...]

Look for a league where most of the managers come back year after year. Find a league where managers have incentive to remain interested despite where they are in the standings.  Prizes for more than just the top team might do this. A league that charges an entry fee will retain interest, but if the [...]