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Fantasyland: A Season on Baseball's Lunatic Fringe

door Sam Walker

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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.

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Very interesting book with great insight into the real competive side of Fantasy Baseball. As someone who loves baseball and loves fantasy baseball I was engaged from page 1 of the book. The only negative to the book was when I got done reading I couldn't join the league and try my skills! ( )
  ralphmalph | Jan 10, 2011 |
A sportswriter for the Wall Street Journal takes a year off to play Rotisserie Baseball against a league of fantasy experts. From scouting players in December to trying to convince managers and GMs to play his players, Sam gets totally consumed by the game. Hopefully it helps us fantasy nuts to keep our lives in order and remember it is just a game. ( )
  rayski | Jul 5, 2010 |
A fun, well-written look into the geeky but hypnotic world of fantasy baseball. Sam Walker trtaces the origins of the game, profiles the super geeks who advise the rest of us, and gives insight into playing in the most competitive fantasy baseball league. The one downer, I think, is that Walker emptied his bank account to have a staff of two full timers, an actress/temptress and a psychic. It makes for good reading, but to me, not as interesteing as if he would have went it alone or with advice from buddies. His moments with the players themselves are excellent, and I walked away from this book with a few new favorite big leaguers, for many different reasons.

I'd highly recommend this book to anyone who plays fantasy baseball or is just curious as to why those who play it are so fanatical about it. ( )
  TimV57 | Jun 25, 2008 |
A really fun book.

I liked the times that the author tried to "coach up" his roto players by speaking to them in person.

Ortiz, Jacque Jones, and Bill Mueller, and Miguel Batista all seem like fun guys. ( )
  dvf1976 | Apr 23, 2008 |
Hilarious Book. A bit over the top at times but still quite amusing. A look into the a Wall Street Journal Reporter as he tries to win one of the most difficult fantasy baseball leagues around - in his first season as a fantasy baseball manager. Found it much more entertaining than I thought it would be when I received it as a gift. ( )
  jmcclain19 | Jul 28, 2007 |
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The best book on fantasy isn't a players' guide, but a lunatic adventure. It's Fantasyland, by Sam Walker, a sportswriter who has never tried fantasy, but joins its toughest league. This is, he writes, "like trying to learn the cello by joining the London Philharmonic."
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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.

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