| Fantasy baseball has been around for decades. | | | | of this game. Some of the most familiar are |
| Fantasy baseball was once relegated to die | | | | offered by ESPN, MLB, Sporting News...but the |
| hard stat crunchers who would have to sift | | | | most popular by far these days is offered up |
| through box scores and countless other | | | | by Yahoo! Yahoo! is officially licensed by |
| sources to keep track of their teams. With | | | | Major League Baseball and offers a full slate |
| the rise of the internet, Fantasy Baseball is | | | | of fantasy games, from baseball, to football, |
| now available to countless millions around | | | | even car racing and golf. Yahoo! offers the |
| the world and is increasingly becoming a fun | | | | typical fantasy baseball options, Rotiserie |
| hobby for fans of America's pastime.There are | | | | and Head-To-Head. They also offer the |
| many different forms of fantasy baseball out | | | | ability to open your own league, where you |
| there. Though there are normally 2 main | | | | can personally invite friends of coleagues to |
| types.Rotiserie, which pits teams in a system | | | | sign up and compete in private leagues. |
| of points based on leading offensive and | | | | These leads have full draft options, where |
| pitching categories, as well as number of | | | | you are allowed to edit a pre-draft list in |
| teams in the league. For example, a 10 team | | | | the order of your own preferences for those |
| league would got by a 1 to 10 point system | | | | set to the auto draft option. The most fun |
| applied to each category. The leader of each | | | | option for drafting is the live draft option, |
| category would earn 10pts, 2nd 9pts, 3rd 8pts | | | | where league owners can get together and |
| and so on. All point totals for all | | | | select their teams live.The fun of fantasy |
| categories would them be added together to | | | | baseball is in tracking your drafted lineup |
| get the teams point total. The most points | | | | on a day-to-day basis, with the ability to |
| on any given day would be the leader, with | | | | add and drop players to and from the free |
| points potentially changing each | | | | agency pool(known as waivers) and to also |
| day.Head-To-Head is based on a weekly system | | | | negotiate trades with other members if you |
| where teams compete again based on | | | | choose to do so. Every year there always |
| categories, though unlike Rotiserie, teams | | | | seems to be an undrafted gem who slips by and |
| only compete against one other team on a | | | | grabbing this player before your other |
| weekly basis, following a pre-set schedule. | | | | leaguemates can be quite satisfying and lead |
| In head-to-head each offensive and pitching | | | | to the success of your team.If you do not |
| stat lead is worth one "win". At the end of | | | | have a lot of people to play with for a |
| the week, usually Monday to Sunday, whichever | | | | custom private league, fear not. Yahoo! |
| team leads the most categories would win the | | | | offers public access leagues where you can |
| week and their win/loss totals would then be | | | | play against other people from around the |
| translated into the updated standings.As | | | | world. You don't need to have a lot of other |
| mentioned, there are other types of leagues, | | | | mates to take advantage of this fun |
| such as "Keeper leagues", which are long term | | | | pastime.If you are a baseball fan and have |
| leagues which allow owners to protect a | | | | not played fantasy baseball, you owe it to |
| certain number of players to carry over into | | | | yourself to give it a try. Who knows, you |
| the next season.Due to the increasing | | | | may end up hooked like millions of other |
| popularity of fantasy baseball, there are now | | | | players around the world who are just waiting |
| countless sites offering their own versions | | | | for you to join their league. |