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