false 75816 2 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 <I>Wall Street Journal</I>, 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. 73342 2006 Fantasyland: A Sportswriter's Obsessive Bid to Win the World's Most Ruthless Fantasy Baseball total:366|5:76|4:175|3:99|2:12|1:4| 366 1405 427 70 1 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 12:15:19 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 12:15:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 09 18:08:24 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 18:12:01 -0800 2008
My friends know I am an avid fantasy baseball player, but you certainly d...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 17 09:22:39 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 09:44:15 -0700 2009
This book is hilarious and the passion for baseball is apparent on every single page. It won't take long before you find yourself rooting for th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 24 10:56:39 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 06:00:09 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 10:56:39 -0700 2009
Casual sports fan who isn't that into baseball - 3 stars as it's a well written and humorous book even if it's not up someone's alley. Would get lost a bit sometimes in the intricacies of the fantasy stats probably.

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I'm a sports fan (especially baseball and football). I'm a geek. I've spent many hours managing my fantasy teams (thereby combining the "sports" and "...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 21:46:15 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 22:03:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 00:07:48 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 15:42:20 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 24 12:42:31 -0800 2007 Mon Oct 13 07:03:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 09:56:30 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 10:15:46 -0800 2008
**** for the baseball junkies
* for everybody else

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