On Fantasy Baseball

Fantasy baseball, fantasy football, or fantasy sports in general, they are truly a funny, interesting phenomenon. First of all, the people you would never imagine playing fantasy sports, your closest college friends, roommates, they all play and just rarely want to admit it. Depending on who they are talking to more often than not determines if they will admit to playing. Guys feel that girls consider fantasy sports nerdy, and most likely several of them may. Although just like with guys, a lot more girls play fantasy sports than one would think or imagine.

Now, fantasy sports can go to many levels. The casual, relaxed player who just plays fantasy with friends when someone says hey were starting a league, you want to join. Then there are the competitive, spend hours a week setting the lineups, proposing trades, making transactions, acting as if you are truly a general manager of a sports franchise. That's the fantasy sports I'm talking about playing, those are the people typically looked at as nerds for playing fantasy baseball and football. Well, I'm a nerd.

This year I will play fantasy baseball in a competitive league costing 150 to play, for my 11th or 12th straight season (I've forgotten a year over time). I will take my entire spring break to read up on notes, scout players, lineups and hopefully prepare to draft a first place team on April 2nd. And following the draft, baseball will consume most of my life. I never used to be so open about playing fantasy baseball, but now I realize it's just apart of my life. My girlfriend gives me trouble for it all the time.