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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Friday, November 02, 2012
I bought the original Rotisserie League Baseball book. It literally changed my life, for the better. Thanks to Dan Okrent!! Okrent has compared himself to J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who invented the atomic bomb: “I mean, look what I’ve unleashed on the world.” Indeed. Fantasy sports, as anyone who has ever played them knows, are an epic time-suck. There is pleasure, but more often a lonely, pathetic pain in having your well-being tethered to a handful of guys on an imaginary team.
It’s a distinct form of suffering that Okrent has shared. More than three decades after presiding over fantasy baseball’s inaugural draft, he has never won his league.
EDIT: Link fixed. Jim
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1. Avoid running at all times.-S. Paige Posted: November 02, 2012 at 05:38 PM (#4291177)Get rid of the 'time' at the end of the published line.
And millions of fans (this one included) discovered Bill James via a 1981 Sports Illustrated profile written by D. Okrent.
...sometimes, BBTF hits me right in the target demo.
The Ultimate Baseball Book is pretty amazing, too.
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