Fantasyland: A Sportswriter's Obsessive Bid to Win the World's Most Ruthless Fantasy Baseball League

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Taylor Ball, January 1, 2012 (view all comments by Taylor Ball)
If "The Art of Fielding" is a baseball book that is not actually about baseball, "Fantasyland" is the rotisserie equivalent. Using humor and a reporter's insight, Sam Walker skillfully humanizes the otherwise geeky and obsessive culture of fantasy sports. Walker's stated purpose in deciding to "field" a fantasy team is to pit statistical analysis against human intuition. Thankfully for us, Walker trusts his gut and his writing, and the colorful cast of characters he incorporates into his story, prove that when you cut through the math (and money), baseball is still a uniquely human game in both the real world and the fantasyland of rotisserie sports.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780143038436

Subtitle:

A Sportswriter's Obsessive Bid to Win the World's Most Ruthless Fantasy Baseball

Author:

Walker, Sam

Publisher:

Penguin (Non-Classics)

Subject:

Baseball - Essays & Writings

Subject:

Role Playing & Fantasy - General

Subject:

Fantasy Sports

Subject:

Baseball - General

Subject:

Sports and Fitness-Baseball General

Edition Description:

Mass Market

Publication Date:

20070227

Binding:

Paperback

Grade Level:

from 12

Language:

English

Pages:

368

Dimensions:

8.47x5.49x.82 in. .77 lbs.

Age Level:

from 18