Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes

if so, how many leagues are you in? 5 or 6 in a given season

What format do you prefer? H2H keeper leagues with more exotic options than your typical 5×5

How long have you been playing? 12 years

Why did you get interested in it? When I was younger (around the age of 10 or so), I played a game called "Basketball League" in which I would take my basketball cards (1990-91 Hoops, mostly) and have made-up team "draft" each player, sign them to a fictitious contract then follow each player’s box scores throughout the season for points/rebounds/assists. Fantasy baseball was just a natural extension of that with the added benefit of other people running their own teams.

Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? Immensely; I now have a better understanding of teams and players other than my favorites.

Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? A little of both. I’m more inclined to follow prospects I have a vested interest in but I also tend to follow the minor leagues in general just for the sake of enjoying baseball.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – 3
What format do you prefer? – Roto, specifically leagues with weekly transactions. I HATE the daily format - drives me nuts and I just don’t have that kind of time to cycle pitchers in and out.
How long have you been playing? – 12 years
Why did you get interested in it? – I have loved baseball since being a kid. I also enjoyed playing fantasy fooball, so I dove into baseball the following year.
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Yes.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? Both. I started following prospects for the benefit of my keeper fantasy teams, but have transformed these last 3-4 years into just enjoying following prospects period. I have started going to minor league games just for the pure enjoyment, and it is cool to know of a handful of players on the field at any given game.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes
if so, how many leagues are you in? 1
What format do you prefer? Strat-O-Matic
How long have you been playing? 30+ years
Why did you get interested in it? As a young child
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? Yes
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? Both, for the Strat team and for the Mets and Mets rivals.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes
How many leagues are you in? – 3 (2 Dynasty and 1 Yearly League)
What format do you prefer? – Dynasty H2H
How long have you been playing? – Four years
Why did you get interested in it? – Friends
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – No. Takes too much focus away from my favorite team. It’s a bit frustrating and more than a bit stressful, actually. But the competition keeps me going.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – Because of fantasy teams with deep MiLB rosters.

I haven’t played in a regular fantasy baseball league for a few years but am set to be in one league this year.

I much prefer sim leagues with at least 20+ teams but I’ve cut those down to one as well.

I’ve been playing fantasy baseball leagues for probably 12-14 years, since HS.

Not sure what got me interested in it other than baseball. I wasn’t a great athlete so started shifting more to alternative hobbies around that time.

I found normal fantasy leagues actually took away from my enjoyment. There came a point I was becoming so competitive that my main concern was only how my fake team was doing. It was worse in football where I was in multiple money leagues.

I did begin following prospects because of fantasy sports yes. Since I got started though, it’ has become a hobby in itself.

Do you play fantasy baseball? - yes
if so, how many leagues are you in? - two
What format do you prefer? - DMB sim leagues. I’ve never tried traditional roto.
How long have you been playing? - 18 years
Why did you get interested in it? - a friend started a league, I was hooked immediately
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? - yes
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? - the latter, though I’d be much less thorough without annual rookie drafts to prepare for.

Do you play fantasy baseball?
       Yes
if so, how many leagues are you in?
       One to two per season
What format do you prefer?
       Rotisserie, 6×6 or 7×7
How long have you been playing?
       Five to six years now
Why did you get interested in it?
      Two things: trying to be a better predictor than my friends, and drafting (grabbing values, not reaching over-value)
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game?
      Absolutely - makes me care about teams I’d never pay attention to otherwise.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations?
      Only the most talked about minor leaguers, and then, only occasionally.

- Do you play fantasy baseball? — No, which, I guess, makes all the following questions irrelevant.

I played once about a million years ago (OK, it was 1990) when it was still fairly new, but I didn’t like it the way I thought I might and have never gone back. I understand the appeal to some but it’s not me.

My reasons, essentially, is that I like baseball as a sport and the season as it unfolds and, to me, fantasy takes away from that more than it adds to it.
From a standpoint of prospects: I’m interested in them as the next generation of stars and possible stars rather than with an eye towards securing his fantasy rights. I’m normally not one who follows the minor leagues themselves all that closely, possibly because I grew up near a big city (NYC) and not near any minor league clubs (Brooklyn, S.I., and the independent team on my native L.I. are recent events). Also, NYC has always viewed itself as a big-time-only spot that rarely reported on what’s playing in Peoria. As such, I probably follow prospects more for the top-end guys I’ll one day see in MLB as compared to most others here who know the bushes much more in depth than I do or care to.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes
If so, how many leagues are you in? Sometimes three or four…I can never resist joining a league whenever someone asks me, but usually I only follow one and the others get neglected
What format do you prefer? Head to head, 12 teams, mixed
How long have you been playing? five years
Why did you get interested in it? I don’t really remember. I think a friend asked me to join his league, and I got hooked
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? Absolutely. My knowledge of players league-wide has gone up so much since I started playing.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? I follow the minors for both reasons

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes
How many leagues are you in? Four
What format do you prefer? Roto & H2H
How long have you been playing? 12 years
Why did you get interested in it? big baseball fan, it seemed like something I would enjoy
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? Yes, makes even a Pirates/Royals game interesting
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team? Yes, I am in two Dynasty leagues with deep farm system. This site is my #1 research tool.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors aside from fantasy considerations? Would probably only have interest in blue chippers without the fantasy aspect.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – 2. One AL Only, One NL Only
What format do you prefer? – Roto, use daily transactions.
How long have you been playing? – 3rd year
Why did you get interested in it? – Helps stay in touch with friends and it helps me learn more about other players/teams. I enjoy the math/stats and competition of it too.
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Yes. It can be frustrating rooting for your team and against your fantasy interests though.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – Mostly aside from fantasy, although it certainly doesn’t hurt.

I do not play fantasy baseball.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – 4
What format do you prefer? – I prefer Head-To-Head Roto leagues. I like the diversity of categories and the weekly competition amongst friends. I also prefer sabermetric stats over traditional counting stats, although I use both.
How long have you been playing? – About ten years (since I was a teenager)
Why did you get interested in it? – I’ve always loved baseball and wanted to “prove” my knowledge of the game by competing with others.
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Yes, although I sometimes get so wrapped up in my players stats to the detriment of the game.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – Almost 100 percent because of my fantasy teams. I’m in mostly dynasty/keeper leagues and two have minor leagues systems. I initially came to this site to better educate myself on prospects to improve my chances of winning in those leagues.

Yes, I play, and have for 25 years in the same league. I used to play in two or three at a time, but found I enjoy it more when I have only one team to keep track of … so I just play in one. However that one is one of the hardest I have heard of … it is a 14 team National League only traditional Rotisserie Auction league. I don’t know WHY I got interested after I started, but I’m competitive, and liked the chance to win … which I occasionally do. It DOES enhance my enjoyment of the game, in fact, I had “fallen away” from baseball until a friend of mine coerced me to take a team in his league. I believe knowledge creates fans, and as my knowledge grew, so did my fandom. I follow rookie prospects for my fantasy team.

Do you play fantasy baseball? yes
if so, how many leagues are you in? 2 currently, probably 3-5 in the end
What format do you prefer? doesnt really matter
How long have you been playing? 4th year
Why did you get interested in it? its fun duh
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? a little
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? It interests me aside from fantasy

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes
 if so, how many leagues are you in? 4
 What format do you prefer? 30 team H2H dynasty with cap
How long have you been playing? 3 years
 Why did you get interested in it? My dad
 Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? yes
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? mostly for minor leagues for fantasy, but I also look out for my home town team, the Jays

 Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes
How many leagues are you in? – 4
What format do you prefer? – in a sim league w/ 60 man rosters, by far my favorite
How long have you been playing? – close to 10 years
Why did you get interested in it? – love baseball.
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Yes.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – Aside from fantasy considerations.

is the game of 1rst choice for 45 years- a game that taught baseball and baseball numbers better than anything.

I also play fantasy baseball in 2 leagues

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? Three… less than last season!
What format do you prefer? I have yet to find the format that’s perfect for me, but I prefer deeper leagues that value more players than standard leagues, usually with bigger rosters.
How long have you been playing? Only two years, since I really have not had any friends interested in playing before.
Why did you get interested in it? I’ve been a major stathead for years so it only seemed natural when a friend asked me to play.
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? Yup.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? Minor league stuff has always interested me, but I’d be lying if I said fantasy did not vastly increase my interest.

I still have yet to find a real competitive league that I like with people who will stick it out, and I’m not really sure how to go about doing that… :(

Do you play fantasy baseball?

Yes

How many leagues are you in?
Three currently. I have averaged four in the past, but I’m a lot busier this year so I may just stick with that amount.
What format do you prefer?

H2H, the deeper the better

How long have you been playing?

Since 2001

Why did you get interested in it?

Actually bought a fantasy guide in the mid 90’s when I was about 11 or 12 on a whim, and was very interested in the subject but just didn’t have the technology (or enough die-hard baseball loving friends) to try it. By 2001 I finally realized that the tech was available on the internet for easy access and got in a league. I loved playing it and the next year I somehow got myself into a dynasty league that’s still going on strong.

Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game?

Absolutely

Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy league or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations?

I fully followed the Rangers minor league system before being involved in fantasy leagues, and I was a bit interested in other team’s systems. However getting involved in fantasy baseball really spurred my interest for the minor leagues.. .although now I definitely would say I love hearing about prospects for more reasons than just fantasy.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – 4
What format do you prefer? – APBA, lifetime ownership, 24 team league
How long have you been playing? – almost 30
Why did you get interested in it? – I played APBA as a kid and then got back into it as an adult
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Absolutely.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – I’m a Phillies fan and so I’d follow their minor leaguers no matter what. But because of fantasy, I follow all the teams as best I can.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – 1
What format do you prefer? – Roto
How long have you been playing? – since 1986…thats right 24 years…since college (4 of us have been in the 12 team league since 86, the other 8 have also been quite stable)…our draft is literally the only time during the year when I MUST be at something. The only thing that would take me away is literally the birth of a child.
Why did you get interested in it? – competition, baseball, quasi-GM, We have a 35 round format and you can keep a player 3 rounds higher than you drafted the previous year. Its awesome to follow the minor leaguers knowing that you can keep them for 12 years or so. Its a wonderful dimension to our game. As we are now older, its the best way to keep in touch with some of my college friends — I know I will see them atleast once/year.
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Yes
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – its been enhanced because of our league and its format.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes.
How many leagues are you in? 2 deep ones with 50 man minor league systems, 2 normal year to year leagues
What format do you prefer? H-2-H
How long have you been playing? Since 2004
Why did you get interested in it? This might be the only good case of peer pressure
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? Yes it does, it makes me pay more attention to everything, not just my favorite players/team
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? I started with just a fantasy interest, but its brewing a true interest

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.

How many leagues are you in? – one main one and I am also planning on doing a second one

What format do you prefer? – Don’t have a favorite, I have done a bunch of different formats over the years for a second league, but my main league is AL only 4×4

How long have you been playing? – going into my 24th season in the same league

Why did you get interested in it? – as a way of continuing to pursue a shared interest in baseball with a bunch of my law school friends as we headed in our separate directions around the country..

Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Yes.

Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – I am also a big Rangers fan so I would follow their minors and those of their competition regardless, but having to participate in a minor league draft each year and pick up minor leaguers as they come up to the majors definitely enhances my interest.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes

if so, how many leagues are you in? Four

What format do you prefer? H2H

How long have you been playing? This will be my 14th season.

Why did you get interested in it? A natural outgrowth of my previous interest in historical sim leagues. I got interested in those as a way to sort of bring the past into the present … and I got into fantasy because I thought I knew enough about baseball to make some quick money. WRONG! But I enjoy the challenge and the competition with my friends.

Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? On balance, yes. I follow all the teams closer than I would have otherwise, but it’s made me a little bit more dispassionate about the team I root for.

Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? It’s mostly fantasy-related, though since I started paying close attention, I’ve also developed more of an interest apart from fantasy.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – One.
What format do you prefer? – I’ve only played head-to-head so I’d have to say that.
How long have you been playing? – This will be my 4th year.
Why did you get interested in it? – (1) I was asked by a good friend and (2) I wanted to expand my knowledge beyond the Dodgers.
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Absolutely.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – Fantasy.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – 2, run one of them
What format do you prefer? – H2H points
How long have you been playing? – Since 2000
Why did you get interested in it? – Some people on ESPN message boards
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Yes.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – Mostly because of fantasy considerations.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – 6, run two
What format do you prefer? – H2H points
How long have you been playing? – Since 1989
Why did you get interested in it? – Always loved baseball
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Yes.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – Always interested but deep interest developed because of fantasy

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes

if so, how many leagues are you in? one

What format do you prefer? old-style Rotisserie

How long have you been playing? At least 10 years.

Why did you get interested in it?

 I am disabled so I can’t play baseball, but I’ve always had a love for the game…so I turned to the "brainier" side of it. my older brother and our friends loved and played it …and I used to just watch, so he helped me understand the stat side of it.

Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game?

Yes, because it got me to follow other teams other than the Mets and kept me in the game even with the Strike and the Steroid Scandals.

Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations?

  I have always loved young players, my philosophy of sports teams has always been: championships are built with homegrown talent so build with the youth and go young! But, I follow the minor leagues much more thanks to fantasy baseball.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yep
if so, how many leagues are you in? 3 Dynasty (20, 20, and 14 teams), and 2 Single Season
What format do you prefer? 6×6 (w/ops and holds) began w/rotisserie, but now play H2H
How long have you been playing? since 1986. first started with Stratomatic, then 10 team NL only league copying our own scores out of the newspaper box scores (pre-internet days…by a long shot!)
Why did you get interested in it? i love baseball, stats, and crushing victories, not necessarily in that order. it just came naturally from that. and my roommate’s stratomatic game.
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? sort of. i love the real game and fantasy ball completely, but separately. i have to divide them or a bad outing can ruin a game. plus, fantasy is about research and study and knowledge…and fun. baseball is the beauty of the game itself.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? yes and no. in high school i started paying attention to milb players in the days of shawon dunston and ryne sandberg. but i wouldn’t have known much outside the cubs system or the top maybe 10 guys. now i know more than i probably should, although considerably less than most on here. i’d still follow them even if i quit my dynasty leagues.

Do you play fantasy baseball? - Yes
 if so, how many leagues are you in? - 1 dynasty, 1 keeper with contracts, usually 1 H2H redraft and a dingers only redraft league
 What format do you prefer? - roto
 How long have you been playing? - around 10 years
Why did you get interested in it? - came across the rotisserie league baseball book at the bookstore as a teenager and was hooked on the idea, especially keeper and dynasty leagues
 Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? - absolutely
 Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? - mostly for fantasy purposes, but I love finding that hidden gem that all the other owners miss

Do you play fantasy baseball? – yes
 if so, how many leagues are you in? – 4
 What format do you prefer? – h2h points
 How long have you been playing? – about 3 years
Why did you get interested in it? – friends asked me to join their league
 Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – yeah
 Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – yes and yes

Come here mainly because I was looking for a good prospect site. I will say that this site, almost single handely, has given me a LOT of knowledge about prospects in a very short amount of time…

What’s amazing is looking at some of the responses, some have played fantasy for longer than I’ve been alive…

Do you play fantasy baseball? YES

if so, how many leagues are you in? 7

What format do you prefer? SCORESHEET SIMULATION

How long have you been playing? 20 YEARS

Why did you get interested in it? FORMER APBA PLAYER. ALWAYS LOVED BASEBALL STATS

Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? ABSOLUTELY

Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations?BOTH BUT MAINLY FANTASY TEAM.

It’s done more than anything to drive the number of people who know nothing about baseball, but THINK they know everything, through the roof.

Meanwhile, the game itself is very trivial and almost entirely based on who can assimilate more information (which in practice means waste more time) on it. As a game, it’s appallingly poorly designed.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes
if so, how many leagues are you in? I have a main roto league, plus usually a side roto league, plus the Dice League (Dynasty League, which is like the old PTP or Strato)
What format do you prefer? I like both equally, although the Dice Leauge is more likely to endure.
How long have you been playing? Dice League was formed in 1988, with my first roto league somewhere in that ballpark.
Why did you get interested in it? It was the natural progression from spinning those little disks at the Boys Club.
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? Definitely.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? I’ve always been interested in the minors dating back to the days of Jose Canseco, or even Cal RIpken. Partially I think it’s because Phoenix only had an AAA team when I was a kid (and the Sun Devils) and partly because of baseball cards. I always wanted to get the future star before his cards got expensive, then I’d trade the expensive cards for the future stars. Ah, the 80’s was a great time to be a teenager:) No doubt fantasy keeps me paying attention now though.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes
 if so, how many leagues are you in? Usually 8-15 leagues
 What format do you prefer?Roto leagues and a mixture of single season and dynasty leagues
 How long have you been playing? 10 or 11 years
 Why did you get interested in it? I have always been a huge baseball fan and my Indians break my heart so at least in a fantasy league I get to make decisions
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? I think so. I know a lot more about the players and their production history.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? The only reason I started following minors was for my dynasty leagues but last year my boys and I went to some Akron Aeros games and now I am more interested in minor leagues than the major leagues. This stuff is addiciting.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes
if so, how many leagues are you in? 1
What format do you prefer? Strat-O-Matic Baseball
How long have you been playing? 30 years
Why did you get interested in it? When I was young
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? Yes
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? Our league allows to hold both major and minor leaguers. Would follow he minors regardless of it.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – 2
What format do you prefer? – I don’t care
How long have you been playing? – Started in 1989, dormant from 93-99 (pissed about the lock-out), back on now
Why did you get interested in it? – My friends were playing and I love stats
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Not really. I’m not a baseball fan. I love watching pitchers work, though, and I love the wealth of statistics available.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – I love the idea of tracking statistical trends and trying to determine which players will make it. Of course, being good at that makes me a better roto player.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – 3
What format do you prefer? – Not much of a fan of head-to-head leagues, favorite is 4×4 AL-only auction but also like a 16 category league that involves knowing entire rosters.
How long have you been playing? – 15 years (started in league where standings were calculated in spreadsheets)
Why did you get interested in it? – A little too obsessed with baseball
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Yes.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – Foremost for Royals prospects, then fantasy leagues, then for interest in baseball cards

Do you play fantasy baseball? — Yes

If so, how many leagues are you in? — 3

What format do you prefer? — Dynasty, keeper-type leagues that allow for minor league systems.

How long have you been playing? — Since 1989.

Why did you get interested in it? — Strangely enough, one of our friends father had another league and he started a league for his son’s friends/boy scout troop.

Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? — Absolutely.

Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? — I have minor league interst aside from fantasy baseball, but fantasy baseball forces me to focus on teams other than the hometown Red Sox. Even absent fantasy baseball, I’d still be interested in prospects, but it would be more confined to Red Sox players and teams in the New Engalnd area, of which there are a wealth.

Do you play fantasy baseball? — Yes

If so, how many leagues are you in? — 1 most years but maybe 2 this year.

What format do you prefer? — rotisserie 5×5 keeper. this year i am joining my first h2h league

How long have you been playing? — 6 years

Why did you get interested in it? — always loved baseball. love numbers/stats.

Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? — quite honestly i’d rather watch basketball anytime. Box scores the day after in baseball are my favorite thing.

Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? — i pretty much follow because i’m into fantasy baseball. I don’t know what most of the high tech statistic catagories mean in alot of the posts…

Do you play fantasy baseball? - Yes
if so, how many leagues are you in? I’m playing in three this year - two head-to-head, one dynasty roto. Four leagues last yar was too much.
What format do you prefer? I find head to head the best way to learn, but now enjoy the dynasty roto league more.
How long have you been playing? Four years
Why did you get interested in it? A team-mate from my baseball club recommended it. It helped to be able to play in the same league as him and other friends, rather than with a bunch of complete strangers.
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? No, I’d been watching MLB for years before I started fantasy baseball. I’ll always root for my Dodgers. If anything happens in a non-Dodger game which helps my fantasy team, that’s a bonus. If my fantasy team is helped by defeating the Dodgers, it’s a very small consolation.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? I had limited knowledge of the Dodgers’ minor league systems and knew about the big name prospects, but playing a dynasty league which holds a minor league draft every year has meant I had to learn a lot quickly. But I have really enjoyed doing so, and feel I have learned so much by researching other teams’ systems.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes

if so, how many leagues are you in? One

What format do you prefer?
1. Traditional rotisserie auction plus deep reserve draft — an auction is far more challenging and interesting since you place a dollar value on every player and then anticipate and adjust to the market on auction day, which is preferably done in-person.
2. No fewer than 12 owners for A.L. or N.L-only league or 24 for both leagues so you there is a shortage of starters at every position.
3. At this stage of my life with a demanding job and young kids, I prefer a league in which you can make roster changes weekly rather than daily — the latter takes more time.
4. I like a keeper format so one can build a team.

How long have you been playing? Two years in the late 80’s, a long hiatus, then the past two years again.
 
Why did you get interested in it? I love baseball, competition and statistical analysis and found Rotisserie baseball combined all three.
 
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? It certainly enhances my understanding of the game and its players. I grew up a Mets fan but now play in an A.L-only league and know much more about the junior circuit.
 
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? I follow prospects more closely than I otherwise would to gain an edge — My team this year includes Matusz, Montero, Jennings and Smoak, which is more top-10 A.L. talent than the rest of my league owners combined.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – 3
What format do you prefer? – Scoresheet, all I play is sim style.
How long have you been playing? – Second Year.
Why did you get interested in it? – Makes it fun to follow all teams.
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Yes.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – I was into prospects before I played fantasy.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – 5 all different formats. 2 Dynasty (1 points, 1 5×5), 1 auction keeper (keep 5), 1 auction redraft points, 1 fun work league
What format do you prefer? – Dynasty and points format
How long have you been playing? – 10 years
Why did you get interested in it? – Already played fanstasy football
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Yes. I definetely follow all 30 teams much more closely vs just Mets, Red Sox, Yankees
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – YES, my Dynasty leagues is what led me to follow prospects closely, although I would always have some passing interest absent fantasy but not the type that would cause to spend a lot of time/$ on it.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes.
How many leagues are you in? – 4, two scoresheet and two roto
What format do you prefer? – scoresheet
How long have you been playing? – ten years
Why did you get interested in it? – Was a fun way to keep in touch with friends during college
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Yes.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? – Was originally because of the deep leagues that I’m in. Now my interest is independent of that.

Do you play fantasy baseball? – Yes
How many leagues are you in? – 4 (1 Scoresheet Baseball; 3 Diamond Mind Baseball)
What format do you prefer? – Scoresheet Baseball, I don’t play Roto
How long have you been playing? – Almost 20 years (!)
Why did you get interested in it? – Started with Table Top games in the 1980’s (Statis Pro, PTP)
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? – Absolutely!
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? - Mostly due to fantasy considerations

Do you play fantasy baseball?

Yes, in many ways. In 8 Yahoo leagues, all of which are keeper or dynasty leagues, and some having longterm minor league keepers.

I’ve been in Pursue the Pennant/Diamond Mind re-creation leagues for over 20 years now. For anyone not familiar, you are the GM and also play games(81 each year). Want to know your rookies for rookie draft in those leagues.

if so, how many leagues are you in? All told…12

What format do you prefer? Don’t know if I can answer that. There are differences in all.

How long have you been playing? 22 years.

Why did you get interested in it? I loved baseball from youth. Did my own stats. Collected mounds of sports cards. So, finding the Pursue the Pennant game, and leagues to join, was right up my alley, in 1988.

Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? Yes, very much so.

Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? Mostly because of leagues. But, then, I followed all this stuff as a youth, before I was ever in any leagues, so it’s hard to say.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes I do.

How many leagues are you in? 1

What format do you prefer? APBA for 23 years. I’m in a 16 team league, 50 man keeper roster with 10 minor leaguers allowed.

It very much enhances my enjoyment of the real game.

I love baseball in all its forms. I am in several APBA simulation leagues (similar game to Strat-O-Matic or Diamond Mind Baseball). Simulations have the advantage over fantasy leagues in that you are actually playing baseball instead of some numbers thing that bears no relation to a baseball game. Fantasy leagues do not take into account the complexities of baseball… defence, base-running management, bullpen use, substitutions at particular points in a game… because in fantasy you are not playing baseball.
I have been playing simulation baseball for twenty years, and it has enhanced my enjoyment of real baseball because it has driven me to learn about minor league baseball, and the players at all levels. I have gone to minor league games, Arizona Fall League games, and spring training games because my interest in that level of baseball was stiulated by the enjoyment of simulation baseball.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes.
if so, how many leagues are you in? 5
What format do you prefer? Deep Dynasty, preferably using the 40-man roster
How long have you been playing? 10 years
Why did you get interested in it? Sounded like fun and allowed me to keep up with MLB better while living abroad.
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? Very much. I’ve learned much more about baseball since I started playing.
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? It now interests me independently of fantasy. But, my interest was driven by fantasy and is deeper because of it.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes
if so, how many leagues are you in? 2 - 1 Yahoo head-to-head, and 1 APBA cards/dice game - that’s about my limit, more than that and I stop having fun. ( http://www.umbl.net )

What format do you prefer? APBA

How long have you been playing? 15 years

Why did you get interested in it? It’s fun and enhanced my enjoyment of baseball.

Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? Yes.

Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? I started to follow the minors more because of the APBA league as we are allowed 10 “uncarded” players on our rosters. In our league, if you want to get the best players, you have to draft them early and you have to pay attention to the minors to do that. Some are even drafted in HS and College. Now I’d think I’d follow even if I quit playing. It fun to try to figure out who the next Johan Santana or Albert Pujols is.

Do you play fantasy baseball? Yes
if so, how many leagues are you in? At the moment, 3 and a SIM league
What format do you prefer? Head to Head and the deeper the better, but I can play any format really
How long have you been playing? This will be my 10th season… that’s a scary answer. Should I be feeling old already at age 22?
Why did you get interested in it? I love/loved baseball and it allowed me to further my obsession
Does it enhance your enjoyment of the real game? Not really, but it did allow me to branch out and become more familiar with other teams when I was younger
Do you follow rookies and prospects in the minors because of your fantasy team, or does minor league stuff interest aside from fantasy considerations? Minor league/college stuff interests me, in fact, probably more so than Major League baseball