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Coming Soon!

Coming Soon on Optimistic Mets Fan:

 

I’ve got a fair selection of topics slated once Spring Training starts and we can start to smell Opening Day:

 

My yearly baseball wagers.

 

My fantasy teams, and what types of leagues I’m going to join. Hopefully a nice rotisserie league.

 

The Second Annual Letters to the NL East where I address all five teams in the division, and the Yankees.

 

Thoughts and observations on my first ever trip to Spring Training. I’m going to see Three Mets Games, against the Marlins, Nats, and Tigers, as well as the Twins versus the Pirates.

 

While I’m down in Florida, I’m going to be catching a game of the World Baseball Classic.

 

And that’s just some of the thrilling prose I’ll have for you over the next two months or so..before we can get down to some serious April baseball.

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Fantasy Baseball

I’ve just started reading Fantasyland. If you don’t know, it’s about about Wall Street Journal Writer Sam Walker’s entrance into one of the most prestigious rotisserie fantasy baseball leagues. Even thought I’m not a stathead, and cringe at the idea of spending hours and hours poring over minute details about minor leagues, I’m finding the book entertaining.

So entertaining in fact, that I want to join a rotisserie league this year. Usually I play in 3-6 different free Yahoo leagues, as well as a salary cap league on Sporting News. That one isn’t quite rotisserie though, because anybody can buy the same players. I’m researching the ‘better’ rotisserie leagues out there to try to find one to join, but suggestions are always welcome.