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Fantasyland - by Sam Walker (Paperback)

Name: Fantasyland - by Sam Walker (Paperback)
Brand: Penguin Publishing Group
SKU: 90852959
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Every spring, millions of Americans prepare to take part in one of the oddest, most obsessive, and most engrossing rituals in the sports pantheon: Rotisserie baseball, a fantasy game where armchair fans match wits by building their own teams.
About the Author: Sam Walker is a senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal and appears frequently on ESPNews.
368 Pages
Sports + Recreation, Baseball

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About the Book

A "Wall Street Journal" writer spends a season in a fantasy baseball league to explore the inner workings and contagious passions of one of the country's most popular pursuits.

Book Synopsis

Every spring, millions of Americans prepare to take part in one of the oddest, most obsessive, and most engrossing rituals in the sports pantheon: Rotisserie baseball, a fantasy game where armchair fans match wits by building their own teams. In 2004, Sam Walker, a sports columnist for the Wall Street Journal, decided to explore this phenomenon by talking his way into Tout Wars, a league reserved for the nation's top experts. The result is one of the most sheerly entertaining sports books in years and a matchless look into the heart and soul of our national pastime.

Review Quotes

A vivid journey into baseball's bizarro world . . . Mr. Walker not only finds the humor in this world of the obsessed, he also finds the drama. (Dan Barry, The New York Times)

Brilliantly funny. (The Washington Post)

I have read many books on baseball, but none of them approach the delight, the zaniness, the lunacy, and the sheer reading pleasure of Sam Walker's Fantasyland. (Buzz Bissinger, author of Three Nights in August and Friday Night Lights

The most entertaining book ever written about pretend sports. (Chuck Klosterman, Play: The New York Times Sports Magazine)

About the Author

Sam Walker is a senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal and appears frequently on ESPNews.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.47 Inches (H) x 5.49 Inches (W) x .82 Inches (D)

Weight: .77 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 368

Genre: Sports + Recreation

Sub-Genre: Baseball

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Theme: Essays & Writings

Format: Paperback

Author: Sam Walker

Language: English

Street Date: March 1, 2007

TCIN: 90852959

UPC: 9780143038436

Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-2193

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 0.77 pounds

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