Dreams come true \
in baseball league 1
By Connie L. Sheehan
Senior Editor
Four years ago, Kirk Lehl joined
the ranks of about 100,000 other
baseball enthusiasts across the
United States who own and man
age their own major league base
ball teams.
After hearing of a friend's ex
periences, Lehl decided to form
his own Fantasy Baseball League,
an imaginary league with fantasy
teams.
"It's also known as Rotisserie
Leagues — named after a restau
rant in New York where the (imagi
nary) drafts first started," he ex
plained.
Lehl said he came up with a
league system that works well,
although variations of the hobby
exist an over the states.
The league starts with a player's
draft, Lehl said.
Lem saia nine parhcipants
(owner/managers) draft from real
American and National League
baseball players, choosing 30 as
members for their fantasy team.
One of the major variations
between our league and the Rotis
serie Leagues is that the Rotisse
ries usually bid for their players
during the draft, he said. In the
league the winner of last season
has the choice to go first in the
draft, then teams talce turns.
"Whatever happens to that
player in the regular leagues
happens to the player on your
team," he said. If a player hits a
home run, then he is credited with
a home run for the fantasy team.
Each play is worth so many
points, Lehf explained. A home
run might be worth threepoints, a
single worth one point and a strike
out worth so many points.
The season is divided into 13
rotations, a rotation being equal to
two weeKs, Lem saia. roints are
accumulated during each rotation
and the team that wins the most
rotations also wins the season.
Lehl said that later in the "sea
son," a few more players are added
to each roster and the managers
can trade players like the regular
leagues.
wlt both your first-base players
are injured, the manager can trade
for a nealthy one," Lenl said.
Lehl saia he used to accumu
late the players' statistics during
the season by hand.
"Now I use the USA Today
computers," he said, explaining
how ne phones the computer serv
ice by modem. "It does cost but
it's 1,000 percent easier."
Basically, there is no cash re
ward for winning the season, he
said, but the winner does get to
join the league for free the next
season while the runner-up pays
half price.
Lehl said the $55 fee covers the
cost of computer time, postage and
his time to process the informa
tion for the teams.
Lehl calls his Fantasy league
the "Baseball Fanatics League,"
which consists of three separate
leagues. The "Ernie Banks League"
met Tuesday night for their draft.
Walking into me Lehl basement,
the managers were greeted by the
Tuesday night ESPNoaseball game
on the big screen television. Wait
ing for tne managers were Xerox
copies of baseball statistics, a list
of eligible players and other base
ball publications.
Manager Wayne Westin arrives
decked appropriately in a Cub's
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