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Fantasyland : A Sportswriter's Obsessive Bid to Win the World's Most Ruthless Fantasy Baseball by Sam Walker (2007, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100143038435
ISBN-139780143038436
eBay Product ID (ePID)48325146
Product Key Features
Book TitleFantasyland : a Sportswriter's Obsessive Bid to Win the World's Most Ruthless Fantasy Baseball
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFantasy Sports, Baseball / General
Publication Year2007
GenreSports & Recreation, Games & Activities
AuthorSam Walker
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight11.6 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsThe most entertaining book ever written about pretend sports. (Chuck Klosterman, Play: The New York Times Sports Magazine), 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 ), 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 ), 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), 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, 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 Augustand Friday Night Lights, A vivid journey into baseballs 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"), 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 ), 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 Walkers "Fantasyland." (Buzz Bissinger, author of "Three Nights in August" and "Friday Night Lights", 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"), The most entertaining book ever written about pretend sports. (Chuck Klosterman, Play: The New York Times Sports Magazine ), The most entertaining book ever written about pretend sports. (Chuck Klosterman, "Play: The New York Times Sports Magazine")
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
SynopsisA "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., 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., 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 nations 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.
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