Fantasy Nostalgia? Did you start Roto in the 90's?

[Absolutely Adequate]

I was a kid in the mid-late 80's and didn't have money for any of the fantasy leagues going around. So I rounded up my friends and we took turns being commish each year. We'd draft one day just before the season and then we'd play strictly points, basing our game out of the newspaper the next day. Trades were rare. Free agent pick-ups were unheard of.

I won every single year.

[The Natural]

I also started in the early 90's. I worked with the commish so I got the stats handed to me while most other owners had to wait for it in the mail. We did a lot by telephone. The ONE nice thing about it was I seemed to actually talk to other owners more often. Seems like all the talking is done on email now.

All the stats were done by hand. Back then you really appreciated your commish, not that I don't now. Commish's that did stats by hand put in a lot of time.

[The Natural]

Oh yeah. I think it was around 1996 when a guy took Robin Ventura in the first round. We are still laughing.

[Jivedude]

Oh yeah. I think it was around 1996 when a guy took Robin Ventura in the first round. We are still laughing.

The guys in my league laughed when a new guy took Javy Lopez in the first round last year! It doesn't look so bad now.

[The Natural]

Oh yeah. I think it was around 1996 when a guy took Robin Ventura in the first round. We are still laughing.

The guys in my league laughed when a new guy took Javy Lopez in the first round last year! It doesn't look so bad now.

Yeah, but he could have gotten him much later in the draft and picked someone else in the first. I doubt anyone else was looking to draft Javy prior to the 10th rd. Still a bad pick.

[Pedantic]

Seems like all the talking is done on email now.

What about IM'ing? That seems fairly comparable to the telephone.

[Jivedude]

Oh yeah. I think it was around 1996 when a guy took Robin Ventura in the first round. We are still laughing.

The guys in my league laughed when a new guy took Javy Lopez in the first round last year! It doesn't look so bad now.

Yeah, but he could have gotten him much later in the draft and picked someone else in the first. I doubt anyone else was looking to draft Javy prior to the 10th rd. Still a bad pick.

Yeah I don't think any of us were looking to draft Javy period!

[wrveres]

I started in 1988. We had a five-team league, using only the N.L. East teams at that time. Seems like Delino DeDhields was the big catch at that first auction. Anyway, we had no stat service. I would get the morning paper and compile our stats by hand from the daily boxscores. It was a great start, and I've enjoyed roto ball ever since.

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[Sticky Spice]

Thought I would resurrect this ancient topic for some more 80's and 90's nostalgia!

I rememeber one year we had our only $50 player ever - Barry Bonds. It blew our minds.

[J35J]

I remember the first time I really saw fantasy baseball in action...1997 I think...and it was in high school and my art teacher had 3-4 fantasy mags on his desk with the newspaper as well and he was going over all the stats and and trying to come up with trades, etc....I was blown away. Mr. Bowen was the best!