Ben Franklin Project: What they’re saying — Fantasy baseball before computers

May 20, 2010

By: News-Herald Staff

“Now that I am older and in an online league of my own, I still check box scores one by one before I go to my league’s homepage to see how everyone did.” Dan Murphy

“I played about eight years before the Internet. I would either have to wait a whole week and buy the Baseball Weekly for the stats or get a piece of paper and pen, watch ‘SportsCenter,’ and do them manually.” Jayson Aponte

“I know one thing, I learned how to read a box score very early. A lot of kids now don’t realize what it was like. I got Baseball Weekly a lot. Also, there was nothing better than the ‘This Week in Baseball’ show on Saturday mornings. That’s where I got to know a lot of baseball players I’d have on my team.” Jerry Hites

“The amount of time I spent checking results would drive my wife crazy. I invited one co-worker to join a fantasy league, and he declined because he said, ‘My wife would kill me if I started playing again.’ It made me feel better knowing that my wife’s reaction was normal. She has learned the virtues of patience because of me, and I subsequently learned the virtues of taking her on vacation to the place of her choice.” Scott Francis

“I teach math, and I love looking at the stats that are associated with baseball. I still keep my players’ stats by hand for my 5×5 head-to-head league. It helps me get a feel for a players trends.” Francis

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