Wednesday, January 25, 2006
$100,000 Prize Offered
Participants in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship, to be held simultaneously March 17-19 at the New York Hilton in Manhattan, the Donald E. Stevens Center in Chicago, and the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas, will compete for scores of cash awards including a $100,000 grand prize. Contestants will break into 22 5x5 leagues of 15 teams in this third annual such event sponsored by F & W Publications of Cincinnati.
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Doctor X -- the 'Baseball Medic' -- is an anonymous U.S. government trauma specialist with a Duke University sports medicine background and more than 20 years experience in emergency medicine. From time to time he considers MLB rumors, events and news reports as they pertain to baseball players' injuries, illnesses and various other disabilities, both on the field and off.
MLB Rumors editor Greg Fieg is a former sports news editor and award-winning writer whose bylines have appeared on the wires of the Associated Press and in numerous publications, including San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, Houston Chronicle and Philadelphia Bulletin. He formerly was posted in various positions on the U.S.-Mexican border with Freedom Newspapers, and was a regular, independent contributor to United Press International.