Saturday, February 11, 2006
Entrants Lining Up to Vie for $100,000 Prize
Remaining positions in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship may dwindle to 50 or fewer this week as contestants line up to compete for numerous cash prizes including a $100,000 award to the ultimate champion. Simultaneous drafts will be conducted at the Stardust Resort in Las Vegas, the Stephens Center in Chicago, New York Hilton in Manhattan and Hyatt Regency in Tampa March 17-19. Twenty-two 15-team leagues will vie for 15 league prizes of $5,000 each, plus $2,250 for second place and $750 for third place. The scoring will be 5x5 rotisserie style and options will be serpentine or auction style. The event is sponsored by FW Publications Inc., publishers of Fantansy Sports magazine. Further details are available at fantasybaseballchampionship.com.
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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.