Yahoo Sports And SB Nation Fantasy Baseball Partnership
by Al Yellon on Feb 6, 2012 12:00 PM CST
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Pitchers and catchers report for the Cubs in just 12 days. The Cubs' first spring training game is on March 4, just 27 days away.
As teams begin to prepare for the season, so too do players of fantasy baseball. I've been playing in fantasy leagues since the mid 1980s. Truth be told, I haven't had as much time in recent years as I would have liked to pay attention to my fantasy teams. Those of you who have been in leagues with me know this, as my teams have pretty much sunk to last place and stayed there.
For those of you who do play, there's a choice of online providers. This is far different from when I started doing this and at first, we did all the stats by hand -- that meant once a week, at most, because otherwise it was way too much work. Later there were software packages, but those also had limitations.
SB Nation's partner Yahoo is one of the better providers of an interface to play fantasy baseball. After the jump, their pitch for having you sign up for a league on their site.
- Yahoo! Sports is the leading fantasy provider and home to the #1 Fantasy Baseball game available – all for free! It brings fans closer to the game and players they love with free live scoring, mock drafts, mobile apps, over 80 scoring categories, live and offline draft apps, and tools to manage your keeper league.
- Yahoo! Sports now offers the fantasy fanatic an even more competitive way to play, Pro Leagues are here! Join a Pro League for $20 or $100 and compete to win cash prizes. For those who dare to put some skin in the game.
- Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball '12 is easy and fun to play for the rookie or veteran fantasy user.
- Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball provides fans with top-notch information, resources, and expert advice.
- Yahoo! Sports provides pre-draft advice clips to help you draft the best team possible. Fantasy advice is also available throughout the season with bi-weekly video clips and weekly radio coverage on the Fantasy Freaks (every Friday 8pm-10pm ET).
- Fantasy baseball is the original social network, it is the way friends stayed connected over America’s pastime no matter where they were, Yahoo! Sports continues the tradition by letting fans talk smack talk, check'in, and chat on newly launched message boards.
Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball supports SBNation for its commitment to furthering America’s hardball obsession. As the #1 Fantasy Baseball game, players can count on Yahoo! to provide all the research, stats, live scoring, video highlights, and mobile apps to make this season the best yet. Game opens 2/9/12 – Sign up!!!
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Been using Yahoo! since 2006 for Fantasy Baseball
as well as ESPN and CBS. Yahoo! is by far the best, except for keeper/dynasty leagues, though I’m told they may have improved on this for 2012.
Yeah I've always liked Yahoo too.
Once they went to free live scoring that was the clincher.
Harry Caray: Marshall is going back to LA to get cocaine for his injured foot.
Steve Stone: Harry, that’s Novocaine.
by Julio Zuleta's Voodoo on Feb 6, 2012 12:59 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
My friends and I do a dynasty league through Fangraphs fantasy site Ottoneu.
It just started last year, and definitely had some rough patches, but by the end it was a pretty awesome platform. They do 40 man rosters (with 12 teams, that’s quite a lot of depth) including full access to the minor leagues.
We do a $400 auction league, and it’s been really interesting so far.
Yahoo started dynasty leagues last
year. I’m in a dynasty league and I really like it. I can’t wait until it opens tomorrow.
by Cubsfan Waveland on Feb 8, 2012 3:23 PM CST up reply actions
Would love to join a league with fellow BCB'ers if you have room, or want to create a new one. Thanks! Kevin
"Hey Hey, Holy mackerel, no doubt about it,!"
check my post below...
Fukudometer: Created 3/31/08 Wrigley Debut 4/5/08 WGN and Japan TV Debut 4/6/08 Sun Times Debut: 4/20/08 Coffee Table Debut: 7/17/08
Just an FYI
That link you provide to sign up isn’t working.
"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07
It worked here...took me to Yahoo Fatasy Baseball homepage...
…it’s not open for sin-ups yet. Tomorrow, I think it said.
Damn - I was most curious as to what a "sin-up" was...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Never mind...
turns out I’m an idiot and forgot that my work firewall doesn’t allow known fantasy websites. Now, the unknown ones… :)
"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07
I used to love fantasy sports, until it got blocked at my work.
For some fans, Kerry Wood is that dollap of pumpkin paste.
ha - just posted the same thing
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
I've run a FBB site for BCBers for the last 3 years.
I’ll be inviting the old managers back this year, but I’m sure we’ll have some open spots.
Free league, most managers are somewhat active.
Fukudometer: Created 3/31/08 Wrigley Debut 4/5/08 WGN and Japan TV Debut 4/6/08 Sun Times Debut: 4/20/08 Coffee Table Debut: 7/17/08
(I'll post it on the fanshots when I create the league)
Fukudometer: Created 3/31/08 Wrigley Debut 4/5/08 WGN and Japan TV Debut 4/6/08 Sun Times Debut: 4/20/08 Coffee Table Debut: 7/17/08
If you have room, I'd like to join in this year. Thanks
"Hey Hey, Holy mackerel, no doubt about it,!"
by scottsdalecubs on Feb 6, 2012 7:53 PM CST up reply actions
I was a past manager, if there's an opening I would rejoin.
Didn’t play last year due to starting a dynasty league. Oh… and having a kid. One of those took up a lot of my time, can’t remember which.
I've been in your league twice
Admittedly I didn’t do well my first few seasons because of relative inexperience, but I’m ready to go back! Hope we have another awesome season.
by Azul Cachorro on Feb 6, 2012 5:06 PM CST up reply actions
I'd like to join this year
I played the in the football league with you this year, but didn’t play in the baseball one last year. Would like to this time around.
Also, I suppose Yahoo delayed opening it for who knows why, but it says it should open today, now.
There is a SBNation site for fantasy sports called "Fake Teams"
For a few years it was a desolate wasteland. It seems like it’s picking up some steam….
Fukudometer: Created 3/31/08 Wrigley Debut 4/5/08 WGN and Japan TV Debut 4/6/08 Sun Times Debut: 4/20/08 Coffee Table Debut: 7/17/08
odd time to run this
since their games aren’t live for 2012 yet
follow me on twitter for fantasy sports analysis @http://twitter.com/DrewDinkmeyer or get the full analysis at www.fantistics.com
by DartmouthCubsFan on Feb 6, 2012 3:04 PM CST reply actions
The signup date for this deal starts tomorrow.
That’s why it runs today.
Join us for complete MLB coverage at SB Nation's Baseball Nation
why not run it today?
would seem to make more sense than to promote something that isn’t available yet
follow me on twitter for fantasy sports analysis @http://twitter.com/DrewDinkmeyer or get the full analysis at www.fantistics.com
by DartmouthCubsFan on Feb 7, 2012 8:46 AM CST up reply actions
I'm all for capitalism...
but I miss the days when BCB was just pure content from a passionate Cubs fan, not someone looking to fatten his pocketbook.
It still is...
Al doesn’t do this for free nor does the site host itself. They need some sort of sponsorship to pay the bills.
by mikeschieve on Feb 6, 2012 8:27 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
This is a very odd personal mission you seem to have undertaken.
"[The Cubs] have a very famous tradition in baseball, and it will be nice to be part of turning it around." ~ Jamie Quirk, Bench Coach
Yes. These posts four times a year
Really have me bent out of shape as well. After all, why should a site that doesn’t charge you for membership be allowed other ways to earn income?
For some fans, Kerry Wood is that dollap of pumpkin paste.
by Nunyabidness on Feb 17, 2012 9:45 AM CST up reply actions
yeah, but everybody knows you can't hit a curve ball...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Dewitt
On another great note… Dewitt just got DFAed
by wyldjimme on Feb 6, 2012 4:09 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Once the hospital I worked at
blocked Yahoo sports I didn’t bother playing. In order to be a good fantasy baseball player you need constant access to your team.
Then they blocked BCB – that pissed me off. Game threads got my through the day
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
I use yahoo and have for years
And I’m bothered by this post. I understand how corporate America works. Still.
"Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off." ~ Bill Veeck
Follow me on the twitter: @DJFreddie10 . I like to talk sports
I've been using Yahoo since '07
It’s the simplest setup in my mind compared to the likes of ESPN, who decide to change every aspect of their system every damn year…
UMD Bulldogs: 2011 NCAA DI Men's Hockey Nat'l Champions; 2008 & 2010 NCAA DII Football Nat'l Champions
The junky reason to have a Yahoo account: Fantasy sports
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
by dtpollitt on Feb 6, 2012 9:52 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Err, 'only'
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
by dtpollitt on Feb 6, 2012 9:54 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
the only thing I do with my yahoo acct
is go delete spam. Cause Im weird like that
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
Yahoo does a good job
I think their app is definitely in need of tweaking, but I’ve been playing fantasy sports games through their site since 2000 and they do good work.
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
One of my favorite times of the year, every year, is when Yahoo Fantasy Baseball starts up
Been using them for my baseball, basketball and football leagues for over a decade now. By far the best in the business.
I’m a drafting degenerate, and I’ll struggle to limit myself to only 4 teams. One year I utterly broke down, showing no restraint while shamelessly drafting 16. I have no regrets.
I am a veteran of the Internet - I will suffer fools gladly. And then mock them. And then post cat pictures.
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