1. New Sport Media Demonstration: Fantasy Baseball Michael Tillery / Nathan Teada 89-286 Sport Communication & Technology

2. The invention of fantasy baseball John Burgeson in 1960 – Akron, Ohio Programmer runs simulations on IBM 1620 Use the players but doesn’t manage team as modern day fantasy baseball Rege Cordic Fall of 1961 Radio announcer for KDKA-Pittsburgh “calls” the fantasy game from Burgeson’s IBM printouts http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7793059/john-burgeson-ibm-computer-start- baseball-video-games http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7793059/john-burgeson-ibm-computer-start- baseball-video-games Dan Okrent in 1980 the basis for all modern day fantasy sports http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=8392996

3. MLB.com

4. CBS Sports – Official Fantasy Baseball Commissioner Game of MLB.com

5. ESPN – online videos and phone app

6. Real News on Fantasy Baseball

7. How to set up a League Tell everyone to log on to a site

8. League Format Rosters Drafts Autopick by computer Online Auction style Offline Playoffs Starts near the end of the regular season optional bye weeks One or 2 weeks for each matchup Keeper Leagues Can keep a set number of players from year to year

9. League Customization Rotisserie Against all opponents all season long. Receive points based on ranks within league Head to head each category same 10 stat categories, new opponent each week, receive a win/loss/tie for each stat category. Head to head most categories same 10 stat categories, new opponent each week and receive a win/loss/tie for the combined number of categories Head to head points new opponent every week and receive points based on performance 1 point for every base, 1 point for a run, 1 point for a stolen base. 1 point for a walk, 1 point for an RBI, minus one point for a strikeout. Pitchers have similar point value.