OT: NFBC's Larry Bodin Co-Writes Fantasy Book
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:13 am
Larry Bodin is a longtime NFBC player and we're happy to let everyone know that he has co-written a fantasy baseball book with Dan Ostas called "The Perfect Game: A Guide to Winning Fantasy Baseball." Larry was kind enough to give me a free copy in New York and I wanted to pass along the info about the book to everyone here as well. Below is the press release. Check it out. 
Larry Bodin and Dan Ostas discuss many of the key aspects in playing and winning fantasy baseball in the unique, informative, and easy-to-read book, The Perfect Game: a Guide to Winning Fantasy Baseball. As Glenn Colton, fantasy baseball expert and 3 time winner of the League of Alternative Baseball Reality (LABR), wrote in the Foreword to this book:
The Perfect Game: A Guide to Winning Fantasy Baseball should be on all fantasy sports player’s bookshelves (or in this day and age, on their laptops and/or smartphones). Regardless of whether you are a beginner or a seasoned veteran, this book has something for you.
This book is divided into four parts plus the Introduction (Chapter 1). Part I presents the basic issues of organizing a league including the various scoring options, roster makeups, and performance categories that can be used. Part II examines data sources and statistics that Owners use in preparing for their league’s draft or auction. Part III discusses successful time-tested strategies that Owners use for selecting players for their rosters at the draft or auction at the beginning of the season. Part IV examines the issues of managing a team during the season including a detailed discussion of the Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB), strategies for making trades, and ethics in fantasy baseball.
The book’s Table of Contents is summarized as follows:
Ch 1 Introduction
PART I: Organizing a Fantasy Baseball League
Ch 2 Basic Issues in Organizing a League
Ch 3 Roster Makeup
Ch 4 Hitting and Pitching Categories
Ch 5 Activity Period and Whole Team
Ch 6 Scoring in Cumulative Category Leagues
Ch 7 Scoring in Head-to-Head (H2H) Leagues
Ch 8 Single Category Points Leagues
Ch 9 Internet-Based Scoring Services
Ch 10 Keeper Leagues
Ch 11 Draft Overview
Ch 12 Auction Overview
PART II: Preparing for the Draft or Auction
Ch 13 Data Sources and Statistics
Ch 14 Average Draft Position (ADP)
Ch 15 Estimated Auction Price (EAP)
Ch 16 Marginal Value of a Player
Ch 17 Data Grid
Ch 18 Adjusting for Unique Leagues
PART III: Auction and Draft Strategies
Ch 19 Colton and Wolf SMART Strategy
Ch 20 Bennett 6S Strategy
Ch 21 Christian BC Strategy
Ch 22 Bagging (or Punting) One or More Categories
Ch 23 Sweeney Gambit and the Stars & Scrubs Strategy
Ch 24 What Happens During an Auction
Ch 25 What Happens During a Draft
PART IV: Managing Your Team During the Season
Ch 26 Roster Adjustments
Ch 27 Free Agent Moves Without the FAAB
Ch 28 FAAB Process Basics
Ch 29 FAAB Process Strategies
Ch 30 Disabled List (FL-DL) Strategies
Ch 31 Trades
Ch 32 Ethics and Fantasy Sports
Glossary (16 pages)
Cast of Characters
About the Authors
Bodin and Ostas are avid fantasy baseball Owners. They have a combined experience of over forty-four years, often playing in more than one league per year. Playing both separately and as partners, each has enjoyed considerable success.
Bodin is Professor Emeritus of Decision, Operations, and Information Technologies in the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. Ostas is the James G. Harlow, Jr. Chair in Business Ethics and Professor of Legal Studies in the Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK.
This book can be purchased at the website, www.winningatfantasybaseball.com. Further information on this book can be obtained by contacting Larry Bodin by email at [email protected].
Larry Bodin and Dan Ostas discuss many of the key aspects in playing and winning fantasy baseball in the unique, informative, and easy-to-read book, The Perfect Game: a Guide to Winning Fantasy Baseball. As Glenn Colton, fantasy baseball expert and 3 time winner of the League of Alternative Baseball Reality (LABR), wrote in the Foreword to this book:
The Perfect Game: A Guide to Winning Fantasy Baseball should be on all fantasy sports player’s bookshelves (or in this day and age, on their laptops and/or smartphones). Regardless of whether you are a beginner or a seasoned veteran, this book has something for you.
This book is divided into four parts plus the Introduction (Chapter 1). Part I presents the basic issues of organizing a league including the various scoring options, roster makeups, and performance categories that can be used. Part II examines data sources and statistics that Owners use in preparing for their league’s draft or auction. Part III discusses successful time-tested strategies that Owners use for selecting players for their rosters at the draft or auction at the beginning of the season. Part IV examines the issues of managing a team during the season including a detailed discussion of the Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB), strategies for making trades, and ethics in fantasy baseball.
The book’s Table of Contents is summarized as follows:
Ch 1 Introduction
PART I: Organizing a Fantasy Baseball League
Ch 2 Basic Issues in Organizing a League
Ch 3 Roster Makeup
Ch 4 Hitting and Pitching Categories
Ch 5 Activity Period and Whole Team
Ch 6 Scoring in Cumulative Category Leagues
Ch 7 Scoring in Head-to-Head (H2H) Leagues
Ch 8 Single Category Points Leagues
Ch 9 Internet-Based Scoring Services
Ch 10 Keeper Leagues
Ch 11 Draft Overview
Ch 12 Auction Overview
PART II: Preparing for the Draft or Auction
Ch 13 Data Sources and Statistics
Ch 14 Average Draft Position (ADP)
Ch 15 Estimated Auction Price (EAP)
Ch 16 Marginal Value of a Player
Ch 17 Data Grid
Ch 18 Adjusting for Unique Leagues
PART III: Auction and Draft Strategies
Ch 19 Colton and Wolf SMART Strategy
Ch 20 Bennett 6S Strategy
Ch 21 Christian BC Strategy
Ch 22 Bagging (or Punting) One or More Categories
Ch 23 Sweeney Gambit and the Stars & Scrubs Strategy
Ch 24 What Happens During an Auction
Ch 25 What Happens During a Draft
PART IV: Managing Your Team During the Season
Ch 26 Roster Adjustments
Ch 27 Free Agent Moves Without the FAAB
Ch 28 FAAB Process Basics
Ch 29 FAAB Process Strategies
Ch 30 Disabled List (FL-DL) Strategies
Ch 31 Trades
Ch 32 Ethics and Fantasy Sports
Glossary (16 pages)
Cast of Characters
About the Authors
Bodin and Ostas are avid fantasy baseball Owners. They have a combined experience of over forty-four years, often playing in more than one league per year. Playing both separately and as partners, each has enjoyed considerable success.
Bodin is Professor Emeritus of Decision, Operations, and Information Technologies in the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. Ostas is the James G. Harlow, Jr. Chair in Business Ethics and Professor of Legal Studies in the Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK.
This book can be purchased at the website, www.winningatfantasybaseball.com. Further information on this book can be obtained by contacting Larry Bodin by email at [email protected].