So I am in my local grocery store...

[Gregg]

I glance at the magazine rack and what do I see? The first Fantasy Mag of the year!

I actually thought it might be left over from last year. Nope! Lindy's Sports Fantasy Baseball 2012.

I balked at the price of $7.99. Then again it is the first ragmag of the year! Yep I bought it.

It looks like they upgraded the paper stock. Glossy pages not newspaper.

Now Lindy's is not my favorite, in fact it may be my least favorite. Given choices I might not buy it. Coming out first I really could not help myself. Pretty good marketing strategy. From the little I have read, it seems that they may have upped their game a bit as well.

[BigJonEmpire]

Sweet. I would never use them to draft, but I love reading the fantasy mags.

[roadtrip68]

So does this make it the annual "magazines to hit the racks" thread? I am telling myself not to go to B&N unless I want to be one of those annoying people who stand there and read the magazines all day without buying them. I just can't bring myself to buy Lindy's.

[SeaDogStat]

Sporting News Fantasy Baseball Mag is out as well.... A leaguemate just called me to say he picked it up. He saw Lindy's last week but would not buy it.

[roadtrip68]

Sporting News Fantasy Baseball Mag is out as well.... A leaguemate just called me to say he picked it up. He saw Lindy's last week but would not buy it.

Ok, I might break down and get the SN. I always enjoyed buying that one anyway. Of course you could just be trying to get me into the store to look at that damn Lindys.

[Sharky]

Ok, I might break down and get the SN. I always enjoyed buying that one anyway. Of course you could just be trying to get me into the store to look at that damn Lindys.

Probably right. But you just read it for the articles, right?

[roadtrip68]

Shoot, anything that comes out In January I'll read every damn word in it. Even the stuff on the American League.

[Sharky]

Shoot, anything that comes out In January I'll read every damn word in it. Even the stuff on the American League.

Couldn't have put it better myself!! Especially your point about the AL!

[Gregg]

Sporting News Fantasy Baseball Mag is out as well.... A leaguemate just called me to say he picked it up. He saw Lindy's last week but would not buy it.

I like Sporting News. I have to go to my annual salesmeeting on Tuesday. It would be nice to have this for the flight. Unless of course I happen to pass by a B&N today.

[Gregg]

Sweet. I would never use them to draft, but I love reading the fantasy mags.

I love them too. I have been known to take a peak inside on the drive home.

[DJBeasties]

I like Sporting News. I have to go to my annual salesmeeting on Tuesday. It would be nice to have this for the flight. Unless of course I happen to pass by a B&N today.

I wish flights would allow you to select seating by interest.

"There is a an open seat next to a passenger who likes to discuss fantasy baseball and beer, would you like to select that seat?"

Yes.


I always end up next to boring people who I wish were into sports. I did get to sit next to Jim Koch, the brewmaster of Samuel Adams beer once and that was the greatest flight ever.

Agree on the mags. Though I AM the guy pilfering mags at B&N and sitting over in the cafe drinking coffee and reading every detail.

[madducks]

Picked up the Rotoworld/Beckett magazine today at Wal-Mart.

So far i have seen these on the shelves:
Sporting News
Lindy's
USAToday
Rotoworld/Beckett
MLB

Also spotted this one on ebay:
Major League Baseball Yearbook & Fantasy Guide (Harris Publications)

[Lucky]

There's something about that first magazine to hit the rack.

In the olden days, before internet sites and the ubiquitous fantasy mags, we used to celebrate when Bill Mazeroski's Baseball annual. I've driven 50 miles one way just to find one.

[TranaGreg]

In the olden days, before internet sites and the ubiquitous fantasy mags, we used to celebrate when Bill Mazeroski's Baseball annual. I've driven 50 miles one way just to find one.

maybe not 50 miles, but I went way out of my way back then too ... I knew the first store in Toronto that would get Maz's in, a couple of weeks before anywhere else.

[Erik]

I had a tough time finding Sporting News, which I prefer because of how the player capsules are organized. Finally found one yesterday at a Barnes & Noble near my in-laws, and they had exactly one copy that was stuffed way behind other mags.