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Ron Shandler's Creations, Past and Present
The Fanalytic Rules
- Draft skills, not stats.
- Once you display a skill, you own it.
- This is not a game of precision. It is a game of human beings and tendencies.
- This is not a game of projections. It is a game of market value versus real value.
- Exercise excruciating patience.
- It is easier to be crappy than it is to be good.
- Chronically injured players never suddenly get healthy.
- Right brain dominance has a very long shelf life.
- Poor second halves don't get recognized until it's too late.
- The two strongest forces on Earth are gravity and regression.
- 100% of winnings must be spent on significant others
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You don't need 12 people to form a league. You don't even need 10, or 8, or... Open your mind to the power and joy of mini-leagues! #fantasysports #fantasybaseball
📘 Fantasy, Reconstructed: Innovative formats, fresh rules, new ways to play.
👉 Learn more & order: https://ronshandler.com/fantasy-reconstructed/
Whether your fantasy league works like a college frat house or a Harvard honor society, you want a format that fits that particular personality. Don't resign yourself to default settings - craft your own experience.
#FantasySports #FantasyBaseball
📘 Fantasy, Reconstructed Innovative formats, fresh rules, new ways to play. 👉 Learn more & order: https://ronshandler.com/fantasy-reconstructed/
Everybody has a "first time" playing fantasy sports. Don't you want your first time to be special?
#fantasysports #fantasybaseball
Fantasy, Reconstructed:
Innovative formats, fresh rules, new ways to play.
📷 Craft your own experience here:
https://ronshandler.com/fantasy-reconstructed/
Do your league standings always separate into the "sharks" vs the "guppies"? There are fixes that encourage more parity...
📷 Fantasy, Reconstructed – you have the power to create fairer, more competitive leagues
📷 https://ronshandler.com/fantasy-reconstructed/
📷 Fantasy, Reconstructed – you can fix it!
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What is the one rule in your league that you'd love to change? #fantasysports #FantasyBaseball
My favorite rule to change is to have a common currency for drafted players, reserve and free agents - dollars! You get ~$400 to spend on players, no matter when you roster them.
This is the thought experiment that set me on the course to write *Fantasy, Reconstructed*.
The ideas evolved over years writing for ESPN Fantasy, USA Today, The Athletic—and of course, BaseballHQ.
But here’s the part that still gets me:
If fantasy sports had evolved
For me, it probably means shorter seasons, more formats, and fewer leagues dying from inertia.
So, my hardly-photogenic self has decided to forge a new promotional path. Here is the first of 18 short videos discussing how my new book can improve decision-making. #fantasysports #FantasyBaseball
📷 Fantasy, Reconstructed – break the rules, build a better game
📷 https://ronshandler.com/fantasy-reconstructed/