Last year was the first time in about 10 years that I didn’t do fantasy baseball. It was a relief for me.

Now as most of you know, baseball is my favorite sport and naturally fantasy should be something I do. But last year I didn’t re-join my old league and I enjoyed the summer so much differently. Even though I do keep tabs on players, I didn’t have to worry about stats or anything. My nights of studying up matchups ended.

I would have joined this year if I had more friends that wanted to do it, but not enough people care about it and have the desire to go through a long season. Also, I don’t like joining public leagues so again this year, I am giving it a break.

My enjoyment of baseball is better now and maybe in the future I’ll come back. But after the fun I had last season watching the A’s, I think I’ll be OK with another year without worries.