richiebee Wrote:
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> The term "fantasy sports" brings to mind hours
> spent playing both APBA and Strat
> - o - Matic baseball board games in my early
> teens;


Fantasy? That was as real as it got in our neighborhood, short of fights braking out. Those were our summers, mixed in with actual baseball in the street. There were also roulette games in which the stakes were Topps baseball cards.

I have no doubt that one could trace a straight developmental line from there to the picnic area in Saratoga.