A one, a two, a three…Take me out to the balllll game.” Finally, the boys of summer are back at spring training. With familiar names like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Craig Biggio no longer in major league camps, the official stamp of, “You’re getting old” is starting to settle in. See, when I first started playing Fantasy Baseball in the early 1990’s, those three were the Alex Rodriguez, Johan Santana, and Chase Utley’s of today’s game. With each season though comes new stars, and this year’s new star in the world of Fantasy Baseball is RotoHog’s Fantasy Baseball game.

Let me be one of the first to welcome you to RotoHog’s 2008 Fantasy Baseball game. For the lucky few who got a taste of the game a year ago, welcome back. For the rookies out there, welcome to one of the fastest growing fantasy baseball games in the industry.

My name is Paul Greco, aka SmallMafia. Throughout the course of the season I’ll be your bench coach helping you with your rosters, answering your questions, and giving you strategy tips to help you succeed in the game. Each week you’ll see my blog posts as well as my grill in video’s to help you in your quest towards the championship and that 2008 Ford Mustang.

Over the course of the next few weeks as we all wait for that first pitch of the season, here are a few things to take care of, kind of like your spring training to-do list:

1. Make sure to get as many friends to sign-up as possible. Why? Because you get cool stuff for referrals and if they finish in the Top 5, you get $1,000. Easy money baby!
2. Read over the rules, not once, not twice, but three times. Remember, RotoHog’s Fantasy Baseball game is like no other game on the internet and there are some new rules and basic changes that make the game more fun and easier to play.
3. Head over to the baseball forum and introduce yourself to the gang. There is already a great bunch of Rotohog-a-holics that can help answer many of your questions.
4. Keep this e-mail address handy, paul@rotohog.com. If you can’t get an answer from anyone else, e-mail me. That’s what I’m here for. Remember, I’ll be your bench coach, the one you turn to for advice late in the game.
5. Finally, have a blast!

Well there you have Rotohog-a-holics, Fantasy Baseball has arrived, and it’s time for you to step up to the plate, dig in, point to the fences and see if you can knock one out of the park. Good luck.