Baseball Courts Fantasy Crowd

Author Tony Horwitz didn't let something like being on the other side of the world stop him from fantasy baseball.

"My wife's from Australia, and we've lived there for long periods of time, so I've drafted my players twice from Sydney, where because of the time difference, I have to call at 3 a.m. and hang on the phone till 8 a.m. or so (noon to 5 p.m. EST)," says Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

"Luckily, a fantasy draft is a bit like a poker game: it generates so much adrenaline that you can stay awake, no matter what the hour. That being said, I can't shout as much as I normally would because I don't want to wake up my family. Also, the phone bill is painful." ...