Tout Wars

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Tout Wars is the most high-profile fantasy baseball experts league and was the focus of the 2006 best-selling book Fantasyland. It was created in 1997 by Ron Shandler who was fed up with the lack of promotion USA Today gave its annual LABR fantasy baseball experts league.{{cite news | first=Sam | last=Walker | title=Fantasyland | date=2006 | publisher=Viking | url=http://www.fantasylandthebook.com/ | pages =145 | access-date = 2007-07-17 }} The drafts are conducted each year in late March shortly before the MLB season and include a 12 team AL-only league, a 13-team NL-only league and a 12-team mixed league (added in 2005). Tout Wars was featured as the subject of a 2010 documentary called "Fantasyland" based on the book.{{cite news | first=Will | last=Leitch | title=Are There Still People Who Think Fantasy Baseball Is Strange? | date=2010-03-30 | url =http://nymag.com/daily/sports/2010/03/fantasy_baseball_is_becoming_more_important_than_real_baseball.html | work =New York Magazine | access-date = 2010-03-31 }}