History



			History of the Lone Star FBL
			as told by Stephen M. Smith*

		The LSFBL was founded in 1995 via the joint efforts of Bill McIntosh, Colin Crothers, and Steve Smith, who had played in an unnamed fantasy league while at the University of Georgia, and decided that they missed it. Among the charter members were Bill, Colin (and his wife Doris, who had taken a job at Appalachian State University), Steve, Irv Culpepper, Peter McDonald (NGCSU), and Brian Clancy (who, ironically, is responsible for our league's name even though he is from Philadelphia and was notorious for making lopsided trades just to acquire his favorite Phillies). Early drafts were held mostly over the phone - we had yet to even hear of the "World Wide Web." Appalachian State's influence on the league began to grow with the addition of Doug Waring and Tim Ludwig in 1996, and the draft was held over e-mail. This was the year Tim drafted Derek Jeter and the Disastros drafted Alex Rodriguez. Within two years, these two players' performances convinced the other owners to demand revised freeze rules to prevent players from spending their entire careers on one person's roster. Dave Klein also joined the league in 1996, and was a pioneer on two fronts: (1) his ability to mine the internet for player info led to his 1997 title and served as a lesson to us all; (2) his constant rule change requests established a norm which has carried to the present (rule changes were uncommon in the earlier, UGA-only version of the league).

				League Owners
	Bill McIntosh 1995-1997 Colin Crothers 1995-1998, 2002 Steve Smith 1995 - present Irv Culpepper 1995 - present Brian Clancy 1995-1998 Peter McDonald 1995-1996 Tim Ludwig 1996 - present Doug Waring 1996-2008 Dave Klein 1996-1999 Steve Clarke 1998-present Tim Huelsman 1998-2007 Richard Smith 1999-2002, 2004-2006, 2008-present Rick Milleman 2000-present Julian Jolly 2001-2002 Art Sandoval 2001-2005 Kyle Waring 2001-2008 Jonathan Wetherington 2002-present Stephen Williams 2003-2006 Mary Ballard 2004-present Aaron Adcock 2007-present Joel Potter - 2009-present Mike MacGregor - 2009-present

* This obviously means that every statement will be slanted towards the Houston Astros, Texas Longhorns and Dahlonega Disastros. Take this information with a block of salt.

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