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Manage fantasy sports teams from your iPhone with Y!Fan
I might be the only writer at Download Squad who's excited about this, but baseball season is just around the corner. That means fantasy baseball leagues are drafting now. Like a lot of sports dorks, my fantasy site of choice is Yahoo. Although they've improved their web interface over the years -- by adding drag-and-drop roster editing, for example -- it's still not fun trying to manage your team from an iPhone. That's where a third-party app called Y!Fan comes in.Y!Fan isn't pretty, but it (mostly) gets the job done. Although it's baseball season now, Y!Fan lets you manage your roster in other Yahoo sports, too. It doesn't support trades or add-drops yet, which is a big limitation, but it can save you some points if you're away from your computer and you need to put a pitcher in at the last minute. You can also use it to check player stats, and the all-important league standings. It's not perfect, but so far it's the only one out there.
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The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Zaven said 4:32PM on 3-11-2009
Or... here's a thought, just go to the yahoo website in safari.
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Jay Hathaway said 4:33PM on 3-11-2009
It's kind of annoying to move players around in MobileSafari. Why not use a free app instead?
Lee Mathews said 4:28PM on 3-11-2009
I'm in, Jay, as long as I can call my team The Isotopes!
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Enrique said 6:15PM on 3-11-2009
FINALLY! This needs to be made for Sportsline and ESPN too..
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Jason B said 1:18AM on 3-12-2009
Would *love* to see this for CBS Sportsline. Anyone know of good Symbian phone alternatives?
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sybgtwy said 9:21AM on 3-12-2009
Sportsline already has a fairly usable mobile website, accessible by Symbian browsers since 2003.
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