I had a conversation with a friend not but an hour ago about this exact topic. One of many we've had about the topic. What got me BACK into baseball so much was fantasy baseball, and I've converted a few friends onto being legit baseball fanatics through fantasy baseball as well, but most people I try and talk to about getting involved in fantasy baseball tell me the same thing casual fans say... "It's too long" or "I don't want to have to pay attention to it every day". What I hate is how toward the end of a fantasy season, some of my friends that are in the league stop paying attention because they have to focus on their fantasy football league. I won the championship in my league with all my friends and no one knew about it except the guy I was playing against and the two guys I converted into die-hards.