Lenny’s Fantasy Sports History and Credentials
Lenny Melnick/Irwin Zwilling
1993 Hosted New York’s First Ever Fantasy Sports Radio Show on WGBB 1240am
1995 ESPN/Time Warner Consulted on First Rotisserie Pay Per View
1996 First Rotisserie Personalities to appear on National TV – MLB/Phoenix Communications
Pennant Chase with Fran Healy National TV Syndication
This Week in Baseball with Ozzie Smith Nationally Televised Two Years
1997 MLB Invited Guest at All Star Game in Cleveland to Promote Fantasy Baseball to Mainstream. Held
Symposium attended by over 1,000 at the Fan Fest
1998 Tout Wars was started by Ron Shandler, Lenny Melnick and Irwin Zwilling
2001-02 MLB.com/Radio ..First hosts of Fantasy 411 Radio Show – Broadcasting/Writing
Lenny Melnick
2008 President FantasyPros911..Broadcasting/Writing
2009 SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, Original Host for FantasyPros911 show in the 1st year of the Fantasy Sports Channel
2014 RotoXperts.com – Broadcaster on SiriusXM / Created Auction Values For Yearly Draft Guide
2014 FNTSY/Anthem Media First Fantasy Television Network – Consultant/Show Host/Regular Guest
2015 LennyMelnickFantasySports.com – A Fantasy Community of over 500 Participants, each promoting and assisting each other in Fantasy Sports and Sports in General
Other Awards and Accomplishments
Appeared in First LABR Draft 1993 – 1995/1996 Winners – Won Again in 2014 (18 years later)
2002 Melnick/ZwillingWinners Tout Wars
2009 Voted Internet Most Popular Personality
2001 Author of “Control The Draft” Formula
Responsible for Coining the Famous Phrases of “A Rookie Is A Rookie, Is A Rookie” and “Etch That in Your Kitchen Table”
Hello Everyone and Welcome Aboard!
After 30 years of playing Fantasy Sports and 23 years of reporting Fantasy Sports, I am proud to bring to you this website and a chance to become a member of Lenny’s Legion!!
I hope the dedication I provide will bring to you the most up to date information, opinions advice and entertainment, anywhere in print, on the radio or via a Podcast
The Podcast will be the HUB of this site as every day you will have easy access my Daily Podcast as well as Podcasts done along with many Industry stars and even Podcasts with the most important stars…YOU! Answer a Trivia or Current Sports question to win a few fun prizes just by listening to our Podcast
We will also feature Leagues for Baseball at the Arizona Fall League, as well as Fantasy Football and Season Long Fantasy Baseball. These Leagues are FREE for members of Lenny’s Legion
Baseball talk will be ALL YEAR round, as we will cover Winter Leagues as well as Winter Meetings as we keep tabs on player movement and development Talking will be made very easy with Chat rooms, forums and a little known tool called the telephone. Send me your number and a designated day and time or simply call the Lenny’s Legion 800 number!
You can have fun sending in pictures of your Lenny’s Legion Shirt as you sit in you Cave or War Room Send in pictures when you attend a game. We all have pictures of our drafts that are amusing and most of all, send a picture so we can really have a good laugh LOL
It’s all about Fantasy Sports and our love for the Sport itself We all thrive on competition, the bragging rights and the chance to make a buck Put that all together with having a ton of fun and I hope you enjoy!!
-Lenny Melnick
lennymelnick@gmail.com