About Toby Mergler

Toby Mergler is a law-abiding attorney, a comedy writer and a longtime baseball fan who somehow managed to not play fantasy hardball until the 2008 season. Last spring, MLB.com invited him to chronicle his rookie campaign in a weekly column, and "Welcome to the Show" was born.

Now Toby is back for Season 2 to continue his journey into the wild world of fantasy baseball and answer the all-important question: How exactly does one become an "expert"? Many people claim to have attained guru status, but nobody really knows how they got there -- and if they did at all. That will change by the end of the 2009 campaign, as Toby delves even deeper into the fantasy realm.

anytime to suggest roster moves or trades -- or to tell him just how badly he’s failing at his mission. He's lonely, he'll respond.

Welcome To The Show.