It really isn't that hard and the rewards are so much greater. If you have one team that is in a slump you can take solace in the fact that your other one or two are doing great. Remember, baseball is a game of streaks. I believe having more than one team will help managers calm that itchy, trading trigger finger

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How you ask? Since baseball is a game of streaks your team will inevitably hit a slump. You will, as the manager, be looking for a scapegoat. You will try to trade Bernie Williams or Raul Mondesi because they are in an early-season slump. If you had another team to focus on perhaps you would let these slow starts go by instead of trading them away for much less than they are worth.

You could sleep safely knowing that you had Chipper Jones on your other team who was absolutely scorching out of the gate this year. Also, it is great to have some of the same players on your teams. For instance, I have Al Leiter on three of my five teams. Last night he pitched a complete game shutout with seven Ks. That accounted for some serious points. And it was great having him on thre different teams. But I still think you should have some diversity among your teams to balance yourself out. I tend not to follow players who are not on my teams, which is detrimental to my overall knowledge of the game and its players. I won't even look at a box score if the two teams don't contain one of my players. That is why having many different players on different teams is a great idea. You follow all of baseball, not just one league or a certain team.