Statistics will begin to flood the databases of Web sites like ESPN's Sportszone , CBS SportsLine and the free and increasingly popular Small World Sports . George Ruhe for The New York Times Dave Hall left his job as an investment portfolio manager and founded a Web site for gamers. The mode of play is simple and players can draft a full team in about 30 minutes. The game has seen a huge increase is users. Small World followers are so devoted that a group of them met at Yankee Stadium for a real game last season.
Few things move smoothly from the real world to cyberspace, but fantasy gaming is a notable success.
A recent survey by Cyber Dialogue, a research firm, showed that 34 percent of adults who use the Net regularly play some type of game on line. Those who scoff at the notion that a Web baseball game might be a drain on corporate productivity should consider the case of Dave Hall. A successful investment portfolio manager from West Hartford, Conn., he drafted his first Small World team on the Web last season. Related Sites Following are links to the external Web sites mentioned in this article. These sites are not part of The New York Times on the Web, and The Times has no control over their content or availability.