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10/20/20
- 2020 Playoffs - Quarterfinals - Games 2-5
posted
10/19/20
- Lineup changes are open again for anyone who wants to change
their lineups for the next week of the playoffs (the league
semifinals plus the start of the Gore Cup and the Bottom Feeder
Open). Deadline is Wednesday night, October 21 at
midnight Eastern.
- 2020 Playoffs
- Schedules for the league quarterfinals will go up later
today - I hope to have some results up Monday night
- In the meantime, some notes from the first round:
- In 520 7-game series across BWB, the low seed won
134 times (25.8%)
- Of 260 division winners, 25 were upset and did not
advance to the quarterfinals (9.6%). Most of these
were 3-4 seeds, but there was one top seed and and five
#2 seeds that didn't move on.
- 3 of the 4 division winners in Fenway Fenatics were
defeated. The Beer League lost 2 division champs.
10/18/20
- 2020 Playoffs - Round One Complete:
Games 5-7 posted
- Remember, in Round One, the division winners started
with 1-game lead before any games were played.
- For teams advancing to the quarterfinal round, your
deadline to change lineups is TONIGHT at midnight Eastern
- My goal is to be able to start posting quarterfinal results
by Monday night.
- If you lost, you'll now go into the Bottom Feeder Open -
those games won't start until we move to the league semifinals.
10/17/20
- OK, we're going to try this again. When I set up the
playoff scoring program to use expanded rosters, I missed a
change that I needed to make when copying the process from the
regular season scoring (using random games throws in some
twists). As a result, a significant number of spots that
had benchwarmers should have been filled by players from the
taxi squad and minors.
- So - we will re-score Game 1 to get it right
- The new Game 1 results will be on the site on Saturday -
probably late morning.
- Thanks to Jason Kiernan for noticing the problem.
If you see something you think is wrong, I always want to
know. In most cases it allows me to recheck and
confirm that everything works as intended, but it also helps
me find issues that need to be fixed.
10/16/20
- 2020 Playoffs - there will not be a game 2
tonight...
- Someone noticed that one of his taxi squad players
should have filled in the lineup instead of getting a
benchwarmer in the first game - I did some spot checking and
this happened at least a few times. I need to go back
in and fix that - and I may have to re-run Game 1 on
Saturday
- This doesn't happen often (or ever), but I'm actually
moving the next lineup deadline earlier.
I'll have at least 2 playoff games posted by late Friday and
we'll be done with the first series by Sunday. Any lineup
changes you have for the 2nd round are now due Sunday
night, October 18, at midnight Eastern.
- 2020 Playoffs - Brackets posted for the 1st
round of all 16 teams playing for the league championship.
- Sorry for the extra time - setting up two new rounds of
playoffs takes a bit of time to set up pages to display
those results and set it up for all the leagues.
- You can see the link to the playoffs on your league's
home page - however the fastest way to get there -
particularly if you have multiple teams, is from one of
these pages:
- I am still working on some set up tasks to adapt the
playoff scoring to allow for expanded rosters.
I am hoping to begin posting
results by Saturday. Look for the first 2 games
to be posted late Friday night.
- If you notice any problems or mistakes - like links that
don't work or pages that load the wrong league - please let
me know.
10/15/20
-
Week Ten Transaction
Results Posted
- There are no more transactions this season. There
may be certain pages that allow you to try to sign/cut
players/move players to IR, but we're currently setting for
Week 11 and normally you can sign players on Week 11.
If you get through to any transaction submissions, they will
be ignored this week.
- You can change your lineups again for the 2nd week of
the playoffs. The deadline is
Monday, October 19 Sunday night, October 18
at midnight Eastern
- See the season list of
deadlines
10/13/20
10/12/20
- I haven't explained the pitching rotation correctly enough
(and my opinion on that is backed up from the multiple questions
I've received), so let me try again.
- Note the
changes to the playoff format for the Covid-19 season of
2020
- All 16 teams are in the league championship tournament
with the 4 division winners seeded 1-4
- For the first round only, division winners will start
with a 1-0 lead in the series. The lower seeded team
must win 4 games to advance, while the division winner only
needs to win 3. This is a change that a few people
have suggested over the years for the "regular" playoffs
and, while I don't think I agree with that overall, in this
wide open season that seemed like a reasonable reward for
the division winner.
- So, will BWB just count game 1 as a win for the division
winner without playing it? Or will the division
winners play game 1 just like everyone else but with a 1-0
lead in pocket? To be honest, I don't yet know
completely how this will work.
- However, for your purposes, figure out your rotation
P1-P5 just like you normally would. We won't be
skipping the P1 spot - put your best pitcher in P1 (if
that's how you do it). P1 will start in the first game
your team actually plays.
- This way, particularly since I'm still working on the
seedings, you don't have to guess if you're playing a
division winner in the first round - and you won't have as
much time between the series to set your lineups after we
start playing,so you probably don't have to redo your
rotation for the next round.
10/11/20/
- 2020 Playoff
Tiebreakers - the first pass through this is to break ties
in the divisions and this is now posted. There may be
slightly different results when checking the entire league if
there are multiple teams with the same record - that's the next
step to determine.
10/10/20
- Still working on league tournament seeding and setup - so
I'll keep passing that time back to you - deadline for
playoff lineups extended to Tuesday night, October 13, midnight
Eastern
- To answer a question....with the new format for the Covid
season where division winners start the first round with a 1-0
advantage in games, which pitchers will play in Game 1....P1?
Or P2? - The answer - we'll start those series with P1 in
Game 1 and move forward from there (but there will only be a
maximum of 6 games played in those series).
10/9/20
10/7/20
- And we have our final division winners - Games 58 & 59
posted in Hall of Fame League and Motor City League -
See results
- You will have a chance to change lineups in between playoff
series - although once the brackets are set and ready to go the
time between deadlines may be shorter - perhaps only 2-3 days -
more to come as that becomes more clear.
- Reminder - you can set your pitching rotation without any
regard to when your pitchers last started in the regular season.
Each series in the playoffs is a fresh start for determining
games of rest.
10/5/20
- Tiebreaker Games - Week 9 continues - Games 55-57 posted -
See results
- See
standings for all leagues
- Around BWB
- 25 Two-way ties were broken by a single winner-take-all
game in Game #55
- 2 divisions had three-way ties and the first step for
resolving those is to play a 3-game round robin schedule in
Games 55-57
-
Hall of Fame League - Cobb Division:
California, San Diego, and Seventh tied
-
Motor City League - Greenberg Division: Bee
Em, Mt. Pleasant, Oklahoma tied
- In both leagues, the three teams all went 1-1 in the
round robin phase - the ties are not yet
resolved
- The next step is single elimination -
here's how that works and here's how the
pitching
matchups are different in this season
- For Hall of Fame League the teams are ranked:
- 1. California - 10-4 record against the
other 2 teams
- 2. Seventh (6-8)
- 3. San Diego (5-9)
- So it's San Diego at Seventh in Game 58.
The winner plays at California in Game 59 for
the division title
- In Motor City:
- 1. Mt Pleasant - 9-5 in the combined
head-to-head
- 2. Bee Em (6-8, 5-2 vs Oklahoma)
- 3. Oklahoma (6-8)
- Game 58 is Oklahoma at Bee Em. The
winner plays at Mt Pleasant for the crown
- It's been a bit of a challenge adapting the division
tiebreaking games to this Covid season, but I'm almost there.
The single-game tiebreakers are done as well as 2 of the 3 round
robin games in the 3-way ties. Nothing is posted yet, and
I still have some work to do in order for those games to show up
correctly - but it should all be up by this afternoon.
- Meanwhile, here are the
rule adjustments
for the tiebreaker processes
10/1/20
- For the 1-game playoffs, because St. Louis and Detroit
didn't get to Game 60, which would correspond to BWB Game 55,
I've decided that we'll do random MLB games for the batters and
bullpen stats for those games. Starting will be handled by
the next queued start for your P5 slot, which would be up next
in the rotation. The 3-team ties require a few extra games
beyond #55 to settle. This presents a challenge for
setting up the lineup and scoring - as the programs that handle
those for the regular season aren't designed to use MLB games
out of sequence. I'm still figuring out how to do that.
- Consequently, the deadline for setting playoff lineups is
extended, for now, until Wednesday, Oct 7 at midnight Eastern.
That may get pushed back again depending on my progress.
9/28/20
9/26/20
- As I write this, the doubleheader between St. Louis and
Detroit that would be made up on Monday is still not certain to
be played. If they do not play - which would mean they
don't play a game #59, used for BWB game #54, we'll still have
the final game of the season - without any stats from players on
either team.
9/22/20
- Players selected in the 1st round of the 2020 draft
are now included as part of the
BWB player list. Your first chance to
sign them will be in the Redistribution Draft in January 2021.
-
Week Nine
Transaction Results Posted
- Week
Ten Transactions/Lineups - for now setting the
deadline to Saturday, October 3 at Noon Eastern - this may
be extended depending on how long it takes for playoff setup
(with a completely unique format for 2020, there's going to
be a lot of manual work to do that).
- This is the FINAL week for transactions until the
winter:
- Week 10 transactions are limited to cuts and IR
moves in preparation for the playoffs.
- Usually you'd be making IR moves at this time of
year only to make room on your 26-man roster for other players in
the playoffs. We're using expanded rosters this
season for the playoffs, so this might not be needed as
much this season.
- However - this is your LAST CHANCE to cut
players who have a contract for 2021 and beyond
before roster carryover selections in December.
You must keep all players under contract as part of your
28-man carryover squad. If you have regrets about
a contract, you either have to cut the player now or
trade him away in November/December. Of course,
this also means you won't have him for any playoff games
past the first week.
- Your lineup changes this week are for the first week of
the playoffs - the first round of the 16-team bracket.
You may reorder your pitching rotation now without concern
for rest between starts between Week 9 games and the
playoffs.
- You will be able to change your lineup/rotation for
future playoff weeks. Dates TBD.
- Note - Week 8 was the last week to sign free agents -
all the existing web pages are set to close that off each
year in Week 25, not Week 9. I thought I got
everything, but a few signing attempts got through - those
were deleted. Same goes this week - if a page still
lets you try to sign players, those attempts will be
discarded.
- See the season list of
deadlines
9/21/20
- We had 5 teams clinch division titles during the last round
of games. Congratulations! Normally, every year I
post division champs and information plus a rundown of close
races around BWB. This season, everything is moving fast
and I'm not going to have time to put those up.
9/18/20
- Reminder - Contract Extensions are due this week
- deadline Sunday night at midnight Pacific. Here are some
updates/clarifications:
- You're doing this to save cash in future seasons
for players who will have higher salaries in 2022 and beyond
- You do not have to do this in order to keep players
- you will choose 28 players to keep on your roster in
December.
- You must have enough cash on hand to pay the full
contracts right now, up front.
- Any player under contract MUST be kept in December
when you make your roster carryover selections.
- You are not currently in a use-it-or-lose-it cash
situation. Any cash you have on hand at the end of
the season will be yours through the fall/winter.
You don't have to worry about maximum cash balances
until March/April 2021.
- Team cash - Your
cash
balances were just updated to include Week 6 game
results/placements. Week 7 games will be completed
before we process the Week 9 transactions - the
results/placements for Week 7 WILL count toward your cash
balances when signing contracts, but will not appear on the
website before the deadline.
- What happens if you try to sign more contracts than you
actually have cash for? (Say that you misjudge how much cash
you're going to get for Week 7). I checked in the
rules and on the blog and this isn't outlined, so let me
tell you how this has always worked:
- The first consideration is that I take care of next
year before future years - this theoretically will have
more immediate effect to your team, but might really be
to your disadvantage. So, if you try to spend too much money, everyone you attempt to sign for 2021 will take precedence
over future seasons (and 2022 will take precedence over
2023 and beyond - etc.)
- So, for example, you try to extend Byron Buxton
for 2021 for 577 and extend out to 2025 for Fernando
Tatis (2025 will cost you 6000) - but you are short
in cash by 100. The Buxton signing will go
through and the Tatis contract will only go out to
2024.
- If everyone is at the same extension year, the
second consideration is to give precedence to the player
with the higher current salary.
- Given a similar example, you try to extend Tatis
through 2021 for 881 and Buxton for 577, but you're
short in cash by 100. In this case the
extension for Tatis prevails. That's generally
what you'll want because the 2021 salary for Tatis
will be much higher than Buxton's. But beware
if Tatis is the lower-priced player in that
scenario.
- This is the same if you're extending multiple
people for multiple years and say, the trouble comes
with players extended to 2023 - the player(s) with
the higher 2020 salary will have precedence.
- If it comes down to players with the same 2020
salary, I'll try to use some judgment - Which player
will likely have the higher salary in 2021 (or the
extension year in question)? I'm not going to try
to do an actual calculation but will use my best guess.
- If multiple contracts have to be denied/cut back,
I'll always go back and see if once a contract is
stricken to get the team balance out of the red, can any
others be restored?
- There's generally too many people to work with -
I
don't go back to teams and ask which contracts they want
to keep/drop to keep the balance in the black.
Think carefully if your cash balances are projected to
go negative.
- It should be a bit easier this season - there are no
trades or free agent signings going on at the same time.
However, contract extensions are technically the last
thing to be processed in any week - if you are
submitting an IR move this week, the 250 charge for that
move will take precedence over the contracts.
Maybe save your IR moves until next week.
- You should always do a final
check on transactions
for all your teams and see the final balances.
9/14/20
- All teams just received an extra 1000 in cash to help with
contract extensions
- This is the final week to submit contract extensions
for 2021 and beyond
- There are no free agent signings allowed this week - only
cuts, IR moves and contract extensions
9/12/20
- Remember - transaction/lineup deadlines are now on
SUNDAYS.
- However - because I'm messing up some teams' plans by adding
Isan Diaz (see below) back to their rosters at the end of the
week, this week's deadline time is extended from Noon to
7 PM Eastern.
- Isan Diaz opted back in from sitting out all season.
He's been added back to his original rosters and available to
put into lineups for Week 8.
- His prorated salary for 2 weeks will be charged to the
teams.
- I think this only puts one team immediately over the
50-man limit (Mt. Airy in Geek Pride) - because he was added
so late, that team has a week grace period to get the team
back to 50 players.
9/8/20
- With Game 27, we've reached the halfway point of our regular
season
-
Playoffs in the Covid-19 world
- Clarification - Playoffs will use the expanded rosters
that we've been using for the entire season.
- Don't forget that the team with the worst 2020 record
will not automatically draft first in the 2021
Redistribution Draft.
Results of the playoffs will play a role in setting the
offseason draft order
- Deadline day change:
Transactions/Lineups are now due at Noon
Eastern on Sundays
- There are no more salary rebates for cut players this season
- Prospect Rosters are locked - you can't move anyone there
for the remainder of the season
- This upcoming transaction week is the final chance to sign
free agents for the 2020 season
- All orphan teams that are still unclaimed were awarded the
4000 in orphan cash (in normal seasons this happens in early
July)
9/4/20
- Upcoming deadlines - see the
season schedule of deadlines
- Monday, September 7 - this is the
final week to get a prorated salary rebate
for cut players and it's the last chance to move
anyone to the Prospects Roster
- Sunday, September 13 - at Week 8 we
shift to Sunday deadlines and this is the final
chance to sign free agents
- Sunday, September 20 - unlike normal
season when contract extensions end in July, this year you
can wait until this final week of regular season
transactions to sign players to extended contracts.
9/1/20
- I incorrectly calculated the financial awards for the
results and division placement in Week 1. See
league finances
- Financial updates listed for 8/29: reversed the awards
on 8/25 (Big Red Machine had no cash given out for Week1, so
nothing changed for that league).
- On 8/30 - credited the proper amounts for Week 1
- On 8/31 - Results of Week 6 transactions and Week 2
games
8/27/20
- Any remaining
orphan teams are free for the remainder of the 2020 season
and you'll also get the orphan rate for the team in 2021.
- We're down to just a few teams with zeroes:
- 2 teams still are 12-0: Underground from Beatleball
(Michael Quinn) and Lampoon's from Chevy Chase League (Jason
Kiernan)
- One final team is without a win: New Riverside from Gone
But Not Forgotten League (Dave Matter)
8/26/20
- Deadline day change:
Week
Six Transactions/Lineups due Monday, August 31 at 7 PM EDT
- This week is the trade deadline
8/25/20
- Entering our next set of games, there are 9 teams across BWB
with a perfect 9-0 record. At the other end, 8 teams are
still looking for their first win.
- Sorry for any problems that this may have caused in planning
your transactions - the salary rebate calculation for your
players in transactions was incorrectly showing an 80% rebate
for players you cut. This has been fixed to the actual
value of 44%.
8/24/20
- A few updates on the
Covid-19 rules covering team finances, first round
picks, BWB entry fees
- Quick note on the starting pitching stats for Week 2.
Because the deadline was pushed back for the Week 2 lineups from
8/5 to 8/8, the cutoff date for starts for players you moved
from some other roster spot to P1-P5 would also have been 8/8 -
anything before that would have been ignored. This would
have put a lot of teams in some tough positions for games.
So, I allowed starts from 8/5-8/7 that would have been included
with the original deadline. We should be on track the rest
of this season for staying on schedule, so this should be the
only time that's needed.
- A reminder that with the short season, we're fast
approaching some deadlines - see the
season schedule of deadlines
- Monday, August 31 - we shift to Mondays
for transaction/lineups at Week 6 and this is the
trade deadline
- Monday, September 7 - this is the
final week to get a prorated salary rebate
for cut players and it's the last chance to move
anyone to the Prospects Roster
- Sunday, September 13 - at Week 8 we
shift to Sunday deadlines and this is the final
chance to sign free agents
- Sunday, September 20 - unlike normal
season when contract extensions end in July, this year you
can wait until this final week of regular season
transactions to sign players to extended contracts.
8/23/20
- There's not a lot that can be told from 1 week - but here's our 1-page look at comparing
teams across all the leagues in the BWB universe:
Around BWB
8/21/20
- Week 5 transaction order is now set -
it's based on the standings after Week 1 games
8/18/20
- And we have Game 1
in the books! I usually just run one game to start off to
work out the kinks of the process in starting up for the new
season - check back on Wednesday night for more game scores.
8/17/20
- We have a season schedule! Check out
this week's games and a view
of your team's schedule for
the entire season.
- Some explanation of the schedule format:
- Originally, the plan was to have the final two weeks of
the season be games within your division. However -
seeing what's been going on with the game postponements due
to Covid-19 testing results - the idea of whether all teams
are going to get 59 or 60 games played seems up in the air.
Should too many teams fall short of a full 60-game season,
BWB will have to cut off a few games from the end of the
season.
- So, I pulled out the original Week 6 from the planned
schedule - the final week of inter-conference play - and
moved that to Week 9 - moving up the original Weeks 7-9 a
week earlier.
- It's not ideal - if we play the full 54-game schedule,
your last games of the season will not be in the division.
However, if we have to cut games - it allows us to make the
decision as late as possible and still keep your divisional
games at a full 6 games against each team.
- St. Louis has enough games played now for us to score BWB
games. I am trying to get that done as soon as possible!
I would expect right now that Tuesday night will be the
*soonest* I can get the first games up - it may take a little
longer.
8/13/20
- As mentioned below, the transaction order for Week 4 is now
set to a random order. Fingers crossed that this is the
only week we need to do that.
8/12/20
- Marcus Stroman was removed from all BWB rosters before
running Week 3 transactions as he opted out for the season due
to Covid-19. His salary was rebated a prorated amount or
his contract was extended by a year. He'll be returned to
his original rosters after the season.
- Stroman's choice has brought up the need for a clarification
to the rule of players
opting out - the provision that a player who opted out would
have his BWB contract extended another year was originally
intended with the idea that the list would close on Opening Day.
Looking ahead - if any players opt out in September, you've
already had him for about 2/3 of the 2020 season, so players
opting out after August 31 will not get a contract extension.
- In an email sent to all owners last week, I mentioned that
by Week 3 we are typically using current season standings to set
the weekly transaction order. It's usually 2 weeks apart -
so, for example, Week 1 standings sets the order for Week 3.
With the delay in St. Louis games, we haven't even started Week
1, let alone finished it.
- In the email, I said that for Week 3 we'd still use the
transaction order based on 2019 standings, but would likely
change that moving forward.
- Beginning with Week 4 (deadline 8/18), until we can set
transaction order based on 2020 standings, BWB will set each
week's transaction order via a random draw that will change
from week to week.
- In some cases the transaction order might be set a few
days after the transactions for the previous week post -
depending on further developments with the MLB schedule.
We are probably looking at a gap of more than 2 weeks
between standings and setting the order when we first start
out.
- For Week 4, the order will be random and will be posted
here on the website by Thursday night.
8/11/20
- I am getting close to posting a 2020 BWB schedule. I
have it all laid out - I just need to set it up for all 65
leagues. Just a peek behind the scenes: I use the same
basic 150-game schedule structure since 2000. And in a
normal season thanks to some computer programming I did years
ago, I can generate the full BWB season schedule in an hour or
two. To do a shortened 54-game schedule, I had to figure
out all the matchups first by hand, so that took me some time.
- Speaking of schedules...St. Louis still is hampering our
season. A couple of days ago I was ready to say we'll just
skip St. Louis or artificially change their game numbers to
allow us to start the BWB season. But on the off chance that
they start playing on Friday and try to make up many/most/all of
their games, then by the end of the season it would start to
match up better.
- Something to prepare for - if it turns out that a
significant number of the Cardinals games are not made up,
we may have to cut a
week out of the BWB season. We'll need 59 MLB games to
play 54 BWB games - and if St. Louis doesn't play all of their
games, that will mean that some of their opponents won't get to
59 games either, which would leave our final games missing
several teams' players. More to come on that.
8/8/20
- OK, so St. Louis has foiled our plans to be able to start
scoring games this weekend. The Cardinals have to play one
more game for us to be able to start the BWB season. Stay
tuned.
- We do have to keep up with our normal transaction deadlines
as the goal is to have you set lineups before most of the actual
game performances occur. This will mean we're going to be
flying blind a little bit in regards to your team's results by
the time you need to set lineups. This season will be
different in many ways.
- So prepare for a very short turnaround - I'll process Week 2
transactions on Saturday night and then the next deadline is
Tuesday night at 7 PM Eastern. After that we'll be to our
standard 6-7 days between deadlines.
- However, I'm going to be away from home a little longer than
I thought this afternoon - so I'll pass on that time to you -
the Week 2 transaction/lineup deadline is now 5 PM
Eastern today.
8/5/20
- You might be asking...when do we start playing
games?
- First, understand the Five Game Gap - if you're new to BWB or just need a
reminder, check out the explanation of
how MLB games map to BWB
games
- So we need to wait until all teams play MLB game #6 to
get to BWB game #1
- Based on the current MLB schedule, not accounting for
killer viruses or weather problems, it looks like:
- Miami and Philadelphia will play game #6 on
Wednesday
- St. Louis will play game #6 on Friday
- So - if everything goes well, Saturday will be the
first chance to score BWB game #1. However, with
my time on Saturday evening, I'll be working on the Week
2 transactions. (I will try, but cannot guarantee, that
game 1 results will be posted on Sunday)
- Maybe just pretend this year we're back in the old days
of Robot Baseball (for those of you who played our
predecessor game)...back in the 90s...when game results were
mailed out a week or two - or longer! - after you submitted
your lineups by mail.
8/2/20
- If there's any kind of announcement about an interruption of
the 2020 season by Monday evening, BWB will still process the
Week 1 transactions - however, there may be a push back on the
deadline.
- This has already been a crazy start to the season - and
based on what has already happened, we're going to have to be
flexible and sometimes play things by ear. I've attempted
to try to line up everything in advance, but things may change.
- Among the changes put in place is that players who opt out
throughout the season - not just by Opening Day - will be put on
the "Covid list." That and other changes/additions - like
the structure of the playoffs and the offseason draft order -
are found on the
Covid
2020 page.
8/1/20
- There's a lot up in the air and rumors of a shutdown of the
MLB season - I'm pushing back the Week 1 deadline to
Monday evening at 7 PM Eastern. For now - you
should still be working on setting your lineups for our first
games.
- Taxi squads will increase by 4 players immediately -
pushing rosters up to 50 total players. All teams
will get an extra 2000 in cash this week - there's more to come
on any additional cash distributed in the regular season.
- Nick Markakis is coming back off the Covid list - I'll be
putting him back on rosters this weekend. Isan Diaz is
opting out - I'll pull him off of rosters before processing Week
1 transactions. For our purposes, the "Covid list" will
apply to anyone who opts out before our Week 1 (BWB Opening Day)
deadline.
- Sorry - I created the list of teams who have to reduce cash
a couple of days ago, but didn't post it.
- After Week Zero transactions, teams should have had their
cash balances at or below 13000 (11000 + the 2000 extra cash
given to all teams). Like we did in 2019, teams will get a
final chance to get their balances below that number.
-
This is the list of teams that still need to get
balances below 13000
- These teams still have a chance to use their cash
before losing it.
- Because all teams have been given 2000 in cash for
Opening Day, the new maximum balance is 13000
- The teams on the list can only work their cash down
via contract extensions
- Use the normal contract extension form to
submit your choices
- Before we process Week 1 transactions, we'll run a
special contract extension round only. After those
extensions are processed, any of the teams that still
have balances over 13000 will be cut down to that amount.
- Then we'll move on to run Week 1 transaction
submissions as normal.
- The deadline to complete this is the same as the
Week 1 transaction deadline - Sunday night 8/2 at
Midnight EDT
-
Only the
teams on this list need to be concerned about this
7/25/20
- Reminder: your teams' cash balances need to be below
11000 after processing this week's transactions or the
balance will be cut down to 11000. Need to take a quick
pass again to see where you stand? Check out the
all my transactions page
which displays the estimated cash balance for you after this
week's
transactions (does not include the effects of any trades).
- And we've got a regular
season schedule for transactions and deadlines
- Week Zero deadline should have been Fri 7/24 and Week 1
should have been Wed 7/29, but with my delay in getting some
of the Covid measures in place and delaying the posting of
Week -2 transactions, we'll have some adjustments and will
have to have some short weeks to get back on schedule:
- Week Zero: due Tuesday 7/28 at midnight Eastern
- Week One: due Saturday 8/1 and extended to midnight
Pacific
- Week Two: due Thursday 8/6 at midnight Eastern
- After that, weeknight deadlines are 7 PM Eastern and
Sunday deadlines are noon Eastern
- Some other notes on the condensed schedule
- Salary rebates and assumptions decrease roughly 11%
each week, but the maximum salary rebate is 80% and
toward the end of the season, the minimum salary you'll
pay is 33%
- Trade deadline: Week 6 - Monday, August 31
- Final week for salary rebates: Week 7 - Monday,
Sept. 7
- Final week to add players to the Prospect Roster:
Week 7 - Monday, Sept. 7
- Final week to sign free agents: Week 8 - Sunday,
Sept. 13
- And in a weird season, you'll have all the way until
Week 9 to sign multiyear contracts (due Sunday, Sept.
20)
7/21/20
- Quick reminder - players who have opted out of the season
entirely have been pulled from rosters - and will show up now on
free agent rosters - but they cannot be signed as free agents.
Attempts to sign those players will be discarded. You'll
see "Covid" in the status column in the free agent list for
those players.
7/18/20
- Now on your roster page: If
you had players on your roster who opted out for 2020 and
removed from your roster for the season, they are now displayed
at the bottom of the page.
7/17/20
- Some changes on the site to accout for the Covid-19 rule
changes:
(there may be some missing things - let me know if you find any
problems)
- The warning message for Week Zero maximum cash balance
has been changed from 5000 to 11000
- The checks on roster limits and lineups should be OK now
to allow for: 46 total players / up to 10 players on the
Taxi squad / up to 36 players making salary over 250 / up to
24 hitters over salary over 250 / up to 22 pitchers over
salary over 250
- Transaction page should now allow you up to 8 rounds of
picks instead of 4 (good for the next 2 weeks)
- The lineup change page shows options for setting
expanded taxi squad slots for T5-T10
7/16/20
- Now posted -
How
will BWB function during the 2020 season of Covid-19?
- For those of you who have emailed or posted on Facebook
or various blogs, I've taken your thoughts into
consideration. I couldn't implement them all - some
were counter to my thoughts - some of you contradicted each
other - but many of them did play a role in setting up this
season.
- A large part of what I'm trying to accomplish is to have
a fun season in 2020 (if it lasts) without teams having to
completely blow up their rosters and long term plans.
- Some highlights:
- Players opting out for the 2020 MLB season were
removed from BWB rosters and will be returned after the
season - all transactions for these players in Week -2
were discarded. Their salaries have been refunded
for 2020 and any contracts extended for an extra year.
- Taxi squad will increase from 4 to 10; IR will
increase from 1 to 3.
- Transactions for Week -1 and Week Zero will allow
for 8 rounds of picks instead of 4.
- All teams were just given an extra 6000 in cash.
- The maximum cash balance your team can carry into
2020 on Week Zero is increased from 5000 to 11000 with
the new cash just provided.
6/21/20
- Week -3 transaction deadline pushed back to Sunday, June 28
at midnight EDT.
- First round draft picks? Some of you have asked when
they will be added to the player list. Like a lot of
things right now - this is TBD - but this won't happen in the
near future - probably not until after we reset the transaction
order again to reflect the 2019 season results.
6/11/20
- Sorry for slow posting of transaction results - a
combination of timing and technical issues. I hope to have
those up soon - the next deadline will NOT be this Sunday night
(a July 4 opening day seems impossible now).
5/20/20
- Thanks for your patience as we wait to see what's going to
happen with Major League Baseball in 2020.
- Obviously, there's not a June 1 start for MLB, so it's time
to readjust the preseason calendar.
- At the moment, we'll shoot for a July 4 MLB start date
as that's been one that's been thrown around a lot
- The next transaction week will have the deadline, as
previously scheduled, of Sunday, May 31 - so nothing you'll
need to do on Memorial Day weekend.
- After that, we'll schedule transactions again to be
weekly on Sundays, with a potential Week Zero deadline set
for Saturday, July 4. The Week Zero deadline typically
lines up with Opening Day - so we'll be flexible with that.
- This adds 5 more weeks of transactions.
- All previous transaction weeks have been renumbered
by 5. Week -11 is now Week -16, and so on.
- The deadline just passed on 5/17 is now Week -6 (I'm
working on those transactions tonight)
- The next deadline on 5/31 is now Week -5
- The schedule for the regular season will be
determined once we know when MLB will start and how many
games will be played.
- If Opening Day is stretched out past July 4, we'll
adjust deadlines accordingly with more time in between them
- my hope is to not have to renumber again. If there
is no baseball in 2020, then we'll figure out what comes
next.
- See the
updated schedule of transaction deadlines
5/6/20
- So, what happens in BWB for salaries in 2021 and for
multiyear contracts?
- At this point, any major decision/change will have to
wait to see what MLB will do - but for 2021 salaries:
- If MLB plays some sort of schedule in 2020, we'll
probably adjust the salary formulas to extrapolate the
reduced stats to be equivalent to 162 games. Most
of the components of the salary formula are based on raw
stats - the number of games, plate appearances, innings
pitched, hits, etc. - There's one 1 or 2 components that
are average-based.
- If MLB doesn't play at all in 2020, this is still
TBD, but my general feel is that 2021 salaries will then
be exactly the same as 2020 salaries
- How about multi-year contracts?
- Much like in MLB, if a contract expires in 2020,
it's done. We're not going to extend any
expirations for contracts.
5/5/20
- Meanwhile, with at least a glimmer of hope that there will
be a partial MLB season to be played in 2020, we're looking to
fill up 2 more new leagues:
- British Invasion League is a league drafting via the
list format - we need to fill 4 more teams
- Mile High Leauge will use live drafting - we need to
fill 5 more teams there
- See our
list of new
leagues for 2020 for more information along with
links to sign up to take the teams.
- Or, we still have a number of
orphan teams
available who need good new owners ready to take them over
and build them back to playoff contenders.
3/29/20
- Big Red Machine League Draft - Phase Two Draft, Part
Three is
complete
- See the league
draft index for more information
- Rosters populated and finances updated
- The Phase 2 draft is now complete - your league moves
into weekly transactions (next deadline is Sunday 4/5).
3/27/20
- BWB Plans and Schedule Updates
- We're still in a holding pattern to know what's going to
happen with the MLB season. Until that's announced, we
can't do much more than speculate what that will do to the
BWB season and schedule.
- Had we been on the normal schedule, Thursday would have
been "Week Zero" - the date at which all teams must have a
legal roster and the last chance to add any players for BWB
Opening Day. The Week One deadline was to be next
Thursday, April 2.
- Thursday night we just posted the results of what was
originally supposed to be
"Week -2" - meaning that if we hold with the schedule
format, there would only be 2 more transaction weeks (-1 and
Zero) before Opening Day.
- Just as a guess, I can't see the 2020 MLB season
starting before June 1, although a lot of opinions would put
it much later than that.
- So we're going to make some adjustments:
- Add 3 more preseason transaction weeks. To do
this and make the records/history work out, all the
previously posted transaction weeks were changed by 3.
Starting with the roster carryover choices, which were
marked as Week -8 - they have been converted to Week
-11. And so on.
- Space things out a bit. There's not a lot to
act on right now. Some teams may be ready to go.
Some teams might be out of cash. I have a lot on
my plate personally. We don't have to
do this every week. So the remainder of the
preseason will be scheduled, for now, every two weeks.
- This updated schedule
of transaction deadlines is geared toward a June 1
MLB Opening Day. We'll adjust as the situation
changes.
- The schedule for the regular season will be
determined once we know when MLB will start and how many
games will be played.
- What else will we do before MLB starts up again?
- We still plan to draft 2 more new leagues - one list
draft and one live draft.
- I hope to have some postings up to discuss some rule
change suggestions.
- And I'm kicking around the idea of holding some kind
of preseason tournament for all BWB teams using 2019
stats. But, the structure of the BWB season is
automated - to now try to set up a structure and play
the games for over 1,000 teams might be too much for me
to attempt. More to come...
3/12/20
- Obviously, with today's news of a delayed start to the MLB
season, we're going to be in somewhat of a holding pattern.
- Yet to be determined is whether the affected games in
March/April will be made up or cancelled outright.
- We'll look at the adjustments to the BWB schedule once
we have definitive news from MLB on its plans.
- For now, Week -2 Transactions submissions will still be
due on Sunday, 3/15. After that, we'll take a look at
the schedule and maybe go at a more relaxed pace.
- I would still like to start up 2 more new leagues for
2020 - one with a list draft and one with a live draft, but
we'll see how that progresses. That's probably the
limit for what we can kick off this season.
3/9/20
- Welcome to Benchwarmer Baseball - It's
a unique form of fantasy baseball as we play 150 individual
head-to-head games in a season simulated from daily MLB
stats - this isn't a Rotisserie game.
- New leagues to start in 2020 are open - sign up now!
- This is fantasy baseball 365 days a year.
Teams have cut down their 40-man rosters to
a maximum of 28 players that they can carry over onto
their 2020 squads. And they participated in the
Redistribution Draft that gives teams with bad records
in 2019 a good advantage in rebuilding. For the
next few weeks, they'll be putting their finishing
touches on their 2020 opening day rosters with free
agent signing and trades.
- Check out the Benchwarmer Baseball
Tour for an introduction.
- Check out our
list of new
leagues for 2020 that you can join to
begin your dynasty. Or, if you'd like to attempt
to turn around a struggling team, view our available
orphan teams
...pick up an existing team and rebuild it,
rather than start from scratch.
- If you're a first-time owner, you play under the
"rookie rate" of $35 for your first team (normal
price, $65)
- Orphan teams are also just
$35 - about 1/2 the normal
price.
- If you're interested, your first step is to
sign up here.
Then go ahead and pick out a
new league
or check out the
orphan
list again.
- Are you already a BWB team owner and want to add
teams? Check first to see if you have an
available bonus team
from 2019 or else
add new teams here. Email us if you want an
orphan team
and we'll set you up.
2/29/20
- There is an extra 1000 in cash to distribute to teams after
the Redistribution Draft to cover added costs for moving players
to the Prospect Roster. That 1000 will get credited this
week during transactions - so you can consider that part of your
balance as you're making your moves.
2/24/20
-
Redistribution Draft - Rounds 3-5 posted
- We now move on to normal weekly transactions - in the
preseason, deadlines are Sunday nights at midnight Eastern
- All transaction types are open - signings, cuts, trades,
and contract extensions
- Next deadline is for Week -4, Sunday night,
March 1 at
midnight Eastern
- See the season list of
deadlines
2/23/20
- Big Red Machine League Draft - Phase Two Draft, Part
One is
complete
- See the league
draft index for more information
- Rosters populated and finances updated
- We continue with Phase Two of the draft - your next set of
picks are due on Tuesday night, March 3 at midnight
Eastern
2/20/20
- Did you know that we start some new leagues with a live
draft? Instead of using our list format, we draft the
first 20 players for each roster live.
- I'm trying something new this year: Instead of waiting
until a league fills and trying to determine a workable
draft date, I've scheduled dates ahead of time to let you
plan ahead:
- Mile High League: Saturday, February 29
- 2 PM EST
- Mods and Rockers League: Sunday, March 1
- 4 PM EST
- Family Night League: Friday, March 6
- 10 PM EST
- If leagues don't fill, they will have to be pushed back
to an alternate time or not run at all.
- Check out the full
list of new leagues and if you want to join one of these
live drafts, you can sign up
here if you're new to BWB or
add a league to your
current list.
2/18/20
2/13/20
- Big Red Machine League Draft - Phase One Draft is
complete
- See the league
draft index for more information
- Rosters populated and finances updated after the results
for Phase One.
- We now enter Phase Two of the draft - your first set of
picks are due on Saturday night, Feb. 22 at midnight
Eastern
2/5/20
2/3/20
- Our first league is full for 2020! Big Red
Machine League is full and ready to go!
- View the league draft index,
which includes links to past drafts as examples
- This is a list draft - the Phase One Draft lists are due
Saturday night, Feb. 8 at midnight EST.
2/2/20
- Another deadline extension! I am unable to work on the
draft on Monday, so I'll pass that time on to you. Redistribution Draft lists
now due on Tuesday morning at 9 AM EST.
- Check out all of your
teams' draft lists on page - including error checks
1/22/20
- The draft/transaction order has been updated to put playoff
teams at the end of the order - the league champion drafts 16th,
the runner up 15th, and the other 2 division winners are 13th
and 14th,
1/20/20
- Results of carryover choices posted. View the
Transactions page to see
the cuts in your league.
- The 2020 Redistribution Draft is now open. You'll have
just about
2
full weeks to make your selections (see the link on your team
roster). Deadline is Sunday night 2/2/20 Midnight EST.
- For more information, see the rules regarding the
Redistribution Draft
- There's nearly 2 weeks to do your list for Round 1, but you
should consider building for all 5 rounds
- Then, after Feb 2, we post the results of only Round 1 only - any
drafted players will be removed from the remainder of your
lists.
- You'll have 2 weeks to redo draft lists (if you choose),
then we post the results of only Round 2 (again removing
drafted players from your rounds 3-5)
- Then one more week for an optional redo of your draft
lists, and we post the results of Rounds 3-5
- The season calendar of deadlines
is posted, but the
deadlines for the Redistribution Draft are:
- Sun 2/2 - First submission - we post results for Round
1
- Sun 2/16 - Adjust your lists for Rounds 2-5 - we post
results for Round 2
- Sun 2/23 - Adjust your lists for Rounds 3-5 - we post
results for the remaining 3 rounds
- The draft order is not yet updated to account for
division/league champions - check
back later this week
- With all the cuts - the Trade Rumors list is cleared out in
our annual deletion of everything.
- Any players on your
Prospect Roster have been moved back to your 40-man roster.
You can begin to move players to prospect status again after the
Redistribution Draft.
1/17/20
- Deadline approaching! - your roster cut
downs to 28 or fewer players is due Sunday night at midnight
Pacific
- If you have multiple teams, you can
check all your
teams for errors on the roster limits on one page
- Reminder about how the Prospects Roster works: (see
the full rule)
- Prospects don't count against the 28-player maximum that
you may retain on your roster for 2020. So you can
keep up to 28 players AND some or all of your prospects.
- You may cut some or all of your prospects, you're not
mandated to keep them.
- After the roster carryover decisions (January 19), all
prospects will revert to be part of your standard 40-man roster.
Keeping prospects will reduce the total number of players
you can pick up in the Redistribution Draft.
- After the Redistribution Draft is compete, you can
then make moves to put players onto the prospects roster
for 2020.
1/8/20
- New leagues are open
for 2020. List draft leagues draft when they fill -
deadline dates are estimates and targets for filling. Live
drafts have tenative dates and times set aside for them already.
1/6/20
- Fall trading period
2 - Transactions Posted
- Trades are now closed until after the Redistribution
Draft is completed in February.
- Your picks for which players you'll keep on your
roster in 2020 are due on Sunday night, January 19 at
midnight Pacific (1/20/20, 3AM EST)
- 122 New players added to the list based on the 40-man
rosters
for MLB teams
- This is the only player addition until after
Opening Day
- To find them - In the filter/search area of the player
lists, look for the "New in 2020" menu -
See the list of new players
1/2/20
- Happy New Year! It's been quiet from me recently, but
I have been doing some prep work for the new season (and taking
some time off).
- Position data is now final - I went through 740+ players
without MLB stats in 2019 to update their current position
based on minor league play.
- During that search on positions, I've pulled 242 players
off the current BWB player list.
- Most of those deleted players were not on any rosters,
but these 5 were still on at least one roster in BWB and
have now been deleted from those teams automatically:
- J.T. Chargois
- Neftali Feliz
- Ian Kinsler
- Kyler Murray
- Bruce Rondon
- Coming soon - I'll be going through the current 40-man
rosters for MLB teams and finding new players to add to the BWB
list.
12/18/19
12/11/19
12/7/19
12/6/19
- New leagues for 2020 will be open soon. In the
meantime, there is now a
list
of orphan teams available to pick up and try to rebuild
12/5/19
- Trade emails sent to addresses with outlook.com
and hotmail.com are getting rejected -
so at this point to reduce the number of bounce backs sent back
to BWB (and reduce the risk of getting flagged for too much
spam), we're not sending out any trade notices to those
addresses.
12/2/19
- Two fixes for player salaries:
- The salaries for players with no 2019 MLB stats
is now correct. For those players, I was mistakenly
still copying "2019 Salary" into "Current Salary"
- For all players - "Last year's salary"
or "2019 salary" was incorrectly showing their 2018 salary, not the 2019
salary. That is now fixed.
12/1/19
- Some updates from Waterloo, Iowa as we left a day early to
get most of the way home and took the long way to avoid most of
the snow in Minnesota/Wisconsin:
- Cash for playoff results and Player of the Year
awards is still to come for teams - that should be
credited this coming week and definitely by Saturday 12/7.
- There are reports that some salaries look a
little out of whack - for players with no stats in
2019. Salvador Perez and Yoenis Cespedes were the
examples cited. I think I skipped a step for players
with no stats - I'll take a look at that when I get back
home and will fix as soon as I can. 12/2
update: FIXED
11/30/19
- And we are underway for prep into 2020:
- Salary cap cash has been
distributed. The 2020 salary cap is 40259 (was 38490
in 2019).
- Free bonus teams have been distributed.
- 2020 preliminary salaries are posted but are not yet final - I
still need to go through and add in the premium salary
adjustments for top MLB performers that will increase some
salaries 1-30%. My plan is to have all the salaries
final by Friday night, Dec 6.
- 2020 player positions are updated
- Any player showing an "x" in their position
didn't have any MLB stats in 2019, so I need to go back in
and check what they did in the minors in 2019 (or maybe they
didn't play at all) - their positions may change.
- That
usually takes a lot of time and will be finished sometime in
mid-to-late December.
- Player retention decisions for 2020 can now be made
from your team roster pages. Deadline to complete
this is Sunday, January 19 - if you have a lot of teams,
don't wait!!
- First step before you can do any trading or pick
your carryover players - indicate if you're
keeping each
of your teams in 2020. You must answer "yes" before
you may submit any trades or before anyone can contact
you for trades. Deadline is December 15
or we assume the unanswered teams become Orphans.
- New leagues for 2020 will be opened
soon.
- As people indicate they're dropping teams, orphans will
become available.
- Trades are now open for a 2-week trading period,
ending on Sunday, Dec. 15. Following that will be
a 3-week trade period open December 16-January 5.
- You can submit payment any time starting now, but WAIT until
Monday to pay for any packages (Cooperstown Club or Season
Tickets) - there will be some specials for Cyber Monday.
If you're paying for teams individually and not as part of a
package, you'll save $5 per team if you pay by December 15.
- Upcoming schedule/deadlines (some changes
are possible):
- Now through Sunday, Dec. 15: Fall
Trading Period 1
- Monday, Dec. 16 though Sunday, Jan 5:
Fall Trading Period 2
- Sunday, Jan 19: Roster retention
choices due
- Sunday, Feb 2: Redistribution Draft
choices due
11/25/19
- We're close to being ready for prep into the 2020 season.
Later this week, you'll be able to indicate if you're keeping
your team for next year and preliminary salaries and positions
will be posted. We'll have a couple of 2-week trading
sessions and your selections for carrying over players on your
roster into 2020 will be due in early January.
11/21/19
-
Benchwarmer Bash Final Results: The Natty
Lights (Beer League) defeated The Curiousness of Your
Potential Kiss (Beatleball) 4 games to 3.
- Congratulations to team owner Jesse Roche
- This is Jesse's 5th win in the BWB ultimate tournament,
but the first time that he's won the Bash with a team that
won it before - The Natty Lights won before in 2017 and was
runner up in 2018.
- This was Sherman Wan's 3rd time in the finals with this
team, but he's still looking for the first title.
11/20/19
- 2019 Benchwarmer Playoffs -
We're down to the final two in the
Benchwarmer
Bash:
- #1 Seed: The Natty Lights (108-42,
Beer League champion) owner Jesse Roche
- #3 Seed: The Curiousness of Your Potential Kiss (101-49,
Beatleball champion) owner Sherman Wan
- The Natty Lights were the Bash champions in 2017 and
the runner up in 2018. Jesse has won the Bash 4 times
before with 4 different franchises.
- Sherman is seeking his first Bash title - but this
team was Bash runner up under him in both 2007 and 2011.
- Sherman already defeated another of Jesse's teams to
make it this far - The Curiousness defeated Crumpton
(Moneyball) 4-2 in the Semifinals.
-
See the bracket
11/19/19
- Benchwarmer
Bash - Semifinals are complete - Games 1-7
posted.
- We'll finish this off on Wednesday with the Finals.
11/18/19
11/17/19
- Benchwarmer
Bash - We're down to the final 8 teams -
Quarterfinals
will post on Monday. Check out the
tournament bracket
- Congratulations to the 2019 Federation Champions:
- Aaron Federation: New York Library Detectives, A League About Nothing, Robert Elias
- Bench Federation: The Natty Lights, Beer League, Jesse Roche - 4th straight title
- Cobb Federation: The Curiousness of Your Potential Kiss, Beatleball, Sherman Wan
- DiMaggio Federation: Miami County Mercenaries, Four Star, David Henning
- Eckersley Federation: Crumpton Roches, Moneyball League, Jesse Roche - 4th straight title
- Foxx Federation: Dave's Dynamo, Triple Crown League, David Henning
- Gehrig Federation: Winston Wants Bangers for Breakfast, Grand Slam League, Jamison Reese
- Hornsby Federation: Kingston Don Dadda, That's the Fact Jack League, Ricardo Alexander
11/15/19
11/14/19
- Benchwarmer
Bash - Moves to the Federation round - Federation
Semifinals complete Games 1-7 posted
- Federation Finals will begin on Friday
11/11/19
- Benchwarmer
Bash - Beginning this year, we start the Bash with
competition at the Association level. 64 league champions
advanced to Association Championships.
- Monday night update - all 7 games of the Association
Championship Series are now posted.
- Winners of this round now move on to the Federation round.
11/10/19
- The Benchwarmer Bash
brackets are set up. We'll start off with the Association
Championships on Monday
11/9/19
- 34 of 2018's 59 league champions repeated to win their
division this year. In the end, 14
repeated with a league championship in 2019 (the same number
as last year):
- A League About Nothing - New York Library Detectives
(Robert Elias) - 3rd straight title
- B Movie Actor League - Cyborg Avengers (David
Henning)
- Beer League - The Natty Lights (Jesse Roche)
- Bleed Dodger Blue - New New York Mets (Daniel Foley,
Jr.)
- Blue and Gray League - Bradford Bluecoats (Jay
Snyder)
- Bronx Bombers League - Standing Stone Subtle Tsunami
(Jay Synder)
- Fenway Fenatics - Centauri Cosmic Conundrum (David
Henning) - 3rd straight title
- Hall of Fame League - Chicxulub Revolution (Sherman
Wan)
- Home of the Brave - Shawnee Fighting Eagles (David
Henning)
- Moneyball League - Crumpton Roches (Jesse Roche)
- Original Six League - Hockey Pucks (Michael Lehman)
- Perfect World League - Utopia Unicorns (David
Henning) - 3rd straight title
- That's the Fact Jack League - Kingston Don Dadda
(Ricardo Alexander)
- Triple Crown League - Dave's Dynamo (David Henning)
- Jesse Roche's 4-year run as the champ of Murderers'
Row with Crumpton Roches came to an end
11/8/19
- Congratulations to BWB team owners who won
multiple league championships in 2019:
(see how this
compares to 2018)
- 15 titles: David Henning
- 7 titles: Jason Kiernan
- 5 titles: Michael Rudolph, Sherman Wan
- 3 titles: Brian Haines, Michael Quinn
- 2 titles: Leif Jonson, Jamison Reese, Jesse Roche,
Jay Snyder, Danny Zaccaro
- A new setup for the Benchwarmer Bash that now begins with
Association championships means some new web pages and some
structural changes for the schedule - I'm finishing up that work
and the Bash should begin this weekend.
- Preparations for 2020 - with new salaries and new positions
coming up first - will begin next week.
11/3/19
- Playoffs - Championship Week: Games 6 & 7 posted - See
Playoffs
for All Leagues
- The Benchwarmer Bash field is all set
- this year it's only for league champions - there are no wild
card teams. If your team is
advancing into the Bash, you have one final opportunity to
change your lineups - that lineup will remain in place for all the
remaining series. The deadline for lineup changes
is Monday night, November 4, at midnight Eastern
11/2/19
11/1/19
- Playoffs - Championship Week: Games 2 & 3 posted - See
Playoffs
for All Leagues
- Find quick links to
all your teams' playoff pages - including which teams
are still active
- There are changes this year to the Benchwarmer Bash:
- We have a nice round number of 64 leagues this
season, so there are no wild cards this year - only
league champions will advance to the Benchwarmer Bash
- We have 32 2-league Associations, so the first round
this season is that 2 league champions will meet for an
Association Championship - those winners will move to
the Federation round and 8 Federation champions will
compete for the ultimate Benchwarmer Bash crown.
- In 2020, we should expect wild card teams at the
Association level.
- 2019 in Review:
- Of the 59 league champions in 2018, 34 of them
repeated as division winners - 22 are still alive with
conference championships and a chance for a repeat
league title. (2018: 32 of 54 league champs in the
previous season won their division - 22 repeated as
conference champions)
- Congratulations to owners still alive with multiple
conference wins:
(see how this
compares to 2018)
- 19 Teams - David Henning (out of 27 division
winners) and Jason Kiernan (26)
- 9 Teams - Sherman Wan
(14)
- 7 Teams - Ricardo Alexander (15)
- 5 Teams - Michael Quinn (7) and Michael Rudolph (9)
- 4 Teams - Roland Dupont (11), Brian Haines (5), Leif
Jonson (7), Dave Matter (6), Jamison Reese (9), and Jay
Snyder (9)
- 3 Teams - Robert Elias (7), Andrew Lehman (5), Jon
Swanson (3), and Danny Zaccaro (7)
- 2 Teams - A Citarella (2), Michael Lehman (5), Tom
McGraw (6), Jesse Roche (2), and Tom Twomey (2)
10/31/19
10/30/19
- Schedule plan for Championship Week:
- Wednesday - bracket and schedule setup - See
Playoffs
for All Leagues (pitching matchups posted on Thursday)
- Thursday night - Game 1 posted
- Friday - Games 2 & 3
- Saturday - Games 4 & 5
- Sunday - Games 6 & 7
- Subject to change
10/29/19
- Playoffs: Week 1: Games 6 & 7 posted - See
Playoffs
for All Leagues
- Don't forget - if you're still in it and you want to
change your lineup for the 2nd week of the playoffs, the
deadline is tomorrow night - Wednesday - at 11:59 PM Eastern. You can reset
your pitching rotation from scratch - you don't have
to consider "games of rest" between the 1st and 2nd weeks of
the playoffs.
10/28/19
- Playoffs: Week 1: Games 4 & 5 posted - See
Playoffs
for All Leagues
- We'll continue on Tuesday
- 2019 in Review:
- Of 236 division winners from 2018, 103 repeated with
division titles this season (101 of 216 repeated in last
year)
- 73 of the division winners from last season finished
below .500 in 2019, 28 of them dropped all the way to
last place this year.
- From the 236 divisions that existed in 2017, 48
division winners in 2019 are franchises that never before won a
division title.
- Of the 59 league champions from 2017, 34 of them
repeated as division winners this season. (32 of 54
league winners from 2017 won divisions in
2018).
- 23 teams went "worst to first" - finishing in 4th
place in 2018 and winning a division this year.
- 13 teams had 100 losses in 2018 - 3 of them won
their division this year
10/27/19
- Playoffs: Week 1: Games 1-3 posted - See
Playoffs
for All Leagues
- Games 4 & 5 will post on Monday night
- Bottom Feeder quarterfinals are complete - we move on to
the semifinals
- Find quick links to
all your teams' playoff pages - including which teams
are still active
- Congratulations to owners with multiple division wins: (see how this
compares to
2018)
- 27 Teams - David Henning
- 26 Teams - Jason Kiernan
- 15 Teams - Ricardo Alexander
- 14 Teams - Sherman Wan
- 11 Teams - Roland Dupont
- 9 Teams - Jamison Reese, Michael Rudolph, Jay Snyder
- 8 Teams - John Hula
- 7 Teams - Robert Elias, Leif Jonson, Michael Quinn,
Danny Zaccaro
- 6 Teams - Dave Matter, Tom McGraw, Tom Twomey
- 5 Teams - Ken DeGroot, Brian Haines, Andrew Lehman,
Michael Lehman
- 4 Teams - Jerry King, Don Kruse
- 3 Teams - Skip Hohensee, Willis Lee, Jesse Roche, Jon Swanson
- 2 Teams - Yuri Belova, A Citarella, Alonda Clifton,
Phillip Dang, Mark Currie, Greg Flees, Daniel Foley, Jr.,Michael Gaston,
Michael Horvitz, Jake Roberts, Doug Schnack
10/26/19
- Week Twenty-six
Transactions Posted - Week Twenty-seven deadline is
set for
Wednesday, October 30, at midnight EDT.
- Playoff schedules updated to show probable starting
pitchers.
- This season, there were 9 divisional ties throughout
BWB. In 2018, 14 divisions ended in ties
- how did those teams in last year's tiebreaker games fare this season?
-
Batman League - Kilmer Division:
- Winner: Liverpool Cavern Clubs
(Michael Lehman) - This year: Finished tied for 3rd, 12
GB
- Loser: Brinkley CP Bulldogs
(Michael Quinn) - This year: Finished 2nd, 7 GB
-
Blame Canada League - Kenny Division:
- Winner: Cincinnati
Cardinals (Michael Horvitz) - This year: Finished
3rd, 17 GB
- Loser: Banff
Snowcaps (Dave Matter) - This year: Won the
division by 2 games
-
Born to Run League - Latham Division:
- Winner: Nebraska
Grasshoppers (Rick Furtak) - This year: Won the
division by 2 games
- Loser: Ricky Being
Ricky (Alonda Clifton) - This year: Finished 2nd, 2
GB
-
Fenway Fenatics - Cronin Division:
- Winner: Centauri
Cosmic Conundrum (David Henning) - This year: Won
the division by 20 games
- Loser: Scarlet
Sox (Roland Dupont) - This year: Finished 3rd, 25
GB
-
K Street League - Sutton Division
- Winner: Dawns Early Light (Ken
Stevenson) - This year: Won the division again, this
time by 13 games
- Loser: Aksarben
Bugeaters (Don Kruse) - This year: Finished 3rd, 18
GB
-
Longball League - Mays Division:
- Winner: New Jersey
Reign (Andrew Lehman) - This year: Finished 3rd, 14
GB
- Loser: Danny's
Wallbangers (Danny Zaccaro) - This year: Won the
division by 1 game
-
Murderers' Row - Big Puma Division:
- Winner: Walking Dead
Pull Hitters (Alonda Clifton) - This year: Finished
3rd, 9 GB
- Loser: Guttenberg
Gandolfinis (Tom Twomey) - This year: Won the
division by 2 games
-
Pacific Northwest League - Huskies Division:
- Winner: Snoqualmie Owls (Sherman
Wan) - This year: Finished 3rd, 10 GB
- Loser: Wolf Bait
(Roland Dupont) - This year: Finished 2nd, 4 GB
-
Reality Bites League - Fear Factor Division:
- Winner: Minneapolis Coonhounds (Jon
Swanson) - This year: Finished 3rd, 28 GB
- Loser:
Nashville Sounders (Jamison Reese) - This year:
Under new ownership, finished 4th, 32 GB
-
Reality Bites League - Amazing Race Division:
- Winner: Interlaken Cheese Transport
(Sherman Wan) - This year: Finished 3rd, 14 GB
- Loser: Gashouse Gorillas (Rob Behymer)
- This year: Won the division by 1 game
-
Steel City League - Wagner Division:
- Winner: Willie's Rebels (Michael
Quinn) - This year: Finished 3rd, 29 GB
- Loser: House of
Lannister (Brian Haines) - This year: Won the
division by 18 games
-
Steel City League - Traynor Division:
- Winner: Hershey
Special O.P.S. (David Henning) - This year: Won the
division again. this time by 10 games
- Loser: Patricia
Avenue Cardinals (Michael Clancy) - This year:
Under new ownership, finished 3rd, 11 GB
-
Superman League - George Reeves Division:
- Winner: Hollywood
Squares (Michael Lehman) - This year: Finished 4th,
14 GB
- Loser: Bizarro Boys (Dave Matter) -
This year: Finished 3rd, 7 GB
-
Superman League - Dean Cain Division:
- Winner: Cincinnati
Sluggers 1 (Michael Horvitz) - This year: Finished
2nd, 14 GB
- Loser: Ames
Twisters (Tom Kohl) - This year: Finished 4th, 24
GB
10/25/19
- Playoff schedules are posted. You can see the your
league's playoff brackets from your league's home page - or you
can check out the
Playoffs for All Leagues page.
- There may be a few links on the playoffs pages that don't
yet work.
- I may be able to get the first scores posted on Saturday,
but it's most likely going to be on Sunday.
10/24/19
10/22/19
- There were a few requests for more time on the lineups for
the playoffs, so transactions/lineups are open again
through Friday night at midnight Pacific (or, as shown
on the website, Saturday at 3 AM Eastern)
10/21/19
- Hey, I'm back in the U.S. - a day later than expected, so I
was catching up with real life on Sunday instead of diving back
into BWB, and am behind schedule on setting up the playoffs.
I have a busy schedule over the next couple days - but I'm going
to try to get the playoff games started around the end of this
week.
- I don't plan to reopen the lineup setting for the first week
of the playoffs, but if anyone needs more time, I can change my
mind about that - let me know on Monday or Tuesday if you have
some unfinished work.
10/1/19
9/30/19
- The regular season is over and...BWB is taking some time
off.
- The playoffs are coming but will be delayed to run
during the MLB World Series
- With that, the deadline for transactions and
lineup changes has been extended to Friday night, October
18, at midnight Eastern.
See all the
transaction/lineup deadlines
- There will still be a few updates on the site through
Friday this week - I hope to have all the division/playoff
tiebreakers sorted out and the playoff brackets posted by
then.
- With the 9 division tiebreakers done (and one race in
The Kings of Queens we
missed to list a couple days ago), we have our final 10 Division Champions: (See
standings for all leagues)
-
Broadway League
- The Hot Corner Division: The Lamb Seems Right Out Of Place Under Manmade Neon Lights (owner John Hula - 8th win in 2019) - Finished 2nd last season in league's first year
- Riding The Pine Division: Times Square Pickpockets (owner Jon Swanson - 3rd win in 2019) - Finished 3rd, 18 GB in league's first season last year
-
Cleveland Rocks - Averill Division: Lake Erie Storm
(owner David Henning - 27th win in 2019) - 5th division win - was league champ 2014-2016
-
Experts League
- Web Division: Fantasy Couch
(owner Andrew Eggers) - Repeat winner, 5th overall; League champ in 2010
-
Federal League - St. Louis Terriers Division: Kansas City Packers
(owner Michael Quinn - 7th win in 2019) - First division win in league's 8th season; Best finish had been 2nd 4 times
-
The Kings of Queens - McGraw Division: Doc and Straw and Mookie!!!
(owner Jason Kiernan - 27th win in 2019) - First division win in league's 10th season; Finished 2nd twice, but not since 2012
-
Marxball
- Harpo Division: Phenway Phantoms
(owner Danny Zaccaro - 7th win in 2019) - Also won the division in 2017
-
Reality Bites League - American Idol Division: Kingston Jamaicans
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 14th win in 2019) - 6th consecutive title, 10th overall; League champ in 2015
-
Shadowball - Memphis Red Sox Division:
Kingston Bob Marleys
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 15th win in 2019) - 6th division win; League champ in 2013
-
Will Ferrell League - Blades of Glory Division: CO Springs Pirates
(owner Chris Dressman) - 3rd consecutive division win - League champ in 2017
9/29/19
- 9 division ties to break -
Game results are in!
-
Broadway League - The Hot Corner Division: The Lamb Seems Right Out
Of Place Under Manmade Neon Lights (John
Hula) at
Reese's Pieces (Jamison Reese)
- Result:
The Lamb Seems Right Out Of Place 10 Reese's
2 - Box
- 2018 was the league's first season - Reese's won the
division, while The Lamb was 2nd, 8 GB
- Reese's won the season series 10-8
- The Lamb won 5 out of 6 in their final two series in
Weeks 23-25
- Record for the last 10 games: The Lamb 8-2 Reese's
3-7
-
Broadway League - Riding the Pine Division: Rusty Nails (Roland
Dupont) at
Times Square Pickpockets (Jon Swanson)
- Result:
Times Square 7 Rusty
6 - Box
- 2018 was the league's first season - Times Square
finished 3rd (13 GB) and Rusty finished 4th (19 GB)
- Times Square won the season series 10-8
- Times Square won 5 of 6 in their final series in
Weeks 24-25, but Rusty won Game 150 to force the tie.
- Record for the last 10 games: Rusty 3-7 Times
Square 6-4
-
Cleveland Rocks - Averill Division: Lake Erie Storm (David
Henning)
at Cleveland Hot Waxx (Alonda Clifton)
- Result:
Lake Erie 6 Loser
1 - Box
- Lake Erie won the division in 4 straight seasons
2014-2017 with 3 league championships. Cleveland
has never won the division, with its best finish as 2nd
place twice.
- Lake Erie finished the season with an 11-game
winning streak. Cleveland won its final 3 games to
maintain the tie.
- The teams split their season matchups 9-9.
Cleveland gets home field with the better division
record.
- Cleveland swept a series in Week 23 and Lake Erie
swept a series in Week 25
- Record for the last 10 games: Lake Erie 10-0
Cleveland 5-5
-
Experts League - Web Division: NYC FantasyBaseballSherpa.com (Scott
Swanay)
at Fantasy Couch (Andrew Eggers)
- Result:
Fantasy 4 NYC 2 -
Box
- NYC has 2 division wins, but not since 2013.
Fantasy is the defending champ and has 4 total division
titles.
- The teams split their season matchups 9-9.
Fantasy gets home field with the better division
record.
- Fantasy won 4 of their final 6 games in Weeks 23-24
- Record for the last 10 games: NYC 3-7 Fantasy
6-4
-
Federal League - St. Louis Terriers Division: Atlanta Kool Runnings
(Ricardo Alexander)
at Kansas City Packers (Michael Quinn)
- Result:
Kansas City 6 Atlanta 3 -
Box
- Atlanta is the 5-time defending division champ and
won the league in 2014. Kansas City has never won
the division in the league's previous 7 seasons - it has
4 2nd-place finishes.
- Kansas City won the season series 11-7
- Kansas City won 4 of 6 in the final meetings between
the teams in Weeks 23-25
- Record for the last 10 games: Atlanta 5-5
Kansas City 7-3
-
Marxball - Harpo Division: New York Opera Company (Jon
Swanson)
at Phenway Phantoms (Danny Zaccaro)
- Result:
Phenway 6 New York 1 -
Box
- New York's highest finish in the league's 2 seasons
has been 3rd. Phenway won the division in 2017.
- Phenway won the season series 10-8
- New York won 4 of 6 head to head meetings in Weeks
23-24
- Record for the last 10 games: New York 5-5
Phenway 2-8
-
Reality Bites League - American Idol Division:
Real Thing (Roland Dupont) at
Kingston Jamaicans (Ricardo Alexander)
- Result:
Kingston 2 Real 0 -
Box
- Real has only made the playoffs once - it won the
division in 2006. Real finished 2nd in 2018, but
was 24 GB. Kingston has won this division for the
past 5 seasons and 9 overall. Kingston has one
league title - in 2015.
- Kingston won the season series 12-6
- Kingston swept Real in Week 25 and took 2 of 3 from Real in Week 25 - including a win in Game 150 to force the tie
- Record for the last 10 games: Real 5-5
Kingston 4-6
-
Shadowball League - Memphis Red Sox Division: Kingston Bob Marleys (Ricardo
Alexander) at Bingo Long's Travelling All-Stars
(Jason Kiernan)
- Result:
Kingston 6 Bingo
5 - Box
- Kingston has won the division 5 times, most
recently in 2016-2017, and was league champ in 2013;
Bingo Long's is the defending league champion and
has 2 other division titles.
- They didn't meet in a tiebreaker last year, but
Bingo Long's won the division by 1 game over Kingston.
- Bingo won the season series 11-7
- Bingo won 5 of 6 of their final head to head games
in Weeks 23-25
- Record for the last 10 games: Kingston 8-2
Bingo Long's 7-3
-
Will Ferrell League - Blades of Glory Division: Whistling Dixie (Roland
Dupont)
at CO Springs Pirates (Chris Dressman)
- Result:
CO Springs 2 Whistling 1 -
Box
- CO Springs won the division in the league's first 2
seasons. Whistling finished 2nd in 2017.
- CO Springs won the season series 12-6
- CO Springs won 4 of their final 6 games in Weeks
23-25
- Record for the last 10 games: Whistling 4-6 CO
Springs 7-3
9/28/19
- 47 Division Champions from the
September 26 games: (See
standings for all leagues)
-
Anchorman League
- Jennings Division: Brick Barometers
(owner Tom Twomey - 5th win in 2019) - Only team to win this divison in the league's six seasons - 3 league championships
-
Chancellor Division: Penny Arcade Hustlers
(owner Jamison Reese - 7th win in 2019) - First division win - finished 2nd twice in the league's previous 5 seasons
-
Reasoner Division: Chicago Mashers
(owner Jason Kiernan - 21st win in 2019) - 2-time defending league champion - 4th straight division win division win
-
Beatleball
- Lennon Division: Rome Gladiators
(owner Danny Zaccaro - 4th win in 2019) - Repeat winner - 6th overall; League champ in 2012
-
Beer League - Malt Division: Canadian Moosehead
(owner Michael Gaston) - Repeat winner - 6th overall
-
Birdland - Eddie Murray Division: Troop C Lion Tamers
(owner Bret Kahler) - Finished 2nd in 2018, the league's first season
-
Blame Canada League
- Eric Division: Frigid Pink Ladies of the Arctic Night
(owner Jamison Reese - 8th win in 2019) - 3rd straight year on top, 5th overall; League champion in 2011
- Kenny Division: Banff Snowcaps
(owner Dave Matter - 6th win in 2019) - Also won in 2016
-
Bleed Dodger Blue League
- Reese Division: Aksarben Krusaders
(owner Don Kruse - 4th win in 2019) - 3rd consecutive division win, 7th overall - league champ in 2017
-
Sutton Division: New New York Mets
(owner Daniel Foley, Jr. - 2nd win in 2019) - Won final 12 games of the season to take 4th division crown - defending league champ
-
Born to Run League
- Raines Division: Central City Flashes
(owner David Henning - 24th win in 2019) - Finished 2nd in the league's previous 2 seasons
- Latham Division: Nebraska Grasshoppers
(owner Rick Furtak) - Repeat winner
-
Bronx Bombers League - DiMaggio Division:
Harlem Hillbillies
(owner Roland Dupont - 6th win in 2019) - First trip to playoffs since 2012
-
Chevy Chase League - Fletch F. Fletch Division: Lampoon's Play Baseball
(owner Jason Kiernan - 22nd win in 2019) - First division win since 2010, 4th overall; League champ in 2010
-
Cleveland Rocks - Harder Division: Feller's Fireballers
(owner Jason Kiernan - 23rd win in 2019) - Best previous finish had been 3rd place
-
Deuces Wild League
- Cobb Division: Cincinnati Big Red Machine
(owner Michael Horvitz) - First trip to playoffs since 2010; 2009 league champion
- Brett Division: November Nine
(owner Danny Zaccaro - 5th win in 2019) - 6th division title; League champion in 2016
-
Firemen League - Eckersley Division:
Friendly Assassins
(owner Roland Dupont - 7th win in 2019) - First division win after 2 consecutive 2nd place finishes
-
Four Star League
- MacArthur Division: Men Injecting Men 2 Still Roided Up
(owner Christian Ingram) - 5th division win
-
Geek Pride League
- Zuckerberg Division: Orphanville Pickpockets
(owner Michael Horvitz - 2nd win in 2019) - First division win - 2nd place last season
- Berners-Lee Division: Strange Things
(owner Roland Dupont - 8th win in 2019) - First division win - had finished 2nd in 2017
-
Golden Throat League -
Ernie Harwell Division:
Erebor Dragons
(owner David Henning - 25th win in 2019) - Repeat winner, 7th overall; League champion in 2011
-
Gone But Not Forgotten League - New York Giants Division:
New York GIANTS
(owner Michael Lehman - 5th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
-
Grand Slam League -
Ramirez Division:
Winston Wants Bangers for Breakfast
(owner Jamison Reese - 9th win in 2019) - First trip to the playoffs
-
Hall of Fame League - Cobb Division:
Seventh Heaven (owner Roland Dupont - 9th win in 2019) - 5th division championship; League winner in 2007
-
Minnie & Paul League
- Blyleven Division: Tondara Ninjas
(owner Mike Cerny) - First division crown in league's 9th season
-
Murderers' Row
- Big Puma Division: Guttenberg Gandolfinis
(owner Tom Twomey - 6th win in 2019) - 3rd division win - first since 2016
- Big Donkey Division: France UEFA Euros
(owner Leif Jonson - 7th win in 2019) - Repeat title, 5th overall
-
North Siders League
- Jenkins Division: Amsterdam Rhinos
(owner Doug Schnack - 2nd win in 2019) - 3rd division win - League champ in 2015
- Sutter Division: Wrigleyville Bryzzo Souvenirs
(owner Jason Kiernan - 24th win in 2019) - 3rd division win - first since 2015
-
Perfect World League - Kenny Rogers Division: Utopia Unicorns
(owner David Henning - 26th win in 2019) - 2-time defending league champ - has 3 overall
-
Reality Bites League - Amazing Race Division: Gashouse Gorillas
(owner Rob Behymer) - First trip to playoffs since 2007 in a league championship season
-
Shadowball - Pittsburgh Crawfords Division:
Stockholm Socialists
(owner Jon Swanson - 2nd win in 2019) - First division win in the league's 15th season; Had finished 2nd 8 times
-
Silver Screen League - Major League Division:
Jobu's Rum Runners
(owner Michael Rudolph - 9th win in 2019) - Also won the division in 2017
-
Superman League
- George Reeves Division: Jor El Cards
(owner Andrew Lehman - 3rd win in 2019) - 1st division title in league's 8th season; Previously finished 2nd 4 times
- Brandon Routh Division: Metropolis Ites
(owner Jason Kiernan - 25th win in 2019) - Defending league champion (also 2016) and 4th consecutive division win
-
That's the Fact Jack League
- Caddyshack Division: Spackler Gopher Patrol
(owner Jay Snyder - 9th win in 2019) - 4th consecutive title
- Lost in Translation Division: The Thing Under the Bed
(owner Andrew Lehman - 4th win in 2019) - Repeat winner
-
They Might Be Giants - Marichal Division: Hampton Flashes
(owner Roland Dupont - 10th win in 2019) - Defending league champion
-
ThirtyThirtysomething League
Raul Mondesi Division: Friday Knight Hipsters
(owner Andrew Lehman - 5th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
-
Three of a Kind League
- Wagner Division: Florida Simple Solutions
(owner Skip Hohensee - 3rd win in 2019) - 3rd consecutive division win, 5th overall; League champ in 2013
- Connor Division: Maryland Marauders
(owner Michael Gaston - 2nd win in 2019) - 3rd division win - first since 2014
-
Triple Crown League
- Yastrzemski Division: Seattle Slew
(owner Sherman Wan - 14th win in 2019) - First division win since 2011 when taking a league championship
- Medwick Division: World War Z
(owner Danny Zaccaro - 6th win in 2019) - 4th straight division win - this one came down to the final week
-
Whiff League
- Andres Gallaraga Division: Connecticut Nutmegs
(owner Brian Strevig) - Inaugural season
- Jose Canseco Division: New Day
(owner Roland Dupont - 11th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
9/27/19
- The ability to set your lineups for the playoffs has been
open since Week 25 transactions posted on 9/15. The
deadline is tentatively set for this Sunday at 1 PM Eastern, but
that will be extended.
- You can also cut players or move them to IR - there are
no free agent signings. This is the final chance to
cut anyone this season.
- You will later have a chance to reset your lineups again
for the 2nd week of the playoffs.
9/26/19
- Week 25 is complete - Games 149-150 posted -
See results
- Well...we're not quite finished - we have 8
division
ties to break (details to be announced Friday
afternoon/evening)
- See
standings for all leagues
- Game 151 tiebreaker scores are expected to post on
Saturday night or Sunday.
- Around BWB
9/25/19
-
Almost 1/4 of our divisions are not yet decided - 57 races
remain active heading into the final 2 games of the season,
including a remote possibility of a 4-way tie in
Marxball. Here's today's update on the
close races around BWB.
-
The next score update will most likely be delayed until
Thursday.
9/24/19
- 38 Division Champions from the
September 23 games: (See
standings for all leagues)
-
Batman League
- Keaton Division: Infinity Island Shadows
(owner Robert Elias - 6th win in 2019) - 2-time defending league champion; 7th consecutive division win - also won the league in 2013-2014
- Clooney Division: Bruce Wayne Is A Sissy
(owner Jamison Reese - 6th win in 2019) - First division win in league's 10th season; Finished 2nd 4 times, including last year
-
Beatleball - Harrison Division: Big Mack Attack
(owner Tom McGraw - 5th win in 2019) - 16th season for the league - FIRST DIVISION WIN (finished 2nd 4 times - most recently in 2017)
-
Beer League - Water Division: Elsinore Hosers
(owner A Citarella) - 5th division win but first since 2012; 2008 league champion
-
Blame Canada League - Kyle Division: Aurora Borealis
(owner Sherman Wan - 13th win in 2019) - 3rd straight playoff berth, 4th overall; League titles in 2017 and 2014
-
Born to Run League -
Coleman Division:
Runnin' Redbirds Circa late 80's
(owner Jason Kiernan - 18th win in 2019) - Finished 2nd in league's previous 2 seasons
-
Five Boroughs League
- Brooklyn Division: Coney Island Babies
(owner Michael Lehman - 3rd win in 2019) - Best previous finish had been 3rd place (twice)
- Queens Division: Hostile Take-over
(owner Danny Zaccaro - 2nd win in 2019) - Repeat winner, 3rd overall
- Bronx Division: Oklahoma Noodlers
(owner Phillip Dang - 2nd win in 2019) - 2nd division win
-
Four Star League
- Eisenhower Division: Georgetown Canal Mules
(owner Yuri Belova) - 3rd division win - first time since 2013
- Patton Division: Miami County Mercenaries
(owner David Henning - 17th win in 2019) - 5th consecutive division crown, 7th overall; only one league title in 2011
-
Golden Throat League - Jack Buck Division:
Atlantic City Hi-Rollers
(owner Tom McGraw - 6th win in 2019) - First division win in league's 14th season; Finished 2nd last year and 3 other seasons
-
Gone But Not Forgotten League - St. Louis Browns Division:
Veekville Gaedels
(owner A Citarella - 2nd win in 2019) - Inaugural season
-
Home of the Brave - Maranville Division: Twin Cities Lakers
(owner Sam Campbell) - Repeat winner
-
Longball League
- Mays Division: Danny's Wallbangers
(owner Danny Zaccaro - 3rd win in 2019) - First division win since 2006; League champ in 2005
- McGwire Division: Risky Business
(owner Roland Dupont - 4th win in 2019) - 2nd division win - first since 2015
- Killebrew Division: McGwire and Sosa Race in 98
(owner Jason Kiernan - 19th win in 2019) - 7th division crown (first since 2016); League champ in 2015
-
Minnie & Paul League
- Carew Division: Old Hickory Longshots
(owner Ken DeGroot - 5th win in 2019) - Repeat winner, 5th overall title; League champ in 2011
-
Motor City League - Horton Division: Gratiot Cards
(owner Michael Quinn - 5th win in 2019) - 3rd straight division win - 5th overall; looking for first league crown
-
North Siders League
- Williams Division: Carolina Swamp Foxes
(owner Robert Elias - 7th win in 2019) - 3rd division win
- Sandberg Division: Waypoint Spartans
(owner David Henning - 19th win in 2019) - 4th division title - league champ in 2014
-
Original Six League - Rangers Division: Hockey Pucks
(owner Michael Lehman - 4th win in 2019) - Defending league champion
-
Phightin' Phils League
- Alexander Division: Fairborn Flying Angels
(owner David Henning - 20th win in 2019) - 3rd consecutive division win, 5th overall; League champ in 2015
-
Royal Flush League
- Patek Division: Bedrock Sonic Clubs
(owner David Henning - 21st win in 2019) - Only team to win this division in the league's 5 seasons; won league title in 2015
-
Shadowball - Birmingham Black Barons Division: Bedrock Water Buffaloes
(owner Leif Jonson - 6th win in 2019) - League champion in 2016-2017; 5th division title
-
Steel City League - Mazeroski Division: Carnegie Mellons
(owner Dave Matter - 5th win in 2019) - Repeat division winner
-
That's the Fact Jack League - The Life Aquatic Division: Groundhog Central Weather Prognosticators
(owner John Hula - 6th win in 2019) - First trip to playoffs - finished 2nd twice
-
They Might Be Giants
- Terry Division: Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
(owner John Hula - 7th win in 2019) - 4th division title
- Ott Division: California Dreamin' Team
(owner David Henning - 23rd win in 2019) - 3rd division win; league champ in 2016
-
Three of a Kind League - Beckley Division:
Wyalusing Whiffers
(owner Jay Snyder - 8th win in 2019) - Defending league champion; 6th consecutive division title (8th overall); League champ also in 2012
-
Wes Anderson League
Bottle Rocket Division: Surfin USA Looking for Bill Murray
(owner Jason Kiernan - 20th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
-
White Elephant League
- Jackson Division: Rising Stars
(owner Roland Dupont - 5th win in 2019) - Finished 2nd last season in league's first year
- Hunter Division: Red Hot Elephant Fritters
(owner Alonda Clifton - 2nd win in 2019) - Finished 3rd, 24 GB, last season in league's first year
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Will Ferrell League
- Talledega Nights Division: Kentucky Bluegrass
(owner J.C. Freeman) - First division crown
- Stranger Than Fiction Division: Foggy Bottom Plumbers
(owner Yuri Belova - 2nd win in 2019) - Finished 4th in both of league's first 2 seasons
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Winners Circle League -
Galvin Division: Charlotte Racers
(owner Sheldon Price) - New owner this year, but 7th division win for the franchise; 4 league championships
9/22/19
- 43 Division Champions from the
September 21 games: (See
standings for all leagues)
-
American Association - Philadelphia Athletics Division:
New York Supermen
(owner Jake Roberts - 2nd win in 2019) - First division title; best finish had been 3rd place twice
-
B Movie Actor League - Brisco County Jr. Division:
San Francisco Dharmanauts
(owner John Hula - 3rd win in 2019) - 2nd trip to the playoffs - previously won in 2016
-
Batman League
- Kilmer Division: Winged Vengeance
(owner John Hula - 4th win in 2019) - First division win since 2014
- Bale Division: Wayne Dark Crusaders
(owner David Henning - 13th win in 2019) - Repeat division winner, 3rd overall
-
Birdland
- Jim Palmer Division: Them Olde Black Crows
(owner Jamison Reese - 4th win in 2019) - Repeat winner
- Frank Robinson Division: Edgar's Ravens
(owner Alonda Clifton) - Defending league champion
-
Born to Run League -
Cobb Division:
Quad Cities Stealing Home
(owner Tom Kohl) - League champion in 2017
-
Broadway League - Take Me Out Division: Jekyll & Hyde Singing in the Chicago Rain (owner Jason Kiernan - 12th win in 2019) - Finished 2nd in 2018, the league's first season
-
Cleveland Rocks - Doby Division: Shaky Heights Bombers
(owner Jim Meyer) - 3rd straight division win, 4th overall; league champ in 2017
-
Commissioners League
- Frick Division: Midwest Reclamation Project
(owner David Henning - 14th win in 2019) - 3rd division win; league title in 2016
- Ueberroth Division: Kenesaw Mountaineers
(owner Sherman Wan - 7th win in 2019) - 4th straight division title, 7th overall; only made the league finals once in 2010
-
Federal League - Baltimore Terrapins Division:
Okefenokee Gators
(owner Willis Lee - 2nd win in 2019) - First trip to playoffs in league's 8th season; best previous finish had been 2nd in 2013
-
Fenway Fenatics -
Doerr Division:
Georgia Yellow Jackets
(owner Willis Lee - 3rd win in 2019) - First division win in the league's 9th season; Had finished 2nd once (2013)
-
Firemen League - Smith Division:
House of Leary
(owner Brian Haines - 4th win in 2019) - 4th division title - league champ in 2017 and 2012
-
Four Star League
- Bradley Division: Exsangui Nation
(owner Sherman Wan - 8th win in 2019) - 2-time defending league champ; 4th division win
-
Geek Pride League
- Dorsey Division: Clark & Addison
(owner Mike DeSmedt) - 4th division title, first since 2016
- Tomlinson Division: Three Dollar Bill
(owner Tom McGraw - 3rd win in 2019) - First playoff appearance since 2015
-
Grand Slam League - Ventura Division: Moons Over My Hamate
(owner Sherman Wan - 9th win in 2019) - Defending league champ - 3rd straight division win
-
Grunge League
- Stone Temple Pilots Division: Plush sung by Percival Edmund (owner JJason Kiernan - 13th win in 2019) - Finished 2nd last season in league's first year
-
Hall of Fame League -
Wagner Division:
Boar's Nest (owner Tom Twomey - 3rd win in 2019) - 12th division win - back after a 2-year absence; 3 league titles
-
The Kings of Queens - Koosman Division:
Kansas Bucks
(owner Greg Flees - 2nd win in 2019) - 4th consecutive division win - 9th overall; looking for first league title
-
Marxball - Groucho Division: Sanity Clause & the Seven Elves
(owner Sherman Wan - 10th win in 2019) - 3rd straight playoff trip; league champ in 2017
-
Minnie & Paul League
- Oliva Division: Minoso & Waner
(owner Jason Kiernan - 14th win in 2019) - 3rd division win, first since 2016; League champion in 2015
- Viola Division: Riverdale Robot Refugees
(owner David Henning- 15th win in 2019) - 4th division title; League champ in 2017
-
Motor City League
- Greenberg Division: Mt Pleasant Bomb Squad
(owner Jason Kiernan - 15th win in 2019) - Repeat winner, 5th overall; League champ in 2016
- Gehringer Division: Alcubierre-Obousy Skunkworks
(owner Sherman Wan - 11th win in 2019) - 2nd division win - first since 2013
-
Murderers' Row - Big Ed Division: Crumpton Roches
(owner Jesse Roche - 3rd win in 2019) - 4-time defending league champion - 7th straight division win
-
Pacific Northwest League
- Huskies Division: Portland Thinkers
(owner Daniel Foley, Jr.) - 3rd title; League champion in 2017
- Ducks Division: Griffey, Edgar, and The Big Unit Ride Again
(owner Jason Kiernan - 16th win in 2019) - 3rd consecutive division title
-
Perfect World League
- David Cone Division: Oklahoma Black Gold
(owner Michael Lehman) - First division championship in the league's 10th year; Finished 2nd 3 times but not since 2014
- David Wells Division: Adrenaline Mob
(owner Brian Haines - 5th win in 2019) - 5th playoff trip - league champion in 2011
-
Phightin' Phils League
- Roberts Division: Steak Sandwich Fanatics of Philadelphia
(owner Jason Kiernan - 17th win in 2019) - 2nd playoff trip - previously won division in 2016
-
Ashburn Division: Wadsworth Whiffers
(owner Michael Rudolph - 7th win in 2019) - 2nd division win - also won in 2017
-
Redbirds League
- Brock Division: Hello Wisconsin Stoners
(owner Michael Lehman - 2nd win in 2019) - First division win in league's 14th season; had finished 2nd only once in 2009
-
Royal Flush League
- Quisenberry Division: Runner Runner Royal Flush
(owner John Hula - 5th win in 2019) - First title - had finished 2nd in 2015
-
Scooby Doo League
- Velma Division: Big City Blue Falcons
(owner Mark Currie - 2nd win in 2019) - 3rd consecutive division title, 4th overall
-
Silver Screen League
- Bad News Bears Division: Venice Beach Old Timers
(owner Ken DeGroot - 4th win in 2019) - 2nd division win - first since 2014
- Bang the Drum Slowly Division: Vegas Big Losers
(owner Tom McGraw - 4th win in 2019) - Also making 2nd trip to playoffs and first since 2014
- Angels in the Outfield Division: Sonic Boom
(owner Jamison Reese - 5th win in 2019) - Won division in 2017 also
-
South Siders League -
Minoso Division: Melton's Meltdowns
(owner Michael Rudolph - 8th win in 2019) - First division crown after 2 consecutive 2nd place finishes
-
Wes Anderson League
- The Life Aquatic Division: Tinseltown Tomfoolery
(owner Tom Twomey - 4th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
- The Darjeeling Limited Division: Mysterium Tremendum
(owner David Henning - 16th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
-
Winners Circle League -
Spahn Division: Pur & Kleen Water Company
(owner Sherman Wan - 12th win in 2019) - League champ in 2017 - 2nd division win
9/20/19
- 21 Division Champions from the
September 18 games: (See
standings for all leagues)
-
A League About Nothing - Kramer Division: NYC2ATL Pee Wee Blackbirds
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 12th win in 2019) - 3rd straight division crown
-
B Movie Actor League - Bubba Ho-tep Division:
Fantasy Island
(owner Roland Dupont - 3rd win in 2019) - Also won in 2017
-
Beatleball
- Starr Division: Volkswagon Hipsters
(owner Jason Kiernan - 7th win in 2019) - 3rd consecutive division win - 8th overall; looking for first league title
-
Blue and Gray League - Sherman Division: Lincoln Logs
(owner Andrew Lehman) - Repeat winner - 5th overall; 2012 league champ
-
Bronx Bombers League - Rizzuto Division: Reese's Pieces
(owner Jamison Reese - 2nd win in 2019) - Repeat title - 5th overall
-
Deuces Wild League
- Biggio Division: Sugarland Cards
(owner Michael Quinn - 4th win in 2019) - 5th title - first since 2016
-
Experts League
- Airwaves Division: Stateroom Egg Boilers
(owner Jason Kiernan - 8th win in 2019) - 8th division win - first since 2016; 2-time league champ
-
Fenway Fenatics - Fisk Division: South City White Rats
(owner Justin Juengel) - Repeat winner - 3rd time overall
-
Hall of Fame League - Ruth Division: Vice City Gamblers
(owner Jerry King - 4th win in 2019) - 7th division title - first since 2015; League champ in 2006
-
Home of the Brave
- Mathews Division: Chop This!
(owner Sherman Wan - 6th win in 2019) - Repeat winner
- Nichols Division: Mohawk Valley Iroquois
(owner Michael Rudolph - 6th win in 2019) - Repeat winner
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K Street League
- Blyleven Division: Italian Stallions
(owner Tom McGraw - 2nd win in 2019) - First division win since 2008 - 4th overall; 2008 league champion
- Seaver Division: Wayne Mad Generals
(owner Robert Elias - 5th win in 2019) - 2-time defedning league champ; 4th division win
-
Original Six League
- Bruins Division: Powerplay Goals
(owner Jamison Reese - 3rd win in 2019) - Finished 2nd last season in league's first year
- Black Hawks Division: Super Mario All Stars!!! Now With Sid the Kid!!!
(owner Jason Kiernan - 9th win in 2019) - Repeat winner
-
Shadowball - Chicago American Giants Division:
Norfolk Thoroghbreds
(owner William Stingle) - Repeat winner - 4th overall; 2011 League champion
-
South Siders League - Walsh Division: South Pole Blizzards
(owner Jason Kiernan - 10th win in 2019) - Defending league champion
-
That's the Fact Jack League - Stripes Division:
Kingston Don Dadda
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 13th win in 2019) - Defending league champ; 3rd straight division win (took about a month longer than last year)
-
ThirtyThirtysomething League
Jeff Bagwell Division: Oklahoma Black Gold
(owner Phillip Dang) - Inaugural season
-
Tobacco Road League
- Tar Heels Division: Jordan's Jammers
(owner Jason Kiernan - 11th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
- Demon Deacons Division: Carmel Surfer Boys
(owner Andrew Lehman - 2nd win in 2019) - Inaugural season
9/17/19
- 29 Division Champions from the September 16 games: (See
standings for all leagues)
-
American Association -
Louisville Colonels Division:
Arkansas Travelers
(owner Michael Quinn - 3rd win in 2019) - 2nd time in the playoffs - last trip was 2015
-
B Movie Actor League - Burn Notice Division: Cyborg Avengers
(owner David Henning - 8th win in 2019) - Defending league champ - 3rd straight division win
-
Birdland - Brooks Robinson Division: NYC2ATL Jr. Eagles
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 8th win in 2019) - Finished 2nd in 2018, the league's first season
-
Blue and Gray League
- Grant Division: Bradford Bluecoats
(owner Jay Snyder - 4th win in 2019) - Defending league champion, 4th straight division win
- Lee Division: Atlanta Mighty Mythtakes
(owner David Henning - 9th win in 2019) - 5th division win - league champion in 2017 and 2011
-
Broadway League - Rounding Third Division: NYC2ATL Evil Empire (owner Ricardo Alexander - 9th win in 2019) - Defending league champion
-
Bronx Bombers League - Gehrig Division: Standing Stone Subtle Tsunami
(owner Jay Snyder - 5th win in 2019) - Defending league champion - 5th straight division win
-
Chevy Chase League
- Ty Webb Division: Rummerfield Riverhorses
(owner Jay Snyder - 6th win in 2019) - 3rd consecutive title, 5th overall; League champ in 2017
- Clark W. Griswold, Jr. Division: Cool Dudes
(owner Roland Dupont - 2nd win in 2019) - Back to playoffs after 2-year absence, 8th title; 2012 league champion
-
Deuces Wild League -
Musial Division:
Washington Insiders
(owner Don Kruse - 2nd win in 2019) - 3rd straight division win, 8th overall; League winner in 2015
-
Firemen League -
Franco Division:
Medford Madmen
(owner Jake Roberts) - First division win in league's 8th season; Best finish had been 2nd in 2017
-
Five Boroughs League
- Staten Island Division: Midtown Millionaires
(owner David Henning - 10th win in 2019) - Defending league champion - also won division and league in 2016
-
Golden Throat League - Bob Prince Division:
Azilum Antoinettes
(owner Jay Snyder - 7th win in 2019) - 4th straight division win; league champion in 2017
-
Gone But Not Forgotten League - Brooklyn Dodgers Division:
Larry, Pedro, Kenny Hill and the 1994 Expos
(owner Jason Kiernan - 5th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
-
Grunge League - Soundgarden Division:
Smells Like Teenage Sweat (owner Jamison Reese) - Finished 3rd last year in the league's first season
-
K Street League
- Sutton Division: Dawns Early Light
(owner Ken Stevenson) - 2nd straight title, 4th overall
- Perry Division: Hawaii Islanders
(owner Mark Currie) - 5th division win
-
Murderers' Row
- Big Poison Division: Palookaville Pugs
(owner Sherman Wan - 5th win in 2019) - Repeat winner, 7th overall; League champion in 2014
-
Original Six League - Red Wings Division:
Yzermen Than Me Have Told Me What To Do
(owner John Hula - 2nd win in 2019) - Repeat division winner
-
Pacific Northwest League -
Beavers Division: Torrance Longshots
(owner Ken DeGroot - 3rd win in 2019) - 2016 league champion; 2nd division win
-
Redbirds League
- Dean Division: Orion's Solar Kings
(owner David Henning - 11th win in 2019) - Defending league champion - 5th straight division win
- Slaughter Division: Middle Age Krusaders
(owner Don Kruse - 3rd win in 2019) - 5th division title - League champion in 2017 and 2010
-
Royal Flush League
- Otis Division: Medina County Mathematicians
(owner Michael Rudolph - 5th win in 2019) - 2nd division win - also on top in 2015
-
Scooby Doo League
- Fred Division: Georgia Swamp Monsters
(owner Willis Lee) - Repeat title, 3rd overall; league champ in 2016
-
ThirtyThirtysomething League
Willie Mays Division: Gant's Galloping Ghosts
(owner Jason Kiernan - 6th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
-
Tobacco Road League
Wolfpack Division: Cape Fear Blockade Runners
(owner Robert Elias - 4th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
-
Triple Crown League - Robinson Division:
Dave's Dynamo
(owner David Henning - 12th win in 2019) - Defending league champion; 4 previous division wins and 4 league championships
-
Wes Anderson League
Rushmore Division: Atlanta Red Eagles
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 12th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
-
White Elephant League
- Williams Division: NYC2ATL Black Eagles
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 11th win in 2019) - Repeat winner
9/15/19
-
21 Division Champions from the September 13 games: (See
standings for all leagues)
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A League About Nothing Peterman Division: New York Library Detectives
(owner Robert Elias - 3rd win in 2019) - 2-time defending league champion
-
American Association
- Pittsburgh Alleghenys Division: Area 51 ET's
(owner Jerry King - 3rd win in 2019) - First division win - team finished 2nd twice before, including 2018
- Cincinnati Red Stockings Division: Buckeye Bombers
(owner David Henning - 6th win in 2019) - 4th division win - league champion in 2015
-
B Movie Actor League - My Name is Bruce Division: Don't Let Me Down
(owner Jason Kiernan - 3rd win in 2019) - First time on top - best previous finish had been 3rd place
-
Beer League - Hops Division: Kingfisher Ale Slammers
(owner Tom Twomey) - 9th consecutive division win; Only league championship was 2011
-
Chevy Chase League
- Emmit Fitz-Hume Division: Gashouse Gorillas
(owner Michael Quinn - 2nd win in 2019) - First division title since 2012 - 5th overall
-
Commissioners League
- Giamatti Division: Towanda Teetotalers
(owner Jay Snyder - 2nd win in 2019) - 2-time defending league champion - looking for 4th overall
-
Federal League
- Brooklyn Tip-Tops Division: Wrigley Bleacher Bums
(owner Jason Kiernan - 4th win in 2019) - Returns to playoffs for first time since 2015
- Buffalo Buffeds Division: Provence Renegades
(owner Ken DeGroot - 2nd win in 2019) - Best previous finish had been 2nd place (3 times)
-
Fenway Fenatics - Boggs Division:
Plymouth Panthers
(owner Mark Aisenbrey) - Repeat winner; Has advanced to the finals with previous 4 division wins, but looking for first league championship
-
Grand Slam League - Murray Division:
Dushore Dopplegangers
(owner Jay Snyder - 3rd win in 2019) - Third consecutive division win
-
Hall of Fame League - Cooperstown Division: Chicxulub Revolution
(owner Sherman Wan - 4th win in 2019) - 12th division title in 19 seasons; Defending league champion
-
Home of the Brave - Niekro Division: Shawnee Fighting Eagles
(owner David Henning - 7th win in 2019) - Defending league champion
-
The Kings of Queens -
Hernandez Division: Heffernan's Henchmen
(owner Michael Rudolph - 4th win in 2019) - First division crown; best previous finish in 9 seasons was 2nd in 2012
-
Moneyball League - Scott Hatteberg Division: Jenks Jerks
(owner Tom Twomey - 2nd win in 2019) - 3rd time on top - most recent playoff berth was 2016
-
Motor City League -
Newhouser Division:
Atlanta Wolverines
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 6th win in 2019) - 2-time defending league champ; 4th division title
-
Redbirds League
- Smith Division: Brazil 2014 Canarinho
(owner Leif Jonson - 5th win in 2019) - 5th straight title, 8th oveall - League champion in 2016
-
South Siders League - Fox Division: Wimpy's Hawks
(owner Dave Matter - 3rd win in 2019) - First division win - 2 previous 2nd place finishes, including last year
-
Three of a Kind League - Speaker Division: Mt. Eaton Hooters
(owner Dave Matter - 4th win in 2019) - 1st win since 2015 - League champion in 2014 & 2015
-
Will Ferrell League - Old School Division: Kingston Bad Bwoys
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 7th win in 2019) - Defending league champion
-
Winners Circle League - Alexander Division: Vandalay Architects
(owner Don Kruse) - 4th straight title; 5th overall - no league wins yet
9/12/19
-
21 Division Champions from the September 11 games: (See
standings for all leagues)
-
A League About Nothing Newman Division: Wild Men
(owner Roland Dupont) - First division title
-
Blame Canada League - Stan Division: House of Trudeau
(owner Brian Haines - 2nd win in 2019) - Repeat winner, 6th overall; League champ in 2016
-
Bleed Dodger Blue League - Campanella Division:
Wisconsin Dawgs
(owner Greg Flees) - 4th straight title, 7th overall; League champ in 2012
-
Cleveland Rocks - Boudreau Division: North Coast Wahoos
(owner Michael Rudolph - 3rd win in 2019) - 1st division win in league's 7th season; finished 2nd twice
-
Commissioners League - Chandler Division: Budapest Buskers
(owner Jon Swanson) - 2nd division win in 11 seasons
-
Experts League -
Print Division:
Mayan Warriors (owner Robert Elias -
2nd win in 2019) - Defending league champ; 5th division win
-
Firemen League - Wagner Division: Kingston Reggae Boys
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 4th win in 2019) - 3rd consecutive title; 6th in 7 years - looking for first league championship
-
Grunge League
Hole Division:
Kentucky McGraws (owner Tom McGraw) - Finished 3rd, 27 GB in league's first season last year
-
The Kings of Queens -
Harrelson Division: Waynedale Golden Bears
(owner Dave Matter - 2nd win in 2019) - First division title in the league's 10th season - had finished 2nd 4 times
-
Longball League - Robinson Division: Trinidad Island Vikings
(owner Leif Jonson - 3rd win in 2019) - 10th division title - back after losing 101 games in 2018; 3-time league champ
-
Moneyball League - David Justice Division:
TINSTAAPP Leifs (owner Leif Jonson - 4th win in 2019) - 3rd division crown; League champ in 2016
-
Pacific Northwest League -
Cougars Division:
North By Northwest Crop Dusters
(owner Danny Zaccaro) - 5th division win, first since 2016; 3-time league champ
-
Perfect World League - Randy Johnson Division:
Erie Seawolves
(owner Doug Schnack) - 1st division win in the league's 10th season; had finished 2nd only once (2016)
-
Steel City League
- Wagner Division: House of Lannister
(owner Brian Haines - 3rd win in 2019) - 3rd division win in 6 seasons
- Traynor Division: Hershey Special O.P.S.
(owner David Henning - 4th win in 2019) - Only team to win this division in the league's 6 seasons; no league titles yet
-
Superman League - Dean Cain Division: Fusilli Jerries
(owner John Hula) - 3rd division win for the franchise
-
ThirtyThirtysomething League
Ron Gant Division: Atomic Oxygen
(owner Jim Duzyk) - Inaugural season
-
Tobacco Road League
Blue Devils Division: Kingston Ganja Smokers
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 5th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
-
Triple Crown League - Klein Division: Underwater Flying Submarines
(owner Jason Kiernan) - 4th consecutive win, 6th overall; Won league crown in 2016
and 2017
-
Whiff League
Wille Stargell Division: Global Stars on 45
(owner David Henning - 5th win in 2019) - Inaugural season
-
White Elephant League
- Fingers Division: Who's on First? Abbott or Costello
(owner Jason Kiernan - 2nd win in 2019) - Repeat winner
9/9/19
- Free agent signings are closed for the season. The
only available transactions now are cuts and moves to IR.
9/8/19
-
9 Division Champions from the September 7 games: (See
standings for all leagues)
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A League About Nothing Elaine Division: WHO DAT!
(owner Skip Hohensee - 2nd win in 2019) - Repeat winner
-
Beatleball - McCartney Division: The Curiousness of Your Potential Kiss
(owner Sherman Wan - 3rd win in 2019) - 9th consecutive title; 13th overall
-
Bleed Dodger Blue League - Drysdale Division: Southeast Northern State Westerners
(owner Leif Jonson - 2nd win in 2019) - Repeat title, 5th overall; 2011 league champ
-
Fenway Fenatics - Cronin Division: Centauri Cosmic Conundrum
(owner David Henning - 2nd win in 2019) - League champion 3 of the last 4 seasons, going for 3rd in a row
-
Grunge League Alice in Chains Division:
Saturn Ringers (owner David Henning - 3rd win in 2019) - Finshed 2nd last year in league's first season
-
Marxball - Chico Division: Orrville Knights
(owner Michael Rudolph - 2nd win in 2019) - Lost 95 games last year; finished 4th in both of league's previous seasons
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Moneyball League - Ron Washington Division:
Paso Robles Zinfindels (owner Ken DeGroot) - 2nd time on top (also 2017)
-
Phightin' Phils League
Klein Division: Mt. Eaton Fox Squirrels
(owner Dave Matter) - 2-time defending league champion
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They Might Be Giants - Hubbell Division: Herrickville Haberdashers
(owner Jay Snyder) - Repeat winner, 5th overall; 2012 league champion
9/6/19
-
6 Division Champions from the September 6 games: (See
standings for all leagues)
-
Beer League - Yeast Division: The Natty Lights
(owner Jesse Roche - 2nd win in 2019) - Defending league champion (4 total); 10th straight division title
-
Blue and Gray League - Jackson Division: Charleston Cannon Fodder
(owner Jerry King - 2nd win in 2019) - 10th division win in 11 seasons; 3-time league champion
-
Bronx Bombers League - Ford Division: Violent Delights
(owner Sherman Wan - 2nd win in 2019) - Repeat division winner
-
Marxball - Zeppo Division: Kingston FC
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 2nd win in 2019) - Repeat win
-
Reality Bites - Bachelor Division: Memphis Bighitters
(owner Michael Quinn) - 9th division win; League champ in 2011
-
Steel City League - Kiner Division: Atlanta Golden Krust
(owner Ricardo Alexander - 3rd win in 2019) - 3rd division crown
9/5/19
-
3 Division Champions from the September 4 games: (See
standings for all leagues)
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Reality Bites - Fear Factor Division: Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympians
(owner Leif Jonson) - First playoff berth since 2009, when they won league championship; 4th overall title
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Scooby Doo League - Daphne Division:
North DeLisle Rangers
(owner Sherman Wan) - Defending league champion; 4th division title
-
Whiff League - Sammy Sosa Division:
Center City Flashbacks
(owner Charlie Penn) - Inaugural season
9/3/19
- 4 Division Champions from the September 2 games: (See
standings for all leagues)
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Experts League - Blogs Division:
Sumer Anunnaki
(owner Brian Haines) - 4th division win - first since 2015; League champ in 2014
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Gone But Not Forgotten League - Philadelphia Athletics Division:
Center City Flashbacks
(owner David Henning) - Inaugural season
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Scooby Doo League - Shaggy Division:
Rittman Corked Bats
(owner Michael Rudolph) - Repeat division winner - 3rd overall
-
Winners Circle League - Mathewson Division:
Los Angeles Baconators
(owner Jerry King) - 4th consecutive division championship
9/2/19
- Reminder - this is the final week to sign free
agents for the regular season/post season.
9/1/19
- 3 Division Champions from the
September 1 games: (See
standings for all leagues)
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Anchorman League - Rather Division:
Roto Baseball Thunder
(owner Skip Hohensee) - Repeat division winner, 3rd in franchise history
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Golden Throat League - Haray Carey Division:
Atlanta Gangsters
(owner Ricardo Alexander) - First division title since 2007 - looking for first league championship
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South Siders League - Faber Division:
El Dorado Conquistadors
(owner Robert Elias) - 4th straight division win; League champ in 2017
8/29/18
- Roughly about the same time every year...congratulations to our
first Division Champion:
(See
standings for all leagues)
-
Moneyball League - Art Howe Division:
Crumpton Roches
(owner Jesse Roche) - 7th division title in league's 7 seasons; Defending league champ and won 2 other times
8/26/19
- A reminder of what's coming up of importance in the BWB
calendar - See
the season schedule for
details.
- Week 23 - deadline Sunday 9/1 - "roster
expansion" - taxi squad and minor league
players can fill in as an extended bench for the final
three weeks of the season - See the
rules regarding September call ups
- Week 24 - deadline Sunday 9/8 - final
week to sign free agents for the 2019 season/post-season
8/17/19
- Reminder: Every 5 weeks we change the
transaction deadline day to better match the mapping between MLB
games and BWB games. Starting this week, and for Weeks
21-25 our lineup/transaction deadlines are due on
Sundays at 1 PM Eastern
- This is your final chance to move any players to the
Prospects Roster. Week 21 is the final week to make that
move.
8/13/19
- Trades are closed for the 2019 season
8/7/19
- Don't forget - starting with Week 16 games, the
financial aspects of regular season performance changed:
- The reward for each win changed from 50K to 75K (and
goes to 100K starting in Week 21)
- The funds to help 4th place teams were reduced and goes
to zero for the final 5 weeks of the season
- Don't leave cash on the table for your team next season
by becoming a completely non-competitive team the rest of
the way
8/6/19
- This week is the trade
deadline!
8/3/19
- With Game 100 scored and posted, we've hit the 2/3 mark of
the regular season
8/1/19
- Planning Ahead - Taking a look at the upcoming
schedule
- Week 19 - Deadline Monday, August 5 - this will be a
short week with deadline moved to Monday night
- Week 20 (8/12/19) - Trade deadline
- Week 21 (8/18/19)
- Weekly deadlines move to Sundays at 1PM Eastern
- Final week to move any players to the prospect
roster
- Week 23 - "Roster expansion" begins - for games in
Weeks 23-25, taxi squad and minor league players may
fill in for lineup holes
- Some dates may be subject to change -
check the schedule for
the entire season
7/31/19
- Of 3,072 games in BWB for Week 16, the results of 184
changed with the pitching corrections.
- 320 Teams had a different win total for Week 16 after
the game corrections:
- 13 teams had +2 wins
- 149 teams had +1 win
- 142 teams had -1 win
- 15 teams had -2 wins
- 1 team had -3 wins
7/30/19
- See the email sent out tonight about some game-scoring
errors. I will need to rescore all of Week 16. Game
results have been cleared out but the original box score files
and standings are still present - those will be overwritten when
the games are redone.
- I'll try to get the week rescored and posted by late
Wednesday night.
7/24/19
- In case you're seeing missing contract extensions, in the email sent out to all owners on Sunday morning, I
listed among the items to consider:
- 7. There is no “sign and trade” in BWB –
you can’t do a contract extension on a player and trade
him away in the same week (but you COULD extend him this
week and trade him next week).
- About 13 contract extensions across all of BWB were discarded this week because those
players were also involved in trades. In the
processing order of transactions, trades come before
extensions, so once the trade occurs, the original team
no longer has the player to do the contract extension.
7/19/19
- Week 17 is the final week for contract extensions -
deadline is Tuesday night
- During the transaction period right before the contract
deadline, each team gets an extra 1000 in cash (See
rules)
- That cash has been distributed and
added to team cash balances
during the Week 16 transaction processing
7/10/19
- There are no more salary rebates this season when you cut
players.
- The signing salary for any free agent is now fixed - you
will pay a prorated 40% of the 2019 salary for any player you
sign for the remainder of the season.
- For Week 16 lineups - you may reorder your pitching
rotation from scratch - we will not check on games of rest
between Weeks 15 and 16 - it's our version of the All
Star Break.
7/8/19
- OK - we have a little situation based on the number of games
the Tigers have not yet played due to weather (and really the
White Sox too as for the moment they're only ahead of Detroit by
a day). When we process weekly transactions for a
given week, we use the game results from 2 weeks earlier to set
transaction order and cash distribution. For example, this
week when we do Week 15 transactions, we're using the game
results from Week 13, which just ended on Saturday.
- No problem for this week - we're set a couple of days
before the deadline - but the All Star Break will now
interfere.
- The real problem comes for Week 16 transactions, with a
scheduled deadline of Monday, 7/15. The Tigers play
their final game to map to BWB Week 14 on Monday, 7/15 -
meaning I can't score games until Tuesday...and likely can't
set the transaction order until Wednesday and that would be
the earliest day that I could process the transactions. There will
be similar issues in the next couple of weeks after that, so
these are the changes in transaction/lineup deadlines:
- This week - Week 15 - no change in
date, but will extend to midnight Eastern time on
Tuesday night
- Week 16: Deadline changed from Mon
7/15 to Wed 7/17 (midnight Eastern)
- Week 17: Deadline changed from Mon
7/22 to Tue 7/23 (midnight Eastern)
- Week 18: Deadline changed from Mon
7/29 to Tue 7/30 (7 PM Eastern)
- Then I think that by Week 19 we can get back to the
regular schedule - with deadline on Mon 8/5.
- See the changes listed on the
season listing of
schedule/deadlines
- Note - I'm setting these deadlines back so that I
believe that I can set the transaction order on the same day
I process transactions. But I probably won't be able
to post the updated order very far ahead of the weekly
deadline, if at all. Sorry - you'll have to estimate
the order from the previous week.
- I could just keep the listed deadlines, but I won't be able
to process transaction submissions any sooner, so if the
deadlines are not pushed back, you'll have fewer days in between
posting of results and when your next list is due.
- This may need to change again, depending on weather.
7/7/19
- Reminder - This is the final week to release players and get a
prorated salary rebate for 2019 - Deadline is Tuesday
night at 7 PM Eastern
7/5/19
- With Game 75 in the books we have reached the halfway mark
of the regular season.
7/4/19
- It appears that my outgoing email has been blocked, and as
near as I can tell, the broadcast blast I sent out on Tuesday
afternoon to announce the deadline extension was the last
message received by the outside world. I've got a ticket
in with my web provider to get this fixed, but with the holiday,
I'm not expecting anything today. So, if you're waiting on
a reply from me, it may be a little while.
- The unfortunate death of Tyler Skaggs means that he will be
removed from all rosters and from the player list. This
happened too close to the weekly deadline to act on it during
Week 14, so nothing changed this week and if he's in a rotation
and has a queued start, his stats will count during Week 13
and/or 14 games. Effective for Week 15, he'll be off all
rosters - you can cut him, but if you don't the BWB league
office will remove him. You will get a salary rebate if
applicable.
See
the BWB rule covering this
7/3/19
- This is the final week to release players and get a
prorated salary rebate for 2019 (salary rebates do
continue for trades)
- Tigers game postponed on Tuesday pushes us back another day
for the next game score. We'll hit the halfway point of
the season with a posting of Games 73-75 on Thursday.
6/29/19
- With Brendan McKay coming up to the majors and still a 2-way
player and likely to be used that way, we've made him a 2-way
player in BWB and added pitching eligibility for him.
6/28/19
- Planning Ahead - Taking a look at the upcoming
schedule
- Week 15 (7/9/19) - This is the final week to release
players and get a prorated salary rebate for 2019
- Week 16 (7/15/19)
- Weekly deadlines shift to Monday nights
- All teams receive an extra 1000
in cash
- "All Star Break" - Reorder your pitching
rotation without concern about games of rest between
Weeks 15 & 16
- Week 17 (7/22/19) - Final week to sign contract
extensions for 2020 and beyond
- Week 20 (8/12/19) - Trade deadline
- Some dates may be subject to change -
check the schedule for
the entire season
6/24/19
- As Week 12 games begin, we've got three weeks of games within your
division
6/17/19
- Reminder - this is your first chance to
sign 2019 first round draft picks. To give you a little
extra time for your picks, the weekly deadline on
Tuesday night is extended until midnight Pacific.
6/11/19
- First round draft picks of 2019 are now in the player list.
You can sign them this week.
- There is a slight risk in signing draft picks - if the
player does not sign by the MLB deadline (July 12), the player is
immediately removed from your roster and from the BWB player
list.
- How to find the picks? On the player selection
screen, use the "Other" filter and you'll find an option for
"First Round (2019)"
- You'll also find them by looking for players who are new
to the list in Week 12, although they will be mixed in with
other players added this week by making their first MLB
appearances.
6/9/19
- Reminder -
Transaction submissions and lineup changes are now due on
Tuesdays at 7 PM Eastern!
- First round draft picks will be available NEXT WEEK - you'll
find them in the player list after Week 11 transaction results
post on Tuesday night.
- Orphan Special - there are still a handful of
orphan teams
for this season - you can grab any orphan for the
remainder of the 2019 season for just $10 (regular
price $35)
- 4 of the 6 available orphans currently have the #1 pick
each week in transactions and already have some of this
season's top prospects. One other team is at #2 and
the last one is picking at #4.
6/6/19
- Note: Every 5 weeks we change the
transaction deadline day to better match the mapping between MLB
games and BWB games. Starting this week, and for Weeks
11-15 our lineup/transaction deadlines are due on
Tuesdays
6/4/19
- Planning Ahead - Taking a look at the upcoming
schedule
- Week 10 (6/5/19) - Final transaction/lineup deadline
to fall on Wednesday
- Week 11 (6/11/19) - Transaction/lineup deadline
moves to Tuesdays
- Week 12 (6/18/19) - First week that 2019 first round
draft picks will be available to sign - check for them
in the Player list after the Week 11 transaction results
are posted (estimated for 6/12/19)
- Week 15 (7/9/19) - This is the final week to release
players and get a prorated salary rebate for 2019
- Week 16 (7/15/19) - All teams receive an extra 1000
in cash
- Week 17 (7/22/19) - Final week to sign contract
extensions for 2020 and beyond
- Some dates may be subject to change -
check the schedule for
the entire season
6/2/19
- With Game 50, we've reached a milestone point of the season
- 1/3 of the regular season is complete
4/28/19
- Winless no more - South Park in the Commissioners League
won not just once, but twice against first-place Towanda.
Win #1 came in Game 16.
4/27/19
- Let's try to answer a question before it's asked: When is
Vlad Jr. going to be available to sign?
- BWB only adds a player to the list once he plays a game
in MLB - and the stats are available the day after the
debut.
- BWB adds new players just once per week - this gives 5-7
days typically to allow everyone a chance to get in and
submit a claim. Players are posted at the same time
that transactions/lineups are processed.
- For the week that just closed with a Thursday deadline
(and the process to run transactions beginning Thursday
night), players would have had to have had the first
appearance on Wednesday. With Vlad's debut on Friday,
he will not appear on the player list until after we
process/post Week 5 transactions.
- So, look for Guerrero to be available for the first time
for Week 6 - with deadline Wednesday, May 8
(transaction order determined by the win-loss records
following Week 4, so there's nothing more you can do to
affect your waiver position).
4/24/14
- Our final undefeated team - Wrigley Bleacher Bums (Federal
League, owned by Jason Kiernan) lost in its 13th game, 5-3 to
Trump.
- There's still one team searching for win #1 - Andrew
Lehman's South Park Butters (Commissioners League) is 0-15.
They're getting closer? 3 of the last 4 losses have been
in extra innings. But coming up is a 3-game series against
1st place Towanda (13-2).
4/21/19
- Perfect - and not so perfect: After 10 games, we've got 3
teams left with a perfect 10-0 record. Jason Kiernan has 2
of them: Wrigley in Federal League and Big Tall in Fenway
Fenatics. Robert Elias has the other one with Cape Fear in
the new Tobacco Road League. Meanwhile, there are still 10
teams across BWB that have yet to get their first win.
- Update after Game 12 - Jason Kiernan's
Wrigley Bleacher Bums is the final team remaining with a
perfect 12-0 record. There are now only 3 teams left
looking for their first win.
4/20/19
- It's a little early in the season - 14/15ths of the regular
season still remains - but here's our 1-page look at comparing
teams across all the leagues in the BWB universe:
Around BWB
4/14/19
- Weekly league stats will generally appear a day after the
final games of the week post
- Starting with Week 3 transactions, we now base our weekly
transaction order on the standings. There's a 2-week delay
- so the standings now at the end of Week 1 will determine the
picking order for Week 3. This will also typically post
about a day after the week is completed. There are a lot
of ties to break early in the season, so at this point it takes
a little longer - the current plan is to have the transaction
order updated for Week 3 by late Monday night.
4/9/19
- It's BWB Opening Day! Week 1
Begins - Game 1 posted -
See results
- The next score update - for Games 2 & 3 - is expected on
Wednesday night - we have enough MLB games played already to
score through Game 3 - I just needed extra time on Game 1 to
make sure everything works right and get some of the kinks
out.
- Among the different
multiteam tools for those of you who have a lot of teams,
you can view the
transaction results for all of your teams on one page
4/7/19
- 2019 Schedule posted - you can see this in
a number of ways:
- Weekly schedule for your
entire league - this is the link I'll post on the home
page when we score games, it's also available on your
league's home page and in the footer of every web page - the
"Results" link. This page will show the results and
links to box scores.
- Full season schedule
for your league - a text representation of each 3-game
series for this year. It's also available as a link on
the league home page and on the weekly schedule. This
page will not show game results.
- Full season schedule
for your team - A running record of all your games (or
check out another team), including YTD record at each game,
a link to the box score, and a look at upcoming pitching
matchups (available once I get the Week 1 lineups from
everyone). This is available from a link at the top of
the weekly schedule page.
- You might be asking...when do we start playing
games?
- First, understand the Five Game Gap - if you're new to BWB or just need a
reminder, check out the explanation of
how MLB games map to BWB
games
- So we need to wait until all teams play MLB game #6 to get
to BWB game #1.
- 4 teams did not play their 6th game until Friday night -
so the soonest we would have been able to post results for
BWB game #1 would have been Saturday
- But with the late-drafting leagues, we are running a bit
behind. Lineups are due for Week 1 games on Monday
night. Look for the first game results to come
on Tuesday night or Wednesday night. From
there on - we'll typically have results posted every 2-3
days.
4/6/19
- Reminder - Week One Transaction/Lineup Deadline - Monday, April 8 at 7 PM Eastern
- One thing to be clear about on the delayed enforcement of
the maximum cash balance - think about the contract extensions
this week as a Week 0.5 for transactions -
we'll do the contract extensions first and then enforce the 7000
team balance limit. Then we'll do the remainder of the
transactions for Week 1. If you are currently
under 7000 in cash - and then you cut/trade players so that the
salary rebate puts you over 7000, you will not be penalized.
4/3/19
- Week Zero
Transactions Posted
- Any teams with cash balances above 5000 were slated to
be cut down to that level (exceptions: new leagues, new
owners taking over orphan teams, and orphans adopted on or
after Week -2) - however, see the special
extension below
- Teams were then provided with an extra 2000 in Opening
Day cash
- Players may start getting added to the player list from
here on out - as they appear in their first MLB game
- Players are only added at the time of the posting of
transaction results - so you don't have to be searching
daily for new additions.
- You'll find the new players in the player/free agent
list - find the drop down box for "New in 2019" -
players are listed by the first transaction week in
which they can be signed.
- Week One Transaction/Lineup Deadline - modified to
Monday, April 8 at 7 PM Eastern
- Maximum Cash Balance - enforcement delayed
- In trying to cut people a break, I sent out a
list of teams that
were over the maximum cash balance and offered
to have them send me contract extensions via email - after
thinking about that, I realized this would a) create a lot
of manual work and b) delay the process for everyone else to
work on setting lineups
- So, to put at least a little bit of order into this,
these teams still have a chance to use their cash
before losing it.
- Because all teams have been given 2000 in cash for
Opening Day, the new maximum balance is 7000
- The teams on the list can only work their cash down
via contract extensions
- Use the normal contract extension form to
submit your choices
- Before we process Week 1 transactions, we'll run a
special contract extension round only. After those
extensions are processed, any of the teams that still
have balances over 7000 will be cut down to that amount.
- Then we'll move on to run Week 1 transaction
submissions as normal.
- The deadline to complete this is the same as the
Week 1 transaction deadline - Monday 4/8 at 7 PM EDT
-
Only the
teams on this list need to be concerned about this
4/1/19
- Reminder: your teams' cash balances need to be below
5000 after processing this week's transactions or the
balance will be cut down to 5000. Need to take a quick
pass again to see where you stand? Check out the
all my transactions page
which now displays the estimated cash balance for you after the
transactions.
- Some of you with many teams may be coming down to the wire
checking your cash balances and getting your roster ready - it
won't affect any knowledge of MLB information, so I'm extending
the deadline one more time - Week Zero Transactions due
on Tuesday morning, 8 AM Eastern. (Why not later
in the day, just before games start? This way I can
download the transaction submissions and maybe process them on
Tuesday during the day).
- There's a lot going on, so here's a recap of the
upcoming deadlines:
- Tuesday morning 4/2 - 8 AM EDT: Week Zero
transactions
- Thursday night 4/4 - 7 PM EDT: Week One transactions and
set lineups for Week One games. This will likely be pushed
back.
- Making some long-needed fixes to transaction error checking
- this is a work in progress:
- Sunday - completed: Error-checking now handles count of
players when you already have players on your roster who are
labeled as "prospects." Before - players on your
prospect roster were incorrectly counted as part of your
40-man roster, so that even if you weren't making any
transactions this week, you'd get flagged for being over 40
players if your normal roster + your prospects were greater
than 40
- Sunday - completed: Fixed 40-man errors for signing players directly to
IR or directly to prospects
- Sunday - completed: Calculated IR fee into your net cash balance after
transactions
- Sunday - compleatd: Calculated prospect fee into your net cash balance
after transactions
- Future - changes include:
- Checking if your total prospects will go over the
limit of 5
- Eventually, figuring in roster/cash changes from
trades into the transaction limits
3/31/19
- Reminders about Week Zero Transactions - due
Monday night at midnight Pacific time Tuesday morning at 8 AM Eastern :
- Teams in returning leagues must get their cash
balances at or below 5000 after all transactions
are complete this week - if you do not, your team's balance
will be reduced to 5000.
- All teams get 2000 in extra cash this week.
If you need it, you can actually use the cash for
transactions, meaning you can let your balances get down to
-2000 and still be OK.
- ThirtyThirtySomething League Draft - Phase Two Draft - Part
Three is complete
- See the league
draft index for a link to the results
- Rosters are posted and team finances updated
- All teams have a legal roster - so we
now move into regular weekly transactions (Week Zero is due
Monday night)
- Whiff League Draft - Phase Two Draft - Part Three is complete
- See the league
draft index for a link to the results
- Rosters are posted and team finances updated
- All teams have a legal roster - so we
now move into regular weekly transactions (Week Zero is due
Monday night)
3/30/19
- ThirtyThirtySomething League - Phase Two Draft, Part
Two posted
- See the league
draft index for details
- Rosters populated and finances updated
- We're not quite at a legal roster for all teams, so we
need a Part 3 - list is now open
- Deadline for Phase Two, Part Three
list submission is Sunday 3/30 at 2 PM Eastern
- Whiff League - Phase Two Draft, Part Two posted
- See the league
draft index for details
- Rosters loaded and finances updated
- We continue Phase Two draft until all teams have a legal
roster - we're very close. The list for Part 3 is now open.
- Deadline for Phase Two, Part Three
list submission is Sunday 3/31 at noon Eastern
3/29/19
- Gone But Not Forgotten League Draft - Phase Two
Draft - Part Three is complete
- See the league
draft index for details
- Rosters populated and finances updated
- All teams have a legal roster - so we
now move into regular weekly transactions (Week Zero is due
Monday night)
- Wes Anderson League Draft - Phase Two Draft - Part Two is complete
- See the league
draft index for a link to the results
- Rosters are posted and team finances updated
- All teams have a legal roster - so we
now move into regular weekly transactions (Week Zero is due
Monday night)
3/28/19
- The Week Zero transaction order was just reset
- For returning leagues, it's the same as it was in the
Redistribution Draft - based on the 2018 standings with the
4 playoff teams in the last 4 slots
- For new leagues (at the moment, only Tobacco Road was
reset) it's in order of team total payroll (ascending)
- The order does not change for Weeks 1 and 2 - then
starting in Week 3 it will change weekly depending on 2019
standings
- Because of the late-ending drafts, the Week Zero
transaction deadline is pushed back to Monday night, 4/1 at
midnight Eastern
- ThirtyThirtySomething League - Phase Two Draft, Part
One posted
- See the league
draft index for details
- Rosters populated and finances updated
- We continue Phase Two draft until all teams have a legal
roster, the list for Part 2 is now open - access the draft
list from your team roster. 2 teams need to
successfully sign 11 players, so we're setting the list to
18 rounds.
- Deadline for Phase Two, Part One
list submission is Saturday 3/30 at noon Eastern
3/26/19
- Whiff League - Phase Two Draft, Part One posted
- See the league
draft index for details
- Rosters loaded and finances updated
- We continue Phase Two draft until all teams have a legal
roster, the list for Part 2 is now open - access the draft
list from your team roster
- Deadline for Phase Two, Part Two
list submission is Thursday night 3/28 at midnight Eastern
3/25/19
- Gone But Not Forgotten League Draft - Phase Two
Draft - Part Two - Posted
- See the league
draft index for details
- Rosters populated and finances updated
- Three teams still do not have a legal roster, so we'll
do a Part Three of the draft - it's a quick turnaround...
- Deadline for Phase Two, Part Three
list submission is Wednesday night 3/27 at Midnight Eastern
- Week Minus 1
Transactions Posted - Week Zero deadline is
extended out to
Saturday, March 30 at Midnight Pacific (3/31/19
3 AM EDT)
- See the notes about what you
need to do for
Week Zero transactions - a big reminder is that you
need to get your teams' cash balances below 5000 by this week.
3/24/19
- Wes Anderson League - Phase Two Draft, Part One posted
- See the league
draft index for details
- Rosters loaded and finances updated
- We continue Phase Two draft until all teams have a legal
roster, the list for Part 2 is now open - access the draft
list from your team roster
- Deadline for Phase Two, Part Two
list submission is Wednesday night 3/27 at
7 PM Eastern
- ThirtyThirtySomething League - Phase One Draft -
Complete!
- See the league
draft index for details
- Rosters populated and finances updated
- Phase Two draft is now open - access the draft list from
your team roster - deadline for Phase Two, Part One
list submission is Tuesday night 3/26 at midnight Eastern
3/23/19
- We're getting down to the wire for the final
touches on your rosters heading into the season.
- Week -1 transactions are due Sunday night at
midnight
EDT
- Week Zero transactions are due Thursday,
March 28
(but with drafts just finishing, this may get extended) -
teams in returning leagues will lose any cash balance left
over 5000 at that time (and then all teams get an
extra 2000). Starting a couple of years ago, there are exceptions to this rule:
- Any orphan teams acquired by an owner for his/her
initial season of BWB are not subject to the maximum
cash balance
- Any orphan teams acquired where the extra 4000 cash
is credited on Week -2 or later does not have to quickly
reduce (We're currently in Week -1, so pick up an orphan
now and your cash is safe)
- And - any teams
currently in orphan status will not be subject to a cut.
-
See the rule
- Week 1 lineups will be due on Thursday, April 4
3/20/19
- Whiff League Draft - Phase One Draft Complete!
- See the league
draft index for details
- Rosters populated and finances updated
- Phase Two draft is now open - access the draft list from
your team roster - deadline for Phase Two, Part One
list submission is Monday night 3/25 at midnight Eastern
- It's MLB Opening Day! (kind of...) If
you're new to BWB this year or need a reminder, do these games
in Japan count?
- Yes and no. Pitching performances will count - but
hitting stats don't count until MLB teams play their 6th
game of the season.
- Do you have to set lineups for these games? No -
you'll set your BWB lineups for Week 1 of our season by
April 4. Knowing a few performances ahead of time
won't wreck the season.
- Check
out the rules about which games count
3/18/19
- Wes Anderson League - Live Draft Results Posted
- See the league
draft index for details
- Rosters loaded and finances updated
- Phase Two draft is now open - access the draft list from
your team roster - deadline for Phase Two, Part One
list submission is Saturday night 3/23 at midnight Eastern
- ThirtyThirtySomething League - League is full!
- See the league
draft index - The page has links to past drafts
to show you some examples of how it works and who gets
picked a lot and how bidding works.
- Phase One draft lists are open - access a link on your
team's roster page. We're at a point in the preseason
where we need to move fast: The
deadline for Phase One is Thursday afternoon, March 21
at NOON Eastern
3/17/19
- Gone But Not Forgotten League Draft - Phase One -
Draft complete
- See the league
draft index for details
- Rosters populated and finances updated
- Phase Two draft is now open - access the draft list from
your team roster - deadline for Phase Two, Part One
list submission is Thursday night 3/21 at midnight Eastern
3/13/19
- Tobacco Road League Draft - Phase Two Draft - Part
Four is
complete
- See the league
draft index for a link to the results
- Rosters are posted and team finances updated
- All teams have a legal roster - so we
now move into regular weekly transactions (deadlines on
Sunday night)
3/12/19
- We need a little more time for some of the newly-joined team
owners to get familiar with the site/process and so we need to
extend a couple of draft dates:
- UPDATED: Whiff League - extended from Monday
night at midnight Eastern to
Saturday night, March
16 at midnight Eastern
- Gone But Not Forgotten League - due to
the Whiff League extension, I'll push this back a day -
deadline extended from Wednesday night at midnight Eastern
to Thursday night, March 14 at midnight Eastern
3/11/19
- Welcome to Benchwarmer Baseball - It's
a unique form of fantasy baseball as we play 150 individual
head-to-head games in a season simulated from daily MLB
stats - this isn't a Rotisserie game.
- We have only a few open teams remaining for new 2019 leagues - sign up now!
- This is fantasy baseball 365 days a year.
In early January, teams cut down their 40-man rosters to
a maximum of 28 players that they can carry over onto
their 2019 squads. They just wrapped up the annual Redistribution Draft, where
teams that finished poorly last season get some
advantages to try to rebuild for this year and the
future. For the remainder of the preseason, they'll be
putting their finishing touches on the Opening Day
rosters.
- Check out the Benchwarmer Baseball
Tour for an introduction.
- Check out our
list of new leagues for 2019 that you can join to
begin your dynasty. Or, if you'd like to attempt
to turn around a struggling team, view our available
orphan teams
...pick up an existing team and rebuild it,
rather than start from scratch.
- If you're a first-time owner, you play under the
"rookie rate" of $35 for your first team (normal
price, $65)
- Orphan teams are also just
$35 - about 1/2 the normal
price.
- If you're interested, your first step is to
sign up here.
Then go ahead and pick out a
new league
or check out the
orphan
list again.
- Are you already a BWB team owner and want to add
teams? Check first to see if you have an
available bonus team
from 2018 or else
add new teams here. Email us if you want an
orphan team
and we'll set you up.
3/10/19
- A quick note on transactions and errors - it looks like I
still need to fix any errors about roster size related to
prospects - that was something left over from last summer.
I won't have it fixed tonight but will see what I can do for
next week.
- The FILL UP THE NEW LEAGUES SPECIAL is extended
through Wednesday night at midnight Pacific - see the
note below from March 6 for more details.
- Wes Anderson League is almost full - This
is a LIVE DRAFT with one more open spot at the
moment - see
the list of new
leagues in order to join
- Live draft time will be Friday night, March 15 at 10 PM
Eastern
- If you signed up for that league and can't do it, you
can switch to
the ThirtyThirtySomething League that will use the list
draft format. If you can't do that list draft or
really only wanted to do a live draft, let
me know and I can remove your team from Wes Anderson.
- See the league
draft index to view results of the live drafts
is previous seasons.
- Gone But Not Forgotten League - League is full!
- See the league
draft index - The page has links to past drafts
to show you some examples of how it works and who gets
picked a lot and how bidding works.
- Phase One draft lists are open - access a link on your
team's roster page. We're at a point in the preseason
where we need to move fast: The
deadline for Phase One is Monday night, March 11
at midnight Eastern
3/8/19
- Whiff League - League is full!
- See the league
draft index - The page has links to past drafts
to show you some examples of how it works and who gets
picked a lot and how bidding works.
- Phase One draft lists are open - access a link on your
team's roster page. We're at a point in the preseason
where we need to move fast: The
deadline for Phase One is Monday night, March 11
at midnight Eastern
3/6/19
- FILL UP THE NEW LEAGUES SPECIAL.
We're trying to fill out
4 more new
leagues for the 2019 season. Our full draft process
takes at least a couple weeks, so we need to fill them as soon
as possible to make sure they run and are ready for the start of
the season.
- If you're new to BWB and want to try us out,
sign up here
and use the promo code FILL - you'll get
your teams for just $10 (save $25 off the "rookie rate")
- If you already have a team, no promo code is necessary -
just click
here to add 1 or more teams - you'll get the same $10
price (I'll fix it on the back end after you sign up)
- Once you sign up you should be able to join a league
right away - grab a spot before they are gone!
- This special expires Sunday night, March 10, at midnight
Pacific.
3/3/19
- Tobacco Road League Draft - Phase Two Draft - Part
Three is
complete
- See the league
draft index for a link to the results
- Rosters are posted and team finances updated
- We don't yet have every team with a legal roster - so Phase Two draft lists are now open again. The
deadline for Phase Two, Part Four is Wednesday night, March
6
at midnight EST
2/25/19
-
Redistribution Draft - Rounds 3-5 posted
- We now move on to our regular weekly transactions
throughout the preseason
- Deadlines are every Sunday night at midnight
EST until Week Zero, when the deadline switches
to Thursdays
- All transactions are open - trades, cuts, free agent
signings, contract extensions, move to IR, move to
prospect roster
- You get an 80% salary rebate for any player you cut;
salary rebates in trades are 100%
- There is a 1-week delay between when you sign a
player and when he is available for your lineup - so, in
order to have your Opening Day roster ready for Week 1,
you must have a legal roster by the end of signings on
Week Zero. That gives you five weeks of
transactions.
- The deadline for Transaction Week -4 is
Sunday night, March 3 at midnight EST
- All teams received an extra 1000 in cash
to help cover prospect roster costs (there's a fee of 250 to
put a player there). However, you are not required to
use the cash for prospects - for teams short on cash and not
yet with a legal roster, you can use it for regular
transactions as well.
- The next cash distribution is for 2000 during Week Zero.
2/24/19
- Michael Lehman - when you get a chance contact me about
Murderers' Row and Moneyball League
- Reminder - updated draft lists for the Redistribution Draft
(rounds 3-5) are due tonight at midnight EST - No changes are necessary, but it's an optional chance for
you to rework the list
- We're a little bit more than a month out from Opening Day,
so it's time to think about
payment for your 2019
teams. For returning owners, your
deadline to pay isn't until Opening Day. If you are
playing a lot of teams, you might want to check out one of the
two package plans.
2/20/19
- Tobacco Road League Draft - Phase Two Draft - Part
Two is
complete
- See the league
draft index for a linke to the results
- Rosters are posted and team finances updated
- Phase Two draft lists are now open again. The
deadline for Phase Two, Part Three is Friday night, March 1
at midnight EST
2/18/19
2/9/19
- Tobacco Road League Draft - Phase Two Draft - Part
One is
complete
- See the league
draft index for a linke to the results
- Rosters are posted and team finances updated
- Phase Two draft lists are now open again. The
deadline for Phase Two, Part Two is Monday night, Feb 18
at midnight EST
2/6/19
1/29/19
- Tobacco Road League Draft - Phase One Draft is
complete
- See the league
draft index - All contested picks are resolved
- Rosters are posted and team finances updated
- Phase Two draft lists are now open. The
deadline for Phase Two, Part One is Wednesday night, Feb 6
at midnight EST
1/27/19
- Transaction Order is now reset for the
Redistribution Draft and off-season free agency. League
champions draft last, runners-up are 15th, and the remaining
division winners draft 13th and 14th.
1/16/19
- Results of carryover choices posted. View the
Transactions page to see
the cuts in your league.
- The 2019 Redistribution Draft is now open. You'll have
just about
3
full weeks to make your selections (see the link on your team
roster). Deadline is Sunday night 2/3/19 Midnight EST.
- For more information, see the rules regarding the
Redistribution Draft
- There's nearly 3 weeks to do your list for Round 1, but you
should consider building for all 5 rounds
- Then, after Feb 3, we post the results of only Round 1 only - any
drafted players will be removed from the remainder of your
lists.
- You'll have 2 weeks to redo draft lists (if you choose),
then we post the results of only Round 2 (again removing
drafted players from your rounds 3-5)
- Then one more week for an optional redo of your draft
lists, and we post the results of Rounds 3-5
- The season calendar of deadlines
is posted, but the
deadlines for the Redistribution Draft are:
- Sun 2/3 - First submission - we post results for Round
1
- Sun 2/17 - Adjust your lists for Rounds 2-5 - we post
results for Round 2
- Sun 2/24 - Adjust your lists for Rounds 3-5 - we post
results for the remaining 3 rounds
- The draft order is not yet updated - check
back later this week
- With all the cuts - the Trade Rumors list is cleared out in
our annual deletion of everything.
- Any players on your
Prospect Roster have been moved back to your 40-man roster.
You can begin to move players to prospect status again after the
Redistribution Draft.
1/13/19
- Tonight is the deadline to pick which
players you're keeping on your roster for 2019. You can
check all of your teams for errors on your carryover
selections. Deadline is Sunday night at midnight
Pacific
- For orphan teams assigned between 12/31 and 1/12, your
orphan cash has just been distributed in a special
financial update so that
you can judge your team's finances accordingly. (Foster parents
not included - that cash is distributed when a permanent owner
is assigned).
- All orphan teams currently have foster owners - thanks for
the volunteers!
1/8/19
- Reminder - Roster carryover choices are due on
Sunday night at midnight Pacific (1/14/19, 3AM EST)
- 108 New players added to the list based on the 40-man
rosters
- This is the only player addition until after
Opening Day
- To find them - In the filter/search area of the player
lists, look for the "New in 2019" menu
- Luis Valbuena, who died in a car crash last month, was
removed from the BWB player list and automatically removed from
the rosters of 10 BWB teams.
1/5/19
- Final offseason culling of the player list - 131 players removed from
the game, including just 1 who was on a BWB roster - Henderson
Alvarez (who was automatically removed from any BWB rosters).
- Position for all players for 2019 are now finalized (after
checking all the minor league players).
- Next step is to add the new players into the game based on
MLB 40-man rosters - shooting to get them posted by Sunday
night.
1/2/19
1/1/19
- Happy New Year!
- Week Thirty
Transactions Posted - These are the trades in the
Fall trading period #2
- Trades are now closed until after the Redistribution
Draft is completed in February.
- Your picks for which players you'll keep on your
roster in 2019 are due on Sunday night, January 13 at
midnight Pacific (1/14/19, 3AM EST)
- 125 players were removed from the game on the basis of
retirement or signing to play in foreign ball, including
these 8 that were on BWB rosters: Chris Anderson, Cody Ege,
Jose Fernandez, Jeff Ferrell, Casey Kelly, John Lackey,
Jefry Marte, and Jake Thompson. Those players have been automatically
deleted from any BWB rosters.
- Coming later this week - planned to post by the end of next
weekend:
- Minor league results for 2018, including financial bonus
awards
- New players added to the list for 2019
- I have to look at the transaction order for the
Redistribution Draft and will need to reset it (criteria are
a bit different in season vs. off season)
- There are some page/site fixes to come as well
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