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Lead Story - 5/6/2026

Highlights from Macon and Butte (the 5th and 6th Bush League All Star Games

*** SPOILER ALERT *** - The following story contains details of both ASG5 and ASG6 and final results. For ASG6, if you’d rather watch the replay first, you can find a link to it in the Message Center (blue box on the right side of the home page). The box score is also there. Enjoy!

ASG5 – Macon, Georgia

Macon, Georgia (the birthplace of Southern Rock, and also known as “Where Soul Lives”) was a musical adventure for the Bush League All Stars. The players and coaches were treated to tons of live music, from the airport, the bus ride to the ballpark, the pregame show, and throughout the game.

Tribute artists and bands entertained us with music from Macon throughout the game. The music was so great that I forget what happened during the game. I did find a newspaper the next morning which reported that the final score was MEENE (Middle Earth/East Northeast) 8, WWB (Wild West/Borderlands) 7. Sounds like a good game. Dane Sardinha was named the ASG MVP after going 1 for 3 with a 3-RBI double in the first inning.

Oh, I do remember that the home team came out strong with 6 runs in the first inning, but the visitors got 5 back in the top of the second. The home team got another run in the 7th for a 7-5 lead, but the visitors tied it up in the 8th with 2 runs of their own. Irving Falu walked it off in the bottom of the 9th with a double, scoring Mike Maksudian from second base.

With the win, the MEENEies now trail the overall All Star series 3-2. The Season 6 ASG will be played in Roswell, New Mexico. I’ll try to pay more attention to that one.


ASG6 – Roswell, New Mexico

As expected, the 6th Annual Bush League All Star Game in Roswell, New Mexico was like something out of the Twilight Zone.

As the stars and owners and special guests arrived, they were greeted by a trio of strange looking hosts. The three greeters looked a lot like Mork from Ork, Marvin Martian, and the Great Gazoo (from the Flintstones). The stars were given a tour of Roswell, and then chaperoned out to the middle of the desert where they saw strange and spectacular sights that they are not allowed to talk about due to National Security. Also, none of them would be able to talk about it even if they wanted to since, following the tour, the entire group had their memories of the past three hours wiped clean.

Back at the Coliseum, all manner of strange beings populated the seats, some looked like they were in costume, but others were just weird looking Roswellians who could easily pass for aliens.

Mork sang the National Anthem, while Marvin Martian threw out the first pitch.
Kip Young started for the home team and got them off to a good start, retiring the first three hitters he faced. In the bottom of the first, the WildWest-Borderlands squad got to starter Brian Dubois after he had retired the first two batters. The two-out rally started with a Randy Ruiz single and a Greg Pirkl RBI double. Brooks Kieschnick and Travis Metcalf then went deep with back-to-back home runs, giving the home team a quick 4-0 lead.

The second inning pretty much mirrored the first. Young came back out for a second inning and again retired the visitors, three up, three down. In the bottom of the second, Al DeVormer and Todd Haney hit back to back singles to start the inning, followed by a 2-run triple by Anderson Machado and a sac fly by Michael Ryan, making the score 7-0 after two.

It was all the home town heroes would need as they held off the MEENE team the rest of the way, limiting them to four runs on nine hits.

Kip Young was named the game’s MVP as he retired all seven batters he faced to start the game before finally being pulled in the 3rd inning.

With the victory, the WWB stars now lead the overall ALL STAR series 4 games to 2.

Following the game, the stars were given a tour of the International UFO Museum and Research Center. A total of 60 stars and owners went into the building, but only 58 came out. Chief Sockalexis and Buzz Arlett disappeared and were not on the flight home to their respective towns. They both did show up for their teams’ opening second half games, but both seem to have undergone some unexplained transformations.

4/6/2026

Season 6 All Star Teams Named

WildWest-Borderlands All Star Team
C Al DeVormer - Dodgers
C Eddy Garabito - Cloverleafs
1B Randy Ruiz - Dodgers
1B Greg Goossen - Why Nots
2B Todd Haney - Why Nots
2B Ryan Schimpf - Martians
3B Travis Metcalf - Martians
3B Ed Hemingway - Desert Ratz
SS Anderson Machado - Tonkas
SS Dave Silvestri - Beauties
OF Michael Ryan - Martians
OF Brooks Kieschnick - Dodgers
OF Glen Barker - Beauties
OF Maurice Archdeacon - Why Nots
OF Tony Longmire - Tonkas
OF Norris Hopper - Roadrunners
OF Leo Burke - Dodgers
DH Greg Pirkl - Martians
SP Kip Young - Dodgers
SP Dwight Siebler - Beauties
SP Von McDaniel - Martians
SP Brandon Cumpton - Desert Ratz
SP Rob Woodward - Why Nots
RP Evan Meek - Why Nots
RP Brian Shackelford - Dodgers
RP Cody Stashak - Martians
RP Tyler Cravy - Cloverleafs
RP Rigo Beltran - Cloverleafs

MiddleEarth-EastNortheast All Star Team
C Jerry Goff - Whoopees
C Willard Hershberger - Otters
1B Roberto Petagine - Rubber Ducks
1B Mike Kinkade - Omahogs
2B Jorge Velandia - Omahogs
2B Irving Falu - Otters
3B Mitch Meluskey - Kazoos
3B George Zeber - Omahogs
SS Ed Jurak - Kazoos
SS Keith Kessinger - Whoopees
OF Chief Sockalexis - Otters
OF Butch Davis - Whoopees
OF Micah Franklin - Unicorns
OF Rob Richie - Hoot Owls
OF Bernardo Brito - Omahogs
DH Buzz Arlett - Kazoos
DH Morgan Burkhart - Omahogs
DH Bob Hazle - Rubber Ducks
SP Brian Dubois - Hoot Owls
SP Jeff Heathcock - Unicorns
SP Ramon Ramirez - Otters
SP Leo Hafford - Whoopees
SP Scott Lewis - Sluggers
RP Dennis Tankersley - Rubber Ducks
RP Matt Palmer - Rubber Ducks
RP Charlie Haeger - Omahogs
RP Mike Cather - Otters
RP Jim Austin - Kazoos

2/10/2026

Season 6 Pre-Season Schedule

1. Run Progressions - no actual progressions in this league - but there are regressions. Player stats stay the same until Age 39, then they begin to regress at 40. - done

All teams need to cut their roster down to 26 before the 3-round draft. Cuts deadline is Saturday, February 14 at 9pm central time. After the cuts have been made, the 3-round draft will get your roster up to 29, which is one higher than last season. Hopefully this will allow some more flexibility for your roster this year. All 29 roster players will stay on your major league roster - no minors in this league.

Draft Order for the 3-Round Season 5 Draft
Draft won't officially begin until February 15th (Sunday) at 8am Central, but the draft room may open earlier than that, and owners can pick whenever they're on the clock. No pressure though.
1st Round - 6 hours per pick
2nd & 3rd Round - 3 hours per pick
** REMINDER (when ranking and drafting) - Age matters in this league. Players start to regress after their Age 39 season. Happy Drafting!

1. Yucca Valley Desert Ratz
2. Evansville Otters
3. Arizona Roadrunners
4. Yonkers Hoot Owls
5. Louisville Sluggers
6. Kalamazoo Kazoos
7. Minot Why Nots
8. Brandon Cloverleafs
9. Lodi Dodgers
10. Macon Whoopees
11. Utica Unicorns
12. Butte Beauties
13. Omaha Omahogs
14. Minnetonka Tonkas
15. Roswell Martians
16. Akron Rubber Ducks

Free Agency will open up on Friday, February 20 at 7pm central time. Feel free to drop players and pick others up if you think there’s something better in FA.

Opening Day will be Monday, February 23 at 9am central time. Make sure you have your lineups and rotations set up. Ballpark dimensions too. Reminder – no big boost or big disadvantage allowed in this league – just mild or no effect.

Good luck in Season 6, everyone!

1/24/2026

Season 5 Major Awards

Here are the final vote counts for the two major awards:

MVP: Greg Pirkl (Martians) - 5 votes
(other vote getters - Bob Hazle-3)

Cy Young: Bobby Madritsch (Tonkas) - 5 votes
(other vote getters - Dennis Tankersley-1, Wally Holborow-1, Cody Stashak-2)

Congrats to the winners!

9/3/2024

First Season Draft Info

Rules:
For our initial 24-round draft, we will split the draft into two parts:
Part 1 - 10 rounds - snake draft style
Part 2 - 14 rounds - one-way draft style

Once the clock starts (Sunday morning at 9am Central time):
Rounds 1-5 - 6 hours/pick
Rounds 6-10 - 3 hours/pick
Rounds 11-24 - 1 hour/pick

Clock won’t run during the overnight period (10pm to 8am central time)

Due to the limited Free Agent Pool, there will be a couple of position maximums.
Catchers - only 2 per team may be drafted.
Starting Pitchers - only 6 per team may be drafted.

REMEMBER! Age matters in this league. No progressions, but after a player's age 39 season, he will begin to regress every year. So Chuck Hostetler (who is already 41) will start regressing after Season 1 and keep getting worse every year until you just can't stand the smell of him anymore.

Each team will be allowed to switch positions for one position player before Opening Day (see Rules page for more details).

Each team will have one player assigned with a Utility (UT) designation for his secondary position.

8/29/2024

Bush League Essentials (see Rules Page for more details)

Bush League FYI:

No Contracts
No Progressions
Regressions begin at Age 39 (so age matters!)
No changing seasons - players are stuck with whatever stats they enter the league with
Fatigue: Off
Slump Buster: Off
Fire: Off
Ballpark Dimensions - No Big Advantage/Big Disadvantage
Trades - unlimited

16 teams
8 teams make the playoffs
162 Game Schedule
5-man Starting Rotation
Roster Size - 24 to start, will increase one each season until Commish decides on final roster total
Off-Season - cuts to 22 before 3-round draft

8/29/2024

First Season Draft Order

The first Bush League Player Draft will go a long way in determining your team's future, and maybe also your personal future depending on how seriously you take this league (hopefully not too seriously!)

The initial Player Draft will be 24 Rounds.
Draft order is based on "The Last Shall Be First" and will use the Commish's home-made formula which looks at each owners' real PC winning percentage, number of rings, and number of PC games played. This will give those of you who are terrible or mediocre at Baseball Sim Games a fighting chance against those of you who are awesome veterans. The Commish will choose last in the first round because that's just what good Commishes do (or so I've been told by good Commishes).

Draft Order (Final) (Ability to Rank Players has been turned on - Rank away)
1. Utica Unicorns (Offday)
2. Kalamazoo Kazoos (Arlo)
3. Roswell Martians (Dommod)
4. Omaha Omahogs (DaveMagadan)
5. Evansville Otters (BHicks)
6. Butte Beauties (MaaPearson)
7. Louisville Sluggers (GMan)
8. Arizona Roadrunners (SinCityMarauder)
9. Yucca Valley Underdogs (Dempsey)
10. Yonkers Hoot Owls (JSMathiot)
11. Macon Whoopees (Lasershow)
12. Minot Why Nots (GBacci)
13. Akron Rubber Ducks (Bush)
14. Minnetonka Trucks (RevEJB)
15. Lodi Dodgers (Sheikyerboudi)
16. Brandon Cloverleafs (Gus)