Lead Story - 6/12/2026

Decades League Season 40

Will it be the usual suspects? The Loons, Rockhoppers, Tractors, Hens? Season 32 was the last time someone other than those four was in the DLWS and it was the Donkeys over the Hens. In season 30 it was the Sea Turtles and in 27 it was Americas team, the Hammers.
Will the Stompers step up? Will the Farmers and the Iron Pigs go to market?Will the Sasquatch, Kool Kats, or the Hornets come out of the woods?
Get ready for season 40.

5/29/2026

DLWS 39 CHAMPIONS****NORTHWOODS LOONS***

Cody Bellinger homered in 3 of the 4 games as the Loons "tooned" up Rochester in a four game sweep tripping the Hoppers up in another Top Dog letdown. Both teams with fantastic regular seasons but there could only be one champion.
It is the 6th title for the bodell82 Loons. I expect to see both teams back at the top again in season 40.

5/23/2026

Top Dogs! Rochester Rockhoppers. Again! And Again!

Regular season champs earn a tag for any player to get an extra year on his contract and a one time roll back. Congrats on being Top Dog award recipient back to back seasons. Well done Paul!

League Chat Box

Keuchel baffles Cannon Ballers, Stompers win

Dallas Keuchel struckout 11 Kannapolis batters in a 10-2 win for the Stompers. | Box

Posada blasts off, leads Tractors to win

Jorge Posada blasted 2 homers, lifting the Tractors to a 7-1 win over Newark. | Box

McCann in the zone for victorious Sea Turtles

Brian McCann's hot bat helped the Sea Turtles to a 15-7 win over the Loons. McCann collected 5 hits in the game. Kapa'a's Ryan Zimmerman had 4 RBIs. | Box

Arraez in the zone for victorious Kool Kats

Luis Arraez's hot bat helped the Kool Kats to a 5-4 win over the Hammers. Arraez collected 4 hits in the game. Hisashi Iwakuma struckout 9 North Haven batters in the contest. | Box

Goldschmidt in the zone for victorious Donkeys

Paul Goldschmidt's hot bat helped the Donkeys to a 9-2 win over the Hornets. Goldschmidt collected 4 hits in the game. | Box

5/29/2026

PAST CHAMPIONS

2000-2019
1-Bradenton Barbanegras
2-Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
3-Tabasco Olmecas
4-Tabasco Olmecas
5-Tabasco Olmecas
6-Tabasco Olmecas
7-Tabasco Olmecas
8-Tabasco Olmecas
9-strike
10-Tabasco Olmecas

1980-1999
11-Tabasco Olmecas
12-Tabasco Olmecas
13-Trenton Thunder
14- Iowa Tractors
15- Ocean City Scallywags
16-Newark Hens
17-Newark Hens
18-St. Louis Wolves
19-Cripple Creek Donkeys
20-Tabasco Olmecas

1960-1979
21-Newark Hens..(over.Loons 4-0) (Regular Season Champs-Loons 95 Wins)
22-Northwoods Loons
23-Tabasco Olmecas (over Tractors 4-2)( Regular season Champs- Tractors)
24-Newark Hens (over Tractors 4-1)(Reg. Season Champs-Tractors)
25-Tabasco Olmecas (over Tractors 4-3) (Reg season Champs- Olmecas)
26-Northwoods Loons (over Rockhoppers 4-3) (Reg season Champs-Rockhoppers)
27-North Haven Hammers ( over Hens 4-3)( Reg, season Champs-Olmecas)
28-Rochester Rockhoppers (over Loons 4-2) Reg. season Champs-Loons)
29-Rochester Rockhoppers (over Hammers 4-1) Reg. season Champs-Olmecas)
30- Kapa'a Sea Turtles (over Olmecas 4-0) Reg, season Champs-Sea Turtles)

1940-1959

31-Northwoods Loons (over Tractors 4-2) (Reg. season champs-Loons)
32-Cripple Creek Donkeys (over Hens 4-1) (Reg. Season Champs-Loons)
33-Northwoods Loons (over Rockhoppers 4-3) (Reg Season Champ-Loons)
34-Northwoods Loons (over Iowa Tractors 4-3) (Reg Season Champ-Loons)
35-Rochester Rockhoppers (over Newark Hens 4-2) (Reg Season Champ-Tractors)
36-Rochester Rockhoppers (over Iowa Tractors 4-2) (Reg Season Champ-Loons)

2006-2025

37-Newark Hens (over Northwoods Loons 4-0) (Reg Season Champ-Rockhoppers)
38-Iowa Tractors (over Rochester Rockhoppers 4-3) (Reg Season Champ=Rockhoppers)
39-Northwoods Loons (over Rochester Rockhoppers 4-0) (Reg Season Champ-Rockhoppers)
40-

5/23/2026

CY Young Award

Fast Ball Freddy Peralta took home the trophy with an 18-9 record for the Iowa Tractors. He pitched to a 2.80 era and a 1.13 whip. 22 QS and 213 K's.

5/23/2026

MVP

Shohei Ohtani ran away with the MVP Award. The Newark hens slugging DH hit 67 hrs and had 172 rbi! he scored 124 runs and had a 1,047 ops and a 678 slug %. The HR, RBI, OPS, and Slug led the league.