Lead Story - 9/7/2026

Team Draft

At 6 pm Eastern time today, 9/7/2026, Dodger1973 and Rosilver joined me for a google meet to run the preliminary team assignations

The Draft Order:

1 Providence Grays:
2 Detroit Stars:
3 Newark Peppers:
4 Cleveland Spiders:
5 Chicago Whales:
6 Baltimore Black Sox:
7 Brooklyn Eagles:
8 Philadelphia Stars:
9 Indianapolis Clowns:
10 St Louis Browns:
11 Kansas City Monarchs:
12 Boston Beaneaters:
13 Worcester Ruby Legs:
14 Seattle Pilots:
15 Brooklyn Tip Tops:
16 Birmingham Black Barons:

I should not that this is a RANDOM draft: this is the order in which the teams will receive their assignnations.

9/7/2026

Assignations

The random year chosen was "110", which is 2010. Here are the teams you received:

1 Providence Grays: MINNESOTA TWINS
2 Detroit Stars: SAN DIEGO PADRES
3 Newark Peppers: LOS ANGELES ANGELS
4 Cleveland Spiders: ATLANTA BRAVES
5 Chicago Whales: SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
6 Baltimore Black Sox: TORONTO BLUE JAYS
7 Brooklyn Eagles: KANSAS CITY ROYALS
8 Philadelphia Stars: CINCINNATI REDS
9 Indianapolis Clowns: DETROIT TIGERS
10 St Louis Browns: HOUSTON ASTROS
11 Kansas City Monarchs: PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
12 Boston Beaneaters: NEW YORK METS
13 Worcester Ruby Legs: TAMPA BAY (DEVIL) RAYS
14 Seattle Pilots: MILWAUKEE BREWERS
15 Brooklyn Tip Tops: SEATTLE MARINERS
16 Birmingham Black Barons: TEXAS RANGERS

9/6/2026

Selected team names

OldBobcat: PROVIDENCE GRAYS
DGTedford: CHICAGO WHALES
54Pete54: SEATTLE PILOTS
CoachPappy: NEWARK PEPPERS
GOM: BOSTON BEANEATERS
Urbanexile: DETROIT STARS
br21: BROOKLYN EAGLES
Shamsyfan: WORCESTER RUBY LEGS
Bravos42: INDIANAPOLIS CLOWNS
Dodger1973: BIRMINGHAM BARONS
Rosilver: BROOKLYN TIP-TOPS
Ryno__23: KANSAS CITY MONARCHS
Bamatrashman: ST LOUIS BROWNS
Cornliquor: CLEVELAND SPIDERS
PHILLYFAN: BALTIMORE BLACK SOX

League Chat Box

9/6/2026

Welcome!

Read the rules -- this is different from every other league that I run.

Place your desired team name in the chat box -- it must be a real name of any major league team ever: NL, AL, or Federal league, Negro league, or 1800 defunct league.

First come, first served on the names.

SEASONS USED:

1 2010