Lead Story - 1/7/2026

2006 Preseason Schedule

MLB: Throwback '06 - OFF SEASON SCHEDULE

1. Free Agents over age 40 retired - DONE
2. All teams and FA's Progressed - DONE
3. Import Rookies to each team - DONE
4. Turn on Trades and Drops- DONE
5. Requests for player stat changes to current season - IN PROGRESS
6. Roster Cuts to 32 (mandatory) - - I WILL MAKE CUTS FOR TEAMS NOT IN COMPLIANCE per league rules. - Thursday, Jan.15 - DONE
7. Supplemental Draft (3 Rounds) - Round 1: Wednesday, Jan. 21st at 6am (PT)
Round 2 & 3: Thursday, Jan. 22nd at 6am(PT) and 5pm (PT). - DONE
8. Rosters finalized - Preseason stat and stadium changes done and lineups set for the opening games: Sunday, Jan. 25th at 9pm (PT)
9. Opening Day - Monday, Jan. 26th at 7am (PT)
(make sure you have your ballpark dimensions, rosters, and lineups all set)

League Chat Box

German in the zone for victorious Royals

Esteban German's hot bat helped the Royals to a 5-3 win over the Astros. German collected 4 hits in the game. | Box

Maroth whiffs 9 in 5-2 win

Mike Maroth struckout 9 Washington batters in a 5-2 win for the Rangers. | Box

Reyes powers Mets to win over Mariners

Jose Reyes blasted 3 homers, lifting the Mets to a 7-5 win over Seattle. Ichiro Suzuki had a big game as well, knocking in 3 runs for Seattle while recording 3 hits. | Box

McGwire blasts off, leads Braves to win

Mark McGwire blasted 2 homers, lifting the Braves to a 9-3 win over Cincinnati. | Box

Marlins find a way to survive Benes

Hits were hard to come by against Andy Benes last night, but the Marlins pushed across enough to defeat the Angels, 6-4. Benes allowed just 2 hits over 8 innings in the loss. | Box

12/23/2025

MLB: Throwback 2005 Playoffs

PLAYOFFS START DECEMBER 29th at 7 am (PT)

Note: The division winner takes precedence with regard to seeding.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Houston Astros (102)
#2 Chicago White Sox (92) (4-2 vs TOR)
#3 Toronto Blue Jays (92)
#4 Oakland Athletics (95)
#5 Seattle Mariners (94)
#6 New York Yankees (87)

Wild Card (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) Yankees at Blue Jays - Yankees advance
(5 at 4) Mariners at Athletics - Athletics advance

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) Athletics at Astros - Astros advance
(2 vs 3/6) Yankees at White Sox - White Sox advance

ALCS (7 games}
White Sox at Astros - Astros advance

NATIONAL LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Los Angeles Dodgers (105)
#2 Florida Marlins (104)
#3 Pittsburg Pirates (88) (9-7 vs CIN)
#4 Washington Nationals (102)
#5 Colorado Rockies (96)
#6 Atlanta Braves (89)

Wild Card - (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) Braves at Pirates - Braves advance
(5 at 4) Rockies at Nationals - Nationals advance

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) Nationals at Dodgers - Dodgers advance
(2 vs 3/6) Braves at Marlins - Braves advance

NLCS (7 games)
Braves at Dodgers - Dodgers advance

World Series (7 games)
Astros at Dodgers - Dodgers are Champions !!