Lead Story - 9/26/2025

SEASON 8 DRAFT TRACKER

1. Miami Marlins (bamajoe66) - Oakland Athletics
2. Colorado Rockies (fjs) - Minnesota Twins
3. San Diego Padres (sws33) - New York Yankees
4. Tampa Bay Rays (jimgriddy) - Boston Red Sox
5. Chicago White Sox (tribetime89) - St. Louis Cardinals
6. Kansas City Royals (jrobandsteal) - San Francisco Giants
7. New York Mets (sheikyerboudi) - Baltimore Orioles
8. Philadephia Phillies (rosilver) - Atlanta Braves
9. Milwaukee Brewers (kingdude) - Los Angeles Dodgers
10. Detroit Tigers (larsbullitt) - Houston Astros
11. Boston Red Sox (ndekar) - Cleveland Guardians
12. Chicago Cubs (revejb) - Cincinnati Reds
13. Los Angeles Angels (run4fun2009) - Chicago Cubs
14. Cincinnati Reds (glansgruber) - Philadelphia Phillies
15. St. Louis Cardinals (mrbubbles1967) - Pittsburgh Pirates
16. Texas Rangers (atsanbpinetti) - Los Angeles Angels
17. Toronto Blue Jays (wisely1300) - Detroit Tigers
18. Pittsburgh Pirates (fantasytease) - San Diego Padres
19. Houston Astros (bretphillips35) - Washington Nationals
20. Atlanta Braves (followthesun) - Toronto Blue Jays
21. Cleveland Guardians (expatbama) - New York Mets
22. Arizona Diamondbacks (yankeebb) - Chicago White Sox
23. Los Angeles Dodgers (raiderbill33) - Tampa Bay Rays
24. Washington Nationals (jpotter14) - Milwaukee Brewers
25. Baltimore Orioles (joshbonds25) - Seattle Mariners
26. New York Yankees (bodell82) - Kansas City Royals
27. San Francisco Giants (skooler1) - Arizona Diamondbacks
28. Oakland Athletics (Yoda) - Texas Rangers
29. Minnesota Twins (disturbed) - Colorado Rockies
30. Seattle Mariners (shp73256) - Miami Marlins

League Chat Box

McGwire unloads, Cardinals still lose

Mark McGwire blasted 2 homers, but it wasn't enough to lift the Cardinals over the Brewers. Milwaukee won by a score of 11-2. Milwaukee's Ryan Braun had 4 RBIs. Prince Fielder of the Brewers had 4 hits in the game. | Box

Pirates can't contain Hornsby, fall 7-3

Rogers Hornsby was on his game, knocking in 3 runs in Chicago's 7-3 victory over the Pirates. Hornsby also had 3 hits in the game. | Box

Downing baffles Royals, Yankees win

Al Downing struckout 9 Kansas City batters in a 7-2 win for the Yankees. | Box

Marlins overcome brilliant outing by Harvey

Hits were hard to come by against Matt Harvey last night, but the Marlins pushed across enough to defeat the Mets, 2-1. Harvey allowed just 5 hits over 10 innings in the loss. | Box

Crawford sparks 5-2 win for Rays

Carl Crawford's hot bat helped the Rays to a 5-2 win over the Red Sox. Crawford collected 4 hits in the game. | Box

9/30/2025

Need Owners - Boards

The BBOTB 1901 - 2024 needs 1 owner. We are currently Drafting Franchises for the upcoming season. We use a variety of rules designed to level the playing fields for the "Lesser Franchises", with Budget adjustments. We also use historically accurate Ballpark options for each franchise. If you like Budget, and you want to compete with best managers on PC, this league is for you.
Message sheikyerboudi or respond to this post and join the Best of the Best !!

9/17/2025

SEASON 7 BOTB BUDGET PLAYOFFS

TURN OFF INJURIES !!
Playoffs start: 6am (PT) Friday, Sept. 19
Note: The division winner takes precedence with regard to seeding.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Seeding
#1 New York Yankees (98)
#2 Houston Astros (85) (4-3 v CLE)
#3 Cleveland Guardians (85)
#4 Baltimore Orioles (94)
#5 Texas Rangers (84) (4-2 vs TOR)
#6 Toronto Blue Jays (84)

Wild Card (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) Blue Jays at Guardians - Blue Jays advance
(5 at 4) Rangers at Orioles - Orioles advance

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) - Orioles at Yankees - Yankees advance
(2 vs 3/6) - Blue Jays at Astros - Astros advance

ALCS (7 games)
Yankees at Astros - Yankees advance

NATIONAL LEAGUE Seeding
#1 San Francisco Giants (112)
#2 Washington Nationals (91)
#3 Pittsburg Pirates (84)
#4 Los Angels Dodgers (89)
#5 Arizona Diamondbacks (88)
#6 Atlanta Braves (85)

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

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

NLCS (7 games)
Nationals at Giants - Giants advance

World Series (7 games)
Yankees at Giants - Giants are Champions

7/29/2025

SEASON 7 DRAFT TRACKER

Deadline to Build Teams - Saturday, Aug. 9th
Season Begins - Sunday, Aug. 10th

1. Los Angeles Angels (mrbubbles1967) - St. Louis Cardinals
2. Washington Nationals (raiderbill33) - Los Angeles Dodgers
3. Chicago Cubs (rosilver) - Philadelphia Phillies
4. Arizona Diamondbacks (bodell82) - New York Yankees
5. San Diego Padres (brettphillips35) - Houston Astros
6. Seattle Mariners (expatbama) - Cleveland Guardians
7. Minnesota Twins (acecannon) - Los Angeles Angels
8. Texas Rangers (skooler1) - San Francisco Giants
9. Baltimore Orioles (dukeblues) - Oakland Athletics
10. Chicago White Sox (ndekar) - Boston Red Sox
11. Cleveland Guardians (fantasytease) - Pittsburg Pirates
12. Miami Marlins (revejb) - Chicago Cubs
13. San Francisco Giants (tribetime89) - Chicago White Sox
14. Oakland Athletics (followthesun) - Atlanta Braves
15. Atlanta Braves (dalpho8) - Seattle Mariners
16. Tampa Bay Rays (larsbullitt) - Detroit Tigers
17. New York Mets (joshbonds25) - Baltimore Orioles
18. Cincinnati Reds (bamajoe66) - Miami Marlins
19. Detroit Tigers (yankeebb) - Arizona Diamondbacks
20. Kansas City Royals (glansgruber) - Cincinnati Reds
21. Colorado Rockies (atsanbpinetti) - Texas Rangers
22. Toronto Blue Jays (bgj) - Minnesota Twins
23. Milwaukee Brewers (sws33) - San Diego Padres
24. Los Angeles Dodgers (sheikyerboudi) - New York Mets
25. New York Yankees (jpotter14) - Washington Nationals
26. St. Louis Cardinals (jimgriddy) - Tampa Bay Rays
27. Philadelphia Phillies (kingdude) - Milwaukee Brewers
28. Houston Astros (jrobandsteal) - Kansas City Royals
29. Pittsburgh Pirates (wisely1300) - Toronto Blue Jays
30. Boston Red Sox (fjs) - Colorado Rockies