Lead Story - 7/10/2025

2008 League Champion: The Cleveland Indians

2008 NL Champion: The San Francisco Giants (bobknightrules)
2007 League Champion: The Boston Red Sox (Fightingtigers)
2007 NL Champion: The Chicago Cubs (cardac00)
2006 League Champion: The Philadelphia Phillies (coachmcs)
2006 AL Champion: The Oakland A's (OakTownAs66)
2005 League Champion: The Atlanta Braves (Kopasetic)
2004 and 2005 AL Champion: The Milwaukee Brewers (willbhere)
2002 and 2004 League Champion: The Philadelphia Phillies (Fightingtigers)
2003 League Champion: The Oakland A's (Skooler1)
2003 NL Champion: The Houston Astros (roots)
2002 AL Champion: The Chicago White Sox epitome31
2000 and 2001 League Champion - The Milwaukee Brewers (willbhere)
2000 and 2001 NL Champion: The Los Angeles Dodgers (sheikyerboudi)
1998 and 1999 League Champion - The Los Angeles Dodgers (sheikyerboudi)
1999 AL Champion - The Cleveland Indians (ab1958)
1998 AL Champion - The California Angels (bhicks42)
1996 and 97 League Champion - The Cleveland Indians (ab1958)
1997 NL Champion: The Philadelphia Phillies (Fightingtigers)
1995 League Champion and 1996 NL Champion: The Chicago Cubs (Elgoato)

3/24/2025

Halladay players to be retained for 2008

Experiment for 2007-08: Special allowances possible for teams dropping to 27 or 28 players.
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Angels: SS S. Drew, rank 74; OF B. Hawpe, rank 79; RP B. League, rank 69 and C M. Montero, rank 44 (TEAM AT 27 PLAYERS)
Astros: ----
A's: RP Matt Lindstrom, rank 40 and SP Ricky Nolasco, rank 96 (TEAM AT 27 PLAYERS)
Braves: ----
Brewers: (2B Orlando Hudson, rank 90 TRADED) and C/3b Chris Iannetta, rank 96 (TEAM AT 26 PLAYERS)
Cardinals: SP Aaron Cook, rank 46; CL Brian Fuentes, rank 94; and SS Hanley Ramirez, rank 97 (TEAM AT 27 PLAYERS)
Cubs: 3B Atkins, rank 52
Dodgers: SP Jeff Francis, rank 34
Expos: SP Roy Halladay, rank 97 (TEAM AT 27 players)
Giants: 2B Aaron Hill, rank 48; OF Alex Rios, rank 82 and SP Anibal Sanchez, rank 39 (TEAM AT 27 PLAYERS)
Indians: RP Brandon Morrow, rank 94 and SP James Shields, rank 87 (TEAM AT 26 PLAYERS)
Mets: SP S. Kazmir, rank 90; SP S. Marcum, rank 95; SP Dustin McGowan, rank 55 and OF Ichiro Suzuki, rank 90
Orioles: ----
Padres: 3B M. Reynolds, rk 30
Phillies: ----
Pirates: ----
Rangers: RP Yusmeiro Petit, rank 86 (TEAM AT 27 PLAYERS)
Reds: ----
Red Sox: SP Ubaldo Jimenez, rank 65 (TEAM AT 27 PLAYERS)
Royals: 1B Chad Tracy, rank 35
Tigers: OF Matt Holliday, rank 98 and C Chris Snyder, rank 77 (TEAM AT 26 PLAYERS)
Twins: 2B Dan Uggla, rank 84
White Sox: RP J.J. Putz, rank 35
Yankees: OF Carl Crawford, rank 55 (TEAM AT 28 PLAYERS)

(First round pick exchanged)
Cardinals
Mets

(Second round pick exchanged)
Angels
Indians
Mets
Tigers
Twins

(Third round pick exchanged)
Angels
A's
Cardinals
Cubs
Expos
Giants
Mets
Rangers

Keeping a player ranked ...
86 or above. = forfeiting a first round pick
61-85 = forfeiting a second round pick
46-60 = forfeiting a third round pick
45 and under = no forfeiture

Players removed from the Halladay List and assigned to their league teams.
OF Delmon Young, from A's to Twins
1B Miguel Cabrera, from Pirates to Tigers
SP Cha Seung Baek, from Dodgers to Padres
RP Jose Valverde, from Dodgers to Astros
RP George Sherrill, from Phillies to Orioles
SU Ramon Ramirez from Twins to Royals

League Chat Box

6/8/2024

Welcome to the league

It's a Grand Old Game is a historical real progression league started in 1960 and run by Commissioner Willbhere.
The road has had some bumps but there are owners that have been since the beginning and I'm sure would agree this is a pretty good and competitive league.