Lead Story - 6/5/2025

Season 6 Best of the Best Budget 1965-Present Draft Tracker

DEADLINE for Team Building:
Team Building Done - Tuesday, June 17th
Opening Day - Wednesday, June 18th

1. Los Angeles Dodgers (cardscoach) - St. Louis Cardinals
2. Kansas City Royals (wigwamer95) - Minnesota Twins
3. Atlanta Braves (mrbubbles1967) - Oakland Athletics
4. Chicago White Sox (raiderbill33) - Atlanta Braves
5. Miami Marlins (bodell82) - Houston Astros
6. Minnesota Twins (run4fun2009) - Kansas City Royals
7. Washington Nationals (larsbullitt) - Los Angeles Dodgers
8. San Francisco Giants (dukeblues) - New York Mets
9. San Diego Padres (davengmusic) - San Francisco Giants
10. Pittsburg Pirates (bgj) - New York Yankees
11. Tampa Bay Rays (disturbed)- Chicago Cubs
12. Seattle Mariners (davrogbro62) - Philadelphia Phillies
13. Boston Red Sox (tribetime89) - Los Angeles Angels
14. Detroit Tigers (trulaia) - Boston Red Sox
15. Chicago Cubs (kingdude) - Baltimore Orioles
16. Philadelphia Phillies (jaykuntz18) - Washington Nationals
17. Texas Rangers (bamajoe66) - Tampa Bay Rays
18. New York Yankees (jimgriddy) - Arizona Diamondbacks
19. Los Angeles Angels (jrobandsteal)- Toronto Blue Jays
20. Cincinnati Reds (revejb) - San Diego Padres
21. Toronto Blue Jays (fjs) - Milwaukee Brewers
22. Colorado Rockies (jpotter14) - Cleveland Guardians
23. Oakland Athletics (sws33) - Seattle Mariners
24. Milwaukee Brewers (atsanbpinetti) - Texas Rangers
25. St. Louis Cardinals (glansgruber) - Cincinnati Reds
26. Cleveland Guardians (joshbonds25) - Detroit Tigers
27. Baltimore Orioles (ndekar) - Chicago White Sox
28. Arizona Diamondbacks (skooler1) - Miami Marlins
29. New York Mets (shiekyerboudi) - Pittsburg Pirates
30. Houston Astros (bobueckerrules) - Colorado Rockies

League Chat Box

Guardians can't contain Giambi, fall 13-7

Jason Giambi was on his game, knocking in 3 runs in New York's 13-7 victory over the Guardians. Giambi also had 3 hits in the game. New York's Bernie Williams had 4 RBIs. | Box

Johnson baffles Astros, Mariners win

Randy Johnson struckout 12 Houston batters in a 9-3 win for the Mariners. | Box

Pena outburst not enough to carry Rays

Carlos Pena blasted 2 homers, but it wasn't enough to lift the Rays over the Rangers. Texas won by a score of 6-5. Nolan Ryan struckout 10 Tampa Bay batters in the contest. | Box

Bonds powers Pirates to win over Diamondbacks

Barry Bonds blasted 2 homers, lifting the Pirates to a 15-4 win over Arizona. Brian Giles knocked home 5 runs for the Pirates. Jason Kendall recorded 5 hits. | Box

Royals ride Duffy to victory over Twins

Danny Duffy was brilliant last night, allowing just 1 hit over 6 innings, leading the Royals to a 3-1 win over the Twins. | Box

5/29/2025

SEASON 5 PLAYOFFS

Playoffs start: 10am (PT) Friday May 30
Note: The division winner takes precedence with regard to seeding.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Baltimore Orioles (98)
#2 Houston Astros (97)
#3 Cleveland Guardians (92)
#4 Oakland Athletics (87)
#5 Toronto Blue Jay (85)
#6 Los Angeles Angels (83)

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

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

ALCS (7 games)
Blue Jays at Astros

NATIONAL LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Arizona Diamondbacks (101)
#2 New York Mets (96)
#3 St. Louis Cardinals (90)
#4 Milwaukee Brewers (88)
#5 Colorado Rockies (86)
#6 Cincinnati Reds (85)

Wild Card - (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) Reds at Cardinals - Cardinals advance
(5 at 4) Rockies at Brewers - Brewers advance

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) Brewers at Diamondbacks - Brewers advance
(2 vs 3/6) Cardinals at Mets - Mets advance

NLCS (7 games)
Brewers at Mets - Mets advance

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

1/26/2025

Backup list - prospective owners

12/18/2024

Need Owners - Boards

The BBOTB '65 - 2024 need 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.
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