Congrats Rays!
A few other teams have won 2 seasons in a row in the 39-season history of this league, but this is the first three-peat!
Should also be noted that Sheik and the Rays have now won 3 in a row and 5 of the last 6 seasons! Impressive run. Dynasty!!
All other year-end Awards have been granted as well. Check out the list below the chat box, and congrats to all the winners!
Congrats to the Rays' Mikie Mahtook for being named WS MVP. Mahtook went 4 for 17 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs for the series, also getting 2 Game-winning RBIs. Great job, Mikie!
Gracias amigos - shouldn't have been that easy !! Twins and Cubs are really good teams.
Wow! Congrats, Sheik. 8-0 in the playoffs. That’s some pretty dominant Sheik-i-ness. Great job.
Congrats Rays on the sweep. Fans are calling for my head because I didn't even put up a fight at Wrigley. Lol
Day off granted ahead of Game 3.
Day off has been granted ahead of WS. Congrats to the Cubs and Rays. Game 1 will go on Thursday at 9am central. Good luck!
Day off granted ahead of game 6.
Oh, and Bogaerts is 32 yrs old now.......
Rendon's contract expires after 2026, Bogaerts gets 25 mil per season through 2033.
Oh yeah, Rendon - I forgot about him because he hasn't played for so long !!
Damn - you had a better team than that !! A little luck on my side in that series too.
Congrats on the sweep, Sheik. Glad to make the playoffs but I could see that demolition coming from a long ways off. Powerful team!
Rendon doesn't count?
Bryant - worst contract in baseball ? Or Bogarts with SD........
Day off granted ahead of Game 3.
Never know. Maybe he’ll go 4 for 4 every playoff game and take home the WS MVP!
It would be awesome if we could see the Kris Bryant that I got in the first playoff game. That guy was sure fire hall of famer with the Cubs before his injuries killed his career.
Playoffs begin on Monday, May 19th at 9am central time. Good luck!
Sorry man that sucks
Classic - Shane McClanahan injuried for 11 games on game 160 😲😲😲😠😠😠😎😎😎
2nd half begins on Saturday morning at 9am central time (April 19th). Good luck!
All Star break is coming up right away, after Day 81.
Glad you’re enjoying it!
Live the challenge of this league. Thanks for having me as a manager
Wow! The Mendoza division is TIGHT this season. Uecker division not so much.
I guess this is our 1968 season.......
At the 1/4 Season mark, the Rays have a staff ERA of 1.98
Some pretty great pitching in this league right now. But don't worry, I'm sure by the end of the season, we'll see that avg go up to at least .213. :)
league wide .210 batting average!
At least game 2 was only 13 innings !!
You're going to be tired all season. And some of your players could be as well. :)
Opened the season with a 16 inning win vs Senators - double header !!
Regular season begins on Friday morning at 9am central.
Totally blanked on it. We'll move everything back a day. First Waivers now. Second Waivers on Thursday, and opening day on Friday morning. Sorry guys.
What happened to waivers last night?
Welcome to ISU_Doubledown, new owner of the Chicago Cubs. Hope you enjoy the league.
Welcome
Thanks Gus. I cut below 33.
That’s it for cuts to 33. Three more hours til final cuts deadline for the draft. Must be below 33.
Rays drop Collin McHugh and Jaime Schultz
Reds drop Felix Heredia.
Reds drop Jason Stanford and Scott Hatteburg.
Reds drop Todd Jones and Luke Maile.
From the Senators - George Binks and Taffy Wright.
From the Senators - Mike Kreevich and Marino Pieretti
From the Senators - Vince Ventura and Sandy Ullrich
I have to make a few more cuts for 3 teams - they won’t appear in transactions so I’ll list them here.
Deadline for cuts to 33 was last night (Friday, March 7th - 9pm). There are still 5 teams who have to make their cuts. I'll be working on my own and the ownerless Cubs' cuts today. Final deadline for cuts "below" 33, in order to take part in the draft, is tonight, Saturday, March 8th at 9pm central.
Get well Gus !! 😊😊😊
like throwing a dart blindfolded?
One thing about being the Browns, cuts are never an issue lol
Hope you're feeling better soon. The one going around this winter has been rough...
Get well!
I've been battling a cold for the past four days but seem to be turning the corner. I'll get back to LL very shortly. Apologies for the wait.
I like your answers, Sheik, but apparently TJMoss did not. He quit almost immediately after you answered his question. Way to scare him off! lol
These are the minimum requirements for players to be imported.
From the Rules Page: AB/IP THRESHOLD : 50/25
hey there new cubs owner - just curious on the imports rule and where id find it
Twins’ imports include Ryan Jeffers, Tyler Clippard, and Kenta Maeda.
Browns’ imports include Harlond Clift.
Yup, he's going to be a Legendary Winner in Legendary Losers.
The Pirkl HR machine - zero defects.
Senators’ imports include Jose Zardon.
Mariners’ imports include Bill Risley, Greg Pirkl, Reggie Jefferson, and Alex Rodriguez.
Red Sox imports include Morgan Burkhart, Carl Everett, Paxton Crawford, and Tomo Ohman.
No, each team had a specific theme. Some names came from real-life baseball players, some came from my wild imagination, and some came from different series of books I was reading at the time. And one from all the stuffed animals names from our household. Eventually I started adding names from the Knights of the Round Table stories and music and other things I thought were cool in the moment. Oh, and hockey players too.
Did you transfer the names from an old school notebook?
Cards’ imports include Chris Richard, Will Clark, and Jim Edmonds.
Maybe. You’ll have to be more specific. Remember that I came up with all those names when I was a kid. Having said that, I do enjoy some good-natured ribbing, so fire away! 😁
In your Pangaea League, did you model the players after your own winning personality ? 😉😉😉🙄🙄🙄😎😎😎
Reds’ imports include David Ross and Brandon Phillips.
Cleveland’s imports include Luis Valbuena, Chris Perez, and Matt LaPorta.
Marlins' imports include Chris Coghlan, Leo Nunez, and Cameron Maybin.
Cubs’ imports include Frank Schwindel, Ryan Tepera, and Justin Steele.
Just give me the stats. I’ll make up my own fake stories. Or better yet, I’ll play my Pangaea League, where all the players are totally fictional, created by yours truly. And they all have winning personalities. 😁
Definitely. More and more I’m preferring not to read about players’ real lives. Not a lot of great role models out there.
Was going to say was, if these were "real" players, I'd release Franco 😉😉☹️☹️
Sorry - tourettes kicked in !!
Yay - we
Rays with a nice group of imports, including Wander Franco, Drew Rasmussen, Louis Head, Shane McClanahan, and Matt Wisler.
Braves’ imports include Spencer Schwellenbach, Reynaldo Lopez, and Chris Sale.
Progressions are done. Check out your roster and see who has improved and who got crappier.
Doubling of players on team rosters is done. Progressions coming up.
You’re not alone. I check this league page at least three times a day to see whether I’ve done anything or not.
I’m alive!! And I’m just glad someone is dreaming about me, even if it’s just the Sheik. 🤔
Did you also dream that we were in season 49?
I had a dream last night the Gus came on and moved the league forward another step - and then I woke up ☹️
Jeez - I'm 146 yrs old now !! Nosferatu territory 😎😎
All Free Agents who needed it have been doubled. Including the Sheik, who has been quadrupled! lol
I'm pretty sure that the Homepage is what it is and there are no options.
My age has been doubled - twice !!
Is there any way to restore the classic version of the homepages?
Have you been doubled, Sheik? Or doubled over?
I'm already retired......
Retirements are done. Working on doubling stats for those who need it.
Yay !!
Okay, it's time to get some off-season work done and get ready for Season 39.
And as of Jan. 2024, Autos have 6 teams make the playoffs, with the top 2 getting a 1st round bye. A little easier to make the playoffs for the last year.
I'm a legend in my own mind !! 🤔🤔🤔😉😉😉
That's a lot of losing, Sheik. But when you consider that 4 teams make the playoffs, you should win about 25 per cent of those. The fact that you win at a 31 per cent rate just goes to show how awesome you are at baseball.
On the other hand, in Autos I've made the playoffs 2,390 times and not won the Championship 1,653 times. I lose 69% of the time !!
I don’t know Will, he is 17th all-time in Custom league rings and number 3 overall in Autos. I’m not feeling sorry for him yet! Lol
It was that Gus AND that this league seems to be the only one he is lucky enough to win.
Congrats Rays!
Maybe it was because Season 38 took 19 years to complete because nobody wanted to press the Sim Games button! lol
🤔🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣
Trying to figure out what “Finally, Sheik” means, Will. He’s won 4 of the last 5 rings in this league.
Finally Sheik!
WS MVP was Mikie Mahtook, who homered in all 4 games and drove in 5. Congrats!
Thanks - Braves had a great season, tough opponent, we were just on a roll.
Congrats to Dommod too on a great year. No shame losing to Sheik and the Rays. Also congrats to our award winners. Voting results can be seen below in the Awards Story. Just waiting now on WS MVP.
Congrats, Sheik!! Great season and playoff run. Well done!
Day off granted ahead of Game 3.
Ha! No kidding. That’s impressive.
If he just had a few more Custom League Championship to his name 😲😲😲
Man, the Marlins are tough. And that baberuth21 guy does a pretty fair job too !! 😉😉😉😎😎😎
Day off granted ahead of World Series.
World Series will begin Sunday at 9am central time. Good luck to both the Rays and the Braves!
Day off granted ahead of Game 6.
Wow! That was fast! Nice job, Dom and the Braves. Good luck in the WS!
Day off granted as we head to game 3.
Voting ends this evening at 9pm central.
Six owners have voted so far, although two of them only voted for the ROY and Eichhorn awards and didn't read the whole message!! (I'm not judging ... much!) lol
Days off have been granted and the schedule is up. Playoffs will begin on Thursday morning at 9am central time. In the meantime, please vote for the four major awards (see message).
Congrats to our playoff teams. More info coming shortly.
Voodoo Devil Rays !!
Plantier injured again during a Rays game. Every year. Sheik is up to no good.
Thanks Bush!
Thanks Bush5484 !!
Thanks a whole bunch to Bush484 for renewing this league for another year. Very generous!! Happy New Year to all!
Yes!!! 😂
Should I put the starter hitting .143, .153, .162, .180, or .184 on slump buster?
We’ve reached the All Star break.
You did it! 10 losses in a row, and then a mighty jinx-breaking shrug in chat and you blast the Orioles 11-0. You should shrug more often!
Beginning to wonder if we'll ever win again 🤷🏻♂️
Things are looking bad in St. Louis this season. Taking offers on anyone 30 & older.
Welcome!
Welcome Joeyrex!
Welcome to Joeyrex, new owner of the Cincinnati Reds. Hope you enjoy it!
No worries. I just love giving long, boring, tmi rationales whenever anyone asks a question. It’s kind of my thing. 🥱🥱🥱😆😆😆
Just curious - don't go getting defensive on me Gus !! 😉😉😉😎😎😎
Having said that, I'm not opposed to seasons going fast. I'm just not going to be the one clicking the buttons, although I do press it on occasion when it's been a really long time between games.
It's because the Commish is not incentivized to press the "Sim Games" button in any of his leagues. He always relies on other owners to Sim whenever it allows it. The reason the Commish doesn't love Simming himself is that the off-seasons are a LOT of work so he'd much rather always be in the midst of a season and playing games rather than being at the keyboard doing all the off-season stuff. Lazy, I know. But that's my reality. When I'm not doing off-season stuff it also allows me to spend more time in my two favourite leagues on the site - my All-Time Twins League, and my made-up Pangaea Baseball League, both of which have no other owners except me so I can just putter away at them whenever I have time.
Why am I only playing a game every other calendar day ?
WOW! My whole starting line-up needs slump busters.
Wow!
Arozarena has 9 HR's in 69 AB's - and is hitting .159 with a .826 OPS !!
5-way tie for first overall. Wow!
Huge thanks go out to Bush484 for renewing the league for another year. Generous and awesome!! Thanks, man!!
Welcome to Opening Day! Good luck everyone!
Draft Room is open now, but clock won't start until Monday morning at 9am central time. I'll be taking over the Reds until we get an owner for them.
Last two Cubs cuts are Kenley Jansen and Cameron Maybin. All teams are at 33 or below. Deadline to make cuts below 33 is just a few hours away - 9pm central time (Sunday).
Looks like I have to make cuts for the Cubbies - 5 cuts total. First three are Casey Coleman, Ken Wright, and Ildemaro Vargas.
Reminder - cuts to 33 deadline is Saturday evening at 9pm central time - still 6 teams needing to make some cuts. Also, still receiving requests for Jumping Seasons for a player - anytime between now and opening day.
Cantu keep Cantu around for a while longer after all that work I did importing him? Hey, I got his name right that time, at least!
Twins get a pretty good crop too, including Luis Arraez, Nelson Cruz, Randy Dobnak, Devin Smeltzer, and Zack Littell.
Braves with no imports again this year as they've already had their 2023 imports and are waiting patiently for the real-life 2024 season to end.
The rich keep getting richer (that makes sense when your owner is a Sheik!!) as the Rays add Randy Arozarena and a bunch of pitching studs - John Curtiss, Aaron Loux, Josh Fleming, and Aaron Slegers.
lol. You have proven yourself a miracle worker and are now in charge of the league. 😂
Cantu keep it from doing that ? 😉😉😎😎
Cubs’ imports include Jason Kipnis.
Huh. My phone changed Jorge’s u in his last name to a weird question mark symbol, probably has to do with the accent on it. Sorry Jorge.
Marlins’ imports include John Baker, Jorge Cant�, and Chris Volstad.
Guardians' imports include Edward Mujica and Craig Breslow.
Reds' imports include Brian Shackelford and Edwin Encarnacion
Cardinals’ imports include J.D. Drew, Adam Kennedy, Edgar Renteria, and the pitching version of Rick Ankiel.
Mariners' imports include Bill Haselman and Brad Holman.
Red Sox imports include Brian Daubach and Trot Nixon.
Senators’ imports include Roger Wolff and Fred Vaughn.
Browns’ imports include Rogers Hornsby and Sam West.
All Teams and Free Agents have been progressed. Check out the shiny new numbers!
Doubling of all Free Agents and Roster players is finished
The AARP welcomes those Free Agents !!
Free Agents who needed to be retired have been retired.
Yes, we are here.
Still here, sir !!
Ok, let's get started on Season 38 - if anyone is still here??? Starting off-season stuff now.
Lol, oh dear, the old guys are ready to hang up their skates, and their gloves, and everything else, and just watch the whole thing burn down. Cheer up guys!!! When things look bleak, there's always PC!
The older one gets, the more they relish the idea of witnessing the apocalypse.
I choose "apocalypse' 😎😉😎
WOW!
Interesting note (or sign of the apocalypse) - when I was typing in Sheik’s name for the History page of this league, I got “Sheikye” typed in and autofill offered to add “erboudi” in for me. AUTOFILL KNOWS WHO SHEIKYERBOUDI IS!!!! That’s incredible! 🤣😂🤣
Congrats Rays!
Sheik has chosen the WS MVP, Beauty McGowan, saying “ It's fitting that Beauty McGowan be named World Series MVP !! He had a Beauty of a final game going 5 for 5 with 3 doubles, 2 RBI and 3 runs scored, including the game winner. For the series McGowan went 10 for 25 with 5 Doubles, 1 HR, 5 Runs and 6 RBI. A great series by the off-season acquisition !!
I’m betting it’s the first ever WS that ended on a play at the plate involving Pudge and Beauty.
Congrats Sheik. Great job and great season. Beauty of a finish!
Thanks - the Marlins are tough opponents !!
Congrats sheik and the Rays!
Congratulations Sheik, great work ⚾️⚾️🏆⚾️⚾️
Great start by Snell, but on the negative side, we lost our 3B for the rest of the series.
Day off granted ahead of Game 6.
Wow!!
Snell gave up a hit to start game 5 and then retired 27 in a row,
Day off granted ahead of Game 3.
Congratulations to the Marlins and Ray's
Congrats to our World Series participants! Day off has been granted and the World Series will start on Thursday morning at 9am central time. Good luck!
Congrats to our major award winners - Phil Plantier, Huascar Ynoa, Oswaldo Arcia, and Carl Edwards. For more details and vote totals, see story below the chat box.
Day off has been granted ahead of Game 6.
Another long outfielder injury. Thanks PC.
Day off granted ahead of Game 3.
Playoffs begin Monday morning at 9am central. Good luck all!
Congrats to playoff teams. M's pleased with a 12 game improvement though not much help coming this off season.
Thanks will - we finished strong with 5 straight wins !!
Thanks Gus. I had to call up relievers from the minors for the last game as all mine were tired. I didn't have much there. Luckily, Pedro went the distance.
Congrats to our playoff teams!
Congratulations Sheik on clinching the division.
Good luck to all 🤞🤞🤞 in particular to the Braves 😂😂😁😁
Hopefuilly all the losses to the Braves during the season translates to wins against them in the playoffs. : )
It is a good thing I added Grossman beforehand who was sitting seasons in the pool. Otherwise, that is a big gaping hole without Plantier there. Nearly falling out of the wildcard.
Strongly disagree. I don’t think it loves it. I think it just does it once in a while and then feels bad. 🫣🤔🙁😁🤣
This game loves to injure multiple outfielders at once.
Congrats Ian and Dom!
Congratulations to Ian Anderson for the No-No ⚾️⚾️⚾️
Nice job!!
Congratulations to Alan Benes and the Cardinals for the No-No⚾️⚾️⚾️🎊🎉🎊
All Stars have been chosen by the SIM. Eight alternates will be chosen shortly and posted in a story on the Home Page.
All Star Break is now.
M's on pace to win 8 more games than last year. Just enough for this GM to hold onto his job
All star break coming up after Day 81.
This is one tough league. So many good teams and owners. Could you all just stop being so damn good?!? 😆
Whenever anyone sims, please make sure to go back and sim all games as the first click only sims one game and leaves the sims in progress message.
I didn't even see the Sim button or I would have clicked on it.
I haven’t got automatic Sim selected in my leagues - mostly because I’m Commish of too many leagues and all the hard work happens in the off-season, so I’m never in a hurry to get to the off-season. If it takes a bit longer to play a season because nobody gets around to pressing the Sim button, then that’s all good with me. 😁
Why didn't the league sim yesterday ?
The Twins’ voodoo expert put a hex on him before our matchup in Ian’s second start of the season. I thought it was a short-term thing but I could be mistaken. I’ll look into it and see if I can get it lifted if necessary. 🙅🏼♂️
Former Cy Young and Rookie of the year Ian Anderson REALLY struggling to this point on the year.
What a weird start to the season. Absolutely zero reason we should be ahead of the Braves at this point, team is stacked...
Must be doing some swell pitching!
Rays are 10 games over .500 - and have 6 players eligible for Slump Buster !!
plus 55 runs - chat box won't allow symbols I guess
Marlins 9-9 record includes 7 one run losses and 55 runs in their 9 wins!
M's hitting a cool .199. Time to bring back Valle Days - where local bars sold a pint of beer for whatever Dave Valle's average was. Took the sting out of all those weak groundouts.
At least you won those 4 games! Ugly number though.
Mike Schooler 4 saves and a 10.38 ERA. Sounds like the 92 Mariners!
Cards are only 2 back in the Mendoza, but they’re in last place behind five teams tied at 8-6.
Rays have lost 4 straight by a total of 5 runs - Ouch !!
Where would I even be without revenge? I’d be lost. In the wilderness. Adrift with no anchor.