12/28/24
12/10/24
- Site updates:
- 2025 salaries are posted and are not final
- Premium salary adjustments are applied after the
salary cap is calculated (this is a correction from what was
originally posted as final on 12/10)
- 2025 player positions are updated but not final
- Any player showing an "x" in their position
didn't have any MLB stats in 2024, so I need to go back in
and check what they did in the minors in 2024 (or maybe they
didn't play at all and might be removed from the list) - their positions may change.
- That
usually takes a lot of time and I hope to be finished
sometime in January/February (with everything going on
this year, I never got that finished for the 2024
season).
- Still to come before I can open up rosters for changes
- Calculation of the 2025 salary cap
- Some setup tasks to move from the 2024 season to the
2025 season.
12/4/24
-
Benchwarmer Bash 2024 - Final Results:
NYC2ATL Yankees (Chevy Chase League) defeated
I've Seen Your Face Before My Friend
(Home of the Brave) 4 games to 0
- Congratulations to team owner Ricardo Alexander.
- This is Ricardo's 4th straight win in the BWB ultimate
tournament.
- Ricardo won 9 league championships in 2024 and had 12
teams in the field of 128 that started out the Bash.
- Also congratulations to runner-up Sherman Wan in his
fifth trip to the finals.
12/3/24
-
Benchwarmer
Bash 2024 - Semifinals: All games posted.
Championship round coming on Wednesday.
- We're down to our final two teams. NYC2ATL (Chevy Chase) and
I've Seen Your Face Before were
victorious in the semifinals:
-
I've Seen Your Face Before (81-69, Home of the
Brave, Power Rank 63) - Sherman Wan vs.
NYC2ATL (93-57, Chevy Chase, Power Rank
18) - Ricardo Alexander
- Ricardo has won the Bash for the last 3 years with
different teams. Sherman has never come out on top, but has
been runner up 4 times.
- Neither league has had a Bash winner before.
12/2/24
-
Benchwarmer
Bash 2024 -
Benchwarmer Bash Quarterfinals: Games 1-7
posted. Semifinals coming on Tuesday
- OK - life happening a little bit - time to pick up where I
left off -
Benchwarmer Bash Quarterfinals will post tonight
- Answering another question, yes there will be a season in
2025 and I'll work to get caught up. Some of the timelines might
be a little tighter.
- I'm unavailable the end of this week and the weekend -
so I intend to get player salaries and positions for 2025
posted next week.
- After that, we can open up off-season trading.
- Previewing the Bash:
- There are 8 teams remaining - 6 league champions and 2 wild card teams
- None of the franchises in the field have won the Bash before,
although 3 owners have won with different teams - Ricardo
Alexander, Jason Kiernan and Leif Jonson. Ricardo has won
the Bash for the last 3 years.
- There are no repeats from last season as Federation
champions.
- Federation titles by seed:
- Owners with multiple teams in final 8:
- 2 teams: Ricardo Alexander, Jason Kiernan, and Sherman Wan
- Our top seed based on
BWB's power ranking, is
Southeast Northern State Westerners (Bleed Dodger Blue) with
an Power Index of 11. For the first time since we moved to
Federations in 2009, none of the teams in the top 10 of
power ranks made the final 8. 2021 was the last time the #1
team made it.
- I've Seen Your Face Before (Home of the Brave) has a BWB Power Index of
63 which
is the lowest-ranked team to make the Bash quarterfinals.
It's the first time since 2012 that we haven't had any teams
ranked higher than 100 make the field.
11/17/24
-
Benchwarmer
Bash 2024 - Federation Finals complete: Games 1-7
posted.
- The final 8 teams now move to the Benchwarmer Bash - look
for results to start on Tuesday.
- Quick links to the Federation results:
11/16/24
-
Benchwarmer
Bash 2024 - Federation Semifinals complete: Games 1-7
posted. Finals coming on Sunday
- Previewing the Federation round:
- There are 32 teams in the Federation field - 18 league
champions and 14 wild card teams
- None of the teams have ever won the Benchwarmer Bash
- 8 of the teams have previously won a Federation title,
but none of the 2023 winners has advanced this far
- 3 of the 16 semifinal series have an owner with teams on
both sides of the matchup - it's Jason Kiernan in all of
them
- Owners with multiple teams in the Federation round of
the Benchwarmer Bash:
- 13 teams: Jason Kiernan
- 3 teams: Ricardo Alexander, Leif Jonson, and Sherman
Wan
- 2 teams: David Henning, Dave Matter,
- 6 other owners have a single team
11/15/24
- Benchwarmer Bash - Association Round Recap
- Association titles by seed:
- 1st: 8
- 2nd: 8
- 3rd: 10
- 4th: 6
- 18 titles were won by league champions, 14 by wild cards
- For our league championship rematches mentioned below on
11/13, 3 of the 4 went to the finals loser - only Metropolis
from Superman League won again in this round.
- 4 teams came in with a chance to repeat from 2023 and
none of them did
11/14/24
-
Benchwarmer
Bash 2024 - Association finals complete: Games 1-7
posted
- Quick links to the Association results:
11/13/24
-
Benchwarmer
Bash 2024 - Association finals coming on Thursday -
first games posted in the morning.
- Notes heading into the Association Finals:
- Second time around, not much change.
Below we noted that 6 semifinal matchups were repeats of
league championships. 5 of the 6 league winners prevailed in
this series too - the only change was that NYC2ATL beat
Overdried in the rematch.
- 14 of the 32 finals matchups feature teams in the same
league. This time there are 2 repeats of conference
championship series and 4 league championship rematches:
- Birdland: J-town (Keith Rudy) vs Palmer, McNally,
Cueller, Dobson (Jason Kiernan). PMCD won the league
championship 4-3
- Bronx Bombers: Chandeliers (Sherman Wan) vs Maris
(Jason Kiernan). Maris won 4-3.
- Experts: Fantasy on Roids (Christian Ingram) vs NYC
(Scott Swanay). NYC won 4-1.
- Superman: Here Come (Michael Lehman) vs Metropolis
(Jason Kiernan). Metropolis won 4-2.
- In the Association finals we have 2 of the 32 series
with an owner playing against himself: Jason Kiernan has
both teams in 2 different finals: Yogi Berra Association and
Hank Greenberg Association.
11/12/24
-
Benchwarmer
Bash 2024 - Association semifinals
complete - Games 1-7 posted.
- Benchwarmer Bash - Matchups are posted for
the Association Semifinals - see the
Benchwarmer
Bash page and look for "Association Results" links within
each Federation block (or see the quick links below on the 11/11
note).
- Previewing the Bash:
- There are 128 teams in the Association field - 68 league
champions and 60 wild card teams
- 2 franchises in the field have previously won a Bash
title, including last year's champion Kingston Baseball Club
from Marxball (Ricardo Alexander) and there are 6 previous
runners up, including last year's 2nd place team, Suffolk
Steel from Perfect World (Robert Elias)
- 25 of the teams have previously won a Federation title,
with 2 of 2023's 8 Federation winners attempting a repeat
this year.
- 39 of the teams have previously won an Association title
(a level of competition that started in 2019), 11 of
2023's 32 Association winners are in the field again this
year.
- Of the 64 first-round Association matchups, 23 feature
teams from the same league playing each other. Several are
playoff rematches:
- There are 8 rematches of conference championships
- We have 6 league championship rematches:
- A League About Nothing: Overdried (Jason
Kiernan) vs NYC2ATL (Ricardo Alexander). Overdried
won the league championship 4-1
- Beer: Goose Island 312 (Jason Kiernan) vs Duff
(Leif Jonson). Goose Island 312 won 4-3
- Born to Run: Central City (David Henning) vs
Runnin' Redbirds (Jason Kiernan). Runnin' Redbirds
won 4-3
- Deuces Wild: Las Vegas (John Stroba) vs Double
(Jason Kiernan). Las Vegas won 4-1
- Moneyball: Random (Jason Kiernan) vs Billy's
(Michael Quinn). Billy's won 4-3
- Triple Crown: Toronto (Leif Jonson) vs Hobart
(Michael Rudolph). Toronto won 4-3
- 3 of the 64 first-round series have an owner with teams
on both sides of the matchup - Jason Kiernan (twice) and
David Henning
- Owners with multiple teams in the Association round of
the Benchwarmer Bash:
- 32 teams: Jason Kiernan
- 15 teams: David Henning and Sherman Wan
- 12 teams: Ricardo Alexander
- 6 teams: Michael Rudolph
- 5 teams: Robert Elias (plus 2 more as a foster owner
for orphan teams), Leif Jonson, and Dave Matter
- 4 teams: Jerry King
- 2 teams: Alonda Clifton, John Hula, Christian
Ingram, Andrew Lehman, Michael Quinn, John Stroba, and
Jon Swanson
- 13 other owners have a single team
11/11/24
- Benchwarmer Bash games will begin
on Tuesday.
- Association pages for the Benchwarmer Bash are available.
They show entrants and game schedules with pitching matchups. You
can reach them from the
Benchwarmer Bash page or from these links:
- Congratulations to BWB team owners who won
multiple league championships in 2024:
(see how this
compares
to last year)
- 19 titles: Jason Kiernan (out of 32 conference
champions)
- 9 titles: Ricardo Alexander (13)
- 6 titles: David Henning (16) and Sherman Wan (10)
- 4 titles: Robert Elias (3, plus 1 as an foster owner
of an orphan team)
- 3 titles: Leif Jonson (6) and Michael Rudolph (8)
- 2 titles: Jim Duzyk (3), Dave Matter
(2), Michael Quinn (5), John Stroba (3), and Jon Swanson
(3)
- 34 of 2023's 68 league champions won their division again
this season. 11 completed the journey to a repeat league
championship.
- Several teams have repeated for more than 2 seasons
- 4 straight championships:
- British Invasion League: Kingston (Ricardo
Alexander)
- Marxball: Kingston (Ricardo Alexander)
- 3 straight championships:
- Fenway Fenatics: Skeleton (Ken Stevenson)
- Game Night League: Atlanta (Ricardo Alexander)
- Home of the Brave: I've Seen Your Face Before
(Sherman Wan)
- Silver Screen League: Rick's Cafe (Sherman Wan)
11/5/24
- Benchwarmer
Bash field is finalized. The seedings on the Association
pages are not yet updated.
- Deadline for lineup changes for
Benchwarmer
Bash teams changed to Wednesday night - midnight Eastern
11/4/24
11/3/24
- Playoffs: Championship Week: Games 1-4 posted - See
Playoffs
for All Leagues
- Week 27 lineup changes in place. Lineups are open again -
teams headed to the
Benchwarmer
Bash can change their lineups one more time to last the
duration of the Bash. Lineup deadline is
Tuesday night, Nov. 5 Wednesday
night, Nov. 6
at midnight Eastern.
11/2/24
- Benchwarmer
Bash page is now active - showing potential entrants.
Listed wild card teams assume the higher-ranked teams win their
league championships. Wild cards shown in italics are tentative
and not confirmed.
- 34 of 2023's 68 league champions won their division again
this season. 18 are still alive heading into the league finals
- Congratulations to owners still alive with multiple
conference wins:
(see how this
compares to 2023)
- 32 Teams - Jason Kiernan (out of 45 division
winners)
- 16 Teams - David Henning (24)
- 13 Teams - Ricardo Alexander (17)
- 10 Teams - Sherman Wan (21)
- 8 Teams - Michael Rudolph (14)
- 6 Teams - Leif Jonson (8)
- 5 Teams - Michael Quinn (15)
- 4 Teams - Michael Lehman (6)
- 3 Teams - Jim Duzyk (5), Robert Elias (6), Tom
McGraw (3), John Stroba (5), and Jon Swanson (4)
- 2 Teams - John Hula (7), Andrew
Lehman (10), Dave Matter (13), Bill Munger (3), Jamie
Reese (6), and Ken
Stevenson (4)
- Add one more for Michael Lehman and Robert Elias as
foster owners for 2 orphans still in the running.
11/1/24
- Playoffs: Week 1: Game 7 posted - See
Playoffs
for All Leagues
- Lineup deadline for the 2nd week of the playoffs (Week 27): Saturday,
November 2 at midnight Eastern
- 2024 in Review (Part 2):
- See
Standings for All Leagues and
Around BWB
- Of 272 division winners from 2023, 108 repeated with
division titles this season (120 of 272 repeated last
year)
- 83 of the division winners from last season finished
below .500 in 2024, 40 of them dropped all the way to
last place this year. 2 of those teams lost 100 games
this year.
- From the 272 divisions that existed in 2023, 26
division winners in 2024 are franchises that never before won a
division title.
- Special shout outs to teams doing this for the
first time after 10 or more years of league play:
- Bill Munger, Broomall in Beatleball's 21st season
- Matt Strawbridge, Australia in Shadowball's
20th season
- Alonda Clifton, Real Ballplayers in Fenway Fenatic's 14th
season
- Christian Ingram, The 1993 Philadelphia
Phillies in Phightin' Phils' 14th Season
- Tom McGraw, Chip in Phightin' Phils' 14th
Season
- Andrew Lehman, Banta in Firemen League's 13th
season
- Sam Campbell, Cincinnati in Firemen League's 13th
season
- Ken Stevenson, Canadian in Motor City's 12th
season
- John Hula as foster owner, Cal in
Moneyball's 12th season
- Jaime Reese, Red in Cleveland Rocks' 12th
season
- Andrew Lehman, Cujo's in Scooby Doo's
17th season
- Of the 68 league champions from 2023, 34 of them
repeated as division winners this season. (40 of 68
league winners from 2022 won divisions in
2023).
- 40 teams went "worst to first" - finishing in 4th
place in 2023 and winning a division this year (31 last
year).
- 21 teams out of 1,088 won 100 games this year,
topped by 1 team with 108 wins: Leif Jonson
with Duff in Beer League
- 21 teams lost 100 games, with 1 team dropping 112
for the season.
- 22 teams had 100 or more losses in 2023. 4 of them won
their division this year (4 made 2nd-place) and 8 of
them finished .500 or better.
However, 10 of those teams finished in 4th place this
season. None of those teams lost 100 games again this
year.
- 13 teams won 100 or more games in 2023. 1 of them
won 100 games again this season and 8 were division winners this
year. Only 1 of those teams ended up below .500 this
year.
10/31/24
- Playoffs: Week 1: Games 4-6 posted - See
Playoffs
for All Leagues
- Congratulations to owners with multiple division wins
(see how this
compares to last year):
- 45 Teams - Jason Kiernan
- 24 Teams - David Henning
- 21 Teams - Sherman Wan
- 17 Teams - Ricardo Alexander
- 15 Teams - Michael Quinn
- 14 Teams - Michael Rudolph
- 13 Teams - Dave Matter
- 10 Teams - Andrew Lehman
- 9 Teams - Orphan teams under
BWB Office and foster owners
- 8 Teams - Leif Jonson
- 7 Teams - John Hula
- 6 Teams - Jamie Reese, Jerry King, Michael Lehman,
Robert Elias
- 5 Teams - Alonda Clifton, Jim Duzyk, John Stroba
- 4 Teams - Don Kruse, Ken Stevenson, Jon Swanson
- 3 Teams - Craig Burke, Anthony C, Tom McGraw, Bill
Munger, Jerry Stevens
- 2 Teams - Sam Campbell, Mike DeSmedt, Christian
Ingram, Tom Kohl, Sheldon Price
10/30/24
- Playoffs: Week 1: Games 1-3 posted - See
Playoffs
for All Leagues
- 2024 in Review: This season, there were
18 divisional ties throughout
BWB. In 2023, 8 divisions ended in ties - how did the teams in last year's tiebreaker games fare this season?
-
Born to Run League - Cobb Division:
- Winner: Quad Cities
Stealing Home (Tom Kohl) - Went on to win the
league championship. This year: Won the division by 5
games
- Loser: Escape from New
Jersey in a Green Ford Taurus (John Hula) - This
year: Finished 3rd, 15 GB
-
Born to Run League - Raines Division:
- Winner: Central
City Flashes (David Henning) - This year: Won again
by 14 games
- Loser: Quick Feet
(Roland Dupont) - This year: Finished 3rd, 20 GB
-
Fenway Fenatics - Cronin Division:
- Winner: Green Monster (Tom McGraw)
- This year: Finished 2nd, 1 GB
- Loser: Scarlet Sox (Roland Dupont)
- This year: Finished 4th, 29 GB
-
Game Night League - Operation Division:
- Winner: Minnesota Moose (Jon Swanson)
- This year: Finished 4th, 15.5 GB
- Loser: SoCal Blue
Dogs (Scott Owens) - This year: Tied for 1st again
and won the tiebreaker
-
Minnie & Paul League - Carew Division:
- Winner: Nebraska
Legends (Michael Gaston) - This year: Finished 3rd,
6 GB
- Loser: Bloomington
Metropolitans (Sam Campbell) - This year: Won the
division by 2 games
-
Moneyball League - Scott Hatteberg Division:
- Winner: Atlanta Beane Pies (Ricardo Alexander)
- This year: Won the division by 2 games
- Loser: Bloom County Boingers (Dave Matter)
- This year: Finished 3rd, 4 GB
-
Redbirds League - Brock Division:
- Winner: Brooklyn Usual Suspects (Jerry King)
- This year: Won the division by 10 games
- Loser: Hello
Wisconsin Stoners (Michael Lehman) - This year:
Finished 4th, 25 GB
-
Whiff League - Jose Canseco Division:
- Winner: Arlington
Killer Donkeys (Brad Lewallen) - This year:
Finished 4th, 7 GB
- Loser: Branyan's
Bombers (Michael Rudolph) - This year: Won the
division by 1 game
10/29/24
10/28/24
10/23/24
10/21/24
- Initial posting of
playoff tiebreakers within divisions. Main purpose at this
point is to show which teams that tied for 2nd will play in the
Gore Cup - this is a corrected version that added the 2nd place
tie in Bronx Bombers.
10/17/24
- Week 25
Statistics and
Players of the Week
- 18 Division Champions from the October 15
tiebreaker games (See
standings for all leagues and a
full list of all 2024 division winners)
-
A League About Nothing - Elaine Division: Infinite Zeroes
(owner David Henning - 23rd win in 2024) - 4th time on top; League champ in 2020-21
-
Anchorman League - Chancellor Division: Huey Lewis The News Boys
(owner Alonda Clifton - 4th win in 2024) - 4th division win, 1st since 2018
-
Beer League - Yeast Division: The Natty Lights
(owner Bill Munger - 3rd win in 2024) - Defending league champ (6 overall); 15th consecutive pennant
-
Blame Canada League - Kenny Division: Thunder Bay Voyageurs
(owner Jerry Stevens - 3rd win in 2024) - 4th pennant, 1st since 2015
-
Cleveland Rocks
- Boudreau Division: Red Barchettas
(owner Jamie Reese - 6th win in 2024) - 1st title in league's 12th season; Had finished 2nd 5 times, includling last year
- Averill Division: Not So Hot In Cleveland
(owner Andrew Lehman - 9th win in 2024) - 2nd win
-
Commissioners League - Chandler Division: Brooklyn Dodgers
(owner Jason Kiernan - 44th win in 2024) - 11th pennant; League champion in 2011-2012
-
Fenway Fenatics -Boggs Division: Alaskan Wilderness
(owner Dave Matter - 13th win in 2024) - 3rd trip to the playoffs
-
Four Star League - Patton Division: Its the Top of the Pops
(owner Andrew Lehman - 10th win in 2024) - 1st time on top since 2010
-
Game Night League - Operation Division: SoCal Blue Dogs
(owner Scott Owens) - Won for the 3rd time in league's 4 seasons; 2021 league champion
-
Geek Pride League - Berners-Lee Division: Boba Chette Salutes Greef Karga
(owner Sherman Wan - 21st win in 2024) - Defending league champ (3 overall); 5th straight division win and 9th in 10 years
-
Grunge League - Hole Division: Knee Deep In Hoopla
(Orphan team - Foster owner Alonda Clifton) - 3rd division win; 2021 league champ
-
Hall of Fame League
-
Ruth Division: Seattle Survivors
(owner Leif Jonson - 8th win in 2024) - Repeat win, 8th overall; Won 3 league titles between 2014-2017
- Cooperstown Division: Alcatraz Crabcakes
(owner Michael Burkert) - 5th division win; 2001 league champion
-
North Siders League - Sutter Division: Wrigleyville Bryzzo Souvenirs
(owner Jason Kiernan - 45th win in 2024) - 7th division crown
-
Pacific Northwest League - Cougars Division: Hooterville Flying Pigs
(owner Alonda Clifton - 5th win in 2024) - Also won in 2021
-
Phightin' Phils League - Roberts Division: SGV Dukes
(owner Michael Quinn - 15th win in 2024) - 4th division win, 1st since 2015; League champ in 2011-2012
-
South Siders League - Fox Division: Delphi Titans
(owner David Henning - 24th win in 2024) - 4th division title; 2016 league champion
10/15/24
- Playoff lineup deadline extended at least until Friday
night, Oct 18 at midnight Eastern.
- 18 divisions across BWB finished in a tie - Results are in - Regular season is complete!
-
A League About Nothing - Elaine Division: Upper West Side Spongeworthies (Jon Swanson) at Infinite Zeroes
(David Henning)
- Result:
Infinite 11 Upper West Side 5 -
Box
- Upper West Side won the division last year, its only
one. Infinite finished 1st 3 years in a row (2020-2022),
winning the league in 2021 & 2020
- Infinite won the season series 12-6.
- Infinite won all 6 games the teams played in
Weeks 23 & 25.
- Record for the last 10 games: Infinite 6-4 (has lost
3 in a row) Upper West Side 4-6
-
Anchorman League - Chancellor Division:
Dave and Wendy Live at 6 (Sherman Wan) at Huey Lewis The News Boys (Alonda Clifton)
- Result:
Huey Lewis 10 Dave and Wendy 3 -
Box
- Dave and Wendy has 1 division win back in 2015. Huey
Lewis has 3, most recently in 2018.
- Huey Lewis won the season series 11-7 to get home
field
- Huey Lewis swept the final 3 games of the season to
force the tie and took 2 of 3 when they played in Week
24
- Record for the last 10 games: Huey Lewis 9-1 (with a
current 8-game winning streak) Dave and Wendy 2-8 (on a
4-game losing streak)
-
Beer League - Yeast Division:
Guinness Orioles (Orphan team - Foster owner Alonda Clifton) at The Natty Lights (Bill Munger)
- Result:
The 7 Guinness 5 -
Box
- Guinness has 1 divsion win - back in 2009 when it
won the league title. Defending league champ The Natty
Lights has won the division every year since then -
2010-2023 - that's 14 straight years, which includes 6
league championships.
- The has home field on the basis of a 12-6
win in their season series.
- The won 4 of the final 6 games the teams
played in Weeks 24-25 - including sweeping Games 148-150
to force the tie.
- Record for the last 10 games: The 6-4, with a
current 5-game win streak. Guinness 4-6 - and have lost
the last 5.
-
Blame Canada League - Kenny Division:
Banff Snowcaps (Dave Matter) at
Thunder Bay Voyageurs (Jerry Stevens)
- Result:
Thunder Bay 4 Banff 3 -
Box
- Banff has won the division 5 times, including 4
straight in 2019-2022. Thunder Bay won 3 consecutive
titles 2013-2015 for its only trips to the playoffs.
- Thunder Bay won the season series 10-8, giving it
home field.
- Banff won 4 of the final 6 games the teams played in
Weeks 24-25, including the final 2 games of the season
to force the tie.
- Record for the last 10 games: Thunder Bay 5-5 Banff
4-6
-
Cleveland Rocks - Boudreau Division:
Red Barchettas (Jamie Reese) at North Coast Wahoos (Michael Rudolph)
- Result:
Red 8 North Coast 3 -
Box
- This is the league's 12th season - Red has never won
the division (2nd place 5 times, including last year).
North Coast has 5 titles - all in the previous 5
seasons, and won the league in 2019
- The teams split their season series 9-9. North Coast won
4 more division games than Red to earn the home field.
- North Coast won 4 of the 6 games the teams played in
Weeks 23 & 24.
- Record for the last 10 games: Both teams are 5-5
-
Cleveland Rocks - Averill Division:
Not So Hot In Cleveland (Andrew Lehman) at Lake Erie Storm (David Henning)
- Result:
Not So Hot 7 Lake Erie 3 -
Box
- Not So Hot has 1 playoff appearance in 2018. Lake
Erie has 8 division wins in 12 seasons and 4 league
championships.
- Lake Erie won the season series 10-8.
- Not So Hot won 5 of the final 6 games the teams
played in Weeks 23 & 25.
- Record for the last 10 games: Lake Erie 4-6,
currenly losing 5 straight Not So Hot 8-2 and on a
5-game winning streak
-
Commissioners League - Chandler Division: Budapest Buskers (Jon Swanson) at Brooklyn Dodgers (Jason Kiernan)
- Result:
Brooklyn 5 Budapest 4 (Extra Innings) -
Box
- Budapest won the division last year and has 3 titles
overall. Brooklyn has 10 division wins and was league
champion in 2012 and 2011.
- The teams split their season series 9-9 and had
identical division records. Brooklyn won
3 more division games than Budapest to nab home field.
- Budapest went 4-2 in the final 6 games they played
in Weeks 23 & 25.
- Record for the last 10 games: Brooklyn 4-6
Budapest 8-2
-
Fenway Fenatics -
Boggs Division:
Alaskan Wilderness
(Dave Matter) at Hawaiian Surfer Dudes (Andrew Lehman)
- Result:
Alaskan 5 Hawaiian 3 -
Box
- Alaskan has won the division twice, most recently in
2022. Hawaiian also has 2 titles, but none since 2013,
when it won the league championship.
- Hawaiian won the season series 10-8
- The teams split their final 6 games
- Record for the last 10 games: Hawaiian 8-2
Alaskan 2-8
-
Four Star League - Patton Division:
Upstream Boogie (Jim Duzyk) at
Its the Top of the Pops (Andrew Lehman)
- Result:
Its the Top 4 Upstream 1 -
Box
- Upstream won the division last year, its only title.
It's the Top has also only 1 division win, but not since
2010.
- Its the Top has home field by winning the season
series 10-8.
- They split the last 6 games they played in Weeks
23-24.
- Record for the last 10 games: Its the Top 6-4
Upstream 5-5
-
Game Night League - Operation Division:
SoCal Blue Dogs (Scott Owens) at Avalon Hill Armchair Generals (Robert
Elias)
- Result:
SoCal 5 Avalon Hill 3 -
Box
- SoCal won the division in 2021-2022 then lost a
1-game playoff last year. Avalon Hill is looking for its
first title
- Avalon Hill won the season series 10-8
- Avalon Hill won 4 of the final 6 meetings in Weeks
23-24
- Record for the last 10 games: Avalon Hill 6-4 SoCal 7-3
-
Geek Pride League - Berners-Lee Division:
Mt. Airy Diplomats (Micah Bustard) at
Boba Chette Salutes Greef Karga (Sherman Wan)
- Result:
Boba Chette 9 Mt. Airy 3 -
Box
- Mt. Airy has 2 division wins, but not since 2014.
Boba Chette is the defending league champion (3 overall)
and has won the division 4 years in a row and 8 years
out of 9.
- Boba Chette won the season series 11-7 to earn the home
game.
- Boba Chette won 5 of the final 6 games the teams played
in Weeks 23 & 25.
- Record for the last 10 games: Boba Chette 7-3
Mt. Airy 3-7 and have lost their last 6
-
Grunge League - Hole Division:
Northwest Cards (Michael Quinn) at Knee Deep in Hoopla (Orphan team - Foster owner Anthony C)
- Result:
Knee Deep 5 Northwest 3 -
Box
- Northwest won the division last year and was league
champion in 2018. Knee Deep has 2 division wins and a
league title in 2021.
- Knee Deep won the season series 13-5
- Knee Deep swept the final 2 series these teams played in Weeks
24-25. They beat Northwest in the final 3 games of the
season to force the tie.
- Record for the last 10 games: Knee Deep 6-4
Northwest 3-7
-
Hall of Fame League - Ruth Division: Canton
Goats (Dave Matter) at Seattle Survivors (Leif
Jonson)
- Result:
Seattle 8 Canton 4 -
Box
- Canton has 1 division win in the league's 24 seasons
(2003). Seattle has won 7 times, including last year,
and has 3 league titles.
- The teams split their season series 9-9. Seattle won
6 more division games than Canton to get the home field.
- The teams split their final 6 games in Weeks 24-25.
Canton beat Seattle in the final 2 games of the season
to force the tie.
- Record for the last 10 games: Both teams are 4-6
-
Hall of Fame League - Ruth Division:
Give Me the Willies (Jamie Reese) at
Alcatraz Crabcakes (Michael Burkert)
- Result:
Alcatraz 7 Give Me 6 -
Box
- Give Me has 3 division wins - the last in 2012 when
it won its only league title. Alcatraz has 4 pennants,
most recently in 2020, and won the league in 2001.
- Alcatraz has home field on the basis of a 13-5
win in their season series.
- Alcatraz won 4 of the 6 games the teams played in
Weeks 23 & 25.
- Record for the last 10 games: Alcatraz 6-4
Give Me 5-5
-
North Siders League - Sutter Division:
Wrigleyville Bryzzo Souvenirs (Jason Kiernan) at
Addision Ivies (Dave Matter)
- Result:
Wrigleyville 5 Addison 4 -
Box
- Wrigleyville has 6 division wins. Addison won its
first division title last season.
- Addison won the season series 10-8 to gain home
field.
- Atlanta won 4 of the final 6 games the teams played
in Weeks 24-25 and swept the final series to force the
tie.
- Record for the last 10 games: Addison 8-2, including
a current 5-game win streak. Wrigleyville 5-5 and
currently on a 4-game skid.
-
Pacific Northwest League - Cougars Division:
Big Mountain Lumberjacks (Dave Matter) at
Hooterville Flying Pigs (Alonda Clifton)
- Result:
Hooterville 5 Big Mountain 4 (Extra Innings) -
Box
- Both teams have only 1 division title in 11 seasons
- Big Mountain in 2018, Hooterville in 2021.
- Hooterville won the season series 10-8 to earn the home
game.
- Hooterville won 5 of the final 6 games the teams played
in Weeks 23 & 24.
- Record for the last 10 games: Both teams are 6-4
-
Phightin' Phils League - Roberts Division:
Steak Sandwich Fanatics of Philadelphia (Jason Kiernan) at SGV Dukes (Michael Quinn)
- Result:
SGV 7 Steak Sandwich 3 -
Box
- Steak Sandwich is the defending league champion and
has 3 straight division titles. SGV has 2 league
championships, but last made the playoffs in 2015.
- Branyan's won the season series 10-8
- The teams split their last 6 games played in Weeks
24-25
- Record for the last 10 games: SGV 2-8 Steak
Sandwich 6-4
-
South Siders League - Fox Division:
Wimpy's Hawks (Dave Matter) at
Delphi Titans (David Henning)
- Result:
Delphi 7 Wimpy's 6 -
Box
- Wimpy's has won the division the last 5 seasons and
won the league in 2021. Delphi was on top 2016-2018,
including a league title in 2016.
- Delphi won the season series 11-7 to earn the home
game.
- Delphi won 4 of the final 6 games the teams played
in Weeks 23 & 25.
- Record for the last 10 games: Delphi 3-7, and on a
current 4-game losing streak; Wimpy's 8-2 and winners of
4 straight.
10/7/24
- And we're done - sort of - Week 25 complete - Games 148-150 posted -
See results
- That's a wrap on the regular season - except for the 18
divisions that ended in a tie and will require a 1-game
playoff to decide the division
- It takes a little bit of setup to schedule the tiebreaker games - it might be
a couple of days before I'm able to fit that in and score the games
- Standings
for all leagues
- Around BWB
- Heading into the final 3 games of the season, 85 of the 272
divisions across BWB have not yet been decided.
- Update to the Close races
across Benchwarmer Baseball before Game 148
10/3/24
- Playoff lineup deadline shifted back to Wednesday, October 9
at midnight Eastern. This could go back further to that next
weekend, but I want to preserve the ability to start games
before that if the playoff brackets are set up by then.
10/1/24
- Team finances updated
after Week 24 games
- Scoring won't be up tonight - will try for a late Wednesday
post
- Missed 1 of the division winners on the last post:
-
Bleed Dodger Blue League - Drysdale Division: Southeast Northern State Westerners
(owner Leif Jonson - 3rd win in 2024) - 6th division win; 2011 league champion
9/28/24
- Sorry - busy week. I was prepping to score games Friday
evening, but a health situation in my household had me at the
hospital all afternoon/evening and will be back there today
(everything appears to be OK). I will work on the games Saturday
night with hopes to post late Saturday or on Sunday monring.
9/16/24
9/3/24
- Reminder - this is the final week to sign free
agents. Week 25 transactions are only for cuts and IR
moves.
8/31/24
- This is the final week to sign players for the 2024
season
8/29/24
- Sorry I missed this last weekend when posting Games 118-120; it's a little bit earlier
than we normally see...congratulations to our
first Division Champion:
(See
standings for all leagues)
-
B Movie Actor League - Burn Notice Division: Cyborg Avengers
(owner David Henning) - First win since 2020, 5th overall; 3 straight league titles 2018-2020
8/23/24
- Week 22 transactions - You'll see some prospect list moves this week in a few
leagues - someone reported some issues last week with submitting
transactions, so I allowed these moves. It was easier to add
them in Week 22 using normal processing than trying to
retroactively changing Week 21 stuff.
8/16/24
- September roster expansion comes into play for game lineups
during Week 23. However, since several of you have lots of
teams, you can begin ordering your taxi squad and minor league
players now - a week early.
8/10/24
- It's our last deadline shift of the season. Starting this
week and through Week 25, transactions and lineups are due on
Wednesdays.
8/9/24
- Trades are closed until the off season
- Upcoming dates/deadlines of note:
- Wednesday, August 14 - Week 21: Final week to add
players to the Prospects Roster
- Wednesday, August 28 - Week 23: Roster expansion - minor
leaguers and taxi squad players can fill in as bench
players.
- Wednesday, September 4 - Week 24: Final week to sign
free agents
8/1/24
- At Game 100, we've passed the 2/3 mark of the regular season
7/30/24
- Because of the All-Star break (and weather), we eventually
get out of our normal cycle of a 2-week gap between when games
are played and when the standings affect transaction order and
financial rewards for games. I won't be able to finish Week 17
games and set transaction order and financial information in a
timely matter before needing to process Week 19 transactions. So
this week's transaction order is the same as last week and there
will be no financial rewards for wins/place applied this week.
We'll be on a 3-week gap until MLB catches up.
7/19/24
- First round draft picks of 2024 are now in the player list.
You can sign them this week.
- How to find the picks? On the player selection
screen, use the "Other" filter and you'll find an option for
"First Round (2024)"
- You'll also find them by looking for players who are new
to the list in Week 18, although they will be mixed in with
other players added this week by making their first MLB
appearances.
7/10/24
7/8/24
- Upcoming dates/deadlines of note:
- Friday, July 12 - During Week 16 processing, all teams
get an extra 1000 in cash
- Thursday, July 18 - We switch weekly deadlines to
Thursdays - Week 17: the contract extension
deadline
- Thursday, July 25 - Week 18: The week that 2024 first
round draft picks will be available to sign
- Thursday, August 8 - Week 20: Trade deadline
- Wednesday, August 14 - Week 21: Final week to add
players to the Prospects Roster
7/7/24
- For Week 16 lineups - you may reorder your pitching
rotation from scratch - we will not check on games of rest
between Weeks 15 and 16 - it's our version of the All
Star Break. Lineup deadline is Friday night.
- All teams will get a cash distribution this week of 1
million Benchwarmer Bucks (1000) in advance of the contract
extension deadline on Week 17 (deadline July 18)
7/5/24
- This week's deadline extended to Saturday, July 6 at 1 PM Eastern
- With the unexpected check into the programming and the
rescoring, I'm running behind this week. I still need to
score 3 more games and then reset the transaction order
based on the standings at the end of Week 13 - and I won't
get that all done until tomorrow.
- Existing trade offers expiring at 7 PM tonight will not
change
- Week 16 will most likely not switch to Thursdays - stay
tuned
7/4/24
- With Game 75, we're at the halfway point of the regular season
- Due to a scoring error, Games 73-75 were rescored and
updated box scores and standings are posted.
- Someone questioned their bullpen stat line in a
particular game and, on investigation, I found a mistake in
the programming.
- When you have relief pitchers in your spot pitcher
slots, they are supposed to be pulled last and used only
when needed. The program was putting them first - meaning
the spot relief pitchers were being used ahead of the
others.
- It's likely been this way for a long time - I can't go
back and fix the first 72 games of this year, but the
lineups for 73-75 were still loaded and I just had to re-run
the scoring.
- Check your email for more details.
6/28/24
- You have 2 more weeks to cut players and still get a
prorated salary rebate for the 2024 season. After Week 15
(deadline July 5), all cuts will return zero salary.
- Transactions posted a little late last week. Someone
requested some extra time for this week. I wouldn't get to these
before Saturday afternoon anyway, so I've extended this
week's transaction/lineup deadline to 2 PM EDT on Saturday, June
29.
- Check all your teams to see if you have any
pending trade offers.
6/24/24
- We're set to begin 3 weeks of play within your division
6/11/24
- Reminder - we've shifted to Friday deadlines. Transactions
and lineups due Fridays at 7 PM Eastern
6/4/24
- We've crossed the 1/3 mark of the regular season
5/3/24
- Reminder - we've shifted to Saturday deadlines. Transactions
and lineups due Saturday at 1 PM Eastern
5/2/24
4/30/24
- Every 5 weeks we change the
transaction deadline day to better match the mapping between MLB
games and BWB games. Starting this week, and for Weeks
6-10 our lineup/transaction deadlines are due on Saturdays
-
see Season Deadlines
4/23/24
- Week 5 is the final week to cut players and receive an 80%
salary rebate of their 2024 salaries. After this period, the
rebate drops by 4% every week.
4/17/24
- It's a little early in the season - 24/25ths of the regular
season still remains - but here's our 1-page look at comparing
teams across all the leagues in the BWB universe:
Around BWB
4/14/24
- Starting with this week's transactions (Week 3), the
transaction order is determined by the standings on the game
week 2 weeks before that (Week 1). Since we're currently
finishing up Week 1 games, and setting the picking order takes a
lot of time early in the season (a lot of ties to break), we
probably won't be able to post the new order prior to the Monday
evening deadline. You're going to be flying blind a little bit
on the exact order.
4/11/24
- We are underway - it's BWB Opening Day! Week 1 Begins -
Game 1 posted
- Maybe Friday for the next couple games and then we'll finish
the first week over the weekend.
- Don't forget as we try to catch up - Week 2
lineups/transactions are due tonight at midnight EDT.
- Check all your teams to see if you have any
pending trade offers.
4/9/24
4/8/24
- Week One
Transactions Posted
- These early weeks take a long time to process (fixing
rosters and lineups, etc.) - so this is posted a day later
than intended. I'll adjust the next deadlines, but we're
still on short spans to get caught up.
- Next deadline - Week Two: Thursday night, April
11
at Midnight Eastern
- Expected deadlines beyond that:
- Week 3: Monday, April 15, time TBD
- Week 4: Sunday, April 21, 1 PM EDT (this gets us back to
our expected schedule)
4/5/24
- A big batch of new
positions added (mostly pitchers). This is probably the last
update before the lineup deadline on Sunday.
4/3/24
- Week Zero
Transactions Posted
- Next deadline - Week One: Sunday afternoon, April
7
at 1 PM Eastern
- Expected deadlines beyond that:
- Week 2: Wednesday, April 10, time TBD
- Week 3: Sunday, April 14, 1 PM EDT (this gets us back to
our expected schedule)
- All teams received an
extra 2000 in cash this week
3/30/24
- Reminder - we are NOT enforcing the 5000 maximum cash
balance after Week Zero this season. I turned off one warning
message, but I may have missed others. You can ignore any
warning that you need to get your cash below 5000.
- Check all your teams to see if you have any
pending trade offers.
3/28/24
- Week Minus One
Transactions Posted
- Next deadline - Week Zero: Monday night, April 1
at 7 PM Eastern. I
had intended to post results on Wednesday night, so this is
a move of one day.
- Expected deadline for Week 1 transactions and lineups
is now Thursday, April 4, time TBD.
- With the short time between Week Zero and Week One, work on
getting your lineups/rotations close to ready for Opening Day.
- All teams will get an extra 2000 in cash this week
- it's not added to your balance yet, but if you're short on
cash, you spend it as though you have it (your cash balance can
go up to -2000 in the hole in your transactions).
3/22/24
-
Redistribution Draft
2024 - Rounds 3-5 posted
- We now move on to normal weekly transactions - we're going
to squeeze in 2 weeks of transactions before you need to set
your Opening Day lineups.
- All transaction types are open - signings, cuts, trades,
move to prospects, and contract extensions
- Because we're short on time, there will be 6 rounds of
picks allowed for these 2 weeks.
- Next deadline is for Week -1, Tuesday night,
March 26 at
midnight Eastern
3/14/24
- Pre-season/early season transactions - I've had delays and
we're running close to the start of the regular season, but
we're going to squeeze in 2 short transaction weeks before the
BWB season begins:
- Thursday, March 21 7 PM EDT -
Redistribution Draft reset - Rounds 3-5
- Tuesday, March 26, Time TBD - Week
minus one - Free agent signings/cuts/trades
- Sunday, March 31, Time TBD - Week zero
- Free agent signings/cuts/trades - Plus, all teams get an
extra 2000 in cash
- Wednesday, April 3, Time TBD - Week one
lineups due
- The dates are subject to change. I do have some family
obligations during the last 9-10 days of March that could affect
these if I'm unable to process transactions in a timely matter.
- Last season, I adjusted the schedule to have a little bit
earlier deadlines for each week. This year I have to revert back
to where we used to be with the Week 1 deadline coming after
maybe a full turn in the MLB rotations already in the books.
- Normally, we have at least 4 weeks of free agency between
the draft and Week 1. With only 2 weeks, there are a
couple of changes:
- Week minus one and Week zero will have more than 4
rounds of free agent picks (exact number TBD).
- I will not enforce the 5000 cap on team cash balance
heading into the season. You can wait longer this year to
sign your multiyear contracts.
3/13/24
2/28/24
- Redistribution Draft deadline is Sunday night. You can
check the lists for all your
teams to see if you have any errors.
- I still could use some foster owners to do
the draft lists for orphan teams. Let me know if you are willing
to do that. (Michael Gaston and Bill Munger - I have your
emails - I'll try to set you up with something on Thursday).
2/17/24
- Results of carryover choices posted. View the
Transactions page to see
the cuts in your league.
- The 2024 Redistribution Draft is now open. You'll 2
weeks to make your first selections. Deadline is Sunday
3/3/24 at Midnight Eastern
- Visit your team roster to see the link to begin making your
picks.
- For more information, see the rules regarding the
Redistribution Draft
- There are 2 weeks to do your list for Round 1, but you
should consider building for all 5 rounds - or at least as much
as you can, because if any of your listed picks/alternates are
gone by your turn in the order, we'll pull up picks from Round 2
and beyond to make sure you get 3 selections.
- After March 3, we post the results of only Round 1 only - any
drafted players will be removed from the remainder of your
lists.
- You'll have one week to redo draft lists (if you choose),
then we post the results of only Round 2 (again removing
drafted players from your rounds 3-5)
- Then one more week for an optional redo of your draft
lists, and we post the results of Rounds 3-5
- The season calendar of deadlines
is not yet updated for 2024, but the
deadlines for the Redistribution Draft are:
- Sunday evening 3/3 Midnight EST - First submission - we post results for Round
1
- Sun night 3/10 Midnight EST - Adjust your lists for Rounds 2-5 - we post
results for Round 2
- Sun night 3/17 Midnight EST - Adjust your lists for Rounds 3-5 - we post
results for the remaining 3 rounds
- Because of delays to this point, we'll have a compressed
time for free agency - squeezing in 2 weeks of transactions
in about 10 days...but we'll increase the number of rounds
of picks during those weeks.
- Any players on your
Prospect Roster have been moved back to your 40-man roster.
You can begin to move players to prospect status again after the
Redistribution Draft.
2/9/24
- Check the carryover
status for all your teams
- I've set the roster cutdown deadline to midnight
Eastern on Sunday, Feb. 11 - it could change if I am
still working with orphan teams.
- Can you help out with orphan teams as a foster
owner? Whether you want to just help with the
roster cutdowns, get them through the Redistribution Draft, or
run them until we get a new owner, please let me know and how
many teams you'd take. Thanks!
2/3/24
- With all the orphan teams to go through, this
weekend won't work for the cutdown deadline. I'm
going to extend it out to Sunday, Feb. 11 -
however, it might be earlier in the day than midnight - stay
tuned.
- There's another round of orphan team requests that came in
on Thursday or later and I'll assign those teams later today -
as well as assigning foster owners to those of you who have
volunteered for that.
1/25/24
- Week Thirty
Transactions Posted (2nd winter trade period)
- I'll have an email out to everyone discussing the delays.
At this time, roster cutdown decisions are due on Sunday,
February 4 at midnight Eastern time. However, due to the
large number of orphan teams, it's possible that this could be
pushed out further.
- Orphan Teams -
here's the initial
list of 170 available orphans for 2024. There may be a
few more
added once I verify if some "no answers" on returning will indeed
become orphans. Email me if you want to pick up any of
these orphans and we still might be able to get you to pick your
roster cuts/keeps.
- 84 New players added to the game based on
the 40-man rosters for MLB teams as of mid-January.
- This is the only player addition until after
Opening Day
- To find them - In the filter/search area of the player
lists, look for the "New in 2024" menu -
See the list of new players
- NEW - While we're in the cutdown period and
Redistribution Draft, you can also view players who were
added in Week 25 in 2023. Since the last free agent
signings were in Week 24, these players have not yet
been available to sign.
- Payment information is not yet set up for 2024. While
I'd love to take your money, hang on tight for a week or two
until that's ready.
1/7/24
- Deadline changes. I have some things going
on in real life and will not be ready to open up the
Redistribution Draft next week after the roster cuts deadline,
so I'm going to extend everything out another week.
- Winter Trade Period #2 deadline - extended to
Sunday, January 14 at midnight Eastern - all trade
offers set to expire at the January 7 deadline have been
moved out to January 14.
- Roster cutdown decisions deadline - extended to
Sunday, January 21
- First submission for Redistribution Draft expected
Saturday, February 10
- See season deadlines
1/6/24
- Coming back with
your teams in 2024? A few of you haven't answered yet for
any teams - and some of you have left some of your teams
undecided. I'll contact the people who haven't weighed in,
but you can help out by answering yes/no for all of your teams.
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