December 15, 2008
Defensive Deletions for 2008 season disk
DAYTON, OH. - As per current SPB-Now rules, all players with less than or equal to 10 games played at a position with 400 or more at bats will have those ratings deleted at the positions in which they played less than or equal to 10 games in. Click HERE to view the list of players whose positions were deleted for the 2008 season disk. 

December 14, 2008
Uncarded player lists
DAYTON, OH. - A file has been created that lists the players that each team has the opportunity to protect as an uncarded player. Those players without the team name next to them are carry-overs from the current list and are also eligible to be protected.  Bottom line is everyone listed on the list associated on your team can be protected/uncarded.  I will call for everyone's uncarded list at a later date.  Please remember the new rule change in which only three (3) players can be uncarded each season. Click HERE to see the list of players for all teams. 

October 16, 2008 **Updated**
2008 Stats created
DAYTON, OH. - Thanks to Greg Henning, he has put together the individual player stats sorted by team for both HITTING and PITCHING.  These sheets will not be updated as trades happen.  If Greg updates the sheets, I will post them.  Thanks Greg!

October 16,  2008
2008 Phase 2 protected player numbers allowed
DAYTON, OH. - Below are the numbers of players you will be allowed to protect for phase two for the upcoming draft.  You do not need to send me your lists now, but this will help you manage your roster when it comes to making trades. 

18 Players Protected
Needham Rockets 109
Carolina Sandlappers 106
Jottenheim Storm Giants 104
Midnight Rambler 100
Dodge City Marshalls 98
Leeds Zeppelins 91

19 Players Protected
Pocono Pumas 90
Scio Farmers 90
Rip City Highlanders 89
Bowling Green Buskers 88
Dayton Dynamo 87
Richmond Rebels 86
Beach City Dukes 84
Virginia Terriers 84
Frankfort Frogs 81
Kansas City T-Bones 80
Pacific Powerhouse 77
Colgate Creek Blue Crabs75
Waldo Peppers 74
Oakwood Owls 73
Lafayette River Pilots 70
Houston Oil Barons 69

20 Players Protected
Niskayuna Warriors 68
Jersey Jukes 66
Bay Area Barking Seals 63
Michigan Tigers 56
Worcester Grays 55
Ozark Fiddlers 55

October 16, 2008
Team Relocation
DAYTON, OH. - From The new owner of the Batkats:  The Kentucky Batkats thank all their fans for years of support. However, a new stadium awaits. The city of Leeds, New York has voted to provide public funding for a ballpark. Therefore, the Batkats bid farewell to the Bluegrass state and welcome the Empire State. They will henceforth be known as the the Leeds Zeppelins.  Thank you!

Shane Bowen
Chairman/CEO/General Manager
Leeds Zeppelins

October 13, 2008 **Updated**
2008 Managerial Changes
DAYTON, OH. - Now that the 2007 season is in the books, I would like to announce a new manager who joins the SPB ranks.  Nite Mahan, will be taking over the old Asgard Heroes franchise, and will be renaming it the Ozark Fiddlers.  Nite is an experienced gamer, and I am excited to have him join our league.  Please welcome him if you get the chance.  He will also be changing parks, moving into the Metrodome. 

Brian Toso, the former Asgard Heroes manager will be staying with SPB. He will be taking the reigns of the Atlanta Colt45 franchise, whose former manager has resigned from SPB.  Brian has renamed the team the Jotenheim Storm Giants. 

Due to time and job constraints, Mike See has relinquished control of the South Fork Survivors franchise.  A manager hunt is underway.  I would like to thank Mike for running the franchise for the rest of the 2007 season.  Taking over the helm for Mike will be veteran SPB manager Vin Onstott, who will be renaming his team the Oakwood Owls. 

October 7, 2008
Carolina Sandlappers 2007 SPB-Now Champions!
DAYTON, OH. - The 2007 World Series was decided in a thrilling 7-game series, with Don Swearingen's Carolina Sandlappers outlasting Craig Korol's Dodge City Marshalls.  The first three games of the series went extra innings, taxing both bullpens greatly.  The entire series boxscores and writeups can be found in the playoff section in the menu on the left.  Congratulations once again to Don, and to Craig for being classy in defeat.   

October 2, 2008
2007 World Series matchup set
DAYTON, OH. - The 2007 World Series will be underway shortly.  Winning the Falduto League pennant was Craig Korol and his Dodge City Marshalls.  Craig bested the Rip City Highlanders and Marc Hollingsworth 4 games to 2.  In the Schilling League, the crow goes to Don Swearingen and the Carolina Sandlappers, who beat Martin Speilmann's Needham Rockets 4 games to 1.  Good luck to both in the series.  Could Don bring a second championship to the Swearingen family in 2008?  

August 31, 2008
2007 BASE Reports
DAYTON, OH. - Thanks to the great BASE program, that was created to give us much more statistics than the DMB game can provide, here is the 2007 Base Reports for the end of the 2007 campaign.  Mind you, this only scratches the surface of what this program can do.  

August 25, 2008
Player losses announced
DAYTON, OH. - The season-ending player losses are now out on the following file.  These players are ineligible to be traded, and will be entered into the 2008 rookie draft if they are carded.  

August 25, 2008
Final Stats now posted
DAYTON, OH. - The stats and power rankings for the end of the 2007 campaign are now posted.   Congratulations goes out to the following teams and managers for securing playoff spots with the following matchups:

Falduto League: Chris Williams and the Bowling Green Buskers won the Wabash division in the closest race over my Dayton Dynamo by a single game. A face to face series was played during the latest SPB-4 draft heightening the excitement of the race. The Buskers will face the Frontier Division winning Rip City Highlanders, with Marc Hollingsworth at the helm in the division series. The other match up in the Falduto League division series will pit the Plains division winner Dodge City Marshalls, managed by Craig Korol. He had the best record in the Falduto league, and will face Shane Bowen and his Kentucky Batkats, who clinched the wild-card spot. 

Schilling League: This league should have the advantage in the World Series, with 3 of the 4 playoff teams winning over 100 games. The Midnight Rambler, guided by Jim Jansen, who won the NY Metro Division, will face Don Swearingen and his Carolina Sandlappers, who won the Mid-Atlantic division. Martin Spielman and the Needham Rockets won the most number of games in 2007 with 109 victories, easily winning the GreatLakes-NewEngland division. They will face Peter Brooks and the Scio Farmers. The Farmers won a head-to-head tie breaker with the Pocono Pumas in representing the Wild card spot with the resignation of Richard Pearson and the Atlanta Colt45's. 

Each of the Division series games will be a best-of-five game series. 

Good luck to all playoff participants. Games will be loaded onto the webpage as they are received. 

May 23, 2008
Another New manager mid-season
DAYTON, OH. - It is my duty to announce that Joe Hamrahi has resigned from SPB-Now due to expanding commitments to his Baseball Digest Daily website.  I would like to thank Joe for his service, and is welcomed back anytime.  Stepping right in his place is trader-extraordinaire  Mike See.  Mike's email is ebetts1957@yahoo.com  Welcome aboard Mike!

May 22, 2008
June stats posted
DAYTON, OH. - The stats and power rankings are posted for June of 2007.  We still have a division with all teams below .500. All 3 Falduto League divisions are still close, which the Schilling League has clear cut leaders  On a more serious note, there were 8 players lost this month due to overusage:

Kentucky Batkats - Jose Morales
Pacific Powerhouse- Chris Schroeder
South Fork Survivors - A.J.Murray
Midnight Rambler - Patrick Misch
Michigan Tigers - Bruce Chen, John Ennis, Darrell Rasner, Mike Thompson

These players have been released from their team’s rosters on this database. 

PLEASE keep track of your usage, as the season is getting later. You may put in for a free agent(s) to fill the void in your roster, and they will be given to you at the end of July play. 

This is the last month of trading before the deadline. Deadline will be 1159PM June 20th. This also applies to free agent pickups. 

May 18, 2008
New manager mid-season
DAYTON, OH. - It is my pleasure to announce that the Richmond Rebels team has been quickly filled by Greg Henning. He will take over the team starting with July’s games next month. My thanks goes out to Greg for taking the team in a swift manner. 

February 22, 2008
Season Preview by Martin Spielmann
DAYTON, OH. - Thank you to Marty for providing this great read.  Enjoy! 

February 7, 2008
New manager
DAYTON, OH. - It is my duty to inform you that Terry Baxter has decided to relinquish his franchise because of time restraints.  Please join me in welcoming Tom Kackley, who will be taking over Terry's team and will be renaming it the Beach City Dukes.  You can read more about Tom on his bio.  I would like to thank Terry for his service to the league, and he is welcomed back at any time.  Welcome aboard Tom! 

January 24, 2008
Team Name change
DAYTON, OH. - Mike Cannon has taking the lead of the Tampa Bay Rays, and is also renaming his team the Colgate Creek Blue Claws. 

January 24, 2008
Free Agents now dispersed
DAYTON, OH. - The initial wave of free agents have now been dispersed.  They can be found in the TRANSACTION POST section.  FA's are now available on a first-come first-served basis until Feb 20th.  

January 20, 2008
Items with further explanation
DAYTON, OH. - Some points for further clarification: If you draft a free agent, he is yours to keep and protect if you wish. Any player who gets released during the season into the free agent pool will have his at bats or appearances INTACT, meaning you assume their usage if you pick up someone released during the season. 

As far as the trading period, each month during the season through July, there will be a trading period from the 1st thru the 20th. Trades will be frozen on the 20th of each month to allow the database to be put together and for that month's free agent moves to be processed. Thus, the initial trade deadline of Feb 20.

The rules committee has met this morning to address a discontinuity in the rules. Starting with the end of this season, roster sizes will be limited to 45 players. Those who are above 45 right now will be allowed to keep those players, but after the season I will be asking for roster cuts to 45. This will help keep roster sizes at a manageable level and allow for adequate resources for all clubs. The rule for this season will still stand that if you are over 45 players, you will need to submit a name to cut for each player you pick up.

The constitution has been updated to reflect these changes. The 45-man roster for right now will be for SPB-Now only. The other SPB leagues may change based upon their respective rules committee discussion.