• Before the 1950s, there were no major league teams West of St Louis, so this was the only way many people coul see the stars

  Blue Suede Schus on June 13, 2013 3:05 PM

• barnstorming was travelling town to town taking on the local teams. Before the major leagues this is how professional baseball worked. Later in the 20th century, stars like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig an Bob Feller would have their own barnstorming teams.

  Blue Suede Schus on June 13, 2013 3:04 PM

• Frank - Interesting! - Please feel free to tell me more about "barnstorming". I'm not familiar with it.

  Jesters on June 10, 2013 3:20 AM

• Definitely an interesting perspective - reminds me a bit of the barnstorming days of baseball in the states.

  Oriole Fever on June 8, 2013 12:35 PM

• I Kemp believe it's not butter's trade block has been updated!

  Open Water Skubal Divers on June 1, 2013 11:56 AM

• A little perspective on baseball as a sport in Sweden.

  Jesters on May 31, 2013 3:27 PM

• To complete the picture of the game I was at. In game 2, I conceived a conversation with one of the players. What I heard was that he would go away from the game. The reason was that he had not been given time off from work anymore.

  Jesters on May 31, 2013 3:25 PM

• Frank - It was nice to hear that you liked it. There are about 1,000 practitioners of baseball in Sweden. It lives 9 million in Sweden. That said, baseball is a small sport.

  Jesters on May 31, 2013 2:42 PM

• So cool Jesper - thanks for the update. Love hearing about baseball in other places...

  Oriole Fever on May 30, 2013 8:33 AM

• Hank Chinaski's 9 bad boys's trade block has been updated!

  Jesters on May 29, 2013 4:39 AM

• I was probably the only one who was not. This was not one of the top teams in Sweden, but baseball is a small sport.

  Jesters on May 24, 2013 7:35 AM

• Thanks for asking. Yes they did, 6-1 and 11-9. To give a small picture of baseball as a sport in Sweden. The number of spectators during these two games was 15, most of them were either relatives or friends with any of the players.

  Jesters on May 24, 2013 7:34 AM

• So Jesper - Did the Firehawks come out on top?!?

  You, You, You, Ottoneu on May 23, 2013 4:18 PM

• I give you a once in a lifetime opportunity. Live coverage, doubleheader from S?lvesborg, Sweden. Sunday. Malm? Pilots - S?lvesborg Firehawks. Game 1: 6:00 am est. Game 2: 9:00 am est. If anyone is interested, I can do it as a fun thing. Thanks.

  Jesters on May 16, 2013 12:48 PM

• Huggies's trade block has been updated!

  In Ottavino Veritas on May 7, 2013 11:29 PM

• I could move Utley, Phillips, or Altuve for a SP, if you need a 2B, could maybe move 2 of those 3 guys

  Hatchet, By Gary Paulsen on April 29, 2013 10:57 PM

• Huggies's trade block has been updated!

  In Ottavino Veritas on April 25, 2013 7:58 PM

• Hank Chinaski's 9 bad boys's trade block has been updated!

  Jesters on April 25, 2013 1:50 PM

• I have a weakness for SP. LOL.

  Jesters on April 17, 2013 6:02 AM

• He is not worth $ 7. I had $ 85 in cap space. Things are relative situation.

  Jesters on April 17, 2013 5:18 AM

• Guess I was way off

  Non-Fungible Torkelson on April 17, 2013 4:05 AM

• Damn, 7 bucks for Cingrani

  Non-Fungible Torkelson on April 17, 2013 4:01 AM

• Huggies's trade block has been updated!

  In Ottavino Veritas on April 7, 2013 8:26 PM

• No worries Rubix...now it will just be a slow march before you catch my time despite missing out on a few days of points :)

  Oriole Fever on April 7, 2013 10:51 AM

• Hank Chinaski's 9 bad boys's trade block has been updated!

  Jesters on April 7, 2013 8:56 AM

• Umm, sorry guys. I just started a new job and wasn't aware the lineups start empty.

  Cinéma Vérité on April 6, 2013 6:35 PM

• Huggies's trade block has been updated!

  In Ottavino Veritas on April 6, 2013 12:19 AM

• I'll shoot him an e-mail tonight when I get home from work. Hopefully he's still in and he can get his lineups set.

  You, You, You, Ottoneu on April 2, 2013 1:42 PM

• No lineups for Rubix Cubes again today...if this keeps up we might as well give someone else a shot. Heard anything from them Heyward?

  Oriole Fever on April 2, 2013 12:39 PM

• Frank Sobotka's Sluggers's trade block has been updated!

  Oriole Fever on April 1, 2013 11:30 PM

• Check out the new trade block!

  Oriole Fever on April 1, 2013 11:29 PM

• Oh no, Rubix Cubes

  Blue Suede Schus on April 1, 2013 6:06 PM

• ?ntligen - At last!!!

  Jesters on March 31, 2013 1:09 PM

• I Kemp believe it's not butter's trading block has been updated!

  Open Water Skubal Divers on March 27, 2013 2:06 PM

• Carry on my Heyward Son's trading block has been updated!

  You, You, You, Ottoneu on March 27, 2013 1:19 PM

• The Laser Show at Stone Midget's trading block has been updated!

  South Side Sufferers on March 27, 2013 11:57 AM

• Goat Locker's trading block has been updated!

  Non-Fungible Torkelson on March 23, 2013 3:56 PM

• Quick note - there is now a "lineups" tab at the top of the screen where you can set your lineups. The "roster organizer" that was previously there was just a tool for us and did not actually set our lineups.

  You, You, You, Ottoneu on March 18, 2013 2:08 PM

• Yeah. Since catchers get a lot of days off you can start 2 catchers whenever you want, but you'll still be capped at 162 games total.

  In Ottavino Veritas on March 18, 2013 7:11 AM

• I'm confused... We have two catcher spots on our active rosters, but only get 162 games played for the position?

  Non-Fungible Torkelson on March 18, 2013 6:58 AM

• oh ok ty

  Hatchet, By Gary Paulsen on March 14, 2013 2:40 PM

• You can't. It syncs with real life 60 day DL lists.

  In Ottavino Veritas on March 13, 2013 11:56 PM

• How can I move a player to the 60 day DL, I want to move Corey Hart to the DL

  Hatchet, By Gary Paulsen on March 13, 2013 11:43 PM

• Or the 12$ Michael Young

  Blue Suede Schus on March 11, 2013 10:02 PM

• True - sometimes we have to make sacrifices for the good of the name. "Owning Chris Volstad...My triumphs, my mistakes"

  Oriole Fever on March 11, 2013 4:24 PM

• After reading that, I don't know why a) he's not still on your team and b) your team isn't named after him?!?

  You, You, You, Ottoneu on March 11, 2013 3:46 PM

• I think my allegiance must have been tainted by seeing him pitch at a Greensboro Grasshoppers Thirsty Thursday back in his A ball days...if I recall, I won a shirt. That's just sound reasoning, right?

  Oriole Fever on March 11, 2013 1:50 PM

• Looking at some of the players I kept...I feel like Dayton Moore waking up from a drunken stupor. Coming to a waiver wire near you...Chris Volstad.

  Oriole Fever on March 11, 2013 1:48 PM

• South Bend Silver Hawks's trading block has been updated!

  La Russa's Drivers Ed on March 10, 2013 3:44 PM

• Chapmain, Cain then pray for rain 's trading block has been updated!

  In Ottavino Veritas on March 9, 2013 11:49 AM

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