Posts by Chris
Alamos Claim The Leg
Congratulations to Steve and his successful 2021 BVL Campaign. The Alamos won the BVL Leg title defeating the Grand Rapids Calvinists in five games. It was an amazing series filled with back and forths and tension throughout. A remarkable lack of homers and more than our fair share of low scoring games. Congratulations to Tim…
Read MoredeGrom the Unhittable
Tennessee’s Jacob deGrom hurled the first no-hitter of the 2021 BVL season while setting the single game record of punch outs at twenty-one. deGrom faced the San Antonio Alamos on April 20th and was firing bbs straight out of the gate. He fanned the first four hitters and would strike out the side six times…
Read More2021 BVL Schedule
** 2021 SEASON CALENDAR ** (dates are unchangeable unless they are changed) Draft Lottery and Announcement: 1/1-1/7 Cards Ship: 2/19 Comp Submissions: 2/24 Comp Voting: 2/26-2/28 Comp Draft: 3/2-3/4 22 Man lists: 3/6 Pre-Draft Trading: 3/8-3/17 Rookie Draft: 3/20 Post Draft Trading: 3/22-3/28 April CM’s Due: 3/31 Opening Day: 4/1 Consider this effective through August…
Read MoreA Successful 20th Anniversary Draft
The extended weekend of March 21-24, 2019 saw 10 of the 14 BVL managers gather in Vegas for the 20th year of ‘The Leg Draft’. The weekend commenced on Thursday with a lunch gathering at Citizen restaurant in Mandalay Bay. New managers Todd Decker and Steve Felson were present and given props for making the…
Read More20th Annual BVL Rookie Draft Vegas Style
In less than three weeks we shall gather in Las Vegas to start the ball rolling on the BVL’s 20th annual rookie draft. This year there will be 92.857142857143% of the managers in attendance which is an all-time record. The draft will start promptly at 9:00 am Saturday March 23. The San Antonio Alamos have…
Read MoreLeg Lottery Slated for New Years Eve
LEG LOTTERY PREVIEW (based on 36 chances) JER (7.5) — 3, 8, 12 (1-10) MAN (7.5) — 9, 10, 12 (11-20) GAL (6) — 7 ORL (5) — 6 WES (4) — 5 ADD (3) — 4 JER from BCD (2) — 11 BGN (1) — 2
Read More2018 Schedule and Comp Draft Results
Comp Draft Thursday 3/1 – Saturday 3/3 (**note here that we could theoretically get this done Friday 3/2) 22-man cuts due Sun 3/4 10:00pm EST Pre-draft Trading Mon 3/5-Mon 3/12 10:00pm EDT Draft Sat 3/17, noon EST Post-draft trading Mon 3/19-Sun 3/25 10:00pm EDT ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2018 Compensation Draft 1 LAK Taijuan Walker SP 2 GRC…
Read MoreMy Memory of June 12, 1970
Before there were Vegas suites and breakfasts for 10….before there was even a hotel called Mandalay Bay, there was me growing up in the Bronx, NY. Well, growing up is a relative term, let’s just say I spent 8 of my first 13 years in Co-Op City, a development of apartment buildings that was built…
Read MoreYou Must Seed to Succeed
I was given a task to investigate how seeds have fared in the history of the BVL. So I began my research starting with the 2003 season which was the first season in which six teams were seeded and is as per our current rules. One of the best features of the BVL is that…
Read MoreFireworks and Sparklers. Duds and Fizzs.
July 6th, 1933. Comiskey Park in Chicago, IL. The first MLB All-Star game takes place during the dark days of The Great Depression. Derived from an idea by Chicago’s newly elected Mayor Edward Kelly to coincide with The World’s Fair which was an event devised to celebrate the city’s centennial while offering optimism and…
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