December 8th, 2024 - Training page is now Player Development
To better align with Hardwood and make the game feel more like baseball and less like a soccer simulation, we've retitled the "Training" page as "Player Development."
November 30th, 2024 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
November 21st, 2024 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
November 21st, 2024 - Mexico returns to the top!
Mexico managed to win the finale versus American Samoa to take home the World Classic title. In the final game, Carlos Puentes pitched six strong innings and Xavier Valentin and came in to get the save, but the biggest impact was from Luis Delgado who posted a 6th inning grand slam to put the game out of reach. The Classic MVP was Salvador Chavez with 6 homers, 19 RBI's and a .915 OPS. Congratulations to Mexico on their first title in 13 years!
November 15th, 2024 - 2067 is here!
The season flip is complete, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or adjust your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck to all!
November 13th, 2024 - Bears maul Pistoleros!
The series between the Bears and Pistoleros was a back-and-forth affair. The Bears grabbed a couple of wins early, but the Pistoleros fought back and evened it up with two of their own. In the end, the Bears finished strong, winning the final two games to clinch the playoff title. In the decisive final game, Scranton exploded for 7 runs in the 2nd inning. Pitcher "Handsome" Mathew Ransom then delivered 6+ strong innings, leading Scranton to an 8-2 victory and the series win. Series MVP Iokua Tupuola was the star, starting two games and posting 2 wins, 9 strikeouts in 14 innings, and a 2.57 ERA. Congratulations to buffmckagan and the Scranton Bears on their second Legends League Championship in three years!
November 10th, 2024 - Legends League Playoffs
Wahoo -- the playoffs are here again! The Legends League playoffs this year feature the Tombstone Pistoleros (#1 Rank, 95-65, +112, PI 104.6) who will try to win a championship after losing to the Waterloo Dinos last season. Their opponents will be the Scranton Bears (#3 Rank, 89-71, PI 106.3) who won their division by +12 run differential. Tombstone has a clear advantage in pitching, posting a 2.99 ERA compared to 3.86 for Scranton. However, the Bears boast a better offense .730 OPS to .698. It should be an exciting playoff series! Good luck to both clubs!
November 2nd, 2024 - Time Change
Please note, the time for the game is based on Pacific Time so we will be adjusting back one hour.
October 28th, 2024 - J-E-T-S, Jets! Jets! Jets!
It would have been a close final series, if it wasn’t for a couple of big innings. In two games, the Jets posted some crooked numbers, 4, 5 and 4. The Port Saint Lucie Red Devils just couldn’t match the run output and dropped the first two games, 6-3 and 11-3. The star of the finals was outfielder Jean Lancaster who hit a homer in each game, two of the seven home runs hit by Concord. Congratulations to the Concord Jets on their cup title!
October 25th, 2024 - Cup Final!
The cup final is on Monday and it’s a thrilling match-up between a Cinderella story and a Legends team gone bot. The #14 ranked Concord Jets (Legends, PI 104.0) will take on the #67 ranked Port Saint Lucie Red Devils (V.5, PI 104.2). Looks like Port Saint Lucie features a stronger pitching staff while the Jets have superstar first baseman Ray Nagy driving their offense. But who will win? Find out Monday!
September 13th, 2024 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
September 5th, 2024 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
September 5th, 2024 - Cuba!
Cuba wins it all, but the big story was perhaps Samoa getting to the finals. But anyway, Cuba had a strong run, they defeated Mexico round #1, the Bahamas round #2, Australia round #3, Canada round #4 and American Samoa in round #5 (the finals). The Classic MVP was Pedro Lopez with a 3-1 record, 2.30 ERA and 0.989 WHIP. Congratulations to Cuba for breaking through again and winning their 8th Classic Championship.
August 31st, 2024 - 2066 is here!
The season flip is complete, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or adjust your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck to all!
August 27th, 2024 - Waterloo is back!
It looked like it was going to be a close series – but it wasn’t. The first game went to extra innings, but all four games went to the Dinos. In the final game, Fabián Méndez pitched a strong seven innings and a home run by Denzel Oliver put them a lead that Tombstone would never overcome. The series MVP was José Luis Reyna with 2 home runs, a .455 batting average and a 1.653 OPS. Congratulations once again to Seca and the Waterloo Dinosaurs for another Legends League Championship!
August 26th, 2024 - Legends League Playoffs
Yeehaw -- the playoffs are here again! The Legends League playoffs this year feature two equally successful teams – both winning 92 games in the regular season. This seasons cup winner the Tombstone Pistoleros (#2 Rank, 92-68, +148, PI 106.7) will take on multiple Legends champion the Waterloo Dinosaurs (#1 Rank, 92-68, +102, PI 102.7). Both teams have solid offenses producing ~4.5 runs per game while the Pistoleros sport a slightly better pitching staff. Should be a very competitive match-up! Good luck to both clubs!
August 14th, 2024 - Tombstone triumph!
It was a dramatic ending to the Cup, with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning pinch hitter "Don't" Mata swatted a 2-run walk-off home run to give the Pistoleros the cup title. Congratulations to FreddyThe2nd and the Tombstone Pistoleros on their second cup title!
August 9th, 2024 - Cup Final!
The cup final is on Monday and it’s an exciting match-up between two top ranked teams. The #3 ranked Tombstone Pistoleros (Legends, PI 106.8) will take on the #23 ranked Dallas Dragons (IV.8, PI 104.3). Both teams have stellar pitching, so who will be able to score runs? Find out Monday!
June 29th, 2024 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
June 28th, 2024 - Server database corruption & restoration
This morning, we experienced a problem at the server site with database corruption which meant that literally all the data for the game was offline (including the user profiles, hence no logins). That’s been restored and things should move along normally.
June 20th, 2024 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
June 20th, 2024 - USA tops Canada!
The Americans repeated with an exciting finals victory versus their North American rivals Canada. Their path to the title was an easy one, Colombia (3 game sweep), Curaçao (3 game sweep), Panama (3 game sweep), American Samoa (3 game sweep) until finally being pushed by the Canucks to five games. The men from the North were leading 7-6 going into the bottom of the 9th inning of the decisive game. An error by Lance Hill gave the yanks a base runner who would eventually score the tying run on a Keith Stine double. Then later, pinch hitter James "Jawbreaker" McNabb would hit a walk-off double to end the game and hand the Classic title to the USA. The Classic MVP was starting pitcher Mitchell Larsen who was 4-0 with a 0.93 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 38 2/3 innings.
June 15th, 2024 - 2065 is here!
The season rollover is complete, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or adjust your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck to all!
June 11th, 2024 - Bears are best!
It wasn’t really that close – if it wasn’t for an extra inning victory by the Cardinals, the Scranton Bears would have swept the Legends League playoffs. As it was, they won four of five games, hitting .306 in the series and posting a 2.70 ERA. Was there an MVP for the Bears? Not really, Ramón Murillo, Johnnie Cohen and "Bobby" Orosco all had batting averages above .400 for the playoffs and drove an offense that scored 6.6 runs per game. Congratulations to buffmckagan and the Scranton Bears on their long-awaited Legends League Championship!
June 9th, 2024 - Legends League Playoffs
Wahoo -- the playoffs are here again! The Legends League playoffs this year feature a new club to the Legends League, the Farmington Hills Cardinals (#9 Rank, 87-73, +70, PI 104.5) who will rep the West. While the East will be represented by 2nd year Legends team, the Scranton Bears (#2 Rank, 95-65, +192, PI 106.6). Both sport powerful offenses .764 OPS vs. .756 OPS, but the pitching edge goes to Scranton 3.54 ERA compared to 3.95. All in all, a pretty competitive match-up! Good luck to both clubs!
June 9th, 2024 - Broken Bat best rated game!
Broken Bat was voted the best rated game in May on OnlineSportManagers.com! Thanks to everyone that voted for us.
May 27th, 2024 - Titans triumph in the Cup!
After dropping the first game to the Eden Prairie Wolves, the Titans posted two convincing wins (5-0 & 6-1) to take the title. In the final game, "Kid" Carson Kauffmann pitched 8 1/3 strong innings giving up only one. The offense struck for 2 runs in the 1st inning, 3 runs in the 3rd inning and another run in the 6th inning and the Titans cruised to the win and the cup title. Congratulations to Garnash11 and the Monterey Titans on their second cup title!
May 24th, 2024 - Cup Final!
The cup final is on Monday and it’s an exciting match-up between two highly ranked teams. The #26 ranked Monterey Titans (III.1, PI 103.3) will take on the #7 ranked Eden Prairie Wolves (II.1, PI 103.6). Both teams have a shelf full of trophies, so it should be a very competitive cup final. Who will win it all? Find out Monday!
April 15th, 2024 - Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
Today is the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today we celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
April 13th, 2024 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
April 5th, 2024 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
April 4th, 2024 - USA returns to the top!
The undisputed kings of international play have returned – the Americans are again taking home the cup this year. Their early path was all heavyweights – Puerto Rico, Cuba and Mexico. And then they finished up with sweeps of Canada and Colombia. The Classic MVPs were Hunter Allison hitting .300 with 6 homers and 18 RBI’s and pitcher Mitchell Larsen, 4-1 with a 1.05 ERA. Congratulations to the USA on their 17th World Classic Title!
March 30th, 2024 - 2064 is here!
The season rollover is complete, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or adjust your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck to all!
March 27th, 2024 - Belleville doubles up!
In a hard-fought series, the Leprechauns outlasted the heavily favored Waterloo Dinosaurs and took both the Cup and Legends title this season. Belleville posted 4 wins versus 2 losses in the series with the final game score of 4-3 -- the eventual winning run scored on a ground out by Eddie Keith. For the series, the Leprechauns got good pitching and enough offense to overcome the Dinos. The playoff finals MVP was Joe Grayson who posted a .357 batting average and a .951 OPS. Congratulations to knor12 and the Belleville Leprechauns!
March 24th, 2024 - Legends League Playoffs
Humm Baby -- the playoffs are here again! The Legends League playoffs feature the cup winner and one of the best historical clubs (by league record). The Belleville Leprechauns (#10 Rank, 84-76, +94, PI 103.6) from the West will try to get lucky against Waterloo Dinosaurs (#1 Rank, 112-48, +361, PI 101.8) from the East. Waterloo won 28 more games than Belleville and have much better pitching (by ERA), but will the Leprechauns have the luck of the Irish? As always, anything can happen in the playoffs. Good luck to both clubs!
March 11th, 2024 - Belleville finds their Cup of Gold!
The Leprechauns had a relatively easy time in the cup finals, posting two wins and scoring 11 runs to 3. In the final game, Mateo Melendez pitched eight strong innings and Luis Delgado came in for the save. The offense managed four runs and that was enough for a 4-1 win and the cup title. Congratulations to knor12 and the Belleville Leprechauns on the first cup title!
March 9th, 2024 - Cup Final!
The cup final is on Monday and it’s truly a mythical match-up pitting the Leprechauns vs. the Dragons. The #5 ranked Belleville Leprechauns (Legends, PI 103.5) will try to conquer their lower-level opponent the #55 ranked Dallas Dragons (III.4, PI 103.8). The Belleville bats have been really crushing the Legends league, can they do the same to the Dallas pitching? Who will win it all? Find out Monday!
February 4th, 2024 - Broken Bat - Baseball Game of the Year 2023!
Broken Bat was awarded the Baseball Game of the Year honor at OnlineSportManagers.com! Thank you to everyone that’s supported us on the site!
January 28th, 2024 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
January 18th, 2024 - Dominican Republic nearly perfect!
There was almost no stopping the Dominicans – they were perfect all the way to the finals. They dropped a single game to Mexico in the finals and then finished the job with a 6-3 victory in the final game. The World Classic MVP was starting pitcher "Rico Suave" López who won four game and posted a 1.10 ERA. Congratulations to the Dominican Republic on their 6th World Classic Title!
January 18th, 2024 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
January 13th, 2024 - 2063 is here!
The season rollover is complete, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or adjust your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck to all!
January 9th, 2024 - Bloomington thunder past Pandas!
The Bloomington Thunder dominated the playoffs versus the Pearland Pandas – they won four of five games, only dropping a single game by a single run. In the final game, it was 5-5 going into the bottom of the 8th inning – but that didn’t last. A walk to Adam Wilder was followed by a 2-out triple by Oscar Perdomo which was the difference in the game. Johnny Karlsen finished off the Pandas in the top of the 9th giving the Thunder the Legends League title. The playoff MVP was Jesus Acosta with a .600 batting average, 2.000 OPS and flawless defense at short stop. Congratulations to PrivateSnowflake and the Bloomington Thunder
January 8th, 2024 - 5 Million Games Simulated!
Broken Bat just completed simulating 5 million games over its 14 years of existence. Thanks to everyone that participated!
January 7th, 2024 - Legends League Playoffs
The playoffs are here again! The Legends League playoffs feature a couple of new teams. The Pearland Pandas (#3 Rank, 93-67, +130, PI 104.1) from the East will take on the Bloomington Thunder (#2 Rank, 87-73, +102, PI 104.4) who edged out the defending champions Waterloo Dinosaurs on run differential. Pearland won more games than the Thunder with superior pitching and more power, yet the Thunder posted a better OPS. Again, anything can happen in the playoffs. Good luck to both clubs.
December 25th, 2023 - Hawaiian Christmas Miracle!
The Sea Dogs were the underdogs coming into the cup finals, but managed a 5-1 game 1 win behind the strong pitching of Micheal Andrew. The second game was more difficult. The lead in the second game see-sawed back and forth, until the Dogs had a 5-3 lead going into the 9th inning. In the top half of the inning, Pearl City put another run across to take a 6-3 lead going into the bottom of the inning. Rubén Rosado came into pitch and was a bit sketchy, giving up a couple of runs and with the potential tying run on base. In came Elvis "The King" Howard and closed down the Pirates getting Christian Trinidad to line out to end the game. Congratulations to Stiev and the Pearl City Sea Dogs on the first cup title!
December 25th, 2023 - Merry Christmas!
Just thankful to have such a great community of players participating in Broken Bat.
December 22nd, 2023 - Cup Final!
The cup final is on Monday and features two clubs from the lower leagues. The #120 ranked Pearl City Sea Dogs (V.16, PI 101.5) will take on the #37 ranked Lake Charles Pirates (IV.6, PI 104.1). The Pirates are the higher ranked team and have the better pitching staff, but the Sea Dogs boast superior fire power. Who will be victorious? Find out Monday!
November 2nd, 2023 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
November 2nd, 2023 - Cuba prefect!
Cuba put on perhaps the most impressive World Classic performance ever – sweeping five series on their way to a 15-0 Classic record and another World title. The ran through a gauntlet of Curaçao, Canada, America, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Their big star was starting pitcher Óscar Carrasco who won all 5 of his games and posted a 0.73 ERA. Congratulations to Cuba on their 6th World Classic Title!
November 1st, 2023 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
October 28th, 2023 - 2062 is here!
The season rollover is complete, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or adjust your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck to all!
October 25th, 2023 - Dino 3-peat!
The difference this year is a wild pitch. The Dinos and Turtles had played the series even at 3-3. In the rubber game, both pitcher staffs were pitching well until the 6th inning when Waterloo managed to load the bases. However, Mateo "Matty" Mendoza got a critical line out for the 2nd out which brough up light-hitting second baseman Pedro Aguilar. His bat was not needed though, Mendoza threw a wild pitch bringing in a run – that would prove to be the lone run of the game. Game, set, match to the Waterloo Dinosaurs – their third Legend League championship in a row! Congratulations to Seca and Waterloo Dinosaurs on another year and another championship!
October 22nd, 2023 - Legends League Playoffs
The playoffs are here again! The Legends League playoffs feature our familiar friends the Waterloo Dinosaurs. The Dinos (#1 Rank, 96-64, +130, PI 103.6) from the East will take on the West Fargo Turtles (#8 Rank, 86-74, +70, PI 102.7) who rep the West. Waterloo won ten more games than the Turtles and would appear to be the big favorites, but anything can happen the playoffs. Good luck to timothy and Seca!
October 9th, 2023 - Gryphons Grandeur!
Gryphons prove they aren’t just Quidditch experts – as they crushed Bend in Cup final. The Gryphons outscored the Bend Beavers 12-4 over two games. In the final game, Boca Raton was scoreless going into the 8th inning and were trailing by a run. However, Kamuela Kalili quickly ripped a 2-run home run followed by a Malik Cherry suicide squeeze to bring in another run. They added a fourth run in the 9th inning, but that was surplus, because the final score was 4-2 and a title for the Gryphons. Congratulations to Alyksandur and the Boca Raton Gryphons on the first title!
October 6th, 2023 - Cup Final!
The cup final is on Monday and features clubs from Oregon and Florida. The #114 ranked Bend Beavers (V.11, PI 102.0) will try to topple the #27 ranked Boca Raton Gryphons (II.2, PI 100.1). The Gryphons are the higher ranked team, but the surprising Beavers have a better power index. Who will prevail? Find out Monday!
August 25th, 2023 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
August 17th, 2023 - Cuba wins Classic!
This was a Classic highlighted by the success of some Cinderellas (Samoa – semi-final , Panama – finals), but in the end, Cuba crush them all. On whole, their path was probably easier than normal – not facing any heavyweights: Great Britain, South Korea, Colombia, American Samoa and Panama. In the finals they pounded Panama in three games by an aggregate score of 29-7. Their star was third baseman Alonzo Lozano with 7 homers, 24 RBI’s and a 1.047 OPS in 20 games. Congratulations to Cuba on their 5th World Classic Title!
August 17th, 2023 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
August 11th, 2023 - 2061 is here!
The season rollover has concluded, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or adjust your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck!
August 9th, 2023 - Dinomite Repeat!
Waterloo came in with the better record and proved they were the better team. They took the Legends title in five games, only losing an extra inning game 2-1. The Dinos were led by Caleb Kennedy who hit .545 for the series and Lukas Berger who hit .421. On the mound, Jay Chappell saved all four wins for Waterloo, allowing only one hit in four innings and striking out five. Congratulations to Seca and Waterloo Dinosaurs on their dominating performance and their repeat of the Legends Championship!
August 6th, 2023 - Legends League Playoffs
The playoffs are here again! The Legends League playoffs features some familiar looking for more hardware. The Oceanview Woods Grizzlies (#13 Rank, 83-77, +16, PI 101.6) will represent the West. The East will be represented by the Waterloo Dinosaurs (#1 Rank, 98-62, +145, PI 103.2). Waterloo won significantly more games than the Grizzlies and would appear to be the favorites, but don’t count out Oceanview, they’ve won the title before. It should be an electrifying playoff series. Good luck to hardhat and Seca!
July 24th, 2023 - Americans take it!
East Providence dropped the first game, but managed to post wins in the following two games to take the cup title. In the final game, the American hurlers pitched a gem – allowing only five hits and no runs. And then the decisive hit came in the bottom of the 6th inning when Raymond Caldwell doubled in the only two runs of the game. Congratulations to Homerunner and the East Providence Americans on the first title!
July 22nd, 2023 - Cup Final!
The cup final is on Monday and features one team from League IV and one team from League VI. The #173 ranked Gulf Breeze Panhandlers (VI.28, PI 98.1) will tackle the with the #6 ranked East Providence Americans (IV.4, PI 104.4). The Panhandlers are one of the biggest long shots in quite some time – can they upset East Providence? Find out Monday!
June 11th, 2023 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
June 2nd, 2023 - America is back!
The United States took 3 of 4 from Mexico to capture the World Classic Championship. The defeated Curaçao, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico – losing only a single game to Mexico across all five series (15-1 record in the Classic). Heroes for the Yanks included Monty Paris (.391, 6 HR’s & 21 RBI’s in 14 games) and Doug Branson (5 wins in 5 starts, 3.38 ERA, .692 WHIP). Certainly, one of the most dominating Classic run ever – congratulations to the United States for their first title since 2052!
June 1st, 2023 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
May 27th, 2023 - 2060 is here!
The season rollover has concluded, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or adjust your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck!
May 23rd, 2023 - Dinomite!
It’s been a while since Waterloo took home a Legends League trophy and they weren’t going to mess around when they got another shot in the Legends League playoffs. The Dinosaurs thumped the Texarkana Twisters four games to one. The final game went into extra innings. In the 10th, catcher Kuryba Kanas went deep to give Waterloo the lead and then Chappell and Rutherford closed out the game with the tying run on 2nd base. Congratulations to Seca and Waterloo Dinosaurs on their Legends Title!
May 21st, 2023 - Legends League Playoffs
The playoffs are here again! The Legends League playoffs features two crafty veterans looking for more trophies. The Texarkana Twisters (#6 Rank, 89-71, +21, PI 103.5) will represent the West. The East will be represented by the Waterloo Dinosaurs (#1 Rank, 99-61, +227, PI 103.0). Waterloo won 10 more games than the Twisters and would appear to be the favorites, but anything can happen in a short series. It should be a thrilling playoff series. Good luck to patborders and Seca!
May 8th, 2023 - Falcons fly high!
Florissant made it to the cup finals and wasn’t going to be denied the ultimate victory. They swept the final series against Livermore, 7-2 and 7-4. Daniel Alonzo pitched a four-hitter complete game gem in the first game and Frank Dugan homered in both games providing the offense. Congratulations to JohnnyBoi62 and the Florissant Falcons on the first title!
May 5th, 2023 - Cup Final!
The cup final is on Monday and features two teams from League IV. The #33 ranked Florissant Falcons (IV.6, PI 100.1) will face off with the #6 ranked Livermore Generals (IV.2, PI 100.7). Nice to see some new blood in the cup finale, however others would say it’s one of the lowest rated contest. But it should be an even match-up and an exciting conclusion to the cup. Who will be victorious? Find out Monday!
April 15th, 2023 - Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
Today is the 76th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today we celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
March 25th, 2023 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
March 16th, 2023 - Cuba crushes the Canadian Dream!
Canada had managed an easy path of Jamaica, Brazil, Panama and Great Britain – all the way to the finals. They were up two games to one in the finals versus Cuba. In game four, they were crushed by the Cubans 11-3. However, Canada was resilient and came back in the final game – taking a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the 9th. Mark Allan took the mound for the Canucks, but proceeded to walk a batter than then give up back-to-back homers to Federico Morales and Javier Rosa! Game tied and into extra innings. The game remained deadlocked until the bottom of the 12th, when Guillermo Heredia earned his nickname of “Godzilla” hitting a walk off home run to win the Classic for Cuba! Perhaps the most exciting World Classic final ever – congratulations to Cuba on the title!
March 16th, 2023 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
March 11th, 2023 - 2059 is here!
The season rollover has concluded, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or adjust your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck!
March 7th, 2023 - Birmingham crushes the Grizzlies!
The Athletics weren’t messing around – they put forth a dominate performance in the playoffs and swept the Grizzlies in four straight games. The pitching kicked in with a 2.50 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 36 innings. On the offensive side, catcher Jorge Arcia was the MVP with a whopping 1.417 OPS. Congratulations to kladu and Birmingham Athletics on their Legends Title!
March 5th, 2023 - Legends League Playoffs
The playoffs are here again! The Legends League playoffs matches up two wily veterans looking for more hardware. The Oceanview Woods Grizzlies (#7 Rank, 86-74, +53, PI 102.5) will represent the West. The East will be represented by the Birmingham Athletics (#1 Rank, 95-65, +162, PI 107.4). Birmingham would appear to be the favorites – posting nine more wins and a significantly lower ERA. Should be an electrifying playoff series. Good luck to hardhat and kladu!
February 20th, 2023 - Berserker Bliss!
After losing the first game in extra innings, Lakeland swept the final two games to capture their cup title. In the decisive third game, the Vikings put up four runs in the 5th inning – mostly on a home run by Darren Deaton. Sam Barclay pitched a solid game before Louis Greene came in to get the final out and clinch the title. Congratulations to Empire48 and the Lakeland Vikings on the first title!
February 17th, 2023 - Cup Final!
The cup final is Monday and features two excellent teams from League III. The #12 ranked Lakeland Vikings (III.1, PI 105.5) will clash with the #6 ranked Makakilo Eruption (III.4, PI 103.8). Both teams are pretty even – the Eruption having a bit more power and the Vikings having a bit more speed. Who will be victorious? Find out Monday!
January 8th, 2023 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
December 29th, 2022 - Dominicans wins Classic!
The nation of the Dominican Republic is celebrating today having just won their 5th world title. They knocked off heavyweights like the United States, Canada and Japan on their way to a final against Cuba. Three home runs and splendid pitching in game 4 cliched the title for the Dominicans. The World Classic MVP was Birmingham’s Gerardo Solis who had 4 wins, 0 losses, and a 2.61 ERA. Congratulations the Dominican Republic on their World Classic Title!
December 29th, 2022 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
December 24th, 2022 - 2058 is here!
The season rollover is complete, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or adjust your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck!
December 23rd, 2022 - Broken Bat welcomes Latvia and Estonia!
Today we officially welcome Estonia and Latvia into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 71st and 72nd nations to join Broken Bat. We’ll let them fight it out to determine who is actually 71st and 72nd!
December 20th, 2022 - Stellar Shaolin Stars!
After being shut out in game one, High Point charged back to win the next four games and clinch their first Legends League Championship. The Stars’ bats where mostly silent – hitting only .227, but launching 8 homers in 5 games. But Shaolin pitching did step up, posting a 3.06 ERA and using seven pitchers to win the final game. The series MVP was catcher Alexander Fitzgerald who hit .333 with 2 HR’s and 5 RBI’s and threw out three runners on the base paths. Congratulations to ChillFunkEz3000 and High Point Shaolin Stars on their Legends Title!
December 18th, 2022 - Legends League Playoffs
The playoffs are here once again! The Legends League playoffs will feature two teams that both narrowly won their divisions. The High Point Shaolin Stars (#1 Rank, 96-64, +117, PI 103.1) will represent the East. The West will be represented again by the Texarkana Twisters (#8 Rank, 88-72, +116, PI 105.4). Both teams averaged 5+ run per game, but Texarkana posted a better ERA. And yet, High Point posted more wins. Should be an exciting playoff series. Good luck to patborders and ChillFunkEz3000!
December 5th, 2022 - Naughty Dawgs get Naughty!
Fall River grabbed two quick wins from Burnsville and took the Cup Title. The Dawgs won the first game 6-4 and then posted two 1st inning runs in game two. Burnsville tried to come back, but Mikkel Christiansen pitched a gem – only allowing one unearned run. 2-1 Dawgs in game 2. Cup Title to Fall River. Congratulations to Brewnoe and the Fall River Naughty Dawgs on the Cup Championship!
December 3rd, 2022 - Cup Final!
The cup final is Monday and will feature two highly rated teams, that are not in the Legends League yet or again! The #11 ranked Burnsville Dragons (IV.2, PI 105.3) will try to upset the #6 ranked Fall River Naughty Dawgs (II.2, PI 106.8). Both teams have Power Indexes north of 105 which means their rosters are stacked with top level talent. The Dawgs have a slight power edge, but the Dragons are by far the quicker team. Who will prevail? Find out Monday!
October 23rd, 2022 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
October 13th, 2022 - Cuba wins World Classic!
The Cubans took down the mighty Americans – taking the final series 3-1 games. They swept Korea in the first round, swept the Dutch in the second round, dropped a game to Mexico in the third round and then swept the Dominican Republic to reach the finals. In the finals, Cuba took the first two games before giving one back to the Americans. In game four, a Alejandro Chacón 1-run double broke a 4-4 deadlock and the Cubans cruised to the Classic title after that. Congratulations again to Cuba on their 3rd World Classic Title!
October 13th, 2022 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
October 8th, 2022 - 2057 is here!
The season rollover is complete, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or alter your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck!
October 5th, 2022 - J-E-T-S…Jets, Jets, Jets!
Despite a miserable performance at the plate, the Concord Jets managed to conquer the Twisters with great pitching – to the tune of 2.72 ERA. The Jets entered game 6 with a 3-2 series leads – and then turned off the spigot as Terry De Angelis and Xavier "XP" Pardo shut out Texarkana and won the game 4-0. The series MVP was the one Jet who hit the baseball – catcher Ryan McGinnis who hit .300, .798 OPS, 6 runs scored and 3 runners caught stealing. Congratulations to tamale and the Concord Jets on their 3rd Legends Championship!
October 2nd, 2022 - Legends League Playoffs
Playoff time rocks October again! The Legends League playoffs will showcase two very good teams this season. Posting an eye-popping 107 wins, the Concord Jets (#1 Rank, 107-53, +273, PI 103.5) will represent the East. The West will be represented by the Texarkana Twisters (#2 Rank, 98-62, +165, PI 104.6). Both clubs have won multiple Legends titles recently – but Concord looks to have a slight edge in both offense and pitching. Good luck to patborders and tamale!
September 19th, 2022 - High Point ascends summit!
In the battle of #1 versus #2, High Point posted the upset. Two 1-run victories gave the Shaolin Stars the Cup Championship. In the first game, the Shaolin Stars trailed by 3 runs, but Boulder’s bullpen faltered and gave up four runs and High Point took the first game. In game two though, Boulder came back with a convincing 8-0 behind the stellar pitching of Gilberto "Maestro" Fonseca. In rubber game, it was a back-and-forth game – tied in the 7th inning when High Point took the lead with a Jaime Padilla home run. Stuart Halverson and Jared Melton finished the job, shutting down the Boulder offense so High Point would take the title with a 4-3 win! Congratulations to ChillFunkEz3000 and the High Point Shaolin Stars on the Cup Championship!
September 16th, 2022 - Cup Final!
The cup final is Monday and will feature two teams from Legends League. The #1 ranked Boulder Free Zoners (Legends, PI 106.0) will challenge the #2 ranked High Point Shaolin Stars (Legends, PI 102.7). It’s the first time we’ve had a match-up of #1 versus #2. Boulder has the power advantage while High Point has better pitching – should be a cup final for the ages. Good luck to JJNZ and ChillFunkEz3000!
September 15th, 2022 - Roberto Clemente Day
September 15th marks Roberto Clemente Day in baseball. It’s a day to honor Clemente’s spirit of community service. Roberto Clemente was a great outfielder for the Pittsburg Pirates and dedicated to serving his community. Tragically he died in a plane crash taking earthquake aid to the people of Nicaragua. Today we celebrate his life and his service to his fellow man.
August 7th, 2022 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
August 3rd, 2022 - Vin Scully RIP
Long time Dodger play-by-play announcer Vin Scully pasted away on Tuesday at the age of 94. He moved with the Dodger from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and is widely recognized as the greatest baseball broadcaster of all-time. We at Broken Bat are saddened by his passing but celebrate his many contributions to the game we love. Thank you!
July 28th, 2022 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
July 28th, 2022 - Korea is king!
South Korea went through the Czech Republic, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and an upstart Panama team to win the World Classic. It’s their 4th championship title in 36 appearances in the Classic. The team was led by Chin Hwa Yoon the third baseman for the Santa Monica Carp. He who posted a .348 batting average, 5 home runs, 18 RBIs, 1.015 OPS. Congratulations to Korea on their championship!
July 23rd, 2022 - 2056 is here!
The season rollover is complete, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or alter your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck!
July 20th, 2022 - Oceanview Woods finally reaches the Legends pinnacle!
The Grizzlies are an old team – Oceanview Woods is one of the few teams left with one of the original fictional town names. hardhat took over the club back when they were in VI (circa RL 2013) and moved them steadily up the league ranks until arriving in the Legends league in 2052. After a couple of years of mid-division finishes, 2055 was their big opportunity -- and they would not let it go to waste! Down 2-1 in games, the Grizzlies thundered back winning the final three games 13-0, 5-3 & 6-4. The playoff MVP was Abelardo Galvez with 3 HRs, 12 RBI’s and a 1.242 OPS. Congratulations to hardhat and the Oceanview Woods Grizzlies on their first Legends championship and a superlative Broken Bat career.
July 17th, 2022 - Legends League Playoffs
Playoff time again! The Legends League playoffs will showcase two teams who both won just above 90 games. The East will again be represented by the Birmingham Athletics (93-67, +111, 108.2). The West will feature the Oceanview Woods Grizzlies (92-68, +68, PI 104.7). Both clubs have fairly similar offenses & pitching with Birmingham scoring & ERA each about 1/10 run per game better than Oceanview View. Can the Grizzlies overcome these slight edges, or will the Athletics repeat as Legends champions. Good luck to hardhat and kladu!
July 4th, 2022 - Hood River Hawks Soar!
Hood River pounded 6 six home runs, 25 hits and 19 total runs in two games to defeat Olympia in the final round of the Cup. In the first game, German second baseman Markus Schäfer launched two home runs to propel the Hawks to a 9-2 victory. In game two, catcher had 2 doubles and four hits to clinch the cup for Hood River. Congratulations to Hayseed and the Hood River Hawks on the Cup Championship!
July 1st, 2022 - Cup Final!
The cup final is Monday and will feature two teams from league IV. The #89 ranked Olympia Aces (IV.4, PI 98.3) will face off against the #70 ranked Hood River Hawks (IV.1, PI 100.0). Both teams are looking for their first cup title and are fairly evenly matched. Olympia looks to have the stronger pitching, but Hood River has the sluggers. Should be an exciting final series -- good luck to blackburnkorbet and Hayseed!
June 23rd, 2022 - Broken Bat - Baseball Game of the Year 2021!
Broken Bat was awarded the Baseball Game of the Year honor at OnlineSportManagers.com! Thank you to everyone that’s supported us on the site!
May 22nd, 2022 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
May 13th, 2022 - USA returns to the top!
The Americans only lost two games on their way to winning yet another World Classic. They swept Aruba, China and South Korea and only dropped a game versus Panama and the Dominican Republic and went on to capture the world title again. The American star was Robbie Gunnarsson who won 5 of 5 starts with a 2.39 ERA and an 0.876 WHIP. Congratulations again to USA on their 14th World Classic Title.
May 12th, 2022 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
May 7th, 2022 - 2055 is here!
The season rollover is complete, and the new schedules are available. If you want to relocate your club or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck!
May 6th, 2022 - Broken Bat welcomes Serbia!
Today we officially welcome Serbia into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 70th nation to join Broken Bat.
May 4th, 2022 - Birmingham downs Detroit!
Everything was going along as planned, the Athletics had won the first three games and then looked to sweep MoTown in the fourth game. However the Tigers fought back by winning the next two games. In game 6 though, the Athletics would not be denied. After trailing 2-3, they plated four runs in the 7th inning and held Detroit scoreless thereafter to win the game and the title. The stars for Birmingham were third baseman Ramon Solano (.400, 1 HR, 5 runs, 3 RBI’s, 1.079 OPS) and starter Gerardo Solis (2 wins, 2.51 ERA. 0.970 WHIP). Congratulations to kladu and the Birmingham Athletics on their first Legend championship since 2026 (3rd overall Legends championship)!
May 1st, 2022 - Legends League Playoffs
Playoff time again! The Legends League playoffs will feature two teams of equal strength – at least as measured by their win-loss record. From the West, the Detroit Tigers (90-70, PI 110.6) will challenge the Birmingham Athletics (90-70, 109.1) from the East. Both clubs have been in the playoffs recently – the each have lifted the championship trophy before. Birmingham has the better pitching and power while Detroit boasts the better hitters. Good luck to charm and kladu!
April 18th, 2022 - Who let the Dawgs out?
In a series with a lot of big hitters, the result was decided by the pitching. The Fall River Naughty Dawgs managed a 3-0 and 3-2 victories to take the title. "Kumite" Lee and "Saint" Diego Nava combined in the first game for a 2-hit shutout. In the second game, the Dawgs fell behind to Garden Grove by 2-1. However, the succeeded in pushing across a run in the 6th inning and 8th inning and secure a 3-2 victory. Congratulations to Brewnoe and the Fall River Naughty Dawgs!
April 15th, 2022 - Cup Final!
Monday marks the cup final. And it truly pits David versus Goliath, Legends versus the little guy! The #50 ranked Garden Grove Highlanders (V.5, PI 104.6) will take on the #6 ranked Fall River Naughty Dawgs (Legends, PI 105.8). Both teams are gunning for their first cup title and will bring their big bats, namely Highlander Warren Foust (21 HRs in all games) and Naughty Dogs Gabriel Bechtel (35 HRs) and Blaine "DeBeers" (30 HRs). Should be a power-packed final series -- good luck to chris_smeaton and Brewnoe!
April 15th, 2022 - Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
Today is the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today we celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
April 12th, 2022 - Code changes…
After this most recent server issue, I’ve changed the way the games are simulated such that the rate at which they are simulated is dependent on how fast the server is running through them. Hopefully, this more server-friendly approach will avoid overloading the hardware. This also means that the timing will be less precise on when games get simulated – but if the server is lagging, that was the case anyway. Please let me know if you experience any related issues going forward.
April 9th, 2022 - Rolling now…
The simulations didn’t get as far as I’d predicted last night, but things are rolling now. Thursday’s games are almost complete and I’m just going to let things roll until they catch up. Hopefully we wouldn’t have any more interruptions. My apologies for all the server issues recently.
April 9th, 2022 - Games Double Run…
Unfortunately, in the course of this server calamity, the hosting service restarted the server or various components on the server when some of the simulations were being run. This resulted in some games in the lower leagues being double run and the schedule score and box score not matching. I’ve been looking into a remedy, but there isn’t really a good one. Running the games for a third time wouldn’t necessarily be any more equitable. So, we’re probably just going to move forward as is. My apologies to anyone who feels short changed.
Also, please note that there are hundreds of people that play the game, so when something goes awry, I get lots of mail about it (which is okay). However, it’s often difficult to reply to all of them in a timely manner especially when I’m trying to fix something.
April 8th, 2022 - Crawling…maybe?
So were online with the new server and I’m running the simulations rather deliberately. I’m hoping to get to Friday morning training update by tonight some time. I’ll probably pause Saturday morning so the server is free for Hardwood simulations. That means cup games will run Saturday afternoon Pacific time – so if you’re still in the cup and want to set your line-up & pitching, please do it Saturday morning. Of course, this is the plan – this server issues has been really trying and it’s hard to project a solid timeline.
April 7th, 2022 - Server change coming…
So I’ve been working with the hosting provider and over the next 24 hours we’re changing servers. Hopefully this will alleviate some of the performance issues we’re having and allow us to move forward.
April 6th, 2022 - Temporary Halt
The server is still running extremely slow – such that it’s not practical to run the simulations even in a slowed down manner. So I’ve halted simulations until I can work further with the hosting service to resolve this issue. At present, I have no timeline for a fix. My apologizes for this – unfortunately we are at the mercy of the server host.
April 5th, 2022 - Server Problems
So I spent most of the evening and night trying to resolve the server speed issue with the hosting service, but we didn’t have much luck. They pointed to a number of different things – which I think means they don’t know exactly what the problem is at this point. I will let the simulations run over night, but basically it was running only like 20 games per hour (which is incredible slow). I’ll make more decisions in the morning about what to do next. Anyway, I’ll update you when I know more. Thanks.
March 13th, 2022 - Daylight Saving Time Just a quick note because the time change l
Just a quick note because the time change last night in most of the United States -- the server and therefore Broken Bat will now be running on PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). So for those of you not on daylight saving time, your games will be starting an hour earlier.
March 5th, 2022 - The regular season starts Monday!
The cup begins Monday and league games kick off on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
February 24th, 2022 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
February 24th, 2022 - Mexico Again!
Again nobody could stop Mexico! They swept past the Dominican Republic in three games after sweeping past Slovakia, Cuba, Canada and Curaçao. Mexico’s offense was dominating, hitting .308, slugging .606 and a combined 1.001 OPS. But the real star of the World Classic was once again "Catfish" Olivares who had 5 wins in 5 starts and a 2.41 ERA. Congratulations again to Mexico on their 6th World Classic Title.
February 19th, 2022 - 2054 is here!
The season rollover is complete, and the new schedules are published. If you want to relocate your club or alter your ballpark, you can do that now. Good luck!
February 18th, 2022 - Broken Bat welcomes Hungary!
Today we officially welcome Hungary into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 69th nation to join Broken Bat.
February 16th, 2022 - Twisters take it!
After dropping the first two games, the Twisters stormed back to win four straight and take the Legends League championship. Despite being the pitching-centric team, Texarkana hit .306 in the playoff series including .478 for Jeffrey Schaeffer, .440 for Luis Aragon, .350 and 2 homers for Josh Marshall and .320 with 3 homers for "The Thief" José Luis Agosto. As a team they score more than 7 runs per game and managed to overcome a Birmingham team that out hit them in the regular season. Congratulations to patborders and the Texarkana Twisters!
February 13th, 2022 - Legends League Playoffs
Yeah…playoff time again! The Legends League playoffs will showcase a team trying to get to the top of the mountain for the first time and one trying to get back there. From the West, the Texarkana Twisters (107-53) will try to garner their first Legends League championship. From the East, the Birmingham Athletics (96-64) are trying to win their first championship since 2026. Birmingham has a decided power advantage, slugging 183 home runs to 131. But the Twisters have the superior pitching, 3.18 ERA to 4.47. Which aspect of the game will dominate in the playoffs? That will be decided on the field. Good luck to patborders and kladu!
January 31st, 2022 - What do you want on your Tombstone? Pistoleros wins the Cup!
In a series without a home run, the Tombstone Pistoleros defeated the Mount Prospect Skeletons by manufacturing a few runs and holding the Skeletons to only two runs each game. MVP’s for the series were starting pitchers Óscar Cruz and Russell Ratliff who both pitched for 7 innings and posted wins. Congratulations to FreddyThe2nd and the Tombstone Pistoleros!
January 28th, 2022 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is just around the corner and it features another exciting match-up. The #4 ranked Mount Prospect Skeletons (II.2) will take on the #22 ranked Tombstone Pistoleros (IV.3). Both teams are gunning for their first cup title and will be rolling out all their weapons. The Pistoleros’ big gun is first baseman Seth Leone – with 10 homers in 34 cup games this season. The Skeletons bazooka is outfielder Hank Walton whose posted a .566 slugging percentage in the cup this season. Should be an exciting final series -- good luck to jclemen2 and FreddyThe2nd!
January 14th, 2022 - Slow Server
The server has been very slow this week. I am working with the hosting company to improve things. The overnight processing/training didn't run to completion last night, so I'm running it now.
December 25th, 2021 - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Just a big thank you to everyone who is enjoying the game and making it fun for me and the rest of the participates. 2021 was again a difficult year for many of us and I'm hoping the game provided a distraction from all the Covid craziness. Have a wonderful Christmas season!
December 17th, 2021 - Regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league games start on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotation set up for opening day.
December 9th, 2021 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so please set your spring lineup and pitching assignments.
December 9th, 2021 - Mexico Miracle!
Nobody could stop Mexico, not Colombia, nor Japan, not Panama, nor America. Then in the finals, Mexico faced Puerto Rico. After winning the first game, they fell behind 2-1. Then they stormed back to consecutive wins 10-3 and 10-6. The real MVP was Mexico’s offense, hitting 34 home runs in 18 games and averaging more than 7 runs per game. From the mound, the big star was "Catfish" Olivares who won 3 games and posted a 1.47 ETA. Congratulations to Mexico on their 5th World Classic Title.
December 4th, 2021 - 2053 is here!
The season rollover is complete, and the new schedules are published. If you want to relocate your club or alter your ballpark, you can do that now. Also, you can now start replacing coaches once per calendar day. Good luck!
December 1st, 2021 - Christmas comes early in Detroit!
There are celebrations in Detroit as the Tiger brought home their first Legends League Championship with a 4 games to 2 win versus the Eden Prairie Wolves. Detroit had the stronger pitching going into the series and the proved it by posting a 2.33 playoff ERA. Additionally, Gonzalo Gomez saved all four wins pitching 4 innings and only giving up a single hit and no runs. The offensive star for the Tigers was "Heavy" Raúl Chacón who posted a 1.089 OPS and whose home run propelled the Tigers to their game 6 win. Congratulations to charm and the Detroit Tigers!
November 28th, 2021 - Legends League Playoffs
It’s playoff time again! The Legends League playoffs will showcase some new teams to the premier event. From the West, the Detroit Tigers (97-63) will be in their first Legends playoffs. From the East, the Eden Prairie Wolves (86-74) squeaked into the playoffs on run differential. Both teams scored exactly 799 runs this season, but the Tigers have a decided pitching advantage 3.60 vs. 4.08 ERA. Good luck to charm and boltsman!
November 15th, 2021 - Catfish Cup Win!
In the decisive game 3, the Huntington Catfish defeated the Dayton Hawks by a score of 7-4. Huntington took an early lead 4-0 lead and never looked back after that. Agustín Garcia pitched six strong innings and then the bullpen did the rest. This is Huntington’s second cup title having won their first title back in 2021. Congratulations to Dcmrulz and the Huntington Catfish!
November 13th, 2021 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup finale is Monday and will feature two teams with veteran management. The #18 ranked Huntington Catfish (III.3) will seek their 2nd cup title. Their opponent will be the #17 Dayton Hawks (II.2) attempting to win their first title. The Catfish look to have the superior pitching while the Hawks have a slight edge from the plate. From a ranking perspective these teams are the most balanced opponents in cup history. Good luck to Dcmrulz and GullyFoyle as they go for their first cup title!
October 11th, 2021 - Interview with NewRPG.com!
I had an online interview with NewRPG.com related to the creation and history of Broken Bat baseball. If you’re interested, you can find it here: Interview with Steve about Broken Bat
October 9th, 2021 - Power Index
Power Index, a weighted average of your players’ skill index (SI), has now been added to the game. It’s a rough gauge of your big league team quality. It’s not necessarily an accurate measure of team strength though. Unlike the version in Hardwood, this power index seems to lack a meaningful dynamic range, so I’m considering some tweaks.
October 3rd, 2021 - Regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league play starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day.
October 2nd, 2021 - Coaching role realignment active!
I have turned off automatic coaching role assignment for managed teams. You can now do it manually by using the ‘Realign Coaches’ button on the Coaches page. If you want the game AI to align/optimize your coaching assignments, you can use the ‘Reset to Default’ button instead of the ‘Update’ button. This is a new feature…please let me know if you have any issues. Thanks.
September 23rd, 2021 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so please have your spring default lineup set.
September 23rd, 2021 - USA sweeps Japan to win World Classic!
USA ran through a tough schedule that included Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Dominican Republic and finally a sweep of the Japan in the finals. Top players in the classic for the Americans were starters Cam Morey (4 wins, ERA 2.33) and Robbie Gunnarsson (4 wins, ERA 3.12). Congratulations to the United States on another World Classic Title!
September 18th, 2021 - 2052 is here!
The season rollover is complete (after some server delays), and the schedules are published. If you want to relocate your club or alter your ballpark, you can do that now. Also, you can now start replacing coaches once per calendar day. Good luck!
September 15th, 2021 - 20th annual Roberto Clemente Day
September 15th marks Roberto Clemente Day in baseball. It’s a day to honor Clemente’s spirit of community service. Roberto Clemente was a great outfielder for the Pittsburg Pirates and dedicated to serving his community. Tragically he died in a plane crash taking earthquake aid to the people of Nicaragua. Today we celebrate his life and his service to his fellow man.
September 14th, 2021 - Jets again!
After losing the first game of the playoffs, the Jets stormed back and roll off four straight wins to take their second title in two years! Pitching was excellent with a team ERA of 2.74. But the stars of the playoffs were Jorge Pagan (.421, 2 HRs, 7 RBI’s) and “Tiger” Tatís (.385, 2 HR’s, 6 RBI’s). Congratulations to tamale and the Concord Jets!
September 12th, 2021 - Legends League Playoffs
Yahoo….it’s playoff time once again! The Legends League playoffs will feature two 100-win juggernauts. From the West, the Texarkana Twisters (101-59) will be in their first Legends playoffs. From the East, the Concord Jets (100-60) will try repeat their Legends championship from last season. It should be an exciting match-up – both have elite pitching and potent offenses. Best of luck to patborders and tamale!
September 6th, 2021 - Broken Bat best rated game!
Broken Bat was voted the best rated game in August on OnlineSportManagers.com! Thanks to everyone that voted for us.
August 30th, 2021 - All Aces!
After dropping the first game, the Ventura Aces managed two extra innings games to win the Cup title. In the second game, Ventura managed a 12th inning sacrifice fly to win the game. Then in the final game, the Aces pushed across five runs in the 10th with homers by Caesar Valdez and "King" Juan Cortés and took the series and the title. Congratulations to borgy and the Ventura Aces!
August 27th, 2021 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature two teams from down in the lower leagues. The #15 ranked Ventura Aces (III.4) will take on the #28 Columbus Patriots (IV.4). The Patriots don’t have a lot of power, but get on-base and steal their way into scoring position. On the other hand, the Aces have plenty of power and look to score in bunches. Good luck to borgy and treb as they go for their first cup title!
August 24th, 2021 - 4 Million Games Simulated!
Broken Bat just completed simulating 4 million games over its 11 years of existence. Thanks to everyone that participated!
August 21st, 2021 - Broken Bat best rated game!
Broken Bat was voted the best rated game in June on OnlineSportManagers.com! Thanks to everyone that voted for us.
July 18th, 2021 - Coaches coming…
In preparation for the coaching implementation, every team has received five coaches to be added to their manager. At this point, the coaches have no effect and you’ll have the option to exchange them before they do take effect. More about the timetable for coaches to come…
July 17th, 2021 - Regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league play starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day.
July 13th, 2021 - Commitment to Competitive Play
The game has had a couple issues with this over the last few seasons. I would hope everyone is familiar with the Commitment to Competitive Play clause in the rules. Everyone is entitled to manage their club as they see fit – but they also must do so in a way that doesn’t ruin the integrity of the game. If you have any further questions or comments, please address them to the forum thread of the same title. Thanks.
July 8th, 2021 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so please have your spring default lineup set.
July 8th, 2021 - USA does it again!
After falling behind twice in the WC final to the Dominican Republic, the American came back to win the title. The United States didn’t have an easy path, having to defeat Australia, Venezuela, Cuba, Germany and finally the Dominican Republic. Top players in the classic for the Americans were Adonis Burley .300, .402 OBP, 1.60 OPS, 6 HRs and national team stalwart, Robbie Gunnarsson, 5 GS, 5 wins, 2.48 ERA, .857 WHIP. Congratulations to the USA on bringing the title home yet again!
July 3rd, 2021 - 2051 is here!
The season rollover is complete, and the schedules are published. If you want to relocate your club or alter your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday, and Spring Training starts next Friday. Good luck!
July 2nd, 2021 - Broken Bat welcomes Ecuador!
Today we officially welcome Ecuador into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 68th nation to join Broken Bat.
June 30th, 2021 - J-E-T-S…Jets, Jets, Jets!
Pitching was the name of the game as the Concord Jets defeated the Boulder Free Zoners four games to two. Concord hurlers posted a 2.33 ERA in the playoffs and five quality starts in six games. The title was finally decided in the 10th inning of the 6th game when the Jets posted two runs to break the deadlock. The series MVP was "Sawamura Eijun" aka Haruto Oshima with 2 starts, 1 win, 1.10 ERA and just 9 hits spread over 16 1/3 innings. Congratulations to tamale and the Concord Jets!
June 27th, 2021 - Legends League Playoffs
Wahoo….it’s playoff time again! The Legends League was the most competitive in many years with the two division winners only compiling 91 and 90 wins. From the West, the Boulder Free Zoners (91-69) will be trying to repeat this season. From the East, the Concord Jets (90-70) will try deny the Free Zoners and win their first Legends title. It should be a competitive match-up – Boulder has the better pitching (3.60 ERA) versus Concord’s power (191 HRs). Best of luck to JJNZ and tamale!
June 24th, 2021 - Broken Bat Bulletin Podcast!
Ced (owner of the Denver Broncos) has put together a really cool podcast: BBB #1 - Pregame and Playoff Push! It’s a review of league level 4 through Legends push towards the playoff. Check out the first episode – link above and now on the navigation panel to the left.
June 14th, 2021 - Are You Not Entertained?
League IV Burbank Entertainers became the unlikely winners of the 2050 Cup. Burbank managed a comfortable 7-2 win in game 1 and then exploded for 15 runs to trounce the Muskogee Mad Moose in game 2 for the championship. Entertainers’ slugger "Gusher" Steve Wells homered in both games to power the Burbank offense and was name series MVP. Congratulations to rosebush and the Burbank Entertainers!
June 11th, 2021 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature two teams from somewhat lower leagues. The #47 ranked Burbank Entertainers (IV.8) will take on the #14 ranked Muskogee Mad Moose (III.4). The Mad Moose have crazy power up and down their lineup while the Entertainers depend on “Gusher” Steve Well (.314, 25 HR’s, 96 RBI’s). Good luck to rosebush and sadman as they go for the cup title!
June 2nd, 2021 - Celebrate Lou Gehrig Day!
Today MLB has designated as the inaugural Lou Gehrig day to celebrate his great career and his heroic fight with ALS. Lou Gehrig was best known for his 2,130 consecutive games played streak (which would eventually be broken by Cal Ripken Jr.) which earned him the nickname “The Iron Horse”. Unfortunately at the beginning of the 1939 season, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) which ended his career and took his life a couple years later at the age of 38.
May 16th, 2021 - Broken Bat was the Best Rated Game on OnlineSportManagers.com in February!
Broken Bat was voted best game on OnlineSportManagers.com in February with a perfect 100% score! Thanks to all that voted for us!
May 2nd, 2021 - Regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league play starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. You'll have to use the new lineup tool to set your lineup and it may be altered from where it was set at the end of last year. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark and adjust capacity as desired.
April 24th, 2021 - New Lineup Tool Issues
We are working through some issues with the new lineup tool. Yesterday with the start of Spring Training saw the first time that it was used to configure games and for the first two game days, it caused significant delays and loaded the wrong players & positions. For the 3rd game day, I think we rectified the problems, but if you’re still having issues from that game onward…please highlight them (with lots of specifics) in the forum. These code changes do get rigorously tested, but running on the server with real people is just different that running millions of simulations with only bot users. Appreciate your patience and understanding as we move forward. Thanks.
April 23rd, 2021 - USA comes back against Cuba!
After falling behind by two games, the Americans ran off three straight wins to take the 2050 World Classic title. The road was not easy, having to defeat defending champions, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, the Netherlands, South Korea and finally Cuba in the finals. The team was led by short stop Luke Battaglia who posted a 1.194 OPS and knocked in 22 RBIs in only 19 games. Also, starters Robbie Gunnarsson and Denzel Harper won 4 games without a loss in the Classic. Congratulations to the USA on bringing the title home again!
April 22nd, 2021 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so please have your spring default lineup set. The new Lineup tool is in place, but it's launch has been a bit rocky.
April 17th, 2021 - 2050 is here!
The season rollover is complete, and the schedules are published. If you wish to relocate your club or alter your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday, and Spring Training starts next Friday. The big change for 2050 is the new Lineup Tool. Good luck!
April 16th, 2021 - Broken Bat welcomes El Salvador!
Today we officially welcome El Salvador into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 67th nation to join Broken Bat.
April 15th, 2021 - Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
Today is the 74th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today we celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
April 14th, 2021 - Boulder Double!
The Free Zoners registered a double by winning the Cup and then the Legends title. Down two games to one, Boulder ran off three wins and took the title against a strong Birmingham Athletics team. Outfielder "Colonel" Hank Cordell was named series MVP with 2 homers, 3 steals and a .538 batting average! Additionally, pitcher "Single" Schott managed 2 wins in 2 starts with a 2.84 ERA. Congratulations to JJNZ and the Boulder Free Zoners!
April 12th, 2021 - Legends League Playoffs
It’s playoff time again! In the Legends League we have two 100+ win teams challenging for the title. From the West, the Boulder Free Zoners (102-58) will be going for the double having won the Cup earlier this season. From the East, the Birmingham Athletics (101-59) will try to upset the Free Zoners’ plans. It should be a prime match-up – Boulder has a powerful offense while Birmingham has a pitching advantage with 20 game winner Gerardo Solis. Best of luck to JJNZ and kladu!
April 1st, 2021 - Individual Game Lineups Demo Page
Work on the Individual Game Lineups concept has started and there is now a demo version with a very limited feature set is available from the navigation panel - see Lineup (Demo). It’s very much like the current lineup page, but you have the option to have five lineups and then you pick a lineup on the schedule page (if different than the default). It has no effect on games currently.
March 29th, 2021 - Boulder wins Cup Title!
Top rated Boulder proved they are #1 by taking 2 of 3 from Alexandria and claiming the 2049 Cup Title. After dropping the first game, Boulder managed to win two 1-run games powered by strong starts from “Single Schott” and "Casablanca" Carlos Blanco. Congratulations to JJNZ and the Boulder Free Zoners!
March 26th, 2021 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the top ranked Boulder Free Zoners (Legends) versus the underdog #5 ranked Alexandria Athletics (III.2). First time we’ve had two top-5 teams in the finals, so it should be a competitive series. Good luck to JJNZ and Meccanodonte as they go for the cup title!
March 13th, 2021 - Daylight Saving Time
Just a quick note because the time changes tonight in most of the United States. The server and therefore Broken Bat will now be running on PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). So for those of you not on daylight saving time, your games will be starting an hour earlier.
March 9th, 2021 - Please consider your language before you post…
Just a reminder because we’ve had a few cases where people were using inappropriate language recently. Anyway, we have a number of users that are younger. If you’re posting in the forum or press releases, please consider that fact when you choose your language. Vernacular that you use regularly with your adult friends, may not be the best choice here on Broken Bat. Thanks!
February 4th, 2021 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so make sure you set your lineups and pitching assignments for the spring games.
February 4th, 2021 - Dominican Republic wins World Classic!
Dominican Republic ran through as gauntlet of Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, the United States and then the Mexico on their way to the world title. In the finale, the Dominican Republic ran off three wins in a row and outscored the Dominican Republic 19-7. Throughout the Classic, Mexico was led by Luis Muniz who has 7 homers, 19 RBIs, .360 average and a 1.115 OPS. Congratulations to Dominican Republic on their fourth World Classic Title!
January 30th, 2021 - 2049 is upon us!
The season rollover is complete, and the schedules are released. If you wish to relocate your club or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday, and Spring Training starts next Friday.
January 29th, 2021 - Broken Bat welcomes Iceland!
Today we officially welcome Iceland into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 66th nation to join Broken Bat.
January 28th, 2021 - Thunder in the Legends League!
The Bloomington Thunder registered 97 wins in the Legends League this season and weren’t going to be denied the ultimate prize in the playoffs. Despite being down 0-1 and 1-2 to the Boulder Free Zoners, the Thunder stormed back to win the final three games and take the title. In the clinching game 6, the Thunder scored 7 runs in the 6th inning to put the game and series away. Short Stop Jean Ingrosso was named series MVP with 2 homers, 7 runs, 6 RBIs, a .550 batting average, and a thunderous OPS of 1.609! Congratulations to PrivateSnowflake and the Bloomington Thunder!
January 25th, 2021 - Legends League Playoffs
Wahoo…playoff time is here! In the Legends League we have finale showcasing the Boulder Free Zoners (92-68) and the Bloomington Thunder (97-63). It should be an exciting match-up – Boulder has a stronger offense while Bloomington has a slight pitching advantage. Again, in a short series anything thing can happen. Good luck to JJNZ and PrivateSnowflake!
January 11th, 2021 - The Hills Are Alive – Cardinals win Cup Title!
Farmington Hills were able to take two straight games again the Durham Bulls and clinched victory in the 2048 Cup. Both games were reasonably close, but the Cardinals got wins from their two starters Gonzo Ramón and “The Holy Hurler” Keith Pope. Additionally, in the final game, big hits from Marcos Valadez and Riley Horne put the game out of reach. Congratulations to 5L1NK and the Farmington Hills Cardinals!
January 8th, 2021 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the #6 ranked Durham Bulls (II.2) versus the underdog #66 ranked Farmington Hills Cardinals (VI.2). Should be a competitive final and Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon from Bull Durham) will likely be in attendance. Good luck to diegodamers and 5L1NK as they go for their first cup title!
December 25th, 2020 - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Just a big thank you to everyone who is enjoying the game and making it fun for me and the rest of the participates. I know 2020 has been a difficult year for most of us and I'm hoping the game helped alleviate some of the isolation/cabin fever. Have a wonderful Christmas season and with a bit of luck (and maybe a successful vaccine rollout), 2021 will be better.
November 29th, 2020 - Regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league play starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
November 19th, 2020 - Panama wins first World Classic!
Underdog Panama defeated an undefeated American squad to become the unlikely 2048 World Classic Champions! Panama’s road to the finals was not easy – they had to eliminate Colombia, Australia, Mexico (in five games) and South Korea (in five games). Meanwhile the heavily favored Americans had breezed through their opponents without dropping a game. That all changed in the finals when the Panamanians swept the Yanks. Panama’s offense was powered by timely hitting from Jaime Castaneda and Jaime "Jailbreak" Fajardo while the pitching was bolstered by Sergio Aguilera with 4 wins and a 1.97 ERA in the Classic. Congratulations to Panama on their first World Classic Title!
Or was it...for those who remember a few seasons ago (season 2035 in February, 2018), the start of the season got wiped out by massive database corruption at the server host and the season had to be restarted – wiping out what would have been Panama’s earlier Classic title.
November 14th, 2020 - Season 2048 is here!
The season rollover is now complete, and the schedules are released. If you wish to relocate your club or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday, and Spring Training starts next Friday.
November 12th, 2020 - Corvallis champions!
The Corvallis Ravens had a great season and capped it off with the 4-1 gentleman’s sweep of the Minneapolis Tigers. The series wasn’t particularly close, but the final game went to extra innings where Trevor Pruitt’s 2-run walk-off home run turned a loss into a win. The playoff MVP was Yoshi Nakata who won two starts and posted a 1.72 ERA. The Ravens are a true success store. lostraven took the team over in 2028 when they were down in league VI.19 (circa 2016 IRL) and has now built them into a champion. Congratulations to lostraven and the Corvallis Ravens!
November 9th, 2020 - Legends League Playoffs
Playoff time is here again and in the Legends League we have another fine match-up featuring the Corvallis Ravens (96-64) and the defending champions the Minneapolis Tigers (93-67). Minneapolis looks like they have a power advantage while the Ravens have stronger pitching. Should be a classic match-up! But remember, in a short series anything thing can happen. Good luck to lostraven and xLee227.
October 27th, 2020 - Alexandria captures Cup!
The Alexandria Athletics managed to take two of three games from the upstart Berkeley Yellow Jackets and captured their first Cup Title. In the final game, Haitian Jean-Robert Noël and the Athletics’ bullpen limited the Yellow Jackets to 5 hits and on the flip side peppered the Berkeley staff with 11 hits including one home run and a pair of triples. Congratulations to Meccanodonte and the Alexandria Athletics!
October 26th, 2020 - Broken Bat was the Best Rated Game on OnlineSportManagers.com in September!
Broken Bat was voted best game on OnlineSportManagers.com in September! Thanks to all that voted for us!
October 25th, 2020 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the #4 ranked Alexandria Athletics (II.2) versus the upstart #192 ranked Berkeley Yellow Jackets (VI.26). The Athletics will be the prohibited favorites – it’s been a long time since a League VI team has been in the cup finals. Good luck to Meccanodonte and unmanaged Berkeley!
October 22nd, 2020 - Server / Game Issues Yesterday
We had a pretty extreme server slow down yesterday afternoon and it had a profound affect on the site performance. Supposedly its fixed now by the site hosting service. There have been reports that some games went awry and I’m looking into what happened and what can be done to rectify the situation. It may be difficult to resolve those issue though. I’ll try to update any findings in the Announcements forum. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
September 13th, 2020 - Regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league play starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
September 3rd, 2020 - K-pop Rules!
South Korea captures the World Classic with a 3-1 game victory over Puerto Rico. Korea marched through a tough path to victory – defeating Ireland, Dominican Republic, Canada, USA and Puerto Rico to win it all. The Classic MVP was second basemen Hyun Shik Park with a .326 batting average, 10 home runs, 26 RBI’s and 6 stolen bases in 19 games. Congrats to the South Korea on their 3rd World Title!
August 29th, 2020 - Season 2047 is here!
The season rollover is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate your club or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training starts next Friday.
August 28th, 2020 - Broken Bat welcomes Belarus!
Today we officially welcome Belarus into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 65th nation to join Broken Bat.
August 27th, 2020 - Minneapolis win first title!
The Minneapolis Tigers flexed their muscle and downed the Moore Manta Rays in six games to capture their first Legends League title. The Tigers dominated the series batting .291 compared to .211 for the Rays. The co-MVP’s for the series were second baseman Rueben Tejada who batted .458 and Inoke Alo who won two games and posted a 0.77 ERA. Congratulations to xLee227 and the Minneapolis Tigers!
August 24th, 2020 - Legends League Playoffs
It’s playoff time – and in the Legends League it’s the Moore Manta Rays (91-69) trying to repeat. Their opponent is the Minneapolis Tigers (98-62) who returned to the Legend League after a brief stint in league II. From the statistics, Minneapolis looks to be the stronger teams – 98 vs. 91 wins, better batting average and superior ERA. But it’s a short series and anything thing can happen, so good luck to Coolhand and xLee227.
August 16th, 2020 - Broken Bat perfect in May!
It’s a little belated, but Broken Bat was just named the “The Best Rated Game in May 2020” by OnlineSportManagers.com with a perfect 100% score. Thanks to everyone who voted for us!
August 12th, 2020 - Interview with NewRPG.com
I had a brief interview with NewRPG.com related to the “launch” of Hardwood Online College basketball. If you’re interest, you can find it here: Behind the scenes on College Basketball
August 10th, 2020 - Bombs Away!
The Bronx Bombers came back from down a game and swept the final two cup games to win the Cup Championship! The series was extremely tight going into the 9th inning of game 3 when “Super” Shen Chin (the pride of Taiwan), stepped to the plate and hit a game-winning 3-run home run. Miguel Segui pitched a scoreless bottom of the 9th to earn the save. Congratulations to Limpee and the Bronx Bombers!
August 8th, 2020 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the #27 ranked Bronx Bombers (III.4) versus the #16 ranked Cheyenne Colts (II.1.). Bombers will be looking for their first cup championship, while the Colts achieved that success twice as the Terre Haute Highlanders (under BucFan). Good luck to both Limpee and BucfanII!
June 28th, 2020 - Regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league play starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
June 19th, 2020 - Dominican Republic wins Classic!
With an 8th inning, game 5 home run by Josué Briones, the Dominican Republic unseated the United States to win the World Classic. The 3-2 victory was highlighted by 8 strong innings from Julián Rivera and a 9th inning save from Felipe Quiroz. This was the Dominican Republic’s 3rd World Classic title. Congrats to the Dominicans!
June 18th, 2020 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so make sure you set your lineups and pitching assignments for the spring games.
June 13th, 2020 - Season 2046 is here!
The season rollover is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate your club or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training starts next Friday.
June 11th, 2020 - Marvelous Manta Rays!
In an exciting seven games series, the Moore Manta Rays beat the Allen '54 Chevy. In the decisive game 7, Calvin Norton pitched seven strong innings and a shaky bullpen held on for the win. Norton was also named the playoff co-MVP with 3 wins in 3 games started and a 2.75 ERA. Also named was the Rays’ Jessie “James” Roe who hit .421 with two homers and 8 RBI’s in just five games of the series. Congratulations to Coolhand and the Moore Manta Rays.
June 8th, 2020 - Legends League Playoffs
The playoffs are here again and it’s our version of the Red River Shootout – Allen, Texas versus Moore, Oklahoma. Our Texas representative, the Allen ’54 Chevy (97-63) will face off against the Moore Manta Rays (92-68). Both teams look fairly similar statistically – Allen (.261 ave, .751 ops & 3.69 ERA) versus Moore (.262 ave, .746 ops & 3.86 ERA). Both are seeking their first Legend League title – good luck to both Coolhand and allen54chevy.
May 25th, 2020 - Condors are King!
After dropping the first game, the Colorado Springs Condors roared back with 16 runs in the final two games to snatch the title away from the Terre Haute Yoyos. The final game was won by Akio Funamoto with a 4-hit complete game and the addition of a 3-run home run by Blaine Hirch. Congrats to wuggla and the Colorado Springs Condors!
May 24th, 2020 - Cup Final Monday – Chevy vs. Ford Mustang!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the #11 ranked Colorado Springs Condors (II.2) versus the #35 ranked Terre Haute Yoyos (III.4.). Both managers are quite experienced but are pursuing their first cup championship. As always, anything can happen in the cup. Good luck to both RDailey1948 and wuggla!
May 24th, 2020 - Minor League alignment shift…
After the new draft was implemented a few seasons ago, the lower minor leagues were drained of players such that rookie league games no longer simulate because of lack of players. In order to fix this, we have shifted the optimum training points for each minor league. If you now go to the Roster – Reassignment page, you may notice that it is now recommending a lower league for some of your prospects. This is not because your prospect has regressed – just that the optimal training points have shifted.
May 2nd, 2020 - Platform upgrade status unknown
I know a few people have asked for more specifics on downtime. After talking with the web hosting company, they don’t seem to be able to give me a definitive answer on when or if the platform upgrade has happened.
April 30th, 2020 - Server Platform Upgrade Pending
Somewhere between May 2nd and May 5th our server will be upgraded. I’m hopeful this will mean increased stability and overall better quality of service. However, it also means the site will be down for a short period of time (approximately 60-90 minutes according to the hosting service). I also don’t know when exactly this will happen. Please let me know if you notice any downtime or see any data irregularities. Thanks.
April 22nd, 2020 - 4th highest rated game on onlinesportmanagers.com!
Broken Bat was the 4th best rated game on onlinesportmanagers.com in January. Thanks to everyone that voted for us!
April 19th, 2020 - Server / Internet slowness…
In recent weeks, everyone is doing a lot more online…working from home, remote learning, ordering grocery/food deliveries etc. It seems like this has overloaded some conferences systems at times and definitely has slowed down how fast Broken Bat and Hardwood are able to simulate games and serve them to our managers. I am doing a few things to try to streamline things, but most of the issues are at the web host and the Internet backbone itself. I know this is annoying, because most of us are sitting home with fewer things to do – I am aware of the situation and actively trying to improve things. Thanks for your patience.
April 15th, 2020 - Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
Today is the 73rd anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today we celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
April 12th, 2020 - Regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league play starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
April 2nd, 2020 - USA ends Philippine fairy tail - wins World Classic!
USA was up to the challenge and ended the Philippines magical run to the Classic finals. The Philippines managed to upset Great Britain, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Taiwan before being swept in the finals by the United States. The Classic MVP was starting pitcher Ron "The Mayor" Miles who was 5-0 with a 0.24 ERA in the Classic.
April 2nd, 2020 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so make sure you set your lineups and pitching assignments for the spring games.
March 28th, 2020 - Season 2045 is here!
The season rollover is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate your club or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training starts next Friday.
March 27th, 2020 - Connectivity Problems…
I know this afternoon and probably tomorrow morning we’ll be running the year end processing and season flip. This involves a lot of processing and some full database back-ups. Couple that with the fact that the Internet is heavily loaded at present (due to coronavirus lockdowns), there have been some connectivity problems to the site. Sorry about this…but it should be resolved by noon tomorrow when the flip should be complete.
March 26th, 2020 - Denver Broncos win Legends Championship!
The Broncos asserted their dominance against the favorite Bloomington Thunder to take the Legend title with a 4-1 games series win. Most of the games were reasonably close, but the Broncos bullpen managed to be the edge with closer Wally "Kobo" Ikeyama logging 3 saves and a win. The offensive star for Denver was Javier Cepeda with .500 batting average, 2 homers, 8 runs, 5 RBIs and 1 stolen base. Congratulations to Ced and the Denver Broncos!
March 23rd, 2020 - Legends League Playoffs
The playoffs are here again. This season sees a couple of veteran managers compete for the title. From the west, the Denver Broncos (92-68) bring their hot hitter (.271 batting average) and try to outscore their opponents. From the east, the Bloomington Thunder (99-61) counter with their stellar pitching (3.13 ERA). Both would be worthy champions. Good luck to Ced and PrivateSnowflake!
March 9th, 2020 - Mustangs run free in extra innings!
The Brookhaven Mustangs took their first Cup Champions with a pair of 10th inning walk-off victories. In both cases the Allen bullpen blew leads sometime in dramatic fashion. In game #1, a 10th inning bases loaded walk gave the Mustangs a true walk-off walk to win it. In game #2, it was worse – a 10th inning error cost them the game and the title. Congrats to the Brookhaven Mustangs and GreenYoshi on their first Cup Title!
March 8th, 2020 - Cup Final Monday – Chevy vs. Ford Mustang!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the #3 ranked Allen '54 Chevy (II.2) versus the Brookhaven Mustangs (IV.5). Allen is an experienced team and has to be the favorite, but Brookhaven is a team on the rebound and is looking for the upset. As always, anything can happen in the cup. Good luck to both allen54chevy and GreenYoshi!
March 7th, 2020 - Daylight Saving Time
Just a quick note because the time changes tonight in most of the United States. The server and therefore Broken Bat will now be running on PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). So for those of you not on daylight saving time, your games will be starting an hour earlier.
January 26th, 2020 - 2044 regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league play starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
January 16th, 2020 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
January 16th, 2020 - Mexico wins World Classic again!
Mexico rolled through Cuba, Canada, Japan, Panama and the United States to capture the World Classic title. The Classic MVP was again first baseman Raúl Avila with a .373 average, 1.115 OPS, 5 HRs, 16 Runs & 16 RBI’s. Can anyone stop Avila and the Mexicans?
January 11th, 2020 - Season 2044 is here!
The season rollover is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training starts next Friday.
January 10th, 2020 - Broken Bat welcomes Chile!
Today we officially welcome Chile into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 62nd nation to join Broken Bat.
January 9th, 2020 - Athletics win Legends championship in extra inning classic!
The College Station Athletics needed 10 innings to finish off the New York Lancers in game 6 of the Legends playoffs to take home the title. Troy Morrison hit a 10th inning home run for the only run of the game and Russ “Ace” Hood and two relievers pitched ten scoreless innings in the final game. The playoff series MVP was George “Special K” Kendrick who finished with 2 wins, 2 saves and zero earned runs. Congratulations to FreddyTheEye and the College Station Athletics!
January 7th, 2020 - Legends League Playoffs
Virtual October is here again and that means it’s Playoff time again! This season’s Legends playoffs see the return of the College Station Athletics (87-73) – winner of a couple of Legends titles back in the 2030’s. Their opponent will be the New York Lancer dynasty (98-62) – two-time defending Legends title holder. Record-wise New York would have to be the favorite include superior offense 5.1 vs. 4.8 runs per game and better overall pitching 3.53 vs. 3.95 team ERA. However, anything can happen in a short series. Good luck to FreddyTheEye and amalric7!
December 30th, 2019 - 10 Year Anniversary!
On this day ten years ago, the Broken Bat website was launched and the first game was simulated the following January. Never would have thought this would have lasted 10 years. Thanks to all those who have helped in making this game better and played for so long.
December 23rd, 2019 - Thunder rocks Cup Final!
The Bloomington Thunder were going to leave no doubt in the cup final...they crushed the Pasadena Owls 9-1 and 11-1. The Cup MVP was Carlton Blanchard who hit .341 with 6 HRs and 38 RBI’s. Congratulations to PrivateSnowflake and the Bloomington Thunder!
December 19th, 2019 - Broken Bat voted top baseball game on OnlineSportManagers.com!
Broken Bat voted top baseball game on OnlineSportManagers.com and fourth overall for the month of October! Thanks to all that voted for us!
November 10th, 2019 - 2043 regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league play starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
November 3rd, 2019 - Time Change
Please note, the time change for the game is based on Pacific Time so we have adjusted back one hour.
October 31st, 2019 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
October 31st, 2019 - Mexico wins Classic!
Mexico swept the Dominican Republic in the finals to win the World Classic. Early in the tournament, Mexico avoided the baseball titans and advanced over Panama, Jamaica & Nicaragua and then in the semi-finals and finals, they crushed superpowers South Korea and the Dominican Republic. Classic MVP was Raúl Avila with a .389 average, 1.090 OPS, 3 HRs 17 Runs & 17 RBI’s.
October 26th, 2019 - Season 2043 is here!
The season rollover is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training starts next Friday.
October 24th, 2019 - New York again!
The New York Lancers won their second consecutive Legends champions with a 4-2 game victory over the Fort Worth Long Horns. First baseman Javier Soto was named playoff MVP after hitting .400, 8 double, 7 RBI’s and 2 stolen bases. Congratulations to amalric7 and the New York Lancers!
October 21st, 2019 - Legends League Playoffs
Playoff time again and it’s the past champion versus the new challenger. Both team logged 90 some wins this season in a demanding top league schedule. The defending champions, the New York Lancers (94-66) will take on Legends neophytes the Fort Worth Long Horns (95-65). On offense, both sides are pretty even .777 OPS versus .761 OPS and lots of stolen bases for the Lancers. Pitching-wise, the edge is with the Long Horns (3.85 ERA vs. 4.23). But in the playoffs, sometimes the unexpected happens. Good luck to TyX and amalric7!
October 7th, 2019 - Minneapolis Tigers Roar!
In an exciting cup finale that saw 31 hits and 25 runs, the Tigers edged the Birmingham Athletics 14-11 in the deciding third game of the cup finals. Perhaps the MVP of the game was Roger Tremblay who managed to save the final game and posted a 1.26 ERA and 15 saves in Cup games. Congratulations on their first Cup championship to xLee227 and the Minneapolis Tigers.
October 4th, 2019 - Cup Final Monday – Two Legends East teams battle it out for the Cup Championship!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the #3 Birmingham Athletics (Legends) against the #4 Minneapolis Tigers (Legends). Perhaps the best combined match-up in cup history. Who will prevail and capture their first cup championship? Good luck to both kladu and xLee227!
September 19th, 2019 - College & High School draft options now available
College & High School draft options are now available and you can choose them in the updating draft round.
August 24th, 2019 - 2042 regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league play starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
August 15th, 2019 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
August 15th, 2019 - Red, White & Blue again!
After being pushed to five games in the semi-finals, the Americans left no doubt in the finale with a three game sweep of Puerto Rico. The Americans outscored the Puerto Rico 21-9 and none of the three results were closer than a three run margin. Classic leaders for the champions were "Night Train" George Trammell (4-0, 1.97 ERA in 5 starts) and classic MVP David Ueda (.329, 11 HRs & 28 RBIs in 19 games). Congratulations to the United States on their 10th Classic Championship!
August 10th, 2019 - Season 2042 is here!
The season rollover is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training starts next Friday.
August 9th, 2019 - New York, New York!
The Big Apple is celebrating again, the New York Lancers are champions! The Lancers won in exciting fashion with a 10th inning walk-off double by Edgar Huerta. New York won the series four games to two with solid pitching (3.27 ERA) and nine home runs. Congratulations to amalric7 and the New York Lancers!
August 6th, 2019 - Legends League Playoffs
It’s the playoff time of year again. In the Legends League the Denver Broncos (89-71) will challenge the New York Lancers (108-52) for the league title. New York is the decided favorite, with decidedly better pitching (3.42 ERA vs. 3.92) and better run production (5.49 vs. 5.10 run support). But in a short series, anything can happen. Good luck to Ced and amalric7 in the quest for their first Legends title!
July 22nd, 2019 - Boulder bombs the Bronx!
The Boulder Free Zoners managed to sweep two games in the cup finale and capture their first cup championship again the Bronx Athletics. The Cup MVP was Tatsuhiko "Tats" Hashiratani who went 7-0 in cup games and posted a 0.98 ERA. Congratulations to JJNZ and the Boulder Free Zoners!
June 9th, 2019 - 2041 regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league play starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
May 30th, 2019 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
May 30th, 2019 - USA! USA! USA!
After falling behind by two games, the Americans roared back with three straight wins to capture the classic title. In the final game, the Red, White & Blue got out to an early five run lead and then held on for a 5-4 victory. The MVP was Tom "Tommy Gun" Thompson who hit .358, 4 home runs and a whopping 1.105 OPS in the Classic. Congratulations to the United States on their 9th classic title!
May 26th, 2019 - Season 2041 is here!
The season rollover is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training starts next Friday. This season will also mark the beginning of the new draft mechanism.
May 23rd, 2019 - Super Novi!
After clinching the title on the final day, the Novi Doubledays managed to down the Waterloo Dinosaurs in six games. The final game was an exciting 11-10 affair that ended with a walk-off double by catcher Peter Frank. Congratulations to Haselrig and the Novi Doubledays!
May 20th, 2019 - Legends League Playoffs
The playoffs start tomorrow. In the Legends League the Novi Doubledays (89-71) are going for their third straight Legends title. They managed to clinch a playoff spot by winning the final game and will take on the Waterloo Dinosaurs (100-60). On paper, the teams have fairly similar statistics, with one big exception – the Doubledays stole more than 200 bases. Can the Dinos slow down the Novi speed demons of Elkins, Stephens and Galarza? We shall see starting tomorrow. Good luck to Haselrig and Seca!
May 9th, 2019 - End of the old draft...
This Friday will start the 8th and final round of the draft. Since the draft is switching over next season, it’s the last round of the old draft. Clubs will have exactly one week to make their selection (a lot of teams skip the later draft rounds) and then we will start converting the code over to the new draft system.
May 8th, 2019 - Double economic update
Since most/all teams had their economic updates repeated last week (and therefore paid salary & expenses twice), it seems like the best remedy would be to skip the update this week. Is this perfect – by no means, but after examining the log history and database, it seems like the most fair solution that could be reasonably implemented.
May 6th, 2019 - Beat LA – and that’s what Lincoln Park did!
The Lincoln Park Wolves snatched their first Cup title by taking the three games series against the Los Angeles Isótopos. After dropping the first game, Lincoln Park came back with 3 homers to power past LA and tie the series. In the decisive game three, Ivan Ortiz batted in 5 early run and that was enough to outlast a 4 run surge from the Isótopos. Congratulations to the bigdogs and the Lincoln Park Wolves.
May 3rd, 2019 - Broken Bat - 3rd best rated game!
Broken Bat was rated the 3rd best game on Online Sport Managers. Thanks everyone who voted.
As they say in Chicago...vote early and vote often!
May 3rd, 2019 - Cup Final Monday – Little Lincoln Park will try to topple Mighty Los Angeles
The cup final is Monday and will feature the #11 Los Angeles Isótopos (Legends) against the #38 ranked Lincoln Park Wolves (IV.3). Will Lincoln Park, a top team in league IV have enough to take on a Legends League team? Good luck to both bigdogs and AlexgrrpLA!
April 15th, 2019 - Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
Today is the 72nd anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today we celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
March 31st, 2019 - Age 16 free agents nuked
There were a number of free agents that were actually just test players, but inadvertently got released into the free agent pool. There were intended to be retired, but somehow the logic didn't quite work. A few of the more talent players were picked up by lucky teams – but these players aren’t valid or complete, so they must remain retired. I have made their ages appropriate for retired players and am allowing their teams to release these players on their own time line. Apologize for the misunderstanding & inconvenience.
March 23rd, 2019 - 2040 regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league play starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
March 15th, 2019 - Changes to the draft...
A couple of small changes to the draft for next season.
1. Draft will be shrunk from 10 to 8 rounds.
2. 1st round draft will occur after first update -- not immediately following the creation of draft prospects.
March 14th, 2019 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
March 14th, 2019 - Puerto Rico wins World Classic!
With a team ERA of 2.87 and six homers from Lázaro Munoz, Puerto Rico captured their 4th World Classic title. Puerto Rico’s path to the title was not easy – they had to go through Taiwan, the United States, Mexico, South Korea and finally Japan in the finals. Congrats to the island of Puerto Rico!
March 9th, 2019 - Daylight Saving Time
Just a note because the time is changing tonight in most of the United States. The server and therefore Broken Bat will be running on PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) starting Sunday. So for those of you not on daylight saving time, your games will be starting an hour earlier. Thank you Benjamin Franklin!
March 9th, 2019 - Season 2040 is here!
The season rollover is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training on Friday. And in other news, the planet is barely inhabitable because of global warming, but thankfully we are colonizing Mars which is much cooler!
March 9th, 2019 - Broken Bat welcomes Lithuania!
Today we officially welcome Lithuania into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 60th nation to join Broken Bat.
March 7th, 2019 - Novi does it again!
The Novi Doubledays needed only four games to finish off the Margate Magicians. But this series was not a story of domination, but rather a story of being consistently just a little bit better. Novi won all four games by the smallest of margins – three 1-run games and one by a 2-run difference. The difference was really the bullpen, that gave up only one earned run in the series and posted 1 win, 3 holds and 4 saves (all four save by "Righty" Rawlings). Congratulations to Haselrig and the Novi Doubledays!
March 4th, 2019 - Legends League Playoffs
The playoffs are here again. In the Legends League the Novi Doubledays (86-74) are going for the repeat. Their opponent this season are the Margate Magicians (97-73). Given their records, you’d think the Magicians are the favorite – but that’s what we said last season and the Doubledays prevailed. Good luck to Haselrig and MukilteoMike – somebody is coming away with their first Legends title!
February 18th, 2019 - Owls top Carp in Cup Final!
The Ashland Owls claimed their first Cup title with a two game sweep of the Santa Monica Carp. The Owls were led by short stop "Chop" Escalante who had six hits over two games. The real sorry was the 12 inning game 1 that gave Ashland an early lead in the series – and saw the Carp leave a whopping 18 runners on base. Congratulations to obadiah and the Ashland Owls!
February 15th, 2019 - Cup Final Monday – Can the upstart Owls take the Santa Monica Stalwarts?
The cup final is Monday and will feature the #7 Santa Monica Carp (II.1) against the #39 ranked Ashland Owls (II.2). Both Optics and obadiah are season owners still looking for their first Cup title. Should be an exhilarating final series -- good luck to both Optics and obadiah!
January 26th, 2019 - 3 Million Games Simulated!
Broken Bat just completed simulating 3 million games over its 9+ years of existence.
January 6th, 2019 - 2039 regular season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
December 28th, 2018 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
December 27th, 2018 - Cuba wins World Classic again!
Behind dominating pitching and 4 home runs from both Matías "Mad Dog" Maldonado and Alfonso "Fonsy" Moreno, Cuba again prevailed in the World Classic. Favorites like the United States and the Dominican Republic made first round exits, leaving the island nation with diminished competition on their way to their second title. Cuba toppled Korea in the semi-finals and Venezuela in the finals to claim the championship again.
December 23rd, 2018 - Draft Change Discussion
I’ve opened an official thread ( Official Draft Change Discussion ) to discuss overhauling the draft mechanism. If you have ideas, please feel free to comment. It think the basic structure will gravitate to what we have in Hardwood, but it will be drafting rather than recruiting. How exactly to implement that part is still TBD. Thanks.
December 22nd, 2018 - Season 2039 is here!
The season rollover is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training starts next Friday.
December 20th, 2018 - Novi wins title!
The Novi Doubledays needed six games, but they were successful in winning their first Legends League championship. Pitching was the name of the game – the Doubledays posted a 2.25 ERA in the series limiting the Bloomington Thunder to only 17 runs spread out over six games. In addition, Novi launched 11 home runs including three from “Hot Rod” Stephens. Congratulations to Haselrig and the Novi Doubledays! BTW, where is Novi anyway?
December 17th, 2018 - Legends League Playoffs
Parity reigned in the Legends League this season. The two division winners won their divisions by a combined 4 games. Long time Legends team the Novi Doubledays (84-76) climbed to the top of the West and are probably the underdogs in this season’s playoffs. In the East, the Bloomington Thunder (94-66) edged out the Waterloo Dinosaurs by a game to claim a stop in the playoffs. The Thunder hope their superior pitching will propel them to the playoff victory. The Doubledays are just hoping their good fortune holds up. Good luck to Haselrig and PrivateSnowflake – somebody is coming away with their first Legends title!
December 3rd, 2018 - Sting like a bee….Battle Creek captures Cup!
Two strategically played games of 4-0 & 3-2 were enough for the Battle Creek String to siege the Cup. Pitching was dominate for the Sting, they allowed just eight hits (only one for extra bases) over two games. Congratulations to garfscores and the Battle Creek Sting!
December 2nd, 2018 - Cup Final Monday – Battle of the Heavyweights!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the #6 ranked Battle Creek Sting (Legends) against the #26 ranked Margate Magicians (II.2). Both garfscores and MukilteoMike are veteran owners with more than a decade of combined ownership experience between them. Should be an exciting finale -- good luck to both garfscores and MukilteoMike!
November 1st, 2018 - Fall Back
Just a quick note because some of our European managers have already had the Fall time change. In the states, the time change is scheduled for Saturday, so we’ll be "falling back" and catching up with those European countries.
October 21st, 2018 - 2038 season begins!
The cup kicks off Monday and league starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
October 11th, 2018 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
October 11th, 2018 - Cuba wins World Classic!
Behind the slugging of Jose Medina (5HRs & 19 RBIs) and Claudio Montes (4HRs & 12 RBIs), Cuba captures its first World Classic title. Cuba rolled through Singapore, China and Argentina, but they had to defeat the defending title-holder South Korea followed by powerhouse Puerto Rico. Congratulations to Cuba on their first title.
October 8th, 2018 - Test Leagues moving to Mexico & Japan….
In order to provide a little more realism, the former test leagues will be relocated from Canada & PAC-12 to Mexico and Japan. This will have little effect on the game, but may provide a bit more realism.
October 6th, 2018 - Season 2038 is here!
The season rollover is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training starts next Friday.
October 4th, 2018 - Roarrrr….Tigers win Legend League title too!
The Tigers offense was ignited by 3 home runs and 9 RBI’s from Carmelo "Silk" Marroquín and the Tigers’ pitching posted a 2.45 ERA, which was enough for the Tigers to close out the College Station Athletics in 5 games. It was the first Legends championship for Kalamazoo. Congratulations to Tiger504 and the Bloody Tigers!
October 1st, 2018 - Legends League Playoffs
It was an exciting end to the regular season and the Kalamazoo Bloody Tigers (93-67) are back to try and claim the title this season. In their path, the twice Legends champion, the College Station Athletics (97-63). Can Nolan "Mongo" Kirk power the Tigers to the title this year? Or will "Loco" Luis Escamilla shut out the Tigers and bring the title home for the Athletics. It all starts tomorrow. Good luck to Tiger504 and FreddyTheEye!
September 17th, 2018 - Roarrrr….Tigers win Cup!
The Tigers offense was unstoppable, putting up 15 runs over two games and that was enough to roll over the Minot Gulls. Kalamazoo Bloody Tigers win their first Cup…..congratulations to Tiger504 and the Bloody Tigers!
September 14th, 2018 - Cup Final Monday – David and Goliath!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the #1 ranked Kalamazoo Bloody Tigers (Legends) against the underdog #60 ranked Minot Gulls (V.8). Can a League V team upset the Bloody Tigers from high atop the Legends League? Or will the Gulls be devoured by the ferocious felines? Good luck to Tiger504 and Razor McGoo!
August 5th, 2018 - Season 2037 starts Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league games start on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching roles set up for opening day. Additionally, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary. This is also your last chance for relocation.
July 27th, 2018 - Spring Training starts today!
Spring training starts today, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
July 26th, 2018 - Korea wins Classic!
An 11th inning home run by Young Nam Kim clinched the World Classic Title for Korea over Puerto Rico. Korea has a strong run through the Netherlands, Canada, China, Venezuela and finally Puerto Rico led by the dominating pitching of Young Ja Heo (AKA “Darkness”) with 4 wins and a 2.56 ERA. Congratulations to Korea on their second WC title.
July 21st, 2018 - Season 2037 is here!
The season rollover is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training on Friday.
July 19th, 2018 - Missoula Miracle - Polar Bears win the playoffs!
Despite being a heavy underdog, the Polar Bears struck first and last and took the League 1 championship with a 4-2 playoff victory. Missoula was led by the stellar pitching of Tatsuhiko "Tats" Hashiratani who posted 2 wins and a 1.93 ERA. Congratulations to JJNZ and the Missoula Polar Bears!
July 16th, 2018 - Legends League Playoffs – Battle of the First Timers!
It was an exciting end to the regular season, the Kalamazoo Bloody Tigers (100-60) won the East by 6 games and the Missoula Polar Bears (83-77) waited until the final day to clinch the West division. The Tigers, with a 17 win advantage are the decided favorites and are led by slugger Nolan "Mongo" Kirk (35 HRs). However, anything can happen in a playoff series and the Polar Bears will counter with their own slugger in Caesar "The Franchise" Fajardo (.322 & 35 HRs). Hope it’s a memorable series. Good luck to JJNZ and Tiger504!
July 2nd, 2018 - Cup goes nuclear – Isotopes take hardware in extra innings!
With a 13th inning sacrifice fly, the Manhattan Isotopes managed to plate the winning run and win the 2036 Cup. The Denver Broncos shut out the Isotopes in game 1, only to drop game 2 to Manhattan. Game 3 went back and forth before the faithful run was pushed across in the 13th frame. Congratulations to Holmes and the Manhattan Isotopes!
July 1st, 2018 - Sign up now for Hardwood Online College Basketball!
Ahead of the July 4th launch, we are now opening sign-ups to everyone for our sister site, Hardwood OCB. Please use the Register for a team! link to sign up.
June 30th, 2018 - Cup Final Monday – Isotopes vs. Broncos!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the #9 ranked Manhattan Isotopes (II.1) against the #24 ranked Denver Broncos (III.1). Can former Legends league team, Manhattan Isotopes capture past glory? Or will Denver rise up and grab the hardware? Good luck to Homes and Ced!
May 19th, 2018 - Season 2036 is here!
The cup kicks off Monday and league games start on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching roles set up for opening day. Additionally, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary. This is also your last chance for relocation.
May 11th, 2018 - Spring Training starts today!
Spring training starts today, so please make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
May 10th, 2018 - Puerto Rico sweeps its way to another Classic title!
Puerto Rico swept Mexico and captured their third World Classic title. Puerto Rico hit a paltry .207 during the Classic, but that didn’t matter. Their pitchers posted a combined ERA 2.32 lead by Ramiro Fuentes with 4 wins and a 1.85 ERA. Congratulations Puerto Rico!
May 5th, 2018 - Broken Bat welcomes Finland!
Today we officially welcome Finland into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 59th nation to join Broken Bat.
May 5th, 2018 - Season 2036 is here!
The season rollover is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training on Friday.
May 5th, 2018 - Experiencing server issues...
From the website host: We are currently aware of connectivity issues affecting customers to our West Coast Data Center. Our System Administrators are investigating reports of packet loss across the Internet which are outside of our network. Customers within this data center may experience connectivity issues to their website and email. There is currently no ETA on this connectivity issue but we will post updates here as they become available. Thank you for your patience. We have also identified issues requiring unplanned maintenance on one of our VPS nodes. Customers may experience temporary loss of connectivity to website and email services. At this time we have no ETA, but we appreciate your patience.
May 2nd, 2018 - College Station prevails in Legends Playoffs!
In a rousing four game sweep, the College Station Athletics edged the Margate Magicians in four straight games. College Station didn’t hit a home run in four games and the story of the series was really the collapse of the Margate pitching, which posted a 5.56 ERA. Congratulations to FreddyTheEye and the College Station Athletics for winning their second Legends title!
April 30th, 2018 - Legends League Playoffs!
The regular season is over and once again the playoffs are here and a new champion will be crowned! From the Legends West, the College Station Athletics (91-69) will be in their third Legends playoffs (with one victory). From the Legends East, the Margate Magicians (93-67) managed to make the playoffs in their first season in the Legends League. Overall, fairly evenly matched teams with the Athletics have slightly better pitching (3.76 ERA) while the Magicians have punishing power (194 home runs). Good luck to FreddyTheEye and MukilteoMike!
April 16th, 2018 - Terre Haute times Two! Cup Champion again!
A six run 8th inning explosion by the Highlanders was enough to doom the Magicians as Terre Haute was able to capture their second consecutive cup championship. An amazing feat only accomplished twice before by FMcgriff1b's Mount Vernon Cubs (2021 & 2022) and way back by Heathcoat's Central Empire Falls Vikings (2005 & 2006). Congratulations on the double to Bucfan!
April 15th, 2018 - Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
Today is the 71th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today we celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
April 13th, 2018 - Cup Final Monday – Clash of the Titans!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the #2 ranked Margate Magicians (Legends) against the defending cup champions, the #11 ranked Terre Haute Highlanders (III.1). Can Hines and Hébert power their way to another cup champions? Or will Margate’s class take the day? Good luck to Bucfan and MukilteoMike!
March 10th, 2018 - Daylight Saving Time
Just a note because the time is changing tonight in most of the United States. The server and therefore Broken Bat are now running on PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). So for those of you not on daylight saving time, your games will be starting an hour earlier.
March 4th, 2018 - 2035 season begins again!
The cup kicks off Monday and league starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
March 1st, 2018 - Early Updates…
Because of the issues last month, we'll be running the weekly updates ahead of schedule so we can run them manually.
February 23rd, 2018 - Spring Training starts today!
Spring training starts today, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
February 22nd, 2018 - Dominican Republic wins Classic!
Behind the offense of Luis Roldán (6 HRs & 12 SBs) and solid pitching (3.45 team ERA), the Dominican Republic fought their way through five rounds of the Classic and took the title. A sweep of Germany, a 5-game nail bitter versus Costa Rica, downing upstart Russian, an 0-2 comeback versus the United States placed them in the finals. In the final series, the first game went to Puerto Rico and then the Republic stormed back to win three straight games and the championship. Congratulations to the Dominican Republic!
February 19th, 2018 - Broken Bat welcomes Denmark!
Today we officially welcome Denmark into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 58th nation to join Broken Bat.
February 18th, 2018 - Déjà vu all over again - Season 2035 is here again!
The season flip is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training on Friday.
February 17th, 2018 - Turn back time…
Due to the database corruption that occurred on Friday, season #35 had to be rolled back. This certainly wasn’t my first choice, but apparently the rolling 24 hour backup provided by the site host was disabled on our site/server/something. Anyway, there were a number of choices based on manual backups I keep, but going back to the end of season #34 and starting season #35 fresh was the best option.
Unfortunately this means that a lot of games were wiped out, which meant cup runs, first place records and career years were lost. I apologize for that. It also means that forum posts and new users from the last month or so were erased. I will do my best to accommodate people as best I can. Sorry for all the inconvenience.
February 16th, 2018 - Houston, we have a problem!
Friday morning, we seemed to have a problem with the database whereby it appears as all the big league players and managers lost their association with their teams. I’m not sure why this happened, it doesn’t occur when we simulate locally. It’s possible that it was a bug or server issue or potentially maleficence.
Anyway, I am looking at the issue. However, I don’t anticipate this is going to be a quick resolution. I am pausing all game play and am looking into recovery options. I am not going to take down the website, because I think that people like to get updates etc. However, obviously most changes you make going forward will likely not be kept.
We do backup the database, but it’s been quite some time since we’ve had to do a full recovery (if that becomes necessary). I will update you as things progress and appreciate your patience.
December 21st, 2017 - Battle Creek battles back!
After going down by two games in the Legends playoffs, Battle Creek reeled off four straight wins to capture the Legends League championship. Great hitting lead by Masahiro Yoshioka (11 hits, BA .550) and dominating pitching (ERA 2.17) where the keys to their success. Congrats to garfscores and the Battle Creek Sting!
December 19th, 2017 - Legends League Playoffs!
The playoffs are here and a new champion will be crowned! From the Legends West, the Battle Creek Sting (92-68) will be in their first Legends playoffs. From the Legends East, the Raleigh Braves (89-71) managed to squeak past the Alexandria Athletics by just 30 runs. Both teams have strong pitching, but Battle Creek has more power (30+ HRs from Moran and McCurdy) while Raleigh counter with greater speed (40+ SBs from Thomason and Di Carlo). Good luck to garfscores and newtman!
December 5th, 2017 - Terre who? Terre Haute! Cup Champions!
Three home runs in the final game clinched the cup for the Terre Haute Highlanders with a 7-4 win over the mighty San Mateo Ninja. It was the first cup win for Bucfan and the Highlanders and left Crazy Li as the runner-up for two seasons in a row. Congratulations to Bucfan and the Terre Haute Highlanders!
December 2nd, 2017 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the San Mateo Ninja (II.2) with their second attempt to win it in two seasons. Their opponent will be the Terre Haute Highlanders (IV.1) in the cup final for the first time. The Highlanders are the decided underdogs and will need their power combination of Hines and Hébert to drive in some runs. But the Ninja will counter with their own power hitter Cristiano "Moonshot" Santana – who already has 100 RBIs on the year. Good luck to Bucfan and Crazy Li.
November 4th, 2017 - Time Change
Just a quick note because some of our European managers have already had the Fall time change. In the states, the time change is scheduled for tonight, so we’ll be "falling back" and catching up with those European countries.
October 26th, 2017 - Early Training…
Because of the issues last week with training and the new training code implementation for this week, we will be starting the training process early tonight so we can observe it firsthand. The process will being at approximately 9:00 Pacific Time. By midnight everything should be complete.
October 22nd, 2017 - 2034 season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set up for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
October 20th, 2017 - Server trails & tribulations...
After working with the hosting company, the training issue was fixed (at least for this week). Some have noticed that training ran twice…so players got a little extra out of spring training. I’m not sure, at this time, it’s worth rolling back the DB and re-doing training.
After all this, then the server had a firewall issue which meant all sites on the server were inaccessible. That is now resolved too. At present, we seem to be up-to-date and ready for the Friday spring training games. Apologize again for all the issues.
October 20th, 2017 - Training Issues…
Apparently the resource availability (in the default configuration) is smaller than the previous server. This is causing some problems with the training process. Working to resolve it now. Thanks for your patience.
October 13th, 2017 - Spring Training starts today!
Spring training starts today, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
October 12th, 2017 - America tops Panama to win 8th World Classic!
In a Classic that saw Italy to the Final Four and Panama to the Finals, the favorite still came away with the championship. Lead by "Rhino" Juan Espinoza who had 8 HR’s and batted .382 in the Classic, the Americans defeated Curaçao, Portugal, Cuba, Italy before knocking off Panama. Pitching was also dominate for the Red, White & Blue with a team ERA of 2.17 and 149 strikeouts in 170 innings. All in all, a fairly dominating performance.
October 11th, 2017 - Server rollover is complete!
I believe the server rollover is complete now. The World Classic games for Wednesday are catching up. Please let me know if you see any bugs on the new server. Appreciate your patience.
October 9th, 2017 - Server switch-over…
Due to issues outside of our control, the hosting company is upgrading our server. Hopefully this will be quick and there wouldn’t be any issues (cross your fingers). Please be aware that there may be some interruption in service.
October 7th, 2017 - Season 2034 is upon us!
The season flip is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training on Friday.
October 5th, 2017 - College Station Champions!
With a dominant performance, the College Station beat down the Waterloo Dinosaurs 4-1. The Athletics pitching really shined with a 2.60 ERA for the series. "Lightning" Leo Fitzgerald’s 3 hits and 4 RBI’s in the final game capped it for College Station with a 6-3 home victory over the Dinos. Congratulations to FreddyTheEye and the College Station Athletics!
October 2nd, 2017 - Freddy’s Back - Legends League Playoffs!
The playoffs are here again! In the Legends League, FreddyTheEye returns for a second chance to win a Legends trophy. His College Station Athletics (99-61) will take on the Seca’s Waterloo Dinosaurs (91-69), winner of two Legends League titles. Waterloo sports a superior pitching staff (ERA 3.34 vs. 3.81), but also have weaker hitting (.239 vs .259). Who will win -- we shall see starting on Tuesday. Good luck to luck to both FreddyTheEye and Seca!
September 18th, 2017 - Davis wins the cup!
In a lopsided two game sweep, the Davis Blue Devils beat the San Mateo Ninja. The Devils were led by "Boom Boom" Jacobs and Tavon "The Jet" Jennings who both had five hits over two games. Congratulations to the el_jefe_loco and the Devils!
September 15th, 2017 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature a Northern California series between the Devils and the Ninja. The Davis Blue Devils (IV.4) have been managed by long-term owner el_jefe_loco and feature Miguel Cuellar on the mound and hot hitting "Boom Boom" Jacobs leading the offense. Their opponents are the San Mateo Ninja (II.2) lead by another long standing owner Crazy Li a long with two-time MVP Cristiano "Moonshot" Santana. First pitch is Monday at 2:00 pm Pacific time – good luck to el_jefe_loco and Crazy Li.
September 3rd, 2017 - 20 years of Hattrick!
This month celebrates 20 years of Hattrick. Although probably not the dominate game that it once was, it was the first really large browser-based massively multiplayer online sports management game. At one point, roughly one million players were playing Hattrick. In many way, it was the inspiration for games like Broken Bat and others. Congratulations on 20 years and 63 seasons of football (soccer) fun!
August 5th, 2017 - 2033 season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league starts on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching set for opening day. Also, make sure you reconfigure your ballpark as necessary.
July 28th, 2017 - Spring Training starts today!
Spring training starts today, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
July 27th, 2017 - ¡MEXICO!
Mexico pounded 41 home runs in 20 games and hammered their way to 15 wins and a World Classic Championship. Fernando Pizarro, Javier Barragan, '300' Pérez and Pablo 'Don Pablo' Mercado all homered five or more times. Congratulations to Mexico on their second Classic championship!
July 23rd, 2017 - Broken Bat welcomes Vietnam!
Today we officially welcome Vietnam into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 57th nation to join Broken Bat.
July 22nd, 2017 - Season 2033 is here!
The season flip is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training on Friday. First round draft picks are available now!
July 20th, 2017 - Athletics beat the Athletics!
In a lopsided playoff, the Alexandria Athletics swept the College Station Athletics 4-0. Alexandria dominated the series, outscoring College Station 21-5. Alexandria only batted .281 with 2 home runs for the series, but that was enough when your team ERA is 1.25. Congrats to Meccanodonte and the Alexandria Athletics!
July 17th, 2017 - Legends League Playoffs!
The playoffs begin Tuesday! In the Legends League, the defending cup champion College Station Athletics (94-66) take on the fast rising Alexandria Athletics (92-68). Alexandra will rely on their league best pitching staff (ERA 3.28) and hope to stifle the Athletics bats (league leading 5.1 runs per game). Who will win? Who will falter? We shall see. Good luck to luck to both FreddyTheEye and Meccanodonte!
July 4th, 2017 - Happy 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July to our American users and a belated Happy Canada Day to all those from up north!
July 3rd, 2017 - College Station #1!
In an electrifying three game series, the College Station Athletics defeated the upstart Topeka Titans. Congratulations to the keggar and the Athletics!
June 30th, 2017 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final pits the College Station Athletics from the Legends League against the Topeka Titans from a tough II.1 league. College Stations looks to have the superior starting pitching, but can they stop the speed of Topeka on the base paths? We’ll see on Monday! Good luck to FreddyTheEye and keggar.
May 21st, 2017 - 2032 season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday and league games start on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations set for opening day. Also, please re-size your ballpark as needed.
May 11th, 2017 - Spring Training starts Friday!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
May 11th, 2017 - ¡Viva Puerto Rico!
Puerto Rico trashed the field on their way to winning their second World Classic Championship. Puerto Rico only lost two games (versus fifteen wins) and swept Canada, the United States and the Dominican Republic on their way to the title. The team was led by two start pitchers, Luis "The Rock" Rosa and Víctor Paredes, both were 5-0 in the Classic.
May 6th, 2017 - Broken Bat welcomes Haiti!
Today we officially welcome Haiti into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 56th nation to join Broken Bat.
May 6th, 2017 - Season 2032 is here!
The season flip is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training on Friday. First round draft picks are available now!
May 5th, 2017 - Rickey...Rickey...Rickey!
With a thrilling 1-0 victory in a decisive game 7, the Seattle Rickey beat the Birmingham Athletics. It wasn't the awesome speed of the Rickey that won the series, but some great pitching and a 7th inning Rueben Fonseca home run. Congratulations Seattle and nobodyjones!
May 1st, 2017 - Legends League Playoffs!
The playoffs begin Tuesday! In the Legends League, from the west, the Seattle Rickey (90-70) will challenge the Birmingham Athletics (95-65) from the east. Both teams have division topping pitching and hitting, but the real difference is Seattle's speed. A whopping 293 stolen bases really fueled the Seattle Ricky offense...will it be the difference in the series? Good luck to luck to both nobodyjones and kladu!
April 17th, 2017 - Manu kuhukukū lanakila'!
Mililani Turtles upset the Oceanview Woods Grizzlies - a truly remarkable cup run for the Turtles. Congratulations cris92!
April 16th, 2017 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature a match-up between old and new. Long-time owner hardhat’s Oceanview Woods Grizzlies (III.1) will take on newbie owner cris92’s Mililani Turtles (IV.8). Despite the island flare, does Mililani have the pitchers to compete against a solid Grizzlies team? Anything can happen in a short series! First pitch is Monday at 11:00 am on Oahu (2:00 pm Pacific time) – good luck to hardhat and cris92.
April 15th, 2017 - Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
Today is the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today we celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
April 2nd, 2017 - Play Ball!
2017 Major League Baseball season opens – catch a few games. MLB Network has 15 hours of game coverage on Monday!
March 12th, 2017 - Daylight Saving Time
Just a quick note because the time changed last night in most of the United States. The server and therefore Broken Bat are now running on PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). So for those of you not on daylight saving time, your games will be starting an hour earlier.
March 5th, 2017 - 2031 season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday. League games start on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations set for opening day. Also, re-size your ballpark if desired – if you’ve promoted or demoted, it’s especially important to adjust your capacity accordingly.
February 26th, 2017 - Player Backgrounds
We’ve started to integrate player backgrounds into the game. We have enabled one of the basic backgrounds today. If you’d prefer, you can disable player backgrounds (white background only) under Profile – Update Settings page.
February 24th, 2017 - Spring Training starts today!
Spring training starts today, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the spring.
February 23rd, 2017 - United States clobbers Mexico to win the World Classic!
The United States swept through Mexico to claim it’s 7th classic title. They were led by Jay Woods .394 and 5 HRs and off the mound by Bart Black 5 wins, 1.38 ERA.
February 20th, 2017 - 2031 Manager Changes
Starting in 2031, manager developmental skill will be divided into three distinct elements for hitting, pitching and fielding. Legacy manager will have “average” skills for the new elements – pitching and fielding. Since this is a significant change, the actual switch over to using the new attributes wouldn’t occur until the All-Star Break.
February 19th, 2017 - Broken Bat welcomes Guatemala!
Today we officially welcome Guatemala into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 55th nation to join Broken Bat.
February 18th, 2017 - Season 2031 is here!
The season flip is complete and the new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or modify your ballpark, you can do that now. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training on Friday. BTW, if you’re wondering about 2031, Kim Kardashian is the president….after parlaying here reality star fame into a successful run as California Governor, then she managed to beat Michigan Senator Kid Rock in a controversy marred election for the presidency.
February 18th, 2017 - New statistics coming in 2031…
We test run these statistics in 2030, but now we’ll start collecting them from the beginning of the season. Test statistics will be zeroed. Much requested Runners In Scoring Position (RSIP) statistics will be accurate going forward. Games Started Won & Lost will be available, so you can measure the effectiveness of a starter even if he doesn’t get a decision. Finally, we’ll be compiling a player’s Career Earnings which might be an interesting measure of career value.
February 16th, 2017 - Santa Monica meets its Waterloo!
After winning the first two games of the season, the Santa Monica Carp dropped four straight to the defending Legends champions, the Waterloo Dinosaurs. The finale was an exciting extra-inning affair that saw Dinos’ Greg McCarty launch a triple to give Waterloo the title. Waterloo owned the league’s best record, but they were also somewhat lucky – getting into the playoffs only by run differential against the also 100-60 Birmingham Athletics. Congratulations to Seca and the Waterloo Dinosaurs!
February 14th, 2017 - Legends League Playoffs!
The playoffs begin today! In the Legends League, the defending champions Waterloo Dinosaurs (100-60) take on the powerful, but never crowned Santa Monica Carp (96-64). Both teams have stellar pitching with team ERAs of 3.15 and 3.16. Which team can generate enough offense to win the series? Good luck to luck to both Optics and Seca!
January 30th, 2017 - Monterey strikes gold in El Dorado!
In an exciting three game series, the Monterey Titans came from behind in the crucial 3rd game and beat the North El Dorado Armadillos to claim the cup title. Congratulations to the Garnash1970 and the Monterey Titans! Congratulations to cbstatic as well for almost leading a League VI team to the cup championship.
January 27th, 2017 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature a clash between two relative unknowns. From the III.4, the Monterey Titans will take on the North El Dorado Armadillos from VI.20. By league and rating, the Titans would seem to be to be the favorites, but don’t count out the underdog Armadillos in a three games series. The series happens Monday – good luck to Garnash1970 and cbstatic.
January 22nd, 2017 - Player Background Images
Please take a moment to look at the test images in the forum [ Player Background Image Additions ] and provide some feedback. There are more than ten images with varying foreground – background combinations. Would really value everyone’s feedback.
January 12th, 2017 - More Server Issues…
There were more server last night and the site was down for 3-4 hours. Investigating whether the waiver claims process ran. Apologize for the inconvenience.
January 6th, 2017 - Server Issues
Apparently our site host is/was experiencing some issues on the west coast so the site has been down for part of the day. Hopefully it’s up for good now.
Problem - Our System Administration team has identified connectivity issues with our West Coast Data Center. Customers with accounts housed there may experience temporary connectivity issues to their website and email.
December 25th, 2016 - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Just a big thank you to everyone who is enjoying the game and making it fun for me and the rest of the participates. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas season and an enjoyable New Year!
December 24th, 2016 - Bankruptcy limit change
This mostly affects bots, but the bankruptcy limit has change from $20M in the hole to $10M underwater. Hopefully this will turn over some of the dysfunctional bots quicker. It will also affect a few human managed teams who have been bleeding money for a few seasons.
December 18th, 2016 - 2030 season begins Monday!
The cup kicks off Monday. League games start on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations set for opening day. Also, relocate your club or re-size your ballpark if desired.
December 11th, 2016 - The Perfect Game – The Best Rated Game in September 2016!
With a stunning 100% favorable rating, Broken Bat was the perfect game in September according to OnlineSportManagers.com. Glad everyone thinks so positive about the game – we appreciate your support!
December 9th, 2016 - Spring Training starts today!
Spring training starts today, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Remember, the ‘Reset To Defaults’ button will automatically set your lineup or pitching roles.
December 8th, 2016 - United States downs the Dominican Republic!
Denny "Danger" Moore led the Americans to a Classic title with a stunning classic that saw him bat .351 with 6 homers. The Americans coasted early with wins against Argentina, Curaçao, Cuba and Australia. But in the finals, the Dominican Republic pushed the US to five games, but they couldn’t keep the yanks’ offense in check and were plowed under 10-3 in the finale.
December 3rd, 2016 - Season 30 has arrived!
The season flip is complete and new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or change teams, you can do that now. Stadium modifications are also open. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training the following Friday.
December 3rd, 2016 - Broken Bat welcomes Austria!
Today we officially welcome Austria into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 54th nation to join Broken Bat.
November 30th, 2016 - Dinosaurs Dominate!
Congratulations to Seca and the Waterloo Dinosaurs for winning their first Legends League championship! Waterloo was truly dominating in the playoffs, sweeping the Thunder Bay Red Raiders in four straight games including a 7-5 10-inning finale to the playoff series.
November 28th, 2016 - Legends League Playoffs!
The playoffs begin tomorrow with two relatively established Legends teams. From the west, Thunder Bay Red Raiders (99-61) are opposed from the east by the Waterloo Dinosaurs (97-63). The Red Raiders have won a number of Legends titles whereas the Dinosaurs will be competing for their first. In terms of pitching, Thunder Bay has the clear edge with a league-leading team ERA of 3.22. On the offensive side, the Dinosaurs have a slight edge in run scoring. Hopefully it will be a competitive series. Best of luck to luck to both MrTwoPlums and Seca!
November 24th, 2016 - Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all our American players. I guess it's also a belated wish for all our Canadian players. Hope you're all enjoying Broken Bat!
November 14th, 2016 - Edmond Wins The Cup!
In a tight three game series, the Edmond Bulldogs clawed their way to a game three victory and to the cup title. Congratulations to the Razzle and the Edmond Bulldogs!
November 13th, 2016 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature a clash between two League III.2 East adversaries. The #23 ranked Davenport Cobras will take on their rival the #24 ranked Edmond Bulldogs. Both teams are legitimate top-25 teams, so it should be an exciting matchup. Best of luck to jetsrock48 and Razzle!
November 2nd, 2016 - Cubs Win!
In an exciting 7th game, the Cubs succeeded in scoring two runs in the top of the 10th inning and then managed to hold on in the bottom of the 10th. The victory over the Cleveland Indians gave the Chicago Cubs there first World Series win in 108 years (since 1908). Congratulations to Chicago and all those championship-starved Cubs fans!
October 25th, 2016 - Curse of the Billy Goat
So the Chicago Cubs are taking on the Cleveland Indians in the World Series in a bid to vanquish the Curse of the Billy Goat. The curse was placed on the Cubs during the 1945 World Series by Billy Sianis when he was asked to leave Wrigley Field because his accompanying pet Goat, Murphy, was too smelly. The Cubs are prohibitive favorites, so we’ll see if they can overcome the power of The Curse!
October 2nd, 2016 - 2029 season begins tomorrow!
The cup kicks off with group stage starting Monday. League games start on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations set for opening day. Also, relocate your club or re-size your ballpark if desired.
September 25th, 2016 - Jose Fernandez, R.I.P.
Tragically Jose Fernandez and two others died in a boating accident on Sunday morning. Fernandez was a real favorite in the Cuban community in South Florida. Fernandez came to the United States from Cuba in 2008 after three failed defection attempts. Apparently he was thrown in prison after the failed attempts by the communist government of Cuba. Last year he became a US citizen. Heartbreaking death...far too young to leave us.
September 22nd, 2016 - Spring Training starts tomorrow!
Spring training starts tomorrow (Friday), so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Remember, the ‘Reset To Defaults’ button will automatically set your lineup or pitching roles.
September 22nd, 2016 - Celebration in Seoul!
Korea rode dominating pitching to their first World Classic title. They started strong by defeating rival Japan in round one. Then they proceeded to polish off Colombia and Cuba in rounds two and three. Finally, the managed to squeak out two 5-game series wins against Panama and the United States to clinch the title. Congratulations to Korea!
September 17th, 2016 - Season 29 is here!
The season flip is complete and new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or change teams, you can do that now. Stadium modifications are also open. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training the following Friday.
September 16th, 2016 - Broken Bat welcomes Honduras!
Today we officially welcome Honduras into the Broken Bat league of nations. They are the 53rd nation to join Broken Bat.
September 14th, 2016 - Bison Bliss!
Congratulations to AD24 and the Buffalo Bison for winning their first Legends League championship! The Bison were truly dominating in the playoffs, sweeping the Thunder Bay Red Raiders in four straight games and outscoring them 18-10.
September 12th, 2016 - Legends League Playoffs!
The playoffs begin tomorrow with two returning teams. From the west, five-time champion the Thunder Bay Red Raiders (92-68) are opposed from the east by last season’s runner-up, the Buffalo Bison (93-67). The Red Raiders boast the league best pitching with a team ERA of 2.81. Conversely, the Bison have the most potent offense, scoring 4.9 runs per game. Should be an interesting contrast. Best of luck to luck to both MrTwoPlums and AD24!
September 7th, 2016 - Upcoming Maintenance Notice
Apparently our host is doing some maintenance tonight, so there may be some outages.
August 29th, 2016 - Laredo Wins!
After dropping the first game, Laredo won the next two games to capture the 2028 cup. Congratulations to the Frankebasta and the Laredo Mustangs!
August 28th, 2016 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature two League III teams. From the III.3, the Laredo Mustangs will square off versus the Beachside Park Owls from III.4. Neither side is ranked in the top-25, so they’ve both scored a few upsets getting to the cup finals. Best of luck to Frankebasta and toronto!
August 23rd, 2016 - Loyalty has its privileges!
As was discussed on the forum, we have decided to reward user loyalty with additional customizable options. For six month of play, users will be allowed to customize their team mascot, logo and ballpark name. For one year of loyalty, players and manager nicknames can be customized. Again, please be respective of others and only choose names and images that are in the spirit of the game and appropriate for all ages.
July 17th, 2016 - 2028 season begins tomorrow!
The cup kicks off with group stage starting Monday. League games start on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations set for opening day. Also, relocate your club or re-size your ballpark if desired.
July 7th, 2016 - Spring Training starts tomorrow!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Remember, the ‘Reset To Defaults’ button will automatically set your lineup or pitching roles.
July 7th, 2016 - USA wins the World Classic again!
In a World Classic that saw the USA win all but one game against Cuba, the yanks cruised past the Dominican Republic in a three game sweep to claim their 5th Classic title. I was an exciting tournament seeing long shots like Australia to the semi-finals and Ireland to the quarter-finals. But in the end, it came down to two powerhouses and the Americans took home the trophy.
June 29th, 2016 - Season 28!
The season flip is complete and new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or change teams, you can do that now. Stadium modifications are also open. The World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training the following Friday.
June 28th, 2016 - Spring Training push back…
Because of some travel, the season flip and backups were delayed and that’s resulted in the season start for 2028 being pushed back a week. World Classic will start next Tuesday and Spring Training the following Friday.
June 26th, 2016 - New Champion!
Congratulations to bilbo and the Cedar Rapids Royals for winning their first Legends League championship! bilbo has been playing Broken Bat for more than three years and all his hard work has paid off. Congratulations!
June 20th, 2016 - New blood in the Legends playoffs!
Two new teams are in the Legends playoffs. Good luck to Cedar Rapids and Buffalo. Both teams won 91 games so it should be a competitive series.
June 19th, 2016 - Season rollover may be delayed for 2028
Because of some travel, it may be necessary to have a longer break this off-season. With need for proper backups and ensuring the rollover goes smoothly, a little extra care needs to be taken every off-season. Hopefully the season flip will occur close to when scheduled and the next season will roll on like normal. However, if there are any delays, the start date for spring training 2028 may get pushed out a few days.
June 16th, 2016 - Broken Bat to welcome Ukraine in 2028!
In 2028, Broken Bat will officially welcome Ukraine into the Broken Bat league of nations. The Ukraine is typically ranked in the top-30 in the world and will become the 52nd nation to join Broken Bat.
June 6th, 2016 - Westin Wins!
After dropping the first game, Westin won the next two games to capture the 2027 cup. Congratulations to the sneerwell and the Westin Wranglers!
June 3rd, 2016 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature a battle between two non-Legends teams the Jacksonville Jaguars (II.1) versus Weston Wranglers (III.2). By rating, mhk’s Jaguars are a slight favorite over sneerwell’s Wranglers. Should be a good series….good luck to all!
June 2nd, 2016 - The Perfect Game – The Best Rated Game in April 2016!
With a stunning 100% favorable rating, Broken Bat was the perfect game in April according to OnlineSportManagers.com. It looks like everyone is enjoying all the new features we’ve been adding. Thanks to everyone that voted for Broken Bat – we appreciate your support!
May 14th, 2016 - 700 Club!
With the MLB season going full bore, Broken Bat is flirting with the 700 user mark. We actually exceeded that number a couple of times and are currently at an even 700! Over time, the game continues to grow slowly, but steadily in popularity.
April 24th, 2016 - 2027 season begins tomorrow!
The cup kicks offs with group stage starting Monday. League games start on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations set for opening day. Also, re-size your ballpark if needed.
April 15th, 2016 - Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
Today is the 69th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today we celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
April 14th, 2016 - USA wins the World Classic!
Led by a pitching staff that posted a 15-5 record and 2.58 ERA, the United States beat Russia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Mexico to setup a final against Japan. The series went to a decisive fifth game where the Yanks used three homers and a strong pitching performance from Neil Meyer to beat Japan and win the Classic.
April 14th, 2016 - Spring Training starts tomorrow!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Remember, the ‘Reset To Defaults’ button will automatically set your lineup or pitching roles.
April 9th, 2016 - 2027 Is Here!
The season rollover is complete and new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate a team or modify a ballpark, you can do that now.
April 9th, 2016 - Broken Bat welcomes Nigeria!
Today we officially welcome Nigeria into the Broken Bat league of nations. Nigeria is a member of the African Baseball & Softball Association and it typically ranked of one of the top-2 teams on the continent. Nigeria becomes the 51th nation to join Broken Bat.
April 7th, 2016 - One-Eyed Jack
If I’m a little slow responding in the next couple of days, I’ve had a bit of surgery and am temporarily down to one eye (the other being completely covered with a patch). Makes using the computer a bit tiring on the one good eye. Will get better though.
April 6th, 2016 - Birmingham does it again!
The Birmingham Athletics have defeated the Thunder Bay Red Raiders in a series dominated by Birmingham's pitching. The Athletics closed out the Red Raiders in five games, winning three of those games in shutouts. The series MVP was lefty Darren Sheehan who won two starts and didn’t give up a run. Congratulations to kladu and the Birmingham Athletics!
April 4th, 2016 - Legends League Playoffs!
The playoffs begin tomorrow with two veteran teams battling it out for another trophy. From the East, the defending champions, the Birmingham Athletics (94-66) are two time Legends champions and will take on the Thunder Bay Red Raiders (100-60) from the West as they look for their sixth title. Both teams boast division best ERAs of 3.35 and 3.38, solid defenses and respectable hitting. It should be a close series. Good luck to MrTwoPlums and kladu!
March 22nd, 2016 - 2 million games and counting!
Broken Bat has surpassed another milestone – the site has now simulated over 2 million games (excluding minor league games). Special thanks to many of the users that have been here for so many of them.
March 21st, 2016 - Dinosaurs stave off extinction in cup…win it all!
In a game 3 battle of attrition, the Waterloo Dinosaurs defeated the Santa Monica Carp in a marathon 14 inning game. In the top of the final inning, Kendrick Anderson managed to poke in two runs with a double and then Alejandro Rosado pitched a scoreless bottom of the 14th inning to win it. Congratulations to Seca and the Dinosaurs!
March 20th, 2016 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature a battle between the Waterloo Dinosaurs and the Santa Monica Carp. Both managers, Seca and Optics, have owned their teams for almost two years and built them up from lower division teams to the Legends League and league III. Santa Monica is a hot hitting team with a team batting average of almost .300 and four players with more the 20 HRs already. The Dinosaurs are a more balanced teams with both hitting and pitching and lead by All-Star pitcher Aaron Dawson and stud outfielder Matias Enriquez. Good luck to Seca and Optics!
March 10th, 2016 - Base running improvements…
After the All-Star break, we upgraded the game engine to improve the base running realism (especially on ground outs). I have simulated the changes extensively, but if you see anything questionable, let me know. Thanks.
February 28th, 2016 - Major League News Page
Today we unveil the MLB News page with live scores and feeds from popular baseball new sites. Check it out by clicking on the MLB News link in the navigation panel. With spring training kicking off for the new baseball season, hopefully this will help you follow along.
February 19th, 2016 - Historical Name Usage…
Where available, we have started to use historical team names, locations and mascots when referring to past seasons where those items have changed. So if a club moved from one city to another, then it will be reflected in the schedule and standings from that season. Additionally, players’ statistics will list the abbreviation associated with the actual location that they played that season with, rather than the current location of the club.
February 8th, 2016 - 2026 season starts today!
The cup kicks offs with group stage starting today. League games start on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations set for opening day.
February 7th, 2016 - Smallest/Largest (RD) Run Differential now active!
The smallest/largest RD management control is now active for relief pitchers. It lets you override the pitching role values for these controls. If you leave them as the default, then the game engine will continue to use the default values. If you change them, then you can set the values manually for a particular relief pitcher. Note: it has no effect on a starting pitchers.
January 28th, 2016 - Spring Training starts tomorrow!
Spring training starts tomorrow, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Remember, the ‘Reset To Defaults’ button will automatically set your lineup or pitching roles.
January 28th, 2016 - United States wins it!
The Americans have won their third World Classic in truly dominating style. In the Classic, the team posted a 15-1 record with 11 of those wins coming from their starting pitchers of Fabian Duran, Clyde Kaufman and Shane Boyd. The hitting was also dominating with a .343 average and 40 home runs over 16 games. Canada settles for second place for the second year in a row despite having some of the best players in the world.
January 25th, 2016 - NewRPG.com
Check out our page on NewRPG.com! It’s a directory site for online games and includes a whole section on sports browser games. Give them a visit!
January 23rd, 2016 - 2026 Is Here!
The season rollover is complete and new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate teams (including minor league clubs), you can do that now. Stadium modifications are also open. This season will see three significant changes: 1. The addition of home & away statistics plus run support (RS). 2. Changes to the Asian Posting System (prospect are now older). 3. Small game engine changes to increase batting average deviation.
January 23rd, 2016 - Broken Bat welcomes Singapore!
Today we officially welcome Singapore into the Broken Bat league of nations. Singapore is a member of BFA (Baseball Federation of Asia) and is the 50th nation to join Broken Bat.
January 21st, 2016 - Birmingham does it!
The Birmingham Athletics have defeated the Pharr Falcons in an exciting seven games series in the Legends playoffs. Despite being out score 25-31 runs, the Athletics won three 1-run games and managed to win despite mediocre hitting and pitching. Bernie Gilbert was the MVP of the series, taking the player of the game award in two of the victories and hitting .345 in the series. Congratulations to kladu and the Birmingham Athletics!
January 18th, 2016 - Legends League Playoffs!
The playoffs begin tomorrow with one newcomer and one veteran team to the contest. The newcomers are the Pharr Falcons (97-63) who unseated the long-running west champs the Thunder Bay Red Raiders (west champions the last 9 seasons). The veterans are the Birmingham Athletics (93-67) who won the Legends title just two short seasons ago. Both teams are fairly balanced with good starting pitching and strong hitters up and down the order – so it should be a competitive playoff series. Good luck to both Tv4IE and kladu!
January 16th, 2016 - More new logos & mascots!
Today we introduced eight new mascots: the Bikers, Chili Peppers, Devil/Manta Rays, Dolphins, Frogs, Rats, Stingrays and Vultures/Condors. Check them out…you can change your team mascot at any time.
January 10th, 2016 - Minor League Affiliates
The implementation for the minor league affiliates is finally complete. Special thanks to Haselrig for all the working compiling the small town list over the space of several months. Each club has been assigned a location for each of their minor league affiliates. You can now change the mascot for each of these affiliates (using profile page – update settings) and in the off-season, you can re-located them just like the big league club. Minor league affiliates are now prominently displayed on the minor league page and also when you hover over the assignment type (AAA, AA, A & Rookie). The one remaining item that may be tweaked is how this new information will be integrated on the player page – it seemed problematic to just list the affiliate, yet there wasn’t space to list both the owning club and the minor league affiliate.
January 4th, 2016 - Wolverines win!
Hard work and time served pays off. nobodyjones, one of the longest serving club owners, managed his Seattle Wolverines through the cup knockout stage and to a win over the Reading Knights in the final. Congratulations to nobodyjones and the Seattle Wolverines!
January 1st, 2016 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature two veteran owners completing for the cup title. The Seattle Wolverines from II.2 and the Reading Knights from IV.5 with square off Monday for the cup championship. Seattle, ranked 7th, in the association will be the favorite against their league IV opponent from Reading, ranked 60th overall. But as we’ve seen before, anything can happen in a three game series. Good luck to nobodyjones and ramar905!
December 24th, 2015 - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Just a big thank you to everyone who is enjoying the game and making it fun for me and the rest of the participates. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas season and an enjoyable New Year!
November 25th, 2015 - Hall of Fame!
We’ve added team Hall of Fames now. You can visit the Hall by clicking on the link on the left-side navigation panel. Currently you can add players to your team’s Hall of Fame and write a short comment about them. Team statistics will automatically be displayed for the player too. Players don’t need to be retired to be eligible; they just need to be longer-term players for the team.
November 22nd, 2015 - 2025 season starts Monday!
Play ball! Cup and league action starts tomorrow (Monday). Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations set for opening day. Also, be sure to adjust your ballpark size in accordance to what you think your attendance will be.
November 13th, 2015 - Spring Training starts Today!
Spring training starts today, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Remember, the ‘Reset To Defaults’ button will automatically set your lineup or pitching roles.
November 12th, 2015 - Dominican Republic wins the Classic!
Led by heavy hitting Javier Bermúdez and Carlos Roche, the Dominican Republic came back from a two game deficit and defeated Canada to win their first World Classic Championship. Congratulations to Canada on a great run in the Classic and coming within a game of the title. And congratulations to Puerto Rico for winning the 5th annual World Classic!
November 9th, 2015 - Broken Bat welcomes Indonesia & Portugal!
Today we officially welcome Indonesia and Portugal to the Broken Bat. Both nations will be fine additions to our league of nations.
November 7th, 2015 - 2025 Is Here!
The season flip is complete and new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or change teams, you can do that now. Stadium modifications are also open. The new 32-team World Classic will start on Wednesday and you can follow it using the World Classic link. Spring training starts on Friday, so set your spring lineups and pitching assignments.
November 5th, 2015 - Crushing defeat for Mankind...Bot wins the Legends Championship!
After seven games, the answer is clear…the Machine has defeated Mankind. The bot-managed Orlando Sharks have defeated the 5-time champion Thunder Bay Red Raiders. The Raiders fought hard, winning two games in extra innings and pushing the series to seven games, but in the end it was Orlando’s pitching (2.82 playoff ERA) and power (9 HRs and 33 extra base hits in seven games) that prevailed.
November 2nd, 2015 - Man versus Machine in the Legends playoff!
The playoffs begin tomorrow featuring one human managed team and one bot managed team. In the West, the dynasty of the Thunder Bay Red Raiders (87-73) are in the Legends playoff for the 9th straight time after beating out the Pharr Falcons by three games. From the East, the Orlando Sharks (96-64) squeaked into the playoffs on the last day, edging out the defending champs, the Birmingham Athletics, by a game. Good luck to MrTwoPlums against the machine!
November 1st, 2015 - Daylight Saving Time Ends
Just a quick note because daylight saving time ended last night in most of the United States. The server and therefore Broken Bat are now running on PST (Pacific Standard Time). You might need to adjust your game viewing accordingly.
October 31st, 2015 - World Classic Expansion
Starting next season, we’ll be expanding the World Classic to include 32 teams. This should give some smaller countries at least a chance to participate. It looks like right now, we have 33 or 34 teams that have enough pitchers and players to avoid forfeits, so I’m hoping that should hold until after the season flip.
October 20th, 2015 - Manager reputation changes…
The reputation text for managers has been updated slightly. The sentence structure is now all present tense. Additionally, managers above 75 years old will begin to decline starting next season, so there is a warning for that.
October 19th, 2015 - David slays Goliath in Cup Final!
The League V Vermillion Dragons upset their Legends legend opponents, the Hartford Highlanders, to win the 2024 cup. The Dragons managed to win the first game in extra innings, which proved to be critical as they split the next two games giving Vermillion the title. Congratulations to jreynoldson913 and the Vermillion Dragons!
October 16th, 2015 - Cup Final coming!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the Hartford Highlanders from the Legends League and upstart Vermillion Dragons from V.13. Hartford is the 5th ranked team in the association and figures to be the favorite against the 71st ranked Dragons. But in a three games series, anything can happen! Best of luck to both Luke and jreynoldson913.
October 5th, 2015 - New Logo/Mascots
Today we introduce six new mascots: the Aztecs, the Bobcats, the Ninjas, the Phoenix, the Raptors and the Samurai. Check them out…you can change your team mascot at any time.
September 28th, 2015 - Irregular Releases
I know there have been some complaints about the release restrictions, but they were added for a particular reason. Let me just re-iterate, taking multiple accounts with the express purpose of gutting a team and dumping all the talent onto the waiver wire is not permitted and will result in loss of your team.
September 23rd, 2015 - Yogi Berra R.I.P.
Hall of Fame catcher for the Yankees and WWII Navy veteran lost to us at the age of 90. I think everyone will miss his quirky quotes and welcoming personality.
September 7th, 2015 - 2024 Is Here….Play Ball!
The server switch-over is complete. The cup starts today and the league season kicks off on Tuesday. Minor league games begin today as well. Make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations set for opening day. Also, be sure to adjust your ballpark size in accordance to what you think your attendance will be. Good luck to all!
September 5th, 2015 - Growing Pains…
23 seasons has accumulated a lot of data and in so doing, we have outgrown our current server. So in the next 24 hours our site will be migrated to a new, solid-state server. Hopefully this will provide us room to grow and should run a bit faster and more reliably. The hosting company has promised me there should be no interruptions in service...so cross your fingers.
Update: it appears that some sign-ups may have been lost, so if you tried to sign-up yesterday evening or this morning and it hasn't been activated, please mail us or sign up again. Thanks.
August 29th, 2015 - Three new mascot/logo options…
We just added Foxes, Armadillos and Piranhas. Enjoy!
August 28th, 2015 - Spring Training starts Today!
Spring training starts today, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Remember, the ‘Reset To Defaults’ button will automatically set your lineup or pitching roles.
August 27th, 2015 - Puerto Rico wins the World Classic!
Even with Osamu "The Beast" Hasegawa pulling double duty for Japan, the Asian representatives couldn’t overcome the La Isla del Encanto. Puerto Rice rode strong pitching (2.84 ERA) and five home runs from Jesus Saenez and managed to carve a path to the championship. Congratulations to Puerto Rico for winning the 4th annual World Classic!
August 24th, 2015 - World Classic starts Wednesday!
The 4th World Classic with kick off on Wednesday. Four new teams qualified for the tournament this year: China, Curaçao, Italy and Russia. Perhaps the most intriguing first round match-up is between rivals China and Taiwan. Good luck to all nations!
August 23rd, 2015 - The future is here! 2024 begins…
The season flip is complete and the new schedule is out. You can now hire a new style manager. If you wish to relocate or change teams, you can do this now. It’s also your opportunity to reconfigure your ballpark. Spring training starts on Friday so please set your pitching rotations and line-ups.
August 22nd, 2015 - Broken Bat League Expansion
The game has been pretty consistent around 670-680 users this season with some modest long-term growth. Currently our league structure supports 756 teams, so we’re about 90% full. Towards the end of season 2024, we’ll be considering expanding the league structure to allow for more growth if needed. One option would be to increase the league structure to have a full league level 7 full of bots. However, unless we experience rapid growth, this would quickly result in the lower leagues being only about 40% full. The second option is to expand the league structure with only a partial build out of league level 7 – maybe 2 to 4 new leagues. This would allow us to maintain the leagues at 85% human ownership and we’d still have the option of expanding in the future if needed. The one downside to this approach is that some might consider it unfair because some of the level 6 leagues would have demotion and others wouldn’t. We will continue to investigate the possibilities, but it’s also important to provide a roadmap to our users.
August 21st, 2015 - Broken Bat welcomes Argentina!
Today we officially welcome Argentina into the Broken Bat league of nations. Argentina is currently ranked 12th in the Americas and 24th in the IBAF World Rankings.
August 19th, 2015 - Athletics Win in 5!
Congratulations to kladu and the Birmingham Athletics for unseating the defending Legends champs in five games. Birmingham got two wins from their staff ace Scott Snyder and two homers from league batting champ, Hector Corona. They managed to defeat 5-time Legends champions, the Thunder Bay Red Raiders and claim the big trophy!
August 17th, 2015 - Legends playoffs!
The playoffs begin tomorrow with one veteran team and one newbie to the contest. The Thunder Bay Red Raiders (89-71) are in the Legends playoff for the 8th straight time and bring their usual dominating pitching with a 2.99 ERA. From the East, the Birmingham Athletics (93-67) are the new kids on the block. They sport a roster with six All-Stars and put up a league best 93 wins. Good luck to both MrTwoPlums and kladu!
August 7th, 2015 - Manager changes coming...
We are starting to fold in some of the new manager changes. The roadmap is to phase out the current manager effects at the end of the year and let the human managers have full tactical control. An array of new managers will create at the season flip and they will have the new performance-modifier skills that you now see detailed on your manager page and in the manager search utility. Then starting next season, you can either hire one of these new style managers or continue with your old manager (minus the tactical effect) who will have average performance-modifier skills.
August 4th, 2015 - Hottest July Ever!
July 2015 was the hottest July ever for Broken Bat…we had more visitors than in any previous month. A total of 26,717 total visits were logged this past month which is almost 50% more than the previous July. Additionally, in July alone, roughly 3,700 new visitors came to the site and a total of 7350 hours was spent playing the game.
August 3rd, 2015 - Mount Vernon Repeat!
Congratulations to FMcgriff1b and the Mount Vernon Cubs on winning their second straight Cup! Winning that cup maybe the most difficult achievement in the game and to win it twice in two years is just amazing!
July 31st, 2015 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature the Mount Vernon Cubs from the Legends League and League III dynamos, the Ft. Lauderdale Buccaneers. Mount Vernon, ranked #4, are probably the favorite versus the #34 ranked Buccaneers, but anything can happen in a three game series. Good luck to both BobbyWadd and FMcgriff1b!
July 12th, 2015 - Press releases now highlighted on News page!
We’re now highlighting team press releases on the News page in order to give them a little more exposure and prominence. Clicking on the release will direct the user to the full press release on the team page.
July 10th, 2015 - Partial statistics reset coming...
We added some statistics earlier this season...namely strikes, fly balls & ground balls. However, because of algorithm changes and prior statistics collection, it meant some of the values are inaccurate (i.e. strike percent is too low and career strike percentage is meaningless). For this reason, we’ll be resetting these statistics (and just these stats) in the near future so that accurate values will prevail.
June 30th, 2015 - Italian Language Forum
Today we created the Italian (Italiano) language forum, so please feel free to post and discuss the game in your own language.
June 21st, 2015 - 2023 Season starts Monday!
The cup starts Monday and the league season kicks off on Tuesday. Minor league games begin Monday as well. Make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations set for opening day. Also, be sure to adjust your ballpark size in accordance to what you think your attendance will be. Good luck to all!
June 16th, 2015 - Economic Changes for 2023
There will be a few significant economic changes for the coming year. Ballpark expenses (maintenance on the ol’ ballpark) with be halved. It’s still important to correctly size your ballpark, but the penalty for oversized parks wouldn’t be as expensive. Additionally, Franchise Fees will be adjusted downward.
June 15th, 2015 - Changes to World Classic
It’s hard to believe that the World Classic can get much better…but next season we’re adding a few improvements. We’ll add pitcher fatigue to the classic so relief pitchers aren’t pitching every game. In order to accommodate this, we’ll increase the number of pitchers on the national teams (now roster sizes will be equivalent to those of the World Baseball Classic). Finally, we’ll improve the pitcher management settings so pitchers are handled more like their actual roles in the classic, rather than their role on their club teams. Hope you like the improvements.
June 12th, 2015 - United States wins 3rd Annual World Classic!
With two come-from-behind series victories against Cuba and the Dominican Republic, the United States wins their second World Classic. The winners were led by pitcher Oscar Reynolds who posted 4 wins (one in each series) and a 1.03 ERA. The offense was led by catcher Joe “Mojo” Mosley who hit .321 in the Classic with 4 home runs.
June 11th, 2015 - Spring Training starts Friday
Spring training starts on Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Remember, the ‘Reset To Defaults’ button will automatically set your lineup or pitching roles. Also, the format has changed from 20 to 30 games which means there are a lot of double headers. Plan your pitching accordingly.
June 7th, 2015 - 2023 Is Here!
The season flip is complete and new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or change teams, you can do this now. Stadium changes are also open. The world classic will start on Wednesday and you can follow it using the World Classic link. Spring training starts on Friday and follows the new 30 game format.
June 5th, 2015 - Welcome Pakistan!
Today we officially welcome Pakistan into the Broken Bat league of nations. Pakistan is currently ranked 6th in Asia and 21st in the IBAF World Rankings and is therefore deserving of inclusion. Welcome!
June 4th, 2015 - Congratulations to the Thunder Bay Red Raiders on their 5th Legends championship!
With a combined 3-hitter from Craig Rogers and Ed Hornsby, the Raiders clinched the championship with a 4-2 win in game 6 of the Legends playoffs. Despite not their strongest team this season, Thunder Bay managed to collect 95 regular season wins and 4 critical games in the playoffs. The Red Raiders pitching was masterful this season with a 2.32 ERA and managed to carry an offense that scored only 3.7 runs per game. Congratulations to Thunder Bay and MrTwoPlums!
June 1st, 2015 - Legends playoff rematch!
The playoffs begin tomorrow with a rematch in the Legends league. The Orlando Sharks (103-57) will again take on the defending champion, the Thunder Bay Red Raiders (95-65). Thunder Bay boasts a league best 2.32 ERA while Orlando brings the power with a division leading 176 home runs. Good luck to both MrTwoPlums and Mig2012!
May 29th, 2015 - Magic Number & Clinched Division indicators added
In the league standings, we’ve added a magic number count and a clinched division indicator. Hope this helps as the title chases heat up and the regular season approaches the finish line.
May 18th, 2015 - Mount Vernon Cup Champions!
Congratulations to FMcgriff1b and the Mount Vernon Cubs, they are the 2022 Cup Champions! The Cubs have gradually worked their way up the ladder and are now ranked #5 overall and are the Cup Champions. FMcgriff1b been at the helm of the Cubs for a decade and his victory is greatly deserved.
May 17th, 2015 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature two Legends League East teams. Ranked #3, the Birmingham Athletics have been in the Legends League for six seasons and are in their first cup final. Ranked #5, the Mount Vernon Cubs are in their first year in the Legends League and also their first cup final. Good luck to both kladu and FMcgriff1b!
May 16th, 2015 - Spikes
The shoe color on all player & manager images had been kind of a light gray. I’ve tried to coordinate it now with the rest of the uniform. Think it works pretty well now…but there are a lot of color combinations to oversee. If you see one that’s out of place, please let me know.
May 14th, 2015 - Broken Bat Chat!
Thanks to some help & prompting from Haselrig, we now have an IRC channel for chatting. I have added a link on the left-side navigation bar that makes entering the chat room easy and straight forward using Kiwi IRC. Just click on the link and a separate window will pop-up with your username & channel already filled in. Hopefully, in the future we can have a few designated chat sessions whereby we can schedule time for me and others to be online to talk or answer questions.
May 10th, 2015 - Neon Green is here!
Due to popular demand, we have added the neon green and black uniform combination. Somebody told me it looked like the Borussia Mönchengladbach or Werder Bremen color scheme. Not sure…but it’s now available and looks pretty good!
May 6th, 2015 - Potential Revealed!
After much agonizing, we have decided to replace the question mark on the player page’s potential scale with the actual value. It seemed silly to make those who couldn’t see the pop-up count the boxes to determine what the value was. However, I’m hoping this doesn’t devolve the game into treating players simply by their potential value…he’s a 13, he must be better than an 11. The purpose of the question mark was to remind people that potential is a very inexact value, so remember that 11 might be an All-Star and the 13 might never get off the bench.
April 26th, 2015 - GMGames.org
Check out our new page on GMGames.org! It’s another news & directory site for online sports games. They also have a nice forum at Baseball Management Games. Give them a visit!
April 24th, 2015 - Flirting with 600!
With the beginning of the MLB season, Broken Bat is flirting with the 600 user mark. We actually exceeded that number before dropping below it with this morning’s team reductions. Over time, the game continues to grow slowly, but steadily in popularity.
April 19th, 2015 - Player Development / Training Graphs
The first snapshots for the player development / training graphs have been taken. You can view them by selecting Development Graph from the statistics selection on the bottom of the player page. Snapshots will been taken twice a season and will result in a line graph that is a little more useful that this single data point. Graphs will include SI, positions, offensive, defensive and pitching skills.
April 15th, 2015 - Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day!
Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event which occurs annually in Baseball, commemorating and honoring the day Jackie Robinson made his major league debut. April 15 was Opening Day in 1947, Robinson's first season in the Major Leagues. Today we celebrate the 68th anniversary of that event.
April 6th, 2015 - 2022 Season kicks off today!
The cup starts today and the league season kicks off on Tuesday. Minor league games begin today as well. Make sure you have your league assignments, lineups and pitching rotations set for opening day. Also, be sure to adjust your ballpark size in accordance to what you think your attendance will be. Good luck to all!
April 5th, 2015 - Happy Easter!
Hope everybody’s egg hunting went well.
March 26th, 2015 - Spring Training starts Friday
Spring training starts on Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Remember, the ‘Reset To Defaults’ button will automatically set your lineup or pitching roles.
March 26th, 2015 - Mexico wins 2nd Annual World Classic!
Three starting quality pitchers and a solid bullpen was enough for Mexico to capture the World Classic title. Down by two games, Mexico stunned South Korea by winning the last three games and hoisting the WC trophy. In their march to the title, they managed to knock off classic favorites the United States and the Dominican Republic as well as a strong Taiwanese team.
March 25th, 2015 - Version 2 Game Summary
The next generation version of game summaries are now in use. The summaries are now stored in a more efficient format and also one that will allow multiple dialog variations. The change is quite significant (although it shouldn’t really look different now). We’ve worked out all the bugs in the encoding and decoding of the files (standard game summary should be fine). There are still a number of issues with the Game Action which we hope to have resolved by the start of spring training. If you experience any issues, please report them in the Bugs forum – there is already a thread for these issues.
March 24th, 2015 - Velkommen Norge!
Today we official welcome Norway into the Broken Bat league of nations. Welcome!
March 23rd, 2015 - Season Flip Complete!
The season flip is complete and new schedules are out. If you wish to relocate or change teams, you can do this now. Stadium changes are also open. The world classic will start on Wednesday and you can follow it using the World Classic link on the left-side navigation panel. Spring training starts on Friday!
March 20th, 2015 - Congratulations to the Thunder Bay Red Raiders – Legends Champions again!
With a combined 1-hitter from Alex Mathewson and Ed Hornsby, the Raiders clinched the championship with a 2-0 win in game 7 of the Legends playoffs. Thunder Bay compiled an impressive season with 105 wins and a league leading team ERA of 2.09. Congratulations to Thunder Bay and MrTwoPlums!
March 16th, 2015 - Playoffs are here!
The playoffs begin tomorrow. In the top league, it’s another re-match of Thunder Bay and Orlando. The three-time Legends champion Thunder Bay Red Raiders (105-55) will take on the defending champion, the Orlando Sharks (101-59) for the Legends championship. Thunder Bay boasts a league best 2.09 ERA while Orlando brings the power with a league leading 180 home runs. Good luck to both MrTwoPlums and Mig2012!
March 9th, 2015 - Scouting report rephrasing
Just a quick note...the phrasing of some of the scouting report lines has changed slightly. This was done to convey the fact that they are future projections rather than current skill evaluations. Hence they are now in the future tense.
March 8th, 2015 - Daylight Saving Time
Just a quick note because the time changed last night in most of the United States. The server and therefore Broken Bat are now running on PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). So for those of you not on daylight saving time, your games will be starting an hour earlier.
March 6th, 2015 - Box score invisible changes
The box score format has been changed to use HTML tables rather than spaces. This is a change that should be invisible to most users and the new data format takes up only half the space in the database. Additionally, it will allow people with screen readers to more easily use the site. The changes will be visible on games simulated from today onward. Please report any issues in the bug forum.
March 2nd, 2015 - Huntington Catfish Champions!
Congratulations to Dcmrulz and the Huntington Catfish, they are the 2021 Cup Champions! Dcmrulz has been a dedicated Broken Bat managers for over two calendar years and it’s finally paid off.
March 1st, 2015 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature two lower league teams. Neither has won the cup before. From league V.4, the #22 ranked Huntington Catfish of will challenge the #30 ranked Seattle Raiders from league IV.4. Good luck to both Dcmrulz and nobodyjones!
February 26th, 2015 - Expanded League Standings
Today we switched from the basic league standings to the expanded league standings. It includes home and road records as well as runs score and runs allowed (similar to the standings format at ESPN). It’s yet to be determined whether this will be the default format or the user will toggle between the basic and expanded formats.
February 20th, 2015 - Junior/Community Colleges
Thanks to some more hard work from Hardcastle, we will now start producing players that attended junior or community colleges too. Thanks!
February 17th, 2015 - Game Engine Upgrade
After the All-Star break, we’ll be rolling out a slightly improved game engine. The biggest change will be the increased role of the catcher in fielding bunts and increased chance of overthrowing the base on steal attempts. The other significant change is the upgrading of the “hit behind the runner” algorithm that will leverage bat control better and also give a bonus to lefty batters over right handed hitters.
February 5th, 2015 - Improved free agent search,,,
The free agent search has been upgraded…it now includes clearer descriptions with the player type check boxes and also a sort order option. Also, hope to add a few additional options (i.e. sort by skill index etc.).
January 31st, 2015 - Happy Birthday Jackie Robinson!
One of the few ball players to make a huge contribution both on and off the field. Would have been 96 today. Happy Birthday!
January 19th, 2015 - 2021 Season kicks off today!
The cup starts today and the league season kicks off on Tuesday! Minor league games begin today too. Make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations set for opening day. Also note, ballpark re-sizing will be open until the all-star break this season because of the league attendance change. Good luck to all!
January 12th, 2015 - The Perfect Game – The Best Rated Game in December 2014!
With a stunning 100% favorable rating, Broken Bat was the perfect game in December 2014 according to OnlineSportManagers.com. It looks like everyone is enjoying all the new features we’ve been adding. Thanks to everyone that voted for Broken Bat – we appreciate your support!
January 9th, 2015 - Spring training starts today!
Spring training starts today, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Remember, if you don’t have a lot of time to set your lineup and rotation, you can hit the Reset To Defaults button and the AI will do its best to optimize your lineup and pitching selections.
January 8th, 2015 - USA wins World Classic!
With dominating pitching, the United States put away the Dominican Republic in four games to win the inaugural World Classic. As expected, the yanks were led by their staff ace Leonardo "Dee" Romero who had a win in each round of the Classic...most in commanding fashion.
January 7th, 2015 - Attendance changes coming...
In our ongoing attempt to make the economics of the game more relevant and realistic, some changes to team attendance will be made this year. The maximum league game attendance will be scaled back toward 45k – 50k for the top leagues. This seems reasonable, since the biggest current ballpark is Dodger Stadium at 56k and they averaged approximately 47k attendance (although most attendees arrive late and leave early to beat the traffic). Average ballparks today are around 40k capacity, so we’ll try to make that the norm for Broken Bat league games. For playoffs and some cup games, the limit will still be higher.
Additionally, because of the huge income disparity that exists between top teams and lower level teams, league level and winning will have a smaller effect on attendance. In real life, attendance does vary especially by market size and team success. The large market, division winning Dodgers pulled in 47k fans per game while the small market Devil Rays struggled to pull in 18k fans per game. However, if we replicate this inequality, it will be impossible to ever achieve financial and on-field parity. In order to help teams adjust to these changes, we will allow stadium modification until the all-star break. Additionally, franchise fees for some leagues will be reduced.
January 5th, 2015 - World Classic Preview
The inaugural World Classic kicks off on Wednesday. It will feature the sixteen strongest national teams in Broken Bat. Seeding is random and each team have has a chance to win, but some teams are certainly favored over others. The United States are probably the overall favorite (due to the largest number of players to draw from) and are led by Legends Cy Young award winner Leonardo Romero. Puerto Rico features the versatile Fernando Amaya at second base and figure to also have a good chance to bring home the title, if their pitching holds. The Dominican Republic will see how far their 3 gazelles in the outfield (Colon, Gil & Reyno) can take them. Again, do they have the pitching? Others include Mexico, a strong team that must overcome the United States in the first round; Cuba, a solid all-around team without the overall star power of the other favorites; team Canada, led by the remarkable Andrew “The Boss” Evans; and Japan, perhaps the strongest of the non-American teams.
January 4th, 2015 - Changes arrow lost…
Unfortunately, the change arrows for the initial training period were lost and cannot be recreated. The issue has been identify and resolved for future updates.
January 4th, 2015 - Off-Season Processing Complete
The season flip is complete and new schedules are out. There appears to be some issue with the change arrows, so I’m investigating that. If you wish to relocate or change teams, you can do this now. Stadium changes are also open. The world classic will start on Wednesday and you can follow it using the World Classic link on the left-side navigation panel. Spring training starts on Friday, so please set your spring lineups and pitching before then. My apologies for the rockiness of the off-season this year – it was due to a number of factors (overlapping Christmas, TWC Internet outage, introduction of the World Classic etc.). Appreciate everyone’s understanding.
January 2nd, 2015 - Season flip going forward…
Just to update everyone, we’re again moving forward and hope to have the new season setup shortly.
December 26th, 2014 - Season rollover Christmas delay
Because the season is ending on Christmas and my holiday schedule, it will be necessary to have a longer break this off-season. With need for proper backups and folding in the world classic code and schedule, a little extra care needs to be taken this off-season. Hopefully the season flip will happen just after the New Year’s and that may result in Spring Training starting a week later than usual. I will keep everyone posted on the forum.
December 25th, 2014 - Orlando Sharks capture first Legends championship!
Revenge is a dish best served cold…and today the Sharks sailed home to their first Legends champions. With a 4-2 game series edge and a final game that went 14 innings, Orlando managed to cap a stellar season with a playoff victory. 3 one-run decisions and a 2.51 playoff ERA, propelled past their nemesis from 2019. Congratulations to the Sharks and Mig2012.
December 24th, 2014 - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Just a big thank you to everyone who is participating in the game and helping it grow. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas season and an enjoyable New Year!
December 23rd, 2014 - Playoffs!
The playoffs begin today. In the top league, it’s a re-match of last season’s contest. The three-time Legends champion Thunder Bay Red Raiders (99-61) will take on the East champion Orlando Sharks (102-58) for the top spot in Broken Bat. Both sides features staff ERA’s below 3.00, so expect some dominating performances off the mound. Good luck to both MrTwoPlums and Mig2012!
December 22nd, 2014 - New Nicknames!
Special thanks to Hardcastle who helped add a bunch more nicknames to the selection. Hopefully you’ll find some new ones you like. Also, let me know if you see ones that don’t really fit well with a particular player or type of player.
December 19th, 2014 - Training Report Improvements
We’ve added several new categories to the training report. Now the report will include changes in SI (skill index) and additions/improvements to the player’s position repertoire. Please note, because of fractions and rounding, SI can change without an actual visual improvement/decline in other skills.
December 15th, 2014 - Minor league season complete…
The first minor league season is complete. I hope the added information about minor leaguers will prove useful in developing your players and maintaining interest in the minor leagues. Players will still develop for the remainder of the big league season, but we chose to have a 140 games minor league season that ends in early September as it does in real life.
December 9th, 2014 - Thunder Bay Cup Champions!
Congratulations to MrTwoPlums and the Thunder Bay Red Raiders, they are the 2020 Cup Champions! After winning the Legends League several times, Thunder Bay captures their first cup championship.
December 7th, 2014 - Cup Final Monday!
The cup final is Monday and will feature #1 ranked and 3 time Legends champion, the Thunder Bay Red Raiders and the league III upstart, the Albuquerque Owls. It should be a good series as both teams are ranked in the Top-15. Good luck to both MrTwoPlums and curtisp5286!
November 19th, 2014 - National Teams
The game is now selecting national teams for all the nations in Broken Bat. You can see the national team rosters from a link on the nation page. Also, national team players will have a icon next to their statistics (like All-Stars). The plan is to implement something similar to the World Baseball Classic that would be run yearly in the dead period prior to spring training. This portion hasn’t been implemented yet, so when and how it works could change.
November 6th, 2014 - Box score upgrades...
We’ve added some improvements over the last couple of days to the box scores. I think people have noticed the batting averages, ERAs and pitching decision information additions. We’ve also now added LOB (left on base) to all the hitters and team totals. There was a brief forum discussion on Individual versus Team LOB. We’ve chosen to list both, but it’s a bit confusing because Individual LOB does not total to equal Team LOB.
November 2nd, 2014 - Daylight Saving Time Ends
Just a quick note because daylight saving time ended last night in most of the United States. The server and therefore Broken Bat are now running on PST (Pacific Standard Time). You might need to adjust your game viewing accordingly.
October 30th, 2014 - Minor League Statistics
Yesterday, we started simulating minor league games and compiling minor league statistics. The minor league games are made up of random players for the specific minor league levels (Rookie through Triple-A). You can view your players’ statistics from their player page or from the team statistics page. Hopefully this will provided more insight into the readiness of minor leaguers for promotion to the next level or the big leagues.
Note: the addition of minor league games could almost doubled the number of games simulated by the game engine. We’re going to start with fewer minor league games and hope to increase the quantity as we get a handle on the server loading.
October 26th, 2014 - 2020 Season kicks off this week!
The cup starts Monday and the league season kicks off on Tuesday. Make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations setup for opening day. Also, be sure to adjust your ballpark size in accordance to what you think your attendance will be. Good luck to all!
October 16th, 2014 - Spring training starts Friday!
Spring training starts on Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Remember, if you don’t have a lot of time to set your lineup and rotation, you can hit the Reset To Defaults button and the AI will do its best to optimize your lineup and pitching selections.
October 13th, 2014 - 2020 Is Here!
The new season is upon us. Players have aged and declined. Team relocations are now open. Ballpark reconfigurations are now possible. The free agency/waiver claim system is now operating again. Spring training starts on Friday, so please set your spring lineups and pitching rotation. Play Ball!
October 12th, 2014 - Franchise Fees
Because of the financial imbalance between the upper and lower leagues, we’ll be implementing rather heavy franchise feeds this season. Hopefully overtime we can reduce these payments, but at present they are necessary because there is just too much income generated at the upper levels.
October 10th, 2014 - Thunder Bay Red Raiders champions again!
Despite Orlando’s dominating pitching and being outscored 25 to 17 runs, Thunder Bay managed to win three one-run games and take the Legends title for the third time. Congratulations to MrTwoPlums for the win and to Mig2012 for reaching the playoffs in his first season in the Legends league.
October 9th, 2014 - Transfers page now titled Transactions page
In keeping with the way things are normally phrased in the baseball world, we have changed the name of the player Transfers page to the Transactions page. This change is entirely cosmetic; there is no functional change to player movement.
October 7th, 2014 - Playoffs start Today!
The playoffs begin today. In the top league, the two-time Legends champion Thunder Bay Red Raiders (101-59) will take on Legends rookies the Orlando Sharks (103-57) for Legends League Championship. Orlando had the league best pitching with a team ERA of 2.68 while Thunder Bay led the league in batting average. Good luck to both MrTwoPlums and Mig2012.
September 26th, 2014 - No Games Today
Just a note, there are no games scheduled for today because it’s historically been reserved for an extra round of the cup if it were expanded.
September 23rd, 2014 - Clifton Isotopes Cup Champions!
Congratulations to Alexgrrp and the Clifton Isotopes, they are the 2019 Cup Champions! After winning the Legends League last season, Clifton follows it up with a cup victory this season.
September 22nd, 2014 - Cup Final Today!
The cup final is today featuring the reigning Legend champion, the Clifton Isotopes and the league III upstart, the Laredo Mavericks. It should be a close series as both teams are ranked in the Top-20. The series will feature Texas pride versus Jersey grit -- Good luck to both Alexgrrp and Frankebasta.
September 19th, 2014 - Pitching Form
We have now also started tracking pitchers recent form. Just like hitters form, we will display the recent form on the player’s page and also on the ‘Latest Statistics’ page. Unlike hitters form, pitching form will not be based on the last 50 plate appearances, but rather on the last 3 outings a pitcher has made. Note: statistics tracking for pitchers will start today and previous performances will not be reflected in this metric.
September 12th, 2014 - Hitting Form
We are now tracking hitter’s recent performance and displaying a form parameter on the player’s page. Players can range from very hot to very cold and if you hover over the form assessment, the statistics particulars are displayed.
Additionally, from the statistics page, there is a new button on the bottom to switch over to ‘Last 50’ statistics. Please note, not every statistic is tracked in this manner. Also, we will not be commenting on whether there is any correlation between recent performance and future performance.
September 10th, 2014 - Internet Slowdown Day
Today is Internet Slowdown Day, an effort to promote Net Neutrality and regulations for the equal treatment of all internet traffic. A number of larger internet companies are participating – so if you’re experiencing slower than expected performance, perhaps that’s the cause. This site isn’t doing anything specific (which should not be taken as an endorsement or a rejection of neutrality).
September 2nd, 2014 - Improvements to Player Management
As discussed in the forum, the pinch hit/player substitution parameters of player management has changed from a check box to a drop down selection box and you can now choose the inning you will allow this, rather than just whether to allow or disallow it. Previously this value was fixed at inning 5, so this value has been maintained until changed through the management page.
August 28th, 2014 - Weather changes...
Weather is no longer completely random. It will occur regionally and there is a forecast available on the weather page (accessible from the navigation bar on the right hand side). Previously, two games played in the same general region or double headers could have completely opposite weather.
August 20th, 2014 - League Statistics Page now available!
We’ve added a league statistics page so you can compare how your team stacks up against your division and league rivals. You can access the page from the icon on the bottom of the league page. Statistics are available by division or in full league format.
August 17th, 2014 - Forum Thread Bookmarks
We have added forum thread bookmarks to the Tools section. You can now click on the thread bookmark and store a link to the thread for future reference. As before, all bookmarks are available on your Tools page.
August 11th, 2014 - 2019 Season begins today!
The cup group stage starts Monday (today) and the league season will begin on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations setup for opening day. Good luck to all!
August 1st, 2014 - Injury Causation
Injuries are now listed with a type or cause (via tooltip/hovering over the red +N). Hopefully this adds a little more realism to the game.
July 30th, 2014 - The Great BOT Migration
Most of the inactive/bot teams are in the process of moving from fictitious cities to “real” cities – in case you’re wondering about all the movement. You are welcome to move your own club during the off-season (by using the Update Setting button on the Profile page).
July 28th, 2014 - 2019 Is Here!
The new season is upon us. Players have aged and declined. Team relocations are now open. Ballpark reconfigurations are now possible. The free agency/waiver claim system is now operating again. Spring training starts on Friday, so please set your spring lineups and pitching rotation. Play Ball!
July 27th, 2014 - Expanded Latin Surnames
In order to lessen player name duplication, we have increased the names databases so that there are more total combinations. Special attention was given to Latin American surnames as there seemed to be an especially lot of redundancy among those players.
July 24th, 2014 - New Sherriff in Town!
Congratulations to Alexgrrp and the Clifton Isotopes for winning their first Legends League title! They defeated two time defending champion, the Thunder Bay Red Raiders in a convincing 4-1 game playoff. Congratulations to all the other playoff champions too!
July 21st, 2014 - Playoffs start Tuesday!
The playoffs begin tomorrow. In the top league, the two-time defending champion Thunder Bay Red Raiders (98-62) will take on the upstart Clifton Isotopes (99-61) for Legends League Championship. Good luck to both MrTwoPlums and Alexgrrp!
July 13th, 2014 - Changes to Speed Scouting
Because Speed and Base Stealing are not 100% correlated, we have changed some of the speed scouting report verbiage to reflect this. Nothing about the players actual skills have actually changed.
July 8th, 2014 - Team Press Releases are here!
We have added the basic code to post and edit team press releases. I’m still not happy with the formatting and page layout for them…but I’m thinking of overhauling the team page a bit anyway, so I thought I’d let people have a crack at the feature (as it has been requested multiple times).
July 7th, 2014 - Jersey City Scorpions Cup Champions!
Congratulations to Ajax and the Jersey City Scorpions, they are the 2018 Cup Champions! Ajax has been playing Broken Bat for more than 2 years and has really built his team into a winner.
July 6th, 2014 - Cup Final!
Monday is the cup final and is a real match-up of David and Goliath. Playing the role of Goliath will be long time Legends team, the Jersey City Scorpions. In the role of David, will be League V side, the Jacksonville Knights. In overall ranking, this matchup features the #3 overall team versus the #100 overall team. But remember...anything can happen in the cup! Good luck to Ajax and mhk!
July 5th, 2014 - Box Score addition...
We‘ve added fielding to the box score page. Now there are three sections for each team; batting (including base stealing), pitching and fielding. Note, errors have been moved from the batting and pitching sections to the fielding section.
June 27th, 2014 - Statistics Format Upgraded
Today, we have unified then basic and expanded statistics. We now display two tables for each player (either batting or pitching and fielding). We have also added some useful information like age, league level and SI so you can better gauge performance. We are looking to add some pop up/tool tip like windows to offer more specifics (especially related to splits and fielding statistics).
June 22nd, 2014 - Retired Players
The display of retired players has changed slightly. After the first training update following their final release (and entry into retirement), their player page will no longer display their age adjusted skills (which tend to be greatly depleted), but rather will display the peak skills so that you can remember them fondly as the great players they were once. Also, the scouting report will be removed.
June 16th, 2014 - Tony Gwynn R.I.P.
One of the greatest hitters of his generation and Hall of Famer....those of us in San Diego mourn his lose especially.
May 22nd, 2014 - New Defensive Text and Statistics collection...
With the game engine, we are now collecting defensive statistics more like they do in real baseball. Players will be credited with Put Outs and Assists and not just some amorous fielding attempt. Additionally, we have expanded the defensive play possibilities so an infielder can now get a player out either unassisted (force play, by stepping on the bag) or assisted (throwing a player out). These two scenarios were not differentiated before, but became necessarily when we started collecting put out and assist data. WE are still working on coming up with the best text on the unassisted force play out.
May 18th, 2014 - The Giants are coming!
After several requests, we have added the option to have Giants as your Mascot and Logo. As before, you can change these selections under your Profile page by clicking on the Update Settings button.
May 13th, 2014 - 2018 Is Here!
The end-of-season processing is complete and everything should be ready for the new season. Players have aged and declined. Team relocations are now open. Ballpark reconfigurations are now possible. The free agency/waiver claim system is now operating again. Spring training starts on Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Good luck!
May 8th, 2014 - Legends Champion Again- Thunder Bay Red Raiders!
Congratulations to MrTwoPlums and the Thunder Bay Red Raiders for winning their second Legends League title! They improved on last year, by winning 105 regular season games and then smashing the Green Bay Beavers 4-1 in the playoffs. A truly dominating season for the Raiders!
May 6th, 2014 - Playoffs are here!
The playoffs begin today. In the top league, the defending champion Thunder Bay Red Raiders (105-55) will take on the mighty Green Bay Beavers (97-63) for Legends League Championship. Good luck to both MrTwoPlums and shikago!
April 29th, 2014 - Log in issues?
If you are having problems logging in or being directed to your correct team, please contact us via the e-mail address on the Contact Us page. Thank you.
April 28th, 2014 - Professional Presentation
There are now two visual styles or skins for Broken Bat. We will maintain the original format and now offer the new “professional” format. The new format is a plainer layout without many of the player images and team mascots as the original. You can change between presentation formats via the 'Update Settings' option under your profile.
April 22nd, 2014 - Las Vegas Leopards Cup Kings!
It took 16 seasons, but Las Vegas has captured their second Cup. In the final series, the Leopards won both games in commanding fashion over the Orlando Sharks on top of posting a 31-7 cup record and only losing two games in the knock-out stage. Congratulations to the elusive Bergleson.
April 20th, 2014 - Cup Final!
Monday is the cup final and will take place without a Legends League team. The match-up will feature II.1’s Las Vegas Leopards versus III.3’s Orlando Sharks. Both teams are Top-25 teams, so it should be an exciting finale. Good of luck to Bergleson and Mig2012.
April 20th, 2014 - Happy Easter!
Hope everybody’s egg hunting went well.
April 18th, 2014 - Broken Bat welcomes Poland...
Prospects and players will now be drawn from an additional new country starting next season: Poland! Poland has produced several major leaguers and is host to the European Little League World Series.
March 26th, 2014 - New background...
We changed the background image a bit – I think the windows pop off the page a bit more now. Let me know what you think.
March 19th, 2014 - Changes to the player page...
We added some javascripts to the player pages so that statistics selection, uniform number and nicknames update automatically (without selecting a separate Select/Submit button). This has caused a little confusion and at least in one instance, a player was inadvertently released when a nickname change was desired. Please be careful and deliberate when you make changes to your players. When you release a player from the player page, there is a pop-up window that asks you to confirm the release – please make sure you pay attention to this message.
March 8th, 2014 - Daylight Saving Time
Just a quick note because the daylight saving time changes tonight in most of the United States. The server and therefore Broken Bat are now running on PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). So for those of you not on daylight saving time, your games will be starting an hour earlier.
March 7th, 2014 - 2017 Season begins Monday!
The cup group stage starts Monday and the league season will begin on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations setup for opening day. Also, be sure to adjust your ballpark size in accordance to what you think your attendance will be. Good luck to all!
March 5th, 2014 - Adjustable Starting Rotation Size
Starting after spring training, managers will be able to change the size of their rotation. There are three selections: 5-man rotation (previously the only option), 4-man rotation, 4 ½-man rotation and 6-man rotation. The 4 ½-man rotation essentially alternates between a 4- and 5-man rotation, so the 5th starting pitcher only pitches half as much as the first four starters. It also means that in the playoffs, the 5th starting pitcher wouldn’t make a start. Select your rotation size based on starting pitching depth and pitcher stamina & fatigue. Please note; spring training rotations are still fixed as 5-man rotations.
February 26th, 2014 - Improved Bunting Algorithm
Starting this season, the bunting algorithm will change. It will make bunting more frequent and inline with historical norms. One of the biggest factors in the new algorithm is the individual player management setting for bunting – it will go a long way to determining if a player bunts or not, given the appropriate situation of course. Please revisit your bunting management settings and observe your spring game results, so you are not surprised by this adjustment during the regular season.
February 25th, 2014 - New Broken Bat Countries
Prospects and players will now be drawn from ten new countries: Belgium, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, Israel, New Zealand and Switzerland. They will become available in the 2017 prospect crop, but their numbers will be small.
February 24th, 2014 - 2017 Spring Training starts on Friday!
It took a little while to complete the end-of-season processing, but the simulation year has finally flipped. Team relocations are now open. Ballpark reconfigurations are now possible. The free agency/waiver claim system is now operating again. Spring training starts on Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season.
February 21st, 2014 - Legends Champion - Thunder Bay Red Raiders!
Congratulations to MrTwoPlums and the Thunder Bay Red Raiders for winning their first Legends League title in only their second season in the Legends League. A truly outstanding season that included them posting 104 wins in the regular season and a playoff win over a strong Bay City Lions team.
February 17th, 2014 - Playoffs are here!
The playoffs begin on Tuesday. In the top league, team juggernaut, the Thunder Bay Red Raiders (104-56) will take on the Bay City Lions (90-70) who are still looking for their second Legends League Championship. Good luck to both MrTwoPlums and msigg6!
February 2nd, 2014 - Cup Final!
Monday is the cup final and will feature a match-up between the Legends League’s Paterson Scorpions and the League II side, Oceanview City Buccaneers. Both teams are Top-25 teams and it should be an interesting matchup between Paterson’s power and Oceanview’s pitching. Best of luck to Ajax and ghost999.
January 23rd, 2014 - Weather Icons
Live Action game mode now displays the appropriate weather icon to indicate the conditions under which a game is being played. Icons may be changed/improved over time. Note, the feature is not backwards compatible to older games.
January 21st, 2014 - All-Star Break
The All-Star Break is right around the corner. If you’d like to change teams to any unmanaged club (which are in fiscal good standing), now is the opportunity to do it. Please just send a mail to the admin with your desired destination.
December 24th, 2013 - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Just a big thank you to everyone who is participating in the game and helping it grow. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas season and an enjoyable New Year!
December 22nd, 2013 - 2016 Season begins Monday!
The cup group stage starts Monday and the league season will begin on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations setup for opening day. Also, be sure to adjust your ballpark size in accordance to what you think your attendance will be. Good luck to all!
December 19th, 2013 - Minor League changes...
I do listen to comments people make and have been running a lot of simulations to gauge minor league training speed. We have made a couple of changes to improve youth development. Overall training of minor league players has increased, especially among the youngest players. Draftees will still take several seasons to reach the big leagues, but hopefully in the future there will be fewer old players in the minor leagues. Additionally, we’ve added minor league position assignments whereby young players can receive position experience in accordance with the club’s long-term plans. These assignments can be set on the Minors pages for your club.
December 12th, 2013 - 2016 pre-season starts on Friday!
Spring training starts on Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season.
December 10th, 2013 - Legends New Champion - Queens Knights!
Congratulations to Erkuza and the Queens Knights for winning their first Legends League title in only their second season in the league. And a well done to all the other league winners as well!
December 2nd, 2013 - Playoffs are here!
The playoffs begin on Tuesday. In the top league, the powerful Bay City Lions (96-64) will return to the playoffs to take on the resilient Queens Knights (98-62). Good luck to both Erkuza and msigg6!
November 28th, 2013 - Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all our American players. I guess it's also a belated wish for all our Canadian players. Hope you're all enjoying Broken Bat!
November 17th, 2013 - Cup Final!
Monday is the cup final and will feature a match-up between two underdogs. The League IV Hialeah Scorpions will take on fellow League IV team the Wichita Tigers . Neither team is ranked in the Top-25, so it's really two Cinderella stories competing for the title. Best of luck to Minnie Miñoso and baltimore5.
November 2nd, 2013 - Daylight Saving Time Ends
Just a quick note because daylight saving time ends tonight in most of the United States. The server and therefore Broken Bat are now running on PST (Pacific Standard Time). You might need to adjust your game viewing accordingly.
October 29th, 2013 - Changing Teams
You may change teams to any unmanaged teams if you think that would improve your prospects of winning or enjoyment of the game. Team changes will be limited to the off-season and the All-Star break to avoid causing too much confusion. Please try to limit teams changes as one of the goals of the game is to build your team into a winner.
October 21st, 2013 - World Series Predictions
I’ve opened a World Series thread: World Series Predictions. Please post your predictions for the fall classic there!
October 17th, 2013 - Broken Bat – The Best Rated Game in September 2013!
Despite our recent hiccup, Broken Bat has once again climbed to the top and was chosen as the Best Rated Game in September on OnlineSportManagers.com. We received a 94% favorable rating for the month, edging out My Racing Career and Red Zone Action. Thanks to everyone that voted for Broken Bat – we appreciate your support!
October 14th, 2013 - All-Star Selection Criteria
For the upcoming All-Star game, the selection process for specific positions has changed to include games played at that specific position. Thus to fill those slots on the All-Star team, the player will require more than having the position in his position list, but must actually be playing at that position. Note, there will still be a number of “at large” All-Star players selected regardless of position.
October 11th, 2013 - Simulation rolling again!
The game engine finished off the remaining Friday Cup games without any issues. So it looks like everything is rolling again. Good luck to all this season!
October 9th, 2013 - Simulations resume on Friday!
Game simulations are schedule to resume on Friday, October 11th (in two days), so please make sure you have your regular season line-ups and pitching rotation set.
October 4th, 2013 - Free Agents
Because of some of the issues with the accelerated season start, we are allowing teams whose cash balance has dipped below zero to sign free agents until the re-start next Friday. At that time, we’ll return to the positive cash balance requirement.
October 2nd, 2013 - Off-season revisited…
Because of the accelerated off-season, I have opened up ballpark re-sizing and team relocating until the simulation starts again next week. So please adjust your ballpark as needed and you may move your club to a new city if you’d like.
August 21st, 2013 - All-Star Selection Algorithm Changing
Starting next season, the selection process will change a bit for the All-Star game. We have begun tracking games played at each position and so, players
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August 20th, 2013 - Content Delivery Network
We have moved to a Content Delivery Network (a large distributed system of servers deployed in multiple data centers across the Internet) to try to alleviate some of the loading issues. Not sure how well it will work yet; it should cache some data thus reducing server loading and also provide a distributed server infrastructure to protect against excessive usage. At first glance, I have seen a few 522 Error from CloudFlare, but we’ll see how things go. Please let me know if you experience any of these issues.
August 8th, 2013 - Server & Tools
There have been some issues with the tools functionality, so that feature has been temporarily removed. The rest of the functionality should now be restored. Sorry for the inconvenience.
August 8th, 2013 - Server Issues...
We are experiencing some issues with the server. Apparently, somebody started hammering the site yesterday and caused the hosting serve to temporary suspend operation. Currently the site is up, but many of the user input features are disabled while I look into the issues. My apologies and we are sorry for the inconvenience.
July 22nd, 2013 - 2014 Season begins Monday!
The cup group stage starts Monday and the league season will begin on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations setup for opening day. Also, be sure to adjust your ballpark size in accordance to what you think your attendance will be. Good luck to all!
July 21st, 2013 - Go Guam!
Was on a flight from Honolulu with a Babe Ruth league team from the island of Guam. They were traveling to a two week tournament in Tucson, Arizona. There is something special about kids playing baseball. Best of luck to them!
July 11th, 2013 - 2014 pre-season starts on Friday!
Spring training starts on Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season.
July 8th, 2013 - New season is here - 2014 spring training starts on Friday!
Last night the end of season processing ran and we are now at the start of season 2014. Free agents will start to become available (Monday morning Pacific Time) and spring training starts on Friday. Please make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Also, if you’d like to modify your ballpark or move your club, you can do so now until the end of spring training.
July 4th, 2013 - Charleston is Legends Champion!
Congratulations to mailboy2012 and the Charleston Tigers - winning the Legends League playoff in their second season in the league. Congratulations to all the other league winner too!
July 1st, 2013 - Playoffs - bring them on!
The playoffs begin on Tuesday. In the Legends League, two time Legends champion the Berlin Panthers (86-74) try to get back to the winner circle against the upstart Charleston Tigers (101-59). Good luck to both AmUnRA and mailboy2012!
June 30th, 2013 - Game Action Format Selection
Just like game action speed, you can now select between ‘pitch-by-pitch’ or ‘batter-by-batter” game action formats. Under the Profile – Settings page, you can select between these two options!
June 28th, 2013 - Game Action Speed Setting
You can now control how fast the “Live” Game Action scrolls when you play a game back. Under the Profile – Settings page, you can select between pauses of 1/2 to 5 seconds. Find the speed that’s right for you!
June 26th, 2013 - UCLA wins College World Series!
With the truly dominating pitching performance (CWS ERA 0.80), UCLA swept the Mississippi State Bulldogs and won their first national championship in baseball. Congratulations to the Bruins!
June 23rd, 2013 - College World Series
Not sure if anybody else is watching, but the College World Series kicks off tomorrow. I’ve been following the regional and series games in Omaha and the Championship Series kicks off Monday night. The final series with feature the heavy hitting Mississippi State Bulldogs versus the tough pitching UCLA Bruins (my alma mater). So if you’re interested, tune in and cheer on the Bruins.
June 21st, 2013 - Pitch-By-Pitch Game Action!
On Saturday, the new pitch-by-pitch “live” game viewer replaces the batter-by-batter game viewer. It’s a fairly large change, but I think it will give viewers a better feel for the game (but it does take a little longer to view a game). At present, there is no option to change the display speed or to provide an optional batter-by-batter game viewer, but those are still under strong consideration. Also, I would like to improve the pitch sequencing and variety. Please let me know how you like the new viewer or if you find any issues.
One important note, the viewer is not 100% backwards compatible, so it will only work well with games starting on Saturday and beyond.
June 16th, 2013 - Cup Final!
Monday is the cup finals and will pit David versus Goliath. Filling the role of David will be the #47 ranked Kingsfort Point Gators all the way from League IV.8! And the part of Goliath will be played by the #2 ranked and defending Legends champion, the Bay City Lions. Good luck to both cernst84 and msigg6!
June 13th, 2013 - Broken Bat – The Best Rated Game in May 2013!
Broken Bat has ascended to the top and was chosen as the Best Rated Game in May on OnlineSportManagers.com. We received an incredible 95.9% favorable rating for the month, edging are friends at RZA by just a whisker. Thanks to everyone that voted for Broken Bat – we appreciate your support!
June 12th, 2013 - Additional Mascots Options
We’ve added about ten new logo/mascot combinations include Bats, Colonels, Kings, Royals, Scorpions, Spiders, Titans, Turtles and several more. You can check out all the new options by clicking on the ‘Update Settings’ option on your Profile page.
June 6th, 2013 - Platoon Split change
After collecting and analyzing data from the last several seasons, I have adjusted the platoon split (the advantage that LHB have versus RHP & RHB have versus LHP) downward because it was too extreme. This should put the effect more in line with traditional baseball statistics.
May 26th, 2013 - German rules revised
Thanks to the determination and hard work of Fixboy and Mr. Falco, we have a revised version of the rules in German: Regeln. I’m hopeful that it will provide our German speaking audience with a better understanding of how to play the game. Again, a big thank you to our team of Fixboy and Mr. Falco!
May 23rd, 2013 - 500 users!
Glad to announce that we surpassed 500 users today! That comes only 3 ½ months after we hit 400 users – a truly remarkable grow rate over the last quarter. Thank you to everyone who helped spread the word about the site.
May 23rd, 2013 - Bankruptcy coming,,,
The game will start initiating bankruptcy procedures this week. Most user-owned teams will be unaffected, but if your team is near or below the -$20M mark, you may have reason for concern. If your club’s finances are below this mark for 3 consecutive economic updates, the computer will take over the team permanently and begin bankruptcy proceedings. If you want, a new team will be allocated to you. If you are enjoying the challenge of reviving a hardship team, please let me know and I will make special arrangements. Most of the teams affected are controlled by either bots or inactive users.
May 20th, 2013 - Broken Bat – again the 2nd Best Rated Game on OSM!
Broken Bat was voted the 2nd Best Rated Game in April on OnlineSportManagers.com. We received an 92.3% favorable rating for the month and was among the most popular games in with a 2.2% share of click through traffic. Thanks to your efforts, Broken Bat remains the top ranked online baseball manager game on the site. We appreciate your support!
May 15th, 2013 - Spanish rules revised
Thanks to the swift and diligent work of Krakonico, we have a revised version of the rules in Spanish: Reglas. Hopefully that will resolve some of the issues we had with the first translation. Again, a big thanks to Krakonico!
May 12th, 2013 - Spanish Rules / Reglas Españolas
Today we unveil are second attempt at the game rules in Spanish (Reglas Españolas). If you’re a Spanish speaker please check them out. I don’t speak much Spanish, so I’d appreciate any feedback people have on the accuracy of the translation. Thanks.
May 9th, 2013 - Income & Expense Changes
In order to better balance the income and expenses of upper and lower league teams, we’ve made a couple of changes to merchandise income and miscellaneous expenses. These will be reflected in all financial updates going forward.
May 5th, 2013 - 2013 Season begins Monday!
The cup group stage starts Monday and the league season will begins on Tuesday. Please make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations setup for opening day. Also, be sure to adjust your ballpark size in accordance to what you think your attendance will be. Good luck to all!
May 1st, 2013 - German Rules / Deutsch Regeln
Today we unveil are first attempt at the game rules in German (Deutsch Regeln). If you’re a German speaker please check them out. I don’t speak any German, so I’d appreciate any feedback people have on the accuracy of the translation. Thanks.
April 21st, 2013 - Season Flip – 2013 season starts on Friday!
Last night the end of season processing ran and we are now at the start of season 2013. Free agents will start to become available (Monday morning Pacific Time) and spring training starts on Friday. Please make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season.
April 19th, 2013 - New Legends Champion!
Congratulations to msigg6 and the Bay Town Lions - winning the Legends League playoff in their first season in the league. Congratulations to all the other league winner too!
April 15th, 2013 - Playoffs are here!
The playoffs begin on Tuesday. In the Legends League, defending champion, the Berlin Panthers (102-58) will take on newcomer the Bay City Lions (96-64). Good luck to both AmUnRA and msigg6!
April 12th, 2013 - Broken Bat - the 2nd Best Rated Game in March!
Broken Bat was voted the 2nd Best Rated Game in March on OnlineSportManagers.com.
We received an 89.7% favorable rating for the month and climbed from fourth to second place from February. Thanks everyone for their support!
April 4th, 2013 - New Pitcher & Manager Images
Today we uploaded new images for the pitchers and managers. Hopefully this will make it a little easier to differentiate between the various types of players and coaches.
March 31st, 2013 - Cup Final!
Monday is the cup finals between two relatively unheralded teams. basilthedog89’s Riverway Lake Bears from the II.2 league and danielpaton’s Asheville Athletics’s from the V.6 league will square off in the finals. The Bears, ranked #12 overall, are the favorites over the #24 ranked Athletics, but anything can happen in a three game series. Best of luck to both teams!
March 31st, 2013 - Happy Easter!
Hope everybody’s egg hunting went well.
March 21st, 2013 - New Beta Management Page
Today I’ve added a link to our new AJAX Management page – Management (Beta). It utilities a mechanism that will automatically save each setting as it is changed. Thus there isn’t a submit button for either the player controls or the entire team. Please note, a check mark will appear when the first control element for a player is changed and saved automatically.
March 20th, 2013 - All-Star Game Today!
Today is the midway point of the season and the annual All-Star game. The algorithm for selecting All-Stars as been updated and now takes into account more statistics and a more complete snapshot of a players overall value. The selections this season should be better than in past seasons, so enjoy the game!
March 10th, 2013 - Daylight Saving Time
Just a quick note because the daylight saving time change occurred last night in most of the United. The server and therefore Broken Bat are now running on PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). So for those of you not on daylight saving time, your games will be starting an hour earlier.
March 9th, 2013 - German & Spanish Language Forums
Today we created German (Deutsch) and Spanish (Español) language forums, so please feel free to post and discuss the game in your own language. Our non-English language skills limited, so hopefully we’ll have good participation from some of our veteran German and Spanish speaking players.
March 8th, 2013 - Broken Bat - the 4th Best Rated Game in February!
Broken Bat was voted the 4th Best Rated Game in February on OnlineSportManagers.com. Broken Bat received an 86.3% favorable rating for the month and was the highest rated Baseball game. Thanks everyone for their support!
March 6th, 2013 - All-Star selection process upgraded!
This season we have upgraded the All-Star team selection process. The algorithm for player evaluation has changed to incorporate more statistics and a better weighting of them. Hopefully with will eliminate some of the more egregious selection errors, but a little controversy seems to always surround the process, even in real life.
February 28th, 2013 - Forum Additions
We have added two new categories to the forum to make following the discussions easier. The first is similar to the Last Posts, but is called Active Threads and lists the last ten threads with activity. The second is called My Threads and lists the last ten threads with activity that you’ve participated in. The usually paging also should work within these categories.
February 18th, 2013 - Broken Bat - the 3rd Best Rated Game in January!
Broken Bat was voted the 3rd Best Rated Game in January on OnlineSportManagers.com. Broken Bat received a 77.0% favorable rating for the month. The site also ranks Broken Bat as the top baseball manager game and #6 overall.
February 17th, 2013 - 2012 Season kicks off this week!
The cup starts Monday and the league season kicks off on Tuesday. Make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations setup for opening day. Also, be sure to adjust your ballpark size in accordance to what you think your attendance will be. Good luck to all!
February 11th, 2013 - 400 users!
Today we topped 400 users…bots will be an endanger species soon!
February 6th, 2013 - 2012 season starts on Friday!
Spring training starts on Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season.
February 1st, 2013 - Lights, Accent, Tilde!
Starting with the upcoming season, some new players will receive accents and tildes in their names. This is especially true of players from the Spanish speaking countries. Not every name with include accents and tildes though (some will be Anglicized). If you have any comments about these additions, either names that should have them or one with improper placement, please log them in the following forum thread.
February 1st, 2013 - Another New Champion!
Congratulations to the Berlin Panthers, for defeating the juggernaut Saratoga Cowboys in the Legends league playoffs. Great job AmUnRA!
January 28th, 2013 - Playoffs are here!
The playoffs begin on Tuesday. In the top league, Legends newcomer the Berlin Panthers (101-59) will take on Legends stalwart the Saratoga Cowboys (115-45). Good luck to both AmUnRA and Jebou!
January 28th, 2013 - Finances revealed!
There is an expanded section in the rules manual for the finances now. Hope it clarifies a few things. Check it out at Team Finances.
January 20th, 2013 - Stan Musial R.I.P.
One of the best hitters of all-time who won seven batting titles, in addition to 3 MVP awards and 3 World Series. Great man, great player…rest in peace #6.
January 19th, 2013 - New Logos/Mascots available!
We’ve added more than twenty new logo/mascot combinations include Aliens, Catfish, Dinosaurs, Gorillas, Cobras, Tornados and many more. You can check out all the new options by clicking on the ‘Update Settings’ option on your Profile page.
January 13th, 2013 - Man versus Machine Cup Final
Monday is the cup finals between Ajax’s Paterson Eagles (211.88) and the unmanaged West Fallon Hawks (147.86). Should be an exciting cup final especially because it’s pitting man versus machine. Best of luck to all!
January 12th, 2013 - Live Games!
Today the Live Game mode was released. It allows you to watch games with the action slowly scrolling down the screen and the score and game details updating accordingly. It’s the first attempt at it, so if you have any comments or suggestions, please post them on the Live Game Mode Dicussion Thread. Thanks and enjoy!
December 24th, 2012 - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Just a big thank you to everyone who is participating in the game and helping it grow. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas Season and an enjoyable New Year!
December 17th, 2012 - Broken Bat - the Best Rated Game in November 2012!
Broken Bat was voted the Best Rated Game in November on OnlineSportManagers.com. Broken Bat received a 92.6% favorable rating in November in balloting from over 2000 users. The site also ranks Broken Bat as the top baseball manager game and in the top-10 of all sports manger games.
December 16th, 2012 - Do like football?
If you do, check out our friends over at Red Zone Action – it’s a really cool online football game!
December 2nd, 2012 - 2011 Regular Season Kicks Off!
The cup starts Monday and the league season kicks off on Tuesday. Make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations setup for opening day. Good luck to all!
November 25th, 2012 - Hidden games score…
There have been a number of requests for hidden game scores so they can read through the game summary with some element of suspense. We have added this feature, so now all newly played games wouldn’t display the score on the schedule page (until after viewing) and clicking on the game result will take you to the game summary rather than the entire box score. Would be interested in any ideas you have to improve this feature.
November 22nd, 2012 - 2011 starts tomorrow!
Play ball! Spring training starts on Friday, so make sure you set your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Additionally, this season we are expanding financial information provided to the team. There will be a chart than tracks your cash balance from each economic update and a cash flow table for each season. These may take some time before the information is sufficient to see a trend, but data will start accumulating from the start of this season.
November 16th, 2012 - A New Champion!
Congratulations to the Las Vegas Leopards, for upsetting 3-peat champion the Saratoga Cowboys. Great job Hawkings!
November 13th, 2012 - Experience change…
Some irregularities were reported in the season experience count and it was determined that the values for many if not most players were incorrect. The algorithm to tracking this number has now been modified. However, since most of the previous values were determined to be wrong, we have reset this count for both players and managers.
November 12th, 2012 - Playoffs are here!
The playoffs begin on Tuesday. In the top league it’s a matchup of the defending champion, the renamed Saratoga Cowboys (98-62) and returning power, the Las Vegas Leopards (99-61). Good luck to both Hawkings and Jebou!
October 29th, 2012 - Cup Final Monday
Monday is the cup finals between shikago’s Green Bay Beavers and newcomer riley33’s Fox Hollow Elephants. Beavers, ranked #6 overall, are probably the favorites over the #161 ranked Elephants, but anything can happen in a three game series. Best of luck to both teams!
October 28th, 2012 - Giants Sweep!
Amazing playoff run for the San Francisco Giants, fighting to get into the World Series and then sweeping an excellent Detroit Tigers team. Fittingly, Sergio Romo struck out Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera to end it!
October 27th, 2012 - Daylight Saving Time ending…but not yet!
Just a note, Daylight Saving Time ended in Europe this weekend, but in the United States (where our servers are located), the time change isn’t scheduled until Sunday, November 4, 2012. So those players in Europe may see their game times shift by an hour until then.
October 24th, 2012 - All-time baseball records are here!
All-time and season best baseball records are now available. You can see the top players on a per season or all-time basis for the following statistics: batting average, home runs, runs batted in (RBIs), runs, stolen bases, on-base percentage (OBP), slugging percentage (SLG), on-base plus slugging (OPS), wins, saves, earned run average (ERA) and strike outs. Team records are available from the team statistics pages and league and all-time records are available from the league pages (use icons at the bottom of the page).
October 23rd, 2012 - Mobile Experience
A growing percentage of our site traffic is coming from Mobile devices (both tablets and smart phones). If you have any comments on how the site performs on a mobile, please check out the Mobile Experience thread in the forum.
October 17th, 2012 - Depth charts now active!
Starting tomorrow, depth charts will be active. You can now set your depth chart for lineups against LHP, RHP and for Spring Training. If you leave all or part of the chart empty, the game engine will continue to select the most appropriate replacement.
October 12th, 2012 - Depth Chart coming...
We’re in the final testing stages for the initial Depth Chart implementation and things are looking good. I think we will probably switch over to using the depth chart at the All-Star break in the middle of next week. So please set your depth chart in anticipation of the change. Note, if you don’t have a depth chart filled in, or you leave a position out, the game engine will just act as before and pick the “best” available bench player.
October 3rd, 2012 - Depth Chart Preparation
We are starting to roll out the depth chart changes. Today we’ve added a new column to the Lineup Update page that includes a drop down menu for backup players. Although it’s not functional yet, I would appreciate any feedback you might have.
September 27th, 2012 - A Golden Season for Hattrick
I’d just like to send out a statue to Hattrick.org which is entering its 50th season and 15th year in existence (that’s older than internet stalwart Google!). For many of us, we’ve played HT for many years (8 1/2 years myself), but it also inspired a whole genre of online sports management games. For your innovation and pioneering spirit, we statue and thank you!
September 18th, 2012 - Greater variety in player appearance...
Starting with newly generated players, we’ve added some additional hair colors and skin tones and eventually we’ll be adding some other changes to player appearance. You’ll notice there are now a few red headed players and variations on all the old appearance traits. If you see any usually looking players, please post the player id number here.
September 17th, 2012 - Forum updates underway...
We have begun a small upgrade of the forum. You’ll notice that the format has change and a little more information is included about each of the posters in the thread. At this time we are working on the edit feature, hopefully it will be done soon. Also note, that the post counter will only start counting as of today, not for all previous posts.
September 16th, 2012 - Cup starts Monday…
The cup starts Monday and the regular season kicks off on Tuesday. Make sure you have your lineups and pitching rotations setup for opening day. Good luck to all!
September 7th, 2012 - New prospect acquisition system unveiled!
No longer will a team have no choice in which youth players they select…starting today there’s a new system in town! Now clubs will get a pool of 5 prospects to select from. Each prospect will have his main position, age, physical attributes and scouting report supplied.
September 6th, 2012 - 2010 starts tomorrow!
Ready for the new season? Spring training starts on Friday, so make sure you adjust your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Two new features will be rolled out during the season. The first is an improved minor league acquisition system, which will let you pick from five players from various draft pools. This is only days away. The second is the implementation of a depth chart which will follow the minor league changes.
September 2nd, 2012 - Unlimited Free Agency
With the new season, we have now gone to unlimited free agency (as long requested). Your club can now sign as many free agents as you like, but you must keep in mind that you have limit funds and many free agents will have a hefty salary. Please note, in terms of adding new minor league players from the draft, you are still restricted to one player per week.
September 1st, 2012 - Three-peat!
Congratulations to the Fox Hollow Hill Cowboys, winning their third consecutive Legends League playoff. Great job Jebou!
August 27th, 2012 - Playoff Time Again!
Playoffs begin on Tuesday. In the top league it’s a re-match of last year with the Reno Bengals (96-64) will represent the West and will square off against the defending champion Fox Hollow Hill Cowboys (92-68) from the East. Good luck to both udinese1970 and Jebou!
August 23rd, 2012 - Player numbers...complete!
Uniform numbers are fully functional, so enjoy!
August 22nd, 2012 - Player Numbers...
Starting today, all new players will start receiving player uniform numbers. They have no real affect on the game, but have always been an integral part of baseball. In the near future, I will add a feature that will allow people to change the player numbers for their team in much that same way nickname selection happens today.
August 10th, 2012 - All League V Cup Final
Monday is the cup finals between yreading’s Philadelphia Patriots and candycane’s Omaha Bulls. Should be an amazing cup final especially considering both these teams managed to get there from League V. Best of luck to all.
August 2nd, 2012 - Forum paging added!
The forum has been upgraded to include paging now. Before, when there was relatively little activity on the forum, the old layout and navigation was sufficient. But now with more activity, paging and sorting by last post was imperative to make the forum useable. Hope you like the new features.
August 1st, 2012 - Economic Reset
All teams have had their economy reset. Cash available has returned to original levels and we will allow ballpark changes for the rest of the season so teams can adjust to the new economy. As stated before, unlimited free agency will commence next season.
July 30th, 2012 - Economic changes coming...
We will be moving to a real economy very soon. Starting at the All-Star break, the economy with be reset (cash balances will be refreshed) and afterwards you’ll be playing with “real” money. You will need to adjust your team’s salary according to your income stream and be prudent when signing high-priced free agents. Starting after this season, teams will be allowed to sign multiple free agents per week; however there will still be a restriction of one new youngster per week for the minor leagues.
July 27th, 2012 - Code of Conduct
There is now a Code of Conduct page which outlines behavior on the site and the forum. It is primarily to ensure your enjoyment of the game and the protection of the website. Please review and observe these policies. Thank you.
July 23rd, 2012 - Injury rate modified
We have reduced the injury rate, both in an overall sense and also for players who only played a fraction of the game. Hopefully this makes the game more realistic and makes injuries not quite as significant. Please remember that injuries exist in the game to reward depth and also to simulate both physical injuries and overall player fatigue.
July 18th, 2012 - Server switch-over
You may have noticed we were down for a few hours today. We have now switched over to a new, more powerful server. Hopefully this will give us a little more room for growth. We in the process of checking out everything and we’ll start the processing again shortly.
July 16th, 2012 - Simulation speeds adjusted
I have reduced the simulation speed so that the daily game simulations are spaced out over the hour before the next game. This was done to balance the server load a little more as the hosting folks were complaining about our server usage. Hope this resolves the problem.
July 13th, 2012 - Delayed Games & Training
There was an issue in one of the game simulations yesterday that prevented processing from moving forward. It has now been fixed and site processing is again moving forward. Yesterday’s games are currently being simulated, which will be followed by the training and the financial updates. Today’s games should run normally.
July 12th, 2012 - Waiver changes…
Previously, player upon their release went directly into the free agent pool. From now on, players will go on “waivers” for a random period of time and enter the free agent pool at some later date. This will eliminate the issue of having all the top free agents arriving every Friday morning and also prevent team collusion through free agency.
July 4th, 2012 - Happy 4th of July!
Hope everyone in the states is enjoying their Independence Day. Eat some BBQ, watch some baseball and finish it off with some fireworks!
June 21st, 2012 - Spring Training starts tomorrow!
Spring Training starts tomorrow, so make sure you have your spring lineups, pitching rotations & bullpen set. Remember, this is a great opportunity to get some experience for your younger players and minor leaguers.
June 21st, 2012 - Injuries
Starting this season, players will get injured. Injury durations will vary between 1 and 35 days (the later being rare). For starting pitchers, the spot starter will fill in as the starting pitcher. For other positions, the game engine will fill in the most appropriate player from the roster. You can learn more about injuries in the game manual under the player – injuries section.
June 18th, 2012 - Create your own Ballpark!
You can now resize and reconfiguration your ballpark through the duration of Spring Training using the ‘Modify Ballpark’ button on your ballpark page. You’ll want to pay special attention to the capacity you select, because it will have an affect on your bottom line (either by not having enough seats to sell or by paying too much in maintenance for seats that aren’t selling). You can learn more about ballparks in the game manual.
June 17th, 2012 - 2009 is here!
The season has flipped – 2009 is here! Spring training starts on Friday, so make sure you adjust your spring lineups and pitching assignments for the new season. Two new features this upcoming season, will be adjustable ballparks (during the off-season and spring training) and injuries.
June 14th, 2012 - Cowboys win it, part 2!
Congratulations again to the Fox Hollow Hill Cowboys, winning their second consecutive Legends League playoff. Good job Jebou!
June 11th, 2012 - Playoff Time!
Playoffs begin on Tuesday. In the top league, the Reno Bengals (92-68) will represent the Legends West and will face off against the defending champion Fox Hollow Hill Cowboys (102-58) from the East. Good luck to both udinese1970 and Jebou!
May 26th, 2012 - Memorial Day Cup Final
Monday is the cup finals between Thuetli’s Baton Rouge Rams and the Palm Point Mavericks. This is the completion of the first cup with a group stage. Good luck to both teams!
May 15th, 2012 - Injury Discussion
We are now soliciting input on how to implement injures. I outlined two possible implementations, but would like to know what you guys think about the issue. Check out the discussion thread: Discussion on Injures
May 14th, 2012 - All-Star week is here!
All-Star week is here which means the cup is rounding up with only a handful of team still remaining alive and the regular league schedule is half way over. Hopefully your team is still in contention for either the cup or a league title. If not, maybe you can get some advice on the forum on how to build that baseball juggernaut.
May 11th, 2012 - Training Issue
There appears to be an issue with the training update completing. We are looking into it and today’s cup games will likely be delayed.
April 30th, 2012 - Cup group stage complete!
Today, the group stage of the cup completed. The top 256 teams will move onto the knock-out stage of the tournament. Hope everyone enjoyed the new format and good luck to all the remaining teams!
April 28th, 2012 - 300!
Today we hit 300 active users! Thanks to everyone who told their friends or helped promote the site.
April 21st, 2012 - Layered Images
We’re experimenting with layered images now. If you encounter any player images that look funny or have loading issue, please let me know. Ultimately, this will allow us to have a little more customization of images and ability to expand color choices.
April 15th, 2012 - 2008 is here!
The 2008 Cup begins tomorrow. League play starts on Tuesday. Make sure you’ve got your rotation, bullpen and lineup all set.
April 9th, 2012 - Wild Thing!
Starting today, wild pitches and passed balls have been added to the game engine. This will give you added incentive to not just have an arm behind the plate as catcher, but also somebody with some defensive/fielding skills.
April 8th, 2012 - Happy Easter!
Hope everybody’s egg hunting went well.
April 4th, 2012 - New Cup Format
If you haven’t notice, with this new season the cup format has changed. Now there will be a five series group stage followed by a knock-out stage similar to before. Additionally, all teams will participate in the cup, not just the highest ranked 512 teams. Hopefully, this will keep everyone involved for an extended period of time and raise overall interest in the cup competition. You can read more about the cup format changes on the rules page.
April 3rd, 2012 - Spring Training just around the corner…
Spring Training starts Friday, so make sure you have you lineups and pitching rotations & bullpen set. Remember, this is a great opportunity to get some experience for your younger players and minor leaguers.
April 2nd, 2012 - Play Ball!
The “real” baseball season kicks off in a couple of days. Give us your picks for the winners and champions for the upcoming season. Check you the Baseball 2012 thread.
April 2nd, 2012 - Managers available for hire
Starting with spring training, teams will be allowed to fire their current manager and hire a new one. Let me stress that the contribution a manager makes to you team is very small (would recommend focusing on better players), but I thought it time to let people pick ones they like. Also note, at some point managers may get additional skills and talents.
April 1st, 2012 - Cowboys win it!
Congratulations to the Fox Hollow Hill Cowboys, winning their first Legends League playoff. Good job Jebou!
March 29th, 2012 - Playoffs are here!
Playoffs begin on Friday. In the top league, the Legends League, the Las Vegas Yankees (91-69) return to the playoffs against newcomer the Fox Hollow Hill Cowboys (110-50). Good luck to both Hawkings and Jebou!
March 27th, 2012 - Site Tools!
We’ve started to add some basic tools to the site to enhance the gaming experience. If you click on the Tools link at the bottom of the left-side navigation bar, you will be taken to the new Tools page. Right now we’ve implemented bookmarks for teams, players, managers and games. We’ve also added a notepad to keep track of game related thoughts. Additionally, we’ll be adding links to your recent forum activity soon.
Please let me know if you have other ideas for site tools. I’ve opened a forum thread here: Site Tools
March 11th, 2012 - Daylight Saving Time
Just a quick note because the daylight saving time change occurred last night in most of the United States (except Arizona, Hawaii and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands). The server and therefore Broken Bat are now running on PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). So for those of you not on daylight saving time, your games will be starting an hour earlier.
March 8th, 2012 - All-Star games today!
The All-Star games are today. Check them out and see which of your players will be All-Stars!
February 29th, 2012 - Cup Finals
Tomorrow is the cup finals between the Oxford Ravens and the Fort Worth Wranglers. Good luck to both teams!
February 27th, 2012 - Server Issues
The server that hosts the Broken Bat website was down for some time today. The server is again operational and the site is back up, but not all the services are running. This has delayed the remaining cup games scheduled for Monday. We are currently working with the hosting company to get this going again.
February 23rd, 2012 - Proposed new cup format
Read & comment about the new cup format for next season: new cup format
February 21st, 2012 - Scouting Improvements
Scouting reports will reveal information on players fielding potential now. This maybe helpful in determining long-term position designations for younger players.
February 17th, 2012 - New Forum/E-Mail Editor!
We installed a new editor for the forum and internal e-mail. It supports things like bold, italic and underlined text and also links to images and websites (ie. Broken Bat Baseball). Additionally, in the future, we hope to add Broken Bat specific links for players, teams, games etc.
There may be some artifacts in legacy e-mails and forum posts. I have tried to minimize the issue and all future communications should be fine.
February 13th, 2012 - Back in charge...
After a week at sea, I’m back and again have access to the website. Sorry for those inconvenienced while I was away. New teams and forum questions should be handled quickly once again.
February 4th, 2012 - Limited access…
I’m going to have limited access to the main Broken Bat database over the next week...so team approvals and answering forum questions may take some time. Will try to do what I can over the next week to keep things rolling. Appreciate your patients.
January 31st, 2012 - Server Issues Resolved!
The server that hosts the Broken Bat website was down for some time last night. Evidently, there was some sort of attack against our host and they had to take some actions: “In order to mitigate an attempted attack on the server, our Systems Administration Team had to change the main IP of the server.” This resulted in the site being down for several hours. Sorry for the inconvenience.
January 30th, 2012 - Managers...You’re Fired!
In baseball, one of the topics that generate a lot of interest is the firing of managers. For a while, it seemed like the New York media and George Steinbrenner made it a summer ritual.
One of the development initiatives for this season will be the introduction of managers. They wouldn’t be active (effecting the game results) this season, but throughout the season, you’ll see changes to the site to facilitate the addition of managers.
January 28th, 2012 - Major League is now the Legends League!
The top league in the USA has been renamed the Legends League. We have adopted this new cool name to avoid confusion with the league levels that include the Rookie, A, AA, AAA and Majors.
January 22nd, 2012 - Las Vegas Yankees are champs again!
The Las Vegas Yankees under the stewardship of Hawkings has won its second consecutive Major League title. Congratulations to both Hawkings and runner-up, Heathcoat for a fine season
Season 7 is just around the corner. Spring training will kick off in only a few days, so look through your minor leagues and update your spring training lineups with your most promising youngsters!
January 20th, 2012 - Playoffs begin!
Playoffs begin on Friday. In the Major League, the two time champion, the Las Vegas Yankees (formerly the Cougars) will face off against the 2006 cup winner, the Central Empire Falls Vikings. Good luck to both Heathcoat and Hawkings!
January 15th, 2012 - 200 active users and counting!
We’re over the 200 active users mark and growing. Thanks to everyone who help spread the word!
January 2nd, 2012 - Free Agent Search Limits...
Because of loading, free agent searches are now limited to the 500 top players (salary-wise). This is a very large pool to examine at any given time, but it does restrict you from searching the entire free agent pool at once.
December 30th, 2011 - Pitcher Season Fatigue now active
Pitcher Season Fatigue is now active, so watch you bullpen usage more carefully. Additionally, some relievers might not come in when you’d expect them because they are fatigued from working in previous games.
December 24th, 2011 - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Just a big thank you to everyone who is participating in the game. Hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season and an enjoyable New Year! I'll be taking a few days off, but the elves should keep the site going.
December 23rd, 2011 - Alerts
Today we added alerts to the site. If you have an alert, you will see a red Alert link on the left-side navigation panel. Alerts can result from anything from a negative cash balance to an incomplete lineup.
December 22nd, 2011 - Cup Finals Today!
Good luck to the #13 ranked West Baytown Lumberjacks and the #3 ranked Central Empire Falls Vikings (defending cup champion) as the square off in the cup finals today. Should be another good match-up of man versus machine (bot team vs. Heathcoat).
December 19th, 2011 - Pitcher Fatigue Limit
Today we introduced a new pitcher game management parameter called fatigue limit. It is used to determine whether a relief pitcher has pitched too many innings recently and shouldn’t pitch in the current game. A positive value means he will be able to pitch more often with greater fatigue, but might be less effective in those performances. A negative value means he will pitch less often, but will be fresh for those outings.
Currently, there is not penalty for overuse of your bullpen. After the all-star break, pitchers' performance will suffer if they've pitched too much recently. Hence start adjusting with your pitcher fatigue limit now to ensure you’re not over working any pitchers in your bullpen.
December 15th, 2011 - Position experience bug fixed!
We fixed a bug that was eroding position experience at an increasing rate. Players should now gain skill and grow in experience in the positions they play in a much more reasonable rate now.
November 28th, 2011 - Don't forget to update your lineups and pitching...
Season 6 cup starts Monday! Regular season kicks off Tuesday! Don't forget to update your lineups and pitching selections.
November 27th, 2011 - Defensive tactics added to game summary…
We've now added indications in the game summary for certain defensive tactics like infield-in and outfielders guarding the lines. There is no actual change to the core game engine, however it gives greater visibility into how it functions. These indications will be evident in game engine versions 1.25+.
November 18th, 2011 - Pitcher Fatigue...
Starting this season we'll be implementing pitcher fatigue. You'll notice that on the Pitching page, all your pitchers have a new indicator under Energy / Fatigue. If the pitcher has 10 bars of energy, then he will be at full strength. After a start or a relief appearance, the energy will be diminished based on how many pitches he threw. The pitchers energy will replenish over time. Note, at this time the energy indication is just a metric to see how your pitchers do with their given pitcher roles and management control settings. In the near future, fatigue will have an actual effect in the game.
November 16th, 2011 - Season 6 starts on Friday!
Spring training for season 6 starts on Friday with the cup and regular season kicking off at the end of November. So be sure to set your spring training lineups [you can always use the 'Reset to Defaults' button]. BTW, it's an excellent time to recruit a friend and have them join with a new team and new season.
November 13th, 2011 - Season 5 in the books!
Congratulations to Hawkings for leading the Las Vegas Cougars back from a 3-1 deficit, to win the Major League title. The season flip should happen on Monday night (PST) and we'll be preparing for spring training again soon.
November 11th, 2011 - Playoffs are here!
In the Major League, the Las Vegas Cougars go for their second title after losing in the playoffs the last two seasons. Their opponent, the recently abandoned Scranton Wolverines. Good luck to all playoff contestants!
November 9th, 2011 - What’s in a nickname?
Nicknames have been an essential part of baseball since its inception. Selected new players starting today will be given nicknames when they are created/drafted. Additionally, in the near future, you will be given the option to assign nicknames to your own players.
November 8th, 2011 - Hit and Run indication
We've now added an indication in the game summary that the hit and run was on when a player hits the ball or grounds out. It will be evident in game engine versions 1.22+.
November 7th, 2011 - Fashion Update - Pinstripes are here!
We have added five new uniform colors…you can now have black or navy pinstripes, rust (Longhorn colors), black & yellow (bubble bee or Borussia Dortmund colors) and purple & white with gold trim (Viking colors). You can change your team colors and uniforms from your profile page under team parameters.
November 2nd, 2011 - Time Change
Just a quick note because some of our European managers have already had the Fall time change. In the states, the time change is scheduled for November 6th, so we’ll be "falling back" and catching up with those European countries.
October 26th, 2011 - A Perfect Game
Perhaps a first in Broken Bat, Lester Stone pitched a perfect game in our test league, leading Oregon over UCLA. Check out perfection: http://www.brokenbat.org/game/359399
October 17th, 2011 - Wage changes…
We're modifying the wage scale so that players from lesser leagues will demand and receive less compensation. Initially, this will have the effect of lowing most player wages, however over time, upper league players will see their wages rise.
October 13th, 2011 - Cup Finals Today!
Good luck to the #2 ranked Fox Hollow Hill Athletics and the #12 ranked Central Empire Falls Vikings (managed by Heathcoat) as the square off in the cup finals today. Should be a good match-up of man versus machine (bot team).
October 11th, 2011 - Want more color selections?
Currently there are 20 uniform color selections. Are we missing one you'd like to see? Let us know in the Suggestions forum.
September 30th, 2011 - Bullpen changes…
The bullpen roles have now been expanded. Instead of having only five fixed roles in the bullpen, you can now allocate 7 relief pitchers over 12 possible bullpen roles (obviously not every role is filled). Your current roles will be maintained and you can upgrade to the new set of roles at anything time simply by updating your pitchers. A description of all the roles can be seen in the game manual under the Game Strategy - Setting Up Your Bullpen.
September 26th, 2011 - Skill index for Pitchers changed...
Today we made a change to the way skill index was calculated for pitchers. Nothing about the pitchers skills have changed, just the weighting of skills that make the index up. Hopefully, it will be a better metric of pitchers quality.
September 19th, 2011 - Cup beings today!
The cup begins today and then league play on Tuesday, so make sure you have your regular pitching rotation and lineups set as you'd like them. We've been running the version 1.19 game engine for the entire spring training and things are looking good. Play ball!
September 15th, 2011 - Importance of adding new players...
I've noticed that a lot of teams are not adding new players and over time, this will eventually destroy your team as your current players age and their skills decline. Every week you can add a new player – either through free agency or drafting a youngster. New draftees are young and cheap and you can have more than 20 developing in the minor leagues, ready to take over when your current players become too old and ineffective.
To draft a player, go to the Roster page and simply click on the 'Add Player' button. Then select the kind of player you'd like. You can do this after every weekly update.
September 12th, 2011 - OnlineSportsManagers.Com
We're now listed on OnlineSportsManagers.Com, so check out our game page and reviews there!
September 9th, 2011 - Spring Training starts today!
Spring training for Season #5 starts today. It a great opportunity to get some of your young players some major league experience.
The game engine will have a couple of slight adjustments from last season. First, players with a lot of power will tend to hit more home runs and players without a lot of power will tend to hit fewer home runs. Additionally, the number of walks will be decreased a bit to be more in line with MLB historical norms. Those are the significant changes.
September 7th, 2011 - Season four in the books!
The fourth season of Broken Bat completed with the underdog Durham Yankees defeating the Hilo Highlanders in a seven game playoff. Congratulations to MnTwins on the victory! The cup was won by unmanaged Windam City Buffaloes. Stay tuned...season five coming soon!
September 5th, 2011 - Simplified Player and Training Pages
At least for the near future, we don't foresee a change in the designated hitter. As such, pitchers will never hit and non-pitchers were never able to pitch. So we have decided to simplify things and remove those skills from the player and training pages (although those skills will still exist). We also added a visual representation for each skill and a skill index (simply the total of all relevant skills). Hope you like the changes.
September 2nd, 2011 - Season Finale...
With only seven games left, the two top-ranked teams are battling it out for the Major League – West division title. The Hilo Highlanders have a one game lead on the Las Vegas Cougars but the title is still up for grabs as the season concludes Saturday with four head-to-head games. Winner gets the East champion the Durham Yankees, the Indianapolis Hawks or possibly the Scranton Wolverines.
September 1st, 2011 - Lower pitch counts...
From the Management page, you can now lower your pitch count limit to less than 20 (all the way to zero). This allows you to put a greater restriction on how long and who your relief pitchers will face. For example, you can set your Left Handed Setup Man's pitch count to zero and he'll only face one batter (likely just the left handed batter).
August 31st, 2011 - Forget your password?
I received a couple of e-mails about people forgetting passwords and I can reset them if you require. If this happens to you, you can simply mail me (see the Contact Us page for details) and I will reset it. A more formal, automated process is in the works.
August 25th, 2011 - Emphasis on the news page...
I've changed the log-in and log-off process to route the user through the news page. Hopefully this will highlight the ongoing changes on the site and keep people better informed of what's going on. So please check out the most recent news items as you log-in each time.
August 12th, 2011 - All-Star games on Saturday...
The first real All-Star games with actual players will be played on Saturday. Check them out and see which of your players will be All-Stars!
August 7th, 2011 - League and Team Notes…
Today we introduced league and team notes. Each league and team page will now display brief news notes about events going on in that league or with that team. Currently, these include free agent signings, releasing of high profile players and award winners.
August 2nd, 2011 - All-Stars and MVP's...
I've been working hard on a couple of additions, so here they are. There will now be an actual All-Star game. 20 players (6 pitchers, 14 position players) from each division will be selected and participate in a league All-Star game. Those players chosen as All-Stars will receive a gold star on their statistics line for that season indicating that they were the selected that season. Additionally, at the end of each season, a player will be elected as the league MVP and Cy Young award winner and they will have similar designations on their statistics line for that year.
July 21st, 2011 - Google +1
Now in addition to liking us on Facebook, we’re also supporting the Google +1 feature. So give us a boost and like/+1 us!
July 12th, 2011 - Game Engine Update
For season 4, we are introducing game engine 1.16. Like every new game engine version, it has some bug fixes, but additionally, it is the first in some time to have subtle changes to the engine itself. These changes include adjustments to the batter hitting contribution, reduction of the lefty/righty split adjustments and an increase in the number of errors.
July 8th, 2011 - MVP's and Cy Young Winners
You can now see who was voted league MVP (best hitter) and Cy Young (best pitcher) winners for previous seasons by selecting the league leaders from the league page for the appropriate season (starting with 2003). Congratulations to ML MVP Indianapolis' Stanley Bell, who hit .358, 38 HRs, 134 RBIs and 69 SBs, and ML Cy Young winner Las Vegas' Omar Cuevas, who posted 21 wins, 193 Ks and an ERA of 1.88!
July 3rd, 2011 - Season four just around the corner!
The third full season of Broken Bat Baseball completed with the Las Vegas Cougars exacting some revenge on the Indianapolis Hawks to take the ML title. Spring training of season four starts on Sunday, so be sure to setup your spring lineups.
June 28th, 2011 - Korean Names
Since we have quite a few Korean players now, I thought I’d extend this invitation out to them. We only have a handful of Korean names in the player database, so if you’d like to make some suggestions for additions to the list, please do. I will open a thread in the Discussion forum where you can list your name suggestions.
June 21st, 2011 - Cash reset...
As we phase in the economic model, we have reset every teams’ cash balances. So does cash matter at this point? Not really, but we’re moving closer to having a working economy.
June 17th, 2011 - Free Agency Improvements...
We have upgraded the free agency algorithm so that bots aren’t grabbing all the top free agents without giving human managers a crack at them. The better free agents, both in terms of youth and talent, should be available for one week to the human managed teams before the bots get a shot at them.
June 2nd, 2011 - Transfer Logs
We've begun tracking transfers and you can now view the transfers for each team or each individual player. Please note, there are no entries for the first 2 1/2 seasons.
June 1st, 2011 - League Leaders
You can now view the stats leaders for each league by clinking on the League Leader link on the League page. It will display the statistical leaders in ten categories: batting average, home runs, runs, RBIs, OPS, stolen bases, wins, saves, ERA and strike outs.
May 19th, 2011 - Free Agency is here!
It’s here! It’s here! It’s here! Free Agency is here and you can now sign unassigned players to your team. There is one restriction – you will only be allowed to sign one new player per week and that includes rookies or free agents. So you have to trade-off improving your team now versus the future. Also be aware, bot clubs will also be signing free agents, so players wouldn’t be on the market forever.
May 9th, 2011 - Now displaying server time…
The time displayed in the upper right-hand corner of your browser is now the time from the server (Pacific Standard Time). You can use this to know exactly when your game will be simulated.
May 6th, 2011 - Season #3 is here!
The regular season starts Saturday with the kick-off of the cup and on Sunday with the regular season starting. So set your lineups and pitching rotations and play ball!
May 1st, 2011 - Best viewed with…
Internet Explorer 9 has been released and it has rounded corners implemented (web designers have been working around this issue for years). If you’re using something before that, upgrading to IE9 will enhanced your Broken Bat experience. Firefox and other browsers already support rounded corners, so no change is needed.
April 27th, 2011 - Season 3 is here!
The domain switchover is complete and season three is just around the corner. Spring training games start on Wednesday, April 27th, so set your spring lineups. The cup begins on Saturday, May 7th and the regular season the day after on Sunday, May 8th.
April 25th, 2011 - Domain switchover...
BrokenBat.org will be undergoing a domain switchover. We anticipate this will only take a couple of days and the site should be up and operational during most of that time. However, we will pause the game progression for a few days while that occurs.
April 24th, 2011 - Season two is in the books!
The second full season completed with the Indianapolis Hawks defeating the top rated Las Vegas Cougars to take the ML title. To all our players - thank you all for your participation. Season three is just around the corner, so stay tuned!
April 18th, 2011 - Clutch Hitting and Weather Effects added...
The latest version of the Game Engine has been uploaded and a long with several bug fixes; it also includes clutch hitting/pitcher and weather effects. These new modifiers are subtle, but over the course of an entire season can be quite significant.
April 6th, 2011 - Table sorting is here…
We added sortable tables to the statistics and roster page. You can now sort your team statistics or roster by any of the columns simply by clicking on the column header. Batting statistics are normally sorted by batting average, but now you can sort by slugging average, home runs, OBS, errors etc.
March 28th, 2011 - Near-Term Development Goals
I know a lot of managers have been curious about the pace of development…and although I only have so much time each week, I would like to highlight the changes we are making so that you guys just don’t think the game is static. I have created a tread in the Announcements forum, titled Near-Term Development Goals, and will list the things I’m working on developing. And I’d encourage all of you to offer any constructive feedback you might have.
March 26th, 2011 - Cup Final!
Unmanaged North Dunwich defeated unmanaged East Arkham to win the cup. Perhaps next season a couple of managed clubs with have trained and improved enough to be in the finals.
March 13th, 2011 - Time Change
Just a brief note, the time has switched to Day Light Savings Time here in the United States, so if it hasn’t in your country, then the simulations may be shifted by an hour.
March 9th, 2011 - What’s going on...
The Events selection has been added to the navigation bar on the left. It will display the last five processed event and the next twenty five events upcoming. Additionally it lists the game date (when applicable) and schedule processing time for each event.
March 6th, 2011 - Get new players now!
Teams now have the ability to sign new players to their minor league teams. Teams can now add one new player every week after the training update provided their total roster size does not exceed 50 players. These players can be trained in the minor leagues and promoted to the majors when the team sees fit. Managers can find this option at the bottom of the roster page, just use the Add Player button and select the desired player type.
February 26th, 2011 - Improved Pinch Hitter/Runner logic added...
Improved pinch hitter and runner logic was added to game engine. Pinch hitters should be a little more frequent and your manager will make better choices about whom and when to pinch hit. Pinch runner frequency has been decreased, especially in earlier innings.
February 22nd, 2011 - Reassignment tool up and working!
The reassignment tools is up and working. It can be accessed from the Roster page (for your team only), by clicking the Reassign Players button. Please note, with reassignment, the possibility now exists that your lineup or pitching rotation maybe incomplete (if you demote or release a player from the majors). This can be corrected by adjusting your lineup and/or pitching rotation. If you are missing a starting pitcher, your long reliever will fill that role. If you are missing a position player, a random player from your bench will be chosen.
February 21st, 2011 - Reassignment tool uploaded, but...
The reassignment tool has been uploaded, but while all the issues with the game engine are hammered out, the actual function has been disabled. Hopefully, we can verify the substitution algorithm and enabled the feature soon.
February 20th, 2011 - One season without hiccups!
One full season test run completed with the Los Angeles Rebels winning the ML title and the Las Vegas Cougars winning the cup. Players have now aged a year, promotion/relegation occurred, trophies were assigned and we’re in spring training for the next season. Thank you all for your participation.
January 15th, 2011 - Registration difficulties…
I know we had a few people trying to register without success recently and I’m not sure why. We have been getting a steady stream of successful registrations, so I’m inclined to think things are generally working. However, if you do have problems, please e-mail me (see contact us). Thanks!
December 27th, 2010 - Team customization...
Managers can now customize their teams by selecting the mascot, logo and team colors for their teams from their profile page. There are over 20 different color combinations and a choice of over 75 different mascots.
December 19th, 2010 - Batting Order/Defensive Alignment Lineup tool complete...
Today, the first version of batting order/defensive alignment lineup tool was uploaded. Managers can now change their batting order and defensive selections for three different scenarios; spring training, versus left hand pitcher and versus right hand pitchers.
December 16th, 2010 - Lineup tool progress...
Today, the first version of the pitching rotation setup tool was uploaded. Managers can now click on Update Pitching / Update Spring Training Pitching from the Pitching page to update pitching assignments. Note, with the spring training rotation, you have access to all your pitchers whereas the regular season rotation may only contain major league players. Please be aware, this does not affect player control tactics for those pitchers, so their pitch count, hook etc. will remain the same regardless of their role.
December 2nd, 2010 - Reset coming...
In order to lay the groundwork for the lineup tool, we’ve changed the organizational structure of lineups & pitching rotations/bullpens and so we’ll probably be doing a full reset again. You will not have three lineups you can set – a spring training lineup, a lineup versus LHP (left hand pitching) and a lineup versus RHP (right hand pitching). The difference between the spring training lineup is that you can use any player (minor leaguers included) and it’s mostly for their experience and evaluation.
November 12th, 2010 - Forum upgrade
Fixed a couple of forum bugs, so they should be working a lot better now and hopefully screening some of that unwanted spam.
October 29th, 2010 - Player controls are here!
Just added player controls for the team and game simulation. Team managers can now control stealing, base running, bunting, hit and run, pinch hitting and running and defensive replacements. With respect to pitching, managers can set a pitch count, hook (explaining coming in the rules soon) and when to use the pitcher.
October 14th, 2010 - In-game player control coming...
After nearly half a season of simulations, the game was again reset as it was necessary to add the player game control functionality. Soon, managers will have some situational control of their players during the game simulation!
September 29th, 2010 - Game Engine 1.04 goes live...
Game Engine 1.04 is up and running. Its pretty much of an incremental improvement - now collecting lefty/righty batting average number for hitters and pitchers as well as catcher caught stealing percentages. Double plays and outfield assists are also displayed now for infielders and outfielders respectively.
September 23rd, 2010 - Basic mail and forum up and working...
A basic site mail service and forum/discussion boards are up and working. Both still need better formatting, additional testing and overall improvement, but it's a start.
September 16th, 2010 - Game Engine 1.03 goes live...
The new game engine version includes pitcher fatigue, intentional walks, save & hold pitcher statistics logic and lots of little upgrades. More importantly, it also has support for training & experience accumulation necessary for player development. Next big item to add is managerial control to the game engine and website interface - users might finally get to do something!
September 8th, 2010 - Player development now operational...
Training and experience accumulation and skill increases are now working. BTW, so is aging. Next step is to complete the training page and allow users to set their training focus (the first interactive element to the game!).
September 1st, 2010 - In-game substitution complete!
All the in-game player substitution functions are complete - that means relief pitching, pinch hitter, pinch runners and defensive replacements. The base stealing calculation was also improved. Other aspects of the game engine continue to be tweaked.
August 31st, 2010 - Dry Run #1 complete, reset required...
The first system dry run is complete...the site ran for 40+ days and simulated half a season. Last night, we reset the game so that we could add hidden values to the players and expand the league pyramid to 6 levels.
August 24th, 2010 - Help is on the way!
Pitching substitutions (ie. relief pitchers) have now been implemented. Currently, starting pitchers are on a 120 pitch soft limit and then can be relieved by the five pitchers in the bullpen.
August 21st, 2010 - Pitching optimizer released!
The advanced version of the pitching optimizer is up and running - it selects the best pitchers for the starting rotation and the bullpen. Next up: relief pitchers to be added to the game simulation.
August 20th, 2010 - Lineup optimizer released!
The first version of the lineup optimizer is running - it selects the best player at each position and the optimal batting order with those players. Statistics will now have a little more meaning since the best players are now playing for each team.
August 15th, 2010 - First version of realistic game engine complete and online!
The realistic game engine (version 1.02) is online. It supports all forms of at bat outcomes, offensive & defensive tactics (like bunting, infield-in etc.) and base stealing. Still to be implemented for the next version is defensive effects, relief pitchers and player substitutions (pinch hitter & defensive substitutions).
August 5th, 2010 - Hello facebook community!
Broken Bat is now on Facebook: Broken Bat is now on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Broken-Bat-Baseball/149763121705216
July 30th, 2010 - Realistic game engine here!
The realistic game engine is now active -- albeit in a limited form. The engine does not yet support stealing and advanced base running, offensive and defensive tactics, substitutions, ballpark effects, weather effects and defense. But the hitter-pitcher match-up is coded -- batting averages and such may need tweaking.
July 22nd, 2010 - Logo mascots are here!
Each and every team has now been given a default logo mascot. I think this will improve the overall look and feel of the team pages. Mascot art obtained from extremeclipart.com.
July 18th, 2010 - Page URLs have changed...
Page URLs have changed - it's a little simpler design now. Check any bookmarks out might have.
July 18th, 2010 - Broken Bat Baseball is now on Twitter!
Broken Bat Baseball is now on Twitter. Follow the game news here on the site or on twitter at: twitter.com/BrokenBatNews
July 3rd, 2010 - New Layout
The new layout is up now...probably best viewed with Firefox, since IE is pretty spotty when it comes to supporting CSS 3.0 and stuff like round corners etc. Still working out a few issues with it, but I think the new design is a real improvement. Let me know if you like it!
June 23rd, 2010 - Game Scheduler
The game scheduler is now up and running. One series of games will be played per afternoon/evening starting at 5:00 pm EST / 2:00 pm PST and each successive game starting an hour later. The seven game playoffs will be played over three days. An entire season will last roughly two months.
June 5th, 2010 - Simple salaries...
The most simple of salary computations has been implemented. Now players will be roughly paid what they're worth, errr rather something based on their production over the last three seasons.
May 27th, 2010 - Box Scores!
Box scores now available - need I say more?
May 10th, 2010 - Numerical Game Engine is here!
A very basic numerical game engine is now live. Players aggregate pitching, hitting and defensive values are now taken into account when determining game scores (plus random factors). Still some improvements need to be made to it and, of course, the ultimate goal is an event driven simulation based on player matchups and individual skills.
May 3rd, 2010 - New host and server!
Recently moved to a new host and things are now running without the old failed updates as before. Also am able to use InnoDB which should improve the overall reliability of the site's data.
April 20th, 2010 - More good stuff...
3-game cup algorithm completed, scheduling of the cup must change now. Also, cup and league trophies in the team history page. Players have city initials on cap.
April 13th, 2010 - Lots of new stuff!
Playoffs, EOS processing and Cup scheduling and games have been added. Also, added a team history page to track successes and failures from the previous season.
April 5th, 2010 - Winners & Losers
Pitchers that is! Games are being simulated (albeit not a very sophisticated simulation) and winning and losing pitchers are assigned. More statistics to follow and a better game simulator.
March 28th, 2010 - Game Scheduler Running
Wahoo! I have the game scheduler going and I'm running up to 90 simulated games every 5 minutes. Not we just need to improve the simulation and add in the player performance and statistics!
March 15th, 2010 - New Pages & Features
Lots of new features added...ballpark pages, nation pages, player statistics. Next stop, a real game simulation!
January 19th, 2010 - First game simulated!
Broken Bat simulated its first games. The game engine was pretty much just a random number generator, the real engine had not been converted from C++ yet. Anyhow, Detroit defeated Los Angeles in the first ML playoffs.
December 30th, 2009 - Broken Bat website created!
The Broken Bat site was created using PHP and MySQL. Functionality was minimal at first, but it created a nice facade.
July 20th, 2009 - Casey is created!
Casey, the clipart Broken Bat character, was purchased and customized creating the Broken Bat logo.