Ties at the top of both divisions with 60 to play

Update, 10:50 p.m.: Wisconsin engineered a 10-player deal with Savannah to strengthen its playoff push, plucking a pair of 1-rated fielders for the left side of its infield and fortifying its bullpen. It was one of four deals consummated in the four-hour marathon trading session — none involving Margaritaville or Chatfield.  Trade deadline recap here. [...]

New No. 1 in latest Mock Draft

It’s time for another end-of-the-month installment of the 2012 Mock Draft. This time you’ll note a few adjustments, based on the new expansion format adopted since the last mock draft, starting with the fact that there are now a whopping 19 selections in the first round. But, expansion teams can no longer select uncarded players. [...]

Revised offseason expansion plan

With Detroit Demolition Dogs manager Ken Kuzdak making the decision not to return to the league for the 2012 season, the league has made modifications to the overall offseason expansion plan to account for the dispersal of Demo Dogs talent. The league will still expand to 15 teams, but now will bring in four new [...]

Hickory gets jump on trade-a-thon as deadline looms

The Hickory Nuts weren’t about to let the Bushwood Gophers and Superior Titans slug it out for the Northern Division title. With pre-emptive strikes in the marketplace, the Nuts are fortified for the 60-game sprint to the postseason and beyond. Meanwhile, managers who haven’t had any success in private channels can join the annual public trade-a-thon [...]

Warning from Strat regarding NetPlay

Possible NetPlay interference in the next week or so. Unclear whether it would affect us. From the Strat Fan Forum website: The company that runs our Game Lobby module for all of our Netplay software has notified us that they will be upgrading their servers and doing maintenance over the next week. Please do not [...]

Scorpions, Clips go retro for July series

Savannah manager Steve Hart and Applegate manager Gary Kicinski sported a retro look for their July series, complete with short shorts, hideous facial hair and a replica of Steve’s Newburgh, N.Y., dining room circa 1985. The Clips took three out of the five games. Regarding our photo trivia from May, commissioner Dave Renbarger reports those [...]

Angels call up top prospect Mike Trout; will he get a card?

Hold the phone on that mock draft: There’s news today that the Angels have called up Mike Trout to the majors. If he’s up for the rest of the season, that will make him eligible for a card and eligible for the first-15 picks of the first round, shooting him up from 17 to probably [...]

Who has the most all-stars?

Sixty-six players were named to the 2011 All-Star Game Sunday. Fan vote will select two more, and undoubtedly some replacements will be named. Of the 66, 63 can be found on I-75 League rosters; two of the three who cannot were not carded. Among the highlights: * Applegate leads the way with 8 players selected, including newly [...]

2012 mock draft time — bring out the 18-wheeler!

We have some exciting division races and the trade wires are burning up. You know what that means — time to look ahead to next year and our mock draft for the 2012 season… This draft will be different than past years since we will be welcoming three new teams to the fold. As voted [...]

Tide shifts in North as season hits midway point

June was a month of upheaval in the North Division, as first-place Superior tumbled to third after a nine-win month and was passed by both Bushwood and Hickory. Bushwood struck a big blow with a 15-win month that lifted the Gophers into first place, then added slugger Josh Hamilton for the second half of the [...]