Joe Mauer has carried the Confederates to an 11-5 record in Chapter Four.

June 14, 2009
Another New Owner for the Funk
SALEM, NH - Mike Ranney, a 53-year-old veteran of Diamond Mind Baseball, was introduced today as the new owner of the Nashville Funkadelic franchise.  Ranney takes over for Ryan Melosi, who came into the BDBL less than a month ago.

June 12, 2009
Halfway There
SALEM, NH - The 2009 season officially reached its halfway point on Friday afternoon.  The Eck League crushed the Ozzie League in interleague play during Chapter Three, going 106-86 against their league rivals.  The SoCal Slyme and San Antonio Broncs were once again the winningest teams in the BDBL with 17 wins in the third chapter, with Kansas going 16-8 and Akron and Chicago each going 15-9.

On the flip side, the South Carolina Sea Cats and Las Vegas Flamingos (8-16 each) were just plain awful.  Jack Cust (.359/.510/.962) and Albert Pujols (.385/.475/.626) took home the Hitters of the Chapter awards, while Wandy Rodriguez (1.13 ERA, .170/.236/.207 against) and Shaun Marcum (1.62 ERA, .202/.267/.286) earned the Pitcher of the Chapter awards.  The always-thrilling Chapter Four free agent pick-up will take place Saturday night at 9:00pm ET.

June 3, 2009
Chicago Hope
CHICAGO, IL - Chicago Black Sox GM John Gill made a pair of trades this week to help erase the two-game deficit he faces in the Hrbek Division.  In a trade with the Sylmar Padawans, the Black Sox added Ichiro Suzuki and Geovanny Soto, costing the team top prospect Cameron Maybin, Jeremy Hermida and others.  Then, less than an hour later, Gill announced that he'd also acquired Jimmy Rollins from the Marlboro Hammerheads in exchange for prospect Josh Reddick and others.

Chicago owns a .574 winning percentage this season, yet trails the underdog Atlanta Fire Ants.  The Black Sox are 8-4 this chapter, while Atlanta is 7-5.

May 25, 2009
The Emperor Has No Clothes
ALLENTOWN, NJ - Tom DiStefano has lost his ever-loving mind.  That is the only explanation for the trade he made on Sunday night with the New Milford Blazers, whereby he sent one of the top young pitchers in the game of baseball, Yovani Gallardo, to New Milford in exchange for a collection of 29-year-old pinch hitters.  DiStefano, who is currently nine games behind in his division, believes this collection of pinch hitters (and a #5 starter) will make up the ground necessary to get back into the Higuera Division race.  Good luck with that.

May 20, 2009
Out Goes the Funk
SALEM, NH - After seven seasons at the helm of the Nashville Funkadelic, GM/owner Steve Osborne has stepped down.  Osborne, who entered the league in 2002 as the owner of the New York Knights, compiled a career record of 556-566 (.496) in the BDBL, and won a Person Division title in '02 and another in 2007.  Best known for his love of Ty Cobb and for masterminding some of the best practical jokes in league history, Osborne will be missed.

The league also announced on Wednesday that Osborne's replacement as GM/owner of the Funkadelic will be Bobby Sylvester's college roommate, Ryan Melosi.  Melosi is a long-time follower of the BDBL and a self-described "baseball nut" who will now be competing in the same division as his roommate.

May 20, 2009
Salem Reaches Nadir
SALEM, NH - It's been a bad week for the Salem Cowtippers.  On Sunday, Salem lost three of four to the Southern Cal Slyme to fall nine games behind in the Butler Division race.  Less than three hours later, newly-acquired "ace" Ryan Dempster was sent packing to the Manchester Irish Rebels in the first of what is expected to be several "firesale" trades.  After being roundly panned by the BDBL press for the trade, Glander then watched in horror as the 20-40 South Carolina Sea Cats took three of four from Salem on Tuesday night.

The Cowtippers, who were universally predicted to win their division in the pre-season, are now 6-10 on the chapter and 33-39 on the season -- 10 games behind the Blazers.