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Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:44 pm
by Commish
It's official. The BDBL is 20 years old as of today, November 6th.

I have posted the first of many (maybe?) articles to celebrate this momentous milestone. There are more to come, as time and my imagination allows. If you have any ideas for future articles, feel free to pass them along.

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 2:46 pm
by Undertakers
Happy 20th!!!!!!!

Can't wait to read all the articles!!

:thewave:

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 2:56 pm
by Mike S./Rocks
Fantastic!!

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:38 pm
by Jamboree
Damn, BDBL.... you old!

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:57 pm
by JDLuhning
Congrats!
As my son would put it, that's EPIC!

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:35 pm
by Nick_Cifrese
HB BDBL!!!!

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 11:38 am
by Dumbledoyle
ditto

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 5:33 pm
by Commish
The next article in the series: Twenty Years in a Nutshell

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 5:41 pm
by Peaks
We have three 100-win seasons..2009, 2014, 2018.

But other than that gripe, great article!

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:00 pm
by Mike S./Rocks
WINS
CLE 1,539
BCJ 1,536
SLF 1,525
CLT 1,522

Man, I've got some work to do to hold off a few teams!

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:16 pm
by Commish
We have three 100-win seasons..2009, 2014, 2018.


:think: Hmm. I used an Excel formula for that column. I wonder how many other things were screwed up!

Corrected.

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:40 pm
by Undertakers
This is amazingly great work! I really appreciate it and read every word. Wonderful that we have a record of all this history!

I can’t believe how many times I was upset in the playoffs! So many losses as the #1 seed!

I have had the good fortune of having some success in this league, but can’t believe I have won a hundred games 9 times! That blew me away.

This is the BEST hobby and so thankful to be a part of this league! Thank you for all your hard work, Mike!

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:23 pm
by JDLuhning
Wow. That was a great read. I learned a lot about the history of this league. Super interesting.
I cannot believe we only had 3 winning seasons (and Chamra's championship) before this season.

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 10:13 pm
by Freedom GM
This is SOOOO good! How did you remember/keep track of all this?

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary, BDBL!

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:05 pm
by Mustangs
Sasquatch wrote:I cannot believe we only had 3 winning seasons (and Chamra's championship) before this season.


Yeah sorry Kyle, the reason behind that, put quite well by The Commish, is...
Glander wrote:The champion Mustangs were a real oddity in that they were almost entirely homegrown. GM Tony Chamra resisted the urge to trade away his youth for instant gratification, and his patience was greatly rewarded.

It took a while for the seeds to bear fruit. I'm still super stubborn about this, but hopefully I've gotten it a little more figured out now since I've had 3 winning seasons in the past 5 since I came back. Pretty sure after this off-season I'll have 9 franchised players. Yup, I'm crazy (errr...stubborn)