2022 BDBL Champions
2020, 2022, 2024 Ozzie League Champions
2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 Benes Division Champions
2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2013 Hrbek Division Champions
2004 Eck League Wild Card Winners
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Name: DJ Shepard
Home Town: Akron, OH
Age: 55
Birthday: September 8th
Family: Divorced, with one daughter, Chelsea
Occupation: Pepsi Driver
Hobbies: Reading, finding and listening to "obscure" music, golf, moving Mike Ries' stuff from place to place, cursing out AOL
Favorite team: Cleveland Indians
Brush with Fame: Got to meet and talk with Ray Alder (Fates Warning singer) out in the crowd during the opening band's set. Both pitched to and caught Kenny Robinson, who pitched in 29 games with the Blue Jays and Royals from '95-'97 in summer ball. Pitched against both Frank Stams (former NFL player) and Jerome Lane (former NBA player) in high school and summer leagues. Was shopping at Quonset Hut (a local music store) when Brad Daugherty (former NBA player) came in. Talk about a huge person, he even made me feel small! Saw Jerry Springer in a bar in the Flats, though I was paying more attention to the two, young, knockout blondes with him.&
Team Quote: "One of these days I'm gonna put a team around Pedro, then look out!"
League Quote: "It was an incredibly lucky day when I first stumbled across the DMB web site and in turn the listing for the BDBL less than a month after its inception...at least, lucky for me. The league may feel otherwise."
Quote I always hear from people: "When are you going to get a haircut?"
Fantasy baseball experience: Sporting News and ESPN leagues. League champion 1996 and 1998.
BDBL member since: 11/26/98
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| Year |
Owner |
Team Name |
Record |
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| 1999 |
DJ Shepard |
Akron Ryche (OL, Benes) |
82-78 (3rd) |
| 2000 |
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(EL, Hrbek) |
65-95 (3rd) |
| 2001 |
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|
107-53 (1st) |
| 2002 |
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81-79 (1st) |
| 2003 |
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108-52 (1st) |
| 2004 |
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96-64 (2nd)* |
| 2005 |
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88-72 (3rd) |
| 2006 |
|
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97-63 (1st) |
| 2007 |
|
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86-74 (2nd) |
| 2008 |
|
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79-81 (2nd) |
| 2009 |
|
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77-83 (4th) |
| 2010 |
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76-84 (4th) |
| 2011 |
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81-79 (2nd) |
| 2012 |
|
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96-64 (2nd) |
| 2013 |
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91-69 (1st) |
| 2014 |
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68-92 (3rd) |
| 2015 |
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77-83 (4th) |
| 2016 |
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70-90 (3rd) |
| 2017 |
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62-98 (3rd) |
| 2018 |
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|
85-75 (2nd) |
| 2019 |
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(OL/Benes) |
101-59 (1st) |
| 2020 |
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97-63 (1st) |
| 2021 |
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|
77-83 (2nd) |
| 2022 |
|
|
108-52 (1st) |
| 2023 |
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|
104-56 (1st) |
| 2024 |
|
|
102-58 (1st) |
| 2025 |
|
|
79-81 (2nd) |
* wild card
| Pitching Coach: |
Allen Levrault |
| Hitting Coach: |
Mike Kinkade |
| First Base Coach: |
Scott Sheldon |
| Third Base Coach: |
John Vander Wal |
| Bench Coach: |
Denny Hocking |
| Bullpen Coach: |
Tom Pagnozzi |
| Year |
Rank |
#1 Pick |
#1 Prospect |
| 1999 |
|
Jeff Weaver |
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| 2000 |
9 |
Ben Broussard |
Chin-Feng Chen (14) |
| 2001 |
2 |
Mark Prior |
Bobby Bradley (11) |
| 2002 |
13 |
Nic Jackson |
Carlos Hernandez (20) |
| 2003 |
15 |
Felix Pie |
Travis Hafner (23) |
| 2004 |
21 |
Cory Stewart |
Manny Parra (59) |
| 2005 |
18 |
Cory Dunlap |
Jason Kubel (37) |
| 2006 |
12 |
Jeff Bianchi |
Stephen Drew (6) |
| 2007 |
23 |
Jonathan Meloan |
Jonathan Meloan (99) |
| 2008 |
8 |
Cole Rohrbough |
Johnny Cueto (26) |
| 2009 |
12 |
Tyler Matsek |
Tommy Hanson (5) |
| 2010 |
5 |
Travis Harrison |
Dustin Ackley (12) |
| 2011 |
7 |
Jason Esposito |
Domonic Brown (4) |
| 2012 |
11 |
Eddie Rosario |
Trevor Bauer (11) |
| 2013 |
14 |
Nick Tropeano |
Trevor Bauer (14) |
| 2014 |
11 |
Lewis Thorpe |
Marcus Stroman (44) |
| 2015 |
16 |
Brett Phillips |
Jake Thompson (43) |
| 2016 |
4 |
Josh Hader |
Orlando Arcia (7) |
| 2017 |
1 |
Ramon Laureano |
Dansby Swanson (2) |
| 2018 |
1 |
Monte Harrison |
Ronald Acuna (1) |
| 2019 |
6 |
Deivi Garcia |
Keston Hiura (14) |
| 2020 |
22 |
Joe Ryan |
Deivi Garcia (63) |
| 2021 |
19 |
Luis Toribio |
Keibert Ruiz (57) |
| 2022 |
8 |
Curtis Mead |
Gabriel Moreno (7) |
| 2023 |
15 |
Colt Keith |
Endy Rodriguez (40) |
| 2024 |
20 |
Welbyn Francisca |
Colt Keith (23) |
| 2025 |
22 |
Engelth Urena |
Josue Briceno (84) |
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