Today’s games were:
- Cubs 3 .vs. Diamondbacks 5
- Mariners 5 .vs. Astros 4
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Phil Nelson, aka The Commish. https://extrafuture.com
Today’s games were:
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Today’s games start at 1:15pm Pacific. Here is the lineup:
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White Sox 1 vs Red Sox 0
W: Wells
L: Mercker
Blue Jays 4 vs Yankees 1
W: Hentgen
L: Juden
Diamondbacks 6 vs Cubs 7
W: Karchner
L: Plesac
Day one is in the books, here’s who came out on top:
Red Sox 3 vs Blue Jays 1
10th inning
W Bullinger
L Lloyd
Expos 6 vs Mets 3
W Saberhagen
L Maddux
Dodgers 2 vs Giants 0
W Brown
L Colon
The 1999 Divergent League Baseball season is in full… swing! There was a big deal struck between the Expos and Red Sox but first let’s take a look at the final team selection and draft picks from last week’s big draft. Here’s how it shook out:
It’s already proving to be a wild season, with a trade being pulled off by the Expos and Red Sox. The Red Sox sent Brent Saberhagen (P) to the Expos for Manny Martinez (CF) and Michael Barrett (3B, C).
Howdy. It’s been awhile.
Consider this post your invitation to become a team manager and participate in a weird atemporal look at 1999 though the lens of Divergent League Baseball.
Keep reading for how to join, when to watch, and what to look out for. I’ve also got some real life 1999 history material at the end for you to vibe on.
Divergent League Baseball is a simulated fantasy baseball league based on historical seasons (previous ones include: 1985, 1977, 1993) in which human managers make high-level decisions and trades and leave the coaching and playing of games to the Playstation 4 CPU. We simulate a full baseball season starting with the opening day rosters for our chosen year (1999 this time) based on a community-created roster in MLB The Show 20. Managers choose a team and get to make one pick of any player from any non-managed team, just to spice things up. We stream a subset of games featuring player owned teams on Twitch, YouTube, and RetroStrange TV on a routine schedule. Divergent League does not recognize the Designated Hitter rule under any circumstances.
There’s more to it that makes Divergent League fun, but there is a whole page about that on our website.
The Divergent League 1999 Team Selection and Player Draft will take on a new form, to accommodate our players in different timezones and with different life contexts. Here’s how team selection will work:
And then the Player Draft:
The Commissioner will post a list on divergentleague.com of the results of both Team Selection and Draft as they occur, as well as these events being the subject of the first 1999 episode of the Divergent League Update podcast.
Divergent League 1999 Opening Day will take place on March 20th at 1:00pm Pacific time. See our calendar for the game schedule.
Divergent League works by having players “buy-in” to manage one or more teams. You get to choose the team, and a special draft pick. We use the money to buy a custom trophy for the winner of our championship.
This season, each team costs $10 to manage. I do not particularly care how you get me the $10. Here are two ways, listed in order of preference:
If you are a Patron already, you’re in! Just message Phil with your team preferences list.
For a refresher on 1999 check out MLB ’99: A Season of Heroes, embedded below:
Questions? Comments? Fears, doubts? How is my driving? Just comment here or send me an email at divergent at extrafuture.com.
Thanks, and welcome to the club,
— The Commish
The Mariners took on the Rangers in this battle of teams from 1999. Take a look on Twitch.
This weekend your Commish (that’s me) did some stealth previewing of the upcoming Divergent League season, set in 1999. We loaded up the new roster, set up the sliders for Divergentness and pitted the 1999 Chicago Cubs .vs. the 1999 Detroit Tigers for your viewing pleasure.
This season of Divergent League Baseball features an all-new stream set-up and will be broadcast on RetroStrange TV, the official broadcast partner of Divergent League. Viewers can also find the feed on Phil’s YouTube channel, Facebook, and Twitch.
You can find the stream in two parts on Twitch. Watch Part 1 and Part 2.
Returning managers and hopefuls: Now is the time to signal your interest in the next season of Divergent League Baseball. We haven’t yet decided what the new season will be, or if we’ll upgrade to MLB The Show 2021. Time will tell!
Sign up: https://divergentleague.com/signup
The 1993 Divergent League Baseball season is in the books, and it’s all over but the crying in San Francisco. The Chicago White Sox bulldozed the Giants 4 games to 1 in our 5th Divergent League World Series.
Despite an early Giants lead in game 5, it simply wasn’t enough in the face of Chicago’s offensive onslaught.
Congratulations to the White Sox and manager Travis Timm, this is their first time winning the historic Bip Roberts Memorial Cup Even Though He’s Still Alive.