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1993 Divergent League Update Week 6 is Now Available!

Catch the full transcript on the Episode page. Thanks to Rock and Roll Guy for the intro tune.

Standings

AL East

  • CPU – Orioles – 69-43, 1st
  • Seamus – Blue Jays – 57-55, 12GB, 2nd
    • OVR: 4th, CON: 14th, PWR: 9th, PITCH: 6th, DEF: 11th, SPD: 12th
  • Liam – Yankees – 53-59, 16GB, 3rd
    • OVR: 11th, CON: 1st, PWR: 13th, PITCH: 21st, DEF: 10th, SPD: 29th

AL Central

  • Travis – White Sox – 67-46, 1st
    • OVR: 1st, CON: 3rd, PWR: 3rd, PITCH: 8th, DEF: 4th, SPD: 1st
  • Tony – Tigers – 66-47, 1GB, 2nd
    • OVR: 22nd, CON: 7th, PWR: 18th, PITCH: 26th, DEF: 16th, SPD: 26th
  • Dan – Royals – 62-50, 4.5GB, 3rd
    • OVR: 2nd, CON: 4th, PWR: 5th, PITCH: 2nd, DEF: 21st, SPD: 8th

AL West

  • Athletics – CPU – 61-51, 1st
  • Astros – CPU – 60-51, 0.5GB, 2nd
  • Austin – Rangers – 60-53, 1.5GB, 3rd
    • OVR: 18th, CON: 20th, PWR: 11th, PITCH: 14th, DEF: 19th, SPD: 25th
  • Sandra – Mariners – 51-62, 10.5GB, 4th
    • OVR: 8th, CON: 17th, PWR: 1st, PITCH: 15th, DEF: 1st, SPD: 24th

NL East

  • Derek L – Phillies – 74-39, 1st
    • OVR: 7th, CON: 2nd, PWR: 10th, PITCH: 7th, DEF: 24th, SPD: 4th
  • Derek – Braves – 68-44, 5.5GB, 2nd 
    • OVR: 3rd, CON: 19th, PWR: 15th, PITCH: 1st, DEF: 9th, SPD: 27th
  • Charles – Expos – 67-46, 7GB, 3rd
    • OVR: 6th, CON: 9th, PWR: 21st, PITCH: 4th, DEF: 7th, SPD: 10th
  • Phil – Mets – 39-72, 34GB, 4th
    • OVR: 10th, CON: 18th, PWR: 2nd, PITCH: 11th, DEF: 8th, SPD: 13th

NL Central

  • Cardinals – CPU – 69-45, 1st
  • Gary – Cubs – 58-54, 10GB, 3rd
    • OVR: 13th, CON: 12th, PWR: 16th, PITCH: 17th, DEF: 5th, SPD: 15th
  • George – Reds – 52-60, 16GB, 5th
    • OVR: 12th, CON: 16th, PWR: 23rd, PITCH: 10th, DEF: 3rd, SPD: 3rd

NL West

  • Henry – Giants – 63-49, 1st
    • OVR: 5th, CON: 13th, PWR: 14th, PITCH: 5th, DEF: 2nd, SPD: 7th
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1993 Divergent League Results – 2/17/21

Thanks to a weak Yankees bullpen and an explosion of power from the White Sox, the southsiders won 9-1. Catch the replay in our Twitch archives. Highlights included Frank Thomas socking dinger number 39. He leads the league.

More stats and standings coming up tomorrow in Divergent League Update.

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1993 Divergent League Results 2/14/21

Game 1 (video archive) saw the Reds take one from the Cubs 1-0.

Game 2 (video archive) was a dingerful affair, with a combined 5 home runs in which the Mariners crushed the Mets 8-5.

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1993 Divergent League All-Star Game: The NL Wins 3-0

You can catch the replay on our Twitch channel.

This season’s All-Star game was close in the scorecard but never really in doubt. The National League All-Stars won on the strength of home runs from Matt Williams (clip) and John Kruk (clip).

Tonight’s games will be at 1pm PST and another at 4pm PST and will feature Cubs .vs. Reds and Mets .vs. Mariners. Come see the first game for the new-look Mets with Mark McGwire. New Mariner Mike Mussina will likely be on the mound for the Ms.

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1993 Divergent League Home Run Derby & Hardship Draft Results

It’s All-Star Weekend and the home run derby last night was a dinger-filled affair with several shots over the 500-foot mark. The Big Hurt took the trophy home for the White Sox after besting Mark McGwire in the finals. You can catch the full Derby in the Divergent League Archives. More on Big Mac’s future in a moment.

Home Run Derby Results

1993 Home Run Derby bracket

Frank Thomas won the derby after defeating Mike Piazza and Barry Bonds on his way to the finals against Mark McGwire who likewise took down Matt Williams and Rafi Palmiero. Congrats to the Big Hurt.

Hardship Draft

The 1993 Hardship Draft has concluded and it involved some huge moves with deep implications for the rest of the season.

  1. New York Mets selected Mark McGwire from the Athletics
  2. New York Yankees selected Kirby Puckett from the Twins
  3. Seattle Mariners selected Mike Mussina from the Orioles

McGwire is leading the league in home runs, tied with Frank Thomas. Mike Mussina is front-runner for the Cy Young award. Things just got a little more interesting.

Tonight is the All-Star Game! We’ll see you at 6pm pacific time on https://twitch.tv/extrafuture

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1993 Divergent League Update Week 5 – All Star Weekend Stats & Standings

All-Star Rosters

1993 All-Star Game Roster List

The All-Star Game broadcasts tomorrow, Feb 13, at 6:00pm PST.

Hardship Draft

The Hardship Draft winners have been chosen, and will make their picks in this order:

  1. New York Mets
  2. New York Yankees
  3. Seattle Mariners

A lot of players are in… play this year, so we could see some big changes in the second half. Look for the picks to be announced this evening during the Home Run Derby.

Home Run Derby

Here are the seeds for tonight’s Home Run Derby:

  1. Mark McGwire
  2. Frank Thomas
  3. Rafael Palmiero
  4. Fred McGriff
  5. Barry Bonds
  6. Andre Dawson
  7. Matt Williams
  8. Mike Piazza

Join us starting at 6pm PST for some Dingers tonight at https://twitch.tv/extrafuture

Standings

AL East

  • CPU – Orioles – 62-35, 1st
  • Seamus – Blue Jays – 46-51, 16GB, 2nd
    • OVR: 4th, CON: 13th, PWR: 9th, PITCH: 7th, DEF: 10th, SPD: 13th
  • Liam – Yankees – 42-53, 19GB, 4th
    • OVR: 20th, CON: 6th, PWR: 19th, PITCH: 20th, DEF: 17th, SPD: 30th

AL Central

  • Travis – White Sox – 57-39, 1st
    • OVR: 1st, CON: 4th, PWR: 6th, PITCH: 8th, DEF: 4th, SPD: 1st
  • Tony – Tigers – 56-41, 1.5GB, 2nd
    • OVR: 22nd, CON: 8th, PWR: 18th, PITCH: 26th, DEF: 16th, SPD: 25th
  • Dan – Royals – 55-44, 2.5GB, 3rd
    • OVR: 2nd, CON: 2nd, PWR: 5th, PITCH: 2nd, DEF: 22th, SPD: 8th

AL West

  • Austin – Rangers – 50-47, 3.0GB, 3rd
    • OVR: 18th, CON: 19th, PWR: 11th, PITCH: 16th, DEF: 19th, SPD: 26th
  • Sandra – Mariners – 43-55, 10.5GB, 4th
    • OVR: 11th, CON: 18th, PWR: 2nd, PITCH: 24rd, DEF: 2nd, SPD: 24th

NL East

  • Derek L – Phillies – 64-32, 1st
    • OVR: 6th, CON: 1st, PWR: 10th, PITCH: 6th, DEF: 24th, SPD: 4th
  • Charles – Expos – 60-37, 4.5GB, 2nd
    • OVR: 7th, CON: 11th, PWR: 23rd, PITCH: 4th, DEF: 8th, SPD: 9th
  • Derek – Braves – 57-40, 7.5, 3rd 
    • OVR: 3rd, CON: 20th, PWR: 15th, PITCH: 1st, DEF: 9th, SPD: 27th
  • Phil – Mets – 33-63, 32.5, 4th
    • OVR: 16th, CON: 21st, PWR: 12th, PITCH: 10th, DEF: 7th, SPD: 12th

NL Central

  • Cardinals – CPU – 61-36, 1st
  • Gary – Cubs – 49-47, 10.5GB, 3rd
    • OVR: 14th, CON: 15th, PWR: 16th, PITCH: 17th, DEF: 5th, SPD: 15th
  • George – Reds – 43-53, 17.5gb, 5th
    • OVR: 12th, CON: 16th, PWR: 24th, PITCH: 13th, DEF: 3th, SPD: 3rd

NL West

  • Henry – Giants – 50-44, 1st
    • OVR: 5th, CON: 14th, PWR: 13th, PITCH: 5th, DEF: 1st, SPD: 7th
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1993 Divergent League GameDay – 2/9/2021

[Back-filling the games from yesterday — Commish]

Today on Divergent League (video archive link) the Braves took down the Phillies 4-2 behind a characteristically solid Greg Maddux performance.

The Cubs also trounced the Reds, 5-0 on the power of 4 RBIs from Steve Buechele including a 3-run dinger. Bip Roberts went 1-3 with a base on balls.

Don’t forget to join us this Friday for the Home Run Derby, and Saturday for the All-Star Game.

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This Weekend is 1993 Divergent League All-Star Weekend

Howdy sports fans, you may have noticed that we skipped yesterday’s scheduled games. We’re adjusting the streaming schedule a bit this week to accommodate the upcoming All-Star Weekend festivities. Here’s the schedule for this week:

Tuesday, February 9

  • 6:00pm: Two games from the season, from late June / early July
  • Afterward: Hardship Draft teams reveal

Friday, February 12

  • Hardship Draft
  • All-Star Roster Reveal
  • 6:00pm: Home Run Derby

Saturday, February 13

  • 6:00pm: All-Star Game

We hope you’ll join us at the usual place, https://twitch.tv/extrafuture

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1993 Divergent League Baseball Week 4 Podcast, Standings and Power Rankings

The Week 4 podcast is now up, embedded here and available anywhere you listen to podcasts:

1993 Divergent League Update, Week 4

Next weekend is All Star Weekend starting Friday February 12th with the Hardship Draft and continuing into Saturday’s Home Run Derby and All Star Game festivities. Check back here for the All Star rosters, and Home Run Derby qualifiers, next week.

Standings

AL East

  • CPU – Orioles – 52-25, 1st
  • Seamus – Blue Jays – 38-39, 14GB, 2nd
    • OVR: 4th, CON: 14th, PWR: 8th, PITCH: 7th, DEF: 10th, SPD: 13th
  • Liam – Yankees – 31-46, 21GB, 4th
    • OVR: 19th, CON: 6th, PWR: 18th, PITCH: 19th, DEF: 17th, SPD: 30th

AL Central

  • Tony – Tigers – 46-30, 1st
    • OVR: 22nd, CON: 10th, PWR: 19th, PITCH: 26th, DEF: 15th, SPD: 24th
  • Travis – White Sox – 45-32, 1.5GB, 2nd
    • OVR: 1st, CON: 3rd, PWR: 4th, PITCH: 8th, DEF: 3rd, SPD: 1st
  • Dan – Royals – 43-35, 4GB, 3rd
    • OVR: 2nd, CON: 2nd, PWR: 7th, PITCH: 2nd, DEF: 20th, SPD: 8th

AL West

  • Austin – Rangers – 42-36, 1.5GB, 3rd
    • OVR: 18th, CON: 19th, PWR: 11th, PITCH: 13th, DEF: 22nd, SPD: 25th
  • Sandra – Mariners – 34-44, 9.5GB, 5th
    • OVR: 11th, CON: 18th, PWR: 2nd, PITCH: 24rd, DEF: 2nd, SPD: 26th

NL East

  • Derek L – Phillies – 54-21, 1st
    • OVR: 6th, CON: 1st, PWR: 10th, PITCH: 6th, DEF: 23rd, SPD: 4th
  • Charles – Expos – 50-26, 4.5GB, 2nd
    • OVR: 5th, CON: 11th, PWR: 24th, PITCH: 4th, DEF: 7th, SPD: 9th
  • Derek – Braves – 42-34, 12.5, 3rd
    • OVR: 3rd, CON: 20th, PWR: 13th, PITCH: 1st, DEF: 9th, SPD: 27th
  • Phil – Mets – 22-54, 32.5, 5th
    • OVR: 15th, CON: 21st, PWR: 12th, PITCH: 10th, DEF: 8th, SPD: 12th

NL Central

  • Gary – Cubs – 37-40, 10.5GB, 4rd
    • OVR: 12th, CON: 13th, PWR: 16th, PITCH: 15th, DEF: 5th, SPD: 15th
  • George – Reds – 33-44, 14.5gb, 5th
    • OVR: 15th, CON: 16th, PWR: 23rd, PITCH: 15th, DEF: 4th, SPD: 3rd

NL West

  • Henry – Giants – 44-32, 1st
    • OVR: 7th, CON: 15th, PWR: 15th, PITCH: 5th, DEF: 1st, SPD: 7th
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1993 Divergent League Gameday – 2/2/21

Today’s games feature the Rangers, Royals, and Phillies and are streaming now on twitch.tv/extrafuture

Update:

  • The Royals beat the Rangers 5-1
  • The Phillies beat the Expos 5-3