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2006 DIVISION SERIES BROADCAST SCHEDULE

The following is the national broadcast schedule for the first four days of the 2006 American League and National League Division Series. FOX and ESPN will provide complete coverage of all Division Series games, while ESPN Radio will provide national radio coverage. MLB International will be transmitting the entire Division Series to a worldwide audience. In addition, broadcast rightsholders from Japan and Puerto Rico will broadcast live from select Division Series games.

The remainder of the Division Series schedule will be announced later this week.

2006 DIVISION SERIES

(ALL TIMES EASTERN AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Tuesday, October 3rd

1:00 p.m.: ALDS Game 1, Oakland Athletics @ Minnesota Twins, ESPN

4:00 p.m.: NLDS Game 1, St. Louis Cardinals @ San Diego Padres, ESPN

8:00 p.m.: ALDS Game 1, Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees, FOX

Wednesday, October 4th

1:00 p.m.: ALDS Game 2, Oakland Athletics @ Minnesota Twins, ESPN

4:00 p.m.: NLDS Game 1, Los Angeles Dodgers @ New York Mets, ESPN

8:00 p.m.: ALDS Game 2, Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees, ESPN

Thursday, October 5th

4:00 p.m.: NLDS Game 2, St. Louis Cardinals @ San Diego Padres, ESPN

8:00 p.m.: NLDS Game 2, Los Angeles Dodgers @ New York Mets, FOX

Friday, October 6th

4:00 p.m.: ALDS Game 3, Minnesota Twins @ Oakland Athletics, ESPN

8:00 p.m.: ALDS Game 3, New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers, ESPN

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Sim League Openings for the Week of October 2, 2006

by Joe Hamrahi on Sun 01 Oct 2006 03:58 PM EDT

Here is the list of league openings for this week.. Please contact the league directly and NOT BDD. This list will also be posted to the blog section of the web site by Monday evening.

Remember, for guidelines on submitting league openings, please read through the post here Ads for Sim League Openings

Strat-O-Matic Leagues

The Continental Baseball League (CBL) is currently wrapping up its 22nd season and is looking for a few punctual, dedicated baseball fans for 2007. The CBL is a 24 team strat-o-matic play-by-mail league with a unique team identity rule. The draft is held in February, followed by an abbreviated free agent draft in March. The season runs from April - September. Newsletters are published quarterly and also during the offseason. There are currently three openings with the Nationals, Astros, and Cardinals franchises available. Interested parties should visit the website at http://www.cblbaseball.com/ and follow the "Email Commissioner" link.

League Name: NOMBL
Simulation Game: STRAT O MATIC
Web Site: www.geocities.com/nombl2006/NOMBL/index.html
Contact Name: ROBERT WHITE
Contact Email: VASQUIRES@JUNO.COM
NOMBL is a summer computer baseball league with 20 teams.NOMBL has 1 (playoff team) and maybe a 2nd team available for the 2007 season which started in May. Join now so you can be a member in time for our 2007 season. Team currently available is Tidewater with Tori Hunter, Jacque Jones, Bedard, Harang, Brian Roberts and Baltimore O's loaded team. We use all super advanced rules. We are a keeper league which drafts rookies and minor leaguers with net play allowed. We use a 40 man roster in 162 game schedule using both AL and NL players.The NOMBL is starting a New website: www.geocities.com/nombl2006/NOMBL/index.html

League Name: RFBA (Real Fans Baseball Association)
Simulation Game: Strat-o-Matic Web Site: (http://www.rfba.net)
Contact Name: David Meese
Contact Email: SadieCody@aol.com
Description (whatever you want can go here): The Real Fans Baseball Association is a 24-team carryover Strat league that uses a salary cap and plays the CD-ROM Baseball game. The RFBA was formed about 8 years ago and has received compliments over the years for its strong web site. We are presently looking for a few managers to take over some openings. Three teams are available immediately, as several managers have had to resign recently for personal reasons.

League Name:GMBL
Simulation Game:Strat-o-matic
Web Site: http://home.comcast.net/~hofertodd/GMBL.html
Contact Name: Todd McKernan
Contact Email: hofertodd@comcast.net
Description (whatever you want can go here): GMBL is a 24 team winter Strat League Nov-April we will be entering our 9th season and have a very compete league encyclopedia. Owner play 12-18 road games a month, roster sizes are 35 men that get trimmed to 25 before our annual September draft.... come join the fun.

APBA Leagues

O.Z. LEAGUE
APBA BASEBALL
No website...yet!
Dom Provisiero
NYAPBA@yahoo.com
The O.Z. League was founded in 1982. We play mostly APBA Face to Face in NY but also allow phone/PC play.We were featured in the NY Daily News in 1988 for a Baseball Opening Day story. Our league is great for APBA beginners and experienced players. If you want to combine your love of baseball with a great game.....contact us!

League Name: OOTL (Out of Their League)
Simulation Game: APBA Master Game (face-to-face in Harrisburg, PA,region)
Web Site: http://home.comcast.net/~radiob/
Contact Name: Brian Williams
Contact Email: radiob@comcast.net
Description (whatever you want can go here): If you live in the Harrisburg/York/Lancaster area and enjoy getting together to talk, GM, and play baseball, let's talk. We currently play a comfortable 90 game schedule spread over a nine month period. For better accuracy, we restrict players to pro-rated actual use and utilize the great CMBA pitching formula for grading. Everyone meets at a local hotel business meeting room on a dark, cold Sunday afterrnoon to chat about baseball and hold our annual rookie draft. Contact me to learn more or glance at our constitution online. Thanks for your interest!

Diamond Mind Leagues

League Name: Seasons Past Baseball Classic
Simulation Game: Diamonds Mind Baseball
Web Site: http://seasonspastbaseball.com
Contact Name: John Turnbull
Contact Email: jturnbull@woh.rr.com
Description (whatever you want can go here): This is a salary cap centralized league using the All-Time Greats update disk. The open team is the Motor City Hitmen. The season starts next month, with drafting almost complete. Some of the players on this team include Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, Ty Cobb, Al Kaline, David Cone, Jim Palmer, Don Sutton, Don Newcombe, and Kent Tekulve. You can view the rules and more about this league at seasonspastbaseball.com Click on the SPB Classic league.

League Name: NSBL
Simulation Game: Diamond Mind Simulation
Web Site: http://nsbl2004.brinkster.net/index.htm
Contact Name: Tracy Kienast
Contact Email: tkienast@yahoo.com
Description (whatever you want can go here): software is not required to be part of league. Each week is simmed offline and posted by our commissioner. We are just entering the postseason and will have anywhere from 1-3 openings. One definite opening is SF, please note they will be a rebuilding project. There are potentially two other GM's who may not be returning, one of these would be a rebuilding project the other a decent team w/ some good prospects.

Players Looking for Leagues

I am a big computerized Strat-O-Matic fan, but have never participated in a league or online to this point. I have a learning curve, but am quick and competitive. Please contact Robert at neal7110@hotmail.com.

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Astros Lose to Braves, Cardinals Clinch NL Central!

by Joe Hamrahi on Sun 01 Oct 2006 03:49 PM EDT

Despite having just 3 hits on the day, John Smoltz and the Braves defeated the Astros to eliminate Houston from playoff contention.

Houston's loss gives the St. Louis Cardinals the NL Central division title.

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