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VOLUME:LII ... 15 Mar 2026

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logo2 As we begin the 52nd RCMBA season a few notes before we hear from Dickie V & Mad Dog. The Download page can be accessed via the bottom on Main page and at the top left of the team page. That page has blank recaps, score sheets, mods we use and some other stuff. Gameplay reminders: We use the "ghost" runner & three batter minimum MLB rules. You must use the same 26 players at home that were used away against that same opponent and if it helps consider it as an 8-9-10 game series where at home you play game 5 or 6 of that series. You can only have 13 pitchers active. You must have a backup active for every position even if they player has 162 game limit and you need two that can play in the outfield. Results go only to me and I send both halves out to each manager. Stats Page will show updates on 1st and the 15th. Standing page shows whether or not about if I have received your result and that page gets updated daily. OK, let's hear from the two great mouths of sports.

 

DICKIE V & the MAD DOG

dv1"A big hello to everyone. I can't believe another year has gone by and while I get ready for March Madness, I get to talk about the RCMBA again. I've been doing this every spring for, boy it's been a long time. Maybe 30 yrs. As usual I got Christopher Russo with me but before I get to talking your teams I want to mention this. I was looking at your fabulous website and noticed on the bottom of the teams page a wonderful tribute to your former league members that have passed. Sadly, the last entry was this year. A picture of Dennis Dvorak. A good manager and a good man who will be missed".

 

Allen Division: "Bennett Run and Eddie Morgans has got some High Risers bay-bee! A loaded pitching staff and top man is the PTPer Framber Valdez and the diaper dandee Quinn Priester handlin' the rock.  Alex  Bregman is All-Windex and All-Alcatraz Trent Grisham bay-bee is finally getting his strawberry shortcake and the one and only Three S, Mr! Michael Trout... Burnsville's Andy Jeschke has the big glass eater Matt Olson. Diaper dandees Colson Montgomery, Addison Barger and the board banger Hunter Goodman too. He's gonna hit some trifecta's bay-bee!. You talk about blue chip and truly remarkable, look who's handlin' the rock bay-bee! Oh, oh he's unbelievable bay-bee! He's a star! Paul Skenes is Surf & turf wit a capital S. I love 'em!... At Iron City Jimmy K has the All-Avis boys Sal Frelick and Alec Bohm, the little diaper dandee Caleb Durbin, the All-Rambo Josh Naylor and PTPers JT Realmuto and Justin Verlander, the all M&Mer is dishin the rock... Up north, the entire nation of Canada is behind Ottawa and Mark Featherstone bay-bee!. He's got blue chip Cal "The Big Dumper" Raleigh, the All-wacko Jazz Chisholm, diaper dandees Michael Busch & All World B Free Pete Crow-Armstrong and he has All-Volkswagen Logan Webb, the flat out awesome Nate Eovaldi and the Maestro Mr Clayton Kershaw with the rock... At Sarasota Joseph Jutzi has the diaper dandee, the Big Amish, Nick Kurtz! You talk about diaper dandees, look at that face of Jackson Holliday! He hasn't graduated from high school yet? Don't forget about the AT&Ters Gunner Henderson and Carlos Correa along with the All-Volkswagen Wilyer Abreu."

 

Caray Division: "Lake Forest hired a diaper dandee coach in Dennis Jennings and he isn't gonna be cupcake bay-bee. He's got the flat out All-Pac Man Ketal Marte and the All-Potential Fernando Tatis, the Rolls Roycer Manny Machado but T.O. bay-bee. Are you serious?  He's also got the Surf & Turf Juan Soto and handlin' the rock for him, we talk about Skubal. We talk about Skenes. Nobody talks about the All-Mystique Yoshinobu Yamamoto. With a capital A he's awesome bay-bee!...Over at Laurel Highlands Mark "Shake & Bake" Gaudiano is going with the R&R Julio Rodriguez and Elly De La Cruz will be doin' dipsy-do-dunk-a-roo. He's got William Contreras getting all the Q.T. behind the dish and a flat out awesome diaper dandee in Samuel Basallo. He's gonna be a star bay-bee! Don't forget about blue chip Tanner Bibee handlin' the rock... In Philly Jeremy Fisher's boys are done with the rebuild. It's Show Time bay-bee! He's got Hunter Brown rackin up W's, the PTPers Sal Perez plus Christian Yelich hittin' perimeter J's, the All-Potential Jackson Chourio and James Wood and you talk about class. He landed Freddie Freeman bay-bee!... Joey Reagan's Rochester team is ready to cut down the net bay-bee! He's got the Three D man, Garrett Crochet and Rolls Roycers Jacob deGrom and Zack Wheeler. You talk about All-Windex team you gotta include Pete Alonso. Francisco Lindor is an M&Mers bay-bee and the All-Super Sophs Wyatt Langford and Jackson Merrill doin the zone D like Jimmy Boeheim used to do... At Syracuse the Frank Lloyd Wright of the RCMBA Johnny Briggs is out to defend his title and the top of the lineup is flat out scary bay-bee! He's got the human spaceship Mr 99, Aaron Judge. He's got the flat out awesome surf & turf Shohei Ohtani but T.O bay-bee!  He's got All-Isolation Bobby Witt, the MIA Rafael Devers? The All-Adonis Giancarlo Stanton and handlin' the rock is Christopher Sanchez, the All-Mystique Andres Munoz and the diaper dandee Cam Schlittler."

 

Harwell Division: Albuequerque's Master Motivator Michael Fisher has the blue chip Max Fried and All-Alcatraz Freddy Peralta. They got Shea Langeliers hittin Area Code J's, the diaper dandee Benjamin Rice and I salute the Rolls Roycer Mr Bryce Harper who, with a capital N is Never MIA bay-bee!... At Atlanta the Marco Polo Roberto Fenili the flat out awesom  PTPers Tarik Skubal. There's the big board banger  Vlad Guerrero Jr and the All-Indy, R&R Ronald Acuna. You need a T.O. bay-bee cuz he's got The All-Indy R&R Corbin Carroll plus All-Windex team Michael Tucker and more bay-bee. The diaper dandee Roman Anthony. He's gonna be a star bay-bee! I love 'em. He's gonne be  awesome!... Chesapeake's Paul Koch isn't NIT bay-bee! He's got the entire All-Rip Van Winkle boys Carlos Rodon, Bryon Buxton and Matthew Boyd. The blue chipper Mookie Betts, is here and you talk about M&Mer or Surf & Turf, it's Jose Ramirez bay-bee!... Randy Prichard's Kentucky team has the All-Times Square Blake Snell and All-Isolation Logan Gilbert plus All-Volkswagen Daulton Varsho. The diaper dandee Daylan Lile and T.O. bay-bee! You talk about All-Rambo, bottom line you gotta have Kyle Schwarber on that team. He's awesome bay-bee!... San Luis Obispo head man Bobby Dowrick comes back to the league with the All-Potential Edward Cabrera with the rock. Diaper dandees Drake Baldwin and All-Alcatraz Kyle Stowers. He's got All-Velcro Willy Adames, the All-Innovative Nico Hoerner and the big board banger Teoscar Hernandez. So Christopher what do you see here?"

 

russoChris Russo says, "Dickie that was a weally good scout job for this year. A lot better than Stephen A could do. What I see and let's be honest, you got about half of 'em that can win and half, stink. In that Hawell gwoop only Albakeykers. He should move to a decent named city. Only them and Atlanta have a chance. Cheesapeets, whats with the long names stuff? Gee whiz! Anyway they got no pitching and they can't hit as good as last year. San Wuis Obispo. Oh come on! Weally! The guy needs THREE STINKIN NAMES? Sand Luie Obipsmo. Is that like the El Birdie stuff?. Moving on, they got pitching not much hitting. Do ya think they might have enough pen? Gee Whiz! Kentucky's got no pitching or hitting except for Schwaabar. In the Cawee division I'll give you a meeyon dahlurz if Lauwoo High gets  60 wins. Oh my,  the guy has been webuilding for twenty years and never keeps anything. Jeez! The other four are weally good. Siricues, pitching is weak becuz he twaded away his two best. What's up with that pal? But still they got Judge, Ohtwani, Witt, Devers! I guess I see why he wouldn't sweat pitchwing cuz they might score a 1000 wuns! The Forest team not quite but pwetty close with Siricues offense but gweat pitching. Phila, nope it's Pwilwee   wemember they stunk last couple years. Not now. Nice job pal.. Warchested got lots and lots of pitching, not so much hitting and wondering why? In the Ahwhen to be fair this one was over yesterday. No El Birdees here or Sans just an whole countwee! Ottawa has tons of pitching. That offense is pwobably best in the whole weague. Easy win. No one here is gonna beat 'em. Bennuts has pwetty good staff and they can hit too. Bwinsville not as good hitting or pitching as the Bennies. Sawasoda has zewo pitching and lousy offense but way better than Iwon City. To be fair, he could finish 4th. Not this year pal. So as you would say Dickie, bottom line, Atlanta, Siricues and Ottawa pennants. Bennies, Albaqweers, Lakers are in pwayoffs. Ottawa's gonna win it all pal. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO AMEWICAN BASEBALL!!? WE'RE BETTER AT HOCKEY NOW! GIMME A FWEAKIN' BWEAK! GEE WHIZ! I can't bewieve I said Ottawa (sigh). What's your take Dickie? Gimme your thoughts pal."

 

dickieChris I know you get a bit excited but it's now worldwide baseball and everyone comes here for the best competition. Amo a mis amigos latinos. So who's gonna win what? On the offense side Atlanta has the league's best batting average and OPS+. Ottawa the most rostered homers, steals and the best APBAx ratings. Syracuse is gonna score a bunch of runs and pretty close to most rostered homers. On the pitching side Lake Forest has the leagues most A or B starts. Rochester the league best innings for A or B starts and Ottawa a flat out scary league best bullpen A* innings. So to me it's this...Allen: Two cream puffs and no chance for Sarasota or Iron City. Burnsville & Bennett Run battle for 2nd and Bennett Run pitching staff gets the playoff slot but Ottawa is gonna runaway with this one by 20 games bay-bee! Way more of everything bay-bee..... Caray: This one is a four team dog fight. Laurel Highlands is brick city! No chance of even finishing 4th. Philly offense costs them and gets 4th. Rochester is a little light on hitting side compared to the Syracuse & Lake Forest. Syracuse too much offense and just barely on top..... Harwell: Kentucky can't score with bargain basement pitching is last. San Luis Obispo December offense puts them 4th but you better hope they aren't up by the 5th inning. Chesapeake got by last year with no pitching but not gonna work again this year. Not close to top two. I think every says Atlanta's offense is get them first place but Albuquerque finds a way to beat em.... Playoffs: We got Atlanta, Albuquerque, Syracuse, Lake Forest, Ottawa and Bennett Run. Time to make the call. Last year you all thought I was nuts saying Syracuse would win. This time here it is! They're on fire! Somebody call the Fire Department bay-bee! Mr Mark Featherstone is gonna be cuttin' down the net bay-bee as RCMBA Champion. I hope you got a chuckle or two from what we've had to say. I can't always be right, so time for all of you to enjoy playing Mr Seitz's awesome game. Have fun is the important thing. See ya next year bay-bee!"

 

YOUR OUTLOOKS

boiler2BENNETT RUN: Bennett Run enters 2026 with a manager who has a new lease on life and a team that might have one, as well. A completely rebuilt outfield that now features Mike Trout, Andy Pages, and the powerful Trent Grisham is a big step forward, as is the addition of 3B Alex Bregman. Singles machine Luis Arraez graces the top of the lineup while Spencer Torkelson will hope to drop Tork bombs around the league. The pitching staff features 150 B starts, a deep and solid bullpen, though the staff is light on Zs. All of it adds up to a club that should contend for a wild card. A division title is beyond this group's reach. 

 

birdoCHESAPEAKE: The El Birdos expect to contend for and hopefully defend their Division crown in 2026. Chesapeake will score quite a few runs with a deep offense led by Trea Turner, Byron Buxton and Jose Ramirez. The El Birdos scored 791 runs in 2025 and have set a team goal of 800 runs in 2026. The El Birdos traded for DH Trent Rooker and his 30 HR’s and 162 games. They also acquired a solid hitter in Alec Burleson and upgraded their catcher position by adding Carson Kelly in the draft. The SP is better than 2025 with an A starter and 2 B starters. All of the C starters have excellent control and hope to induce quite a few DP’s with a solid infield defense behind them. The bullpen is not nearly as strong as a year ago. This will cause management issues over the course of the season. It will likely lead to the overall win total going down in what appears to be an improved Division.

 

lake2LAKE FOREST-Timbers’ Kindling: Well the Timbers head into this first season not knowing what to expect. I feel we are a lot like the current Chicago Cubs. Solid everywhere but maybe missing enough star power. In real-life sometimes teams like that click, sometimes not. Having a rookie manager will handicap this team as well as many starters missing 40ish games. Soto, Tatis, Bellinger and Machado will be there pretty much every day but rest need a lot of rest. The draft also a potential issue as Timbers probably should have leaned more into helping this year as I think the team is close tonplayoff contending, but used round 2 and 3 for the future. We will see how this falls out. Please feel free to critique my instrucs and share league tricks as the season goes on…. Looking forward to interacting with everyone.

 

lh2LAUREL HIGHLANDS: Laurel Highlands Manager Danny Murtaugh is trying to change the Mustang culture as he has a new locker room and says this is the last year of the rebuild. GM Maurice Minnefield improved has an improved roster with upside. The Mustangs have experience mixed with younger starters, but an offense that may do some damage in 2027 not yet in 2026. The optimism in Mustang land looks bright for 2025, with possible future star young players such as Julio Rodriguez, Luis Robert, Elly De La Cruz, O'Neil Cruz, Cam Smith, Noelvi Marte, Sammy Basallo, Augustin Ramirez, Brady House, Eury Perez, Braxton Ashcraft, Mackenzie Gore & Tanner Bibee. The Mustangs, Minnefield & Murtaugh are hopeful beyond the 2026 season. 2026 PREDICTION 5th place in the Harry Caray Division.

 

catsOTTAWA: The Ottawa Fat Cats repeat a past practice of pushing a large stack of chips into the 2026 playoff gamble. Led by soon-to-be retiring Kershaw, the Cats will limit the number of times the starting staff will go deep into games by aggressively using a deep pen (the likes of D Santana, Ty Rogers, Newcombe, Armstrong, etc.).  The offence, on the other hand, will count on a stable lineup of long ball threats. All in all, the Cats aspire to be a top 5 team and make a deep playoff run (circa 2015 to 2021). Good luck to all!

 

robins2ROCHESTER: The Robins made a nice run last season, only to get smoked by Syracuse in the finals. The rotation of Crochet-Rogers-Wheeler-DeGrom-Kelly-McLean, backed by 2025's top closer Aroldis Chapman should get Rochester back to the playoffs. Power, speed, and defense, check.  Lindor, Alonso Turang, and Chapman is a Championship Caliber infield, and the OF Greene, Springer,  and the kid platoon of Langford and Merrill is solid. Anything can happen in the playoffs, and the competition looks brutal this season.

 

sara2SARASOTA: While the upcoming 2026 RCMBA season is liable to be a long one for Sarasota, this off-season provided some key additions that could just change that as early as 2027. From the draft, 1B Nick Kurtz was the biggest addition & only one of these three who was actually drafted by the Buc-O's, then OF Jac Caglianone arrived by way of DP-only trade with Rochester finalized just days before the draft (unofficially, of course), and, finally, SP Trey Yesavage landed by way of a post-draft trade with Laurel Highlands that also included OF Michael Harris. Harris in center combined with RF Willy Abreu and LF Ian Happ form a completely new starting outfield at Jacob Field. In addition to starting pitcher trades too numerous to count but hopefully adding the necessary depth for a quick turnaround, Adley Rutschman moved from Syracuse to Sarasota. This Baltimore Oriole joins holdovers Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday up the middle for what promises to be a strong young nucleus when combined with Big Amish, Jac, as well as a couple hurlers on the mend, Kyle Bradish and Cole Ragans. Stay tuned!

 

syrSYRACUSE: We got a brand mew manager this year because Buck retired and the new man is Pat Murphy. He was born right here in Syracuse. Went to school here. Played baseball here and as long as he doesn't put syrup in with those pancakes he keeps in his pockets he will be fun to have around. I probably made a few too many trades this off-season but hopefully it helps us. The players we have do make it fun when I'm at bat with guys like Ohtani, Witt, Stanton & of course big #99. Yeah we got some pop. Still waiting for some of the kids to breakout but Shaw looks ready right now. Not a bad group on the bump with Sanchez now the big dog. Bullpen not quite as deep as last year but it's a helluva talented bunch. Can we repeat as champs? I'd like to think so but I know we will make the playoffs and then it's Pharrell Williams singing "Get Lucky". Have fun guys!

 

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