One of the top all-time worlds in HBD, this is one of those places where you don't have to worry about lopsided trades, or teams selling the farm for a quick run, or massive amounts of cash flowing back and forth between teams. If you can win here, you can win anywhere.
MAIN WORLD RULES
- Minimum Win Requirement (MWR): 55/125/195/280 = 55 in any single BL season, 125 in two consecutive seasons, 195 in three consecutive and 280 in four consecutive
- Trade cash limited to up to $1.5M of net trade salary difference
- Maintain minors - financial penalty for minor league teams finishing under .250
- Trades to unload BL salaries must receive BL-quality in return (see trade guidance below)
- City change allowed once every five seasons, including when joining
TRADE GUIDANCE
- Deals that should be APPROVED:
- BL quality (current or future) on both sides of deal (while meeting trade cash provisions)
- Career minor leaguers for career minor leaguers (minor league salaries)
- Deals that should be VETOED:
- BL quality (current or future) for career minor leaguers (usually to dump salary)
- More trade cash than net difference in trade (or over $1.5M world ceiling)
- Lame duck owner deals with questionable value for next owner
- Collusive or team destroyers
PREFERRED OWNER QUALIFICATIONS
- 1500+ HBD ML games played
- .500+ overall record; reached playoffs 35+% of total seasons
- Limited-to-zero heavy tanking years (i.e. 108+ loss seasons)
- 2+ consecutive seasons completed with a current franchise
- Owners that miss the MWR once may return after a season away with a different franchise
- Owners with more than one WIS career login must reveal that to the commish
Available Teams
AL East Team -- 59 wins this season, but the team is way better on paper than that. A couple of real rock stars on the ML squad, plus some good depth in the minors. Number two pick in the next draft, but a squad that could be a playoff team next year if it's run the right way.
NL North Team -- MWR victim, only 54 wins this season and the top pick in the draft next season. Spent less than $35M on contracts this season, but has some good mix of talent on the ML squad, and obviously a ton of talent and depth in the minors after several down years.
AL North Team -- Another MWR victim, came up 5 games short this season. Just about $37M in payroll this year, and spent a whopping $46M on IFA's and the draft, plus a ton of money the last few years, so maybe the most stacked team in MG right now.
NL East Team -- Same owner for 5 seasons, but he's getting out of HBD. Team has been below .500 for a long time, but the bright side of that is they've had a ton of good draft picks. Not a ton of contract obligations, and a good amount of prospects in the farm. You could splurge now and be good immediately, or nurture those prospects another year or two.
AL West Team -- Unclear why this guy is leaving after three pretty decent seasons, but they have some good talent in both the ML and minors, and you could go a couple of different routes with how to handle this squad.
NL South Team -- Same owner the last two seasons after something like 25 seasons with the previous owner, so franchise is in good shape. Basically a .500 squad the last two seasons, but plenty of talent at all levels, including some real solid pitching. I'd probably throw some money at the ML roster, but you could take a rebuild approach if you wanted to trade some guys.
4/3/2026 10:39 PM (edited)