What happened to the NOBSL?

UCBLOwnersStillKnow · 03-18-2002, 05:39 PM

I just started to follow that league.

But now its gone?

Things were getting very interesting. Alot of controversy going around. Bad trade(s) and alot of ticked off owners.

If so, Im six days off.

-UCBLOwners.....Still...Know

Mike D · 03-19-2002, 03:06 AM

Just for anyone's knowledge. If you are in the NOBSL, beware of Tom Mills and his "friends". He has at least 6 different teams in the league, and he executes unfair trades as well. When you download the file, just take a look at the trade one of his teams made with Toronto to get Carlos Delgado. It's an unfair league, and if you join it, sorry, but one of his teams will finish first. There is no fairness at all in that league. Former owner, so I KNOW.

southpawsean · 03-19-2002, 07:28 AM

Former owner also. About 10 people quit in the first week of the league. That should give you a pretty good example of what that league is all about. If you want to be in a fair league then I would suggest joining another league. This man has a very bad reputation for running leagues and I think all owners in his former NOBSL would agree.

Tom, I would not brag about tricking some new people into joining your league. They too will find out what your league is all about.

The Professor · 03-19-2002, 07:54 AM

Where exactly is Southwestern Northern Illinois?

I currently live in Southern Illinois, but having gone to HS in northern Illinois, I never understood how folks around Chicago or the rest of the northern state got their geography. I was often asked, when I said I was from southern Illinois, whether I was from around Peoria

While visiting my future in-laws, I went to a Farm & Fleet store and ended up chatting with a clerk. I said I went to school in Carbondale, and he said..."yeah, bad weather down that way. They have snow in Charlotte {I can only assume he meant North Carolina}. Ya'll are pretty close to New Orleans, right?" LOL! My guess, then, is that you are somewhere between the Quad Cities and Quincy?...

*Sorry for the ridiculous nature of this post, I'm at school, bored, and just felt like bantering a bit.

*

Regards

southpawsean · 03-19-2002, 09:25 AM

Hey, I grew up in Chicago, but speaking of Southern Illinois, HOW ABOUT THEM SALUKIS??!?!!!!

The Professor · 03-19-2002, 11:09 AM

Yep! GO DAWGS!!!

Mike D · 03-19-2002, 01:45 PM

I live in a southwest burb of chicago, and I know the difference between Carbondale and and all those towns. I had to drive through most of them... blahhh......

N8dogg777 · 03-19-2002, 04:32 PM

I live in Alton Illinois,about 20 minutes from St.Louis.

Mike D · 03-19-2002, 04:45 PM

I didn't know they had telephones in Alton now

[ March 19, 2002: Message edited by: Mike D ]</p>

JML · 03-19-2002, 07:54 PM

I grew up in Heyworth, 10 miles south of Bloomington/Normal, IL. "Is Carbondale near New Orleans"... now that's funny. BTW, Bloomingotn/Normal is like 35 minutes east of Peoria, and nowhere near New Orleans.

Michael Xavier · 03-19-2002, 08:56 PM

As a person who lives within an hour of Southern Illinois, the Salukis are now the team that I am rooting for... especially after my beloved Hilltoppers got eliminated in the first round.

sniff, sniff...

The Professor · 03-20-2002, 06:12 AM

Yeah...I went to a lecture by David Halberstam (and got my copy of Summer of '49 autographed

) last night. He said everyone in New York knows that a Saluki will beat a Bulldog anyday.

He ended his lecture (on America Then & Now) by talking baseball and really didn't get much accomplished as the legendary southern Illinois rift of Cardinals v. Cubs took over in the audience. He said it would come down to who had the best young pitching, he still believes the A's rotation is probably the ML's best, and he thinks they should have beaten the Yankees last year. Also, he also mentioned that the Yankees just aren't that strong...ripe for the fall.

Then of course at the Saluki pep-rally they were evoking memories of the legendary Walt Frazier...Halberstam had said he remembers when the Knicks were awful "then they drafted a Saluki and won some championships."

Anyway, the big talk there was "35 years ago a small, unknown college in southern Illinois went into New York and shocked the world! (For those who don't know, in 1967 the Salukis won the NIT, then the premier tournament in the nation, behind Walt Frazier)..."now, 25 years after our last Sweet 16, we're going back to New York! S...I....U BABY!!! Win Dawgs!"

03-18-2002, 05:39 PM	#1
UCBLOwnersStillKnow Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5	What happened to the NOBSL? I just started to follow that league. But now its gone? Things were getting very interesting. Alot of controversy going around. Bad trade(s) and alot of ticked off owners. If so, Im six days off. -UCBLOwners.....Still...Know

03-19-2002, 03:06 AM	#2
Mike D Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: In a van, down by the river Posts: 2,802	Just for anyone's knowledge. If you are in the NOBSL, beware of Tom Mills and his "friends". He has at least 6 different teams in the league, and he executes unfair trades as well. When you download the file, just take a look at the trade one of his teams made with Toronto to get Carlos Delgado. It's an unfair league, and if you join it, sorry, but one of his teams will finish first. There is no fairness at all in that league. Former owner, so I KNOW. __________________ Sometimes the best laid plans will never get you laid the way you plan.

03-19-2002, 07:54 AM	#4
The Professor Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: East of East Posts: 3,020	Where exactly is Southwestern Northern Illinois? I currently live in Southern Illinois, but having gone to HS in northern Illinois, I never understood how folks around Chicago or the rest of the northern state got their geography. I was often asked, when I said I was from southern Illinois, whether I was from around Peoria While visiting my future in-laws, I went to a Farm & Fleet store and ended up chatting with a clerk. I said I went to school in Carbondale, and he said..."yeah, bad weather down that way. They have snow in Charlotte {I can only assume he meant North Carolina}. Ya'll are pretty close to New Orleans, right?" LOL! My guess, then, is that you are somewhere between the Quad Cities and Quincy?... Sorry for the ridiculous nature of this post, I'm at school, bored, and just felt like bantering a bit. Regards __________________ History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are."

03-19-2002, 11:09 AM	#6
The Professor Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: East of East Posts: 3,020	Yep! GO DAWGS!!! __________________ History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are."

03-19-2002, 01:45 PM	#7
Mike D Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: In a van, down by the river Posts: 2,802	I live in a southwest burb of chicago, and I know the difference between Carbondale and and all those towns. I had to drive through most of them... blahhh...... __________________ Sometimes the best laid plans will never get you laid the way you plan.

03-19-2002, 07:28 AM	#3
southpawsean Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Winona, MN Posts: 40	Former owner also. About 10 people quit in the first week of the league. That should give you a pretty good example of what that league is all about. If you want to be in a fair league then I would suggest joining another league. This man has a very bad reputation for running leagues and I think all owners in his former NOBSL would agree. Tom, I would not brag about tricking some new people into joining your league. They too will find out what your league is all about.

03-19-2002, 09:25 AM	#5
southpawsean Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Winona, MN Posts: 40	Hey, I grew up in Chicago, but speaking of Southern Illinois, HOW ABOUT THEM SALUKIS??!?!!!!

03-19-2002, 04:32 PM	#8
N8dogg777 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: St.Louis Area Posts: 151	I live in Alton Illinois,about 20 minutes from St.Louis.

03-19-2002, 04:45 PM	#9
Mike D Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: In a van, down by the river Posts: 2,802	I didn't know they had telephones in Alton now [ March 19, 2002: Message edited by: Mike D ]</p> __________________ Sometimes the best laid plans will never get you laid the way you plan.

03-19-2002, 07:54 PM	#10
JML Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The act or process of locating. Posts: 2,154	I grew up in Heyworth, 10 miles south of Bloomington/Normal, IL. "Is Carbondale near New Orleans"... now that's funny. BTW, Bloomingotn/Normal is like 35 minutes east of Peoria, and nowhere near New Orleans.

03-19-2002, 08:56 PM	#11
Michael Xavier Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 456	As a person who lives within an hour of Southern Illinois, the Salukis are now the team that I am rooting for... especially after my beloved Hilltoppers got eliminated in the first round. sniff, sniff... __________________ OOTP since March 2002

03-20-2002, 06:12 AM	#12
The Professor Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: East of East Posts: 3,020	Yeah...I went to a lecture by David Halberstam (and got my copy of Summer of '49 autographed ) last night. He said everyone in New York knows that a Saluki will beat a Bulldog anyday. He ended his lecture (on America Then & Now) by talking baseball and really didn't get much accomplished as the legendary southern Illinois rift of Cardinals v. Cubs took over in the audience. He said it would come down to who had the best young pitching, he still believes the A's rotation is probably the ML's best, and he thinks they should have beaten the Yankees last year. Also, he also mentioned that the Yankees just aren't that strong...ripe for the fall. Then of course at the Saluki pep-rally they were evoking memories of the legendary Walt Frazier...Halberstam had said he remembers when the Knicks were awful "then they drafted a Saluki and won some championships." Anyway, the big talk there was "35 years ago a small, unknown college in southern Illinois went into New York and shocked the world! (For those who don't know, in 1967 the Salukis won the NIT, then the premier tournament in the nation, behind Walt Frazier)..."now, 25 years after our last Sweet 16, we're going back to New York! S...I....U BABY!!! Win Dawgs!" __________________ History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are."