2025 SLFBL SCHEDULE

Week 1 (3/31-4/6)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. BAD NEWS BEARS

REVENGERS v. HITMEN

CHOPP STICKS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ

PANTHERS v. TRASH TALKERS

BUNT CAKES v. LIGHTS OUT

Week 2 (4/7-4/13)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. REVENGERS

BAD NEWS BEARS v. LIGHTS OUT

HITMEN v. CHOPP STICKS

JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. PANTHERS

TRASH TALKERS v. BUNT CAKES

Week 3 (4/14-4/20)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. HITMEN

BAD NEWS BEARS v. BUNT CAKES

REVENGERS v. TRASH TALKERS

JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. LIGHTS OUT

CHOPP STICKS v. PANTHERS

Week 4 (4/21-4/27)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. CHOPP STICKS

BAD NEWS BEARS v. TRASH TALKERS

REVENGERS v. LIGHTS OUT

HITMEN v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ

PANTHERS v. BUNT CAKES

Week 5 (4/28-5/4)

BAD NEWS BEARS v. PANTHERS

REVENGERS v. CHOPP STICKS

HITMEN v. TRASH TALKERS

JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. BUNT CAKES

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. LIGHTS OUT

Week 6 (5/5-5/11)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. PANTHERS

BAD NEWS BEARS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ

REVENGERS v. BUNT CAKES

HITMEN v. LIGHTS OUT

CHOPP STICKS v. TRASH TALKERS

Week 7 (5/12-5/18)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. TRASH TALKERS

BAD NEWS BEARS v. CHOPP STICKS

REVENGERS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ

HITMEN v. BUNT CAKES

PANTHERS v. LIGHTS OUT

Week 8 (5/19-5/25)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. BUNT CAKES

BAD NEWS BEARS v. HITMEN

REVENGERS v. PANTHERS

CHOPP STICKS v. LIGHTS OUT

JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. TRASH TALKERS

Week 9 (5/26-6/1)

BAD NEWS BEARS v. REVENGERS

HITMEN v. PANTHERS

CHOPP STICKS v. BUNT CAKES

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ

LIGHTS OUT v. TRASH TALKERS

Week 10 (6/2-6/8)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. BAD NEWS BEARS

REVENGERS v. HITMEN

CHOPP STICKS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ

PANTHERS v. TRASH TALKERS

BUNT CAKES v. LIGHTS OUT

Week 11 (6/9-6/15)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. REVENGERS

BAD NEWS BEARS v. LIGHTS OUT

HITMEN v. CHOPP STICKS

JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. PANTHERS

TRASH TALKERS v. BUNT CAKES

Week 12 (6/16-6/22)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. HITMEN

BAD NEWS BEARS v. BUNT CAKES

REVENGERS v. TRASH TALKERS

JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. LIGHTS OUT

CHOPP STICKS v. PANTHERS

Week 13 (6/23-6/29)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. CHOPP STICKS

BAD NEWS BEARS v. TRASH TALKERS

REVENGERS v. LIGHTS OUT

HITMEN v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ

PANTHERS v. BUNT CAKES

Week 14 (6/30-7/6)

BAD NEWS BEARS v. PANTHERS

REVENGERS v. CHOPP STICKS

HITMEN v. TRASH TALKERS

JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. BUNT CAKES

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. LIGHTS OUT

Week 15 (7/7-7/13)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. PANTHERS

BAD NEWS BEARS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ

REVENGERS v. BUNT CAKES

HITMEN v. LIGHTS OUT

CHOPP STICKS v. TRASH TALKERS

All Star Break

Week 16 (7/21-7/27)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. TRASH TALKERS

BAD NEWS BEARS v. CHOPP STICKS

REVENGERS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ

HITMEN v. BUNT CAKES

PANTHERS v. LIGHTS OUT

Week 17 (7/28-8/3)

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. BUNT CAKES

BAD NEWS BEARS v. HITMEN

REVENGERS v. PANTHERS

CHOPP STICKS v. LIGHTS OUT

JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. TRASH TALKERS

Week 18 (8/4-8/10)

BAD NEWS BEARS v. REVENGERS

HITMEN v. PANTHERS

CHOPP STICKS v. BUNT CAKES

WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ

LIGHTS OUT v. TRASH TALKERS

SLFBL Playoffs

Championship Series (8/11-8/24)

Seed #1 v. #4

Seed #2 v. #3

Smokey’s Series (8/25-9/8)

PROPOSED AMENDMENT C: PLAYER REPLACEMENT DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OR PERSONAL SITUATION (2025)

AMENDMENT C: PLAYER REPLACEMENT DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OR PERSONAL SITUATION (2025)

 A. Players who are impacted by COVID (or other public health issue) for any reason are eligible to be replaced according to the Smokey Louis injury replacement rules. This applies to all pitchers and position players. This includes players who, though they may not test positive or be quarantined because of COVID (or other public health) protocols, have their games cancelled due to COVID (Or other public health reasons).

 

B. Players missing games for non-injury personal reasons (e.g., paternity or bereavement list) are eligible to be replaced according to the Smokey Louis injury replacement rules.

 

C. Players suspended because of violation of MLB rules are eligible to be replaced according to the Smokey Louis injury replacement rules. However, they are not eligible to be placed on Injured Reserve and must be kept on the regular MLB or DV roster.

 

E.g., on August 22, 2023, Rays SS Wander Franco was placed on “administrative leave” pending investigation for having a relationship with a minor. Under this rule, the Trash Talkers would have been able to replace him in their lineup.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT B: STARTING PITCHER INJURY REPLACEMENT (2025)

 AMENDMENT B: STARTING PITCHER INJURY REPLACEMENT (2025)

This amendment amends AMENDMENT I: THE COHEN-KURTZ INJURY PROTECTION ACT OF 2000 by allowing starting pitchers to be eligible for injury replacement.

 

Any starting pitcher that is injured can be replaced according to the current injury replacement rules (Amendment I) of Smokey Louis. If an injured SP pitched earlier in the week, they are not eligible to be replaced, even if they have a second start scheduled for that week. The replacement SP must be on the current roster (MLB or DV) and would be placed in the #5 SP slot in the lineup. If a team has multiple injured SPs they can be replaced accordingly. Retroactive scoring is not allowed.

 

E.g., the Bad News Bears submitted the following SP lineup for their game:

 

SP1: AARON NOLA-PHI

SP2: SHOTA IMANAGA-CHC

SP3: CHRISTOPHE SANCHEZ-PHI

SP4: MICHAEL KING-SP-SD

SP5: KUMAR ROCKER-SP-TEX

 

Phillies teammates Aaron Nola and Christopher Sanchez were scheduled to pitch Friday and Saturday respectively. On Tuesday, news breaks that both teammates were injured in a freak thumb-wrestling accident in the Phillies clubhouse and will both miss their scheduled starts. Later that day, the Bears decide to replace them with Tanner Bibee and Clayton Kershaw in the SP4 and SP5 slots respectively. Following the injury substitution, the Bears rotation looks like this:

 

SP1: SHOTA IMANAGA-CHC

SP2: MICHAEL KING-SP-SD

SP3: KUMAR ROCKER-SP-TEX

SP4: SHANE BIEBER-SP-CLE

SP5: CLAYTON KERSHAW-LAD

 

Retroactive scoring is prohibited. Kershaw had two starts scheduled for the week and already pitched a no hitter on Monday and was scheduled to pitch again on Sunday. The Bears cannot count Monday's no hitter in their point totals because the game was already played, but could use the Sunday start.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT A: ROOKIE & INJURED POSITION ELIGIBILITY (2025)

PROPOSED AMENDMENT A: ROOKIE & INJURED POSITION ELIGIBILITY (2025)

[ARTICLE IV, SECTION G (POSITION ELIGIBILITY), ADD NUMBERS 5 & 6]

A. Upon being called up to the MLB roster, rookies (defined as those who have played 30 MLB games or less the previous season), will immediately be eligible at the positions they played in MiLB in the previous season and current season under the eligibility requirements laid out in Article IV, Section G. Once a player achieves eligibility in MLB at a position, their MiLB positions will no longer be used for eligibility purposes.

As an example, in 2023, Jackson Holliday of the Baltimore Orioles played 98 games at SS and 20 games at 2B in MiLB. When he made his MLB debut on April 10, 2024, he would have been eligible immediately for the Chopp Sticks at SS & 2B. Once he started 5 consecutive games at 2B in MLB (which he did from April 10-15), his eligibility would have been reduced to 2B only the next week in Smokey Louis.

 

B. An MLB player who suffers a season-ending injury who plays 20 games or less would retain position eligibility the next season based on the start of that injury-plagued season.

 

As an example, Matt McLain entered the 2024 season with position eligibility for 2B & SS and suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in spring training. Since he did not play >20 games in 2024, he would retain 2B & SS eligibility for the 2025 season.

 

2024 SLFBL SCHEDULE

Week 1 (4/8-4/14)
TRASH TALKERS v. BUNT CAKES
PANTHERS v. WOODY’S WOODPECKERS
REVENGERS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ
LIGHTS OUT v. BAD NEWS BEARS
CHOPP STICKS v. HITMEN

Week 2 (4/15-4/21)
TRASH TALKERS v. PANTHERS
BUNT CAKES v. HITMEN
WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. REVENGERS
JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. LIGHTS OUT
BAD NEWS BEARS v. CHOPP STICKS

Week 3 (4/22-4/28)
TRASH TALKERS v. WOODY’S WOODPECKERS
BUNT CAKES v. CHOPP STICKS
PANTHERS v. BAD NEWS BEARS
JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. HITMEN
REVENGERS v. LIGHTS OUT

Week 4 (4/29-5/5)
TRASH TALKERS v. REVENGERS
BUNT CAKES v. BAD NEWS BEARS
PANTHERS v. HITMEN
WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ
LIGHTS OUT v. CHOPP STICKS

Week 5 (5/6-5/12)
BUNT CAKES v. LIGHTS OUT
PANTHERS v. REVENGERS
WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. BAD NEWS BEARS
JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. CHOPP STICKS
TRASH TALKERS v. HITMEN

Week 6 (5/13-5/19)
TRASH TALKERS v. LIGHTS OUT
BUNT CAKES v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ
PANTHERS v. CHOPP STICKS
WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. HITMEN
REVENGERS v. BAD NEWS BEARS

Week 7 (5/20-5/26)
TRASH TALKERS v. BAD NEWS BEARS
BUNT CAKES v. REVENGERS
PANTHERS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ
WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. CHOPP STICKS
LIGHTS OUT v. HITMEN

Week 8 (5/27-6/2)
TRASH TALKERS v. CHOPP STICKS
BUNT CAKES v. WOODY’S WOODPECKERS
PANTHERS v. LIGHTS OUT
REVENGERS v. HITMEN
JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. BAD NEWS BEARS

Week 9 (6/3-6/9)
BUNT CAKES v. PANTHERS
WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. LIGHTS OUT
REVENGERS v. CHOPP STICKS
TRASH TALKERS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ
HITMEN v. BAD NEWS BEARS

Week 10 (6/10-6/16)
TRASH TALKERS v. BUNT CAKES
PANTHERS v. WOODY’S WOODPECKERS
REVENGERS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ
LIGHTS OUT v. BAD NEWS BEARS
CHOPP STICKS v. HITMEN

Week 11 (6/17-6/23)
TRASH TALKERS v. PANTHERS
BUNT CAKES v. HITMEN
WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. REVENGERS
JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. LIGHTS OUT
BAD NEWS BEARS v. CHOPP STICKS

Week 12 (6/24-6/30)
TRASH TALKERS v. WOODY’S WOODPECKERS
BUNT CAKES v. CHOPP STICKS
PANTHERS v. BAD NEWS BEARS
JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. HITMEN
REVENGERS v. LIGHTS OUT

Week 13 (7/1-7/7)
TRASH TALKERS v. REVENGERS
BUNT CAKES v. BAD NEWS BEARS
PANTHERS v. HITMEN
WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ
LIGHTS OUT v. CHOPP STICKS

Week 14 (7/8-7/14)
BUNT CAKES v. LIGHTS OUT
PANTHERS v. REVENGERS
WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. BAD NEWS BEARS
JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. CHOPP STICKS
TRASH TALKERS v. HITMEN

All Star Break

Week 15 (7/22-7/28)
TRASH TALKERS v. LIGHTS OUT
BUNT CAKES v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ
PANTHERS v. CHOPP STICKS
WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. HITMEN
REVENGERS v. BAD NEWS BEARS

Week 16 (7/29-8/4)
TRASH TALKERS v. BAD NEWS BEARS
BUNT CAKES v. REVENGERS
PANTHERS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ
WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. CHOPP STICKS
LIGHTS OUT v. HITMEN

Week 17 (8-5-8/11)
TRASH TALKERS v. CHOPP STICKS
BUNT CAKES v. WOODY’S WOODPECKERS
PANTHERS v. LIGHTS OUT
REVENGERS v. HITMEN
JOJO’S PUGBOYZ v. BAD NEWS BEARS

Week 18 (8/12-8/18)
BUNT CAKES v. PANTHERS
WOODY’S WOODPECKERS v. LIGHTS OUT
REVENGERS v. CHOPP STICKS
TRASH TALKERS v. JOJO’S PUGBOYZ
HITMEN v. BAD NEWS BEARS

SLFBL Playoffs

Championship Series (8/19-9/1)
Seed #1 V. #4
Seed #2 V. #3

Smokey’s Series (9/2-9/15)

COMMISSIONER DECREE: 2024 COVID INJURY REPLACEMENT RULE

Commissioner Decree 2024-1: Renewing the decree from 2023, players who are impacted by COVID for any reason can be replaced according to the Smokey Louis injury replacement rules. This applies to all pitchers and position players. This decree includes players who, though they may not test positive or be quarantined because of COVID protocols, have their games cancelled due to COVID. Any player replaced in a team's lineup would be restricted the following week and unavailable to be used in accordance with current SLFBL injury replacement rules.

COMMISSIONER DECREE: 2023 COVID INJURY REPLACEMENT RULE

Commissioner Decree 2023-1: Renewing the decree from 2022, players who are impacted by COVID for any reason can be replaced according to the Smokey Louis injury replacement rules. This applies to all pitchers and position players. This decree includes players who, though they may not test positive or be quarantined because of COVID protocols, have their games cancelled due to COVID. Any player replaced in a team's lineup would be restricted the following week and unavailable to be used in accordance with current SLFBL injury replacement rules.