LANCE'S SCOOPS: STARS TO SAY GOODBYE TO HOLLYWOOD?
Rumors Abound Franchise Moving Out Of Tinseltown After 19 Years To Compete With The Texans & Roadrunners For The Lone Star State Market
By Lance Stanley
SIMBL Contributor
 
The internet and social media has been buzzing around the rumor that the Hollywood Stars will be moving this off-season. No one in the Stars front office has confirmed the move. Stars GM and manager Brian Barrett was asked about the move after the team had been eliminated from the playoffs by Norfolk.
"My job is to take care of what happens on the field. That's what I'lll talk about. Don't ask me about that front office stuff. If you want to ask me anymore questions about the 25 men in that locker room back there the go ahead. And the other guys that contributed to the team this season, there's much to talk about going from worst-to-first and the second pick in this past season's draft to the playoffs in one season. I'll talk about that. Otherwise, I'm done," Barrett said before storming out of the Hollywood practice in West Hollywood, California.
SIMBL league officials have made no comments about this move. Even loose-lipped SIMBL Commissioner Christan DeMarco has been mum about the rumor. What is known is that the new owner expressed his wishes to move the team to Texas when he purchased the team at the beginning of last season. The three most likely spots are rumored to be Houston, Austin and San Antonio. The Texans are are a staple in Dallas with long-time SIMBL GM Robert Don and the SIMBL charter franchise (one of the remaining eight original teams dating back to 2005) Texas Roadrunners will stay in Houston to honor the tradition as a SIMBL charter franchise and loyal Roadrunners fans as declared last season by new GM Dave Falk.
The story began to fade while the SIMBL playoffs rolled on. But it gained new life when a Dark Horses logo and a model in a uniform and cap with the same logo surfaced on the internet today. Look for answers to these rumors and logos and uniforms after the league championship series between Asheville and New York is settled.
The Stars have been in Hollywood for 19 seasons since the 2021 season when they played as Hollywood Bounty Hunters in 2021 and 2022 winning the 2022 SIMBL championship for the second time in three seasons over the Dallas Texans and changing the team name to the Stars for the 2023 season. Prior to that, the franchise was founded at the birth of the SIMBL as the charter Edmonton Cracker Cats in the original UL Central Division where they lasted two seasons from 2005-2006 then were relocated as the Columbus Thundercats from 2007 through the 2010 season. After that, they became the second version of the Dalton Dawgs and got competitive and made several trips to the postseason from 2011-2017 still in the UL Central. After two-time SIMBL GM Of The Year John Treadway left the league they were inherited by former GM Tim Hageman, realigned to the SL West with the birth of the SIMBL New File Era in 2019 and relocated as the Manhattan Beach Seals from 2018-2020 and won the 2020 SIMBL Coveted Cup Championship Series over the Oregon Pioneers and days after they won the championship they stunned the SIMBL by moving from Manhattan Beach to Hollywood under the same owner and GM Shane Day.
Will the Lone Star state be getting some added SIMBL fever and competition to add to the Texans' and Roadrunners long-time SIMBL grip on the state?
As the 2041 off-season progresses we will find out.
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2064 SIMBL CS:
BEND 4 ST. PETERSBURG 3
2064 SIMBL CS MVP:
Bend LF Keitaro Sakai
2064 SIMBL LCS:
BEND 4 CALGARY 2
ST. PETE 4 INDY 2
2064 SIMBL LCS MVPS:
Bend 3B Luke McAlister
St. Petersburg 3B Nathan Armbruster
2064 SIMBL LDS:
BEND 4 MIAMI 2
CALGARY 4 TEXAS 2
ST. PETE 4 KNOXVILLE 2
INDIANAPOLIS 4 HAWAII 2
2064 SIMBL LDS MVPS:
Bend 1B Pete Farmer
Calgary CF Carson Reese
St. Petersburg SS Jamie Law
Indianapolis 1B Herman Solano
2041 SIMBL LCS:
CALGARY VS. WESTBURY
NORFOLK VS. SACRAMENTO
2041 SIMBL LDS:
CALGARY 4 NEW YORK 3
WESTBURY 4 OREGON 2
SACRAMENTO 4 BOSTON 1
NORFOLK 4 LAS VEGAS 3 |
SIMBL CHAMPIONS
SIMBL COVETED CUP
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
2064: BEND 4 ST. PETE 3
GM TED WILLIAMS
2063: MIAMI 4 INDIANAPOLIS 3
GM AJ WOOLEY
2062: RIVER CITY 4 CALGARY 3
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2061: BOSTON 4 INDY 2
GM JD SCHLOSS
2060: KANSAS CITY 4 TEXAS 3
GM JAMES WALKER
2059: KANSAS CITY 4 TEXAS 3
GM JAMES WALKER
2058: RIVER CITY 4 TEXAS 3
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2057: CLEVELAND 4 HAWAII 3
GM GREG ADLER
2056: ST. PETE 4 CALGARY 0
GM BRANDON POPPER
2055: SAN DIEGO 4 CALGARY 3
GM PAUL WARE
2054: CHICAGO 4 ANN ARB 1
GM DUSTIN HEWITT
2053: SAC 4 ANN ARBOR 2
GM JASON GREGORY
2052: N YORK 4 AC KANSAS 2
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2051: RIVER CITY 4 CLEV 0
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2050: RIV CITY 4 TORONTO 2
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2049: RIVER CITY 4 MIAMI 0
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2048: INDY 4 CLEVELAND 2
GM JEFF PALIN
2047: ST. PETE 4 TORONTO 2
GM BRANDON POPPER
2046: MONTREAL 4 S DIEGO 1
GM JAMES LEMON
2045: ANN ARBOR 4 KNOX 2
GM TROY VOGEL
2044: WESTBURY 4 LV 1
GM BILL ATTEBERRY
2043: CALGARY 4 HAWAII 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2042: CALGARY 4 TAMPA 0
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2041: CALGARY 4 NORFOLK 0
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2040: ASHEVILLE 4 N YORK 2
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2039: NEW YORK 4 TAMPA 2
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2038: TORONTO 4 S DIEGO 2
GM ERIC SAVARD
2037: TORONTO 4 S DIEGO 2
GM ERIC SAVARD
2036: TEXAS 4 CHICAGO 2
GM PAT FLANAGAN
2035: WESTBURY 4 CHICAGO 1
GM BILL ATTEBERRY
2034: DALLAS 4 CHICAGO 0
GM ROBERT DON
2033: S DIEGO 4 CLEVELAND 2
GM DON KRAUSE
2032: CALGARY 4 HAWAII 1
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2031: LAS VEGAS 4 DALLAS 0
GM CARL HANNAH
2030: WHITBY 4 HAWAII 2
GM JOHN CALLAHAN
2029: HAWAII 4 OREGON 3
GM TROY VOGEL
2028: ASHEVILLE 4 NY 3
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2027: NEW YORK 4 CHICAGO 2
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2026: CLEVELAND 4 SAC 0
GM JONATHAN FITZGERALD
2025: CALGARY 4 ASH 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2024: SAN DIEGO 4 DALLAS 2
GM KEVIN NORRIS
2023: CALGARY 4 LAS VEGAS 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2022: HOLLYWOOD 4 DAL 2
GM RODNEY BAYLOR
2021: SAN DIEGO 4 DALLAS 2
GM WARREN PINEAU
2020: MAN BEACH 4 OREGON 3
GM SHANE DAY
2019: SAN DIEGO 4 CALGARY 2
GM PAUL WARE
2018: CALGARY 4 SAN DIEGO 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2017: BRISTOL 4 CHICAGO 3
GM GREG CHECOVETES
2016: SAN DIEGO 4 LA 0
GM PAUL WARE
2015: LAS VEGAS 4 BOSTON 3
GM CHIP ORTON
2014: SAN DIEGO 4 CALGARY 2
GM PAUL WARE
2013: LAS VEGAS 4 TEXAS 1
GM CHIP ORTON
2012: SAN DIEGO 4 LA 3
GM PAUL WARE
2011: OREGON 4 CALGARY 0
GM MIKE SENN
2010: MARIN 4 SAN DIEGO 3
GM TOM HICKMAN
2009: SAN DIEGO 4 LA 2
GM PAUL WARE
2008: POCATELLO 4 TEXAS 3
GM ZACH DEUEL
2007: SAN DIEGO 4 AUGUSTA 2
GM PAUL WARE
2006: SAN DIEGO 4 PEN 3
GM PAUL WARE
2005: SAN DIEGO 4 BEND 2
GM PAUL WARE
SIMBL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
UNION LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
2064: BEND 4 CALGARY 2
GM TED WILLIAMS
2063: MIAMI 4 ANN ARBOR 1
GM AJ WOOLEY
2062: CALGARY 4 TEXAS 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2061: BOSTON 4 BRISTOL 3
GM JD SCHLOSS
2060: TEXAS 4 NEW YORK 1
GM JEFF PALIN
2059: TEXAS 4 MIAMI 2
GM JEFF PALIN
2058: TEXAS 4 BRISTOL 0
GM JEFF PALIN
2057: CLEVELAND 4 TEXAS 0
GM GREG ADLER
2056: CALGARY 4 NEW YORK 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2055: CALGARY 4 NEW YORK 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2054: ANN ARB 4 CALGARY 1
GM TROY VOGEL
2053: ANN ARB 4 CALGARY 3
GM TROY VOGEL
2052: N YORK 4 ANN ARBOR 3
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2051: CLEVELAND 4 N YORK 2
GM CHIP ORTON
2050: TORONTO 4 OREGON 1
GM ERIC SAVARD
2049: MIAMI 4 TORONTO 1
GM ROBERT DON
2048: CLEVELAND 4 TEXAS 3
GM CHRIS SCHUBERT
2047: TORONTO 4 A ARBOR 3
GM ERIC SAVARD
2046: MONTREAL 4 A ARBOR 3
GM JAMES LEMON
2045: ANN ARBOR 4 TEXAS 2
GM TROY VOGEL
2044: WESTBURY 4 TEXAS 2
GM BILL ATTEBERRY
2043: CALGARY 4 TEXAS 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2042: CALGARY 4 WESTBURY 1
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2041: CALGARY 4 WESTBURY 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2040: NEW YORK 4 OREGON 2
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2039: NEW YORK 4 TOR 3
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2038: TORONTO 4 BEND 2
GM ERIC SAVARD
2037: TORONTO 4 WHITBY 1
GM ERIC SAVARD
2036: TEXAS 4 SEATTLE 3
GM PAT FLANAGAN
2035: WESTBURY 4 CLEVE 3
GM BILL ATTEBERRY
2034: DALLAS 4 BRISTOL 1
GM ROBERT DON
2033: CLEVELAND 4 DALLAS 2
GM JONATHAN FITZGERALD
2032: CALGARY 4 WHITBY 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2031: DALLAS 4 WHITBY 3
GM ROBERT DON
2030: WHITBY 4 DALLAS 2
GM JOHN CALLAHAN
2029: OREGON 4 CALGARY 1
GM TIM IMASA
2028: NEW YORK 4 BEND 1
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2027: NEW YORK 4 WHITBY 3
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2026: CLEVELAND 4 DALLAS 3
GM JONATHAN FITZGERALD
2025: CALGARY 4 CLEVE 1
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2024: DALLAS 4 CLEVELAND 2
GM ROBERT DON
2023: CALGARY 4 WHITBY 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2022: DALLAS 4 CALGARY 3
GM ROBERT DON
2021: DALLAS 4 CALGARY 3
GM ROBERT DON
2020: OREGON 4 CALGARY 3
GM MIKE SENN
2019: CALGARY 4 BRISTOL 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2018: CALGARY 4 SAC 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2017: BRISTOL 4 BOSTON 2
GM GREG CHECOVETES
2016: LA 4 BRISTOL 1
GM DAVID BLILEY
2015: BOSTON 4 CALGARY 2
GM DAVE BURGESS
2014: CALGARY 4 BRISTOL 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2013: TEXAS 4 BRISTOL 0
GM PAT FLANAGAN
2012: LA 4 BRISTOL 2
GM DAVID BLILEY
2011: CALGARY 4 BOSTON 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2010: MARIN 4 LA 2
GM TOM HICKMAN
2009: LA 4 BRISTOL 1
GM DAVID BLILEY
2008: POCATELLO 4 BROOK 2
GM ZACH DEUEL
2007: AUGUSTA 4 CAROLINA 0
GM STEPH MABIE
2006: PENSACOLA 4 CGY 1
GM MIKE STEWART
2005: BEND 4 MARIN 0
GM TED WILLIAMS
SYNDICATE LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
2064: ST. PETE 4 INDY 2
GM DAVID BLILEY
2063: INDY 4 ASHEVILLE 3
GM BRYAN GRYKA
2062: RIVER CITY 4 S DIEGO 3
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2061: INDY 4 ASHEVILLE 2
GM BRYAN GRYKA
2060: KANSAS CITY 4 SD 1
GM JAMES WALKER
2059: KANSAS CITY 4 ASH 0
GM JAMES WALKER
2058: RIVER CITY 4 ST. PETE 3
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2057: HAWAII 4 CHICAGO 3
GM DAVE MACKENZIE
2056: ST. PETE 4 HAWAII 1
GM BRANDON POPPER
2055: SAN DIEGO 4 ST. PETE 3
GM PAUL WARE
2054: CHICAGO 4 ST. PETE 1
GM DUSTIN HEWITT
2053: SACRAMENTO 4 AKC 2
GM JASON GREGORY
2052: AKC 4 ROCHESTER 2
GM ANTHONY ARELLANO
2051: RIVER CITY 4 S DIEGO 1
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2050: RIVER CITY 4 ROCH 0
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2049: RIVER CITY 4 S DIEGO 3
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2048: INDY 4 ROCHESTER 3
GM JEFF PALIN
2047: ST. PETE 4 SAN DIEGO 1
GM BRANDON POPPER
2046: S DIEGO 4 ASHEVILLE 3
GM PAUL WARE
2045: KNOXVILLE 4 HAWAII 2
GM ANDY HUTCHINSON
2044: LAS VEGAS 4 KNOX 3
GM CARL HANNAH
2043: HAWAII 4 LAS VEGAS 2
GM DAVID MACKENZIE
2042: TAMPA BAY 4 BOSTON 3
GM JEFF PALIN
2041: NORFOLK 4 SAC 3
GM BRANDON POPPER
2040: ASH 4 NORFOLK 3
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2039: TAMPA 4 ROCHESTER 1
GM TIM MELICAN
2038: SD 4 ROCHESTER 0
GM PAUL WARE
2037: SAN DIEGO 4 SAC 2
GM PAUL WARE
2036: CHICAGO 4 KNOXVILLE 3
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2035: CHICAGO 4 KNOXVILLE 0
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2034: CHICAGO 4 SAN DIEGO 2
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2033: SAN DIEGO 4 H-WOOD 2
GM DON KRAUSE
2032: HAWAII 4 CHICAGO 2
GM TROY VOGEL
2031: LAS VEGAS 4 TAMPA 2
GM CARL HANNAH
2030: HAWAII 4 TAMPA BAY 3
GM TROY VOGEL
2029: HAWAII 4 TAMPA BAY 3
GM TROY VOGEL
2028: ASHEVILLE 4 SAC 0
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2027: CHICAGO 4 ASHEVILLE 3
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2026: SACRAMENTO 4 ASH 3
GM JASON GREGORY
2025: ASHEVILLE 4 SAC 0
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2024: SAN DIEGO 4 H-WOOD 3
GM KEVIN NORRIS
2023: LAS VEGAS 4 H-WOOD 3
GM CARL HANNAH
2022: H-WOOD 4 BOSTON 2
GM RODNEY BAYLOR
2021: S. DIEGO 4 C-CHESTER 3
GM WARREN PINEAU
2020: MAN BEACH 4 SD 1
GM SHANE DAY
2019: SAN DIEGO 4 AUGUSTA 1
GM PAUL WARE
2018: SAN DIEGO 4 RUSTON 1
GM PAUL WARE
2017: CHICAGO 4 SAN DIEGO 1
GM MIKE LYNCH
2016: SAN DIEGO 4 L VEGAS 0
GM PAUL WARE
2015: LAS VEGAS 4 BIRM 1
GM CHIP ORTON
2014: SAN DIEGO 4 CHICAGO 1
GM PAUL WARE
2013: LAS VEGAS 4 BROOK 3
GM CHIP ORTON
2012: SAN DIEGO 4 OREGON 3
GM PAUL WARE
2011: OREGON 4 SAN DIEGO 3
GM MIKE SENN
2010: SAN DIEGO 4 OREGON 3
GM PAUL WARE
2009: SAN DIEGO 4 BROOK 2
GM PAUL WARE
2008: TEXAS 4 NEW YORK 3
GM PAT FLANAGAN
2007: SAN DIEGO 4 CLEVE 0
GM PAUL WARE
2006: SAN DIEGO 4 CHICAGO 1
GM PAUL WARE
2005: SAN DIEGO 4 BELLE 2
GM PAUL WARE
056: ST. PETE 4 HAWAII 1
GM BRANDON POPPER
2055: SAN DIEGO 4 ST. PETE 3
GM PAUL WARE
2054: CHICAGO 4 ST. PETE 1
GM DUSTIN HEWITT
2053: SACRAMENTO 4 AKC 2
GM JASON GREGORY
2052: AC KC 4 ROCHESTER 2
GM ANTHONY ARELLANO
2051: RIVER CITY 4 S DIEGO 1
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2050: RIVER CITY 4 ROCH 0
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2049: RIVER CITY 4 S DIEGO 3
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2048: INDY 4 ROCHESTER 3
GM JEFF PALIN
2047: ST. PETE 4 SAN DIEGO 1
GM BRANDON POPPER
2046: S DIEGO 4 ASHEVILLE 3
GM PAUL WARE
2045: KNOXVILLE 4 HAWAII 2
GM ANDY HUTCHINSON
2044: LAS VEGAS 4 KNOX 3
GM CARL HANNAH
2043: HAWAII 4 LAS VEGAS 2
GM DAVID MACKENZIE
2042: TAMPA BAY 4 BOSTON 3
GM JEFF PALIN
2041: NORFOLK 4 SAC 3
GM BRANDON POPPER
2040: ASHEVILLE 4 NFK 3
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2039: TAMPA 4 ROCHESTER 1
GM TIM MELICAN
2038: SD 4 ROCHESTER 0
GM PAUL WARE
2037: SAN DIEGO 4 SAC 2
GM PAUL WARE
2036: CHICAGO 4 KNOXVILLE 3
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2035: CHICAGO 4 KNOXVILLE 0
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2034: CHICAGO 4 SAN DIEGO 2
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2033: SAN DIEGO 4 H-WOOD 2
GM DON KRAUSE
2032: HAWAII 4 CHICAGO 2
GM TROY VOGEL
2031: LAS VEGAS 4 TAMPA 2
GM CARL HANNAH
2030: HAWAII 4 TAMPA BAY 3
GM TROY VOGEL
2029: HAWAII 4 TAMPA BAY 3
GM TROY VOGEL
2028: ASHEVILLE 4 SAC 0
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2027: CHICAGO 4 ASHEVILLE 3
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2026: SACRAMENTO 4 ASH 3
GM JASON GREGORY
2025: ASHEVILLE 4 SAC 0
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2024: SAN DIEGO 4 H-WOOD 3
GM KEVIN NORRIS
2023: LAS VEGAS 4 H-WOOD 3
GM CARL HANNAH
2022: H-WOOD 4 BOSTON 2
GM RODNEY BAYLOR
2021: S. DIEGO 4 C-CHESTER 3
GM WARREN PINEAU
2020: MAN BEACH 4 SD 1
GM SHANE DAY
2019: SAN DIEGO 4 AUGUSTA 1
GM PAUL WARE
2018: SAN DIEGO 4 RUSTON 1
GM PAUL WARE
2017: CHICAGO 4 SAN DIEGO 1
GM MIKE LYNCH
2016: SAN DIEGO 4 L VEGAS 0
GM PAUL WARE
2015: LAS VEGAS 4 BIRM 1
GM CHIP ORTON
2014: SAN DIEGO 4 CHICAGO 1
GM PAUL WARE
2013: LAS VEGAS 4 BROOK 3
GM CHIP ORTON
2012: SAN DIEGO 4 OREGON 3
GM PAUL WARE
2011: OREGON 4 SAN DIEGO 3
GM MIKE SENN
2010: SAN DIEGO 4 OREGON 3
GM PAUL WARE
2009: SAN DIEGO 4 BROOK 2
GM PAUL WARE
2008: TEXAS 4 NEW YORK 3
GM PAT FLANAGAN
2007: SAN DIEGO 4 CLEVE 0
GM PAUL WARE
2006: SAN DIEGO 4 CHICAGO 1
GM PAUL WARE
2005: SAN DIEGO 4 BEL RIV 2
GM PAUL WAR |
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61st Season Of Play
17th Real-Life Year
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