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My league. Pesos de beisbol has been going since 2012 (2011 cards).

Institutional memory. I like it. I commish two KL's:

HCKL (begun by qksilver69) - 2006
USKL2 (kaviksdad) - 2005

USKL is the first and still running may also be 2005 but could be earlier, it was started before both USKL2, (hence the 2 in USKL2) and HCKL.

That said, the longest running "league" if you call it that, is the NLD (New Live Draft ) but it's non keeper. which may have started in 2002. you'll have to consult with Joe the Jet though on the exact start date

Ninersphan wrote:USKL is the first and still running may also be 2005 but could be earlier, it was started before both USKL2, (hence the 2 in USKL2) and HCKL.

That said, the longest running "league" if you call it that, is the NLD (New Live Draft ) but it's non keeper. which may have started in 2002. you'll have to consult with Joe the Jet though on the exact start date

I take it back, just checked the historical records , USKL 2004


USKL 2004
USKL2 -2005
HCKL - 2006
GMKL - 2007
USKL 3- 2008
NAKL - 2009
Unleashed - 2012

If you count the card sets in use, then Reelin' in the Years League might be the longest running. It was a retro keeper that started with the 2001 season in 2010.

We should build a directory of all of the keepers. Here are the starting years and card sets for the rest of mine that are still running:

Standard keepers:
Summer-Winter KL - 2009
Pre-Card Draft KL - 2010

Other retro keepers, starting with 2007 card set:
Deja Vu League - 2012
C'est La Vie League - 2013
Those Were the Days League - 2017

Terry,
The 2010KL Keeper League started in 2010, hence 2010KL. Still going. We started with the 2009 Unleashed Card Set.

Tim K

I went back into the archives trying to find out who started USKL (Bubba Hotep?). Ninersphan was there. Is he the one Bill?

While looking, I came across this thread for the "2005-2006 Keeper League." Fits and starts were the order of the day at the outset but they persevered and got the league going. The thread is a good illustration of frustrations that commissioners go through at times. As then, proxies are still a drafts best friend. "penn" refers to penngray who maintained a live draft site back then. visick, beware, the possibility of your stress level increasing as you read the thread is likely.

That was a long time ago...

I sorta recall that league.

I'm the current commish of USKL. The first season was 2004. I still have records/data for every season since then.

For posterity, not the oldest, FInders Keepers started in summer of 2009.
24 TKL started in the same year sometime in the fall, I think.