I've been having the itch to get back to the Outpost League lately, which required me to move a few files around from my ancient laptop to my newer desktop. I had a little bit of time tonight, so here goes. Somewhere along the way, I lost my earlier files that had the May 1st, 2016 standings posted above. So we'll continue on from the start of the season as if those never happened... hopefully those that used to read my ramblings are still somewhat interested. There'll be more frequent updates than we've had most of this year. 
May 1, 2016
Bay League Standings
Code:
Team W L Pct GB Stk L10
Deepvale 5 0 1.000 - W5 5-0
Gentry Hills 5 1 .833 0.5 W3 5-1
Elliott Springs 3 3 .500 2.5 L1 3-3
Tifton 3 3 .500 2.5 L1 3-3
Allison 2 3 .400 3.0 W1 2-3
Marsein 2 3 .400 3.0 W1 2-3
Silver Beach 2 4 .333 3.5 W1 2-4
Lorris 1 6 .143 5.0 L4 1-6
League News
Welcome to the opening of the 2016 season, the third season of the Bay League. With last season's exciting finish, optimism is running high as spring rolls around again and baseball returns to city parks and local stadiums once again. The Tifton Generals and Silver Beach Whales both have new parks to call home, but neither team has played a game at home yet this season, an oddity of the schedule that has officials from Silver Beach lobbing accusations at the league offices. Offices which just happen to be run by John Baxter, the owner of the Tifton Generals. Tension between the two clubs is nothing new, however, and most of it has been ignored by the fans as a whole so far.
The Deepvale Ferrymen are the big news thus far, storming out to a perfect record over the first few games of the season. Remember, Bay League fans, it's only a 70-game season, so five games can mean quite a bit. Especially when you've got the likes of
Ace Gervin pounding the little white ball all around the Bay League. Gervin is off to his usual start, hitting .435 with 3 homers, but the early story is the blazing start of his teammate
Mario Goodwin. The 26-year old left fielder has always been something of an enigma to Deepvale fans, flashing moments of brilliance at the plate, but usually failing to deliver with consistency. Goodwin's put it all out there so far, hitting an unbelievable .647. The pessimists will point out that indeed, it
is just five games...
As usual in the Bay League, the pitchers aren't exactly taking to the cool spring weather like the hitters are, but some of the Gentry Hills Scouts' early success can be placed directly on the shoulders of youngster
Will Brooker, who held Elliott Springs to 1 earned run on 6 hits in a 9-inning gem for his first start, then did that one better against defending champs Silver Beach in his second outing: a 4-hit, no walk, 10 strikeout shutout. Brooker came in to the season with high expectations after posting a 3.00 ERA in 27 innings of intermittent work in 2015, but 18 strikeouts against
zero walks defies even the starriest-eyed of optimists.
April is always a tease in the Bay League, when the season starts in mid-month and takes two weeks to get just a handful of games in. The month of May is when the action picks up, and the early season promise can either live on or shatter for hopeful fans. We'll see which it is for the eight Bay League squads as the 2016 season continues.
League Leaders
Code:
Batting Average Stolen Bases
M. Goodwin (DPV) .647 M. Smiley (TIF) 5
M. Smiley (TIF) .500 T. Smith (LOR) 5
R. Isenhour (MAR) .450 E. Ashman (GEN) 3
J. Parker (GEN) 3
OPS ERA
M. Goodwin (DPV) 1.714 W. Brooker (GEN) 0.50
R. Harrington (GEN) 1.471 C. Bonner (TIF) 2.08
A. Strong (ALL) 1.397 E. Hope (ESP) 2.19
Home Runs Wins
R. Harrington (GEN) 4 B. Earl (GEN) 3
H. Gervin (DPV) 3 4 Tied with 2
R. Gomes (ESP) 3
RBI Strikeouts
H. Gervin (DPV) 12 B. Earl (GEN) 30
M. Goodwin (DPV) 10 K. Richardson (ALL) 27
R. Harrington (GEN) 9 F. O'Neil (LOR) 27
Runs Scored
B. Brown (DPV) 9
S. Blackwell (DPV) 7
R. Gomes (ESP) 6
R. Harrington (GEN) 6