As we turn the pages from April to May let's take a look back at the USBL after a month on the field:
Here are the standings as of May 1, 2009:
Code:
United League
East Division
Team W L PCT GB
Nashville Sounds 19 9 0.679 -
Carolina Pines 15 13 0.536 4
New York Skylines 13 15 0.464 6
Philadelphia Freedom 13 15 0.464 6
Washington Senators 13 15 0.464 6
Memphis Blues 11 17 0.393 8
Central Division
Team W L PCT GB
Kansas City Royals 17 11 0.607 -
Cincinnati Redbirds 12 16 0.429 5
Oklahoma City Red Hawks 12 16 0.429 5
Chicago Blackhawks 11 17 0.393 6
Houston Astros 11 17 0.393 6
West Division
Team W L PCT GB
San Francisco Bays 21 7 0.750 -
San Diego Clippers 17 11 0.607 4
Seattle Mariners 15 13 0.536 6
Las Vegas Outlaws 13 15 0.464 8
Salt Lake City Miners 11 17 0.393 10
UL Wild Card
Federal League Standings
East Division
Team W L PCT GB
Boston Minutemen 18 10 0.643 -
Pittsburgh Steelhounds 16 12 0.571 2
Atlanta Peaches 14 14 0.500 4
Miami Pirates 13 15 0.464 5
Virginia Generals 9 19 0.321 9
Central Division
Team W L PCT GB
Dallas Cowboys 16 12 0.571 -
Milwaukee Brewers 14 14 0.500 2
Minnesota Twins 14 14 0.500 2
New Orleans VooDoo 14 14 0.500 2
Cleveland Cavaliers 12 16 0.429 4
Detroit Tigers 10 18 0.357 6
West Division
Team W L PCT GB
Portland Lumberjax 18 10 0.643 -
Los Angeles Titans 15 13 0.536 3
Phoenix Sun Devils 15 13 0.536 3
New Mexico Diablos 14 14 0.500 4
Denver Broncos 12 16 0.429 6
You can see that the San Francisco Bays lead the charge with a 21-7 mark, and they come to play us next!! The surprising Nashville Sounds have put up the 2nd best mark in the league to date and with their attendance turning around they have prompted the commissioner to take notice and reconsider his relocating them to Tampa. He has promised a decision on that and other things during his press conference before the All-Star Game.
The Carolina Pines - Pitching
Snapshot of the Pines' pitching staff to date, you can see that Don Harrell is the ace, for sure now after his no-no. And to amplify that point he was named the
United League's Pitcher of the Month for April, congratulations Don!!
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# Name G GS W L SV IP HA HR R ER BB K ERA
SP 1 Don Harrell 6 6 5 0 0 44.00 32 5 11 11 6 36 2.25
SP 19 Joe Brock 6 6 0 3 0 39.10 38 6 27 23 12 21 5.26
SP 21 Karl Thomas 6 6 2 2 0 35.10 39 6 26 25 18 29 6.37
SP 32 Justin Allen 5 5 1 1 0 31.00 37 7 26 24 7 30 6.97
SP 51 David Richards 4 4 0 1 0 25.00 33 6 19 18 13 16 6.48
MR 29 Jeffery Morse 11 0 2 0 0 15.20 8 0 4 2 3 11 1.15
MR 8 Dave Slattery 6 1 0 1 0 12.00 18 2 12 12 8 8 9.00
MR 14 César Mejía 10 0 1 2 0 11.10 14 1 6 6 8 11 4.76
MR 59 António Díaz 7 0 1 1 0 10.10 13 0 8 8 2 4 6.97
MR 37 George Bruce 5 0 0 0 1 7.10 8 1 2 2 2 5 2.45
MR 8 Seth Garrett 10 0 2 2 0 13.20 13 1 5 5 7 9 3.29
CL 34 Jeff Keys 7 0 1 0 6 6.10 5 0 2 0 1 10 0.00
The Carolina Pines - Batting
The numbers are getting better and better as the weather in the Old North State heats up. George Willis leads the charge with 11 longballs, but he's not the only one with pop. The middle of the line-up is putting up some great numbers, now if we could only keep it up and catch the Sounds, stay tuned..
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POS # Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP OPS SB CS
C 24 Keith Wallace 25 104 29 3 1 4 9 16 7 16 0.279 0.336 0.779 0 0
C 26 Elvin Drake 10 18 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 3 0.222 0.263 0.541 0 0
1B 7 Jeffrey Rose 26 100 32 6 0 7 19 19 6 17 0.320 0.361 0.951 0 1
1B 40 Steve Love 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.000 0.143 0.143 0 0
2B 58 Edgardo Ortega 28 104 29 4 0 1 11 13 9 5 0.279 0.339 0.685 2 0
3B 20 Neil Hardin 13 55 16 6 0 6 10 7 2 9 0.291 0.316 1.043 0 0
SS 43 Davey Morrow 28 113 41 7 2 4 20 15 0 20 0.363 0.376 0.942 2 1
SS 46 Bill Willis 20 65 19 5 0 3 12 10 5 13 0.292 0.343 0.851 0 0
SS 27 Roberto Árias 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 1.000 0 0
LF 5 Tomás Guzmán 28 114 37 6 0 8 34 20 8 14 0.325 0.386 0.974 0 0
LF 28 Joe Hull 12 29 9 2 0 1 6 7 5 6 0.310 0.389 0.872 0 0
CF 4 Jacob Kelly 26 106 24 5 0 6 9 23 8 34 0.226 0.287 0.730 8 1
CF 2 George Willis 28 108 34 4 1 11 24 23 13 12 0.315 0.387 1.063 0 0
RF 35 Juan Luna 9 11 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.182 0.182 0.364 0 0