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Westheim · 07-27-2012, 04:22 PM

Angel Costa was the #8 hitter and currently playing 3B, but he produced a lot of offense, going 3-4 with 2 RBI to start the series in Oklahoma City. Romero got his first win since ancient times as the Raccoons battled through to a 4-2 win. Gaston had a 1-2-3 save. Game 2 had the Raccoons lead 3-0 early, but Powell crumbled in the fifth and left after seven with a no decision. Still tied in the bottom 9th, O’Rearden loaded the bases with nobody out. I was already sharpening my knifes to mutilate him. He got lefty Gary Reed to dribble the ball to the mound, and Joe Howard was thrown out at the plate. With the heart of the lineup coming up, Wally Gaston entered the game in the hope, he’d fan one. The Thunder sent Carlos Velazquez, a lefty, to combat Gaston. Velazquez lobbed the first pitch he saw to left. Hall caught in in short left, and Orlando Torres made a sprint for the plate. Hall drilled in the ball and Bocci knocked Torres out at the plate. Extra innings. Gaston narrowly avoided to lose it in the tenth. The Raccoons scored one in the 11th and now it was on mopup Tony Lopez to save it. He pitched a perfect inning with 2 K’s.

The Raccoons were eager for a sweep (and were due to finally achieve one anyway). Logan Evans pitched and had a 3-0 lead in the bottom 5th with two down and a runner on first. Ralph Nixon threw away a slow grounder to him that awarded the Thunder two bases. Evans struck out Joe Howard to get through the mess. From there it was mostly smooth sailing for a 7-1 win and the sweep. Johnston was 3-4 with an RBI. This also clinched the season series against the Thunder, now at 5-1, and that against the team that currently had the best record in ABL baseball.

We also had four wins in a row, tying our best streak since 1979. The Raccoons had never won more than seven in a row to start the 1978 season. And you know how that ended.

We had an off day before we faced the Crusaders and used it to skip Simmons in the rotation. Romero pitched in game 1, where we also met Kevin Hatfield again, who pitched the sixth and seventh after Matt Lee had left with an injury. Hatfield allowed a run to score on a wild pitch. He picked up the win when Romero was clobbered in the bottom 7th and took the 3-2 loss.

Who’d win a matchup between a 2.09 ERA pitcher and a 5.95 ERA pitcher? The first was Powell, the latter was Kyle Owens. Raccoons lost 8-2, five runs on Powell, who was officially no longer good and had entered the Suckers’ Club again. A painful seventh inning plated four with a few walks, a wild pitch, and a Nixon error, and it send O’Rearden to the minor leagues. He and his 5.64 ERA were no longer needed here.

We played the last game one man short, the plan was to give Berrios another AAA start, then recall him, move Simmons to the pen and banish another one of the failures to AAA. Bill Baker also came off the DL and was assign to rehab in AAA.

The Crusaders finished off the Raccoons 7-3 for a sweep. Logan Evans walked five and was awful. As were all Raccoons. They should be called the Portland Awfuls. I will look whether I can change the name.

The Crusaders on the other hand had by now shot from last to first in the CL North. Must be that their errors numbers are down now that I sucked up Nixon.

Juan Berrios had posted a 1-0, 2.45 ERA mark in two AAA starts. Add a run and 3.45 would do fine enough. His 7.00 ERA in the majors was burning in my eyes. He was however not available for the Canadiens series. Gary Simmons would make one last start, and then Berrios would take the #4 spot in the rotation. The next few days we had to decide on a right-handed reliever to be sent down. The Canadiens series was a key matchup now as well. If we won it, we could still have a shot at a .450+ season. Another sweep and we’re gone.

We opened with a 4-2 win on just six hits, but Simmons had a good last outing with only one run over seven innings. Gaston surrendered a solo homer in the ninth, but still is 100% in save opportunities (he has 14 SV now). We took the series in game 2 with a 3-2 walkoff win in the tenth. Romero had fallen 2-0 behind, but the Raccoons had clawed back in. Ken Clark was the match winner, going 3-5 with two RBI, including the tying solo homer in the seventh and the game winning RBI single in the 10th inning.

All for crap. Powell left with an injury in the fourth inning in game 3. The Raccoons held a tender 4-3 lead, which Tony Lopez - … there is no word to describe it. He was tattooed for five runs and the Raccoons lost 8-5.

Wally Gaston signed a 3-year contract for a total of $351k. This sounded like a reasonable amount of money for a closer or setup guy. Gaston would almost certainly be the setup in the future, with Grant West in AAA showing all signs of a top notch ninth inning guy.

This left the Cyclones before the draft. The Cyclones had just lost their ace for the season and the rest of their rotation was not as crisp. They however had raw firepower, scoring 334 runs already. The Raccoons had 194.

Well, that rotation. Jack Pennington shut out the Raccoons on four hits, while Logan Evans walked seven and was mangled in the 8-0 loss that started the series. Justice walked four as well in just 1.1 innings. He had not gotten much work so far this year and it showed in some rust on his pitches. Bill Baker was getting some workout in AAA, he would rejoin the team within a week for that second lefty in the pen. Then I was working on the acquisition of another starting pitcher, cutting some dead weight.

And then we waived Ken Clement and designate him for assignment. Signed this winter, he was .143 with the bat. Cameron Green was called up and placed in 3B and #8 in the lineup for game 2. This was a matchup of Juan Berrios (0-5, 7.00) and John Vogler, who made his major league debut for the Cyclones. Berrios walked four in a 4-run first inning. He walked four more in the second and was gone, 5-0 down.

The Raccoons walked a total of 19 batters in the game and went under 12-1. Berrios 2 IP, 8 BB. Simmons 4 IP, 6 BB. Lopez 1 IP, 4 BB. Jenkins 2 IP, 1 BB.

In other news:
June 13 – Cyclones starter Jesse Thompson is down with a torn labrum. His 8-2, 2.96 ERA season is over.
June 13 – The Gold Sox acquire LF Jorge Reyes, batting .382 with 4 HR and 17 RBI and still not playing regularly with the Scorpions, sending reliever Ken Herbert and a minor leaguer to Sacramento.
June 14 – The Warriors trade backup outfielder Mitsuharu Yamada to the Rebels for two minor leaguers.

This sucks, and this game is out to get me, I quit. This game is no fun in any way.

07-27-2012, 04:22 PM	#65
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,649	Angel Costa was the #8 hitter and currently playing 3B, but he produced a lot of offense, going 3-4 with 2 RBI to start the series in Oklahoma City. Romero got his first win since ancient times as the Raccoons battled through to a 4-2 win. Gaston had a 1-2-3 save. Game 2 had the Raccoons lead 3-0 early, but Powell crumbled in the fifth and left after seven with a no decision. Still tied in the bottom 9th, O’Rearden loaded the bases with nobody out. I was already sharpening my knifes to mutilate him. He got lefty Gary Reed to dribble the ball to the mound, and Joe Howard was thrown out at the plate. With the heart of the lineup coming up, Wally Gaston entered the game in the hope, he’d fan one. The Thunder sent Carlos Velazquez, a lefty, to combat Gaston. Velazquez lobbed the first pitch he saw to left. Hall caught in in short left, and Orlando Torres made a sprint for the plate. Hall drilled in the ball and Bocci knocked Torres out at the plate. Extra innings. Gaston narrowly avoided to lose it in the tenth. The Raccoons scored one in the 11th and now it was on mopup Tony Lopez to save it. He pitched a perfect inning with 2 K’s. The Raccoons were eager for a sweep (and were due to finally achieve one anyway). Logan Evans pitched and had a 3-0 lead in the bottom 5th with two down and a runner on first. Ralph Nixon threw away a slow grounder to him that awarded the Thunder two bases. Evans struck out Joe Howard to get through the mess. From there it was mostly smooth sailing for a 7-1 win and the sweep. Johnston was 3-4 with an RBI. This also clinched the season series against the Thunder, now at 5-1, and that against the team that currently had the best record in ABL baseball. We also had four wins in a row, tying our best streak since 1979. The Raccoons had never won more than seven in a row to start the 1978 season. And you know how that ended. We had an off day before we faced the Crusaders and used it to skip Simmons in the rotation. Romero pitched in game 1, where we also met Kevin Hatfield again, who pitched the sixth and seventh after Matt Lee had left with an injury. Hatfield allowed a run to score on a wild pitch. He picked up the win when Romero was clobbered in the bottom 7th and took the 3-2 loss. Who’d win a matchup between a 2.09 ERA pitcher and a 5.95 ERA pitcher? The first was Powell, the latter was Kyle Owens. Raccoons lost 8-2, five runs on Powell, who was officially no longer good and had entered the Suckers’ Club again. A painful seventh inning plated four with a few walks, a wild pitch, and a Nixon error, and it send O’Rearden to the minor leagues. He and his 5.64 ERA were no longer needed here. We played the last game one man short, the plan was to give Berrios another AAA start, then recall him, move Simmons to the pen and banish another one of the failures to AAA. Bill Baker also came off the DL and was assign to rehab in AAA. The Crusaders finished off the Raccoons 7-3 for a sweep. Logan Evans walked five and was awful. As were all Raccoons. They should be called the Portland Awfuls. I will look whether I can change the name. The Crusaders on the other hand had by now shot from last to first in the CL North. Must be that their errors numbers are down now that I sucked up Nixon. Juan Berrios had posted a 1-0, 2.45 ERA mark in two AAA starts. Add a run and 3.45 would do fine enough. His 7.00 ERA in the majors was burning in my eyes. He was however not available for the Canadiens series. Gary Simmons would make one last start, and then Berrios would take the #4 spot in the rotation. The next few days we had to decide on a right-handed reliever to be sent down. The Canadiens series was a key matchup now as well. If we won it, we could still have a shot at a .450+ season. Another sweep and we’re gone. We opened with a 4-2 win on just six hits, but Simmons had a good last outing with only one run over seven innings. Gaston surrendered a solo homer in the ninth, but still is 100% in save opportunities (he has 14 SV now). We took the series in game 2 with a 3-2 walkoff win in the tenth. Romero had fallen 2-0 behind, but the Raccoons had clawed back in. Ken Clark was the match winner, going 3-5 with two RBI, including the tying solo homer in the seventh and the game winning RBI single in the 10th inning. All for crap. Powell left with an injury in the fourth inning in game 3. The Raccoons held a tender 4-3 lead, which Tony Lopez - … there is no word to describe it. He was tattooed for five runs and the Raccoons lost 8-5. Wally Gaston signed a 3-year contract for a total of $351k. This sounded like a reasonable amount of money for a closer or setup guy. Gaston would almost certainly be the setup in the future, with Grant West in AAA showing all signs of a top notch ninth inning guy. This left the Cyclones before the draft. The Cyclones had just lost their ace for the season and the rest of their rotation was not as crisp. They however had raw firepower, scoring 334 runs already. The Raccoons had 194. Well, that rotation. Jack Pennington shut out the Raccoons on four hits, while Logan Evans walked seven and was mangled in the 8-0 loss that started the series. Justice walked four as well in just 1.1 innings. He had not gotten much work so far this year and it showed in some rust on his pitches. Bill Baker was getting some workout in AAA, he would rejoin the team within a week for that second lefty in the pen. Then I was working on the acquisition of another starting pitcher, cutting some dead weight. And then we waived Ken Clement and designate him for assignment. Signed this winter, he was .143 with the bat. Cameron Green was called up and placed in 3B and #8 in the lineup for game 2. This was a matchup of Juan Berrios (0-5, 7.00) and John Vogler, who made his major league debut for the Cyclones. Berrios walked four in a 4-run first inning. He walked four more in the second and was gone, 5-0 down. The Raccoons walked a total of 19 batters in the game and went under 12-1. Berrios 2 IP, 8 BB. Simmons 4 IP, 6 BB. Lopez 1 IP, 4 BB. Jenkins 2 IP, 1 BB. In other news: June 13 – Cyclones starter Jesse Thompson is down with a torn labrum. His 8-2, 2.96 ERA season is over. June 13 – The Gold Sox acquire LF Jorge Reyes, batting .382 with 4 HR and 17 RBI and still not playing regularly with the Scorpions, sending reliever Ken Herbert and a minor leaguer to Sacramento. June 14 – The Warriors trade backup outfielder Mitsuharu Yamada to the Rebels for two minor leaguers. This sucks, and this game is out to get me, I quit. This game is no fun in any way.