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gehrig38 · 11-09-2012, 08:10 PM

WEEK 13
3 @ HOU
3 vs MICH

Game 72
A tired and depleted bullpen finally caught up to me. I had no Cruz tonight and nursed a 1 run lead into the 9th. Given his fragile nature I couldn’t in good conscience send him out. That left me with Riley Potts as the only available reliever after Johnson, who I couldn’t keep in. van Bodegraven, Johnson and Potts all surrendered homers over the final 3 innigns to drop to Houston 9-7. Leo Russell getting a rare start was 2-4 with 2 HR’s and 4 RBI’s. Gutierrez went 3-5 and Charitier mimicked him at 3-5 with 2 RBI’s. The Iron Pigs plated 4 in the 1st and Garrett managed to battle through 5 (5-10-3-2-2-2) but a tired pen could not hold the lead.
HOU 9 CHI 7 (33-39)

Game 73
Man oh man. Mike Davis (6-4) went 6, gave up 2 earned runs, both in the first, 4 hits. Sounds about right. Now add in 0 K’s and 7 walks. I guess the ‘win’ is in the fact we only lost 2-1! I don’t have a ton of options and the kid has serious potential but this is damn frustrating. Chartier had 2 hits and stole his 15th. Raul Gonzalez moved to 10-5 2.90 with an 8-6-1-0-0-10 line.
HOU 2 CHI 1 (33-40)

LEAGUE NEWS
LA Sky Sox Felix Torres became the 2nd IBL player to hit in 20 straight (following LA’s Pat Adams who ended at 21)

DRAFT NEWS
Wichita States Jeff Bentley came to terms last night. He’ll head to Class A Denison to start his career.

MINOR LEAGUE ORG NEWS
In other news it appears Martin seriously jumped the gun on both Riggs and Tio. Riggs sits at .083 and Tio at .138 after 7 games. A few more days of this and I need to make a move. Can’t allow these kids to lose their swagger.

Game 74
Bill Flowers (3-0) continues to blossom! 9-4-0-0-0-2 as he shuts out division leading Houston. Wil Morgan slams his 12th in a 2-5 3RBI day.
CHI 6 HOU 0 (34-40)

STUFF
Had my first real ftf with Manager Jared Smith today. As a former player I respect the clubhouse and the players protectivel nature about it. Jared is of the mind to move Hudson to the 5 hole and Lopez into the 2 spot to more utilize his speed. I’m thinking they’re fine where they’re at, but that’s what I pay him for. I appreciated him asking me about it honestly. He’s as perturbed as I am with the staff and the walks. It has to stop. Pitching Coach Peter Hardin has a great reputation and I am looking to him to start fixing this. I get that we’re short on talent and depth, but I need to see some improvement staff wide, as we move along.

Game 75
I accidently simmed the top half of inning 1 thinking I was hitting, I wasn’t. But amazingly the results seemed familiar! BB, 1B, out, BB, BB, K, 1B, BB, out. Jackson (4-7) and the Pigs get routed 8-5 as he goes 3.1-6-7-7-5-2. Walkers 3 R HR in the 9th made it look closer than it was. Morgan belted his 13th in a 2-4 2 RBI day.
MICH 8 CHI 5 (34-41)

Game 76
Ted Long steps to the plate, 2 outs, runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 ball 2 strike count. Alejandro lost his perfect game with the 1 out walk to Jones here in the 9th, now with 2 on, 2 down, 4-0 game, let’s cut to play by play man Todd Kalas (son of the legendary play by play man Harry Kalas)…

“Cut on, Long tops slow a roller to Mo, a quick step to the bag and he flips to Alejandro covering….he’s done it! Alfredo Alejandro has tossed the IBL’s FIRST EVER NO HITTER, can you believe it? He’s being mobbed by teammates around the first base bag!”

One of the things I so love about this game is the ‘feel’, it just ‘feels’ like a real baseball game in so many ways. This was certainly one of them. About the 5th I started to feel it, he was punching guys out all over the place. Sort of like I felt in real life when I got past the 5th with a no no. The 1 out walk in the 9th made me realize he was perfect, or had been. He was tiring fast too. His final line was 9-0-0-0-2-11.
CHI 4 MICH 0 (35-41)

LEAGUE NEWS
Besides Alejandor’s no no, LA’s Felix Torres broke teammate Pat Adams streak of 21 games but was held hitless in game 23 by the Riverhounds.

Game 77
Back to reality. I need an option for Jeff Garrett. A 3.2-9-5-5-2-3 line puts his ERA north of 7, that can’t be allowed to continue for him and for me. He didn’t even take the loss. A 5 run 6th tied itup but Chris Frank served up a 2 run PH HR to Henry Wilson as I, again, stayed a hitter too long with a pitcher. Feel like I need a 9 man pen. Gutierrez was 3-5 to raise his average to .325. Alexander was 1-5 and has dropped to .333. Bartlett was ejected in the 6th for arguing balls and strikes.
MICH 7 CHI 6 (35-42)

WEEK 13 RECAP
West Michigan White Caps Paco Veldez wins the FL PotW award going 13-21 with 6 RBI’s

Rich Stone of Fresno wins another PotW award. He was 15-24 with 2 HR’s and 9 RBI’s to push his season totals to an astounding .402-10-51.

In other interesting news Dayton’s Ernie Kelly is leading the league in CG’s, having completed 8 of his first 16 starts. Jose Castellanos of Tulsa is 2nd with 6, Matthieu Caffasso of Las Vegas, Marcos Diaz of Corpus Christi and Raul Gonzalez of Houston are all tied with 5 apiece.

Chicago drops to 19th in the Power Rankings (80.8)

ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS
Dudley Williams seems to have taken his promotion to AAA well. Going 10-15 with a HR 6 RBI’s and 5 runs scored the 2B won the PotW award, Tulsa’s first such winner.

Belleview remains atop their leagues power rankings at 126.5

11-09-2012, 08:10 PM	#40
gehrig38 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Medfield, Mass Posts: 5,509	Week 13 WEEK 13 3 @ HOU 3 vs MICH Game 72 A tired and depleted bullpen finally caught up to me. I had no Cruz tonight and nursed a 1 run lead into the 9th. Given his fragile nature I couldn’t in good conscience send him out. That left me with Riley Potts as the only available reliever after Johnson, who I couldn’t keep in. van Bodegraven, Johnson and Potts all surrendered homers over the final 3 innigns to drop to Houston 9-7. Leo Russell getting a rare start was 2-4 with 2 HR’s and 4 RBI’s. Gutierrez went 3-5 and Charitier mimicked him at 3-5 with 2 RBI’s. The Iron Pigs plated 4 in the 1st and Garrett managed to battle through 5 (5-10-3-2-2-2) but a tired pen could not hold the lead. HOU 9 CHI 7 (33-39) Game 73 Man oh man. Mike Davis (6-4) went 6, gave up 2 earned runs, both in the first, 4 hits. Sounds about right. Now add in 0 K’s and 7 walks. I guess the ‘win’ is in the fact we only lost 2-1! I don’t have a ton of options and the kid has serious potential but this is damn frustrating. Chartier had 2 hits and stole his 15th. Raul Gonzalez moved to 10-5 2.90 with an 8-6-1-0-0-10 line. HOU 2 CHI 1 (33-40) LEAGUE NEWS LA Sky Sox Felix Torres became the 2nd IBL player to hit in 20 straight (following LA’s Pat Adams who ended at 21) DRAFT NEWS Wichita States Jeff Bentley came to terms last night. He’ll head to Class A Denison to start his career. MINOR LEAGUE ORG NEWS In other news it appears Martin seriously jumped the gun on both Riggs and Tio. Riggs sits at .083 and Tio at .138 after 7 games. A few more days of this and I need to make a move. Can’t allow these kids to lose their swagger. Game 74 Bill Flowers (3-0) continues to blossom! 9-4-0-0-0-2 as he shuts out division leading Houston. Wil Morgan slams his 12th in a 2-5 3RBI day. CHI 6 HOU 0 (34-40) STUFF Had my first real ftf with Manager Jared Smith today. As a former player I respect the clubhouse and the players protectivel nature about it. Jared is of the mind to move Hudson to the 5 hole and Lopez into the 2 spot to more utilize his speed. I’m thinking they’re fine where they’re at, but that’s what I pay him for. I appreciated him asking me about it honestly. He’s as perturbed as I am with the staff and the walks. It has to stop. Pitching Coach Peter Hardin has a great reputation and I am looking to him to start fixing this. I get that we’re short on talent and depth, but I need to see some improvement staff wide, as we move along. Game 75 I accidently simmed the top half of inning 1 thinking I was hitting, I wasn’t. But amazingly the results seemed familiar! BB, 1B, out, BB, BB, K, 1B, BB, out. Jackson (4-7) and the Pigs get routed 8-5 as he goes 3.1-6-7-7-5-2. Walkers 3 R HR in the 9th made it look closer than it was. Morgan belted his 13th in a 2-4 2 RBI day. MICH 8 CHI 5 (34-41) Game 76 Ted Long steps to the plate, 2 outs, runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 ball 2 strike count. Alejandro lost his perfect game with the 1 out walk to Jones here in the 9th, now with 2 on, 2 down, 4-0 game, let’s cut to play by play man Todd Kalas (son of the legendary play by play man Harry Kalas)… “Cut on, Long tops slow a roller to Mo, a quick step to the bag and he flips to Alejandro covering….he’s done it! Alfredo Alejandro has tossed the IBL’s FIRST EVER NO HITTER, can you believe it? He’s being mobbed by teammates around the first base bag!” One of the things I so love about this game is the ‘feel’, it just ‘feels’ like a real baseball game in so many ways. This was certainly one of them. About the 5th I started to feel it, he was punching guys out all over the place. Sort of like I felt in real life when I got past the 5th with a no no. The 1 out walk in the 9th made me realize he was perfect, or had been. He was tiring fast too. His final line was 9-0-0-0-2-11. CHI 4 MICH 0 (35-41) LEAGUE NEWS Besides Alejandor’s no no, LA’s Felix Torres broke teammate Pat Adams streak of 21 games but was held hitless in game 23 by the Riverhounds. Game 77 Back to reality. I need an option for Jeff Garrett. A 3.2-9-5-5-2-3 line puts his ERA north of 7, that can’t be allowed to continue for him and for me. He didn’t even take the loss. A 5 run 6th tied itup but Chris Frank served up a 2 run PH HR to Henry Wilson as I, again, stayed a hitter too long with a pitcher. Feel like I need a 9 man pen. Gutierrez was 3-5 to raise his average to .325. Alexander was 1-5 and has dropped to .333. Bartlett was ejected in the 6th for arguing balls and strikes. MICH 7 CHI 6 (35-42) WEEK 13 RECAP West Michigan White Caps Paco Veldez wins the FL PotW award going 13-21 with 6 RBI’s Rich Stone of Fresno wins another PotW award. He was 15-24 with 2 HR’s and 9 RBI’s to push his season totals to an astounding .402-10-51. In other interesting news Dayton’s Ernie Kelly is leading the league in CG’s, having completed 8 of his first 16 starts. Jose Castellanos of Tulsa is 2nd with 6, Matthieu Caffasso of Las Vegas, Marcos Diaz of Corpus Christi and Raul Gonzalez of Houston are all tied with 5 apiece. Chicago drops to 19th in the Power Rankings (80.8) ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS Dudley Williams seems to have taken his promotion to AAA well. Going 10-15 with a HR 6 RBI’s and 5 runs scored the 2B won the PotW award, Tulsa’s first such winner. Belleview remains atop their leagues power rankings at 126.5 Last edited by gehrig38; 12-03-2012 at 10:57 PM.