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gehrig38 · 11-17-2012, 09:45 PM

WEEK 19
3 vs Pittsburgh
Off Day
3 @ Baltimore

GAME 112
Mike Davis (2-3) gets into the 7th 6.1-5-2-2-3-4 and Frank (H11) gets to Cruz who gets the final 4 outs for save #31. Don Weaver goes 1-3 with a HR (18) and 3 RBI’s and Bill Alexander is 1-1 with 3 walks and his 34th HR of the year. Chicago scratches out 5 runs on 5 hits and 9 walks.
CHI 5 PIT 2 (63-49 3 GB) +6 in the WC

ORG NEWS
Siu-chng Chiang of Belleview threw a 1 hit SHO vs the Garland Artillery yesterday. Chiang (the 160th pick in the 2012 inaugural draft) is a 23 year old SP coming off a 10-5 3.58 season in Belleview last year, and is 9-8 5.47 this season.

Cody Young will miss the next 4 months with a broken ankle. The Belleview OF has had trouble staying healthy, but hits when he does. The 22 year old has compiled a 275/355/520 line over 192 games in the past 2 seasons with 52 doubles, 34 HR’s and 119 RBI’s.

LEAGUE NEWS
HOLY CRAP! Michigan, for whatever reason, was trying to pass Drew Leduc through waivers. My claim was denied but damn, this kid is a 27 year old bat, huge bat. He is a DH, and DH only, who can’t run, but he’s a triple crown threat from the right side. I turned around and asked them what it would take and they’re willing to swap 1st rounders AND take Bill Flowers off my hands. I can’t fathom this kid will clear, but we’ll try.

GAME 113
Flowers can’t get out of the 5th but van Bodegraven gets out of a bases loaded 0 out mess to keep it close. Down 3-2 in the 7th we manage 4 runs and Pacheco (4-4) and Pennington (H17) get it to Ernesto for the last 4 outs for save 32. Hugh Collins hits a leadoff HR in the 1st (19) and Raul Feliz drives in 2.
CHI 6 PIT 4 (64-49 2GB) +6 in the WC

STUFF
Well here we are. 2 games is 48 hours, 48 hours from 1st place. I certainly didn’t expect to be seriously in a race this fast, but I really do have a good squad. Only Morgan and Alexander are even NEAR their peaks, and we’ve managed it without our best bat honestly, or best potential bat, in Chartier (who’s 2 weeks out btw after missing pretty much the entire season). We’re 4th in runs, 5th in avg, 7th in OBP, 6th in HR’s and SB’s, 3rd in runs against, 3rd in starters ERA, 1st in bullpen ERA and 9th in def eff. The D worries me and needs to be addressed, but the rotation has surprised the hell out of me so far this year. Collins and Barbour are both HUGE ceiling guys and Weavers HUGE increase in power last winter could be a game changer, especially when Chartier returns. The hunt for a solid young up the middle combo is half over when Chartier returns, and I’ll keep working on the other half. Williams and Butler are viable rotation guys, but bottom end would mean I am deep, right now I am relying on them too much. Davis is an enigma, scouts had a huge swing in opinion him coming into this season versus where he was, and he’s pitched like crap. Last 7 weeks are going to be interesting.

MINOR LEAGUES
Modesto Black Snakes SS Alfonso Elfas became the 1st player in IBL history, at ANY level, to record 7 hits in a game. The 25 year old went 7-8 in a 7-6 15 inning loss to the Ford Tourists. Elfas isn’t considered a serious prospect, given he’s 25 and still in A ball, but a great day none the less.

GAME 114
Mike Williams goes 6-7-5-5-2-3 in a game we blew a 4-0 lead after 3. Bill Alexanders 2-4 day included a Grand Slam (35) and 4 RBI’s. Feliz and Barbour added 2 hit days, with Feliz stealing his 4th and Collins his 16th in the loss. We managed to tie it back up by Eric Hudsons error allowed 2 unearned runs to score off Riley Potts (2-2).
PT 8 CHI 6 (64-50 3 GB) +6 in the WC

TRADE NEWS
Dayton and Fresno made a waiver trade today. Dayton sent 18 year old catching prospect Arturo Lopez to Fresno and received SP Thomas Savary (1-7 8.14 in 9 starts, 4-8 6.04 in ’12). Savary is a 28 year old who’s bounced around the past 2 seasons between AAA and the IBL. Savary will move into the Dragons rotation. Dayton is currently 61-52 and 3.5 back of Tulsa in the FL Central.

OFF DAY NEWS

GAME 115 (Baltimore is the team 2nd in the WC, 6 games back of us)
A Jon Davis grand slam (7) in a 6 run 1st is bad, but Alfredo Alejandrez (14-7) ‘settled down’ and prevented a drubbing of an overworked pen by going 6-7-7-7-5-2. The pen held Baltimore to 3 hits over the final 2, and scoreless, and we managed to get it to 7-5 thanks to two 2 run homers, Gutierrez (6) and Morgan (14), but that was all we could muster. Ferrer, Hudson and Gutierrez had 2 hit days. Lando Jongmans went 3-5 and drove in 2 for Baltimore.
BAL 7 CHI 5 (64-51 3.5 GB) +5 in the WC

GAME 116
Walks and unearned runs. Will Butler (7-11) walked 6 over 6.2 innings (6.2-5-4-3-6-2) and Ernesto Gutierrez’s 5th error was the margin for Baltimore. Chicago managed only 7 singles (2 by Alexander and Feliz) in a 4-3 loss.
BAL 4 CHI 3 (64-52 4.5 GB) +4 in the WC

LEAGUE NEWS
Tulsa OF Arturo Olivo has responded to his new team (297/354/429 since coming from Houston) and today he put a stamp on the trade by going 5-6 with 3 RBI’s in a 12-10 Tulsa win over Dayton. Tulsa is currently 67-50 and 3.5 up on Dayton in the FL Central.

The Houston Roughriders will be without the services of All Star slugger Millard O’Reilly for the next 4 weeks. The 28 year old 3B (292-22-80) jammed his shoulder today and will miss the next month recovering.

GAME 117
Going up against Baltimore ace Chris O’Slattery again (9-10 3.16 190K’s 27 BB in 182 IP).
The game was hitless into the 4th, and O’Slattery held us hitless into the 7th. 3 straight singles plated the 1st run and a passed ball and another hit made it 3-0. Those were all the hits and runs Davis (2-4) would allow, but it was enough. O’Slattery (10-10) went 8-3-2-2-1-7, his only blemish Don Weaver’s 19th HR, a 2 run shot, in the 8th. C Quinn came in to garner his 30th save.
BAL 3 CHI 2 (64-53 3.5 GB) +3 in the WC (swept… dammit)

WEEK 19 NEWS AND NOTES
Rich Stone (FRE) will miss the next 3 weeks with a strained ab. Stone, the 2012 CL Batting champ is currently hitting 323-19-71 for a 56-61 Fresno team that is 11.5 back of Las Vegas.

Hooks SP Cecil Watts moved to 14-7 3.11 on the year after his 4 hit shutout of Fresno yesterday. He walked none and punched out 9.

New York Knights All Star Mathew Moore won his 3rd PotW award in 5 weeks today after his 13-23 2 HR 5 RBI week. The 33 year old was 2nd in the FL in walks in 2012 with 135.

All Star Dean Strong continued his torrid 2013 with another PotW win. Strong was 10-22 with 5 HR’s and 16 RBI’s.

Phoenix Greyhound closer Arthur Newton has pitched in 42 games, with 22 saves and a 3-1 record to go with his 0.89 ERA. All of those numbers are amazing, but the best one is 0.00, his home ERA. To date he’s pitched 30 innings in 26 games at home, and has yet to give up a run.

ORG NEWS
Belleview 2B Jorge Sanchez went 5-5 with 4 RBI’s in a 12-5 win over the Oakland Terror.

Chicago drops to 12th in the Power Rankings, at 90.5

OFF DAY NEWS
Corpus Christi Hooks 1B Francisco Hernandez (266-11-69) went 5-6 with 2 RBI’s in a 10-9 win over Michigan today.

11-17-2012, 09:45 PM	#159
gehrig38 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Medfield, Mass Posts: 5,509	Week 19 WEEK 19 3 vs Pittsburgh Off Day 3 @ Baltimore GAME 112 Mike Davis (2-3) gets into the 7th 6.1-5-2-2-3-4 and Frank (H11) gets to Cruz who gets the final 4 outs for save #31. Don Weaver goes 1-3 with a HR (18) and 3 RBI’s and Bill Alexander is 1-1 with 3 walks and his 34th HR of the year. Chicago scratches out 5 runs on 5 hits and 9 walks. CHI 5 PIT 2 (63-49 3 GB) +6 in the WC ORG NEWS Siu-chng Chiang of Belleview threw a 1 hit SHO vs the Garland Artillery yesterday. Chiang (the 160th pick in the 2012 inaugural draft) is a 23 year old SP coming off a 10-5 3.58 season in Belleview last year, and is 9-8 5.47 this season. Cody Young will miss the next 4 months with a broken ankle. The Belleview OF has had trouble staying healthy, but hits when he does. The 22 year old has compiled a 275/355/520 line over 192 games in the past 2 seasons with 52 doubles, 34 HR’s and 119 RBI’s. LEAGUE NEWS HOLY CRAP! Michigan, for whatever reason, was trying to pass Drew Leduc through waivers. My claim was denied but damn, this kid is a 27 year old bat, huge bat. He is a DH, and DH only, who can’t run, but he’s a triple crown threat from the right side. I turned around and asked them what it would take and they’re willing to swap 1st rounders AND take Bill Flowers off my hands. I can’t fathom this kid will clear, but we’ll try. GAME 113 Flowers can’t get out of the 5th but van Bodegraven gets out of a bases loaded 0 out mess to keep it close. Down 3-2 in the 7th we manage 4 runs and Pacheco (4-4) and Pennington (H17) get it to Ernesto for the last 4 outs for save 32. Hugh Collins hits a leadoff HR in the 1st (19) and Raul Feliz drives in 2. CHI 6 PIT 4 (64-49 2GB) +6 in the WC STUFF Well here we are. 2 games is 48 hours, 48 hours from 1st place. I certainly didn’t expect to be seriously in a race this fast, but I really do have a good squad. Only Morgan and Alexander are even NEAR their peaks, and we’ve managed it without our best bat honestly, or best potential bat, in Chartier (who’s 2 weeks out btw after missing pretty much the entire season). We’re 4th in runs, 5th in avg, 7th in OBP, 6th in HR’s and SB’s, 3rd in runs against, 3rd in starters ERA, 1st in bullpen ERA and 9th in def eff. The D worries me and needs to be addressed, but the rotation has surprised the hell out of me so far this year. Collins and Barbour are both HUGE ceiling guys and Weavers HUGE increase in power last winter could be a game changer, especially when Chartier returns. The hunt for a solid young up the middle combo is half over when Chartier returns, and I’ll keep working on the other half. Williams and Butler are viable rotation guys, but bottom end would mean I am deep, right now I am relying on them too much. Davis is an enigma, scouts had a huge swing in opinion him coming into this season versus where he was, and he’s pitched like crap. Last 7 weeks are going to be interesting. MINOR LEAGUES Modesto Black Snakes SS Alfonso Elfas became the 1st player in IBL history, at ANY level, to record 7 hits in a game. The 25 year old went 7-8 in a 7-6 15 inning loss to the Ford Tourists. Elfas isn’t considered a serious prospect, given he’s 25 and still in A ball, but a great day none the less. GAME 114 Mike Williams goes 6-7-5-5-2-3 in a game we blew a 4-0 lead after 3. Bill Alexanders 2-4 day included a Grand Slam (35) and 4 RBI’s. Feliz and Barbour added 2 hit days, with Feliz stealing his 4th and Collins his 16th in the loss. We managed to tie it back up by Eric Hudsons error allowed 2 unearned runs to score off Riley Potts (2-2). PT 8 CHI 6 (64-50 3 GB) +6 in the WC TRADE NEWS Dayton and Fresno made a waiver trade today. Dayton sent 18 year old catching prospect Arturo Lopez to Fresno and received SP Thomas Savary (1-7 8.14 in 9 starts, 4-8 6.04 in ’12). Savary is a 28 year old who’s bounced around the past 2 seasons between AAA and the IBL. Savary will move into the Dragons rotation. Dayton is currently 61-52 and 3.5 back of Tulsa in the FL Central. OFF DAY NEWS GAME 115 (Baltimore is the team 2nd in the WC, 6 games back of us) A Jon Davis grand slam (7) in a 6 run 1st is bad, but Alfredo Alejandrez (14-7) ‘settled down’ and prevented a drubbing of an overworked pen by going 6-7-7-7-5-2. The pen held Baltimore to 3 hits over the final 2, and scoreless, and we managed to get it to 7-5 thanks to two 2 run homers, Gutierrez (6) and Morgan (14), but that was all we could muster. Ferrer, Hudson and Gutierrez had 2 hit days. Lando Jongmans went 3-5 and drove in 2 for Baltimore. BAL 7 CHI 5 (64-51 3.5 GB) +5 in the WC GAME 116 Walks and unearned runs. Will Butler (7-11) walked 6 over 6.2 innings (6.2-5-4-3-6-2) and Ernesto Gutierrez’s 5th error was the margin for Baltimore. Chicago managed only 7 singles (2 by Alexander and Feliz) in a 4-3 loss. BAL 4 CHI 3 (64-52 4.5 GB) +4 in the WC LEAGUE NEWS Tulsa OF Arturo Olivo has responded to his new team (297/354/429 since coming from Houston) and today he put a stamp on the trade by going 5-6 with 3 RBI’s in a 12-10 Tulsa win over Dayton. Tulsa is currently 67-50 and 3.5 up on Dayton in the FL Central. The Houston Roughriders will be without the services of All Star slugger Millard O’Reilly for the next 4 weeks. The 28 year old 3B (292-22-80) jammed his shoulder today and will miss the next month recovering. GAME 117 Going up against Baltimore ace Chris O’Slattery again (9-10 3.16 190K’s 27 BB in 182 IP). The game was hitless into the 4th, and O’Slattery held us hitless into the 7th. 3 straight singles plated the 1st run and a passed ball and another hit made it 3-0. Those were all the hits and runs Davis (2-4) would allow, but it was enough. O’Slattery (10-10) went 8-3-2-2-1-7, his only blemish Don Weaver’s 19th HR, a 2 run shot, in the 8th. C Quinn came in to garner his 30th save. BAL 3 CHI 2 (64-53 3.5 GB) +3 in the WC (swept… dammit) WEEK 19 NEWS AND NOTES Rich Stone (FRE) will miss the next 3 weeks with a strained ab. Stone, the 2012 CL Batting champ is currently hitting 323-19-71 for a 56-61 Fresno team that is 11.5 back of Las Vegas. Hooks SP Cecil Watts moved to 14-7 3.11 on the year after his 4 hit shutout of Fresno yesterday. He walked none and punched out 9. New York Knights All Star Mathew Moore won his 3rd PotW award in 5 weeks today after his 13-23 2 HR 5 RBI week. The 33 year old was 2nd in the FL in walks in 2012 with 135. All Star Dean Strong continued his torrid 2013 with another PotW win. Strong was 10-22 with 5 HR’s and 16 RBI’s. Phoenix Greyhound closer Arthur Newton has pitched in 42 games, with 22 saves and a 3-1 record to go with his 0.89 ERA. All of those numbers are amazing, but the best one is 0.00, his home ERA. To date he’s pitched 30 innings in 26 games at home, and has yet to give up a run. ORG NEWS Belleview 2B Jorge Sanchez went 5-5 with 4 RBI’s in a 12-5 win over the Oakland Terror. Chicago drops to 12th in the Power Rankings, at 90.5 OFF DAY NEWS Corpus Christi Hooks 1B Francisco Hernandez (266-11-69) went 5-6 with 2 RBI’s in a 10-9 win over Michigan today. Last edited by gehrig38; 05-11-2013 at 02:45 AM.