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7.4.89 – Player injury
Jeff Glover may want to stay away from irradiated zones. Despite rumors that Glover may be having a somewhat disgusting affair with a ghoul, it won’t help his pecker if he gets it chomped off.
The Tops reliever was attacked by an evolved centaur and is recovering for the remainder of the season in a clinic in Jacobstown.
Evolved centaurs have not been seen much in the Mojave recently thanks to the efforts of Radiation King to clean up irradiated zones. However, there are still plenty of pockets of wastes in the wilderness.
Glover has a reputation of being accustomed to the ghoul life. Speculation was he was on the hunt for some lovin’ and that got him into a tight spot when he did not find ghouls but a pocket of centaurs. Thankfully, Glover’s efforts did help to wipe out that group of centaurs, so there is a positive ending. In the meantime, Glover finishes with a 5.11 ERA in nine appearances for the Mutants.
It is also ironic that a Mutants’ player was attacked by known pets of Mutants.
7.6.89 – Player fight
Nellis Air Force Base’s Brad Moore and Boulder City’s Harry Adams each pitched a hell of a game yesterday. The two players combined to pitch 14 innings and give up a combined two runs in the Atomic Wranglers’ 2-0 victory.
Unfortunately, Moore’s frustration in the loss carried over to the post-game handshake, leading to an altercation between the two pitchers.
Due to their transgressions, Moore will sit the next five games, while Adams will get a two-game boot. Overall, neither suspension will really matter since both players are starting pitchers. Still, the fight goes on their permanent record. For Moore, it’s his second career suspension for fighting with the first coming in 2287 when he pitched for Tops. He may be subject to more severe penalties if he is cited for a third offense.
7.12.89 – Jeff MacTause news
MacTause Stops Westside Cold: Jeff MacTause of the Freeside Kings really did a job on the Sarsaparillas today at Westside Ballpark, shutting them out 12-0. MacTause frustrated Westside hitters throughout the game, surrendering 3 hits. He struck out 5 and walked 0 in picking up the victory.
This season MacTause has a 5-5 record with a 2.00 ERA.
7.16.89 – Player fight
Due to some work being done at Primm Community Field, Primm and Westside had to share a bullpen for the game. That sharing happened to cause more than one problem, including pre-game fisticuffs between the two teams’ bullpen catchers.
The Outlaws’ Evan Pryor and the Sarsaparillas’ Thomas Hastings will now be suspended four games and one game, respectively, for their transgressions.
For Pryor, it’s his second suspension in a month for fighting.
7.16.89 – Player suspension (Chem use)
On the same day that Primm lost catcher Evan Pryor due to fighting, the Outlaws also lost reliever Matt Wiley one game for using coyote tobacco chew.
7.17.89 – Team achievement
Bob Jackson pitched seven scoreless innings and the Goodsprings Lucky 38s won their division for the third straight season, defeating South Vegas 3-0. The Vault Boys were the only other team to win the division when both teams were in the same division.
The Lucky 38s (55-30) clinched the Bear Division crown over Tops (39-46). Currently, Goodsprings trails North Vegas (62-23) and South Vegas (56-29) for the best record in the Mojave Baseball League.
7.18.89 – Team achievement
North Vegas could not get it done on the field, losing their division-clinching opportunity against Ultra Luxe, 3-2. However, Primm’s two-out, ninth-inning rally helped the Outlaws defeat Freeside, 2-1, and clinch the Star Division for the Radscorpions.
Currently, North Vegas is 62-24 and has a five game lead over South Vegas for the best record in the Mojave Baseball League.
7.21.9 – Player suspension (chem use)
Goodsprings ace Jim Jones must have been having a particular craving. Today Jones was caught with ant nectar and a positive test confirmed he will be out for the next three games, delaying his next start.
Jones is 10-5 with a 2.61 ERA for the Bear Division champs. He was the Mojave Series MVP and Mojave Hardcore Mode Postseason Award winner in 2288.
7.23.89 – Player fight
A pre-game argument turned into a fight between two players for North Vegas and Tops. Tops’ Alex Elliott took the first swing at the Radscorpions’ Squirrel And, leading to the two players wrestling on the ground near the first base dugout.
After being separated, the two players were immediately sent to their lockers. And was dismissed for the game, and Elliott was given an additional five games for six total for starting the fight.
7.23.89 – Jimmy LaRue news
Number 156 by LaRue Puts Name Atop Hit List: He did it! Jimmy LaRue smacked hit number 156 in a game at Red Rock Canyon Auxiliary Field today to break the record for the most hits in a season, held previously by Mike Duncan. The Goodsprings Lucky 38s star got a tremendous standing ovation from the fans. Speaking after the game Jimmy LaRue told reporters, "It was a great moment in my life. Times like that don't come around that much. I shall always remember it."
Jimmy LaRue grounded out in the 1st, singled in the 4th and singled in the 6th.
In the 2289 season LaRue is hitting .417 with 4 home runs.
7.24.89 – Team achievement
South Vegas was the last team to do it, but the Vault Boys’ 9-6 victory at Westside earned them the Aradesh Division crown.
South Vegas (60-31) had a ten-game lead with ten to go before the victory made the division crown over Ultra Luxe (49-42) official. The White Gloves are now battling for the wild card spot, currently held by Freeside (51-40).
7.29.89 – Jimmy LaRue news
LaRue Wins MBL Player of the Week: Jimmy LaRue has the tools to stick in this league for many years. The 23-year-old center fielder of the Goodsprings Lucky 38s had a pretty hot bat in the Mojave Baseball League over the past seven days and won the Player of the Week honors.
LaRue batted .545 with 12 hits in 22 at-bats, 1 home run and 4 RBIs.
In 2289 LaRue has hit at a .422 clip with 166 hits, 5 home runs, 56 RBIs and has scored 69 times.
7.29.89 – Jeff MacTause news
MacTause Shuts out Sarsaparillas: In an outstanding outing, Jeff MacTause tamed Westside on a 2-hit shutout. The Freeside hurler went the distance, finishing with 8 strikeouts and 1 walk in the 10-0 win.
"He had a lot of first pitch strikes and kept us off balance with a lot of off-speed stuff," according to the Westside manager. "We just didn't get too many balls squared up today."
To date this year MacTause has compiled a 7-5 mark with a 1.74 ERA in 21 starts.
7.31.89 – Player news
Primm minor leaguer John Collier has been solid in his two seasons with the Mojave Express. He came to the Mojave from New Mexican territory to try his hand at baseball. At first, teams were not very interested in him, but Primm gave him a tryout and eventually signed him.
Collier surprised a lot of people by being a solid reliever and sometimes starter. In 31 games pitched, he started 10 games, compiling a 7-5 record and a 4.31 ERA. It is still unknown how far he could progress, but the young pitcher seemed to have a shot at making it to the major league team.
However, like all stories in the Mojave, this one turns strange. Last week, the mysterious computer hacker poet, Le Penseur, was revealed to be Collier. For the last two years, network computers on the RNC have been having poems suddenly popping up when people were visiting RNC screens, including the Mojave Baseball League’s screen.
Instead of being angry, though, people began to consider Le Penseur to be a cult icon of the Mojave. He was the people’s poet. Now that Collier is revealed to be the formerly anonymous penman, he has felt overwhelmed. Thus Collier has decided to leave baseball for now and focus on writing. It is unknown when he will return, if ever.
7.31.89 – Team achievement
It took ten innings to do it, but North Vegas clinched the top seed in the 2289 Mojave Baseball League playoffs by defeating Nellis Air Force Base 8-7.
The Radscorpions (70-26) have been dominant all season and beat out Goodsprings (64-32) and South Vegas (64-32) for the top spot. The Lucky 38s and Vault Boys are now battling for the second seed in the playoffs.
8.2.89 – Tom Nelson news
Nelson Dominates, Whitewashes Dinosaurs: "He was kind of teasing them with his off-speed stuff, and his fastball was moving everywhere," the South Vegas skipper said after Tom Nelson shut out the Novac Dinosaurs 9-0 on a 4-hit masterpiece.
Nelson registered 7 strikeouts and issued 1 walk in a gem of a performance.
"We just didn't swing the bats very well...or he just pitched good, whichever way you want to look at it," said the Novac manager after the defeat.
This year Nelson has compiled a 12-3 record with a 2.03 ERA in 21 starts.
8.3.89 – Team achievements
Freeside locked up the final playoff spot with its 3-1 victory over Nellis Air Force Base.
Jeff MacTause pitched another gem of a game, allowing just one earned run in seven innings to clinch the wild card spot for the Kings (55-44) with just a game to play in the regular season.
Freeside edged out Ultra Luxe (53-46) for the wild card spot.
In other news, Goodsprings (67-32) clinched the second seed in the playoffs, thanks to their 7-0 shutout of Tops coupled with South Vegas’ 4-2 loss to Novac.
With the playoffs seeds set, the Vault Boys (65-34) will play at Goodsprings and Freeside will play at North Vegas to begin the playoffs.