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Old 02-12-2019, 07:16 AM   #2725
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Raccoons (71-47) vs. Miners (62-55) – August 14-16, 2028

Last stabs at home field experience for this month, which also meant that dear owner Nick Valdes would be in town for the last two games of the set and would inquire again intensely why we had not yet signed a hometown player to boost attendance, and also, return on investment yada yada… I tried to enlist Steve from Accounting to help me out here, but he called in sick, knowing what to expect. There’s no calling in sick for the GM, though…

But back to the Miners, who at 8 1/2 games out still maintained plausible playoff ambitions in the FL East, but had to end the Critters’ 7-game winning streak right here and now. Portland, 10 games up on the damn Elks, was supposed to continue grooving though against the Miners, who were more or less around the average in runs scored and runs allowed in the Federal League, with a mild +34 run differential (Raccoons: +82). They did have the best bullpen in the FL though. The Coons had won two of three from them in our last meeting in 2027.

Projected matchups:
Rico Gutierrez (10-5, 2.40 ERA) vs. Mel Lira (7-13, 3.12 ERA)
Dan Delgadillo (3-4, 5.53 ERA) vs. Erik David (4-2, 2.52 ERA)
Mark Roberts (13-3, 2.80 ERA) vs. Bobby Morris (8-8, 4.03 ERA)

Only righties on offer for this 3-game set.

Game 1
PIT: RF J. Stephenson – CF de la Riva – 1B Santillano – C Henley – 2B Lastrade – 3B Czachor – LF O. Alfaro – SS Zeltser – P Lira
POR: SS Ramos – CF Mora – 2B Stalker – LF Hereford – 1B Harenberg – RF Correa – 3B Nunley – C Tovias – P Gutierrez

Rico was nearly getting shackled right in the first inning. Carlos de la Riva homered, he nailed Danny Santillano, then allowed singles with two out to Omar Lastrade and Ryan Czachor to extend the Miners’ lead to 2-0. Up came Omar Alfaro, fomer Raccoon batting .258 with eight dingers on the season, and struck out. Just like I remembered the Age of Omar that never was. The Raccoons pulled even in the bottom 1st in pretty much the same manner; Abel Mora homered, and then Stalker, Harenberg, and Correa rapped off singles to tie the score. That was not all – Matt Nunley turned a 1-2 pitch into another RBI single to left, putting the Critters on top for now, 3-2. “For now” lasted barely five minutes before the Miners ripped Rico for two more runs in the second inning. Bob Zeltser and Carlos de la Riva hit doubles to tie, and Santillano got a single through between Nunley and Ramos to go ahead. J.J. Henley also singled, but Mora caught Lastrade’s fly to end the inning.

And at this point, all offense died. The Raccoons would not get another base hit until Stalker singled in the sixth, while the Miners poked Rico for three more hits, but couldn’t score again and didn’t get him out of the game until the seventh inning stretch. This however still left the Raccoons trailing against Lira, who was silently effective, striking out only two batters through six innings and clinged onto that W that usually eluded him despite his fine pitching throughout the year. The Coons did not get another serious chance (runner in scoring position) until the bottom 7th, and then it was on Lira’s throwing error. The Critters had Rafael Gomez on first (after he forced Tovias), two down and Ramos batting. Alberto hit a shy roller near the mound, Lira threw it away, badly, and the Coons had runners on second and third for Abel Mora, who grounded out pathetically on the first pitch he saw. After this, the Raccoons’ pen came apart in spectacular fashion once again. Nick Derks gave up a 2-run homer to Omar Alfaro (…!) in the eighth, then put de la Riva on base in the ninth. Jeff Kearney was brought in to face Santillano and stop the bleeding, but surrendered another 2-run homer to blow the Raccoons completely out of the contest. 8-3 Miners. Stalker 2-4; Nunley 2-4, RBI; Tovias 2-4;

Game 2
PIT: 3B Czachor – 2B Lastrade – 1B Santillano – RF O. Alfaro – CF de la Riva – C Ross – LF J. Stephenson – SS Zeltser – P David
POR: SS Ramos – CF Mora – 2B Stalker – 3B Hereford – 1B Harenberg – RF Gomez – LF Morales – C Leal – P Delgadillo

Yusneldan did not allow a hit the first time through, although Ryan Czachor’s 2-out single in the third ended the Miners’ hitlessness. Czachor, the former Falcon, then ended his on-base presence himself by being caught stealing to end the inning. The Coons had a base hit in every early inning, but it was always a single and never got them close, except to the occasional double play (Morales, bottom 2nd). The game was still scoreless when Danny Santillano bettered his average to .361 with a soft single to right with one out in the fourth and Omar Alfaro continued to try to pay back his old team with a double to center. Runners in scoring position, one out, de la Riva grounded poorly back to the mound for the second out, bringing up sophomore backup catcher Toby Ross, who popped out to Stalker to waste the opportunity. Zeltser doubled in the fifth, but was stranded on a strong play by Rich Hereford at the hot corner, handling a spiked Czachor bouncer for the third out. Bottom 5th, Danny Morales reached on a walk, then stole second almost by accident when Armando Leal fell asleep at the wheel, but Ross did not perform much better. It was Morales’ first bag of the year. He had not topped two stolen bases in a season since 2021… Leal grounded out to Lastrade, allowing the runner to third with one out, but with Delgadillo up. Well, he was pitching a shutout and it was still only the fifth. No need to panic. Nick Valdes, who watched from my office to my dismay because it kept me away from the liqu- … the cookies, eyed me with suspicion at least until Delgadillo dropped a looper behind Zeltser for a single and the first ribbie in the contest. After Ramos whiffed, the Coons loaded them up on Mora’s single to right and full-count walk to Tim Stalker, bringing up Hereford, who had yet to work the magic in this series, but grounded out to Santillano to strand all the precious runners.

Delgadillo maintained a 4-hitter through seven, but was then batted for leading off the bottom 7th. His ERA was still over five, and I didn’t trust him further than he could sneeze a baseball after all. Spencer hit a leadoff double in his place and eventually came around to score on a wild pitch while the top of the order more or less kept failing. It was an insurance run alright, even though we had required Erik David to get there… The Raccoons would turn to Billy Brotman to begin the eighth. He got Zeltser to ground out, and then the Miners sent right-handed former Raccoon Josh Stevenson (not to be confused with Josh Stephenson, both right-handed batting outfielders). The Coons turned around and sent Ricky Ohl for two strikeouts to end the inning. Bottom 8th, Portland loaded the bases with one out on singles by Gomez, defensive replacement Juan Magallanes, and a walk Julio San Pedro issued to Armando Leal. Spencer had remained in the game earlier and was at the plate with three on and one out (but Ramos had been taken off his legs, so Ohl was in the #1 hole). In an ugly play, Spencer lined out to Zeltser on a 1-1 pitch, with Magallanes having made for it, then had to hit the brakes and scramble back. Both Magallanes and Zeltser fell on second base. Magallanes fell on top, so was out, but also fell on Zeltser’s hand, which required repairs. The Miners were out of infielders and had to put primary catcher J.J. Henley into service at this point, but this could only bother him if they rolled up Josh Boles in the first place. Boles faced the 2-3-4 batters, with Lastrade opening with a sharp bouncer to left that Hereford handled very well for the first out. Santillano struck out… and so did Alfaro. 2-0 Coons. Mora 2-4; Magallanes 1-1; Spencer (PH) 1-2, 2B; Delgadillo 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, W (4-4) and 1-2, RBI;

Josh Stevenson, Josh Stephenson… I hear they use nicknames in the Miners clubhouse, but I can’t confirm that the former Raccoon’s Josh Stevenson is “Puss”.

Game 3
PIT: RF J. Stephenson – CF de la Riva – 1B Santillano – 2B Lastrade – 3B Czachor – C Ross – LF J. Stevenson – SS Zeltser – P B. Morris
POR: SS Ramos – CF Mora – 2B Stalker – 3B Hereford – 1B Harenberg – LF Correa – RF Gomez – C Leal – P Roberts

The Miners went up in the third inning on a Josh Stephenson triple and de la Riva’s following double, but stranded the latter runner with one out on the board. Roberts walked Santillano, then struck out two, which was his average to start this game, two whiffs per inning through four, although he also mixed in five hits and two walks to explode his pitch count in due time. The Raccoons managed a Ramos walk to start the first, which led as far as Leal’s leadoff single in the third – nowhere. The Raccoons could not figure out Bobby Morris one bit; Hereford reached on an infield single in the fourth, and Ramos hit an infield single in the fifth, but neither got even close to scoring. All this kept Mark Roberts far from a chance at the win even before he got bogged down in the seventh inning on Morris’ leadoff single (…) and drilling de la Riva. He struck out Santillano on a terrible 3-2 swing-and-miss, but at 109 pitches looked quite gassed. Surginer took over against the right-handed Lastrade with two on and two outs, and exited on a grounder back to the mound.

Bottom 7th, Harenberg opened with an infield single. The Coons now had four base hits, only one of which had actually reached the infield dirt. Correa popped out, Gomez hit into a double play. We were obviously not meant to win this game… The Miners added an insurance run on Surginer in the eighth thanks to a leadoff double by Czachor and actually productive outs after that. Bottom 8th, Leal led off with a single that actually made an outfielder move, but Nunley flew out to left when he pinch-hit in the pitcher’s spot. Ramos dropped in a single against San Pedro, who then was replaced by lefty George Marsh with the tying run on base. Mora struck out, while Stalker faced righty Howard Haws and grounded out to short. Santillano homered off Fleischer in the ninth to make it 3-0, which could hardly matter at this point. Or could it? It could. Southpaw Mike Greene was in for the bottom 9th. Hereford fouled out, but Harenberg got hit. Correa moved him to second with a grounder, which was rather useless, but Rafael Gomez long shot to left wasn’t… except that it still left the Coons in the losing position by a run, that Santillano homer. Next, Greene ran a 3-0 count against Leal before nailing him, which Leal took personally and made a trip to the mound to discuss this with fisticuffs. A brawl ensued that left helmets and gloves scattered all over the infield, also a hair piece that could not possibly belong to any of our places, all of whom had thick natural fur. Leal and Greene both got tossed and when order was restored Magallanes ran for the ejected Leal while Tovias batted for Fleischer against righty David Galmore, who threw three pitches to end the game on a fly to de la Riva. 3-2 Miners. Ramos 2-3, BB; Leal 2-3; Roberts 6.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 9 K, L (13-4);

While Nick Valdes angrily scribbled notes, the Raccoons had to make a roster move for the weekend once the league handed down 4-game suspensions for Greene and Leal. The pain was real though – Nick Derks would have been an obvious candidate to send back to AAA for the weekend, but he was out of options and sometimes pitching rather competently and we did not want to lose him right now. Other options were Fleischer or Magallanes, but we had not touched their last option so far this year and were not keen on starting now either.

But there was another option – the Raccoons had off days on either end of their 3-game set in Vancouver, so they did not need five starting pitchers; and Dan Delgadillo had already used an option this year. Delgadillo was thus sent to St. Pete to catch some fresh air – but with strict instructions for the AAA staff to not use him – and the Coons added Daniel Rocha to the roster, batting .264 with six homers in St. Pete. He had batted .221 with the Coons in 2027. No homers.

Raccoons (72-49) @ Canadiens (63-58) – August 18-20, 2028

The Elks were now in third place, nine games back (the Titans had gone past them), but were as scary as ever because nothing good had ever happened in Vancouver. They were second in runs scored in the CL, but were also allowing the second-most runs. Their run differential was actually negative at -10. Maybe an offense that had hit a rough spot against Pittsburgh could get pack on the hindpaws against their meh pitching? The season series was well in favor of the Critters, 8-3.

Projected matchups:
Kyle Anderson (7-5, 4.01 ERA) vs. Chris Sinkhorn (12-6, 3.30 ERA)
Rin Nomura (13-5, 2.65 ERA) vs. Leon Hernandez (10-6, 3.39 ERA)
Rico Gutierrez (10-6, 2.54 ERA) vs. Joe Martin (8-9, 4.63 ERA)

Left, right, right. Some of their most annoying batters were also on the DL, including Brian Wojnarowski and Ted Gura. We would stil have to contend with Alex Torres and Tony Coca, though, also their addition David Fisher, who was leading (qualifying part of) the team with both a .310 clip and 21 homers, although only 11 of those had come with the Elks.

Oh well, boys. Just don’t get swept… everything else we can work out somehow.

Game 1
POR: SS Ramos – LF Morales – 2B Stalker – 3B Hereford – RF Gomez – 1B Correa – C Tovias – CF Magallanes – P Anderson
VAN: LF A. Torres – RF Day – CF Coca – 1B D. Fisher – C R. Ortíz – 3B Anton – SS Byrd – 2B Read – P Sinkhorn

Unfortunately Kyle Anderson put the Coons well on the way to get swept with shoddy pitching. David Fisher hit a leadoff single in the second, after which Anderson walked three straight Elks to force in a run, then conceded a second one on Howard Read’s double play grounder. Sinkhorn fouled out, but at the same time did not allow any Critter on base, at least until Fisher dropped Matt Anton’s feed for an error starting off the top of the third, putting Tovias on first. Magallanes singled to center and Anderson bunted the runners into scoring position for Ramos, who frankly was not very hot at this point and had his batting average sack steadily now. He managed a run-scoring groundout, but Morales flew out to right, and the Coons remained 2-1 behind. The signs were bleak. Anderson was fooling absolutely nobody and through four innings sat on four hits, four walks, and no strikeouts. The defense was everything that kept him alive, and the Coons could not get the ball to fall in against Sinkhorn, who allowed no other base hits through five innings. Anderson conceded a second run after an Alex Torres triple and Norman Day’s groundout in the bottom 5th, then continued putting them on base. Ramos’ error put Coca on, and then Fisher singled. Ricky Ortíz ran a 3-0 count before popping out for the third out, which was certainly a case for the Elks’ kangaroo court down the road. The awful Anderson was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the sixth, but Spencer flew out to center to begin the top 6th. Sinkhorn walked Ramos, who stole second, then reached third on Morales’ single to right. Stalker came up with the tying runs on the corners and turned an 0-2 pitch into a run-scoring groundout, cutting the gap to 3-2. Rich Hereford had almost hit a game-tying homer in his previous trip, but it had sailed foul past the pole, now took another rip, but struck out. The Coons remained nailed to two base hits, while the Elks kept swinging away merrily. Coca doubled off Kearney in the bottom 7th, and when Ricky Ohl came in to face PH Adan Myles, batting under .200, he allowed a homer to left that extended the score to 5-2 and totally put the game away, and that was even before Norman Day burned Fleischer with a 2-out, 2-run double in the eighth. 7-2 Canadiens.

Typical game for ****ing Elk Town, the city of ****ing **** stains. I angrily shook the fist from the safety of my couch back home in Portland, being of course still banned from travelling to Canada as a permanent entrenchment on their Top 10 Most Wanted List.

No, the mood was not great right now… and the Titans were resurging and had already erased a quarter of our once-10-game lead.

Game 2
POR: SS Ramos – CF Mora – 2B Stalker – LF Hereford – 1B Harenberg – 3B Nunley – RF Gomez – C Tovias – P Nomura
VAN: RF Day – 3B Anton – CF Coca – LF A. Torres – 1B D. Fisher – SS Byrd – C Balcome – 2B Read – P L. Hernandez

Two batters in, the Raccoons had a 1-0 lead on account of Ramos’ leadoff walk, 30th stolen base, Riley Balcome’s throwing error on the same, and Abel Mora’s sac fly. Great – now Rin Nomura just had to make it stand up! Anton and Coca lashed singles in the first, but the Elks didn’t amount to a run… surely a good sign, right? Right? Well, for now Riley Balcome remained a tenth Critter on the field, fumbling a good strike for a passed ball in the second inning that allowed Matt Nunley to go from first to second, from whence he then scored on Rafael Gomez’ single to left-center. That ran the score to 2-0, which Elias Tovias then doubled with a long homer to right-center, 4-0, and now you had flashbacks to Game 6 and how Nomura could not handle huge leads. Okay, four probably was not *huge*. Plus, this was the Elks, where we easily could have 15-11 games, one way or another.

Leon Hernandez rung up Nomura for the second out, but still struggled to get out of the inning. Ramos walked, stole second on Balcome again, Mora singled, and Stalker walked, presenting the RBI-less RBI leader Hereford with a 2-out chance to wet your paws for. He grounded out to Anton… It turned out he missed his beat by only one cycle through the lineup – Rich homered on his next attempt against Hernandez, extending the lead to 5-0 in the fifth, so that could probably help to break a mini-slump. Nomura was sharp at this point, having allowed only one runner in the previous three innings, and that Norman Day single had been unwound on Anton’s 6-4-3 grounder, but created a completely unnecessary mess in the bottom 5th. The beleaguered Balcome hit a 1-out single, got forced by Howard Read, but with two outs and the pitcher at the plate, Nomura inexplicably walked Hernandez, then allowed an RBI single to Day. Immediately all my red alerts went shrieking off. The pitching coach was tossed from the dugout to talk sense into Nomura. It worked for the moment; Matt Anton grounded out to Stalker to end the inning and strand two. Nomura walked Torres in the sixth, but struck out John Byrd to strand that runner at third base, but I still had this feeling of inevitable doom squeezing my guts, which was not even eased when the Coons got another error on a 5-3 attempt working in their favor in the top 7th. Stalker had just knocked out Hernandez with a 1-out single when Hereford grounded to third. Anton threw that one away, leaving former Raccoon Jonathan Shook with runners in scoring position and one out against Kevin Harenberg, eeeh, make that Matt Nunley with the bags full after the intentional walk. Nunley was 0-for-3, but Shook was a righty, and I decided to have faith while I was rolled up into a ball and chewed on my favorite pillow. When Nunley lined out unluckily I howled like a mortally wounded dingo, at least until Shook walked Rafael Gomez in a full count to force home a run. Tovias flew out to right, and Nomura got stuck for good in the bottom 7th. Curtis Hargraves pinch-walked with two outs, and Day singled to right to put them on the corners. Portland sent for Kevin Surginer in a double switch that removed Nunley for Jon Correa and shifted Hereford to the hot corner. Surginer brought no immediate relief, shedding an RBI single to Anton, but then rung up Coca, arguably the bigger threat. The Coons stranded two in the eighth, then had two on with one out against Raul de la Rosa in the ninth when Tovias spanked a 3-1 pitch into an inning-ending double play. Reason to keep bracing for impact! Balcome hit a leadoff double off Ohl to begin the bottom 9th, and that was not the last fly hit off Righty Ricky … but the other three were caught by either Mora or Gomez and Balcome never scored. 6-2 Coons. Ramos 1-2, 3 BB; Mora 2-4, RBI; Stalker 2-4, BB; Harenberg 3-4, BB; Gomez 2-4, BB, 2 RBI; Nomura 6.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, W (14-5) and 1-3;

Wheeze.

The Titans also lost, so the lead was not going to shrink any further and rather rapidly for the moment…

Game 3
POR: SS Ramos – CF Mora – 2B Stalker – RF Hereford – 1B Harenberg – LF Correa – 3B Nunley – C Tovias – P Gutierrez
VAN: RF Day – 3B Anton – CF Coca – LF A. Torres – 1B D. Fisher – SS Byrd – C Balcome – 2B Read – P J. Martin

Harenberg popped out uselessly to strand Stalker and Hereford in the top of the first and it was straight downhill from there. Tony Coca homered to put the Elks up 1-0 in the same inning, and in the third Rico lost leadoff man Read on four pitches before Nunley lost grip on Martin’s bunt and peppered it into the dugout for a 2-base error. Day hit a sac fly, Anton hit a 2-run homer, and the Coons were in full retreat at that point, with the Elks leading 4-0 on two base hits, a mark that the Raccoons were still chasing and only matched in the fifth inning when with two outs … Rico Gutierrez singled.

Sigh!

Mora and Hereford hit singles to begin the sixth inning, and the Coons had to draw serious blood now, or else I could really go and pack my suitcase for the flight to New York. Harenberg hit into a fielder’s choice that left Correa with runners on the corners and two outs, and he grounded out precisely to Howard Read, at which point I accepted my fate. By the time I came back from the bathroom it was the eighth inning, still a 4-run game, though now 5-1, and the commentators said something about Alberto Ramos having brought in a run for Portland, but, eh… spilled milk. I was ready for the airport when the ninth unspooled. Nunley led off with a single against relegated starter Victor Govea, but Tovias struck out. Spencer’s pinch-hit single made it a save chance and brought on Raul de la Rosa, the righty closer who had to face left-handed bats now. It didn’t go so well – Ramos ripped a triple into the gap that suddenly brought up the tying run, Mora, in a 5-3 game. Abel came through with a forceful single past Read’s reach, and it was 5-4 for Stalker, who hit into a fielder’s choice. But, ah, we still had Hereford, who was still due about 7 RBI on the week, so he better start now! He hit a 3-2 pitch to right, Read lunged and knocked it down, but couldn’t hold on, had to scramble through the dirt, and his throw was late, Rich had beat it out! Two on and two out for resident killjoy Kevin Harenberg, who last had enjoyed a clutch hit in the 2026 postseason. No good options were available on the bench, though, so the Coons had to go with what had been a solid slugger so very recently, the thought still hurt. He grounded out to Read, because of course he would. 5-4 Canadiens. Mora 2-4, RBI; Hereford 2-4, BB; Nunley 2-4; Spencer (PH) 1-1;

In other news

August 15 – SAL RF/LF Luigi Banfi (.275, 10 HR, 46 RBI) has recorded a 20-game hitting streak that started in his sixth game with the Wolves after coming over from Charlotte in a trade. Banfi records two hits in the Wolves’ 10-4 win over the Knights to reach the 20-game mark. Nine of the Wolves’ runs score in a riotous fourth inning.
August 15 – The troubled Scorpions lose RF/LF Pablo Sanchez (.333, 4 HR, 52 RBI) for up to four weeks with a sprained ankle.
August 17 – The Falcons amount to only three hits against the Warriors, but still win 1-0 on CHA 1B Pat Fowlkes (.280, 14 HR, 48 RBI) going yard to lead off the first inning.
August 17 – The Gold Sox beat the Pacifics, 3-2 in 13 innings, when LAP Joe Vanatti (.282, 5 HR, 37 RBI) overruns the 1-out single of DEN 3B/2B Tony Fuentes (.248, 4 HR, 36 RBI) for an error that allows Denver’s Terry Kopp (.282, 15 HR, 60 RBI) to score from second base.
August 20 – The hitting streak of SAL RF/LF Luigi Banfi (.280, 12 HR, 53 RBI) ends at 24 games as the Warriors hold him and the rest of the Wolves dry in a 6-3 Sioux Falls win.

Complaints and stuff

This week sucked. There is no other way to put it. We scored five runs per game last week, resulting in a 7-0 week. This week we went 2-4 while scoring 3.17 runs per game. Go figure.

Our owner is not a bad person in itself – that is what I believe. But we spent most of Wednesday morning going over the layout of the team store and which jersey should hang where to max out sales. Like that was not bad enough, he also had numbers and charts presented by some weird black kid with huge glasses and one of those new laptops with a virtual display. The kid was constantly nodding his head while elaborating on his charts. He could not have been older than 15. Some sort of economics prodigy with a college degree. Also a freak. We had those dark cookies with the milk cream in the middle and he would ask for a spoon (his mom did allow him to handle knives and Nick Valdes had to promise to watch out in that regard) to open the cookies and scratch out the cream, then only ate the black stuff…

Not that the milk cream went to waste. By the end of the mind-suffocating session, Matt Nunley and three other players were beleaguering the table to fight over the scraps.

Ah. At least nobody broke his leg this week. Ain’t life great?

Fun Fact: Rich Hereford is 10 RBI away from joining the franchise top 10 for RBI in a single season.

That mark is 111, several seasons tying for ninth place here, most recently Hugo Mendoza in 2021. Even though this week was not exactly a showcase for Hereford, he is still within easy reach of even Tetsu Osanai’ pair of 121 RBI season in 1986 and 1990 that still tie for third place. Osanai also holds the all-time Raccoons record with 140 RBI in 1989. Second is Mendoza with 133 RBI in ’20.

Osanai’s 140 RBI tie for fifth all time with a mark fellow Hall of Famer Gabriel Cruz put up the year before in 1988. This was the ABL record for 13 years until Jesus Rivera of the 2001 Capitals broke it with 143 RBI, and that has been the high water mark ever since. Nobody was ever had more than 143 RBI.

In second and third are a pair of Dallas Stars that went on to Portland later in their careers. John Alexander drove in 142 in
08, and then there is Mendoza again, tying for third with NYC Stanton Martin’s 2008 campaign with 141 RBI.

Rich Hereford still needs 17 RBI to even break the single-season ABL top 100.
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