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Westheim · 11-29-2020, 03:14 AM

2039 ABL PLAYOFFS

The 100-win Blue Sox were both the only team to crack triple digit wins this season as well as the only playoff participant that didn’t take part in last year’s October bonanza (when the Miners won the FL East). While they led the league in batting average, OBP, stolen bases, and runs scored, their pitching had ranked fourth in the FL. Sean Ashley had hit .307 with 28 home runs, while the rest of the team was less power-happy and nobody else in the mostly right-handed lineup had more than 13. They had three .300 batters though, and would have had four if Chance Bossert hadn’t gone down with a torn quad. Hitting .343, Bossert was out for the FLCS, but might become available for the World Series, if the Sox made it that far. They sported an entirely right-handed rotation that quickly became mediocre behind Kevin Stice (13-5, 3.06 ERA), and the bullpen was also without major highlights, and losing closer Casey Moore to injury also hadn’t advanced their chances.

Opposite them were the 95-win Wolves, who’d try to get one round further than last time. They were a bit the opposite of the Blue Sox; they had allowed the fewest runs in the Federal League, with the best rotation (although having Phil Harrington and his 22-5, 1.87 ERA mark aboard certainly distorted things) and the best defense. The pen was no slouch, ranking second in ERA in the FL. On the other side, the team had ranked third in runs scored. Their game was power, with four guys hitting 15+ homers, led by Jose Rivera (.325, 23 HR, 74 RBI), while almost the entire lineup had hit at least eight during the season. They had completely given up on speed, ranking bottoms in stolen bases and putting all their faith into the single, walk, 3-run homer approach. Their lineup was balanced with three right-handed and four left-handed batters and switch hitter Jose Castro (.259, 22 HR, 83 RBI) on top of that. They had one lefty starter, the runt of the litter, in Juan Garcia (16-10, 4.00 ERA). From a balance point of view they appeared to have the edge against the Sox.

Over in the CL, the Canadiens won 97 games and led the North for most of the year, only briefly cruising behind the eventually collapsing Titans in the second half of the season before winning the group by six games. They were the CL’s Blue Sox in leading the subleague in runs scored, while sitting third in runs allowed. They combined the top OBP with the second-most dingers, and also had the second-best pen by ERA, but their rotation and defense were merely “decent”. Matt Sealock (19-5, 2.91 ERA) and Eric Weitz (18-11, 3.26 ERA) were expected to carry the team on the pitching side. The lineup was dense through the #6 spot, everybody hitting double-digit dingers, and they were lucky enough to get Jerry Outram (.344, 16 HR, 38 RBI) back in time before the playoffs. Outram had missed 87 games with a torn rotator cuff after hitting .377 with 32 homers last year, when he won every MVP title available to him. The Canadiens had no other injuries to complain about.

For the second year in a row, they’d face the Falcons, who at random emerged from a tumble-dried CL South, not really knowing themselves how they’d done it. They won merely 83 games, even one fewer than last year, and only clinched the division on the final day of the regular season. They had come second in runs scored and fourth in runs allowed though, with their crummy bullpen leading to a .403 record in 1-run games, so the 83-79 record was at least partially deceptive. There were no blatant weaknesses to their overall performance as a team, ranking in the above-average to good area in all major offensive and pitching metrics, but never reaching first or second place in any of them, which was also a form of art. Jose Farfan (.312, 19 HR, 112 RBI) and Mitch Cook (.242, 20 HR, 92 RBI) were not overly spectacular as offensive leaders, and the lineup thinned out a bit at the bottom, where an injury to Tony Aparicio, their starting shortstop, moved a 40-year old Brett Blades into the lineup, somehow (though at third base). Jose Lerma (14-13, 3.35 ERA) was their only right-handed pitcher and spear-heading the rotation with Rafael Pedraza (16-12, 3.33 ERA). This could be a disadvantage for them; while both CLCS teams had only one lefty starter, the Canadiens paired that with a mostly left-handed lineup, but the Falcons’ was mostly right-handed.

In this field, the Blue Sox had the most playoff appearance with their 14th October participation, tying for fifth among all teams. The Falcons made the playoffs for the tenth times, the Canadiens for the eighth time, and the Wolves for the sixth time. The Falcons and Wolves had one title each, while the Sox and the defending champs from Vancouver had three rings apiece.

The Canadiens and Falcons had met twice in the CLCS. Both times (1982, 2038), the Canadiens had ended up winning the championship, so they liked that pattern. It didn’t mesh well with the Blue Sox’ and Wolves’ mojo though. They had met twice in the FLCS. Both times the winner of that series had gone on to hoist the trophy; the Wolves in 1989, and the Sox in 2037.

Experts considered the FLCS almost a toss-up with a tiny edge for the Wolves. They also wished the Falcons a speedy recovery after getting mauled.

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2039 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

SAL @ NAS … 1-6 … (Blue Sox lead 1-0) … SAL Armando Herrera 3-4; NAS Stephon Nettles 3-4; NAS Sean Ashley 3-4, HR, RBI; NAS Sean Fowler 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, W (1-0);

SAL @ NAS … 6-3 … (series tied 1-1) … SAL Kyle Weinstein 4-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI; NAS Billy Bouldin 3-5, RBI; NAS Jorge Santa Cruz 2-3, BB, HR, 2 RBI;
CHA @ VAN … 4-7 … (Canadiens lead 1-0) … CHA Brett Blades 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI; VAN Glenn Sprague 4-5, HR, RBI; VAN Jerry Outram 2-4, 2 RBI; VAN Ryan Phillips 3-4, HR, 2B, 2 RBI;

CHA @ VAN … 0-6 … (Canadiens lead 2-0) … CHA Oscar Aguirre 3-4; VAN Johnny Lopez 3-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI;

NAS @ SAL … 4-2 … (Blue Sox lead 2-1) … NAS Jim Allen 2-5, HR, RBI; NAS Rodrigo Canas 2-3, BB; NAS Kevin Stice 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, W (1-0); SAL Jeremy Camden 3-4, 2 2B;

NAS @ SAL … 6-7 … (series tied 2-2) … NAS Sean Ashley 2-4, HR, 3 RBI; SAL Morgan Kuhlmann 3-5, 2B; SAL Bill Jenkins 3-4, BB, 2 HR, 4 RBI; SAL Jeremy Camden 2-3, 2B, RBI;
VAN @ CHA … 3-0 … (Canadiens lead 3-0) … VAN Ramon Cabral 3-3, 2B; VAN Timóteo Clemente (PH) 1-1, 2B, RBI;

The Canadiens break through only late in the game to take a 3-0 lead, while the Sox are inches from a 3-1 lead after themselves breaking a 4-4 tie in the top of the 9th inning against Salem’s Chris Henry. Their closer Tim Hale, however, retires nobody, and is sunk on Bill Jenkins’ second homer of the game, a 3-run walkoff deed to even the series.

NAS @ SAL … 4-1 … (Blue Sox lead 3-2) … NAS Sean Fowler 8.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, W (2-0);
VAN @ CHA … 9-0 … (Canadiens win 4-0) … VAN Jerry Outram 3-4, BB, 2B, 3 RBI; VAN Fernando Alba 2-4, BB, HR, 2B, 3 RBI; VAN Brian Schneider 3-5, 2 RBI;

The Falcons are entirely smothered on the third straight shutout in the series, despite striking out not even once against Michael Donovan (1-0, 0.00 ERA) and two relievers. It’s lame-*** out after lame-*** out for a sweep.

[off day]

SAL @ NAS … 6-3 … (series tied 3-3) … SAL Jose Rivera 2-5, HR, RBI; SAL Bill Jenkins 2-4, HR, 2 RBI; SAL Bob Zeltser 2-4, HR, 2B, 3 RBI;

SAL @ NAS … 5-6 (13) … (Blue Sox win 4-3) … SAL Armando Herrera 2-5, BB, 2B, RBI; SAL Morgan Kuhlmann 2-3, 3 BB, RBI; NAS Jim Allen 2-6, HR, 2 RBI; NAS Vincenzo Battaglia 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, W (1-0);

Tim Hale blows another ninth-inning lead to allow the Wolves to force extra innings, tied at five. Kuhlmann walks, Jenkins singles, Mike Cole reaches on an error, and Zeltser hits a sac fly to extend the Wolves’ futile chase another four innings before their right-hander Miguel Salazar gives it all away. Justin Fowler’s pinch-hit double to open the bottom 13th spells trouble aplenty. Joe Graf walks, Jon Sulllivan hits a comebacker into a double play, which at least puts the Wolves one out away from another chance with Fowler on third base – at least until Salazar with the toe on the rubber drops the baseball and is called out for a balk, which plates Fowler and sends the Blue Sox to the World Series.

No, the Blue Sox didn’t know how to react at first either.

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2039 WORLD SERIES

After that lucky break, the Blue Sox would have home field advantage in the World Series. Not that it was all going smoothly – while they got back Chance Bossert, they lost Sean Ashley on the morning of Game 1 when he kicked a soccerball around with a few team mates, stumbled, fell, and broke his foot. That was a major blow to the team, with Ashley having batted .296 with two homers and seven RBI against the Wolves.

Then there was still the problem of their all-righty rotation against a mostly-lefty lineup that had done pretty well for themselves in the previous 166 games. The Canadiens still had no injuries to complain about, came in with four days’ rest rather than one, and analysts really liked their chances.

The call is Canadiens in six.

These teams had never met in the World Series before.

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VAN @ NAS … 2-4 … (Blue Sox lead 1-0) … VAN Ryan Phillips 3-4, 3B; NAS Chance Bossert 3-4, HR, 2 RBI; NAS Billy Bouldin 3-4, 3B; NAS Andy Montes 3-4, RBI;

Sean Fowler (1.44 ERA) goes to 3-0 in eight solid innings of work. Eric Weitz (1-1, 2.45 ERA) goes the distance for the Canadiens, despite being constantly tickled for a total of 13 hits.

VAN @ NAS … 5-7 … (Blue Sox lead 2-0) … VAN Johnny Lopez 3-5, 2B; VAN Jerry Outram 2-3, 2 BB, RBI; NAS Billy Bouldin 4-4, 2B, 2 RBI;

NAS @ VAN … 3-0 … (Blue Sox lead 3-0) … NAS Kevin Stice 8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, W (2-0);

Two of the Canadiens’ three hits go for leadoff doubles, but each time Stice buckles down and starves the runners to give the Blue Sox an entire pile of match balls.

NAS @ VAN … 4-11 … (Blue Sox lead 3-1) … VAN Glenn Sprague 4-6, 2B; VAN Jerry Outram 3-4, 3B; VAN Fernando Alba 1-3, 2 BB, HR, 4 RBI; VAN Jacob Kolbe (PH) 1-1, 2 RBI;

In an adverse reaction to a 3-0 advantage, Nashville’s Tim Hale is blown out for a 6-spot in the first inning and the Blue Sox never recover from it. Half their runs are unearned – all the Canadiens’ runs are earned.

NAS @ VAN … 1-9 … (Blue Sox lead 3-2) … VAN Fernando Alba 2-4, BB, HR, 2 RBI; VAN Marc DeVita 4-5, HR, 2 RBI; VAN Ross Sibley 2-3, BB, 2 HR, 2 RBI; VAN Eric Weitz 8.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, W (2-1) and 1-2, RBI;

Well, that looks like a fatal swing of momentum. Even Sean Fowler was blown up for five runs rather fast!

VAN @ NAS … 3-6 … (Blue Sox win 4-2) … NAS Jim Allen 2-4, HR, 3 RBI; NAS Andy Montes 3-4, 2B, RBI; NAS Tony Lira 1-2, BB, RBI;

Back home, the Blue Sox are screamed to a championship by their home fans. They never trail in Game 6 despite blowing a 2-0 lead early, but then move away in the Battle of the Matts, with Nashville’s Hose (2-0, 4.91 ERA) outliving Vancouver’s Sealock (1-1, 6.75 ERA), who is charged with all six runs in 6.2 innings of work. Hose also allows all the runs his team gives up in the clincher.

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2039 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
Nashville Blue Sox
(4th title)

11-29-2020, 03:14 AM	#3427
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,803	2039 ABL PLAYOFFS The 100-win Blue Sox were both the only team to crack triple digit wins this season as well as the only playoff participant that didn’t take part in last year’s October bonanza (when the Miners won the FL East). While they led the league in batting average, OBP, stolen bases, and runs scored, their pitching had ranked fourth in the FL. Sean Ashley had hit .307 with 28 home runs, while the rest of the team was less power-happy and nobody else in the mostly right-handed lineup had more than 13. They had three .300 batters though, and would have had four if Chance Bossert hadn’t gone down with a torn quad. Hitting .343, Bossert was out for the FLCS, but might become available for the World Series, if the Sox made it that far. They sported an entirely right-handed rotation that quickly became mediocre behind Kevin Stice (13-5, 3.06 ERA), and the bullpen was also without major highlights, and losing closer Casey Moore to injury also hadn’t advanced their chances. Opposite them were the 95-win Wolves, who’d try to get one round further than last time. They were a bit the opposite of the Blue Sox; they had allowed the fewest runs in the Federal League, with the best rotation (although having Phil Harrington and his 22-5, 1.87 ERA mark aboard certainly distorted things) and the best defense. The pen was no slouch, ranking second in ERA in the FL. On the other side, the team had ranked third in runs scored. Their game was power, with four guys hitting 15+ homers, led by Jose Rivera (.325, 23 HR, 74 RBI), while almost the entire lineup had hit at least eight during the season. They had completely given up on speed, ranking bottoms in stolen bases and putting all their faith into the single, walk, 3-run homer approach. Their lineup was balanced with three right-handed and four left-handed batters and switch hitter Jose Castro (.259, 22 HR, 83 RBI) on top of that. They had one lefty starter, the runt of the litter, in Juan Garcia (16-10, 4.00 ERA). From a balance point of view they appeared to have the edge against the Sox. Over in the CL, the Canadiens won 97 games and led the North for most of the year, only briefly cruising behind the eventually collapsing Titans in the second half of the season before winning the group by six games. They were the CL’s Blue Sox in leading the subleague in runs scored, while sitting third in runs allowed. They combined the top OBP with the second-most dingers, and also had the second-best pen by ERA, but their rotation and defense were merely “decent”. Matt Sealock (19-5, 2.91 ERA) and Eric Weitz (18-11, 3.26 ERA) were expected to carry the team on the pitching side. The lineup was dense through the #6 spot, everybody hitting double-digit dingers, and they were lucky enough to get Jerry Outram (.344, 16 HR, 38 RBI) back in time before the playoffs. Outram had missed 87 games with a torn rotator cuff after hitting .377 with 32 homers last year, when he won every MVP title available to him. The Canadiens had no other injuries to complain about. For the second year in a row, they’d face the Falcons, who at random emerged from a tumble-dried CL South, not really knowing themselves how they’d done it. They won merely 83 games, even one fewer than last year, and only clinched the division on the final day of the regular season. They had come second in runs scored and fourth in runs allowed though, with their crummy bullpen leading to a .403 record in 1-run games, so the 83-79 record was at least partially deceptive. There were no blatant weaknesses to their overall performance as a team, ranking in the above-average to good area in all major offensive and pitching metrics, but never reaching first or second place in any of them, which was also a form of art. Jose Farfan (.312, 19 HR, 112 RBI) and Mitch Cook (.242, 20 HR, 92 RBI) were not overly spectacular as offensive leaders, and the lineup thinned out a bit at the bottom, where an injury to Tony Aparicio, their starting shortstop, moved a 40-year old Brett Blades into the lineup, somehow (though at third base). Jose Lerma (14-13, 3.35 ERA) was their only right-handed pitcher and spear-heading the rotation with Rafael Pedraza (16-12, 3.33 ERA). This could be a disadvantage for them; while both CLCS teams had only one lefty starter, the Canadiens paired that with a mostly left-handed lineup, but the Falcons’ was mostly right-handed. In this field, the Blue Sox had the most playoff appearance with their 14th October participation, tying for fifth among all teams. The Falcons made the playoffs for the tenth times, the Canadiens for the eighth time, and the Wolves for the sixth time. The Falcons and Wolves had one title each, while the Sox and the defending champs from Vancouver had three rings apiece. The Canadiens and Falcons had met twice in the CLCS. Both times (1982, 2038), the Canadiens had ended up winning the championship, so they liked that pattern. It didn’t mesh well with the Blue Sox’ and Wolves’ mojo though. They had met twice in the FLCS. Both times the winner of that series had gone on to hoist the trophy; the Wolves in 1989, and the Sox in 2037. Experts considered the FLCS almost a toss-up with a tiny edge for the Wolves. They also wished the Falcons a speedy recovery after getting mauled. +++ 2039 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SAL @ NAS … 1-6 … (Blue Sox lead 1-0) … SAL Armando Herrera 3-4; NAS Stephon Nettles 3-4; NAS Sean Ashley 3-4, HR, RBI; NAS Sean Fowler 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, W (1-0); SAL @ NAS … 6-3 … (series tied 1-1) … SAL Kyle Weinstein 4-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI; NAS Billy Bouldin 3-5, RBI; NAS Jorge Santa Cruz 2-3, BB, HR, 2 RBI; CHA @ VAN … 4-7 … (Canadiens lead 1-0) … CHA Brett Blades 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI; VAN Glenn Sprague 4-5, HR, RBI; VAN Jerry Outram 2-4, 2 RBI; VAN Ryan Phillips 3-4, HR, 2B, 2 RBI; CHA @ VAN … 0-6 … (Canadiens lead 2-0) … CHA Oscar Aguirre 3-4; VAN Johnny Lopez 3-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI; NAS @ SAL … 4-2 … (Blue Sox lead 2-1) … NAS Jim Allen 2-5, HR, RBI; NAS Rodrigo Canas 2-3, BB; NAS Kevin Stice 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, W (1-0); SAL Jeremy Camden 3-4, 2 2B; NAS @ SAL … 6-7 … (series tied 2-2) … NAS Sean Ashley 2-4, HR, 3 RBI; SAL Morgan Kuhlmann 3-5, 2B; SAL Bill Jenkins 3-4, BB, 2 HR, 4 RBI; SAL Jeremy Camden 2-3, 2B, RBI; VAN @ CHA … 3-0 … (Canadiens lead 3-0) … VAN Ramon Cabral 3-3, 2B; VAN Timóteo Clemente (PH) 1-1, 2B, RBI; The Canadiens break through only late in the game to take a 3-0 lead, while the Sox are inches from a 3-1 lead after themselves breaking a 4-4 tie in the top of the 9th inning against Salem’s Chris Henry. Their closer Tim Hale, however, retires nobody, and is sunk on Bill Jenkins’ second homer of the game, a 3-run walkoff deed to even the series. NAS @ SAL … 4-1 … (Blue Sox lead 3-2) … NAS Sean Fowler 8.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, W (2-0); VAN @ CHA … 9-0 … (Canadiens win 4-0) … VAN Jerry Outram 3-4, BB, 2B, 3 RBI; VAN Fernando Alba 2-4, BB, HR, 2B, 3 RBI; VAN Brian Schneider 3-5, 2 RBI; The Falcons are entirely smothered on the third straight shutout in the series, despite striking out not even once against Michael Donovan (1-0, 0.00 ERA) and two relievers. It’s lame-* out after lame-* out for a sweep. [off day] SAL @ NAS … 6-3 … (series tied 3-3) … SAL Jose Rivera 2-5, HR, RBI; SAL Bill Jenkins 2-4, HR, 2 RBI; SAL Bob Zeltser 2-4, HR, 2B, 3 RBI; SAL @ NAS … 5-6 (13) … (Blue Sox win 4-3) … SAL Armando Herrera 2-5, BB, 2B, RBI; SAL Morgan Kuhlmann 2-3, 3 BB, RBI; NAS Jim Allen 2-6, HR, 2 RBI; NAS Vincenzo Battaglia 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, W (1-0); Tim Hale blows another ninth-inning lead to allow the Wolves to force extra innings, tied at five. Kuhlmann walks, Jenkins singles, Mike Cole reaches on an error, and Zeltser hits a sac fly to extend the Wolves’ futile chase another four innings before their right-hander Miguel Salazar gives it all away. Justin Fowler’s pinch-hit double to open the bottom 13th spells trouble aplenty. Joe Graf walks, Jon Sulllivan hits a comebacker into a double play, which at least puts the Wolves one out away from another chance with Fowler on third base – at least until Salazar with the toe on the rubber drops the baseball and is called out for a balk, which plates Fowler and sends the Blue Sox to the World Series. No, the Blue Sox didn’t know how to react at first either. +++ 2039 WORLD SERIES After that lucky break, the Blue Sox would have home field advantage in the World Series. Not that it was all going smoothly – while they got back Chance Bossert, they lost Sean Ashley on the morning of Game 1 when he kicked a soccerball around with a few team mates, stumbled, fell, and broke his foot. That was a major blow to the team, with Ashley having batted .296 with two homers and seven RBI against the Wolves. Then there was still the problem of their all-righty rotation against a mostly-lefty lineup that had done pretty well for themselves in the previous 166 games. The Canadiens still had no injuries to complain about, came in with four days’ rest rather than one, and analysts really liked their chances. The call is Canadiens in six. These teams had never met in the World Series before. +++ VAN @ NAS … 2-4 … (Blue Sox lead 1-0) … VAN Ryan Phillips 3-4, 3B; NAS Chance Bossert 3-4, HR, 2 RBI; NAS Billy Bouldin 3-4, 3B; NAS Andy Montes 3-4, RBI; Sean Fowler (1.44 ERA) goes to 3-0 in eight solid innings of work. Eric Weitz (1-1, 2.45 ERA) goes the distance for the Canadiens, despite being constantly tickled for a total of 13 hits. VAN @ NAS … 5-7 … (Blue Sox lead 2-0) … VAN Johnny Lopez 3-5, 2B; VAN Jerry Outram 2-3, 2 BB, RBI; NAS Billy Bouldin 4-4, 2B, 2 RBI; NAS @ VAN … 3-0 … (Blue Sox lead 3-0) … NAS Kevin Stice 8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, W (2-0); Two of the Canadiens’ three hits go for leadoff doubles, but each time Stice buckles down and starves the runners to give the Blue Sox an entire pile of match balls. NAS @ VAN … 4-11 … (Blue Sox lead 3-1) … VAN Glenn Sprague 4-6, 2B; VAN Jerry Outram 3-4, 3B; VAN Fernando Alba 1-3, 2 BB, HR, 4 RBI; VAN Jacob Kolbe (PH) 1-1, 2 RBI; In an adverse reaction to a 3-0 advantage, Nashville’s Tim Hale is blown out for a 6-spot in the first inning and the Blue Sox never recover from it. Half their runs are unearned – all the Canadiens’ runs are earned. NAS @ VAN … 1-9 … (Blue Sox lead 3-2) … VAN Fernando Alba 2-4, BB, HR, 2 RBI; VAN Marc DeVita 4-5, HR, 2 RBI; VAN Ross Sibley 2-3, BB, 2 HR, 2 RBI; VAN Eric Weitz 8.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, W (2-1) and 1-2, RBI; Well, that looks like a fatal swing of momentum. Even Sean Fowler was blown up for five runs rather fast! VAN @ NAS … 3-6 … (Blue Sox win 4-2) … NAS Jim Allen 2-4, HR, 3 RBI; NAS Andy Montes 3-4, 2B, RBI; NAS Tony Lira 1-2, BB, RBI; Back home, the Blue Sox are screamed to a championship by their home fans. They never trail in Game 6 despite blowing a 2-0 lead early, but then move away in the Battle of the Matts, with Nashville’s Hose (2-0, 4.91 ERA) outliving Vancouver’s Sealock (1-1, 6.75 ERA), who is charged with all six runs in 6.2 innings of work. Hose also allows all the runs his team gives up in the clincher. +++ 2039 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS Nashville Blue Sox (4th title) Attached Images __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.