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Originally Posted by Palaaemon
Bird,
It's GREAT to see you posting again, even if it is just off and on.  . I have so many damn questions and observations! First though congrats to Atwell for pitching a nono. He has turned into an ace for you. I see a youth movement in the rotation. What happened to Hamasaki? Did he become a free agent and you let him go or did you trade him? I suspect the latter although I suspect he may be in the bullpen or injured. So many possibilities! Inquiring minds want to know. I saw that the Montreal Royals beat you in the MGL league championship last year (what a feat for an expansion team to win their division their first year and then win the league championship, simply amazing)! Who won the SJL league championship to face the aforementioned Montreal team and then who won the KCS (Kinsella Classic Series) not to be confused with the KFC (Kinsella Fall Classic)?
I will leave it here for now so as to not overwhelm you. It is really good to see you posting. 
Have a Great morning
Palaaemon |
Palaaemon! So great to see you here again and thanks, as always, for taking an interest in the WPK.
Just a few quick answers to your questions now (don't have the game open and need to leave soon to get a few things done at the office this morning) and I will give more details later. (My next post will dive a bit more deeply into the current infield picture for the Brewers.)
Hamasaki was traded earlier this season having gotten off to a poor start and with Eric Maisch being more than ready to move into the rotation full-time. Off the top of my head I want to say he might have been part of the deal with Charlotte that brought over shortstop Shawn York and reliever Chris Hawley and sent outfielder Eric Hammock to the Sting, but I'll have to confirm that later. I know that it has been a mediocre season for Hamasaki overall (while Hammock, who still has great bat and power potential, suffered a season ending injury not long after being traded.)
In 1980 the SJL championship series saw the Pittsburgh Roadrunners lose to the San Antonio Keys (though I can't recall right now how many games it went) and then, of course, San Antonio pretty much demolished the over-matched Montreal Royals in the KCS.
Currently, with 9 games left for the Brewers and 10 for the upstart Portland Wild Things, the Brewers have once again taken a very narrow lead in the MGL West, 1/2 game up over Portland. The next series on the schedule is a 3-game set in Denver against those Wild Things, so it is probably the most important series of the season for both teams. (The Brewers then travel to Los Angeles and Phoenix to end the regular season.) The Brooklyn Aces have all but clinched the MGL East, with only the Baltimore Lords having the slimmest chance of still overtaking them. The Pittsburgh Roadrunners will almost surely repeat as SJL East pennant winners. And the San Antonio Keys are once again just barely ahead of the El Paso Dawgs for the SJL West title, with every other team in that division having now been mathematically eliminated.
Stay tuned for more.