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2026 - Report #8
A day of injuries, retirements and suspensions
Like real life, Frank Tanana is an injury prone guy. The 19 year old starting pitcher will be out 2 months for the Rio Astronauts with a herniated disc. The rookie was 1-2 with a 2.38 ERA for expansion Rio. The loss occurred in a 4-3 extra inning loss to the Staten Island Blue Jackets at Wu Tang Field. Tanana fanned 9 guys over 5 innings before his back hurt. Rio is 2-13 to star the season and will ask Joe Borden to take his place in the rotation.
UFC fighter and Sarasota Typhoon third baseman Conor McGregor want ballistic arguing a 3rd strike call in game which Sarasota rallied to beat the San Bernardino Butchers 8-5 at home. McGregor had to be restrained by both bench coach Jon Duvall and hitting coach David Padkin as they were afraid that McGregor was going to punch the umpire. McGregor got suspended for 4 games.
The Wichita Hawkeyes were dealt a very serious blow learning that their starting pitcher and wife swapper Fritz Peterson is out for the season. Peterson tore his rotator cuff in a 9-2 loss on the road against the Tijuana Pelicans. Peterson was not happy about spending the night in a Tijuana hospital. Peterson has 26 wins over the past 2 seasons for Wichita and they will have to replace him in the rotation with recently acquired Frank Seminara.
Scott Downs is down for 5 months with shoulder inflammation for the Morgantown Cottonmouths. Downs was a regular starter for Morgantown in 2025 but has been out of the pen and overworking in 2026. The injury occurred at home as the New York Mets crushed Morgantown 10-3.
Lastly, veteran third baseman Gary Gaetti now playing for the Scranton Owls has announced he will retire at the end of the year. Gaetti is 39 years old and played 7 years for the Cleveland Indians before signing with Scranton this year. He hit 202 homers for Cleveland and was a mainstay on some successful teams. He has been 0 for 6 for Scranton and just does not like the game any more
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