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Westheim · 09-02-2021, 08:52 AM

2044 WORLD SERIES
Portland Raccoons (96-66) vs. Cincinnati Cyclones (86-76)

Seven years after losing the World Series to the Blue Sox in seven games, the Raccoons returned to the big stage with another CL pennant. We had done so without suffering injuries, and without losing a game in the CLCS, although three of the games had been 1-run wins, and the team didn’t exactly sweep the Bayhawks all the way under the rug.

We arrived back at Okuda as Game 1 starter, although everybody was in fact well-rested thanks to the sweep, while the Cyclones had (surprisingly!) chewed through the Gold Sox in seven games, and came into the World Series with only one day off in between games. While that would give the Raccoons a little advantage for the first game or two, there was a much bigger boost to their chances coming from the Cyclones’ DL: in Game 6, OF Dan Mathes (.315, 26 HR, 114 RBI) had suffered a knee injury which turned out to be a broken kneecap, rendering him out for the World Series! This took the biggest lefty bat out of their lineup, but there were for sure more left-handers to face for Chuck Jones and Zack Kelly (0.1 IP, 3 ER between them in the CLCS) than in the Bayhawks series. Heck, we might even see a left-handed starter in Bill McMichael (15-12, 3.63 ERA) for a change! Remarkably, neither team had a starter with an ERA better than 3.20…

No changes were made to the CLCS roster; Jose Cruz stayed off, and Gene Pellicano, who had gotten the ninth-inning rally in Game 4 underway, stayed on. Sorry, Jose. Playing the hot paw.

The teams had not met in the regular season. The last interleague play between them had been in 2042, when the Raccoons swept the Cyclones in those three games.

There was World Series history between the two franchises, though, with the 2010 World Series as the prior meeting between them. The Cyclones took that one in six games. It was the only World Series Raccoons legend Nick Brown ever played in. He took the two wins, after posting two losses in the CLCS against the Thunder.

09-02-2021, 08:52 AM	#3707
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,714	2044 WORLD SERIES Portland Raccoons (96-66) vs. Cincinnati Cyclones (86-76) Seven years after losing the World Series to the Blue Sox in seven games, the Raccoons returned to the big stage with another CL pennant. We had done so without suffering injuries, and without losing a game in the CLCS, although three of the games had been 1-run wins, and the team didn’t exactly sweep the Bayhawks all the way under the rug. We arrived back at Okuda as Game 1 starter, although everybody was in fact well-rested thanks to the sweep, while the Cyclones had (surprisingly!) chewed through the Gold Sox in seven games, and came into the World Series with only one day off in between games. While that would give the Raccoons a little advantage for the first game or two, there was a much bigger boost to their chances coming from the Cyclones’ DL: in Game 6, OF Dan Mathes (.315, 26 HR, 114 RBI) had suffered a knee injury which turned out to be a broken kneecap, rendering him out for the World Series! This took the biggest lefty bat out of their lineup, but there were for sure more left-handers to face for Chuck Jones and Zack Kelly (0.1 IP, 3 ER between them in the CLCS) than in the Bayhawks series. Heck, we might even see a left-handed starter in Bill McMichael (15-12, 3.63 ERA) for a change! Remarkably, neither team had a starter with an ERA better than 3.20… No changes were made to the CLCS roster; Jose Cruz stayed off, and Gene Pellicano, who had gotten the ninth-inning rally in Game 4 underway, stayed on. Sorry, Jose. Playing the hot paw. The teams had not met in the regular season. The last interleague play between them had been in 2042, when the Raccoons swept the Cyclones in those three games. There was World Series history between the two franchises, though, with the 2010 World Series as the prior meeting between them. The Cyclones took that one in six games. It was the only World Series Raccoons legend Nick Brown ever played in. He took the two wins, after posting two losses in the CLCS against the Thunder. __________________ 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.