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pauwoo · 01-03-2022, 12:41 AM

Mexico City Jaguars (10-15, .400, 5th NL West) @ Los Angeles Leopards (16-9, .640, 1st NL West)
Our list of grievances against the Mexico City Jaguars is short – put simply, they upended what should have been a legendary campaign for us in 2077 when they bounced us out of the playoffs, and, well, that’s about it. There is no history of bad blood, no series of bench clearing brawls, no inappropriate smack talk aimed at our wives or, worse yet, our mothers… all they did is cast our dreams aside in favor of their own. And while, in the larger scheme of things, that seems arbitrary, when you play a kid’s game for a living, these are the kinds of things that gnaw away at you. Mexico City arrives in Los Angeles on a paltry 10-15 record, looking a lot like a paper tiger as their #1 ranked offense has benefited greatly from playing 19 of their 25 games at home, while their pitching has suffered for it, ranked second-to-last or worse in every category that counts. In truth, it’s tough to get a bead on these guys as their results are aided greatly by the altitude of their host city… here we’ll have an opportunity to see what they look like at sea level, and, hopefully, will be able to dismantle them in front of our hometown fans as a sort of exorcism of last season’s demons.

Weekly Awards: 2B Ahmed Smith, the 19th overall pick of the 2074 draft and current Vancouver Mountie, took home the American League’s Player of the Week Award after finishing 10 for 25 (.400 AVG) with 2 homers and 7 RBI last week, while our own CF Otto Isaac took home that same honor in the National League after capping off a 10 for 24 week with 4 TRUCKS and 8 RBI. And, since I mentioned it for Ahmed, Otto was the 15th overall pick of the 2070 player draft for Los Angeles out of Pennsylvania. He may be the best player produced by the Quakers in this save so far…

Also… we were ranked 3rd in this week PR with Salt Lake and Brooklyn blocking us out of that number one slot.

26 of 162: Lee Meyers (1-1, 5.54) @ Merl Crawford (1-1, 1.32)
Win, 7-3. It would seem that baseball at sea level is not good for the Mexico City Jaguars as their much-vaunted offense could only muster 3 runs in our park while we put 7 bad ones on the board and ran roughshod over their suspect pitching staff. Otto, fresh of that PoTW nod, went 2 for 4 with TWO TRUCKS, 3 RBI, and 2 runs, HAMZA put in work with a 4 for 4 day that included two, two-baggers, and 3 runs, and Merl Crawford held firm on the mound over 61 innings of work where he’d allow only 5 hits and 2 earned. Two steals in this one, both belonging to Hamza, two SAC FLIES, both belonging to Ethan, and a SAC BUNT from Kyle Weaver would round things out offensively while Grumpy Losito picked up his 1st save of the season to close this one out. Off on the good foot here… PROJECT: Revenge is a go.

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Elsewhere: 1B Frodo Gonzales, of the Vancouver Mounties, came out throwing elbows during his clubs 10-4 win over the Denver Miners, leading the offense with a 3 for 4 day, a 3-run moonshot, and 2 runs. The former Bruin of UCLA and 65th overall pick by the Portland Pines in 2073 is playing just a tick or two above a replacement level player so far but has managed to start in 20 of his clubs 26 games this season. And, speaking of the Pines, Michael Brisk, former Leopard Legend, and current Pine, went 8.1 innings allowing just 5 hits and 1 earned while fanning 7 to pick up a hard-earned, 2-1 win over the AL West division leading Salt Lake Alpines. I miss that guy… Also, I didn’t see this one until I moved the game forward a day, but, LF Tracy Davis, of our WATTS WARRIORS went 5 for 5 against the Tacoma Tridents, leading our club to a much-needed 8-2 win at Good Ol’ Watts Park in Good Ol’ Watts. AND – Watts is 3-20 now, so… on something of a come up!

27 of 162: Casey Tucker (1-2, 4.55) @ Masaya Nakagawa (0-1, 3.55)
Win, 2-0. Masaya Nakagawa put together the best start of his career with a complete-game, 5-hit shutout and 2B Ian Hanan acted as our sparkplug with a 2 for 2 day at the plate, a double, and a score. Mullens finished 1 for 3 with our other run, OH HONG drove Hanan and Ethan in on a double, and Nakagawa exposed the Mexico City offense as the Paper Tigers they are. Not a lot to discuss here – a quiet, defense-first victory for the La La’s.

28 of 162: Ben McGillicuddy (0-1, 2.60) @ Peter Garcia (3-1, 4.82)
Loss, 5-3. Garcia was solid, gave a good account of himself over 5 innings of work but his best efforts were foiled by a J.J. Barbari 2-run bomb that knotted thing up in the 4th. Ethan got another hit and a score, OH HONG trucked his 7th long ball, and Hanan scored for the second time in as many games… all of which was erased by a late, 2-run triple off Grumpy Losito for MC’s Winslow McMillan that officially went down as the game-winning hit. Unfortunate. I really wanted the sweep here… now, they’ve afforded themselves a chance to get a split in the next one. That. Can’t. Happen.

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Elsewhere: LF Peter Pascual, of the Nolanville ‘Nauts, went Gonzo in Bush League play and was the whole show in his clubs 6-5 win over the Quincy Quackers, turning in a game-breaking 3 for 5 day that included 3 LONG BALLS, 5 RBI, and 3 runs.

29 of 162: K.J. Judd (1-3, 6.04) @ Trev Anderson (2-1, 3.42)
Loss, 5-3. In a near duplicate of the last one, Mexico City would pace us over the course of the game, and, in the end put up some late runs, this time off a 2-run double courtesy of 1B William Lazenby that was his only hit in 4 tries during the game. Our starting pitching was solid again – Anderson gave us 6 innings, allowed 5 hits, and only let 1 run get across – but the bullpen came undone late as Reynaldo Igarashi’s ERA ballooned to 7.64 after he allowed 4 earned, including a 2-run blast for SS Elias Franco. Listen, ok, this is not how we drew it up, but in baseball, as in life, things rarely go as planned… what we’ll do here is save our revenge for another day, pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and just keep moving forward.

Record: 18-11, .620, 1st NL West
Up Next: We’ll travel to Buffalo, NY to square off against the Nickels for a 3-game interleague set on the road. My favorite kind of silliness is interleague silliness.

01-03-2022, 12:41 AM	#10
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,257	2078 Season (May 2nd – 5th) Mexico City Jaguars (10-15, .400, 5th NL West) @ Los Angeles Leopards (16-9, .640, 1st NL West) Our list of grievances against the Mexico City Jaguars is short – put simply, they upended what should have been a legendary campaign for us in 2077 when they bounced us out of the playoffs, and, well, that’s about it. There is no history of bad blood, no series of bench clearing brawls, no inappropriate smack talk aimed at our wives or, worse yet, our mothers… all they did is cast our dreams aside in favor of their own. And while, in the larger scheme of things, that seems arbitrary, when you play a kid’s game for a living, these are the kinds of things that gnaw away at you. Mexico City arrives in Los Angeles on a paltry 10-15 record, looking a lot like a paper tiger as their #1 ranked offense has benefited greatly from playing 19 of their 25 games at home, while their pitching has suffered for it, ranked second-to-last or worse in every category that counts. In truth, it’s tough to get a bead on these guys as their results are aided greatly by the altitude of their host city… here we’ll have an opportunity to see what they look like at sea level, and, hopefully, will be able to dismantle them in front of our hometown fans as a sort of exorcism of last season’s demons. Weekly Awards: 2B Ahmed Smith, the 19th overall pick of the 2074 draft and current Vancouver Mountie, took home the American League’s Player of the Week Award after finishing 10 for 25 (.400 AVG) with 2 homers and 7 RBI last week, while our own CF Otto Isaac took home that same honor in the National League after capping off a 10 for 24 week with 4 TRUCKS and 8 RBI. And, since I mentioned it for Ahmed, Otto was the 15th overall pick of the 2070 player draft for Los Angeles out of Pennsylvania. He may be the best player produced by the Quakers in this save so far… Also… we were ranked 3rd in this week PR with Salt Lake and Brooklyn blocking us out of that number one slot. 26 of 162: Lee Meyers (1-1, 5.54) @ Merl Crawford (1-1, 1.32) Win, 7-3. It would seem that baseball at sea level is not good for the Mexico City Jaguars as their much-vaunted offense could only muster 3 runs in our park while we put 7 bad ones on the board and ran roughshod over their suspect pitching staff. Otto, fresh of that PoTW nod, went 2 for 4 with TWO TRUCKS, 3 RBI, and 2 runs, HAMZA put in work with a 4 for 4 day that included two, two-baggers, and 3 runs, and Merl Crawford held firm on the mound over 61 innings of work where he’d allow only 5 hits and 2 earned. Two steals in this one, both belonging to Hamza, two SAC FLIES, both belonging to Ethan, and a SAC BUNT from Kyle Weaver would round things out offensively while Grumpy Losito picked up his 1st save of the season to close this one out. Off on the good foot here… PROJECT: Revenge is a go. Elsewhere: 1B Frodo Gonzales, of the Vancouver Mounties, came out throwing elbows during his clubs 10-4 win over the Denver Miners, leading the offense with a 3 for 4 day, a 3-run moonshot, and 2 runs. The former Bruin of UCLA and 65th overall pick by the Portland Pines in 2073 is playing just a tick or two above a replacement level player so far but has managed to start in 20 of his clubs 26 games this season. And, speaking of the Pines, Michael Brisk, former Leopard Legend, and current Pine, went 8.1 innings allowing just 5 hits and 1 earned while fanning 7 to pick up a hard-earned, 2-1 win over the AL West division leading Salt Lake Alpines. I miss that guy… Also, I didn’t see this one until I moved the game forward a day, but, LF Tracy Davis, of our WATTS WARRIORS went 5 for 5 against the Tacoma Tridents, leading our club to a much-needed 8-2 win at Good Ol’ Watts Park in Good Ol’ Watts. AND – Watts is 3-20 now, so… on something of a come up! 27 of 162: Casey Tucker (1-2, 4.55) @ Masaya Nakagawa (0-1, 3.55) Win, 2-0. Masaya Nakagawa put together the best start of his career with a complete-game, 5-hit shutout and 2B Ian Hanan acted as our sparkplug with a 2 for 2 day at the plate, a double, and a score. Mullens finished 1 for 3 with our other run, OH HONG drove Hanan and Ethan in on a double, and Nakagawa exposed the Mexico City offense as the Paper Tigers they are. Not a lot to discuss here – a quiet, defense-first victory for the La La’s. 28 of 162: Ben McGillicuddy (0-1, 2.60) @ Peter Garcia (3-1, 4.82) Loss, 5-3. Garcia was solid, gave a good account of himself over 5 innings of work but his best efforts were foiled by a J.J. Barbari 2-run bomb that knotted thing up in the 4th. Ethan got another hit and a score, OH HONG trucked his 7th long ball, and Hanan scored for the second time in as many games… all of which was erased by a late, 2-run triple off Grumpy Losito for MC’s Winslow McMillan that officially went down as the game-winning hit. Unfortunate. I really wanted the sweep here… now, they’ve afforded themselves a chance to get a split in the next one. That. Can’t. Happen. Elsewhere: LF Peter Pascual, of the Nolanville ‘Nauts, went Gonzo in Bush League play and was the whole show in his clubs 6-5 win over the Quincy Quackers, turning in a game-breaking 3 for 5 day that included 3 LONG BALLS, 5 RBI, and 3 runs. 29 of 162: K.J. Judd (1-3, 6.04) @ Trev Anderson (2-1, 3.42) Loss, 5-3. In a near duplicate of the last one, Mexico City would pace us over the course of the game, and, in the end put up some late runs, this time off a 2-run double courtesy of 1B William Lazenby that was his only hit in 4 tries during the game. Our starting pitching was solid again – Anderson gave us 6 innings, allowed 5 hits, and only let 1 run get across – but the bullpen came undone late as Reynaldo Igarashi’s ERA ballooned to 7.64 after he allowed 4 earned, including a 2-run blast for SS Elias Franco. Listen, ok, this is not how we drew it up, but in baseball, as in life, things rarely go as planned… what we’ll do here is save our revenge for another day, pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and just keep moving forward. Record: 18-11, .620, 1st NL West Up Next: We’ll travel to Buffalo, NY to square off against the Nickels for a 3-game interleague set on the road. My favorite kind of silliness is interleague silliness. __________________ Be excellent to each other. the Portland Pioneers \| the Los Angeles Leopards Last edited by pauwoo; 01-03-2022 at 01:23 AM.