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pauwoo · 01-07-2022, 11:43 AM

Weekly PR’s are out… we’ve dropped to 7th. East Coast bias, clearly…

Brooklyn Citizens (32-18, .640, 1st NL East) @ Los Angeles Leopards (30-21, .588, 1st NL West)
Sporting the best record in the Majors, with a newly anointed member of the 300 HOME RUN club & 5x MVP Rich Hamilton batting 3rd in their order, and with the top ranked pitching staff in all of organized baseball wearing a Citizens kit to work every day, I think Brooklyn can rightfully lay claim to the title of best team in baseball… They’re playing well, 8-2 over their last 10, have the second highest RDiff in baseball at +54 (only Denver’s +65 is better), and win at an impressive 56% clip on the road. And, with the way our guys are playing right now, they are the last team I want to cross paths with, especially at home where the losses sting just that much more. Here we’ll attempt to thread the needle, to find a way to end May on something of a high note, and, with any luck, kick off June by closing out a 4-game sweep against the sturdiest club on the playground.

52 of 162: Bradley Hughes (8-1, 0.78) @ Masaya Nakagawa (3-3, 3.02)
Win, 2-0. Bradley Hughes, who’s been slaying teams all season, gave up both of our runs, the 1st on a solo homer from Satoru Ono and the 2nd on a bases-loaded walk that brought Hamza in during the bottom of the 4th. Nakagawa was legendary for us, putting up 7-inning of 7-hit, shutout ball before turning it over to offseason acquisition Rishon Shaw who secured the hold during the 8th, and then Turnbull who managed to enter his 15th save into the permanent record with a 1-2-3 top of the 9th. Some other fun stuff… HAMZA hit a triple and swiped a bag, and Miguel Soto, in his 5th appearance since being called up from Compton, has still not earned his 1st Major League hit but did put, of all things, a SAC BUNT on the board. Poor kid has a .083 OBP and -73 OPS so far during his first stint in the bigs. We may have broke him… dunno, not sure.

In other news (kind of)… Miguel Soto returns to Compton a downtrodden and broken man as we bring LF Justin Burton up in his stead…

53 of 162: Josiah Kawka (6-2, 2.96) @ Peter Garcia (3-2, 4.31)
Win, 3-1 (12). We’d win the last game of the month, in extras, to close out May with a 17-12 record on the back of SS Ernie Sparacino’s 2-run, walk off DING DONG, finally finding a way to break through what had become a pitching showcase for both teams as each trotted out 4 hurlers over the course of the game. We did hit 4 doubles as a club, including one for new arrival Justin Burton, but got nothing substantive off any of them, an early RBI from Ono off an anticlimactic SAC FLY, and would watch from the dugout as Otto tried to get cute on the basepaths, and getting caught with his hand in the honeypot instead… really, from an individual highlight perspective, there’s not much to discuss – but, most importantly, if there is any takeaway here it’s that we’ve successfully defeated the best team in baseball twice in a row and have held them to a single run over the course of those games. That’s the good stuff.

Monthly Award Winners…
NL Best Batter: 1B Tom Franzone (Pittsburgh Pipers) - .337, 7 TANKS, 20 RIBLETS, and 19 runs.
NL Top Hurler: SP Landon Sampson (Phoenix Coyotes) – 5-1, 1.89 ERA, 33.1 innings of work, 56 K’s.
NL Best Greenhorn: 1B Travis Tran (Miami Herons) - .253, 4 doubles, 4 jacks, 9 scores, and 16 driven in.
AL Best Batter: RF Patrick Adams (Seattle Metros) - .317, 9 TRUCKS, 28 RBI, and 18 runs
AL Top Hurler: CL Jacques Jameson (Buffalo Nickels) – 3-1, 7 saves, 22 K’s, 4 BB’s, and a 1.15 ERA.
AL Best Greenhorn: SP Kenny Ibuna (Portland Pines) – 3-1, 3.00 ERA, 18 K’s.

A look at the standing & league leaders as we enter June… Salt Lake City still putting it down something fierce with ourselves and Brooklyn not far behind.
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54 of 162: John Aivazian (5-4, 4.08) @ Trev Anderson (3-3, 3.90)
Win, 7-1. We’d continue to show out in front of our hometown faithful with Otto’s 2 home runs and 3 RBI leading the way and Trev’s 5.1 innings of 3-hit, 1-run ball setting the tone for our staff. Burton was solid again with a 2 for 3 day that included an RBI and a run, PEPPER brought one in on a SAC FLY, and Ethan finished 2 for 5 with an RBI and a run. We’d also get 3.2 shutout innings in relief from Rishon Igarashi and successfully complete 3 double plays to lockdown Brooklyn’s offense for the 3rd game in a row…

55 of 162: Matthew Krebs (2-5, 3.90) @ Stephen Estevez (5-0, 1.85)
Win, 9-3. This one had a little bit of everything – we exploded for 6 runs after the stretch, punctuated by Dom’s GRAND SLAM during the bottom of the 7th frame, saw Otto clear the bases on a 3-run double to open our scoring, and a benches-clearing brawl during the top of the 3rd initiated by Joseph Zody who rushed Estevez after being hit by a pitch… we’ll lose Estevez for 6, they’ll lose Zody for 5. For our part we’d get material contributions from Ethan, OH HONG, Otto, Ono, Burton, and Dom, would overcome Beasley’s first rough outing since his call up (he gave up 2 runs in 3.1 innings of work), and secure the 4-game sweep, at home, against one of the best teams in the Major Leagues…

I’m legit surprised that we got the sweep here… I’m straight up shocked that we held the Citizens to only 5 runs for the series. That. Is. Crazy.

Record: 34-21, .618, 1st NL West
Up Next: More home cooking as we welcome the American League New York Sluggers to town for a 3-game set.

01-07-2022, 11:43 AM	#19
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,257	2078 Season (May 30th – June 2nd) Weekly PR’s are out… we’ve dropped to 7th. East Coast bias, clearly… Brooklyn Citizens (32-18, .640, 1st NL East) @ Los Angeles Leopards (30-21, .588, 1st NL West) Sporting the best record in the Majors, with a newly anointed member of the 300 HOME RUN club & 5x MVP Rich Hamilton batting 3rd in their order, and with the top ranked pitching staff in all of organized baseball wearing a Citizens kit to work every day, I think Brooklyn can rightfully lay claim to the title of best team in baseball… They’re playing well, 8-2 over their last 10, have the second highest RDiff in baseball at +54 (only Denver’s +65 is better), and win at an impressive 56% clip on the road. And, with the way our guys are playing right now, they are the last team I want to cross paths with, especially at home where the losses sting just that much more. Here we’ll attempt to thread the needle, to find a way to end May on something of a high note, and, with any luck, kick off June by closing out a 4-game sweep against the sturdiest club on the playground. 52 of 162: Bradley Hughes (8-1, 0.78) @ Masaya Nakagawa (3-3, 3.02) Win, 2-0. Bradley Hughes, who’s been slaying teams all season, gave up both of our runs, the 1st on a solo homer from Satoru Ono and the 2nd on a bases-loaded walk that brought Hamza in during the bottom of the 4th. Nakagawa was legendary for us, putting up 7-inning of 7-hit, shutout ball before turning it over to offseason acquisition Rishon Shaw who secured the hold during the 8th, and then Turnbull who managed to enter his 15th save into the permanent record with a 1-2-3 top of the 9th. Some other fun stuff… HAMZA hit a triple and swiped a bag, and Miguel Soto, in his 5th appearance since being called up from Compton, has still not earned his 1st Major League hit but did put, of all things, a SAC BUNT on the board. Poor kid has a .083 OBP and -73 OPS so far during his first stint in the bigs. We may have broke him… dunno, not sure. In other news (kind of)… Miguel Soto returns to Compton a downtrodden and broken man as we bring LF Justin Burton up in his stead… 53 of 162: Josiah Kawka (6-2, 2.96) @ Peter Garcia (3-2, 4.31) Win, 3-1 (12). We’d win the last game of the month, in extras, to close out May with a 17-12 record on the back of SS Ernie Sparacino’s 2-run, walk off DING DONG, finally finding a way to break through what had become a pitching showcase for both teams as each trotted out 4 hurlers over the course of the game. We did hit 4 doubles as a club, including one for new arrival Justin Burton, but got nothing substantive off any of them, an early RBI from Ono off an anticlimactic SAC FLY, and would watch from the dugout as Otto tried to get cute on the basepaths, and getting caught with his hand in the honeypot instead… really, from an individual highlight perspective, there’s not much to discuss – but, most importantly, if there is any takeaway here it’s that we’ve successfully defeated the best team in baseball twice in a row and have held them to a single run over the course of those games. That’s the good stuff. Monthly Award Winners… NL Best Batter: 1B Tom Franzone (Pittsburgh Pipers) - .337, 7 TANKS, 20 RIBLETS, and 19 runs. NL Top Hurler: SP Landon Sampson (Phoenix Coyotes) – 5-1, 1.89 ERA, 33.1 innings of work, 56 K’s. NL Best Greenhorn: 1B Travis Tran (Miami Herons) - .253, 4 doubles, 4 jacks, 9 scores, and 16 driven in. AL Best Batter: RF Patrick Adams (Seattle Metros) - .317, 9 TRUCKS, 28 RBI, and 18 runs AL Top Hurler: CL Jacques Jameson (Buffalo Nickels) – 3-1, 7 saves, 22 K’s, 4 BB’s, and a 1.15 ERA. AL Best Greenhorn: SP Kenny Ibuna (Portland Pines) – 3-1, 3.00 ERA, 18 K’s. A look at the standing & league leaders as we enter June… Salt Lake City still putting it down something fierce with ourselves and Brooklyn not far behind. 54 of 162: John Aivazian (5-4, 4.08) @ Trev Anderson (3-3, 3.90) Win, 7-1. We’d continue to show out in front of our hometown faithful with Otto’s 2 home runs and 3 RBI leading the way and Trev’s 5.1 innings of 3-hit, 1-run ball setting the tone for our staff. Burton was solid again with a 2 for 3 day that included an RBI and a run, PEPPER brought one in on a SAC FLY, and Ethan finished 2 for 5 with an RBI and a run. We’d also get 3.2 shutout innings in relief from Rishon Igarashi and successfully complete 3 double plays to lockdown Brooklyn’s offense for the 3rd game in a row… 55 of 162: Matthew Krebs (2-5, 3.90) @ Stephen Estevez (5-0, 1.85) Win, 9-3. This one had a little bit of everything – we exploded for 6 runs after the stretch, punctuated by Dom’s GRAND SLAM during the bottom of the 7th frame, saw Otto clear the bases on a 3-run double to open our scoring, and a benches-clearing brawl during the top of the 3rd initiated by Joseph Zody who rushed Estevez after being hit by a pitch… we’ll lose Estevez for 6, they’ll lose Zody for 5. For our part we’d get material contributions from Ethan, OH HONG, Otto, Ono, Burton, and Dom, would overcome Beasley’s first rough outing since his call up (he gave up 2 runs in 3.1 innings of work), and secure the 4-game sweep, at home, against one of the best teams in the Major Leagues… I’m legit *surprised* that we got the sweep here… I’m straight up *shocked* that we held the Citizens to only 5 runs for the series. That. Is. Crazy. Record: 34-21, .618, 1st NL West Up Next: More home cooking as we welcome the American League New York Sluggers to town for a 3-game set. __________________ Be excellent to each other. the Portland Pioneers \| the Los Angeles Leopards Last edited by pauwoo; 01-07-2022 at 02:31 PM.