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pauwoo · 01-19-2022, 02:31 PM

Los Angeles Leopards (61-32, .655, 1st NL West) @ Brooklyn Citizens (50-41, .549, 2nd NL East)
After consecutive .600+ months in April and May, Brooklyn stumbled a bit in June, finished even at 13-13, and relinquished their stranglehold on the NL East to current leader, Pittsburgh. So far in July, their fortunes have only gotten worse as they’ve gone 5-8 in their first 13 games of the month with a low-key promising +2 RDiff over that stretch. Look, Brooklyn is a good club, one of the better ran clubs in our league, but they’ve been held back by a cold offense and a pitching staff who have been solid, but not as good as I would have expected at the start of the ’78 campaign. There’s time, of course, but if they want to be heard from in the post season, they need to start making some moves… yet, at 1-3 since the All-Star break and with our club, and its 7-game winning streak, headed their way, righting the ship will be a tall order in the short term.

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But first some Weekly Recognition… 1B Quinn Charvat, of the Boston Shamrocks, took home the PoTW honor in the American League after turning in a 10-for-14 week with 3 JACKS and 5 RBI in 4 games, and 1B William Lazenby, of the Mexico City Jags, did the same on the strength of his 9-for-20 week with 2 TRUCKS, 8 RIBLETS, and 3 runs.

Some injury woes in Pittsburgh… the 1st Place, NL East Pittsburgh Pipers will be without their Closer, Ricky "Bobby" Surber, for the rest of the season as he’s currently suffering from an Ulnar Nerve Entrapment, which just sounds terrible. And likely is.

The Weekly PR’s go like this…
Los Angeles Leopards (129.1)
Las Vegas Outlaws (113.3)
Salt Lake Alpines (108.5)
Pittsburgh Pipers (107.6)
San Jose Seals (103.6)

Our next opponent, Brooklyn, came in at 9th with a 95.9 score…

94 of 162: Stephen Estevez (8-1, 2.20) @ Josiah Kawka (8-4, 2.48)
Win, 11-1. Estevez gave up Brooklyn’s only run during his 5.2 innings of work, fanned 8, and walked 2, and Ethan Mullens led us offensively with a 2-run, two-bagger, 2 runs, and a steal. Shepard, back at full speed it seems, hit a 3-run TRUCK during the top of the 6th, OH HONG hit a 2-run DINGER, his 19th, during the top of the 9th, and the bullpen was stout once again with Jan Hernandez giving us 2.2 innings of filthy relief work before handing it off to Dwight who’d give us 1 more with 2 K’s to close the show. That makes it 8 straight for the La La’s and a 1-4 stretch after the break for Brooklyn.

95 of 162: Trev Anderson (3-3, 3.75) @ John Aivazian (7-7, 4.23)
Loss, 1-5. Guess who’s back, back again… wait. Never mind. Doesn’t matter. Aivazian outdueled Trev in his return from his rehab assignment down on the Urban Farm in Compton, and the Citizens offense gave him the business early in the bottom of the 2nd when CF Marco Paredes sent a 3-run TRUCK over the left field wall. Nothing doing for the La La’s in this one… the offense was weak, the pitching suspect, and the effort… lacking. You never want a streak to end, but ending our 8-game winning run with a thud this loud? Not ideal.

96 of 162: Keith Baeza (4-1, 1.77) @ Matthew Krebs (4-10, 4.83)
Loss, 3-4. Oof. The wheels have fallen off, our confidence is shaken, and our swagger is all but spent… Krebs picked up where Aivazian left off yesterday, held us in relative check over 6.2 innings of work, and fanned 9 of our batsmen. Dom Cooke did his level best to keep us in it and went 2-for-4 on the day with a 2-run JACK and a couple of runs, Baeza was strong over 5 innings, allowed three early runs before settling down a bit, and Major Hansen took the loss after he gave up the tie-breaking run on a SAC FLY to Brooklyn’s Jake DeChamps.

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Elsewhere: New Orleans’ Carson Vespa, whose choice of transportation is an Electric Dodge Neon, hurled a complete game, shut out with 9 K’s to lead the Pirates to a 2-0 home win against the hard-charging San Jose Seals. Carson ran his record up to 7-8, improved his ERA to 3.90, and moved into the 5th slot on the Strikeouts leaderboard with 135 on the year with the performance. A solid pitcher putting it down for a bad club… would love to see someone make a run at trading for him. When I inquired the price was way too high… Beasley (NOPE), Cullen Craig (22/60 – Um, nah), Stephen Estevez, OH HONG… I mean, c’mon man. Get serious.

Record: 62-34, .645, 1st NL West
Up Next: TRAVEL DAY to head home then a 3-game set against the visiting Pipers… who, as you may know, are currently making their living at the top of the pops in the NL East.

01-19-2022, 02:31 PM	#35
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,255	2078 Season (July 18th – 20th) Los Angeles Leopards (61-32, .655, 1st NL West) @ Brooklyn Citizens (50-41, .549, 2nd NL East) After consecutive .600+ months in April and May, Brooklyn stumbled a bit in June, finished even at 13-13, and relinquished their stranglehold on the NL East to current leader, Pittsburgh. So far in July, their fortunes have only gotten worse as they’ve gone 5-8 in their first 13 games of the month with a low-key promising +2 RDiff over that stretch. Look, Brooklyn is a good club, one of the better ran clubs in our league, but they’ve been held back by a cold offense and a pitching staff who have been solid, but not as good as I would have expected at the start of the ’78 campaign. There’s time, of course, but if they want to be heard from in the post season, they need to start making some moves… yet, at 1-3 since the All-Star break and with our club, and its 7-game winning streak, headed their way, righting the ship will be a tall order in the short term. But first some Weekly Recognition… 1B Quinn Charvat, of the Boston Shamrocks, took home the PoTW honor in the American League after turning in a 10-for-14 week with 3 JACKS and 5 RBI in 4 games, and 1B William Lazenby, of the Mexico City Jags, did the same on the strength of his 9-for-20 week with 2 TRUCKS, 8 RIBLETS, and 3 runs. Some injury woes in Pittsburgh… the 1st Place, NL East Pittsburgh Pipers will be without their Closer, Ricky "Bobby" Surber, for the rest of the season as he’s currently suffering from an Ulnar Nerve Entrapment, which just sounds terrible. And likely is. The Weekly PR’s go like this… Los Angeles Leopards (129.1) Las Vegas Outlaws (113.3) Salt Lake Alpines (108.5) Pittsburgh Pipers (107.6) San Jose Seals (103.6) Our next opponent, Brooklyn, came in at 9th with a 95.9 score… 94 of 162: Stephen Estevez (8-1, 2.20) @ Josiah Kawka (8-4, 2.48) Win, 11-1. Estevez gave up Brooklyn’s only run during his 5.2 innings of work, fanned 8, and walked 2, and Ethan Mullens led us offensively with a 2-run, two-bagger, 2 runs, and a steal. Shepard, back at full speed it seems, hit a 3-run TRUCK during the top of the 6th, OH HONG hit a 2-run DINGER, his 19th, during the top of the 9th, and the bullpen was stout once again with Jan Hernandez giving us 2.2 innings of filthy relief work before handing it off to Dwight who’d give us 1 more with 2 K’s to close the show. That makes it 8 straight for the La La’s and a 1-4 stretch after the break for Brooklyn. 95 of 162: Trev Anderson (3-3, 3.75) @ John Aivazian (7-7, 4.23) Loss, 1-5. Guess who’s back, back again… wait. Never mind. Doesn’t matter. Aivazian outdueled Trev in his return from his rehab assignment down on the Urban Farm in Compton, and the Citizens offense gave him the business early in the bottom of the 2nd when CF Marco Paredes sent a 3-run TRUCK over the left field wall. Nothing doing for the La La’s in this one… the offense was weak, the pitching suspect, and the effort… lacking. You never want a streak to end, but ending our 8-game winning run with a thud this loud? Not ideal. 96 of 162: Keith Baeza (4-1, 1.77) @ Matthew Krebs (4-10, 4.83) Loss, 3-4. Oof. The wheels have fallen off, our confidence is shaken, and our swagger is all but spent… Krebs picked up where Aivazian left off yesterday, held us in relative check over 6.2 innings of work, and fanned 9 of our batsmen. Dom Cooke did his level best to keep us in it and went 2-for-4 on the day with a 2-run JACK and a couple of runs, Baeza was strong over 5 innings, allowed three early runs before settling down a bit, and Major Hansen took the loss after he gave up the tie-breaking run on a SAC FLY to Brooklyn’s Jake DeChamps. Elsewhere: New Orleans’ Carson Vespa, whose choice of transportation is an Electric Dodge Neon, hurled a complete game, shut out with 9 K’s to lead the Pirates to a 2-0 home win against the hard-charging San Jose Seals. Carson ran his record up to 7-8, improved his ERA to 3.90, and moved into the 5th slot on the Strikeouts leaderboard with 135 on the year with the performance. A solid pitcher putting it down for a bad club… would love to see someone make a run at trading for him. When I inquired the price was way too high… *Beasley (NOPE), Cullen Craig (22/60 – Um, nah), Stephen Estevez, OH HONG… I mean, c’mon man. Get serious.* Record: 62-34, .645, 1st NL West Up Next: TRAVEL DAY to head home then a 3-game set against the visiting Pipers… who, as you may know, are currently making their living at the top of the pops in the NL East. __________________ Be excellent to each other. the Portland Pioneers \| the Los Angeles Leopards Last edited by pauwoo; 01-20-2022 at 12:00 AM.