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pauwoo · 01-26-2022, 04:47 PM

Weekly PR came out on our travel day…
Las Vegas Outlaws (121.8)
Buffalo Nickels (114.3)
Los Angeles Leopards (111.8)
Seattle Metros (105.6)
Salt Lake Alpines (101.6)

Charlotte Imperials (57-62, .479, 3rd AL East) @ Los Angeles Leopards (72-45, .615, 2nd NL West)
The Imperials find themselves occupying the 3rd position in a weak division, have amassed a poor -13 RDiff, are bad on the road (25-34), and, at 5-9 so far this month, can’t seem to bank the wins necessary to make up some ground. At the start of the 2078 campaign, the punditry had them penciled in to finish at the top of the AL East table, along with Toronto, who lives in 5th, but with the ascension of Buffalo and Detroit’s better-than-expected showing, that prediction has turned out to be woefully inept. Instead, on the field of play, Charlotte has shown themselves to be a middle-of-the-road also-ran that pairs a 7th ranked AL offense with an 8th ranked staff… theirs is an undesirable lot, with a pitching staff whose average age is 30 years old and a Minor League System ranking of 15th. Their present looks bleak, the future seems anything but bright, and their past, 44 playoff appearances, 7 titles, feels like the sort of distant memory that may not have been real at all… listen, I hate to say it, but… their visit to Los Angeles Municipal Stadium could be exactly what we need to put a little streak together, to rebuild the confidence, and get back to our rip-roaring, raze the castle, no one gets out alive, way of doing business.

118 of 162: Dimitri Pimentel (9-3, 3.15) @ Stephen Estevez (9-3, 2.19)
Win, 6-3. After cutting our lead in half during the top of the 7th on a 2-run DING DONG that gave them three runs during the frame, the Imperials would go quiet, content to just limp along as our bullpen, specifically Nakagawa (he’s back) and Turnbull, made mincemeat of their lineup the rest of the way. We scored our runs early, with each of the 6 coming in pairs all before the 5th frame and with each driven in by a different batter, got a run-scoring double from Ono, a run-scoring triple from Ethan, who also stole a bag (his 29th), and a nice, team first SAC FLY from Dom to open the scoring during the bottom of the 2nd. Nothing too overpowering from the La La’s here, just some good, hard-nosed, no-frills baseball where our only goal was to get the dub and move on.

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Elsewhere: Seattle’s SP David Arney twirled a complete game, 2-hit clean sheet with 10 K’s as the Metros thoroughly dismantled the Philadelphia Founders by a score of 12-0. LF Palmer Parker, a 2x Boyce Rigg recipient and widely considered one of the best in the game, fell victim to Arney three times during the contest during an 0-for-4 day where he left 4 runners stranded. With the win, Seattle improved to 66-54 on the year, taking sole possession of 1st place in the AL West with a 1-game lead over Vancouver and Salt Lake.

119 of 162: Nacho Valadez (3-12, 5.51) @ Peter Garcia (9-3, 3.75)
Loss, 3-4. Unlike the first game, Charlotte would use the top of the 7th to pull ahead by a run as Mike Duncan sent a 3-run blast into the cheap seats to run their total up to 4 for the inning and we’d play their part from yesterday and go dormant the rest of the way… with 7 of our clubs 14 K’s coming from the bottom of the 7th on. Ethan and OH HONG each fanned three times, four other guys did it twice, we left 5 on base, hit into two double plays, and suffered through the indignity of another blown save as Grumpy Losito gave up the ghost almost immediately after taking over in the 7th… it was his 4th of those and 6th loss of the season – I’m thinking that the 2079 Leopards are unlikely to have room for him. Harsh? Yes. It is. But this is a results-oriented business, and, while his ERA looks tasty, when you dig a bit below the surface and weigh his worth, he’s found wanting.

Injury News… this sucks. Pittsburgh’s Tom Franzone will miss 5-weeks due to a broken collarbone. He’s hitting .336 with 24 TRUCKS, 79 RBI and 74 runs for the 66-55, 2nd place Pipers. It always sucks when a saves leading All-Star vote getter goes down near the end of the season, even more so when his club is desperately clinging to a 1 ½ game lead in the WC race.

120 of 162: Medardo Garcia (4-9, 4.01) @ Merl Crawford (11-4, 2.50)
Loss, 2-6. Charlotte was impatient this time around, refusing to wait until the 7th to pull ahead as they put 3 bad ones on us during the top of the 5th, going up 5-2 for the game and refusing to relinquish that lead the rest of the way. Crawford got shelled, allowing 5 earned in less than 5-innings of work, we struck out as a club 7 times, Ono hit into a double play that killed any thought of making a rally attempt, and Otto was caught trying to get cute on the base paths. And just like that… we reenter the fog, losing ourselves in an all-encompassing miasma of poor play and worse execution, losing a home series for the 1st time this month against a ho-hum club with nothing to lose and even less to gain.

We’re now a full 3-games behind Las Vegas. For shame.

Record: 73-47, .608, 2nd NL West
Up Next: A tough, 3-game home set against the always dangerous Phoenix Coyotes.

01-26-2022, 04:47 PM	#43
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,255	2078 Season (August 16th – 18th) *Weekly PR came out on our travel day…* Las Vegas Outlaws (121.8) Buffalo Nickels (114.3) Los Angeles Leopards (111.8) Seattle Metros (105.6) Salt Lake Alpines (101.6) Charlotte Imperials (57-62, .479, 3rd AL East) @ Los Angeles Leopards (72-45, .615, 2nd NL West) The Imperials find themselves occupying the 3rd position in a weak division, have amassed a poor -13 RDiff, are bad on the road (25-34), and, at 5-9 so far this month, can’t seem to bank the wins necessary to make up some ground. At the start of the 2078 campaign, the punditry had them penciled in to finish at the top of the AL East table, along with Toronto, who lives in 5th, but with the ascension of Buffalo and Detroit’s better-than-expected showing, that prediction has turned out to be woefully inept. Instead, on the field of play, Charlotte has shown themselves to be a middle-of-the-road also-ran that pairs a 7th ranked AL offense with an 8th ranked staff… theirs is an undesirable lot, with a pitching staff whose average age is 30 years old and a Minor League System ranking of 15th. Their present looks bleak, the future seems anything but bright, and their past, 44 playoff appearances, 7 titles, feels like the sort of distant memory that may not have been real at all… listen, I hate to say it, but… their visit to Los Angeles Municipal Stadium could be exactly what we need to put a little streak together, to rebuild the confidence, and get back to our rip-roaring, raze the castle, no one gets out alive, way of doing business. 118 of 162: Dimitri Pimentel (9-3, 3.15) @ Stephen Estevez (9-3, 2.19) Win, 6-3. After cutting our lead in half during the top of the 7th on a 2-run DING DONG that gave them three runs during the frame, the Imperials would go quiet, content to just limp along as our bullpen, specifically Nakagawa (he’s back) and Turnbull, made mincemeat of their lineup the rest of the way. We scored our runs early, with each of the 6 coming in pairs all before the 5th frame and with each driven in by a different batter, got a run-scoring double from Ono, a run-scoring triple from Ethan, who also stole a bag (his 29th), and a nice, team first SAC FLY from Dom to open the scoring during the bottom of the 2nd. Nothing too overpowering from the La La’s here, just some good, hard-nosed, no-frills baseball where our only goal was to get the dub and move on. Elsewhere: Seattle’s SP David Arney twirled a complete game, 2-hit clean sheet with 10 K’s as the Metros thoroughly dismantled the Philadelphia Founders by a score of 12-0. LF Palmer Parker, a 2x Boyce Rigg recipient and widely considered one of the best in the game, fell victim to Arney three times during the contest during an 0-for-4 day where he left 4 runners stranded. With the win, Seattle improved to 66-54 on the year, taking sole possession of 1st place in the AL West with a 1-game lead over Vancouver and Salt Lake. 119 of 162: Nacho Valadez (3-12, 5.51) @ Peter Garcia (9-3, 3.75) Loss, 3-4. Unlike the first game, Charlotte would use the top of the 7th to pull ahead by a run as Mike Duncan sent a 3-run blast into the cheap seats to run their total up to 4 for the inning and we’d play their part from yesterday and go dormant the rest of the way… with 7 of our clubs 14 K’s coming from the bottom of the 7th on. Ethan and OH HONG each fanned three times, four other guys did it twice, we left 5 on base, hit into two double plays, and suffered through the indignity of another blown save as Grumpy Losito gave up the ghost almost immediately after taking over in the 7th… it was his 4th of those and 6th loss of the season – I’m thinking that the 2079 Leopards are unlikely to have room for him. Harsh? Yes. It is. But this is a results-oriented business, and, while his ERA looks tasty, when you dig a bit below the surface and weigh his worth, he’s found wanting. *Injury News…* this sucks. Pittsburgh’s Tom Franzone will miss 5-weeks due to a broken collarbone. He’s hitting .336 with 24 TRUCKS, 79 RBI and 74 runs for the 66-55, 2nd place Pipers. It always sucks when a saves leading All-Star vote getter goes down near the end of the season, even more so when his club is desperately clinging to a 1 ½ game lead in the WC race. 120 of 162: Medardo Garcia (4-9, 4.01) @ Merl Crawford (11-4, 2.50) Loss, 2-6. Charlotte was impatient this time around, refusing to wait until the 7th to pull ahead as they put 3 bad ones on us during the top of the 5th, going up 5-2 for the game and refusing to relinquish that lead the rest of the way. Crawford got shelled, allowing 5 earned in less than 5-innings of work, we struck out as a club 7 times, Ono hit into a double play that killed any thought of making a rally attempt, and Otto was caught trying to get cute on the base paths. And just like that… we reenter the fog, losing ourselves in an all-encompassing miasma of poor play and worse execution, losing a home series for the 1st time this month against a ho-hum club with nothing to lose and even less to gain. We’re now a full 3-games behind Las Vegas. For shame. Record: 73-47, .608, 2nd NL West Up Next: A tough, 3-game home set against the always dangerous Phoenix Coyotes. __________________ Be excellent to each other. the Portland Pioneers \| the Los Angeles Leopards Last edited by pauwoo; 01-26-2022 at 09:58 PM.