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pauwoo · 06-05-2022, 04:10 PM

Philadelphia Founders (72-67, .518, 3rd NL East) @ Los Angeles Leopards (88-50, .637, 1st NL West)
While 2-time MVP, Palmer Parker, is having another fine season - .322/.384/.907, 169 OPS+, 5.9 WAR – there hasn’t been enough offensive production around him to lift his club into the top half of the National League for offense. And, while the pitching is ranked solidly at 5th overall, without some serviceable sticks it’s hard to envision a scenario where they find a way to traverse the 9 ½ game chasm that sits between them and the division-leading Brooklyn Citizens. They’ve floundered so far in September, starting things off on a 1-4 record (we’re not much better at 2-3), and, if they have any designs on usurping Pittsburgh’s position at 2nd in the NL East it will need to start now, against us, in Los Angeles.

139 of 162: Steve Allen (9-10, 3.74) @ Keith Baeza (11-6, 2.66)
Win, 4-2. Coming into this game, Palmer Parker was batting .417 off Baeza, but after finishing 0-for-4 tonight his average dropped to a more realistic .333 as Kool Keith turned in a top notch, 7-inning effort, allowing 2 hits and 2 earned while fanning 11. Ono hit a TANK during the bottom of the 7th, his 23rd on the year, with the rest of our runs coming on run-scoring singles and SAC FLIES, and Ethan, showing off the wheels a little bit, swiped his 16th bag of the year to help keep Philly’s defense guessing. Dom left the game early after being hit by a pitch, he’ll be listed as day-to-day with a bruised knee.

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Elsewhere: 1B Nemo Tejeda, a low-ceiling member of our A-Ball club in Watts, went 4-for-6 with THREE TRUCKS, 7 total RBI, and 4 runs as the Warriors ran roughshod over the Bethlehem Steelers by a score of 18-7. In addition to Tejeda’s 3 jacks, they’d hit 3 more as a club with 2 of those DING DONGS belonging to RF Dalton Burch, who we selected 50th overall in 2078 out of Texas A&M. He’s been good this year and, at only 21-years old, seems to be developing quite nicely with good contact, avoid K’s, and baserunning tools already at or near their expected peak. What’s holding him back is his defense – he certainly has a big-league arm in Right Field, but we’d like to see him become less error prone out there before considering him for the next level. Nemo Tejeda, on the other hand, should store this offensive outburst in the memory banks as his ceiling looks to be AA or maybe even a contributing role on a Bush League club.

140 of 162: PJ Street (1-0, 0.61) @ Merl Crawford (15-6, 3.26)
Loss, 0-2. Since being called up in late August, PJ Street has made two starts – each has resulted in a shutout win for his club, first against Montreal where he tossed an 8.1-inning 2-hitter, followed by this performance where he held us in check for 7-innings of 5-hit baseball… not bad for a guy that wasn’t even on my radar. OH HONG was particularly befuddled by Street, finishing 0-for-4 with 3 K’s, and save Otto’s double, the team, to a man, had trouble settling in against Street. Merl was good, the bullpen was good, it’s just that they were better at every turn, managing to parlay that cornering prowess into enough speed on the straights to keeps us a second or two behind.

141 of 162: Milt Montemayor (4-3, 2.69) @ Jan Hernandez (9-5, 2.20)
Win, 1-0. It’d be our staffs turn to befuddle the opposition – or, I should say it was our turn to be just a smidge better than Philly’s stable of arms as we’d manage to ride Dom Cooke’s 1st inning SAC FLY all the way to victory on the strength of Jan’s 7-innings of 3-hit baseball. Turnbull would dismantle Philly during the 8th, striking out the side on 12 total pitches, and Haag came through with save #51, fanning two and popping out the last on 11-pitches of his own. There’s not much to parse out here - ~51k of our most ardent fans were treated to the type of baseball game that can have the same effect on people as melatonin without the weird, vivid dreams.

142 of 162: Linden Brittingham (12-8, 3.44) @ Stephen Estevez (15-6, 2.01)
Loss, 3-4. Things were moving along just fine… Estevez had his good stuff, keeping the Pennsylvania-based barbarians at bay over 6-innings of work, but Kaoru Kudo couldn’t follow suit, allowing 4 runners to plate during a wild top of the 7th on a 3-RUN TRUCK from Alexander MacDonald and a run-scoring double for Jordan Maze. Dom, even on a bruised knee, continued to show out for us – he’d be the whole show offensively, driving in three runs on a double and 2-run DING DONG – while the rest of the offense continued perform like a weak, ineffectual teenager too preoccupied by the fact that his crush is sitting in the stands to focus on the task at hand. A real-life George McFly living in a world without the advent of the flux capacitor.

Record: 90-52, .633, 1st NL West
Up Next: We’ll head out to New Orleans for a 4-game series before returning home for 9-straight.

06-05-2022, 04:10 PM	#119
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,255	2079 Season (September 7th – 10th) Philadelphia Founders (72-67, .518, 3rd NL East) @ Los Angeles Leopards (88-50, .637, 1st NL West) While 2-time MVP, Palmer Parker, is having another fine season - .322/.384/.907, 169 OPS+, 5.9 WAR – there hasn’t been enough offensive production around him to lift his club into the top half of the National League for offense. And, while the pitching is ranked solidly at 5th overall, without some serviceable sticks it’s hard to envision a scenario where they find a way to traverse the 9 ½ game chasm that sits between them and the division-leading Brooklyn Citizens. They’ve floundered so far in September, starting things off on a 1-4 record (we’re not much better at 2-3), and, if they have any designs on usurping Pittsburgh’s position at 2nd in the NL East it will need to start now, against us, in Los Angeles. 139 of 162: Steve Allen (9-10, 3.74) @ Keith Baeza (11-6, 2.66) Win, 4-2. Coming into this game, Palmer Parker was batting .417 off Baeza, but after finishing 0-for-4 tonight his average dropped to a more realistic .333 as Kool Keith turned in a top notch, 7-inning effort, allowing 2 hits and 2 earned while fanning 11. Ono hit a TANK during the bottom of the 7th, his 23rd on the year, with the rest of our runs coming on run-scoring singles and SAC FLIES, and Ethan, showing off the wheels a little bit, swiped his 16th bag of the year to help keep Philly’s defense guessing. Dom left the game early after being hit by a pitch, he’ll be listed as day-to-day with a bruised knee. Elsewhere: 1B Nemo Tejeda, a low-ceiling member of our A-Ball club in Watts, went 4-for-6 with THREE TRUCKS, 7 total RBI, and 4 runs as the Warriors ran roughshod over the Bethlehem Steelers by a score of 18-7. In addition to Tejeda’s 3 jacks, they’d hit 3 more as a club with 2 of those DING DONGS belonging to RF Dalton Burch, who we selected 50th overall in 2078 out of Texas A&M. He’s been good this year and, at only 21-years old, seems to be developing quite nicely with good contact, avoid K’s, and baserunning tools already at or near their expected peak. What’s holding him back is his defense – he certainly has a big-league arm in Right Field, but we’d like to see him become less error prone out there before considering him for the next level. Nemo Tejeda, on the other hand, should store this offensive outburst in the memory banks as his ceiling looks to be AA or maybe even a contributing role on a Bush League club. 140 of 162: PJ Street (1-0, 0.61) @ Merl Crawford (15-6, 3.26) Loss, 0-2. Since being called up in late August, PJ Street has made two starts – each has resulted in a shutout win for his club, first against Montreal where he tossed an 8.1-inning 2-hitter, followed by this performance where he held us in check for 7-innings of 5-hit baseball… not bad for a guy that wasn’t even on my radar. OH HONG was particularly befuddled by Street, finishing 0-for-4 with 3 K’s, and save Otto’s double, the team, to a man, had trouble settling in against Street. Merl was good, the bullpen was good, it’s just that they were better at every turn, managing to parlay that cornering prowess into enough speed on the straights to keeps us a second or two behind. 141 of 162: Milt Montemayor (4-3, 2.69) @ Jan Hernandez (9-5, 2.20) Win, 1-0. It’d be our staffs turn to befuddle the opposition – or, I should say it was our turn to be just a smidge better than Philly’s stable of arms as we’d manage to ride Dom Cooke’s 1st inning SAC FLY all the way to victory on the strength of Jan’s 7-innings of 3-hit baseball. Turnbull would dismantle Philly during the 8th, striking out the side on 12 total pitches, and Haag came through with save #51, fanning two and popping out the last on 11-pitches of his own. There’s not much to parse out here - ~51k of our most ardent fans were treated to the type of baseball game that can have the same effect on people as melatonin without the weird, vivid dreams. 142 of 162: Linden Brittingham (12-8, 3.44) @ Stephen Estevez (15-6, 2.01) Loss, 3-4. Things were moving along just fine… Estevez had his good stuff, keeping the Pennsylvania-based barbarians at bay over 6-innings of work, but Kaoru Kudo couldn’t follow suit, allowing 4 runners to plate during a wild top of the 7th on a 3-RUN TRUCK from Alexander MacDonald and a run-scoring double for Jordan Maze. Dom, even on a bruised knee, continued to show out for us – he’d be the whole show offensively, driving in three runs on a double and 2-run DING DONG – while the rest of the offense continued perform like a weak, ineffectual teenager too preoccupied by the fact that his crush is sitting in the stands to focus on the task at hand. A real-life George McFly living in a world without the advent of the flux capacitor. Record: 90-52, .633, 1st NL West Up Next: We’ll head out to New Orleans for a 4-game series before returning home for 9-straight. __________________ Be excellent to each other. the Portland Pioneers \| the Los Angeles Leopards Last edited by pauwoo; 06-18-2022 at 08:07 PM.