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pauwoo · 06-18-2022, 12:52 PM

Los Angeles Leopards (0-0, .000) @ Austin Grackles (0-0, .000)
We’ll kick off the 2080 campaign in Texas’ capital where the locals save their entertainment dollar for concerts, festivals, world-class bar-b-que, and any sporting event not named baseball… Only the most ardent, hardcore Grackles fan will be in house, even on Opening Day, as the Austin-based club did little of note during the offseason, all but ensuring another ho-hum season for their beleaguered club. And it’s not just what they didn’t do that is giving their fans agita – their front office has perfected the art of questionable deals with the RHP Joshua Moeller (29yo, 59/59) for minor league lefty Leonardo Espinoza (25yo, 26/36) trade, where they agreed to retain 95% of Moeller’s salary, top of mind, and when they did dip into the free agent pool, that they came up with 2B Scott Kaszuba (29yo, 49/49, 3 years, $54mm) while already having much better options at the position is enough to incite a riot amongst their season-ticket holders… both of them. The outlook in Austin is grim – destined to finish at the bottom of our division, and, if the preseason predictions hold any water at all, last in the entire National League – this is a club in absolute shambles attempting to trade on their most ardent supporters unrealistic hopes and dreams long enough to at least break even for their penny-pinching owner, Victor Davies, whose con, after 7-straight losing campaigns, is reaching Madoff-level proportions.

1 of 162: Stephen Estevez (0-0, 0.00) @ Sean Kenny (0-0, 0.00)
Loss, 0-1 (10). In an effort to bore all those in attendance, neither team would find a way to score until Austin 1B, DJ Wilders, put everyone out of their misery, walking us off on a well-hit, run-scoring single that brought new edition 2B Scott Kaszuba in from third. So, maybe that signing wasn’t so bad after all… for our part, same as it ever was, we’d present an offensively challenged version of ourselves as OH HONG would be the only batter to secure more than a single hit and we’d not put even one EBH on the board as a unit. The pitching was the other side of that coin, with Estevez giving us 5-innings of 2-hit burn, and 5 total relievers being trucked out to the mound before all was said and done. Don Haag would be saddled with the loss in this one – the newly anointed Kingston Cashmore award winner likely had something else in mind for his 2080 debut.

2 of 162: Merl Crawford (0-0, 0.00) @ Matheo Trachtenburg (0-0, 0.00)
Win, 5-3. Otto showed some of that Boyce Rigg winning form, finishing 1-for-3 with a 3-run TANK, 2 runs, and a walk, Satoru Ono hit his first two-bagger of the season during a 2-for-4 effort, and Merl Crawford had to dig deep to earn the win during a 5.2-inning, 3 earned, 2 K performance. Ethan swiped his first bag of the season – hopefully our Skipper sees fit to turn him loose a bit this year – and secured an OF Assist, gunning Rajkumar Kosciusko down at 3rd, and the defense looked sharp with an around-the-horn, Tignor-Hutchinson-Ono, double-play. Good enough to get it done, sure, but… we’ve got a ways to go to work ourselves into the form required to repeat as division champs in the NL West.

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Elsewhere: SP Keith Baeza, making his first start with the Brooklyn Citizens, hurled a 6-inning, 1-hit gem with 6 K’s as his new club improved to 2-0 on the season with an 8-3 win over the Montreal Alouettes. In other former Leopards’ news… Pepper Grant finished 2-for-5 with a run in his 2nd game as an Alouette. In his debut with Montreal, Pepper put out a 2-run TRUCK in his very first AB… we’re big PEPPER supporters around these parts, were gutted when we couldn’t fit him into our future plans given his price tag but are happy to see him get off to such a great start up north.

3 of 162: Jan Hernandez (0-0, 0.00) @ Dwaine Schilling (0-0, 0.00)
Win, 6-4. We’d secure a hard-earned series victory to get the 2080 campaign off on the good foot as Satoru Ono put us ahead 5-4, with the bags loaded and two outs already on the board, drawing what would become the game-winning, run-scoring walk off Austin closer, Elmar Pirov. Ethan came alive for us a bit with a 3-for-4 day including a 2-run DING DONG and 3 total RBI, William Henderson scored his first run as a Leopard, and Ono hit his 2nd double of the season in as many games as he brought us to within a run during the top of the 8th. Hernandez gave a solid account of himself, nothing fancy… 5-inning, 3 hits, 2 earned, Nakagawa allowed two more in relief, with Ram Chen, Sepulveda, and Haag, who picks up his second save here, closing the show.

Record: 2-1, .667, 3rd NL West
Up Next: We’ll make the hop from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Mexico City International and finish up these 7 road games to start the 2080 campaign in Mexico against the Jags.

06-18-2022, 12:52 PM	#137
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,266	2080 Season (April 8th – 10th) Los Angeles Leopards (0-0, .000) @ Austin Grackles (0-0, .000) We’ll kick off the 2080 campaign in Texas’ capital where the locals save their entertainment dollar for concerts, festivals, world-class bar-b-que, and any sporting event not named baseball… Only the most ardent, hardcore Grackles fan will be in house, even on Opening Day, as the Austin-based club did little of note during the offseason, all but ensuring another ho-hum season for their beleaguered club. And it’s not just what they didn’t do that is giving their fans agita – their front office has perfected the art of questionable deals with the RHP Joshua Moeller (29yo, 59/59) for minor league lefty Leonardo Espinoza (25yo, 26/36) trade, where they agreed to retain 95% of Moeller’s salary, top of mind, and when they did dip into the free agent pool, that they came up with 2B Scott Kaszuba (29yo, 49/49, 3 years, $54mm) while already having much better options at the position is enough to incite a riot amongst their season-ticket holders… both of them. The outlook in Austin is grim – destined to finish at the bottom of our division, and, if the preseason predictions hold any water at all, last in the entire National League – this is a club in absolute shambles attempting to trade on their most ardent supporters unrealistic hopes and dreams long enough to at least break even for their penny-pinching owner, Victor Davies, whose con, after 7-straight losing campaigns, is reaching Madoff-level proportions. 1 of 162: Stephen Estevez (0-0, 0.00) @ Sean Kenny (0-0, 0.00) Loss, 0-1 (10). In an effort to bore all those in attendance, neither team would find a way to score until Austin 1B, DJ Wilders, put everyone out of their misery, walking us off on a well-hit, run-scoring single that brought new edition 2B Scott Kaszuba in from third. So, maybe that signing wasn’t so bad after all… for our part, same as it ever was, we’d present an offensively challenged version of ourselves as OH HONG would be the only batter to secure more than a single hit and we’d not put even one EBH on the board as a unit. The pitching was the other side of that coin, with Estevez giving us 5-innings of 2-hit burn, and 5 total relievers being trucked out to the mound before all was said and done. Don Haag would be saddled with the loss in this one – the newly anointed Kingston Cashmore award winner likely had something else in mind for his 2080 debut. 2 of 162: Merl Crawford (0-0, 0.00) @ Matheo Trachtenburg (0-0, 0.00) Win, 5-3. Otto showed some of that Boyce Rigg winning form, finishing 1-for-3 with a 3-run TANK, 2 runs, and a walk, Satoru Ono hit his first two-bagger of the season during a 2-for-4 effort, and Merl Crawford had to dig deep to earn the win during a 5.2-inning, 3 earned, 2 K performance. Ethan swiped his first bag of the season – hopefully our Skipper sees fit to turn him loose a bit this year – and secured an OF Assist, gunning Rajkumar Kosciusko down at 3rd, and the defense looked sharp with an around-the-horn, Tignor-Hutchinson-Ono, double-play. Good enough to get it done, sure, but… we’ve got a ways to go to work ourselves into the form required to repeat as division champs in the NL West. Elsewhere: SP Keith Baeza, making his first start with the Brooklyn Citizens, hurled a 6-inning, 1-hit gem with 6 K’s as his new club improved to 2-0 on the season with an 8-3 win over the Montreal Alouettes. In other former Leopards’ news… Pepper Grant finished 2-for-5 with a run in his 2nd game as an Alouette. In his debut with Montreal, Pepper put out a 2-run TRUCK in his very first AB… we’re big PEPPER supporters around these parts, were gutted when we couldn’t fit him into our future plans given his price tag but are happy to see him get off to such a great start up north. 3 of 162: Jan Hernandez (0-0, 0.00) @ Dwaine Schilling (0-0, 0.00) Win, 6-4. We’d secure a hard-earned series victory to get the 2080 campaign off on the good foot as Satoru Ono put us ahead 5-4, with the bags loaded and two outs already on the board, drawing what would become the game-winning, run-scoring walk off Austin closer, Elmar Pirov. Ethan came alive for us a bit with a 3-for-4 day including a 2-run DING DONG and 3 total RBI, William Henderson scored his first run as a Leopard, and Ono hit his 2nd double of the season in as many games as he brought us to within a run during the top of the 8th. Hernandez gave a solid account of himself, nothing fancy… 5-inning, 3 hits, 2 earned, Nakagawa allowed two more in relief, with Ram Chen, Sepulveda, and Haag, who picks up his second save here, closing the show. Record: 2-1, .667, 3rd NL West Up Next: We’ll make the hop from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Mexico City International and finish up these 7 road games to start the 2080 campaign in Mexico against the Jags. __________________ Be excellent to each other. the Portland Pioneers \| the Los Angeles Leopards Last edited by pauwoo; 06-18-2022 at 10:49 PM.