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pauwoo · 06-30-2022, 11:00 AM

New Orleans Gators (34-31, .523, 2nd NL East) @ Los Angeles Leopards (42-22, .656, 1st NL West)
At the start of the season, the line on New Orleans was that they’d stand amongst the bottom end of our league, plying their trade at or near the bottom of the barrel with the rest of the riff raff, and, for the first two months of the season it looked like you could etch that line in stone. But, back-to-back losing months to start the 2080 campaign, where they finished at 21-27 through May, would give way to the type of June that no one saw coming. Off to a rip-roaring 13-4 start to the month after winning 9 of their first ten tilts in June, the New Orleans Gators have the look of an up & comer, a low-key formidable outfit that aims to get its revenge on the BNN punditry. Of course, that’s where we come in, with our 14-3 start to June backed by a 17-9 month of May… we’re not new, we’ve been breathing the thin up here for some time now, our lungs are adjusted, we belong. Here we’ll relish the opportunity to send New Orleans packing over the next four games knowing full well that after following a 9-step process to ward off Black Magic last season, there is nothing in the Gators’ bag of dirty tricks that can trip us up.

65 of 162: Pete Taylor (3-4, 5.14) @ Stephen Estevez (6-3, 3.00)
Win, 3-2. We’d rely on a great outing from Estevez – 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 7 K’s – and a lockdown top of the 9th from Don Haag, securing his 17th save on 12 total pitches, to get the deed done here, winning our 7th in a row in the process and putting the first of what we hope will be 4 bad ones on New Orleans in the process. Mullens opened our scoring with a 5th inning, run-scoring double, OH HONG would get us another on a single, and Dom hit what would turn out to be the difference-making run, a SOLO SHOT, in the 6th inning off Pete Taylor before the New Orleans pitching coach had thought to take him out of the game.

66 of 162: William Macomber (6-2, 2.42) @ Merl Crawford (6-4, 3.60)
Win, 5-3. Winners of 8-straight now… thanks, in large part, to DOM, whose 3-run TANK during the bottom of the 6th put us up by two, and the bullpen, led by Sepulveda’s 1.2 innings of scoreless work, who closed this one out without letting New Orleans work their way back into it. Haag secures his 17th save, on 12 total pitches just like yesterday, Otto and Paulino drove in our other two runs, and our club, on that good stuff now, just keeps finding ways to win ballgames.

Note: Donovan Turnbull is eligible to come off the IL, he’ll rejoin us on the big club while Major Hansen will be sent down to Compton.

67 of 162: Steve Landers (0-0, 2.25) @ Jan Hernandez (4-2, 1.65)
Win, 7-2. We made this one, our 9th straight victory, look easy after pouring on 5 runs during the bottom of the 3rd that started with SOLO DINGERS from Ethan and OH HONG and finished with a bases clearing triple from William Henderson. We’d hit 3 doubles, that triple, and those two dingers as a club, get another great performance from Jan Hernandez, and find a way to win despite committing two fielding flubs defensively. On that note, Pepper’s replacement at 3rd, Walt Tignor, has 12 total errors so far this season – by contrast, PEPPER only committed 5 fielding flubs total in 2079…. So, while I do like Tignor’s bat, he may not be a permanent fixture at 3rd.

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Elsewhere: 2B Nicky Grisby, a 32-year-old former Major Leaguer that made his living in Charlotte’s organization, laid it down tough for his Frankfort Sultans in Bush League play, capping off a 3-for-4, 3 DING DONG, 6 RBI, 3 run day with a nice 12-7 win over the Peabody Briners. With the win, Frankfort improves to 19-31 while the Peabody Briners, at 29-21, still lead the Independence Division by 2 games.

68 of 162: Bill Marvin (3-6, 5.06) @ Dwight Beasley (6-3, 5.10)
Loss, 1-3. And just like that we’d see our chance to complete a rare 4-game sweep and our 9-game winning streak come to an unceremonious end as New Orleans becomes the second club to defeat us, at home, on an Alternate Kit Sunday… Liam Duffy, a so-so Left-Fielder who signed a minor league contract with New Orleans during the offseason, was the whole show for the Gators, providing all of their offense during a 2-for-4 day at the plate that included a 2-run TANK, 3 total RBI and run. He also has the most S-eating grin that I’ve seen on a facegen profile picture (posted below), so… that’s, umm, neat. For our part it was nothing doing offensively as only Satoru Ono could be bothered to drive anything in (he hit a run-scoring double during the 6th off Starter, Bill Marvin) while Beasley, mired in a funk so pervasive that it must be like trying to drive through early morning San Francisco fog for the young man, gave up three runs in 5-innings of work on the aforementioned, Liam Duffy smashed, dinger… which runs his total up to 13 HRA’s on the season good enough for second-worse in the Majors behind San Jose’s Ty Peterson who has given up 15 TRUCKS so far…

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Liam Duffy’s self-assured smirk belies his actual skill level…

Record: 45-23, .661, 1st NL West
Up Next: The train keeps on rolling with Pittsburgh set to arrive in town tomorrow for yet another 4-game set… I hate coming into this series on a loss given that the last time we saw these guys, in their park, we found ourselves on the wrong side of a sweep once the dust had settled.

Side note: When I advanced a day I was notified that Otto will miss a week of time due to a strained back… so, he’ll head to the IL while CF Jason Dalton returns to the fold from Compton.

06-30-2022, 11:00 AM	#158
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,266	2080 Season (June 20th – 24th) New Orleans Gators (34-31, .523, 2nd NL East) @ Los Angeles Leopards (42-22, .656, 1st NL West) At the start of the season, the line on New Orleans was that they’d stand amongst the bottom end of our league, plying their trade at or near the bottom of the barrel with the rest of the riff raff, and, for the first two months of the season it looked like you could etch that line in stone. But, back-to-back losing months to start the 2080 campaign, where they finished at 21-27 through May, would give way to the type of June that no one saw coming. Off to a rip-roaring 13-4 start to the month after winning 9 of their first ten tilts in June, the New Orleans Gators have the look of an up & comer, a low-key formidable outfit that aims to get its revenge on the BNN punditry. Of course, that’s where we come in, with our 14-3 start to June backed by a 17-9 month of May… we’re not new, we’ve been breathing the thin up here for some time now, our lungs are adjusted, we belong. Here we’ll relish the opportunity to send New Orleans packing over the next four games knowing full well that after following a 9-step process to ward off Black Magic last season, there is nothing in the Gators’ bag of dirty tricks that can trip us up. 65 of 162: Pete Taylor (3-4, 5.14) @ Stephen Estevez (6-3, 3.00) Win, 3-2. We’d rely on a great outing from Estevez – 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 7 K’s – and a lockdown top of the 9th from Don Haag, securing his 17th save on 12 total pitches, to get the deed done here, winning our 7th in a row in the process and putting the first of what we hope will be 4 bad ones on New Orleans in the process. Mullens opened our scoring with a 5th inning, run-scoring double, OH HONG would get us another on a single, and Dom hit what would turn out to be the difference-making run, a SOLO SHOT, in the 6th inning off Pete Taylor before the New Orleans pitching coach had thought to take him out of the game. 66 of 162: William Macomber (6-2, 2.42) @ Merl Crawford (6-4, 3.60) Win, 5-3. Winners of 8-straight now… thanks, in large part, to DOM, whose 3-run TANK during the bottom of the 6th put us up by two, and the bullpen, led by Sepulveda’s 1.2 innings of scoreless work, who closed this one out without letting New Orleans work their way back into it. Haag secures his 17th save, on 12 total pitches just like yesterday, Otto and Paulino drove in our other two runs, and our club, on that good stuff now, just keeps finding ways to win ballgames. Note: Donovan Turnbull is eligible to come off the IL, he’ll rejoin us on the big club while Major Hansen will be sent down to Compton. 67 of 162: Steve Landers (0-0, 2.25) @ Jan Hernandez (4-2, 1.65) Win, 7-2. We made this one, our 9th straight victory, look easy after pouring on 5 runs during the bottom of the 3rd that started with SOLO DINGERS from Ethan and OH HONG and finished with a bases clearing triple from William Henderson. We’d hit 3 doubles, that triple, and those two dingers as a club, get another great performance from Jan Hernandez, and find a way to win despite committing two fielding flubs defensively. On that note, Pepper’s replacement at 3rd, Walt Tignor, has 12 total errors so far this season – by contrast, PEPPER only committed 5 fielding flubs total in 2079…. So, while I do like Tignor’s bat, he may not be a permanent fixture at 3rd. Elsewhere: 2B Nicky Grisby, a 32-year-old former Major Leaguer that made his living in Charlotte’s organization, laid it down tough for his Frankfort Sultans in Bush League play, capping off a 3-for-4, 3 DING DONG, 6 RBI, 3 run day with a nice 12-7 win over the Peabody Briners. With the win, Frankfort improves to 19-31 while the Peabody Briners, at 29-21, still lead the Independence Division by 2 games. 68 of 162: Bill Marvin (3-6, 5.06) @ Dwight Beasley (6-3, 5.10) Loss, 1-3. And just like that we’d see our chance to complete a rare 4-game sweep and our 9-game winning streak come to an unceremonious end as New Orleans becomes the second club to defeat us, at home, on an Alternate Kit Sunday… Liam Duffy, a so-so Left-Fielder who signed a minor league contract with New Orleans during the offseason, was the whole show for the Gators, providing all of their offense during a 2-for-4 day at the plate that included a 2-run TANK, 3 total RBI and run. He also has the most S-eating grin that I’ve seen on a facegen profile picture (posted below), so… that’s, umm, neat. For our part it was nothing doing offensively as only Satoru Ono could be bothered to drive anything in (he hit a run-scoring double during the 6th off Starter, Bill Marvin) while Beasley, mired in a funk so pervasive that it must be like trying to drive through early morning San Francisco fog for the young man, gave up three runs in 5-innings of work on the aforementioned, Liam Duffy smashed, dinger… which runs his total up to 13 HRA’s on the season good enough for second-worse in the Majors behind San Jose’s Ty Peterson who has given up 15 TRUCKS so far… Liam Duffy’s self-assured smirk belies his actual skill level… Record: 45-23, .661, 1st NL West Up Next: The train keeps on rolling with Pittsburgh set to arrive in town tomorrow for yet another 4-game set… I hate coming into this series on a loss given that the last time we saw these guys, in their park, we found ourselves on the wrong side of a sweep once the dust had settled. Side note: When I advanced a day I was notified that Otto will miss a week of time due to a strained back… so, he’ll head to the IL while CF Jason Dalton returns to the fold from Compton. __________________ Be excellent to each other. the Portland Pioneers \| the Los Angeles Leopards Last edited by pauwoo; 06-30-2022 at 09:28 PM.