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2019 Season Notes
April 3rd - during Philadelphia’s season opener RF Juan Santos smashed two homeruns (one of them a Grand Slam) driving in six, while almost single-handedly leading the Independence to victory over Cleveland.
April 5th - two days later Santos was at it again this time against New York, going 5 for 5 with two doubles and a pair of homeruns driving in all five of Philadelphia runs in a 5-3 win.
April 22nd - Minneapolis pitcher Dave Cahill became the second member of the 15K club, when he struck out 15 in a 7-1 Minneapolis win over Phoenix.
April 28th - Andrew Parker gets hit by a pitch in a game against San Diego and is diagnosed with a fractured thumb, the injury forces Parker to miss five weeks. At the time of the injury Denver’s new signing was off to a hot start, batting .345 with 6 HR’s with 13 RBI in his first 24 games for the club.
May 18th - Miami 1B Carlos Vazquez broke the single game RBI record, claiming four hits (2 doubles and 2 homeruns) and driving in 9!! in a 14-6 Miami victory over Atlanta.
May 29th - Washington Generals 3B Alfredo Orosco hit for the cycle, going 4 for 5 with 5 RBI in an 8-6 defeat at the hands of Detroit.
June 11th - Kansas City pitcher Chang-Lit Tsao was four outs away from perfection when he walked John Graham to end his perfect game bid. He still shut down San Diego the rest of the way to collect the no-hitter becoming the first Chinese born pitcher to accomplish the feat.
June 26th - with Detroit mired in last place in the division and having a disastrous season (their record stood at 23-52) manager Gil Meyer was fired. Detroit then tabbed Keith Bennett, skipper of Atlantic City Aces (New Orleans AAA affiliate) to be interim manager for the rest of the season. Bennett joined his brother Pat, 2017 WL manager of the year and current Sanfrancisco skipper, in becoming the first brothers to have managed in the NABL.
July 2nd - Dallas 1B William Kramer hammered four doubles in a win over Phoenix.
July 7th - Kansas City 2B Marcus Witt saw his 28-game hitting streak come to an end, he went 0 for 4 against his old team Denver. Witt’s current team Kansas City, had the last laugh though, winning the game 5-3.
July 28th - Indianapolis made a move to shore up their pitching staff for a playoff push by trading for Atlanta’s Matthew McIntosh. The move added another reliable arm to the Racers already strong rotation that included Eric Parker, Sean Williams and Loren Neal, the Flames in return received middle infield help in the form of 2B Cisco Sosa and top pitching prospect, 21-year-old Andrew Ross. McIntosh won the World Series in 2018 with the Flames and the Racers front office hoped his experience would prove invaluable to his new team come the playoffs.
August 23rd - Minneapolis pitcher Dave Cahill became only the second man to throw 15 strikeouts in a game twice and the first to accomplish the feat in a single season, when he struckout 15 against Houston.
August 25th - Detroit Outfielder Jeff Goff slugged three homeruns, including a Grand-Slam, and was responsible for driving in all six of Detroit’s runs, but still ended up on the losing side as poor pitching and almost comical defense consigned Detroit to an 8-6 defeat against Chicago.
August 26th - Oklahoma City placed big money offseason acquisition Vicente Padilla on the 60-day disabled list with a hamstring injury, it was his third and final visit of the season to the DL. In a disappointing injury hit season Padilla missed almost three months with various ailments and appeared in just 87 games, giving ammunition to those who thought he was not worth the contract handed to him.
September 25th - Memphis 1B Brian MacIntyre became the second player of the season to hit for the cycle. He went 4 for 5 collecting 6 RBI’s on the way to helping his Kings team rout Sanfrancisco 12-2.
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