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Raccoons (45-60) @ Thunder (57-46) – July 29-31, 2069

The Raccoons began a 2-week, 13-game road trip in Oklahoma City, against whom they were well underway to lose the season series for the sixth straight year, sitting at 2-4 ahead of the final three games. Oklahoma was allowing the fewest runs in the league, and their rotation was ranked second in ERA. Offensively they were in fourth place in runs scored. They had little speed on the bases, but found enough other ways to manufacture runs, like f.e. the dark sorcery of HITTING with runners in scoring position. SP Chris Monahan and CL Brad Fales were on the DL.

Projected matchups:
A.C. Stebbins (5-5, 3.98 ERA) vs. Willie Campos (6-6, 4.40 ERA)
Nick Walla (6-13, 3.93 ERA) vs. Danny Baca (9-9, 3.45 ERA)
Jimmy Wharton (3-3, 5.51 ERA) vs. Alfredo Picun (8-5, 3.34 ERA)

The Thunder’s two southpaw starters would lead off this series against the Raccoons.

Game 1
POR: SS Duhe – LF van Otterdijk – CF T. Wharton – 1B Starr – C Marquez – 3B Gallo – RF Fumero – 2B Gates – P Stebbins
OCT: LF D. Perez – SS Palominos – C Bohannon – 1B I. Stone – CF Thore – RF B. Johnston – 2B C. Gutierrez – 3B B. Robinson – P W. Campos

Stebbins’ first two pitches were taken for a single by Danny Perez and a home run by Jose Palominos, so that was that. Things only got worse from there, as Stebbins allowed a single to Carlos Gutierrez in the bottom 2nd, then retired Carlos Gutierrez on strikes before Gallo threw away Willie Campos’ bunt for two bases. Perez legged out an infield roller for a single that loaded the bases, and then Palominos hit a ball into the left-center gap for a 2-run double. Martin Bohannon’s sac fly and Ian Stone’s double to right added two unearned runs before the inning ended with a K on Coby Thore, but Portland was by now down 6-0 (three earned).

Robinson then also made a 2-base throwing error in the third inning, which added Tyler Wharton to base runner George van Otterdijk with two outs. The Otter had singled, Joel Starr drew a walk, and then Lorenzo Marquez lobbed a 3-1 pitch over the head of Gutierrez for two unearned runs. Gallo added an RBI single, but Fumero grounded out to short, leaving the score at 6-3 with three unearned runs on either side. The Otter then doubled home Gary Gates in the next inning, 6-4, but was left on base by Wharton, and by then Stebbins had already been hit for as the Thunder were taking aim at the scoreboard. Jason Holzmeister was then wrung out for two innings, allowing two more unearned runs in the bottom 5th after a gross error by Tyler Wharton in centerfield.

Down 8-4 in the seventh, the Raccoons came up against right-hander Bronson Vanderven, who walked Wharton and Starr. Marquez struck out for the second retirement of the top 7th, but Gallo singled to right to drive in Wharton, 8-5. Vanderven issued another walk to Fumero, loading the bases, then brought up Gary Gates, who somehow was batting 14-for-49 with zero RBI. Benito Otal pinch-hit, but grounded out just as meekly. The Thunder came back in the bottom 7th, invited by Pablo Novelo, who was playing short after some lineup shenanigans, and dropped a pop by Bryan Johnston. Gabriel Rios threw a wild pitch, nicked the other Brian (Robinson), and eventually gave up a 2-out, pinch-hit, wallbanger RBI double to Marcos Onelas, but Perez was out on an 0-2 comebacker to Rios. Yamauchi was pitching in the bottom 8th and became the fourth Raccoons pitcher stabbed in the back by a fourth teammate with a fourth error in this ****** game when, with Bohannon already on base with a single, Ian Stone singled to left, and Otal played the bounce off his snout for an extra base for the runners and an error on him. Thore grounded out poorly, but Johnston walked the bags full with to outs. Gutierrez flew out to deep center. 9-5 Thunder. Leggett (PH) 1-1; van Otterdijk 2-5, 2B, RBI; Gallo 2-4, BB, 2 RBI; Novelo (PH) 1-2, 2B;

Game 2
POR: SS Duhe – LF van Otterdijk – CF T. Wharton – C Marquez – RF Corral – 1B Fumero – 3B Gates – 2B Novelo – P Walla
OCT: RF D. Perez – SS Palominos – 1B I. Stone – 2B C. Gutierrez – C Bohannon – CF Thore – 3B B. Robinson – LF J. Parker – P D. Baca

Both teams had two singles in the first inning and didn’t score. Wharton and Marquez got their hits with two outs, but had Corral fly out to Johnny Parker, while Perez and Palominos slapped theirs off Winless Walla to begin the inning, but Perez was caught stealing third base and Palominos was left stranded at second. Walla’s weekly run of support came in the second then, when Fumero led off with a gap double in left-center and barely scored on groundouts by Gates and Novelo. The lead did not hold; Parker got a leadoff double of his own in the bottom 3rd and scored on Baca’s bunt and Perez’ groundout to second.

Pablo Novelo then went yard with Fumero on base again in the fourth inning, giving Walla a 3-1 lead, which was nearly unheard of this season. Walla himself celebrated with a 1-out single, was left on first base, and then had his pitch count run up with chewy, gluey fourth and fifth innings, in which he put three more Thunder on base, two with walks, and somehow managed to have them all stranded, but his pitch count was up to a whopping *98* through just five innings once Perez grounded out to Duhe to keep Robinson and Parker stranded on third and second, respectively, in the bottom 5th. He came back for the sixth, got two quick outs from Palominos and Stone, but then allowed a dink single to Gutierrez and walked Bohannon in a full count. McMahan and Gallo replaced him and Gates in a double switch, and the switch-hitting Coby Thore popped out to short to keep the 3-1 score alive for the time being.

After van Otterdijk narrowly missed a homer to left with Duhe on first in the seventh inning, having the ball caught by Parker, Tyler Wharton cranked #14 to FINALLY tie for the team lead with J.P. Gallo, and extended the lead to 5-1 with two outs. Novelo hit a double in the eighth, but got nowhere, and the lead was then in danger when Dover got Perez out in the bottom 8th, but then walked the 2-3 batters on base. The Coons sent Valentin on a quest for a 5-out save, but he allowed a run on the way out of this inning as Gutierrez’ fielder’s choice grounder moved the lead runner to third base, from where Palominos scored on Bohannon’s infield single – oh those damned catchers that actually have SOME semblance of speed (Bohannon had five steals on the year) – to narrow the score to 5-2, but Thore then struck out as the tying run to end the inning. The bottom 9th was calmer, although Marcos Onelas drew a 2-out walk before Perez’ pop to second ended the game. 5-2 Raccoons. T. Wharton 2-5, HR, 2 RBI; Marquez 2-5; Fumero 2-4, 2B; Novelo 2-4, HR, 2B, 3 RBI;

Winless Walla wins a game – it just wasn’t pretty. At all.

Game 3
POR: SS Duhe – LF Otal – CF T. Wharton – 1B Starr – 3B Gallo – RF Corral – 2B Fumero – C Flowe – P J. Wharton
OCT: LF D. Perez – SS Palominos – C Bohannon – 1B I. Stone – CF Thore – RF B. Johnston – 2B Onelas – 3B B. Robinson – P Picun

The Coons had an offensive outburst in the first inning (!?), starting with Duhe and Otal singles. Wharton grounded out, Starr walked, and Gallo grounded out again to bring in a run. Corral then romped a 3-run homer to get the score to 4-0. Inevitably, we waited for Jimmy Wharton to fumble, but the first two innings were clean before Onelas and Robinson hit singles to begin the bottom 3rd. Gutierrez grounded out, advancing the runners when he batted for the quickly dismissed Picun, and Perez lined out to Fumero. Palominos then went down on strikes, and the Thunder left a pair in scoring position.

Fumero singled and stole second, but was left on in the fourth, an Wharton then allowed a 1-out single to Stone and nailed Thore. Johnston singled and filled the bases, Wharton threw a wild pitch to score a run before Onelas grounded out to Starr for the second out. Robinson walked, PH Johnny Parker singled in two, and Danny Perez doubled home two to flip the score to 5-4 Thunder… Palominos then struck out.

Wharton allowed another run in the fifth and was then unceremoniously yanked. The game then trundled along for a bit with the Coons doing nothing and Holzmeister and Dover holding the Thunder to their 6-4 lead. Otal and Gallo hit singles off different relievers in the top 8th then, putting the tying runs on base with two outs. The latter hit came off left-hander and ex-Coon Jon McGinley. Van Otterdijk pinch-hit for Corral, but the Thunder answered with the right-handed Vanderven, who walked the bags full with him. Lorenzo Marquez then batted for Fumero, but his fly out to right-center was run down by Johnston to end the inning.

Rain was falling as Rios retired the Thunder in order in the bottom 8th and then Jake Flowe hit a soft single off Steve Keller in the ninth. There was no running for Flowe, since Marquez had already been used, and besides, only Novelo was left on the bench and had to bat for Rios. He smacked a double to right, and suddenly the tying runs were in scoring position with nobody out. Jared Duhe nearly was out on a foul pop behind home plate that Steve Preston, backup catcher, actually caught, but the home plate umpire ruled that the ball had touched the catch fencing and was thus dead. Given an extra life, Duhe singled through the left side; Flowe scored, and Novelo was sent around and beat Perez’ throw to score as well, tying the game at six, and Duhe jiggled up to second base. Otal struck out – except that the Gold Glover Preston lost the ball, which went to the backstop. Duhe went to third, and Otal reached first on the uncaught third strike. Tyler Wharton then raked a 3-run crusher to chase replacement closer Keller, who retired nobody (though Preston and the ump didn’t exactly help). Luis Ramirez then got three rather quick outs before Valentin mopped up the Thunder. 9-6 Furballs!! Duhe 2-5, 2 RBI; Otal 2-5; van Otterdijk (PH) 1-1, BB; Flowe 2-4; Novelo (PH) 1-1, 2B;

Jimmy Wharton (3-3, 6.21 ERA) avoided the loss, but not demotion back to St. Petersburg. The Raccoons recalled Cam Bridges, even though they should really know better.

Raccoons (47-61) @ Canadiens (47-60) – August 1-4, 2069

Misery played against suffering for four games in Elk City, with the sad-sack old GM back in Portland to hold on to Honeypaws. The Elks were eighth in runs scored and runs allowed, too, for a -44 run differential. Their 5-2 lead in the season series was *bothering* me. They had a bunch of injuries, most notably to infielders Matt Kilday and Carlos Castro. Starter Vince Ellison (3-11, 4.72 ERA) left his last start with a blister and was so far questionable.

Projected matchups:
Tony Gaytan (7-10, 4.28 ERA) vs. Nate Freeman (9-6, 3.76 ERA)
Vinny Morales (8-7, 3.11 ERA) vs. Nick Waldron (9-10, 3.37 ERA)
A.C. Stebbins (5-6, 4.15 ERA) vs. TBD
Nick Walla (7-13, 3.84 ERA) vs. Ray Rath (6-8, 3.64 ERA)

Saturday would be Ellison’s spot; all Elks starters were right-handed.

Game 1
POR: SS Duhe – LF Otal – CF T. Wharton – 1B Starr – 3B Gallo – RF Corral – 2B Fumero – C Flowe – P Gaytan
VAN: SS Barraza – 2B Eggert – RF Lozada – 1B An. Ramirez – CF D. Moore – LF Chenette – C Eaton – 3B W. de Leon – P N. Freeman

Both teams put two runners on base and stranded them, which included Tony Gaytan nicking Roberto Lozada with Dan Eggert already on before K’ing Antonio Ramirez and getting a pop from Dan Moore. Fumero walked and stole second in the top 2nd, and Flowe reached on a scratch single to put runners on the corners for Gaytan, who hit a deep fly to center to give himself a 1-0 lead on the sac fly caught by Moore. A walk drawn by Starr, a wild pitch, and Gallo’s 2-out RBI single then produced another run in the third inning for the Portlanders. The lead went bust though in the same inning when Gaytan drilled another Elk, Roberto Barraza, and then gave up 2-out RBI knocks to Lozada and Ramirez, a single and a double, respectively, before Moore grounded out to short.

The Coons’ strikeout leader then wobbled along without stuff and relying on the defense to keep the game close. Through five innings, Gaytan got only two strikeouts. Antonio Ramirez then bombed him with a leadoff homer in the bottom 6th and the Elks took a 3-2 lead. Rick Atkins batted for Freeman and singled himself on base in the seventh, advancing on Barraza’s grounder into scoring position. McMahan replaced Gaytan with two outs as John Bustillos batted for Eggert, but gave up an RBI single to the left-handed batter before retiring Lozada. The Coons were stuck on four base hits and then McMahan allowed a leadoff single to Ramirez in the bottom 8th. The Coons went to Bridges, who imploded on sight, giving up a walk and a 2-out double to Todd Eaton to put the game away. 6-2 Canadiens. Starr 1-2, 2 BB; Flowe 2-4;

Game 2
POR: SS Duhe – LF Otal – CF T. Wharton – 1B Starr – 3B Gallo – RF van Otterdijk – C Flowe – 2B Novelo – P Morales
VAN: SS Barraza – C Varner – RF Lozada – 1B An. Ramirez – CF D. Moore – 2B Eggert – LF Bustillos – 3B W. de Leon – P Waldron

The Coons scored first again, getting Duhe on with a walk drawn off Waldron, and getting him around to score on an Otal groundout and Wharton’s RBI single. Van Otterdijk went deep leading off the second inning, 2-0, and Flowe almost hit another homer right after that, but Lozada scratched that rocket off the top of the wall. It was the Otter’s last at-bat for a while, as he hurt himself on a throw in the bottom 3rd, which began with a Waldron single and then saw Steve Varner single to right. Van Otterdijk tried to throw out the pitcher rushing for third base, but only strained his shoulder and left the game with Luis Silva. Corral replaced him. Lozada and Moore with two outs then tied the game with a pair of RBI singles, another single by Dan Eggert loaded the bases, but Bustillos then busted the inning with a pop to Duhe, leaving three aboard in a 2-2 tie.

Top 4th, Gallo drew a leadoff walk, Corral walked as well, and the two did a double steal before scoring on a Flowe drive into the right-center gap for a 2-run double. Novelo singled sharply, sending the catcher to third base, and Morales hit a sac fly to get to 5-2. Novelo then stole second off a discombobulated Waldron, who conceded another run on Duhe’s single and was then yanked. Ernesto Culver struck out Otal, but got taken deep by Wharton, 8-2!

Morales then returned to the hill for the fourth, gave up a homer to Willie de Leon, and then got a pop from Culver. He, too, then motioned for Luis Silva, and I upgraded from holding Honeypaws and sobbing to holding Slappy and sobbing on the trusty brown couch. Silva collected Morales after 3.1 miserable innings (7 hits) and Yamauchi was brought in for long relief, and immediately began to scatter as many runners as possible without quite allowing a run. He reached himself on an error by Eggert to begin the top 6th. Otal singled with one out, and then Big Boy Wharton CRUSHED another 3-run homer. – There you go, Cristiano! The monster has awoken!!

Bottom 6th, and Yamauchi allowed leadoff hits to reliever Ken McDonald and Barraza. Varner popped out, and Lozada hit a double play grounder to short that Duhe threw poorly to Novelo, who dropped the ball, and the bases were loaded. Ramirez hit a sac fly to center, and Moore and Eggert hit a pair of (unearned) RBI singles, chasing Yamauchi. McMahan and Gates entered in a double switch for the lousy garbage man and Gallo, and McMahan got a pop to end the inning on the first pitch, the score now at 11-6.

Top 7th, and McDonald saw Novelo reach on a 2-base throwing error by de Leon to begin the inning. He walked Duhe, threw a wild pitch, but Otal lined out to short. Wharton snipped a 2-out RBI single, and Starr popped out. The Coons then boldly went to Bridges again with the 6-run lead and Varner and Lozada immediately hit screamers for singles, but the next three Elks made unhelpful outs and stranded the eighth-inning runners, and in the ninth Bustillos and de Leon *also* opened with a pair of singles before Bridges struck out Tyler Chenette. Barraza then hit into a double play that was actually ******* turned. 12-6 Raccoons. Duhe 2-4, 2 BB, RBI; T. Wharton 4-5, 2 HR, 7 RBI; van Otterdijk 1-1, RBI; Flowe 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI; Bridges 2.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K;

Roster moves! Vinny Morales and George van Otterdijk both had mild shoulder strains and were headed to the DL. The hope was that both would be back in 15 days’ time. Additionally, Cameron Bridges (0-1, 6.75 ERA) went back to where he came from.

Three new players were thus added to the roster on Saturday: Victor Chavez would make the spot start on Monday in Jimmy Wharton’s deserted roster spot, Juan Soriano returned as bullpen filling, and Marquise Early returned to warm the bench despite not hitting anything in AAA either.

Game 3
POR: SS Duhe – LF Otal – CF T. Wharton – 1B Starr – 3B Gallo – RF Corral – C Marquez – 2B Fumero – P Stebbins
VAN: SS Barraza – CF D. Moore – RF Lozada – LF Atkins – 1B An. Ramirez – C Varner – 2B Eggert – 3B W. de Leon – P V. Ellison

Stebbins had ******* nothing and gave up a triple to Barraza, singles to Moore and Lozada, another triple to Rick Atkins, and then nailed Antonio Ramirez before he got an out on Varner’s sac fly that made it 4-0 in the bottom 1st. He pitched only three innings, allowing a 2-run homer to Ramirez in the third inning on his way to the corner to be very ashamed of himself. The game was basically over at that point, with the Raccoons on one base hit through three innings. They would take until the sixth inning to score a run, when Starr hit a sac fly to get Otal home from third base, but in the half-innings before and after the Elks bombed three homers off Dover and Holzmeister, who were taken deep by Varner in the fifth, and Moore and Lozada in the sixth, respectively. Marquise Early entered the game in a double switch, then immediately hit into a double play in the seventh. Vince Ellison, blister be damned, pitched a complete-game 8-hitter, while the highlight for the Raccoons was Gabriel Rios whiffing five in two garbage innings. 9-1 Canadiens. Marquez 2-4; Fumero 2-3; Rios 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K;

Game 4
POR: SS Duhe – LF Fumero – CF T. Wharton – 1B Starr – 3B Gallo – RF Corral – C Flowe – 2B Leggett – P Walla
VAN: SS Barraza – C Varner – 1B An. Ramirez – CF D. Moore – LF Chenette – 2B Eggert – RF Atkins – 3B W. de Leon – P Rath

Walla threw four pitches in the first inning, all of which were put in play, which was … perhaps suboptimal. Ramirez singled, but was left on base when Moore grounded out to short. Conversely, Chenette and Eggert then struck out in full counts to begin the 1-2-3 second inning. The Raccoons only got Wally Leggett on base the first time through the lineup, but Wharton and Starr went to the corners with singles in the fourth inning and J.P. Gallo hit a sac fly for the first run of the game.

While the Raccoons then dilly-dallied around again, got Duhe on base to begin the sixth and then immediately doubled off by Fumero before Wharton and Starr reached, but were left on base, de Leon got a single to right to begin the bottom 6th, the first Elks runner since the first inning. Rath’s bad bunt and a Barraza grounder both forced out the lead runner, and then Varner popped out to Starr to end the inning. Moore singled in the seventh, but got himself thrown out in a bid to steal second. Dan Eggert hit the first solid fly off Walla in a while to begin the bottom 8th, but it was caught by Fumero on the edge of the warning track and the Elks’ 6-7-8 went down in order in the inning.

Top 9th, and right-hander Miguel Batista fell to 3-0 on Wharton before the vaunted slugger opened the inning with a lineout to short. Starr then singled, and Gallo reached on an error by John Rutecki at second. Corral lined out to first, while Marquez batted for a hitless Jake Flowe and flew out to Moore to keep the runners stranded. The Raccoons then stuck with Walla, who seemed to have this 1-0 game under control. He struck out Rutecki to begin the bottom 9th, and the lineup flipped over to Barraza, who socked a double to right. Switch-hitter Roberto Lozada grounded out to short when he hit for Varner, which left Ramirez to sort out. The left-hander was hitting only .226, and Walla bagged him on three pitches to finish off the game! 1-0 Blighters! Starr 3-4; Walla 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K, W (8-13);

In other news

July 29 – The Knights send veteran SP Ryan Musgrave (3-2, 4.09 ERA) to the Capitals for two prospects.
July 30 – The blue Sox trade 1B Kris DiPrimio (.302, 9 HR, 41 RBI) to the Knights for MR Kody Mello (4-4, 3.43 ERA, 1 SV) and a prospect.
July 30 – MIL 1B/RF/LF Cesar Ramirez (.338, 20 HR, 76 RBI) drives in five runs and misses the cycle by the triple in a 15-2 rout of the Aces.
July 31 – Milwaukee slugger Cesar Ramirez (.343, 23 HR, 84 RBI) finishes the month in style by crashing three home runs and driving in *eight* runs in a 19-10 shootout win in Las Vegas. Remarkably, the Loggers first score their 19 runs and only then do the Aces run up double digits for no good reason in the last four innings.
July 31 – CHA SP Jason Morea (9-5, 2.81 ERA) throws a 2-hit shutout against the Crusaders, striking out eight on the way to claiming the 7-0 victory.
July 31 – The Titans beat the Condors, 3-2 in 16 innings. The winner is a home run by outfielder Steve Humphries (.297, 10 HR, 50 RBI) in the top of the 16th.
August 2 – The Condors beat the Bayhawks in 12 innings, and by the wicked score of 12-3. TIJ 1B David Cline (.247, 8 HR, 55 RBI) hits a grand slam in the 9-run 12th inning.
August 4 – RIC SP Jose Villegas (1-9, 5.50 ERA) takes a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Miners, but is lifted after allowing two singles in the 3-0 game. RIC CL Jorge Garza (8-6, 5.29 ERA, 20 SV) then explodes for two walks, two hits, and four runs to cash a 4-3 loss.

FL Player of the Week: WAS OF/2B Tim Goss (.334, 6 HR, 40 RBI), clipping .542 (13-24) with 1 HR, 3 RBI
CL Player of the Week: MIL 1B/RF/LF Cesar Ramirez (.350, 26 HR, 89 RBI), crushing .560 (14-25) with 7 HR, 18 RBI

FL Hitter of the Month: CIN OF Melvin Avila (.310, 15 HR, 71 RBI), batting .295 with 4 HR, 21 RBI
CL Hitter of the Month: MIL 1B/RF/LF Cesar Ramirez (.343, 23 HR, 84 RBI), raking .354 with 10 HR, 24 RBI
FL Pitcher of the Month: CIN SP Jose Aguilar (14-2, 2.01 ERA), going for a 5-0 record with 1.83 ERA, 32 K
CL Pitcher of the Month: IND CL Shamar King (5-2, 2.53 ERA, 35 SV), saving 11 games with a flat zero ERA, 2-0 record, and just five K
FL Rookie of the Month: DEN RF/LF Steve Millen (.319, 16 HR, 73 RBI), batting .341 with 7 HR, 19 RBI
CL Rookie of the Month: LVA OF Josh Phelps (.250, 10 HR, 46 RBI), hitting .286 with 5 HR, 18 RBI

Complaints and stuff

Nick Walla accidentally rumbled into the 7,800th regular season W for the franchise with his lackluster performance on Tuesday, but then brought the sparkle in my big black googly eyes back at least briefly with his 4-hitter on Sunday to beat the dastardly Elks. It was his third career shutout, and the first this year, in 151 career starts, across which he had a 3.44 ERA and a sodden 52-57 record.

Apart from that it was another dreary week, even though the Coons technically won more games than they lost (still got outscored, though…), and then we had to banish Jimmy Wharton, Vinny Morales and George van Otterdijk fell over, and we’re gonna have a bum starting on Monday, and nobody starting on Wednesday right now.

Road trip continues through New York and Sacramento. The Stingers series is framed by off days, so maybe we can wing something with Gabriel Rios starting on Wednesday.

Fun Fact: Nick Walla won the team’s 7,800th regular-season game four years to the day after winning the 7,500th.

Walla was a rookie when he beat the Aces, 8-3, in seven innings of work. He became the first Raccoon to win multiple “100s” since Bob Ibold took #6,200 in 2050, and the first Raccoons starter to claim a second “100” since Bubba Wolinsky did so for #6,100 in 2049.

Walla is the 11th Raccoon to pick up multiple “100” wins. Ralph Ford and Jonny Toner remain untouched with three each, while Walla joins two-times Nick Brown, Wally Gaston, Bob Ibold, Miguel Lopez, Ricky Ohl, Law Rockburn, Raffaello Sabre, and Bubba Wolinsky.