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DD Martin · 12-11-2025, 03:44 PM

Bring on Canada, no Wait on Second Thought Don't!!!!!

After an up and down road trip that saw us go 5-4, we received a well deserved off-day before hosting one of the two clubs that figure to be our chief rivals once again, the Duluth Sea Gulls.

Duluth Sea Gulls 4-8 6th place USA vs Chicago Architects 7-5 3rd place USA
April 21st -23rd 2056
Chicago’s Pier IV Grounds

Most are wondering what is going on to start the season with Duluth. While teams all have their 2-week stutters, Duluth wasn’t expected to come out of the gates this slow. Some say it is the young guys who were rookies last season having an early sophomore slump. Others wonder if the pitching will hold up and if Billy Hill can shake off the stench of having been of 6 straight losing seasons in Milwaukee.

One player to watch out for is 1B Jorge Rangel who was the super international free agent last season. Rangel set a GLBL record for walks last season while hitting 246 but with a 413 OBP. He added 25 home runs and if he can cut down on his strikeouts (led the league with 191 which was the 8th highest total of all time). Rangel seems to be of the age and wild hacking that he could set the record for both walks and strikeouts in a career. If he plays long enough he has a chance at both, especially the strikeout mark. But when he connects, he can put a charge into the ball and most expect that he will improve on his run producing numbers this season.

Chicago leads the all-time series 489-376 and last year Chicago won the season series 13-11 and swept Duluth in the playoffs 4-0

Game #1 - Friday April 21st 2056
Duluth Sea Gulls 4-8 vs Chicago Architects 7-5
LHSP Tim Gross 1-0 2.57 vs Val Imbert 1-1 9.35
A - 37,178

A back-and-forth affair in the Windy City. Duluth’s Jorge Rangel hits a two-run homer in the first. Chicago tied the game in the second on four singles and a bases-loaded walk. The game remains tied through six. In the seventh, Rodeo Leroy gives Chicago their first lead of the game with his fifth home run of the season. In the top of the eighth, Duluth took the lead on Rangel’s second two-run home run of the game. In the bottom of the ninth, Juan Durán re-ties the game with a monster home run to dead center field. The game goes to extras tied, 4-4. In the 11th, pinch-hitter George Goff goes yard for the Gulls. An error, a double, and an Alejandro Escobar single scored a second run. In the bottom of the 11th, the Architects put two men on with one out, but they couldn't find the critical hit. Chicago ended up with 18 hits in the game, but could only muster 4 runs. Duluth 6, Chicago 4. 11 Innings

2B J Lambert 3-6 RBI, 1B R Osborn 2-5 BB, LF R Leroy 2-6 HR R RBI, DH D Kenney 3-6 R, 3B K Noseworthy 2-4 2BB R
HR - CH LF R LeRoy (5), C J Duran (1), Dul 1B J Rangel 2 (4), PH-LF G Goff (1)
POTG - Duluth 1B Jose Rangel

Game #2 - Saturday April 22nd 2056
Duluth Sea Gulls 5-8 vs Chicago Architects 7-6
RHSP Billy Hill 0-1 4.85 vs Terry Noble 0-0 8.31
A - 36,875

Chicago’s Terry Noble (9 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K) goes the distance, getting stronger as the game goes along. He retires 14 of the final 16 batters he faces. The Tects put the game away early, scoring seven times in the second. Prowler Ashley singles in two, and Reagan Osborn—who has gotten off to a terrible start this season—hits his first home run of the season, driving in three. Chicago 10, Duluth 1.

RF J Ashley 2-4 R 3RBI, C J Duran 2-3 2R RBI,
HR - CH 1B R Osborn (1)
POTG - Chicago SP Terry Noble (1)

Game #3 - Sunday April 23rd, 2056
Duluth Sea Gulls 5-9 vs Chicago Architects 8-6
RHSP Emmanuel “Tricky” Lucas 0-1 6.30 vs Jose “Pongo” Cedeno 3-0 1.33
A - 37,061

Cedeno has his first rough start of the season as Duluth doesn’t let him get through the 5th (4.2IP 7H 5R, 0BB 8K) as he gives up 3 home runs. Those are the first home runs Cedeno had given up this season. Duluth ties the game, 6-6, in the eighth when pinch-hitting Sean White singles in Walker Dunse. In the bottom of the eighth, Chicago’s David Kenney hits a two-run home run, and Kent Noseworthy hits a solo home run. Closer Pat Wright pitched the 9th giving up a hit and walk but no runs to pick up his 5th save. Chicago 9, Duluth 6.

C J Hunt 2-4 R 2RBI, SS K Noseworthy 2-3 HR BB R RBI
HR - Dul - 3B D Barron (1), LF C Wright (3), DH C Sanchez (6) CH HR 1B R Osborn (2), 2B J Lambert (3) DH D Kenney (2) SS K Noseworthy (1)
POTG - Chicago DH David Kenney (1)

Summary - First 3 games are in the books against Duluth and taking 2 out of 3 works just fine. We have 21 more games against these guys and Toledo and we will have to do better than the 2-4 record we had the first time around. Toledo will be here in a few weeks and we need to be ready for them.

The first time through the USA league sees us have an 9-6 record overall with the aforementioned 2-4 against Duluth and Toledo and a 7-2 mark against the alleged bottom feeders (Detroit, Milwaukee and Traverse City). The Bears aren’t following the script so far though as they are also 9-6 and we have a 3-way tie at the top. Toledo, Chicago and Traverse City shared the lead with Duluth bringing up the rear at 5-10 already 4 games back.

Could 1B Reagan Osborn be starting to snap out of an early season funk? He hits two home runs in this series and if we can get his bat going that bodes very well for the Architects.

While being in a 1st place tie is a fine start to the year, the sweep by Toledo still is hanging in our minds. They thoroughly whipped us 30-13 in those 3 games with only 1 game close. That and our next 4 games are against Canadian clubs and the USA division record against Canada is not good in my 4 previous seasons in the GLBL. Most experts feel that with the off-season of Toledo, Chicago and Duluth that maybe that gap has closed a bit, but we shall see. We get a home series against the 2-time defending champions Thunder Bay at home and then 2 away against last place Kingston up north.

We will have the first 3 of the 4 games today.

Thunder Bay Caribou 8-7 3rd in Canada vs Chicago Architects 9-6 T-1 USA
April 24th and 25th 2056
Chicago’s Pier IV Grounds

Thunder Bay leads the all time series 73-71 and took 3 out of 4 games last year in the regular season. The two clubs met in the GLBL Fall Classic and for the 2nd year in a row Thunder Bay won 4 games to 2. Chicago would like to reverse this trend this season.

Things are a bit different at least in the early going with Thunder Bay this season as they look almost mortal offensively. The club that has bashed its way to 176 wins and 2 World Series titles the last 2 years, isn’t scoring as well as they have in the past. They are 5th in Canada in runs scored and have a negative run differential (-11) so far this season. Still they are extremely dangerous with the bats as they are 2nd in Canada with home runs, and 1st in walks. They just aren’t getting the timely hits they usually do.

On the pitching side they rely heavily on starting pitchers RHSP Ralph Baxter and LHSP Carlos Perez. We will get the misfortune to see both in this series.

Game #1 Monday April 24th 2056
Thunder Bay 8-7 vs Chicago 9-6
LHSP Carlos Perez 1-1 2.45 vs Julio Castro 0-0 2.87
A - 36,573

It’s a rematch of the Championship, and the result is the same. The Caribou score 11. Emerson Coleman goes 4-for-5 with a double and three runs scored. John Calder goes 3-for-4 with a double, two walks, two runs scored, and two RBIs. Ron Hinton homers. Thunder Bay 11, Chicago 8.

DH J Ashley 2-5 TP HR 3RBI R, RF T Stone 3-4 HR R 3RBI
HR - TB 2B R Hilton (1), CH DH J Ashley (3), RF T Stone (1)
POTG - Thunder Bay RF Emerson Coleman

Game #2 Tuesday April 25th 2056
Thunder Bay 9-7 vs Chicago 9-7
RHSP Ralph Baxter 1-1 3.00 vs Val Imbert 1-1 6.75
A - 32,360 (lowest of the home season so far)

Maybe some Architect fans had this game figured out and stayed home. The Caribou sweep the two-game set. With the game tied, 2-2, in the seventh, Sean Lane hits a two-run double, then gets doubled in by Ron Hinton. Thunder Bay 5, Chicago 2.

SP V Imbert 5.2IP 4H 2R 5BB 4K’s, LF R LeRoy 2-3 HR R 2RBI, 1B R Osborn 2-3 BB
HR - CH R LeRoy (6) TB -none
POTG - Thunder Bay SS Jimmy Wesman

Summary - Same old story, Thunder Bay beats Chicago. At least we are keeping our heads above the 500 mark at 9-8. Next is a road trip to Kingston to take on the Comets who are in 5th place in Canada. Maybe we can sweep them and keep pace with Toledo?

After this game 1B Reagan Osborn is finally up to 200 on the season. He can’t wait to get out of April. My prediction for his May batting average is 345

Chicago Architects 9-8 T-3rd in US @ Kingston Comets 6-11 5th in Canada
April 26th and 27th 2056
Kingston’s Comet Field

Chicago leads the all-time series 76-68 and swept last year's series 4-0.

Game #1 - Wednesday April 26th, 2056
Chicago Architects 9-8 vs Kingston Comets 6-11
Bill Lutz 1-1 3.97 vs RHSP Sam Goerts 0-1 5.40
A - 13,117

Kingston’s Johnny Peterson hits a grand slam. Scott Skiffington and Stepháne Duret hit solo home runs. Snake Eyes Fuller doubles in two and scores three runs. The Comets scored 13 runs on 12 hits. Sam Goerts (4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K) and three relievers held the Tects to a run on five hits. Kingston 13, Chicago 1.

CF C Luna 2-3 BB
HR - Kin 2B J Peterson (4), PH P Skeffington (1), RF S Duret (1)
POTG - Kingstons 2B Johnny Peterson

Summary - I hate Canadian teams. We can’t beat the good or the bad ones. Osborn’s back below 200 and we have fallen into a 9-9 trap. Lots of things to consider here and we have started looking for a real SS. Pablo Farrulla managed to hit 240 last season and with his defense that was fine. While it's early, he is hitting a pathetic 118 and that spot in the order is a black hole. Between him hitting under his wife’s weight and Sandoval striking out 25% of the time in AAA and not progressing as we had hoped, it might be time to do something drastic and no owner Bocquet Jr. will not like it.

3B Thomas Arnaud is still on the DL with his tummy muscle. It doesn’t look like he will get back before the Duluth series.

12-11-2025, 03:44 PM	#62
DD Martin All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Seattle area Posts: 1,019	Bring on Canada, no Wait on Second Thought Don't!!!!! After an up and down road trip that saw us go 5-4, we received a well deserved off-day before hosting one of the two clubs that figure to be our chief rivals once again, the Duluth Sea Gulls. Duluth Sea Gulls 4-8 6th place USA vs Chicago Architects 7-5 3rd place USA April 21st -23rd 2056 Chicago’s Pier IV Grounds Most are wondering what is going on to start the season with Duluth. While teams all have their 2-week stutters, Duluth wasn’t expected to come out of the gates this slow. Some say it is the young guys who were rookies last season having an early sophomore slump. Others wonder if the pitching will hold up and if Billy Hill can shake off the stench of having been of 6 straight losing seasons in Milwaukee. One player to watch out for is 1B Jorge Rangel who was the super international free agent last season. Rangel set a GLBL record for walks last season while hitting 246 but with a 413 OBP. He added 25 home runs and if he can cut down on his strikeouts (led the league with 191 which was the 8th highest total of all time). Rangel seems to be of the age and wild hacking that he could set the record for both walks and strikeouts in a career. If he plays long enough he has a chance at both, especially the strikeout mark. But when he connects, he can put a charge into the ball and most expect that he will improve on his run producing numbers this season. Chicago leads the all-time series 489-376 and last year Chicago won the season series 13-11 and swept Duluth in the playoffs 4-0 Game #1 - Friday April 21st 2056 Duluth Sea Gulls 4-8 vs Chicago Architects 7-5 LHSP Tim Gross 1-0 2.57 vs Val Imbert 1-1 9.35 A - 37,178 A back-and-forth affair in the Windy City. Duluth’s Jorge Rangel hits a two-run homer in the first. Chicago tied the game in the second on four singles and a bases-loaded walk. The game remains tied through six. In the seventh, Rodeo Leroy gives Chicago their first lead of the game with his fifth home run of the season. In the top of the eighth, Duluth took the lead on Rangel’s second two-run home run of the game. In the bottom of the ninth, Juan Durán re-ties the game with a monster home run to dead center field. The game goes to extras tied, 4-4. In the 11th, pinch-hitter George Goff goes yard for the Gulls. An error, a double, and an Alejandro Escobar single scored a second run. In the bottom of the 11th, the Architects put two men on with one out, but they couldn't find the critical hit. Chicago ended up with 18 hits in the game, but could only muster 4 runs. Duluth 6, Chicago 4. 11 Innings 2B J Lambert 3-6 RBI, 1B R Osborn 2-5 BB, LF R Leroy 2-6 HR R RBI, DH D Kenney 3-6 R, 3B K Noseworthy 2-4 2BB R HR - CH LF R LeRoy (5), C J Duran (1), Dul 1B J Rangel 2 (4), PH-LF G Goff (1) POTG - Duluth 1B Jose Rangel Game #2 - Saturday April 22nd 2056 Duluth Sea Gulls 5-8 vs Chicago Architects 7-6 RHSP Billy Hill 0-1 4.85 vs Terry Noble 0-0 8.31 A - 36,875 Chicago’s Terry Noble (9 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K) goes the distance, getting stronger as the game goes along. He retires 14 of the final 16 batters he faces. The Tects put the game away early, scoring seven times in the second. Prowler Ashley singles in two, and Reagan Osborn—who has gotten off to a terrible start this season—hits his first home run of the season, driving in three. Chicago 10, Duluth 1. RF J Ashley 2-4 R 3RBI, C J Duran 2-3 2R RBI, HR - CH 1B R Osborn (1) POTG - Chicago SP Terry Noble (1) Game #3 - Sunday April 23rd, 2056 Duluth Sea Gulls 5-9 vs Chicago Architects 8-6 RHSP Emmanuel “Tricky” Lucas 0-1 6.30 vs Jose “Pongo” Cedeno 3-0 1.33 A - 37,061 Cedeno has his first rough start of the season as Duluth doesn’t let him get through the 5th (4.2IP 7H 5R, 0BB 8K) as he gives up 3 home runs. Those are the first home runs Cedeno had given up this season. Duluth ties the game, 6-6, in the eighth when pinch-hitting Sean White singles in Walker Dunse. In the bottom of the eighth, Chicago’s David Kenney hits a two-run home run, and Kent Noseworthy hits a solo home run. Closer Pat Wright pitched the 9th giving up a hit and walk but no runs to pick up his 5th save. Chicago 9, Duluth 6. C J Hunt 2-4 R 2RBI, SS K Noseworthy 2-3 HR BB R RBI HR - Dul - 3B D Barron (1), LF C Wright (3), DH C Sanchez (6) CH HR 1B R Osborn (2), 2B J Lambert (3) DH D Kenney (2) SS K Noseworthy (1) POTG - Chicago DH David Kenney (1) Summary - First 3 games are in the books against Duluth and taking 2 out of 3 works just fine. We have 21 more games against these guys and Toledo and we will have to do better than the 2-4 record we had the first time around. Toledo will be here in a few weeks and we need to be ready for them. The first time through the USA league sees us have an 9-6 record overall with the aforementioned 2-4 against Duluth and Toledo and a 7-2 mark against the alleged bottom feeders (Detroit, Milwaukee and Traverse City). The Bears aren’t following the script so far though as they are also 9-6 and we have a 3-way tie at the top. Toledo, Chicago and Traverse City shared the lead with Duluth bringing up the rear at 5-10 already 4 games back. Could 1B Reagan Osborn be starting to snap out of an early season funk? He hits two home runs in this series and if we can get his bat going that bodes very well for the Architects. While being in a 1st place tie is a fine start to the year, the sweep by Toledo still is hanging in our minds. They thoroughly whipped us 30-13 in those 3 games with only 1 game close. That and our next 4 games are against Canadian clubs and the USA division record against Canada is not good in my 4 previous seasons in the GLBL. Most experts feel that with the off-season of Toledo, Chicago and Duluth that maybe that gap has closed a bit, but we shall see. We get a home series against the 2-time defending champions Thunder Bay at home and then 2 away against last place Kingston up north. We will have the first 3 of the 4 games today. Thunder Bay Caribou 8-7 3rd in Canada vs Chicago Architects 9-6 T-1 USA April 24th and 25th 2056 Chicago’s Pier IV Grounds Thunder Bay leads the all time series 73-71 and took 3 out of 4 games last year in the regular season. The two clubs met in the GLBL Fall Classic and for the 2nd year in a row Thunder Bay won 4 games to 2. Chicago would like to reverse this trend this season. Things are a bit different at least in the early going with Thunder Bay this season as they look almost mortal offensively. The club that has bashed its way to 176 wins and 2 World Series titles the last 2 years, isn’t scoring as well as they have in the past. They are 5th in Canada in runs scored and have a negative run differential (-11) so far this season. Still they are extremely dangerous with the bats as they are 2nd in Canada with home runs, and 1st in walks. They just aren’t getting the timely hits they usually do. On the pitching side they rely heavily on starting pitchers RHSP Ralph Baxter and LHSP Carlos Perez. We will get the misfortune to see both in this series. Game #1 Monday April 24th 2056 Thunder Bay 8-7 vs Chicago 9-6 LHSP Carlos Perez 1-1 2.45 vs Julio Castro 0-0 2.87 A - 36,573 It’s a rematch of the Championship, and the result is the same. The Caribou score 11. Emerson Coleman goes 4-for-5 with a double and three runs scored. John Calder goes 3-for-4 with a double, two walks, two runs scored, and two RBIs. Ron Hinton homers. Thunder Bay 11, Chicago 8. DH J Ashley 2-5 TP HR 3RBI R, RF T Stone 3-4 HR R 3RBI HR - TB 2B R Hilton (1), CH DH J Ashley (3), RF T Stone (1) POTG - Thunder Bay RF Emerson Coleman Game #2 Tuesday April 25th 2056 Thunder Bay 9-7 vs Chicago 9-7 RHSP Ralph Baxter 1-1 3.00 vs Val Imbert 1-1 6.75 A - 32,360 (lowest of the home season so far) Maybe some Architect fans had this game figured out and stayed home. The Caribou sweep the two-game set. With the game tied, 2-2, in the seventh, Sean Lane hits a two-run double, then gets doubled in by Ron Hinton. Thunder Bay 5, Chicago 2. SP V Imbert 5.2IP 4H 2R 5BB 4K’s, LF R LeRoy 2-3 HR R 2RBI, 1B R Osborn 2-3 BB HR - CH R LeRoy (6) TB -none POTG - Thunder Bay SS Jimmy Wesman Summary - Same old story, Thunder Bay beats Chicago. At least we are keeping our heads above the 500 mark at 9-8. Next is a road trip to Kingston to take on the Comets who are in 5th place in Canada. Maybe we can sweep them and keep pace with Toledo? After this game 1B Reagan Osborn is finally up to 200 on the season. He can’t wait to get out of April. My prediction for his May batting average is 345 Chicago Architects 9-8 T-3rd in US @ Kingston Comets 6-11 5th in Canada April 26th and 27th 2056 Kingston’s Comet Field Chicago leads the all-time series 76-68 and swept last year's series 4-0. Game #1 - Wednesday April 26th, 2056 Chicago Architects 9-8 vs Kingston Comets 6-11 Bill Lutz 1-1 3.97 vs RHSP Sam Goerts 0-1 5.40 A - 13,117 Kingston’s Johnny Peterson hits a grand slam. Scott Skiffington and Stepháne Duret hit solo home runs. Snake Eyes Fuller doubles in two and scores three runs. The Comets scored 13 runs on 12 hits. Sam Goerts (4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K) and three relievers held the Tects to a run on five hits. Kingston 13, Chicago 1. CF C Luna 2-3 BB HR - Kin 2B J Peterson (4), PH P Skeffington (1), RF S Duret (1) POTG - Kingstons 2B Johnny Peterson Summary - I hate Canadian teams. We can’t beat the good or the bad ones. Osborn’s back below 200 and we have fallen into a 9-9 trap. Lots of things to consider here and we have started looking for a real SS. Pablo Farrulla managed to hit 240 last season and with his defense that was fine. While it's early, he is hitting a pathetic 118 and that spot in the order is a black hole. Between him hitting under his wife’s weight and Sandoval striking out 25% of the time in AAA and not progressing as we had hoped, it might be time to do something drastic and no owner Bocquet Jr. will not like it. 3B Thomas Arnaud is still on the DL with his tummy muscle. It doesn’t look like he will get back before the Duluth series. Attached Images