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Westheim · 06-08-2019, 10:52 AM

2030 PLAYOFFS

Once more, the grueling 162-game slog of the regular season had ground 20 teams to dust, and only four more were left standing. These four would play out the 2030 World Series Champions in two rounds of play.

For the 94-69 Miners, it had even been 163 games. They had needed a tie-breaker to get through the Buffaloes and into the postseason. The name of the game for Pittsburgh was the offense, as they had led the Federal League in batting average and home runs, hitting almost one dinger per game and 158 in total. That had netted them the second-most runs scored. There was no speed in the lineup, the defense was average, and the pitching was decent, but not overwhelming. While the Miners could run up five batters with 18+ home runs, led by triple crown winner Danny Santillano (.360, 34 HR, 105 RBI), they had a stingy back end of the bullpen and at least two tough-as-nails starters in Jonas Mejia (21-8, 2.67 ERA) and Nick Salinas (15-6, 2.94 ERA). The back end of the rotation and middle relief were really weak. They were also without outfielder Matt Owen and his .304 clip and 11 homers; a mild shoulder strain was keeping the well-travelled veteran on the DL for the FLCS.

Opposite the Miners, the 95-67 Pacifics enjoyed home field advantage in the FLCS. They had come fourth in runs scored, but had allowed the fewest runs in the Federal League. Their rotation had the lowest ERA and the bullpen had come second-best in ERA. Dave Christiansen (22-4, 2.36 ERA) headlined the rotation, with Jorge Beltran (17-9, 2.84 ERA) also very impressive. Their lineup knew how to get on base, with a .347 team OBP, mainly via the walk; their batting average was only the seventh-highest in the league. The offense was led by Justin Fowler (.296, 29 HR, 96 RBI) and Terry Kopp (.278, 23 HR, 94 RBI), but the lineup would get a bit long in the tooth down the order. They, too, were down an outfielder in Oscar Mendoza, batting .288 with 18 homers, who would miss the FLCS with a shoulder injury. Furthermore, SP Eric Williams (9-6, 3.38 ERA) was lost for the season.

Over in the CLCS, one side of the box score would be taken up by the Indians, who won a shockingly weak CL North with an 84-78 record. They were *eighth* in runs scored, and while they had the third-best pitching in the Federal League, their run differential of +29 hinted kindly at the face that they really weren’t any better than an 84-78 team. They had no starter with an ERA better than three, their pen was so-so, and while they had hit the third-most homers in the Continental League (121), they had batted only .249 as a team, and THEN had to compensate for missing two capable outfielders in Alex Zanches and Ivan Vega on the DL. Jon Gonzalez (.283, 17 HR, 86 RBI) and Juan Herrera (.268, 18 HR, 67 RBI) had put up the best numbers offensively, while Ben Suhay had hit 25 homers alright, but had only batted .213 while doing so.

The other team in the CLCS were the defending champs, the stomping 107-55 Condors, who won their division by 22 games. The Condors were first in runs scored, first in runs allowed, first in starters’ ERA (2.92!), first in bullpen ERA, first in defense… they had run up a +268 run differential. The only thing they didn’t do exceptionally well was hitting home runs. They had come only eighth in dingers in the CL with 102 bombs away, and nobody had hit 20, with team leader and twice-defending CLCS Player of the Year Shane Sanks (.299, 19 HR, 94 RBI) falling just short of several nice round numbers. Kevin McGrath went deep 16 times and drove in 103. In the rotation, Adam Potter had the most wins with 19, while Jeff Little (2.77) and George Griffin (2.76) had posted the best ERA’s. The bullpen was stingy top to bottom.

The FLCS is considered rather open-ended by the pundits and will maybe go the distance. The CLCS is considered no more than a warmup for the Condors.

Miners and Pacifics had opposed another three times in the FLCS before. The Miners won the contest in 1982, but fell to the Canadiens in the World Series. The Pacifics won the last two duels in 2012 and 2016, and won rings both times. Indians and Condors had never met in the postseason before.

The Pacifics made their 13th playoff appearance, most in the field, and tying for fourth all time with the Raccoons. The Condors moved up to sixth overall with their 12th appearance. The Miners made the postseason for the eighth time, tying the Falcons for 14th. And the Indians finally were in their sixth postseason, tying with the Canadiens and Bayhawks for 18th overall.

The Pacifics had won the World Series four times, tying the Raccoons for third-most. The Condors and Indians had one championship each, tying with five other teams for 15th. The Miners were one of three teams that had never won the World Series so far, joined by the Buffaloes and Knights.

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2030 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

IND @ TIJ … 2-3 … (Condors lead 1-0) …

PIT @ LAP … 2-4 … (Pacifics lead 1-0) … LAP Zachary Ryder (PH) 1-1, HR, 2 RBI;
IND @ TIJ … 6-4 (14) … (series tied 1-1) … IND Mike Plunkett 2-5, 3 BB, 2 RBI; IND Jon Gonzalez 4-8, 2B; IND Matt Francis 3.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, W (1-0); TIJ Chris Murphy 4-7, 3B; TIJ Lisuarte Paradela 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K;

Zachary Ryder hits a walkoff homer off Mike Greene to win Game 1 in the FLCS.

PIT @ LAP … 5-4 … (series tied 1-1) … PIT Dan Brown (PH) 1-1, HR, 3 RBI; LAP Terry Kopp 2-3, HR, RBI; LAP Dave Christiansen 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 9 K;

The Pacifics blow a 4-0 lead in the final two innings, with Brown completing the comeback with a 2-out homer off 45-saves closer Chun-yeong Chah in the ninth inning.

TIJ @ IND … 11-1 … (Condors lead 2-1) … TIJ Kevin McGrath 3-5, 3 HR, 7 RBI; TIJ Adam Potter 8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, W (1-0) and 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI;

LAP @ PIT … 3-10 … (Miners lead 2-1) … PIT Josh Peddle 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI; PIT Danny Santillano 2-4, BB, 2 RBI; PIT Jim McKenzie 3-5, 2B, RBI;
TIJ @ IND … 5-0 … (Condors lead 3-1) … TIJ Shane Sanks 1-2, 3 BB, HR, 2 RBI; TIJ Jorge Villalobos 8.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K, W (1-0);

LAP @ PIT … 11-10 (series tied 2-2) … LAP Jaden Beatty 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI; LAP Dylan Allomes 2-2, 3 BB, RBI; LAP Bobby Marshall (PH) 1-1, 2 RBI; PIT Yvon Bonaccorsi 2-5, HR, 2B, 2 RBI; PIT Carlos de la Riva 3-5, HR, RBI; PIT Toby Ross 2-5, HR, 3 RBI;
TIJ @ IND … 0-6 … (Condors lead 3-2) … IND Ben Suhay 2-4, HR, 5 RBI; IND Sal Bedoya 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, W (1-0);

The Miners put up six in the first, then quickly waste it away, finding themselves trailing by the fifth. They would take another 8-7 lead in the sixth, but wouldn’t hold on.

LAP @ PIT … 5-2 … (Pacifics lead 3-2) … LAP Justin Fowler 3-5, 4 RBI; LAP Chris McEwen 3-4, 2B, RBI;

IND @ TIJ … 3-6 … (Condors win 4-2) … TIJ Andy Hughes 3-4, HR, 2 RBI;

The Condors score four in the second inning against David Saccoccio and never look back on the way to their second pennant.

PIT @ LAP … 2-3 (12) … (Pacifics win 4-2) … LAP Jaden Beatty 2-2, BB, RBI; LAP Justin Fowler 4-6, HR, RBI;

Fowler completes the World Series matchup with a 12th inning walkoff homer off Pittsburgh’s Erik David.

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2030 WORLD SERIES

The juggernaut Condors had clubbed their way through the Indians to meet the Pacifics in the World Series. The Condors would enjoy home field advantage in deference of their superior regular season record. All their strengths were still true, and while they had lost Omar Larios to a concussion in the CLCS, he was only a bit player in the outfield. The Condors looked sharp, strong, and like favorites to repeat.

The Pacifics, who had tallied a +161 run differential, dwarved by triple digits by the Condors’, had squeezed here and there against the Miners and had won several games by a single run only. They had also lost Gavin Lee (9-10, 3.34 ERA) to blisters in the FLCS. While the Pacifics’ lineup was balanced, the Condors’ lineup was mostly right-handed against the Pacifics, who were likely to cart up three left-handed starters, giving another advantage to Tijuana, who seemed like the odds-on favorite, and some claimed the series was not going to finish in Tijuana, either.

Both teams had won the World Series in recent memory; the Condors were defending champs, while the Pacifics had won the 2027 edition against the Titans. These two with one set o’ rings each, the Titans (five!), and the Raccoons (two) were responsible for all World Series winners going back to 2022.

These two teams met once before in the World Series. That was back in 2016, perhaps the most lop-sided World Series ever played. The Pacifics not only swept the series back then, but razed the Condors in a way that they never allowed them more than one run in any game, and won the four games with a combined run total of 14-3.

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LAP @ TIJ … 2-10 … (Condors lead 1-0) … TIJ Chris Murphy 2-5, 2 3B, 3 RBI; TIJ Kevin McGrath 2-4, BB, HR, 2B, RBI; TIJ Chris Miller 3-4, BB, RBI;

LAP @ TIJ … 9-4 … (series tied 1-1) … LAP Justin Fowler 4-5, HR, 3 RBI; LAP Ben Cook 2-4, BB, 2B, 2 RBI;

TIJ @ LAP … 6-7 (12) … (Pacifics lead 2-1) … TIJ Shane Sanks 3-5, BB, HR, 2 RBI; TIJ Kevin McGrath 4-6, 2B, RBI;

The Pacifics take Game 3 with a concerted team effort as not one bat sticks out. Zachary Ryder hits a walkoff single to plate Andy Schmit against Jose Fuentes for a 12th inning walkoff. Before that, Tijuana’s Joe Perry blows a ninth-inning lead with three straight singles, Fowler plating Travis Williams for the tying run to extend the game.

TIJ @ LAP … 1-3 … (Pacifics lead 3-1) … LAP Andy Schmit 2-3, BB, 2B; LAP Vincent Alfaro 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K;

Chris Cooper and two relievers finish off the Condors in just six base hits and two-and-a-half hours to give the Pacifics two matchballs and a chance to win it all at home.

TIJ @ LAP … 1-2 … (Pacifics win 4-1) … LAP Oscar Mendoza 2-3, BB; LAP Zachary Ryder 2-4, 2B, RBI; LAP Luis Flores 7.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K;

Indeed, the series does not comeback to Tijuana, as the Condors are swept in L.A. and have to surrender the roving trophy to the Pacifics. Flores, Joe Moore, Alfaro, and David Gerow (in his first save attempt of the postseason) hold the Condors to six hits again, only one of them, a Juan Palbes RBI double, for extra bases.

2030 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
Los Angeles Pacifics
(5th title)

06-08-2019, 10:52 AM	#2876
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,884	2030 PLAYOFFS Once more, the grueling 162-game slog of the regular season had ground 20 teams to dust, and only four more were left standing. These four would play out the 2030 World Series Champions in two rounds of play. For the 94-69 Miners, it had even been 163 games. They had needed a tie-breaker to get through the Buffaloes and into the postseason. The name of the game for Pittsburgh was the offense, as they had led the Federal League in batting average and home runs, hitting almost one dinger per game and 158 in total. That had netted them the second-most runs scored. There was no speed in the lineup, the defense was average, and the pitching was decent, but not overwhelming. While the Miners could run up five batters with 18+ home runs, led by triple crown winner Danny Santillano (.360, 34 HR, 105 RBI), they had a stingy back end of the bullpen and at least two tough-as-nails starters in Jonas Mejia (21-8, 2.67 ERA) and Nick Salinas (15-6, 2.94 ERA). The back end of the rotation and middle relief were really weak. They were also without outfielder Matt Owen and his .304 clip and 11 homers; a mild shoulder strain was keeping the well-travelled veteran on the DL for the FLCS. Opposite the Miners, the 95-67 Pacifics enjoyed home field advantage in the FLCS. They had come fourth in runs scored, but had allowed the fewest runs in the Federal League. Their rotation had the lowest ERA and the bullpen had come second-best in ERA. Dave Christiansen (22-4, 2.36 ERA) headlined the rotation, with Jorge Beltran (17-9, 2.84 ERA) also very impressive. Their lineup knew how to get on base, with a .347 team OBP, mainly via the walk; their batting average was only the seventh-highest in the league. The offense was led by Justin Fowler (.296, 29 HR, 96 RBI) and Terry Kopp (.278, 23 HR, 94 RBI), but the lineup would get a bit long in the tooth down the order. They, too, were down an outfielder in Oscar Mendoza, batting .288 with 18 homers, who would miss the FLCS with a shoulder injury. Furthermore, SP Eric Williams (9-6, 3.38 ERA) was lost for the season. Over in the CLCS, one side of the box score would be taken up by the Indians, who won a shockingly weak CL North with an 84-78 record. They were eighth in runs scored, and while they had the third-best pitching in the Federal League, their run differential of +29 hinted kindly at the face that they really weren’t any better than an 84-78 team. They had no starter with an ERA better than three, their pen was so-so, and while they had hit the third-most homers in the Continental League (121), they had batted only .249 as a team, and THEN had to compensate for missing two capable outfielders in Alex Zanches and Ivan Vega on the DL. Jon Gonzalez (.283, 17 HR, 86 RBI) and Juan Herrera (.268, 18 HR, 67 RBI) had put up the best numbers offensively, while Ben Suhay had hit 25 homers alright, but had only batted .213 while doing so. The other team in the CLCS were the defending champs, the stomping 107-55 Condors, who won their division by 22 games. The Condors were first in runs scored, first in runs allowed, first in starters’ ERA (2.92!), first in bullpen ERA, first in defense… they had run up a +268 run differential. The only thing they didn’t do exceptionally well was hitting home runs. They had come only eighth in dingers in the CL with 102 bombs away, and nobody had hit 20, with team leader and twice-defending CLCS Player of the Year Shane Sanks (.299, 19 HR, 94 RBI) falling just short of several nice round numbers. Kevin McGrath went deep 16 times and drove in 103. In the rotation, Adam Potter had the most wins with 19, while Jeff Little (2.77) and George Griffin (2.76) had posted the best ERA’s. The bullpen was stingy top to bottom. The FLCS is considered rather open-ended by the pundits and will maybe go the distance. The CLCS is considered no more than a warmup for the Condors. Miners and Pacifics had opposed another three times in the FLCS before. The Miners won the contest in 1982, but fell to the Canadiens in the World Series. The Pacifics won the last two duels in 2012 and 2016, and won rings both times. Indians and Condors had never met in the postseason before. The Pacifics made their 13th playoff appearance, most in the field, and tying for fourth all time with the Raccoons. The Condors moved up to sixth overall with their 12th appearance. The Miners made the postseason for the eighth time, tying the Falcons for 14th. And the Indians finally were in their sixth postseason, tying with the Canadiens and Bayhawks for 18th overall. The Pacifics had won the World Series four times, tying the Raccoons for third-most. The Condors and Indians had one championship each, tying with five other teams for 15th. The Miners were one of three teams that had never won the World Series so far, joined by the Buffaloes and Knights. +++ 2030 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES IND @ TIJ … 2-3 … (Condors lead 1-0) … PIT @ LAP … 2-4 … (Pacifics lead 1-0) … LAP Zachary Ryder (PH) 1-1, HR, 2 RBI; IND @ TIJ … 6-4 (14) … (series tied 1-1) … IND Mike Plunkett 2-5, 3 BB, 2 RBI; IND Jon Gonzalez 4-8, 2B; IND Matt Francis 3.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, W (1-0); TIJ Chris Murphy 4-7, 3B; TIJ Lisuarte Paradela 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K; Zachary Ryder hits a walkoff homer off Mike Greene to win Game 1 in the FLCS. PIT @ LAP … 5-4 … (series tied 1-1) … PIT Dan Brown (PH) 1-1, HR, 3 RBI; LAP Terry Kopp 2-3, HR, RBI; LAP Dave Christiansen 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 9 K; The Pacifics blow a 4-0 lead in the final two innings, with Brown completing the comeback with a 2-out homer off 45-saves closer Chun-yeong Chah in the ninth inning. TIJ @ IND … 11-1 … (Condors lead 2-1) … TIJ Kevin McGrath 3-5, 3 HR, 7 RBI; TIJ Adam Potter 8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, W (1-0) and 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI; LAP @ PIT … 3-10 … (Miners lead 2-1) … PIT Josh Peddle 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI; PIT Danny Santillano 2-4, BB, 2 RBI; PIT Jim McKenzie 3-5, 2B, RBI; TIJ @ IND … 5-0 … (Condors lead 3-1) … TIJ Shane Sanks 1-2, 3 BB, HR, 2 RBI; TIJ Jorge Villalobos 8.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K, W (1-0); LAP @ PIT … 11-10 (series tied 2-2) … LAP Jaden Beatty 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI; LAP Dylan Allomes 2-2, 3 BB, RBI; LAP Bobby Marshall (PH) 1-1, 2 RBI; PIT Yvon Bonaccorsi 2-5, HR, 2B, 2 RBI; PIT Carlos de la Riva 3-5, HR, RBI; PIT Toby Ross 2-5, HR, 3 RBI; TIJ @ IND … 0-6 … (Condors lead 3-2) … IND Ben Suhay 2-4, HR, 5 RBI; IND Sal Bedoya 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, W (1-0); The Miners put up six in the first, then quickly waste it away, finding themselves trailing by the fifth. They would take another 8-7 lead in the sixth, but wouldn’t hold on. LAP @ PIT … 5-2 … (Pacifics lead 3-2) … LAP Justin Fowler 3-5, 4 RBI; LAP Chris McEwen 3-4, 2B, RBI; IND @ TIJ … 3-6 … (Condors win 4-2) … TIJ Andy Hughes 3-4, HR, 2 RBI; The Condors score four in the second inning against David Saccoccio and never look back on the way to their second pennant. PIT @ LAP … 2-3 (12) … (Pacifics win 4-2) … LAP Jaden Beatty 2-2, BB, RBI; LAP Justin Fowler 4-6, HR, RBI; Fowler completes the World Series matchup with a 12th inning walkoff homer off Pittsburgh’s Erik David. +++ 2030 WORLD SERIES The juggernaut Condors had clubbed their way through the Indians to meet the Pacifics in the World Series. The Condors would enjoy home field advantage in deference of their superior regular season record. All their strengths were still true, and while they had lost Omar Larios to a concussion in the CLCS, he was only a bit player in the outfield. The Condors looked sharp, strong, and like favorites to repeat. The Pacifics, who had tallied a +161 run differential, dwarved by triple digits by the Condors’, had squeezed here and there against the Miners and had won several games by a single run only. They had also lost Gavin Lee (9-10, 3.34 ERA) to blisters in the FLCS. While the Pacifics’ lineup was balanced, the Condors’ lineup was mostly right-handed against the Pacifics, who were likely to cart up three left-handed starters, giving another advantage to Tijuana, who seemed like the odds-on favorite, and some claimed the series was not going to finish in Tijuana, either. Both teams had won the World Series in recent memory; the Condors were defending champs, while the Pacifics had won the 2027 edition against the Titans. These two with one set o’ rings each, the Titans (five!), and the Raccoons (two) were responsible for all World Series winners going back to 2022. These two teams met once before in the World Series. That was back in 2016, perhaps the most lop-sided World Series ever played. The Pacifics not only swept the series back then, but razed the Condors in a way that they never allowed them more than one run in any game, and won the four games with a combined run total of 14-3. +++ LAP @ TIJ … 2-10 … (Condors lead 1-0) … TIJ Chris Murphy 2-5, 2 3B, 3 RBI; TIJ Kevin McGrath 2-4, BB, HR, 2B, RBI; TIJ Chris Miller 3-4, BB, RBI; LAP @ TIJ … 9-4 … (series tied 1-1) … LAP Justin Fowler 4-5, HR, 3 RBI; LAP Ben Cook 2-4, BB, 2B, 2 RBI; TIJ @ LAP … 6-7 (12) … (Pacifics lead 2-1) … TIJ Shane Sanks 3-5, BB, HR, 2 RBI; TIJ Kevin McGrath 4-6, 2B, RBI; The Pacifics take Game 3 with a concerted team effort as not one bat sticks out. Zachary Ryder hits a walkoff single to plate Andy Schmit against Jose Fuentes for a 12th inning walkoff. Before that, Tijuana’s Joe Perry blows a ninth-inning lead with three straight singles, Fowler plating Travis Williams for the tying run to extend the game. TIJ @ LAP … 1-3 … (Pacifics lead 3-1) … LAP Andy Schmit 2-3, BB, 2B; LAP Vincent Alfaro 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K; Chris Cooper and two relievers finish off the Condors in just six base hits and two-and-a-half hours to give the Pacifics two matchballs and a chance to win it all at home. TIJ @ LAP … 1-2 … (Pacifics win 4-1) … LAP Oscar Mendoza 2-3, BB; LAP Zachary Ryder 2-4, 2B, RBI; LAP Luis Flores 7.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K; Indeed, the series does not comeback to Tijuana, as the Condors are swept in L.A. and have to surrender the roving trophy to the Pacifics. Flores, Joe Moore, Alfaro, and David Gerow (in his first save attempt of the postseason) hold the Condors to six hits again, only one of them, a Juan Palbes RBI double, for extra bases. 2030 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS Los Angeles Pacifics (5th title) Attached Images __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.